Louis Kossuth Luse (May 6, 1854 – December 26, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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from
Dane County, Wisconsin
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.
Biography
Born in the town of
Dane
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, in Dane County, Wisconsin, Luse graduated from the
University of Wisconsin Law School
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in 1876
[ ] and then practiced law in
Watertown, Wisconsin
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,
Waterloo, Wisconsin
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, and finally in
Stoughton, Wisconsin
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. He served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors in 1880. In 1881, Luse served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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as a
Republican
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.
He then served as an Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin. In 1904, Luse was a candidate for justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court
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but was defeated by
James C. Kerwin
James Charles Kerwin (May 14, 1850January 29, 1921) was an American lawyer and judge from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the last 16 years of his life (1905–1921).
Biography
Born in Menasha, Wisconsin, he ...
. Luse moved to
Superior, Wisconsin
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, to practice law with his son
Claude Luse,
who later became a
United States district judge
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. He died in Superior, Wisconsin, from a heart ailment.
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1854 births
1920 deaths
People from Dane County, Wisconsin
Politicians from Superior, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
Wisconsin lawyers
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19th-century American lawyers
People from Stoughton, Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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