Edmund Hitt (February 9, 1901 – July 17, 1976) was a member of the

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Biography

Hitt was born in the town of

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, and was the younger brother of the politician Arthur A. Hitt. He attended the

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. Hitt was a farmer and farm labor investigator. He was also involved with the Tenney Telephone Company. He died on July 17, 1976, in

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Career

Hitt was chairman of the Town of Alma from 1936 to 1943 and mayor of the city of

from 1946 to 1948. In 1942, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Assembly as a member of the

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. He was elected to the Assembly in 1948 as a

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* People from Alma, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin Mayors of places in Wisconsin Wisconsin Progressives (1924) University of Wisconsin–La Crosse alumni 1901 births 1976 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1900s-stub