Harold Martin Groves (October 3, 1897 – December 2, 1969) was a member of the

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and the

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Biography

Groves was born on October 3, 1897, in

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. He attended the

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and Harvard Law School. From 1927 to 1968, he was a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Groves died on December 2, 1969.

Political career

Groves was a member of the Senate from 1932 to 1936, at which time he was succeeded by Fred Risser. Previously, he was a member of the Assembly from 1930 to 1932. He was affiliated with the

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. One of his achievements in Wisconsin was the passage of the first unemployment compensation law in the United States, dubbed the Groves Law, in the early 1930s.

References

Wisconsin state senators Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin Progressives (1924) University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Harvard Law School alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni People from Lodi, Wisconsin 1897 births 1969 deaths 20th-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub