Charles Jonas (Wisconsin politician)
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Charles Jonas (1840–1896) was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Maselow, Bohemia. He emigrated to Racine, Wisconsin in 1863; there he edited and published the Bohemian newspaper Slavie. He served as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1878 and in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1883 to 1886. From 1886 to 1889 Jonas was the U.S. consul in Prague; he also served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, from 1891 until 1894, when he resigned to become the U.S consul in St. Petersburg; in 1896, he was transferred to Crefield, Germany, where he died that same year.
[edit] References
- Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006 31. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (July 2005). Retrieved on October 6, 2007.
- Charles Jonas. Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Retrieved on October 6, 2007.
| Preceded by George Washington Ryland |
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 1891–1894 |
Succeeded by Emil Baensch |
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