Grover C. Winn
{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Grover Winn
| birth_name = Grover Cleveland Winn
| birth_place = Wiota, Wisconsin, U.S.
| party = Republican
| birth_date = January 3, 1886
| death_date = May 18, 1943 (aged 57)
| office = 9th Speaker of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives
| term_start = 1931
| term_end = 1933
| predecessor = R. C. Rothenburg
| successor = Joe McDonald
| office1 = Member of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives
| term_start1 = 1929
| term_end1 = 1933
| education = University of Washington (LLB)
}}
Grover Cleveland Winn (January 3, 1886 – May 18, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician who served as speaker of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives.
Early life and education
Winn was born Grover Cleveland Winn in Wiota, Wisconsin, in 1886. He received his law degree in 1910 from the University of Washington School of Law.{{Cite book |last=Representatives |first=Alaska Legislature House of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fsglAQAAIAAJ&q=Grover+C.+Winn+Wiota,+Wisconsin |title=The Journal of the House of Representatives |date=1931 |language=en}}
Career
Winn practiced law in Juneau, Alaska, and served as a member of the Juneau School Board.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winn.html#948.23.71|title=Grover Cleveland Winn|publisher=Political Graveyard|access-date=2011-11-07}} Winn was a member of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933, serving as speaker from 1931 to 1933. He was a Republican.
Personal life
His son, William, became a noted art dealer and critic in Juneau, Alaska.{{cite web |title=Winn, William A. |url=http://www.juneau.org/parkrec/museum/forms/GCM/readarticle.php?UID=778&newxtkey= |publisher=City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska |access-date=2011-11-08}} Winn died in 1943.
References
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External links
- [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=1547 Grover Winn] at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
{{Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives}}
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Category:Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives
Category:Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Juneau, Alaska)
Category:Members of the Alaska Territorial Legislature
Category:People from Wiota, Wisconsin
Category:School board members in Alaska
Category:Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives
Category:University of Washington School of Law alumni
Category:20th-century American lawyers
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