John M. Sell (October 9, 1863 – September 19, 1930) was an American house painter, interior decorator and trade union activist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served one term as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1]
Background
editSell was born October 9, 1863, in Concord, Wisconsin.[2][3] He attended the Concord and Fifth Ward of Milwaukee public schools, and Hoffman's Business College in Milwaukee, after which he learned the house painting trade. He had been an interior decorator and a member of the Painter's Union for 19 years, had been a trustee for years, and was a member of the executive board, when elected to the Assembly.
Legislative service
editSell was elected in 1918, to represent the Thirteenth Milwaukee County district (the 13th Ward of the City of Milwaukee), receiving 1,057 votes to 958 for Democrat Leander J. Pierson (Dem.) and 677 for incumbent Republican Assemblyman Hugo Jeske. He was assigned to the standing committee on transportation.[4]
He ran for re-election in 1920, but was defeated by Pierson (now running as a Republican; there was no Democratic candidate), who won 2894 votes to 2031 for Sell.[5]
Death
editHe died Milwaukee in September 1930 from injuries sustained in a fall, and was buried on September 22.[6]
References
edit- ^ Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September 1999; p. 105 Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928
- ^ 1870 United States Federal Census
- ^ Hunter, Paul F., ed. The Wisconsin blue book, 1919 Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1919; pp. 162, 447, 495
- ^ The Wisconsin blue book, 1921 Madison: 1921; p. 232
- ^ Associated Press. "Hold Funeral Services" Rhinelander Daily News September 22, 1930
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