Gilbert Vandercook

Gilbert Vandercook June 1, 1866 – ?) was an American newspaper editor, lawyer, and politician.

Born in Newburg, Wisconsin, Vandercook was trained to be a printer and edited several newspapers in Wisconsin. In 1896, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Vandercook worked in the office of the Wisconsin Secretary of State as a clerk and then as assistant secretary of state. He lived in Spencer, Wisconsin and edited the "Spencer Tribune." Vandercook served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1899 and was a Republican.^[1][2]

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