Alonzo A. Loper (March 23, 1829 – January 2, 1917) was a farmer and politician. Alonzo Loper newspaper 1916

Born in Blenheim, New York, Loper moved to Cereso, (now

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), Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Territory in 1846. Loper was a farmer. He served as town treasurer and also served on the Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors. Loper was active in the

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. Loper served in the

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in 1873 and then in the

in 1878 and 1879. In 1887 and 1888, Loper was deputy warden of the

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. Loper died of heart failure in Ripon, Wisconsin.

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1829 births 1917 deaths People from Schoharie County, New York People from Ripon, Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Republican Party Wisconsin state senators 19th-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub