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Andrew H. Dahl (April 13, 1859 – January 23, 1928) was a politician in Wisconsin.
Dahl was born in Lewiston, Wisconsin.[1][2] He attended high school in Viroqua, Wisconsin.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Dahl was supervisor of the village of Westby, Wisconsin, from 1896 to 1897 and was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1899 to 1907. Additionally, he was the Village President of Westby from 1899 to 1902. He served a Treasurer of Wisconsin from 1907 to 1913. In 1912, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention that nominated incumbent William Howard Taft for President of the United States, spurring the historic three-way campaign between Taft, former President Theodore Roosevelt and New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson with Wilson ultimately winning. He was a supporter of Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and in 1914 ran for the office of Governor of Wisconsin was the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket. Dahl died suddenly on January 23, 1928, in La Crosse, Wisconsin.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Andrew Dahl, Ex-Treasurer of Wisconsin, Dead". The Capital Times. Madison, WI. January 24, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved November 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Andrew H. Dahl". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ "Biographical Sketch of Andrew H. Dahl". The Blue Book of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1911, Biographical Sketch of Andrew Dahl, p. 732.
