Lynn Ellsworth STALBAUM, Congress, WI (1920-1999)

1920-1999

STALBAUM, Lynn Ellsworth, a Representative from Wisconsin; born on a farm near Waterford, Racine County, Wis., May 15, 1920; attended the public schools; graduated from the Racine County Agricultural School in 1936; employed with the United States Department of Agriculture in Racine County, 1936-1944, serving as administrative officer from 1937; served in the United States Navy 1944-1946; feed salesman 1946-1951; secretary-treasurer of the Racine Milk Producers Cooperative Association and manager of the Harmony Dairy Co., 1951-1964; elected to the State senate in 1954 and reelected in 1958 and 1962; served as caucus chairman in 1957, 1959, and 1961, and as assistant minority leader in 1963; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress and for election in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; legislative consultant to rural electric and dairy cooperatives, 1968-1985; was a resident of Bethesda, Md., until his death on June 17, 1999.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present