Byrde M. Vaughan (November 30, 1862 – May 10, 1941) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born in the town of
Byron,
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 104,154. Its county seat is Fond du Lac. The county was created in the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and later organized in 1844. Fond du La ...
,
[ ] Vaughan moved to
Rudolph, Wisconsin to live with his grandfather in 1867.
He graduated from Howe High School in 1880
and received his bachelor's degree from the
University of Wisconsin in 1885.
Vaughan worked in the law office of
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855June 18, 1925), was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his ...
and studied at the
University of Wisconsin Law School, receiving his law degree in 1888. Vaughan then practiced law in
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin and farmed. He served as superintendent of the public schools and on the Wisconsin Rapids Board of Education. Vaughan also served on the Wood County Board of Supervisors. From 1933 to 1939, Vaughan served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly and was a member of the
Wisconsin Progressive Party. He served in the
Wisconsin National Guard in the Gardner Rifles Company. Vaughan died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Wisconsin Rapids.
He was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Wisconsin Rapids.
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1862 births
1941 deaths
People from Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
People from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
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Wisconsin Progressives (1924)
20th-century American legislators
School board members in Wisconsin
County supervisors in Wisconsin
Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
People from Rudolph, Wisconsin
20th-century Wisconsin politicians
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