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Thomas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Wisconsin" title="Chippewa County, Wisconsin">Chippewa</a> 2nd district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 7, 1907 – January 4, 1909</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_L._Thayer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis L. Thayer (page does not exist)">Louis L. Thayer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arnt_Erickson" title="Arnt Erickson">Arnt Erickson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Acting <a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> of <a href="/wiki/Price_County,_Wisconsin" title="Price County, Wisconsin">Price County, Wisconsin</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 1, 1909 – April 1909</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_O._Davidson" title="James O. Davidson">James O. Davidson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">W. K. Parkinson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">W. K. Parkinson</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1870-09-11</span>)</span>September 11, 1870<br /><a href="/wiki/Lamartine,_Wisconsin" title="Lamartine, Wisconsin">Lamartine, Wisconsin</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">between 1940 and 1954</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Florence Cemetery, <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Alabama" title="Florence, Alabama">Florence, Alabama</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Jeanette Irene Meiklejohn</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1900; died 1938)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>none</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Henry I. Thomas (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer, politician</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Theodore Manuel Thomas</b> (September 11, 1870 – ???) was an American lawyer and <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Era" title="Progressive Era">progressive</a> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> politician from <a href="/wiki/Rusk_County,_Wisconsin" title="Rusk County, Wisconsin">Rusk County, Wisconsin</a>. He served one term in the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a>, representing Rusk County and the northern half of Chippewa County during the <a href="/wiki/48th_Wisconsin_Legislature" title="48th Wisconsin Legislature">48th Wisconsin Legislature</a>. In historical documents, his name was often abbreviated as <span class="nowrap"><b>T. M. Thomas</b></span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_M._Thomas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Theodore Thomas was born in the town of <a href="/wiki/Lamartine,_Wisconsin" title="Lamartine, Wisconsin">Lamartine, Wisconsin</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_County,_Wisconsin" title="Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin">Fond du Lac County</a>, in September 1870. He was raised and educated in <span class="nowrap">Fond du Lac</span> County. He trained as a lawyer and was admitted to the bar at <a href="/wiki/Beaver_Dam,_Wisconsin" title="Beaver Dam, Wisconsin">Beaver Dam, Wisconsin</a>, on December 18, 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then practiced law in Beaver Dam until July 1904, when he moved to <a href="/wiki/Ladysmith,_Wisconsin" title="Ladysmith, Wisconsin">Ladysmith, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1907bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1907bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_M._Thomas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At Ladysmith, he was elected city attorney in 1905 and re-elected in 1906. As an attorney, he was appointed receiver of Ladysmith's First National Bank, after it failed in 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-assembly_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assembly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Controversy stemming from this bank failure and his role unwinding the bank's debts continued to plague him for years afterward.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1906, he ran for <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a>, seeking the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> nomination in what was then Chippewa County's 2nd Assembly district. The Chippewa 2nd district comprised the northern half of Chippewa County and all of Rusk County (which had been part of Chippewa County when that district plan had been enacted). Thomas won the primary, defeating Thomas Emmerton of Bloomer and <span class="nowrap">O. G. Briggs</span> of Bruce.<sup id="cite_ref-assembly_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assembly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He defeated Democrat Sewel Peterson in the general election and went on to serve in the <a href="/wiki/48th_Wisconsin_Legislature" title="48th Wisconsin Legislature">48th Wisconsin Legislature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1907bio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1907bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas did not run for re-election in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While serving in the legislature he formed a law partnership with <a href="/wiki/Jorge_W._Carow" title="Jorge W. Carow">Jorge W. Carow</a> which would continue for several years.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after leaving the Legislature, in March 1909, Thomas was appointed to serve as <a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">district attorney</a> of <a href="/wiki/Price_County,_Wisconsin" title="Price County, Wisconsin">Price County, Wisconsin</a>, after governor <a href="/wiki/James_O._Davidson" title="James O. Davidson">James O. Davidson</a> suspended district attorney <span class="nowrap">W. K. Parkinson</span> for failure to prosecute liquor cases.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parkinson was ultimately reinstated in April after appealing his case to the governor.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas continued his political activity in subsequent years. He was on the Republican slate of presidential electors for Wisconsin in <a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election" title="1912 United States presidential election">1912</a>. Before the election, he strangely admitted that he intended to cast his vote at the general election for the Democratic nominee <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a>, but if Taft won the state of Wisconsin, Thomas pledged to cast his electoral vote for Taft as instructed.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The issue became moot, since Wilson won the election in a landslide. </p><p>Later that decade, Thomas was appointed as a commissioner of the circuit court in Rusk County, and served in that role for several years.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas was elected as a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/1920_Republican_National_Convention" title="1920 Republican National Convention">1920 Republican National Convention</a> as a La Follette Progressive.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That fall, he made his first bid for <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a>, launching a primary challenge against <a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Peter_Nelson" title="Adolphus Peter Nelson">Adolphus Peter Nelson</a> with La Follette's endorsement in <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Wisconsin's 11th congressional district">Wisconsin's 11th congressional district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A third candidate, former state representative <a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Peavey" title="Hubert H. Peavey">Hubert H. Peavey</a>, also ran in the Republican primary. Nelson survived with 47% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-1920pri_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920pri-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After flirting with another run for congress in 1924,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas entered the race in 1926 to challenge the incumbent, Hubert H. Peavey, who by then had already won the Republican primary. Thomas ran as an independent progressive Republican in the general election,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but received only 27% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-1927elex_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1927elex-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years">Later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_M._Thomas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Less than a year later, Thomas filed for bankruptcy.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A short time later, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, where he resumed his legal career.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently moved to the south, residing for a time in <a href="/wiki/Colbert_County,_Alabama" title="Colbert County, Alabama">Colbert County, Alabama</a>. </p><p>He likely went to live with his brother, Judson, in Florida, after his wife's death in 1938, as that was the last place he was described living in his sister's obituary in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He most likely died before 1954, since his brother's obituary that year describes only their niece as survivor.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_M._Thomas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._House_(1920)"><span id="U.S._House_.281920.29"></span>U.S. House (1920)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_M._Thomas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: U.S. House (1920)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">Wisconsin's 11th Congressional District Election, 1920</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>Republican Primary, September 7, 1920</b><sup id="cite_ref-1920pri_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920pri-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Peter_Nelson" title="Adolphus Peter Nelson">Adolphus P. Nelson</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>16,623 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.72% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Theodore M. Thomas </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,445 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.35% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Peavey" title="Hubert H. Peavey">Hubert H. Peavey</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,498 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.88% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: <strong class="> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Scattering</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.04% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,178 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.36% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>35,582 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._House_(1926)"><span id="U.S._House_.281926.29"></span>U.S. House (1926)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_M._Thomas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: U.S. House (1926)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">Wisconsin's 11th Congressional District Election, 1926</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>General Election, November 2, 1926</b><sup id="cite_ref-1927elex_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1927elex-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Peavey" title="Hubert H. Peavey">Hubert H. Peavey</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,105 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.14% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−8.00pp </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CC6666; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Republican_(United_States)" title="Independent Republican (United States)">Independent Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Theodore M. Thomas </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,860 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.74% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF00FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prohibition Party (United States)">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn">Harriet Smith Olson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,368 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.08% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: <strong class="> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Scattering</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.03% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,245 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.40% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">-12.95pp </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>44,347 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-28.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_M._Thomas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHubbell1913" class="citation book cs1">Hubbell, Homer Bishop (1913). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/23779"><i>Dodge County, Wisconsin, Past and Present</i></a>. 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