Barbara Lorman
Barbara Lorman (born 31 July 1932) is a former member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography[edit]
Lorman was born on July 31, 1932, in Madison, Wisconsin.[1] She graduated from Madison West High School before attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Lorman is married with three children and has been an active participant with Rotary International and the Boy Scouts of America.
Career[edit]
Lorman was self-described as a "former homemaker" and president of a metals recycling company when she was elected to the Senate in a special election in 1980, with 7,453 votes, to 5,562 for Democrat Janice Redford. She was assigned to the standing committee on energy, and to the Migrant Labor Council.[2]
She was the first female senator to win re-election.[3]
She continued to be a member until 1994, when she was defeated in a three-way Republican primary election by Scott L. Fitzgerald, with 6,098 votes for Fitzgerald, 5,613 for Herbert Feil and 5,494 votes for Lorman.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lorman, Barbara K. 1932". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., Editor. The state of Wisconsin Blue Book [1981-1982] Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1981-1982; pp. 46, 912
- ^ "Former GOP State Senator Barbara Lorman endorses Barack Obama". WKOW. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ Barish, Lawrence S., ed. State of Wisconsin Blue Book [1995-1996] Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1995-1996; p. 900
- Politicians from Madison, Wisconsin
- Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
- Women state legislators in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Whitewater alumni
- 1932 births
- Living people
- Madison West High School alumni
- 21st-century American women
- 20th-century American legislators
- 20th-century American women politicians
- 20th-century Wisconsin politicians