Fred W. Zantow (February 24, 1879 – November 14, 1934) was an American politician.

Biography

Born in the Town of Sumpter,

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, Zantow went to Sauk City High School. He was involved with various farm organizations and was an advocate of the contract system of cooperative marketing. Zantow was a supporter of United States Senator

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Zantow served in the

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from 1931 until 1934 and was elected as a

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. He had been reelected on the

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ticket in 1934. Zantow died in a hospital in

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following surgery. He had been in ill health.'Fred Zantow, Senator, Dies,' La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press, November 14, 1934, pg. 1

References

1879 births 1934 deaths People from Sumpter, Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin Wisconsin Progressives (1924) 20th-century American legislators Republican Party Wisconsin state senators 20th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub