Henry Gunderson

Henry A. Gunderson (born June 20, 1878 in Columbia County , Wisconsin , †  1940 ) was an American politician . In 1937 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Wisconsin.

Career

In 1900, Henry Gunderson graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison . After a subsequent law degree at Columbia University and his admission as a lawyer in 1903, he began to work in this profession from 1904 in Portage . He was also a District Attorney in Columbia County for several terms. In the meantime he also worked as a dairy farmer. Politically, he first became a member of the Republican Party . In June 1924 he took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland , on which President Calvin Coolidge was nominated for re-election. Gunderson later moved to the Wisconsin Progressive Party , which was formed in 1934 through a split from the Republican Party.

In 1936 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin at the side of Philip La Follette . He held this office between January 1937 and his resignation on October 16 of the same year. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . His resignation took place after his appointment to the tax commission of his state. He stayed there until it was dissolved in 1939. Henry Gunderson died of a heart attack a year later.

Web links

• The Political Graveyard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ madison.com: Obituaries (section on Lynn H. Gunderson)