Henry Dorman

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Henry Dorman

|image =

|state = Wisconsin

|state_senate = Wisconsin

|district = 21st

|term_start = January 13, 1965

|term_end = January 3, 1979

|predecessor = Lynn E. Stalbaum

|successor = Joseph A. Strohl

|office1 = Member of the Racine County
Board of Supervisors

|term_start1 = 1956

|term_end1 = 1958

|party = Democratic

|spouse = {{marriage|Jean L. Phillips|1949|1998}}

|children = Robin
Wendy (LeBell)
Lynne (Reisley)
Heidi (Sweezy)

|birth_date = September 24, 1916

|birth_place = Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1998|11|9|1916|9|24}}

|death_place = Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.

|restingplace = Racine Jewish Memorial Cemetery
Racine, Wisconsin

|alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison

|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

|branch = {{flag|United States Army}}
20px U.S. Army Air Forces

|serviceyears = 1943–1945

|rank = 8px Second Lieutenant

|unit =

|battles = World War II

}}

Henry Dorman (September 24, 1916 – November 9, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in the Wisconsin Senate from 1965 through 1979.

Early life and education

Born in Racine, Wisconsin to Zachary and Eva Dorman, he graduated from William Horlick High School in 1935. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1940. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In 1947, he received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin law school and then practiced law.{{cite news|title=Biographical Sketches of Candidates Involved in Election Races Tuesday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2944732/1958_wisconsin_election/|newspaper=The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin|date=September 7, 1958|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Political career

Dorman served on the Racine County Board of Supervisors from 1956 to 1958. In 1965, Dorman was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate as a Democrat.{{cite news|title=Racine Democrat Gets Senate Seat|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2547592/henry_dorman_19161998/|newspaper=The Daily Telegram|date=March 10, 1965|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} Dorman served for 14 years, but in 1978 Dorman had been indicted earlier in the year for misuse of state telephone credit cards, and was plagued by other controversies, including a nepotism scandal.{{cite web|url=https://journaltimes.com/news/local/obituaries/former-state-senator-henry-dorman-dies-at/article_048ab0ae-99fd-5b7c-9517-3a19bab31476.html|title=Former state Senator Henry Dorman dies at 82|work=Racine Journal Times|date=November 10, 1998}} He was defeated in the 1978 Democratic primary election by Joseph A. Strohl. Strohl went on to succeed Dorman in the Senate.

Family and personal life

Dorman married Jean L. Phillips on May 29, 1949, in Rochester, New York. They had four daughters.{{cite web|url=https://journaltimes.com/news/local/obit-state-senator-henry-dorman/article_49b78bd7-9d08-5af9-bc60-88e770c58c4b.html|title=obit-State Senator Henry Dorman|work=Racine Journal Times|date=November 10, 1998}}

Dorman died at St. Mary's Medical Center, in Racine, at age 82.{{cite web|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1999/related/proposals/sjr5|title=1999 Wisconsin Senate Joint Resolution 5|date=January 28, 1999|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS7129|title=Henry Dorman|date=8 August 2017 |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}'Wisconsin Blue Book 1966,' Biographical Sketch of Henry Dorman, pg. 27. His funeral was held at Beth Israel Sinai Temple on September 11, 1998, and he was interred in the Racine Jewish Memorial Cemetery.

Dorman was a member of Beth Israel Sinai Congregation, the Wisconsin and Racine Bar Associations, and the National Society of State Legislators.

Electoral history

{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin 21st District Senate Special Election 1965{{cite report|chapter-url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1966|title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1966|chapter=Elections in Wisconsin|page=754|publisher=State of Wisconsin|author=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Henry Dorman

|votes = 8,605

|percentage = 50.29%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Bernard F. Miller

|votes = 8,506

|percentage = 49.71%