Mark Catlin Jr. (October 18, 1910 – January 23, 1987) was a Wisconsin Republican politician and legislator. Born in

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, Catlin graduated from the

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and became a lawyer. His father was the college football coach

Mark Catlin Sr. Mark Seavey Catlin Sr. (November 12, 1882 – May 16, 1956) was an American football player, track athlete, coach, lawyer, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Iowa from 1906 to 1908, and at Lawrence Universi ...

, who was also a lawyer and legislator. Catlin served in the

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in 1937–1943, 1949–1951, and 1953–1957; Catlin also served as Speaker of the Assembly in the 1955 session and was a

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. In 1957, the

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found Catlin guilty of unethical conduct; the ruling was upheld by the

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and he was fined $1500 and his law license was suspended for six months.

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