William Disch (January 12, 1840 – 1912) was a Swiss-born member of the

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Biography

Disch was born on January 12, 1840, in Glarus, Switzerland. He later moved to

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. During the

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, he served with the

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of the

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. Disch died in 1912 and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Political career

Disch was elected to the Assembly for

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's Third District in 1906 and 1908. Previously, he had been a security guard at the

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. He was a Republican.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Disch, William People from Glarus Politicians from Milwaukee Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War Union Army soldiers Security guards 1840 births 1912 deaths Burials in Wisconsin 19th-century American politicians Swiss emigrants to the United States