Английская Википедия:Harvey L. Dueholm

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Harvey L. Dueholm (January 29, 1910Шаблон:Spaced ndashMay 29, 1980) was an American dairy farmer and Democratic politician. He served 20 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Polk and Burnett counties.

Biography

Born in the town of Bone Lake, Wisconsin, Dueholm received a high school education at Luck High School and spent nearly his entire life working on his family's dairy farm. He became associated with the Wisconsin Progressive Party, a breakaway faction from the Republican Party of Wisconsin which held significant power in the state during the 1930s and 1940s. But as the party began to dissolve in the late 1940s, Dueholm followed the majority of the progressives into the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

In 1945, he was elected town council chairman of Luck, Wisconsin, where he served for the next 14 years. He also became a member of the Polk County board of supervisors, and was chairman from 1957 to 1959.

In 1958, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the Polk and Burnett district. He defeated incumbent Republican Lowell A. Nelson, and went on to beat him in again in a close rematch in 1960. He was subsequently reelected eight more times. He announced he would not seek an 11th term in 1978, and left office in January 1979.

Dueholm was known for his defense of the University of Wisconsin, when it came under right-wing attack in the midst of protests against the Vietnam War, and for his advocacy for civil rights. Although he never served in party leadership, he was extremely popular among his colleagues.

Personal life and family

Dueholm was the eldest son of Marius Dueholm, a Danish American immigrant who came to Polk County as a child with his family. Marius Dueholm was also a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Polk County for six years from 1931 to 1937.

Harvey Dueholm and his wife, Hazel, had four sons together. Their son Robert would also serve in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the same district his father once represented.

Dueholm battled cancer for over 20 years before his death in 1980. He nearly lost reelection in 1966 and 1968 due to voters believing he would die before the end of his term. In May 1980, he underwent brain surgery to remove a tumor from his brain. He died from complications from the surgery a few days later, on May 29, 1980.

Dave Obey, who represented northwest Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives for 42 years (from 1969 to 2011), referred to Dueholm, who he served with in the Assembly, as his political mentor. In a statement, Obey said, "Harvey Dueholm cared more about justice, fairness, and the rights of each and every human being to reach his or her full potential than any legislators with whom I have ever served. He had a sense of rage about injustice and hypocrisy and used it on many occasions to make his colleauges' votes match their conscience."

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly, Burnett–Polk district (1958–1970)

Year	Election	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality
1958	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	5,982	52.41%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	5,432	47.59%	11,414	550
1960	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	8,060	52.45%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	7,307	47.55%	15,367	753
1962	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	5,721	56.44%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	4,415	43.56%	10,136	1,306
1964	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	8,344	56.60%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	6,397	43.40%	14,741	1,947
1966	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	5,365	50.87%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	5,182	49.13%	10,547	183
1968	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	7,718	50.60%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	7,536	49.40%	15,254	182
1970	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	6,920	55.62%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	5,521	44.38%	12,441	1,399

Wisconsin Assembly, 28th district (1972–1976)

Year	Election	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality
1972	Primary	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	2,532	84.12%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Dem.	478	15.88%	3,010	2,054
	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	11,336	53.96%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	9,672	46.04%	21,008	1,664
1974	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	rowspan="2" valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	9,161	64.41%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	4,932	34.68%	14,223	4,229
				Шаблон:Nowrap			Шаблон:Party shading/Independent | Ind.	130	0.91%
1976	Primary	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	2,532	84.12%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Dem.	775	23.00%	3,369	1,819
	General	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	valign="top" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	13,104	53.94%	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Rep.	11,191	46.06%	24,295	1,913

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