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Lawrence W. Ledvina

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Lawrence W. Ledvina (September 28, 1880 – June 26, 1932) was an American politician and lawyer.

Born in Kellnersville, Wisconsin, in the town of Franklin, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, Ledvina taught school in Manitowoc County. In 1906, Ledvina graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School and then practiced law in Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Ledvina then served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1905 to 1911 and was a Republican. He then served in the United States Navy during World War I. Ledvina helped organized the State Bank of Manitowoc. Ledvina died of an embolism in a hospital in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' Biographical Sketch of Lawrence W. Ledvina, pg. 1125
  2. ^ 'Lawrence Ledvina Is Dead,' Manitowoc Herald-Times, June 26, 1932, pg. 1, 6