Walter Wittman (March 8, 1857 – ?) was an American newspaper executive and politician. Born in

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, Wittman was the editor of the Manitowoc Post a Gernam language newspaper and later worked for the Manitowoc Daily Herald newspaper. Wittman was also a member of the printers union. In a special February 1918 election, Wittman was elected to the

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succeeding Carl Hansen who died in office. Wittman was a

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.'Four New Faces In Legislature,' Wisconsin State Journal, February 17, 1918, pg. 7

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1857 births Year of death unknown People from Manitowoc, Wisconsin Editors of Wisconsin newspapers Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Democratic-stub