Wesley Lavern Packard (February 6, 1918 – September 25, 1972) was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Packard was born on February 6, 1918, in
Coffee Creek, Montana
Coffee Creek is an unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is located along Montana Highway 81 in west central Fergus County, several miles northwest of Denton. Coffee Creek has a post office with the ZIP code 59424 ...
.
[ ] He graduated from
Poynette High School Poynette High School is a secondary school in Poynette, Wisconsin
Poynette is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,590 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
P ...
in
Poynette, Wisconsin before attending the
Reppert School of Auctioneering The Reppert School of Auctioneering is an auctioneer education provider, since 1921.
History
The Reppert School of Auctioneering was founded in 1921 by Col. Fred Reppert of Decatur, Indiana. Fred Reppert started in the auction business as a youn ...
. During
World War II, he served in the
United States Army.
He died on September 25, 1972.
Political career
Packard was elected to the Assembly in 1966 and 1968.
In addition, he was mayor of
Lodi, Wisconsin from 1948 to 1952, as well as assessor of Lodi from 1959 to 1969.
He was a
Republican.
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People from Fergus County, Montana
People from Lodi, Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Mayors of places in Wisconsin
Military personnel from Wisconsin
United States Army soldiers
United States Army personnel of World War II
1918 births
1972 deaths
20th-century American legislators
20th-century Wisconsin politicians