Albert Charles Ehlman (November 10, 1876 – 1930) was a

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, schoolteacher and

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from

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, USA, who served one term as a

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member of the

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Background

Ehlman was born in Milwaukee on November 10, 1876, the son of William A. and Frances Graham Ehlman. He was educated in Milwaukee

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(his father was a teacher and then superintendent of music for the Milwaukee Public Schools). He attended what was then known as the

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(while in college he was leader of the

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and

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Clubs and the University Band, and was an instructor in the School of Music), studied law, and in 1898 passed the state

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. He taught in several

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s of Wisconsin, and at Western Kentucky State Normal School at Bowling Green, Kentucky. He practiced law briefly in

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, but in 1903 he returned to Milwaukee to open a law office.

Legislature

He was elected to the Assembly in 1918 to succeed fellow Socialist Henry Ohl, Jr. as a member for the Fourth district of

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(20th and 22nd wards of the City of Milwaukee), receiving 4,122 votes to 1,868 for

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Elmer Marlette, and 68 for

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John C. Clayton. He was appointed to the standing committee on the

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. He did not run for re-election in 1920, and was succeeded by Republican

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Personal life

On December 26, 1901, Ehlman married Ruby D. Bell of

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; as of 1922, they had two children, Neal LeRoy and Beatrice Lucille.Currey, Josiah Seymour. ''History of Milwaukee: City and County; Vol. 2: Biographical'' Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 1922; p. 180

References

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