Felix A. Kremer (October 18, 1872 – January 11, 1940) was an American farmer, lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. Born on a farm in

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, Kremer received his law degree from

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. From 1899 to 1916, Kremer practiced law in

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. He then moved to

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, where he continued to practice law and owned a farm. Kremer served as district attorney and municipal judge for Price County, Wisconsin. He owned and published ''The Wisconsin Homestead'', an agricultural newspaper. In 1937, Kremer served in the

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and was a

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.''Wisconsin Blue Book 1937'', Biographical Sketch of Felix A. Kremer, p. 62. Kremer died in a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1940.

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