David G. Classon

David Guy Classon (September 27, 1870 – September 6, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.^[1]

David G. Classon was born in Oconto, Wisconsin. Classon attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (LL.B., 1891). He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Oconto, Wisconsin. He served as judge of Oconto County 1894-1898. He served as mayor of Oconto 1898-1900. City attorney 1900-1906. He served as president of the board of education in 1912 and 1913. He served as president of the board of fire and police commissioners in 1915 and 1916.

Classon was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1923). In Congress he was one of two Wisconsin representatives voting in favor of the declaration of war with Germany during World War I. He was opposed to prohibition.

He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922. He resumed the practice of law in Oconto, Wisconsin. After returning to Oconto, he served as circuit judge of the 20th circuit (1928–1930), filling the unexpired term of William B. Quinlan. He died in Oconto, Wisconsin, September 6, 1930. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

References

1. ^ Classon, David Guy 1870 - 1930 (Wisconsin Historical Society)

Other Sources

• David G. Classon at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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