Lloyd Tombleson (June 19, 1883 – September 9, 1951) was an American educator, farmer and politician.
Born in the town of
Trimbelle,
Pierce County, Wisconsin
Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,212. Its county seat is Ellsworth.
Pierce County is part of the Minneapolis– St. Paul– Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Ar ...
, Tombleson graduated from River Falls Teachers College in 1906. He then taught school and was principal. Tombleson also was a farmer and raised turkeys. Tombleson served on the Pierce County Board of Supervisors and was chairman of the county board. He also served as chairman of the
Salem Town Board and was a
Republican
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* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
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. Tombleson served on the school board and the county school committee. In 1933, Tombleson served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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. He died in a hospital in
Plum City, Wisconsin
Plum City is a village in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 599 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Plum City is located at (44.632938, -92.191967).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area ...
after a long illness.
['Lloyd Tombleson Rites at Ellsworth,' Winona Republican-Herald, September 15, 1951, pg. 2]
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1883 births
1951 deaths
People from Pierce County, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–River Falls alumni
Educators from Wisconsin
Farmers from Wisconsin
County supervisors in Wisconsin
Mayors of places in Wisconsin
School board members in Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
20th-century American politicians
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