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Louis K. Luse

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Louis Kossuth Luse (May 6, 1854 – December 26, 1920) was a lawyer and politician.

Born in the town of Dane, Dane County, Wisconsin, Luse graduated from the University of Wisconsin and then practiced law in Watertown, Wisconsin, Waterloo, Wisconsin, and finally in Stoughton, Wisconsin. He served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors in 1880. In 1881, Luse served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. He then served as Wisconsin assistant attorney general. In 1904, Luse was a candidate for justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Luse moved to Superior, Wisconsin to practice law with his son Claude Luse who later became a United States District Court judge. He died in Superior, Wisconsin from a heart ailment.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1881,' Biographical Sketch of Louis Kossuth Luse, pg. 507
  2. ^ 'Death Claims Louis K. Luse,' Madison Capital Times, December 28, 1920, pg. 2