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Ray J. Nye (March 21, 1871 in
Davenport, Iowa Davenport ( ) is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. It is situated along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state. Davenport had a population of 101,724 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 cen ...
– June 17, 1937), was a member of the
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and
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. He moved to
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in 1892.


Career

Nye served four terms on the
Douglas County, Wisconsin Douglas County is a county in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,295 Its county seat is Superior. Douglas County is included in the Duluth, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area ...
Board, eventually becoming chairman of the board. He was a member of the Assembly in 1907 and again from 1911 to 1915 and of the Senate from 1919 to 1921. Nye was a Republican. Nye died at the age of 66, after a year-long illness."Funeral Services Held for Nye at Superior", ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'' (June 19, 1937, p. 5.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nye, Ray Politicians from Davenport, Iowa Politicians from Superior, Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Republican Party Wisconsin state senators Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1871 births 1937 deaths 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature