Irving P. Mehigan (January 15, 1898 – August 4, 1980) was a member of the
Wisconsin State Senate from 1924 to 1935.
Biography
Irving P. Mehigan was born on January 15, 1898, in
Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...
,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
. He graduated from Marquette Academy and the
Marquette Law School in 1923.
Career
Mehigan was elected to the Senate on December 30, 1924, in a
special election following the death of
Ben H. Mahon. He represented the
9th District from 1924 to 1935.
[ ] He was a
Republican and practiced law in Milwaukee.
Death
Mehigan died of cancer on August 4, 1980.
References
1898 births
1980 deaths
Politicians from Milwaukee
Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
Marquette University Law School alumni
20th-century American legislators
20th-century Wisconsin politicians
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