J. E. Coffland was a member of the

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Biography

Coffland was born on February 12, 1864, in Ohio. Later, he established a clothing and furnishing goods business in

Richland Center, Wisconsin Richland Center is a city in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States that also serves as the county seat. The population was 5,114 at the 2020 census. History Richland Center was founded in 1851 by Ira Sherwin Hazeltine, a native of Andover, Ve ...

. He died on June 10, 1929.

Political career

Coffland was a member of the Assembly during the 1903 and 1905 sessions. Previously, he had been elected as a member of the county board of

Richland County, Wisconsin Richland County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,304. Its county seat is Richland Center. The county was created from the Wisconsin Territory in 1842 and organized in 1850. It is named fo ...

in 1895 and as Mayor of Richland Center in 1902 and 1904. He was a

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coffland, J. E. People from Richland Center, Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Mayors of places in Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin 1864 births 1929 deaths