Eugene Hahn

{{Short description|American politician (born 1929)}}

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{{BLP sources|date=January 2019}}

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| name = Eugene Hahn

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| state = Wisconsin

| state_assembly = Wisconsin

| district = 47th

| term_start = 1991

| term_end = 2009

| preceded = Robert Thompson

| succeeded = Keith Ripp

| party = Republican

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|7|21}}

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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| profession = Politician, farmer

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| residence = Springvale, Columbia County, Wisconsin

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Eugene H. Hahn (born July 21, 1929) is a Wisconsin politician.{{cite web |title=Columbia County GOP chair resigns after OWI with kids in car |url=https://www.wiscnews.com/baraboonewsrepublic/news/local/columbia-county-gop-chair-resigns-after-owi-with-kids-in/article_ce1e6c7a-bfd0-11e0-ac05-001cc4c002e0.html |website=Wisc News |date=6 August 2011 |accessdate=3 October 2018}}

Hahn was born in Milwaukee but was raised in the Town of Springvale, Wisconsin. He graduated from Cambria High School and attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences from 1947 to 1948. He married Lorraine Eleanor Closs (1931–2021) in 1949.{{cite news|title=Hahns to Celebrate 50th Anniversary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88430598/eugene-hahn-born-1929/ |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |date=June 13, 1999 |location=Madison, WI |page=60 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = November 6, 2021}} {{Open access}} He worked as a farmer for most of his life.{{cite web |title=Members of State Legislature |url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/pdf/A46-48(p.51).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721075329/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/pdf/A46-48(p.51).pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2011 |website=Members of State Legislature |publisher=Wisconsin Gov |accessdate=3 October 2018}}

Hahn first became involved in politics in 1957, when he was elected assessor for the Town of Springvale. He served as assessor until 1961. In 1972, Hahn was elected to the Board of Supervisors for Columbia County, where he served until 1991. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1990 and served there until his retirement in 2009.{{cite web |title=Members of State Legislature |url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/pdf/A46-48(p.51).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721075329/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/pdf/A46-48(p.51).pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2011 |website=Members of State Legislature |publisher=Wisconsin Gov |accessdate=3 October 2018}}