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Stephen Bolles (June 25, 1866July 8, 1941) was an American politician, a newspaper editor, and a congressman from
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Early life

Born in Springboro,
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, Bolles attended the public schools; was graduated from the State Normal School of Pennsylvania at
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, in 1888 and from the law department of
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Career

In his early career, Bolles worked as reporter, correspondent, managing editor, and publisher of newspapers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York from 1893 to 1901. Along with Mark Bennett, he was a superintendent of the press department of the
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at
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, in 1901, and was reportedly among those with President
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when the President was assassinated while visiting the Exposition. Bolles was managing editor of the '' Buffalo Enquirer'' in 1902 and 1903; superintendent of graphic arts of the St. Louis Exposition from 1903 to 1905; and director of publicity of the
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in 1907. He was engaged as a special writer and also in private business, including the "brokerage" business, in
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from 1907 to 1919. In 1920, he moved to
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, as editor of the ''Janesville Gazette'' and remained until 1939. Elected to the 76th and the
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as a
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, Bolles served as United States representative for the first district of Wisconsin from January 3, 1939, until his death in 1941. As a congressman, Bolles was fiercely opposed to the
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policy and tried to exclude the
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from the Lend-Lease program.


Death

Bolles died in
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on July 8, 1941 (age 75 years, 13 days). He is
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at Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin. His grandchildren include Don Bolles, an investigative journalist murdered in 1976, author
Richard Nelson Bolles Richard Nelson Bolles (March 19, 1927 – March 31, 2017) was an Episcopal clergyman and the author of the best-selling job-hunting book, '' What Color is Your Parachute?'' Early life Bolles was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the brother ...
, philosophy professor David L. Bolles, and author
Edmund Blair Bolles :''not to be confused with journalist E. Blair Bolles (1912–1990)'' Edmund Blair Bolles (born 1942) is an American humanist and author. Bolles argues that human free will and originality are real and natural, deriving from animal memory systems. ...
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See also

*
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: * List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) *List o ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolles, Stephen 1866 births 1941 deaths 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) American newspaper publishers (people) American newspaper editors Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania alumni Milton College alumni Politicians from Janesville, Wisconsin People from Springboro, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin