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Joseph Very Quarles
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin · 1905
Joseph Very Quarles , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Joseph Very Quarles Jr. (December 16, 1843 – October 7, 1911) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as a United States senator from Wisconsin from 1899 to 1905; he was subsequently appointed United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and served from 1905 until his death in 1911.
Education
- University of MichiganA.B., 1866
- University of Michigan Law SchoolLL.B., 1867
Career
Private practice, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1868-1882; District attorney, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, 1870-1876; Mayor, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1876; State representative, Wisconsin, 1879; State senator, Wisconsin, 1880-1882; Private practice, Racine, Wisconsin, 1882-1888; Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1888-1899; U.S. senator from Wisconsin, 1899-1905
Biography
Joseph Very Quarles Jr. (December 16, 1843 – October 7, 1911) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as a United States senator from Wisconsin from 1899 to 1905; he was subsequently appointed United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and served from 1905 until his death in 1911.
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