Warren Albert Grady (March 3, 1924December 14, 2019) was an American lawyer, judge, and

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politician from Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. He represented Ozaukee County for eight years in the

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and later served 16 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge.

Biography

Grady was born on March 3, 1924, in

Port Washington, Wisconsin Port Washington is the county seat of Ozaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on Lake Michigan's western shore east of Interstate 43, the community is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area 27 miles north of the City of Mil ...

. He graduated from Port Washington High School in 1942. Grady also graduated from

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and the

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. Grady served in the

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during

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. He died on December 14, 2019, in

Baraboo, Wisconsin Baraboo is a city in the Midwest and the county seat of Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The largest city in the county, Baraboo is the principal city of the Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area. Its 2020 population was 12,556. It is situ ...

Career

Grady was first elected to the

in 1952. He served as Majority Leader for the 1957 session. He was a

. Grady served as judge for

Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Ozaukee County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,503. Its county seat is Port Washington, making it one of three Wisconsin counties on Lake Michigan not to have a county seat with the same ...

from 1963 to 1995.

References

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