Wayne Gene Alstat (February 22, 1934 – November 16, 2019) was an American farmer and politician. Alstat was born in Ora Township,

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. He graduated from Vergennes Community High School in

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. He served in the

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during the

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. Alsat was a farmer in Vergennes, Illinois and was involved with the farm equipment business-Vergennes Equipment. He served as the highway commissioner for Oral Township from 1959 to 1981. He served in the

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from 1981 to 1983 and was a

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. Alstat was the second write-in candidate to be elected to the office in the history of Illinois. During the

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, Alstat endorsed the

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. Alstat died at the Carbondale Memorial Hospital in

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1934 births 2019 deaths People from Jackson County, Illinois Military personnel from Illinois Businesspeople from Illinois Farmers from Illinois Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 20th-century American businesspeople {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub