John Colonel "Ikey" Karel, Jr., (February 28, 1873December 3, 1938) was an American politician, judge, lawyer,

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player, and coach.

Early life and athletic career

Karel was born on February 28, 1873, in Schuyler, Nebraska. He moved with his family to Wisconsin in 1874 and attended high school in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, before graduating from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1895 and moving to

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 ...

. While at University of Wisconsin, Karel was a football player and a baseball player for the Wisconsin Badgers. Karel also coached the football team at Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1896.

Political career

Karel was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

in 1901 and was a

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. Additionally, he was twice an unsuccessful candidate for

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, losing to incumbent

Francis E. McGovern Francis Edward McGovern (January 21, 1866 – May 16, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician from Wisconsin. He served as the 22nd Governor of Wisconsin from 1911 to 1915. In 1911 especially he sponsored a major series of progressive achie ...

in 1912 and to

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in 1914. In 1916, he was a delegate to the

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. From 1907 until his death in 1938, Karel served as

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Court judge. Karel died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.'Judge "Ikey" Karel Dies in Milwaukee,' ''Wisconsin State Journal,'' December 5, 1938, pg. 1

Head coaching record

References

External links

The Political Graveyard
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