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Harry W. Schilling (September 21, 1887 – March 20, 1958) was an American farmer and politician. Born in
Onalaska, Wisconsin Onalaska is a city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,803 at the 2020 census. It borders the larger La Crosse, Wisconsin, and is a part of the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metropolitan Area. Onalaska is built on a ...
, Schilling went to the Onalaska public schools and took the short agriculture course at the
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and was a farmer. He served on the creamery board, on the town board, the
La Crosse County, Wisconsin La Crosse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At the 2020 census, the population was 120,784. Its county seat is La Crosse. La Crosse County is included in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area with ...
Board of Supervisors, and as director of the Midway District School Board. Schilling served in the
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in 1935, 1937, 1947, 1949, 1951 as a
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and a
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. He also ran for the
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on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket and lost the election.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1952,' Biographical Sketch of Harry W. Schilling, pg. 52


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1887 births 1958 deaths People from Onalaska, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences alumni Farmers from Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin School board members in Wisconsin Wisconsin city council members Wisconsin Progressives (1924) 20th-century American legislators Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 20th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1880s-stub