Marty Larsen (May 9, 1905 – June 11, 1988) was a member of the

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Biography

Larsen was born on May 9, 1905, in

Oconto, Wisconsin Oconto is a city in Oconto County, Wisconsin, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,609 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay Green Bay metropolitan area, Metropol ...

.''The Wisconsin Blue Book''. 1960. Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, page 50. He graduated from Milwaukee State College. During the

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era, he served in the

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from 1940 to 1942. He was a school teacher and a building manager. Larsen died on June 11, 1988, in

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, of cancer.''Milwaukee Journal'', 'Marty Larsen,' June 16, 1988, page 6B

Political career

Larsen was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1956 and 1958. Additionally, he was Supervisor of

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, from 1940 to 1956. He was a

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References

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