Arthur L. Padrutt

Arthur L. Padrutt
Arthur L. Padrutt
Member of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
	In office; April 13, 1956 – March 1, 1975
Governor	Walter J. Kohler Jr.; Vernon W. Thomson; Gaylord Nelson; John W. Reynolds Jr.; Warren P. Knowles; Patrick Lucey;
Preceded by	James R. Durfee
Succeeded by	Matthew Holden
Member of the Wisconsin Senate; from the 28th district
	In office; January 3, 1949 – April 13, 1956
Preceded by	George H. Hipke
Succeeded by	Davis A. Donnelly
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Chippewa County
	In office; January 1941 – January 1947
Preceded by	George H. Hipke
Succeeded by	Sylvia H. Raihle
Personal details
Born	Arthur Leonard Padrutt; September 26, 1917; Huron, South Dakota, U.S.
Died	April 4, 1992 (aged 74); Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party	Progressive (until 1956); Republican (after 1956);
Spouse	Lorraine Hickox
Education	Eau Claire State Teachers College; University of Wisconsin;

Arthur Leonard Padrutt (September 26, 1917 – April 4, 1992) was a politician in Wisconsin.

Biography

Padrutt was born on September 26, 1917, in Huron, South Dakota.^[1] He later moved to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Padrutt was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1943 to 1944. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1948^[2] and was re-elected in 1952. In 1953, he was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 9th congressional district in a special election following the death of Merlin Hull. He lost to Lester Johnson.^[3] Additionally, Padrutt was a public service commissioner. He was a Republican. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.^[4]

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^ "Assembly Leader Beaten by Vet". Waukesha Daily Freeman. November 3, 1948. p. 2. Retrieved April 18, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wisconsin U.S. House elections, 1848-2008" (PDF). University of Minnesota. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
^ "The University of Wisconsin Collection - Collection - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries".