Alvin C. Reis

{{Short description|American lawyer and Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, member of the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly.}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honorable

| name = Alvin C. Reis

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| office = Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge {{nowrap|for the 9th Circuit, Branch 1}}

| term_start = July 1936

| term_end = January 24, 1956

| predecessor = Albert G. Zimmerman

| successor = Richard W. Bardwell

| state1 = Wisconsin

| state_senate1 = Wisconsin

| district1 = 26th

| term_start1 = January 1, 1933

| term_end1 = January 1, 1935

| predecessor1 = Glenn D. Roberts

| successor1 = Harold M. Groves

| state_assembly2 = Wisconsin

| district2 = Dane 1st

| term_start2 = January 1, 1927

| term_end2 = January 1, 1931

| predecessor2 = Herman W. Sachtjen

| successor2 = Harold M. Groves

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|3|24}}

| birth_place = Evansville, Indiana

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|1|24|1892|3|24}}

| death_place = Madison, Wisconsin

| restingplace = Forest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin

| party = Republican

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| allegiance = {{flag|United States|1918}}

| branch = {{flag|United States Army}}

| rank = 18px Major

| serviceyears = 1918–1919

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| battles = World War I

}}

Alvin C. Reis (March 24, 1892{{spaced ndash}}January 24, 1956) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the last 20 years of his life. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate, and served as a United States Army officer in World War I.

Biography

Reis was born on March 24, 1892, in Evansville, Indiana.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1933 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1933|year= 1933 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Witte |editor-first= Edwin E. |location=Madison, Wisconsin |chapter= Legislative branch of the state government |page= 223 |accessdate= December 28, 2019 }} He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard Law School. During World War II, he served as a major in the United States Army. Battles Reis took part in include the Battle of Château-Thierry, the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He died on January 24, 1956, in Madison, Wisconsin, and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.

Political career

Reis was elected to the Assembly in 1926 and 1928 and to the Senate in 1932. Later, he became a judge on the Wisconsin Circuit Court. He was a Republican.

Electoral history

=Wisconsin Assembly (1926, 1928)=

{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, Dane 1st District Election, 1926{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1927 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1927|year= 1927 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Holmes|editor-first= Fred L. |location=Madison, Wisconsin |chapter=Election statistics |page= 586 |accessdate= December 28, 2019 }}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 2, 1926

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Alvin C. Reis

|votes = 10,127

|percentage = 96.60%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Prohibition Party

|candidate = Portia Taynton

|votes = 356

|percentage = 3.40%

|change =

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 10,483

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

=Wisconsin Attorney General (1930)=

{{Election box begin | title=1930 Wisconsin Attorney General election{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1931 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1931|year= 1931 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Kelly |editor-first= Alice |location=Madison, Wisconsin |chapter= Parties and elections |pages= 465, 471, 580 |accessdate= December 27, 2019 }}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1930

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John W. Reynolds, Sr.

|votes = 258,469

|percentage = 43.35%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Michael Eberlein

|votes = 175,147

|percentage = 29.37%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Alvin C. Reis

|votes = 133,739

|percentage = 22.43%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = John J. Boyle

|votes = 16,138

|percentage = 2.71%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party of America

|candidate = Glenn P. Turner

|votes = 11,549

|percentage = 1.94%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Prohibition Party

|candidate = Burton S. Hawley

|votes = 1,218

|percentage = 0.20%

|change =

}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 4, 1930

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John W. Reynolds, Sr.

|votes = 375,616

|percentage = 68.10%

|change = -0.19%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = John J. Boyle

|votes = 125,315

|percentage = 22.72%

|change = -4.06%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party of America

|candidate = Glenn P. Turner

|votes = 35,169

|percentage = 6.38%

|change = +2.27%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Prohibition Party

|candidate = Burton S. Hawley

|votes = 12,636

|percentage = 2.29%

|change = +1.46%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party USA

|candidate = William Martilla

|votes = 2,827

|percentage = 0.51%

|change =

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 551,563

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = -37.09%

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

=Wisconsin Senate (1932)=

{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Senate, 26th District Election, 1932{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1933 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1933|year= 1933 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Witte |editor-first= Edwin E. |location=Madison, Wisconsin |chapter= Parties and elections |pages= 539, 541 |accessdate= December 27, 2019 }}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Primary Election, September 1932

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Alvin C. Reis

|votes = 20,935

|percentage = 56.89%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Hovey

|votes = 14,087

|percentage = 38.28%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Miles C. Riley

|votes = 1,600

|percentage = 4.35%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party of America

|candidate = Sam Mintz

|votes = 137

|percentage = 0.37%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Prohibition Party

|candidate = W. J. Robinson

|votes = 39

|percentage = 0.11%

|change =

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 36,798

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 8, 1932

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Alvin C. Reis

|votes = 23,277

|percentage = 52.18%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Miles C. Riley

|votes = 20,057

|percentage = 44.96%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Prohibition Party

|candidate = W. J. Robinson

|votes = 650

|percentage = 1.46%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party of America

|candidate = Sam Mintz

|votes = 629

|percentage = 1.41%

|change =

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 44,613

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

=Wisconsin Circuit Court (1937)=

{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, 9th Circuit Branch 1 Election, 1937{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1937 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1937|year= 1937 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last1= Ohm|editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Bryhan |editor-first2= Leone G.|chapter= Parties and elections: the judicial and nonpartisan elections |page= 441 |accessdate= December 28, 2019 }}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1937

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (United States)

|candidate = Alvin C. Reis

|votes = 18,812

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 18,812

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

=Wisconsin Supreme Court (1941)=

{{Election box begin | title=1941 Wisconsin Supreme Court election{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1942 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1942|year= 1942 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last1= Ohm|editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Bryhan |editor-first2= Leone G.|chapter= Parties and elections: the judicial and nonpartisan elections |page= 675 |accessdate= December 27, 2019 }}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1, 1941

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (United States)

|candidate = Chester A. Fowler (incumbent)

|votes = 290,276

|percentage = 54.89%

|change = +8.02%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (United States)

|candidate = Alvin C. Reis

|votes = 238,562