Robert W. Monk (March 28, 1866 – March 17, 1924) was an American physician and politician.
Born near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Monk moved to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin with his parents in 1868, where he attended public schools and a local commercial college. Monk then worked for railroad and express companies in Menasha, Wisconsin. He moved to St. Cloud, Calumet County, Wisconsin and was in the general merchandise business. He sold the business, went to Northwestern University Medical School (now Feinberg School of Medicine) and graduated in 1894. Monk practiced medicine in St. Cloud, Wisconsin and then moved to Chilton, Wisconsin and continued to practice medicine. During that time Monk served as mayor of Chilton, Wisconsin and also served on the Calumet County Board of Supervisors. Monk then went to Chicago, Illinois and took post graduate study in medicine for one year. In 1906, Monk moved to Neillsville, Wisconsin and continued to practice medicine. From 1913 to 1917, Monk served in the Wisconsin State Senate and was a member of the Republican party. Monk was then elected mayor of Neillsville and was in office until his death. Monk died at his home in Neillsville, Wisconsin of pernicious anemia.
Notes
- ^ "Deceased Mayor and Senator Was Former Greenbush Resident". Sheboygan Press Telegram. March 24, 1924. p. 7. Retrieved March 14, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- Wisconsin Blue Book, 1917, Biographical Sketch of Robert W. Monk, p. 497.
- Robert W. Monk, obituary, Neillsville Press, March 20, 1924.
- In Senate, Journal of Proceedings of the Fifth-Seventh Session of the Wisconsin Legislature, Democratic Printing Company, Madison, Wisconsin: 1925, Wisconsin Joint Resolution 45: Robert W. Monk, pp. 506–507.
- 1866 births
- 1924 deaths
- People from Chilton, Wisconsin
- People from Neillsville, Wisconsin
- Politicians from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- People from Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
- Feinberg School of Medicine alumni
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- Physicians from Wisconsin
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- Mayors of places in Wisconsin
- Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
- People from Calumet County, Wisconsin
- 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature