Roy C. Smelker
{{short description|American politician}}
Roy C. Smelker (March 7, 1875 – August 13, 1959) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Smelker was born on March 7, 1875, in Iowa County, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school in Dodgeville, Wisconsin in 1892 and from what is now the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1897. During the Spanish–American War, he served in the United States Army. Afterwards, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1899 and operated a law firm with his father.{{cite book|title=The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin|location=Madison|publisher=Democrat Printing Co.|year=1905|page=1100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEsNAAAAIAAJ&q=Roy+C.+Smelker%2BWisconsin%2BAssembly&pg=PA1100|accessdate=2018-05-13}}
Political career
Smelker was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly during the 1903 and 1905 sessions.{{cite book|editor=Lawrence S. Barish|year=2007|title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book|page=176}} He was a Republican. He later relocated to Minnesota, where he was the first secretary of the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party.{{cite news|title=Roy C. Smelker Files for Attorney General|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21828132/roy_c_smelker_18751959/|newspaper=The Minneapolis Star|date=April 23, 1924|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 13, 2018}} {{Open access}}
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|103801963}}
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Category:People from Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Military personnel from Wisconsin
Category:United States Army soldiers
Category:American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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