Herbert H. Manson
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Herbert H. Manson was Chairman of the
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Biography

Manson was born in 1872. He would graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School and marry the daughter of former
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Mayor Albert A. Dye. They would adopt one child together. Manson died on April 29, 1914.


Career

Manson was Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from 1906 to 1909. He had also served as Chairman of the Marathon County, Wisconsin Democratic Party, City Attorney of Wausau, Wisconsin and District Attorney of Marathon County. In 1902, he was a candidate for the
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. Manson was a delegate to the
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before being appointed as Collector of Internal Revenue of the Western District of
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by U.S. President
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manson, Herbert Politicians from Wausau, Wisconsin Democratic Party of Wisconsin chairs Wisconsin lawyers University of Wisconsin Law School alumni 1872 births 1914 deaths 19th-century American lawyers