Eric E. Hagedorn

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Hagedorn graduated from Milwaukee Lutheran High School in 1912. He attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering from 1913 to 1915, and took a correspondence course in law.{{cite report| url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1942 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1942 |year= 1942 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor1-last= Ohm |editor1-first= Howard F. |editor2-last= Bryhan |editor2-first= Leone G. |chapter-url= http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1942/reference/wi.wibluebk1942.i0011.pdf |chapter= Members of the Legislature |page= 59 |accessdate= December 8, 2020}}

He served in the United States Navy and was commander of the 8th battalion at Great Lakes Naval Station for two and a half years. Outside the Navy, he worked as an electrical engineer, working as superintendent of the Jung Electric Company, a sales manager for the Electrical Equipment Company, and manager and secretary of the Airforce Corporation.

He was elected Town Council President for the Town of Wauwatosa, and, in 1940, chose to challenge incumbent Republican Assemblyman Walter Nortman in the Republican primary. Hagedorn won a stunning upset in the primary, but the Milwaukee County Republican Party disavowed the results, stating that Hagedorn was not a "bona fide Republican." The County Party endorsed Nortman, who ran in the general election as an Independent Republican.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64926131/hagedorn-rejected-after-winning-primary/ |title= Milwaukee GOP Rejects Hagedorn |newspaper= Wisconsin State Journal |location=Milwaukee |date= October 9, 1940 |page= 22 |accessdate= December 8, 2020 }} Hagedorn won the general election anyway, taking 47% of the vote in a four-candidate race.{{cite report| url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1942 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1942 |year= 1942 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor1-last= Ohm |editor1-first= Howard F. |editor2-last= Bryhan |editor2-first= Leone G. |chapter-url= http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1942/reference/wi.wibluebk1942.i0024.pdf |chapter= The General Election |page= 670 |accessdate= December 8, 2020 }}{{cite report|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2007_2008 |title= State of Wisconsin 2007-2008 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 2007 |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor1-last= Barish |editor2-first= Lynn |editor2-last= Lemanski |isbn= 978-0-9752820-2-1 |chapter-url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2007_2008/300_feature.pdf |chapter= Feature Article: Those Who Served: Wisconsin Legislators 1848-2007 |page=143 |accessdate=December 8, 2020 }} Hagedorn ran for re-election in 1942, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Milton F. Burmaster.{{cite report| url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1942 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1944 |year= 1944 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor1-last= Ohm |editor1-first= Howard F. |editor2-last= Kuehn |editor2-first= Hazel L. |chapter-url= http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1944/reference/wi.wibluebk1944.i0021.pdf |chapter= The Primary Election |page= 518 |accessdate= December 8, 2020 }}

During his one term in the Assembly, Hagedorn served on the Assembly Committee on Education and the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1942 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1944 |year= 1944 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor1-last= Ohm |editor1-first= Howard F. |editor2-last= Kuehn |editor2-first= Hazel L. |chapter-url= http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1942/reference/wi.wibluebk1942.i0016.pdf |chapter= The Legislative Branch |page= 257 |accessdate= December 8, 2020 }}

Hagedorn died of cancer on June 22, 1963, at Park Falls, Wisconsin, where he had lived for eight years prior to his death. He was interred at Two Lakes Cemetery in the city of Phillips, Wisconsin, in Price County.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64928003/obituary-for-eric-e-hagedorn-aged-66/ |title= Hagedorn Services Slated Wednesday |newspaper= Wisconsin State Journal |location= Phillips, Wisconsin |date= June 25, 1963 |page= 7 |accessdate= December 8, 2020 }}

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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Republican Primary, September 1940

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Eric E. Hagedorn

|votes = 2,433

|percentage = 34.91%

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Walter Nortman (incumbent)

|votes = 2,105

|percentage = 30.20%

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Foley

|votes = 1,846

|percentage = 26.48%

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Schweppe

|votes = 586

|percentage = 8.41%

|change =

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{{Election box plurality

|votes = 328

|percentage = 4.71%

|change =

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{{Election box total

|votes = 6,970

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 5, 1940

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Eric E. Hagedorn

|votes = 10,403

|percentage = 47.55%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party

|candidate = Le Roy O. Steller

|votes = 4,597

|percentage = 21.01%

|change = -1.71%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Carl L. Borchardt

|votes = 3,794

|percentage = 17.34%

|change = -3.90%

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Republican (United States)

|candidate = Walter Nortman (incumbent)

|votes = 3,083

|percentage = 14.09%

|change = -41.95%

}}

{{Election box plurality

|votes = 5,806

|percentage = 26.54%

|change = -6.78%

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{{Election box total

|votes = 21,877

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = +53.59%

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing |

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Republican Primary, September 1942

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Milton F. Burmaster

|votes = 2,756

|percentage = 56.28%

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Eric E. Hagedorn (incumbent)

|votes = 2,141

|percentage = 43.72%

|change =

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{{Election box plurality

|votes = 615

|percentage = 12.56%

|change =

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{{Election box total

|votes = 4,897

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

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