Sylvia Havre Raihle (January 12, 1892 – March 2, 1972) was elected as a Republican to the

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in 1948. She lived in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Raihle went to

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, and University of Minnesota Law School. She taught school and worked for the

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and

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as a hospital contact worker. Before securing the nomination in 1948 despite Republican opposition, she had been an unsuccessful candidate in 1942. Her husband

Paul H. Raihle Paul H. Raihle (May 13, 1892 in Melrose, Minnesota – June 6, 1963) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He served in the military during World War I and attended the University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the Univers ...

also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. She was a member of the

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. She died on March 2, 1972.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1950,' Biographical Sketch of Sylvia Havre Raihle, pg. 42

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Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Women state legislators in Wisconsin Politicians from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin St. Cloud State University alumni University of Minnesota alumni University of Minnesota Law School alumni 1972 deaths 1892 births 20th-century American legislators 20th-century American women politicians 20th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1890s-stub