James Huff Stout

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James Huff Stout (September 25, 1848–December 8, 1910) was an American Republican politician and businessman from Wisconsin.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Stout became involved with his father's lumber business. After working in the District of Columbia and Read's Landing, Minnesota, Stout settled in Menomonie, Wisconsin. From 1895 to 1910, he served in the Wisconsin State Senate. While in the Wisconsin Senate he worked in opening libraries and improving highways. He also started a manual school in Menomonie, Wisconsin that became the University of Wisconsin–Stout.^[3]^[4]

Notes

↑ 'The Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,'
↑ The New York Times, Obituary of James Huff Stout, December 9, 1910, pg. 11
↑ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2643&search_term=stout
↑ http://www.uwstout.edu/history/biography.cfm

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Persondata
Name	Stout, James Huff
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1848
Place of birth	Dubuque, Iowa
Date of death	1910
Place of death	Menomonie, Wisconsin

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