Marshall H. Reckard (October 1, 1901 – March 16, 1957) was a

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and politician from

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, who served one term as a

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member of the

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Legislative service

Reckard was elected to the Assembly in 1930 for the Fourteenth

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district (the 17th

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of the City of Milwaukee), unseating

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Republican Assemblyman Alfred Buntin, with 2663 votes to 2555 for Buntin and 1072 for

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Thomas E. Casey. He was assigned to the

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s on

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and on statutory revision. In 1932, he ran for re-election in what was now the Seventeenth Milwaukee County district, but lost to Democrat Edward C. Werner, with 4,501 votes for Werner, 4,007 for Reckard, 3,881 for Republican Robert Blackwood, and 45 for Independent Steve Torack. In 1934, with Werner having lost his party primary to Martin F. Howard, Reckard came close to regaining his old seat, with 2846 votes to 2890 for Howard and 1316 for Progressive Edwin Luck (close enough that a recount was held).

Later years

By 1944, Reckard had switched to the Progressive Party; he was their nominee in the 17th district, coming in a very weak third to a Democrat and a Republican. Reckard, now working as an

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in the City of Milwaukee's

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, made unsuccessful runs for Milwaukee county supervisor in 1944 and Milwaukee

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in 1946. After the Progressives merged with the Republicans, he ran in the 1946 Republican primary for the Seventh

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district, but came in third in a four-way contest.Ohm, Howard F.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. ''The Wisconsin blue book, 1948'' Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1948; p. 608
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reckard, Marshall 1901 births 1957 deaths Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin Progressives (1924) Socialist Party of America politicians from Wisconsin 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature