Harold Groves

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1897|10|3|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lodi, Wisconsin, US

| death_date = {{death date and age |1969|12|2|1897|10|3|mf=y}}

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| institution = University of Wisconsin–Madison

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| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison

| doctoral_advisor = John R. Commons

| doctoral_students = Joseph A. Pechman

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Harold Martin Groves (October 3, 1897 – December 2, 1969) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Groves was born on October 3, 1897, in Lodi, Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-mss00272|title=Harold M. Groves Papers, 1927-1969|publisher=University of Wisconsin Digital Collections|accessdate=2014-01-23}} He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard Law School. From 1927 to 1968, he was a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Groves died on December 2, 1969.{{cite news|title=Prof. Harold Groves, 72, Noted Economist, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81547889/harold-groves-1897-1969/ |newspaper=The Capital Times |date=December 2, 1969 |location=Madison, WI |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81547889/harold-groves-1897-1969/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81547925/harold-groves-1897-1969/ 4] |via = Newspapers.com |access-date=July 16, 2021}} {{Open access}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19691203&id=wwcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7382,1057479|title=Harold Groves Dies; Was UW Professor, Tax Expert|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal|accessdate=2014-01-23|archive-date=2020-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409150154/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19691203&id=wwcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7382,1057479|url-status=dead}}'Wisconsin Blue Book 1935, Biographical Sketch of Harold M. Groves, p. 199.

Political career

Groves was a member of the Senate from 1932 to 1936, at which time he was succeeded by Fred Risser. Previously, he was a member of the Assembly from 1930 to 1932. He was affiliated with the Wisconsin Progressive Party. One of his achievements in Wisconsin was the passage of the first unemployment compensation law in the United States, dubbed the Groves Law, in the early 1930s.{{cite news|title=Commons in Radio Talk on Job Insurance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81552673/groves-law/ |newspaper=The Capital Times |date=April 10, 1932 |location=Madison, WI |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date=July 16, 2021}} {{Open access}}

References

Category:Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Category:Progressive Party (1924) Wisconsin state senators

Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty

Category:Harvard Law School alumni

Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni

Category:People from Lodi, Wisconsin

Category:Politicians from Columbia County, Wisconsin

Category:1897 births

Category:1969 deaths

Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature