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American farmer, lawyer and teacher
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Arthur J. Whitcomb
Born20 April 1886
Died3 April 1942
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin Law School
Occupation(s)farmer, politician
Political partyRepublican Party

Arthur J. Whitcomb (April 20, 1886 – April 3, 1942) was an American farmer, lawyer and teacher.

Born on a farm, near the community of Abrams, Wisconsin, Whitcomb graduated from Oshkosh Normal School (now University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh). He taught at Merrill High School in Merrill, Wisconsin and was a football coach. Whitcomb received his law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Oconto, Wisconsin from 1916 to 1930. Whitcomb served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1915 and was a Republican. Whitcomb was counsel for the Wisconsin Electric Power Company, director of the Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Wisconsin State Defense Council at the time of his death. Whitcomb died suddenly of a heart attack while staying at a hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Notes

  1. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1915,' Biographical Sketch of Arthur J. Whitcomb, pg. 527
  2. 'Arthur Whitcomb, Utility's Counsel, Has Fatal Attack,' Sheboygan Press, April 4, 1942, pg. 19


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