Howard Teasdale
Howard Teasdale was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography[]
Teasdale was born on August 9, 1855 in Janesville, Wisconsin.[1] He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School.[2] Teasdale died on January 14, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas.
Career[]
Teasdale was a member of the Senate from 1911 to 1931. Previously, he had been District Attorney of Monroe County, Wisconsin from 1901 to 1905, Clerk of Sparta, Wisconsin from 1891 to 1896 and a justice of the peace from 1891 to 1892. He was a Republican. Teasdale's Commission interrogated suspected prostitutes and Johns in Wisconsin. The commission is notable insofar as being an investigation of what was termed "vice". The Wisconsin Blue Book listed Teasdale in 1913 as "discouraging the evils of liquor traffic" and also opposing the teachers' pension law.
References[]
- ^ "Teasdale, Howard (1855 - 1936)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ Biographical. Wisconsin Blue Book. 1923. p. 615. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- City and town clerks
- Politicians from Janesville, Wisconsin
- People from Sparta, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin state senators
- Wisconsin lawyers
- American justices of the peace
- Wisconsin Republicans
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
- 1855 births
- 1936 deaths