| LC control no. | n 99002279 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blaine, John J. (John James), 1873-1934 |
| Variant(s) | Blaine, John James, 1873-1934 |
| See also | Wisconsin. Governor (1921-1927 : Blaine) |
| Birth date | 1875-05-04 |
| Death date | 1934-04-16 |
| Place of birth | Grant County (Wis.) |
| Place of death | Boscobel (Wis.) |
| Affiliation | Valparaiso University. School of Law Boscobel (Wis.). Office of the Mayor Boscobel (Wis.). Office of the Mayor Grant County Board of Supervisors Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate Wisconsin. Attorney General's Office United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Governors Attorneys general Mayors |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for La Follette family papers, 1905-1988 (John J. Blaine; governor of Wisconsin) LC database, Jan. 11. 1999 (hdg.: Blaine, John James, 1875- ) WWWA, v. 1 (Blaine, John J.; gov. Wis.; b. 1875, d. 1934) Email from WHi, Feb. 21, 2007 (baptismal record, found in his personal papers collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society, lists his birth date as May 4, 1873) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, August 25, 2017: (Blaine, John James, a Senator from Wisconsin; born on a farm in Wingville Township, Grant County, Wis., May 4, 1875; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of Valparaiso (Ind.) University in 1896; was admitted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice in Montford; moved to Boscobel in 1897 and continued the practice of law; mayor of Boscobel 1901-1904, 1906-1907; member of the Grant County Board of Supervisors 1901-1904; member, State senate 1909-1913; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1914; attorney general of the State of Wisconsin 1919-1921; Governor of Wisconsin 1921-1927; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1927, and served from March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed the practice of law at Boscobel; appointed a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1933 and served until his death in Boscobel, Wis., April 16, 1934; interment in Hillside Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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