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Olaf C. Olsen
Olaf C. Olsen (February 26, 1899 - April 5, 1976) was a Socialist Party of America, Socialist legislator from Milwaukee. He was a Law school in the United States, law student at Marquette University Law School in 1922 when he was elected to the first of his two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 11th Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County district (11th and 24th Ward (country subdivision), wards of the City of Milwaukee). Background Olsen was born February 26, 1899, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from South Division High School. He worked for the City of Milwaukee repairing traffic signals (a job on which he was injured, while working without occupational safety, safety devices). As of the 1923 opening of the legislature, he was attending the law school of Marquette University. Assembly He had never held a public office before being elected to the assembly in November, 1922, receiving 3,643 votes to 887 for Democratic Party (United States), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Olsen, Socialist Legislator From Milwaukee
Olaf or Olav (, , or differences between General American and Received Pronunciation, British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" and ''laibaz'' "heirloom, descendant". Old English forms are attested as ''Ǣlāf'', ''Anlāf''. The corresponding Old Novgorod dialect form is ''Uleb''. A later English form of the name is ''Olave''. In the Norwegian language, ''Olav'' and ''Olaf'' are equally common, but Olav is traditionally used when referring to Norwegian royalty. The Swedish language, Swedish form is ''Olov'' or ''Olof'', and the Danish language, Danish form is ''Oluf''. It was borrowed into Old Irish and Scots language, Scots with the spellings ''Amlaíb'' and ''Amhlaoibh'', giving rise to modern version ''Aulay''. The name is Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Olaus''. Notable people North Germani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |