Robert S. Travis
Robert S. Travis (May 2, 1909 – August 14, 1980) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Travis was born in Platteville, Wisconsin.[1][2] During World War II, he served in the United States Army crewing a radar truck in the European theater. Travis went to Michigan State University;[1] he was the manager of Irvington Dairy Products on Omaha, Nebraska[1] and was an insurance agent.[3] His son Robert S. Travis, Jr. also served in the Wisconsin Assembly. He died on August 14, 1980, in Platteville, Wisconsin.[4]
Political career
[edit]Travis was elected to the Assembly in 1948. He was elected to the Senate in 1954 and re-elected in 1958. Travis was also a delegate to the 1960 Republican National Convention.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Robert S. Travis". Monroe Evening Times. September 11, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved June 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Robert S. Travis". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1962, Biographical Sketch of Robert Travis, p. 25.
- ^ Ex-Legislator Travis, 71, dies, Wisconsin State Journal, August 16, 1980, p. 39.
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