Arthur L. Padrutt

{{infobox officeholder

|office=Member of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

|term_start=April 13, 1956

|term_end=March 1, 1975

|governor={{ubl|Walter J. Kohler Jr.|Vernon W. Thomson|Gaylord Nelson|John W. Reynolds Jr.|Warren P. Knowles|Patrick Lucey}}

|predecessor=James R. Durfee

|successor=Matthew Holden

|state_senate2=Wisconsin

|district2=28th

|term_start2=January 3, 1949

|term_end2=April 13, 1956

|predecessor2=George H. Hipke

|successor2=Davis A. Donnelly

|office3=Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Chippewa County

|term_start3=January 1941

|term_end3=January 1947

|predecessor3=George H. Hipke

|successor3=Sylvia H. Raihle

|birth_name=Arthur Leonard Padrutt

|birth_date={{birth date|1917|09|26}}

|birth_place=Huron, South Dakota, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1992|04|04|1917|09|26}}

|death_place=Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.

|party={{ubl|Progressive (until 1956)|Republican (after 1956)}}

|spouse=Lorraine Hickox

|education={{indented plainlist|

}}

Arthur Leonard Padrutt (September 26, 1917 – April 4, 1992) was a politician in Wisconsin.

Biography

Padrutt was born on September 26, 1917, in Huron, South Dakota.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#483.61.45|title=Arthur L. Padrutt|publisher=Political Graveyard|accessdate=2011-12-05}} He later moved to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Career

Padrutt was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1943 to 1944. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1948{{cite news|title=Assembly Leader Beaten by Vet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4976213/1948_wisconsin_assembly_election/|newspaper=Waukesha Daily Freeman|date=November 3, 1948|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 18, 2016}} {{Open access}} and was re-elected in 1952. In 1953, he was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 9th congressional district in a special election following the death of Merlin Hull. He lost to Lester Johnson.{{cite web|url=http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/cspg/research/election_data_archive/pdf/WI_US_House_Election_Results.pdf |title=Wisconsin U.S. House elections, 1848-2008 |publisher=University of Minnesota |accessdate=2011-12-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405132933/http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/cspg/research/election_data_archive/pdf/WI_US_House_Election_Results.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-05 }} Additionally, Padrutt was a public service commissioner. He was a Republican. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.{{Cite web|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=turn&id=UW.UWECHist&entity=UW.UWECHist.p0053&q1=distinguished|title=The University of Wisconsin Collection - Collection - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries}}

References

External links

{{Find a Grave|139289873|Arthur L. Padrutt}}

Category:1917 births

Category:1992 deaths

Category:People from Beadle County, South Dakota

Category:Politicians from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Category:Republican Party Wisconsin state senators

Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Category:University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire alumni

Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature