Stephen R. Leopold
{{short description|American politician}}
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Stephen R. Leopold is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Leopold was born on June 19, 1944, in Jefferson City, Missouri.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-4fAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR4 |title=Members of State Legislature|year=1981|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book|access-date=2013-07-15}} He graduated from Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin, before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1966 and attending graduate school at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. During the Vietnam War, Leopold was a member of the United States Army Special Forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1291&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=L|title=Leopold, Stephen R. 1944|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date=2013-07-15}} He achieved the rank of captain before being held as a prisoner of war from 1968 to 1973. Leopold is married with two children.
Political career
Leopold was first elected to the Assembly in 1976. He is a Democrat.
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Category:People from Jefferson City, Missouri
Category:People from Shorewood, Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Military personnel from Wisconsin
Category:Members of the United States Army Special Forces
Category:United States Army officers
Category:United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
Category:American prisoners of war in the Vietnam War
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni