John E. Leahy
John Egan Leahy was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
Leahy was born on February 15, 1842, in Dover, New Hampshire.[1] He attended what is now the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During the American Civil War, Leahy served as an officer with the 35th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. On December 31, 1872, he married Mary D. McCrossen. He died on December 23, 1915, and is buried in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Political career
Leahy was elected to the Assembly in 1882 and to the Senate in 1886. Additionally, he was a member of the School Board and City Council, as well as Mayor of Wausau. He was an Independent Democrat and a Republican.
See also
References
- ^ "Page 497". University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
External links
Categories:
- People from Dover, New Hampshire
- Wisconsin state senators
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Mayors of Wausau, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin city council members
- School board members in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Republicans
- Wisconsin independents
- Wisconsin Democrats
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union army officers
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- 1842 births
- 1915 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Wisconsin politicians