Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....NIXON, ROBERT A. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@gmail.com January 2, 2008, 4:57 pm Author: Compiled by The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY BAYFIELD COUNTY ROBERT A. NIXON (Prog. Rep.) was born June 25, 1900, on a farm in the Town of Sterling, Vernon County, where he grew up. He was educated in the rural schools of Vernon County, the Viroqua High School, and George Washington University, Washington, D. C. While a student in Washington he was employed as secretary to Congressman J. D. Beck and later to Congressman H. H. Peavey. Since 1927 he has been practicing law in Washburn. He has been a member of the Assembly since 1929, was the Progressive floor leader in the regular session of 1931, the special session of 1931- 1932, and the regular session of 1933, and was secretary of the Republican State Platform Convention in 1930. Address: Washburn. Additional Comments: Compiled by The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. The Wisconsin Blue Book. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, 1933. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1933/bios/nixon1068gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb