Robert Joseph Wells (October 4, 1856 – February 12, 1941) was a member of the

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Life and politics

Wells was born in

Mazomanie, Wisconsin Mazomanie is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,652 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The village is located within the Mazomanie (town), Wisconsin, Town of Mazomanie. It ...

. He moved to Mitchell Township, Minnesota in May 1878 and began working as a farmer. He studied law in his spare time, and was admitted to the bar in 1888. He married Sadie E. Langford on January 17, 1889, and had four children. Wells was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1901 to 1910. He was a

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. Wells died in

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on February 12, 1941. He was

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wells, Robert People from Mazomanie, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1856 births 1941 deaths Minnesota lawyers