Martin L. Lueck

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = The Honorable

| name = Martin L. Lueck

| image = Martin M. Lueck LCCN2014717216.jpg

| image name =

| caption =

|office = Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge {{nobreak|for the 13th Circuit}}

| term_start = April 1907

| term_end = 1922

| appointer = James O. Davidson

| predecessor = James J. Dick

| successor = Charles M. Davison

|office1 = Mayor of Juneau, Wisconsin

| term_start1 = April 1906

| term_end1 = April 1907

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

|office2 = District Attorney of Dodge County

| term_start2 = January 1, 1899

| term_end2 = January 1, 1903

| predecessor2 = William N. Hamilton

| successor2 = Paul O. Husting

|birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1872|7|24}}

| birth_place = Juneau, Wisconsin

| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|7|18|1872|7|24}}

| death_place =

|restingplace = Juneau Cemetery
Juneau, Wisconsin

| party = Democratic

| spouse = {{unbulleted list

| Hedwig M. Kuentzel

| (m. 1904; died 1939)

}}

| children = {{unbulleted list

| Ruth

| {{sup|(b. 1905; died 1997)}}

| Dorothea

| {{sup|(b. 1908; died 1927)}}

| Mae

| {{sup|(b. 1912; died 1999)}}

}}

| father = Frederick William Lueck

| mother = Wilhelmina Philippina (Scheuer) Lueck

| religion =

|alma_mater = University of Wisconsin

}}

Martin L. Lueck (July 24, 1872{{spaced ndash}}July 18, 1926) was an American politician and judge from Dodge County, Wisconsin. He was a Wisconsin circuit court judge for 15 years and was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1924.

Biography

Lueck was born on July 24, 1872, in Juneau, Wisconsin. His parents were German American immigrants and had settled in Juneau in 1870. His father immigrated as a boy in 1852. He volunteered with the Union Army in the American Civil War, and served at the Battle of Gettysburg with the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.{{cite book|first=Homer Bishop |last= Hubbell |year=1913 |title=Dodge County, Wisconsin, Past and Present |volume= 2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BwQrAQAAMAAJ |location= Chicago |publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |pages=444–445 |isbn= 9781403500410 |accessdate=February 2, 2020}}

Martin attended the public schools in Juneau and graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin in 1894. He returned to Juneau and established a legal practice. He was elected district attorney for Dodge County, Wisconsin, in 1898, and earned re-election in 1900. He worked as City Attorney in Juneau and was elected mayor in 1906.

In 1907, he was appointed to the Wisconsin Circuit Court by Governor James O. Davidson to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge James J. Dick. He was elected to remain on the court in 1911, and was re-elected in 1917. He left office in 1922.

He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1924, but was defeated in the general election by incumbent John J. Blaine.{{cite report| title= State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book |chapter-url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1991 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1991 |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Theobald |editor2-first= H. Rupert |location = Madison, Wisconsin |chapter= Statistical information on Wisconsin |page=720 |accessdate=February 2, 2020 }}

Family and personal life

In May 1904, (differing info has been given as to the exact date) Lueck married Hedwig M. Kuentzel. They had three daughters.

Martin Lueck died on July 18, 1926, and was buried in Juneau, Wisconsin.

Electoral history

{{Election box begin | title= Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election, 1924{{cite report|chapter-url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1925 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1925 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1925 |location = Madison, Wisconsin |editor-last= Holmes |editor-first= Fred L. |accessdate= February 2, 2020|chapter= Election statistics | pages= 481, 562–563 }}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 4, 1924

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John J. Blaine

|votes = 412,255

|percentage = 51.76%

|change = -24.60%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Martin L. Lueck

|votes = 317,550