Albert Frank Woller (December 12, 1886July 27, 1944) was a

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immigrant,

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, and

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politician from

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. He served three terms as a member of the

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(1923, 1927, 1929), representing the northwest corner of the city of Milwaukee.

Background

Woller was born in Germany December 12, 1886, and came to the United States with his parents in 1892. He received a

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education at

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, became a

and eventually came to work in

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for the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company.

Public office

He had been a member of the Socialist Party for fifteen years, but had never held public office before being elected to the Assembly in November, 1922, receiving 3,246 votes to 2,049 for Republican incumbent

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. He was assigned to the standing committees on

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and third reading. Woller did not run for office in 1924, being succeeded by fellow Socialist William Coleman. In 1926, he had moved to the neighboring 3rd Milwaukee County Assembly district (25th ward of the City) and was elected to the Assembly without opposition (one of three Socialists to run unopposed in the 1926 election). He moved to the Committee on State Affairs. He was narrowly re-elected in 1928, with 2980 votes to 2869 for Republican Arthur Bowers and 1684 for

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Timothy Considine. Woller did not run for re-election in 1930; he was succeeded by fellow Socialist George Hampel.

After the legislature

His wife, also a native of Germany, died at the age of 45 on August 27, 1931, after an illness of two years."Mrs. Albert Woller, Wife of Ex-Assemblyman, Dies"
'' The Capital Times'' August 29, 1931; p. 6, col. 4 via Newspapers.com

References

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