William A. Loy (May 5, 1895 – June 18, 1982) was an American farmer and politician. Born in

Livingston, Wisconsin Livingston is a village in Grant and Iowa Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 637 at the 2020 census. Of this, 657 were in Grant County, and only 12 were in Iowa County. The Iowa County portion of Livingston is part of ...

, Loy graduated from Livingston High School. He served in the

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and then

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. Loy went to the college of agriculture at the

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. He was a farmer and raised horses and cattle. He served on the Livingston High School board and was president of the village of

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, where he lived. Loy was a deputy undersheriff and chief of police. Loy served as a Republican in the

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in 1953. Loy died on June 18, 1982, at the Good Samaritan Center in Fennimore, Wisconsin.Former Representative Foy Dies, ''Madison Capital Times'', June 18, 1982, p. 22.

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