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Martin F. Howard (September 12, 1892 – April 9, 1969) was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...
.


Biography

Howard was born in
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. He received a religious-based education in
West Allis, Wisconsin West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of Milwaukee, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 60,325 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Wis ...
. He served in overseas during
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, where he was a sergeant in the U.S. Army infantry. He worked as an electrician, an automobile dealer, an insurance agent, and as a manufacturer's representative.


Political career

Howard was elected to the Assembly in 1934 and 1936 as a
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, until being defeated in 1938. He was re-elected as a Republican in 1946, 1948 and 1950, and defeated in 1952 and 1954. Additionally, he was a Republican candidate for the
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in 1942 and 1962.


Death

He died in 1969, and is buried in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery,
Cudahy, Wisconsin Cudahy () is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,204 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A suburb south of Milwaukee along the shore of Lake Michigan, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan are ...
.


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The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Martin Politicians from Milwaukee People from West Allis, Wisconsin Politicians from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin Republicans Wisconsin Democrats Military personnel from Milwaukee United States Army personnel of World War I 1892 births 1969 deaths 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature