John Sharpless is a historian at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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and a former political candidate.
Biography
Sharpless was born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
in 1945. He went on to live in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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and
Wayzata, Minnesota
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. Sharpless is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
and the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
.
Academic career
Sharpless began teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975. His specialties include social and economic history. From 1985 to 1986, Sharpless taught at the
University of Papua New Guinea
The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) is a university located in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea. It was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired ...
as part of the
Fulbright Program
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. He is
Professor Emeritus
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at Wisconsin-Madison.
Political career
Sharpless was a candidate for the
United States House of Representatives
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from
Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin, covering Dane County, Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County and Green County, as well as portions of ...
in 2000.
He lost to incumbent
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms in the Wisconsin Stat ...
. Previously, he had been a candidate for the
Republican
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Political ideology
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
nomination for the seat in 1998, losing to
Josephine Musser
Josephine Musser is a former political candidate in Wisconsin. Musser was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in 1998, losing to Tammy Baldwin. She is a Republican
Republican can ...
.
References
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Politicians from Milwaukee
Politicians from Minneapolis
People from Wayzata, Minnesota
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
University of Papua New Guinea faculty
Wisconsin Republicans
Candidates in the 2000 United States elections
20th-century American politicians
Candidates in the 1998 United States elections
University of Minnesota alumni
University of Michigan alumni
1945 births
Living people