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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: St. Croix County, Wis.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Aune</b>; <b>H. A. Aune</b> — of Baldwin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-lived.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis.; Osseo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/TR-lived.html">Trempealeau County</a>, Wis. Born in Baldwin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-born.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/12-19.html">December 19, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1931; died in office 1931. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowning</a> in Lake Monona, Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-died.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/02-25.html">February 25, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 68 days</a>). He left a note saying, "You will find my body in the lake east of the Capitol," but it was not found until almost two months later. Interment at Woodside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Indianna (Alte) Aune and Carl R. Aune; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/">1905</a> to Hannah Eline Anderson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans A. Aune">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/89032693">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03953">Willow River Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Herman Leon Humphrey (1830-1902)</b> — also known as <b>Herman L. Humphrey</b> — of Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-lived.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis. Born in Candor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TI-born.html">Tioga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/03-14.html">March 14, 1830</a>. Republican. County judge in Wisconsin, 1860-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1862-63; circuit judge in Wisconsin 8th Circuit, 1866-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 7th District, 1877-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1887. Died in Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-died.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/06-10.html">June 10, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at Willow River Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000952">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405796">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James B. Hughes (1805-1873)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MG-lived.html">Meigs County</a>, Ohio; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn.; Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-lived.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-born.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/10-12.html">October 12, 1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; member of Ohio state legislature, 1838-39; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-died.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-11.html">August 11, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at Willow River Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Simon Hughes and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/09-04.html">September 4, 1838</a>, to Elizabeth Mather.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02679">Greenwood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> River Falls, St. Croix County, Wisconsin <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Mellen Nye (1852-1935)</b> — also known as <b>Frank M. Nye</b> — of Clear Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PL-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Wis.; Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Shirley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PI-born.html">Piscataquis County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/03-07.html">March 7, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1885; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 5th District, 1907-13; district judge in Minnesota, 1920-32. Died in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/11-29.html">November 29, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Franklin Nye and Eliza Mitchell (Loring) Nye; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-27.html">March 27, 1876</a>, to Carrie Maria Wilson; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#461.69.89">Bartlett Nye</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#768.31.38">Paul Fearing</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#842.14.78">Hezekiah Nye</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#149.22.49">Thomas Nye</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>..</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000175">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408255">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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