Eldo T. Ridgway

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Eldo Ridgway
Mayor of Elkhorn
In office
1928–1934
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
1921–1925
Preceded byLawrence E. Cunningham
Succeeded byGeorge W. Hull
Personal details
Born
Eldo T. Ridgway

(1880-12-17)December 17, 1880
Knox, Indiana, U.S.
DiedOctober 12, 1955 (aged 74)
Lebanon, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
WebsiteOfficial bio

Eldo T. Ridgway (December 17, 1880 – October 12, 1955) was an American physician and politician.

Born in Knox, Indiana, Ridgway received his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 1906. He started his medical practice in Wautoma, Wisconsin and then moved to Elkhorn, Wisconsin in 1912. Ridgway served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1921 to 1925 and was a Republican. From 1928 to 1934, Ridgway served as mayor of Elkhorn. He also served on the board of education and the Elkhorn City Power and Light Commission. Ridgway moved to California in 1944, but later returned and reopen his medical practice. He died in Lebanon, Illinois.[1][2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1923,' Biographical Sketch of Eldo T. Ridgway, pg. 612-613
  2. ^ 'Former Elkhorn Mayor Is Dead-Dr. E. T. Ridgway. Long Prominent In Civic Life,' Janesville Daily Gazette, October 12, 1955, pg. 1, 2


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