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Albert J. Wilke (December 31, 1895 – July 29, 1977) was a member of the
Michigan Senate The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives, it composes the state legislature, which has powers, roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, ado ...
.


Biography

Wilke was born on December 31, 1895, in Port Washington, Wisconsin. He died on July 29, 1977, in Iron Mountain, Michigan.


Career

Wilke was a member of the Senate from 1949 to 1950. Previously, he was Register of Deeds of
Dickinson County, Michigan Dickinson County is a county in the Upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,947. The county seat is Iron Mountain. Dickinson is Michigan's newest county, formed in 1891 from parts of Marque ...
, from 1935 to 1946 and a delegate to the 1944
Democratic National Convention The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 ...
that nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt for a historic fourth term as President of the United States. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the general election for the
Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...
in 1954 and in the Democratic primary in 1958.


References

People from Dickinson County, Michigan People from Port Washington, Wisconsin Democratic Party Michigan state senators 1895 births 1977 deaths 20th-century American legislators {{Michigan-stub