Irvine Luther Lenroot (January 31, 1869 – January 26, 1949) was a

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and

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from

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and an

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of the

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Education and career

Born on January 31, 1869, in

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, Lenroot attended the common schools, then attended Parsons Business College in

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and

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in 1897. He was a logger and reporter for the Douglas County, Wisconsin Superior Court from 1893 to 1906. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Superior in 1898. He was a member of the

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from 1901 to 1907, serving as Speaker from 1903 to 1907.

Congressional service

Lenroot was elected as a

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from the 11th congressional district to the

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of the

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and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until April 17, 1918, when he resigned, having been elected Senator. He was elected as a Republican to the

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on April 2, 1918, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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. He was reelected in 1920 and served from April 18, 1918, to March 3, 1927. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926. He was Chairman of the Committee on Railroads in the

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, Committee on Public Lands and Surveys in the

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and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds in the

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. He resumed the practice of law in

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from 1927 to 1929.

1920 Republican Convention

Lenroot attended the

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at the

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, and after the selection of

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as the nominee for president, party leaders decided that the progressive Lenroot would be a balance to a ticket with the more conservative Harding. By Saturday night, June 12, many of the delegates had gone home, along with most of the party bosses. After Lenroot's name had been placed in nomination and seconded but before a vote could be taken, an

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delegate,

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, nominated

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for vice president. Unfettered by party bosses, the delegates weighed in for Coolidge, who received 674 votes to Lenroot's 146 and won on the first ballot.

Federal judicial service

Lenroot was nominated by President

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on April 22, 1929, to an Associate Judge seat on the

vacated by Associate Judge

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. He was confirmed by the

on May 17, 1929, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on April 30, 1944, due to his retirement. He died on January 26, 1949, in Washington, D.C. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Superior. The Associated Press report of his death began, "Former Senator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin, the man who might have been the 30th President of the United States, died Wednesday night."

Personal life

Lenroot married Clara Clough of Superior, who wrote a short memoir of her girlhood in Wisconsin in the 1860s and 1870s. His daughter,

Katherine Lenroot Katherine Fredrica Lenroot (March 8, 1891 – February 10, 1982), an American feminist and child welfare advocate, was the third Chief of the United States Children's Bureau. Biography Katharine F. Lenroot was born in Superior, Wisconsin on Ma ...

, was known for successfully lobbying for the

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and the enforcing of

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laws.''Current Biography 1940''

References

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