Melvin H. Schlytter (October 22, 1890 – July 20, 1959) was a member of the

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. Schlytter was born Melvin Hjalmar Schlytter October 22, 1890 in Wittenberg, Wisconsin. He attended

Lawrence University Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducation ...

and served in the

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during

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. Schlytter died on July 20, 1959, in

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Political career

Schlytter was a member of the Assembly from 1939 to 1940. Additionally, he was a member of the

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Board. He was a Republican.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schlytter, Melvin People from Wittenberg, Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Military personnel from Wisconsin United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of World War I Lawrence University alumni 1890 births 1959 deaths 20th-century American legislators 20th-century Wisconsin politicians