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Florian Lampert (July 8, 1863 – July 18, 1930), was a
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member of the
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serving Wisconsin's 6th District.


Career

Florian Lampert was born on July 8, 1863 in
West Bend, Wisconsin West Bend is the county seat of Washington County, Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,752. History Early history and settlement Northeastern Washington County's earliest known inhabitants were pre-Columbian Mound Builder ...
, he moved to
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with his widowed mother in 1875. There he engaged in the retail shoe business (1880–1893), served as city comptroller (1893–1896), sheriff of Winnebago County (1897–1898), and city commissioner of Oshkosh (1914–1918). In 1918 he was elected as a Republican to fill the vacancy in the
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caused by the death of James H. Davidson. He was thereafter elected to a regular term in the
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, and held the position through six successive terms (November 5, 1918 – July 18, 1930). As a representative, Lampert devoted much time and effort to the handling of applications for veterans' pensions. He was also active in securing public improvements for his district and served on the committee that framed much of the early aviation legislation.


Family

He was married May 4, 1885, to Mary C. Vetter, to whom seven children were born, five sons and two daughters. All of the sons served their country in
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. The eldest, Lt. Col. J. G. B. Lampert, died in
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, on January 6, 1919.


Death

He died at Chicago Heights Hospital of injuries sustained in an automobile accident while returning to Oshkosh to open the campaign for the Congressional election of 1930 to the
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. His remains are interred at Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh.


See also

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References


Wisconsin Historical SocietyUniversity of Wisconsin Digital Collection; Wisconsin Blue Book 1929


External links

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Florian Lampert Bio at Wisconsin Historical Society
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