Donald K. Helgeson was a member of the

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Biography

Helgeson was born on May 30, 1932, in

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. He graduated from high school in

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and from the

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. During the

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, he served in the

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. Helgeson died in 1976.

Political career

Helgeson was elected to the Assembly in 1968 and re-elected in 1970. He was a

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References

1932 births 1976 deaths 20th-century American legislators Military personnel from Wisconsin United States Navy sailors United States Navy personnel of the Korean War University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni People from Manitowoc, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 20th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1930s-stub