Wilmer R. Waters
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Wilmer "Rufe" Waters{{cite news|title=Wilmer (Rufe) Waters Is Interested in Eau Claire First |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5862183/wilmer_waters_19141995/|newspaper=The Daily Telegram|date=October 21, 1966|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 12, 2016 }} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Sheriff, Assemblyman and Senate Victories |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5862206/wilmer_waters_19141995/|newspaper=The Daily Telegram|date=November 9, 1966|page=6|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 12, 2016 }} {{Open access}} (October 4, 1914 – December 10, 1995) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Waters was born in West Plains, Missouri.{{cite web|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.WIBlueBk1968.p0056&id=WI.WIBlueBk1968&isize=text|title=Members of the Assembly|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book|accessdate=2014-02-14}} He attended Elk Mound High School in Elk Mound, Wisconsin before attending the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy.
Political career
Waters was elected to the Assembly in 1966. He was defeated in his 1968 reelection bid by Joseph Looby, initially losing by a single vote, and after review by the circuit court, the judge declared the margin was two votes.{{cite news|title=State Solon Hopes to Avoid Election Disputes in Future |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5872405/wilmer_r_waters_19141995/|newspaper=The Daily Telegram|date=January 24, 1969|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 13, 2016 }} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Looby Seated by Assembly; Dispute Ends |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5872399/wilmer_r_waters_19141995/|newspaper=The Daily Telegram|date=January 28, 1969|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 13, 2016 }} {{Open access}} In addition, Waters was president of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin City Council. He was a Republican.
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Category:People from West Plains, Missouri
Category:People from Elk Mound, Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Wisconsin city council members
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Category:United States Navy sailors
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
Category:University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire alumni
Category:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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