Gardner Robert Withrow (October 5, 1892 – September 23, 1964) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1931 to 1939 and again from 1949 to 1961, when he did not seek reelection. Withrow was born in
La Crosse, Wisconsin, and worked for the
railroad
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and was involved in the
labor union. He was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
. From March 4, 1931, till March 4, 1933 he represented
Wisconsin's 7th congressional district
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in the
Seventy-second as a
Republican
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. However, for the following term he redistricted and was elected to represent
Wisconsin's 3rd district. He was reelected to the following two congresses as well. A Republican at first, during the
Seventy-fourth and
Seventy-fifth Congresses Withrow ran as a member of
Wisconsin's Progressive Party. Withrow was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Seventy-Sixth Congress. He was eventually reelected to once again represent Wisconsin's third district as a Republican in the
Eighty-First Congress and was reelected to the five succeeding congresses (January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1961). Withrow voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and
1960
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. He died in La Crosse and was buried there.
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1892 births
1964 deaths
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Politicians from La Crosse, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Progressives (1924)
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
Progressive Party (1924) members of the United States House of Representatives
20th-century American politicians
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