Mark Catlin Jr. (October 18, 1910 – January 23, 1987) was a Wisconsin Republican politician and legislator.
Born in
Appleton, Wisconsin, Catlin graduated from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison and became a lawyer. His father was the college football coach
Mark Catlin Sr.
Mark Seavey Catlin Sr. (November 12, 1882 – May 16, 1956) was an American football player, track athlete, coach, lawyer, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Iowa from 1906 to 1908, and at Lawrence Universi ...
, who was also a lawyer and legislator.
Catlin served in 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 1937–1943, 1949–1951, and 1953–1957; Catlin also served as Speaker of the Assembly in the 1955 session and was a
Republican.
In 1957, the
State Bar of Wisconsin
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found Catlin guilty of unethical conduct; the ruling was upheld by the
Wisconsin Supreme Court
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and he was fined $1500 and his law license was suspended for six months.
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1910 births
1987 deaths
Politicians from Appleton, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Wisconsin lawyers
20th-century American politicians
Wisconsin politicians convicted of crimes
20th-century American lawyers
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