Alice Clausing

Last updated

Alice Clausing is a former member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Contents

Biography

Clausing was born on June 7, 1944, in Port Washington, Wisconsin. [1] She graduated from Port Washington High School in 1962. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She was an educator and landlord of rental properties. She married Howard F. Clausing of Port Washington in 1966 and their two children were born in Port Washington.

Career

Clausing was first elected to the Senate in 1992. She would serve as a member from 1993 until 2001, after she was defeated for re-election in 2000 by Sheila Harsdorf. In 2004, Clausing was an unsuccessful candidate in the Democratic primary for her former Senate seat. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Port Washington, Wisconsin</span> City and county seat of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Port Washington is the county seat of Ozaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on Lake Michigan's western shore east of Interstate 43, the community is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area 27 miles north of the City of Milwaukee. The city's artificial harbor at the mouth of Sauk Creek was dredged in the 1870s and was a commercial port until the early 2000s. The population was 12,353 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patricia Wald</span> American judge (1928–2019)

Patricia Ann McGowan Wald was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until 1991. She was the Court's first female chief judge and its first woman to be elevated, having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. From 1999 to 2001, Wald was a Justice of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William F. Vilas</span> American lawyer and politician (1840–1908)

William Freeman Vilas was an American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator. In the U.S. Senate, he represented the state of Wisconsin for one term, from 1891 to 1897. As a prominent Bourbon Democrat, he was also a member of the cabinet of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, serving as the 33rd Postmaster General and the 17th Secretary of the Interior.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greta Van Susteren</span> American commentator, television personality, and lawyer

Greta Conway Van Susteren is an American commentator, lawyer, and television news anchor for Newsmax TV. She was previously on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. She hosted Fox News's On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren for 14 years (2002–2016) before departing for MSNBC, where she hosted For the Record with Greta for roughly six months in 2017. On June 14, 2022, she began hosting The Record with Greta van Susteren on Newsmax. A former criminal defense and civil trial lawyer, she appeared as a legal analyst on CNN co-hosting Burden of Proof with Roger Cossack from 1994 to 2002, playing defense attorney to Cossack's prosecutor. In 2016, she was listed as the 94th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes, up from 99th in 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Carr (Michigan politician)</span> American politician (born 1943)

Milton Robert Carr is an American lawyer, academic, and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Darling</span> American politician

Alberta Darling is an American educator, politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Senate. She represented Wisconsin's 8th State Senate district from 1993 through 2022 as a Republican. Her constituency included many of the municipalities directly north and northwest of Milwaukee and part of the city of Milwaukee. She also served three years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Before entering public office, she was a teacher and marketing director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alice M. Batchelder</span> American judge

Alice M. Moore Batchelder is an American attorney and jurist. She is currently a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She served as chief judge from 2009 until 2014. She also was considered by President George W. Bush as a potential nominee for a United States Supreme Court seat that ultimately went to Justice Samuel Alito. Her husband William G. Batchelder was a former state Court of Appeals judge and a state legislator, who had served more than 30 years in the Ohio House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 2011 until 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John J. Esch</span> American politician

John Jacob Esch was an American attorney and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1921 serving as a Republican. Born near Norwalk, Wisconsin, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1882 and in 1887 was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission from 1921 to 1927. In 1928, President Calvin Coolidge granted him a recess appointment pending his confirmation to a second term; however, the Senate blocked the nomination and the recess appointment expired when Congress adjourned in May. Esch returned to the practice of law and died in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Sheila E. Harsdorf is an American dairy farmer and Republican politician from Pierce County, Wisconsin. She served as the 11th secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, during the administration of Governor Scott Walker. She previously served ten years in the Wisconsin State Assembly and 17 years in the State Senate. Her brother, James Harsdorf, also served in the state Legislature, and was also secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Jennifer Shilling is an American Democratic politician, lobbyist, and former state legislator. She was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate for nine years and was senate minority leader from 2015 to 2020. She previously served 10 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the city of La Crosse and La Crosse County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Balthasar H. Meyer</span>

Balthasar Henry Meyer was an American government official and professor of economics and sociology. He served for 28 years as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Rich Zipperer is a former Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 33rd District from 2011 through 2012. He previously served in the Wisconsin Assembly, representing the 98th district from 2007 through 2011.

Horace White Wilkie was an American attorney, judge, and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was the 21st Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1974–1976) and served a total of 14 years on the court (1962–1976). Before being appointed to the Court, he served five years in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Madison, Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kathryn Ruemmler</span> American lawyer

Kathryn "Kathy" Ruemmler is an attorney who formerly served as Principal Deputy White House Counsel and then White House Counsel to President Barack Obama. Previously a partner at Latham and Watkins co-chairing its white-collar defense group, Ruemmler joined Goldman Sachs in 2020 as a Partner and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs. In 2021, she was promoted to Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel.

Martha Bablitch was a judge on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry W. Bolens</span> American politician

Harry W. Bolens was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Mary Jean Felzkowski is an American businesswoman and Republican politician from northern Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 12th Senate district since 2021. She previously served eight years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was assistant minority leader in the 2019–2020 session.

Donald Kyle Stitt was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate, and a chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thelma Akana Harrison</span> Oahu Senator in Hawaii Territorial Legislature

Thelma Alice Kalaokona Moore Akana Harrison was an American public health nurse and politician who served as a Republican Senator for Oahu in the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. She was the first woman to be reelected to the Territorial Senate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kerrynne Liddle</span> Australian politician

Kerrynne Liddle is an Australian politician and the first Indigenous federal member of parliament from South Australia. She is an Arrernte woman and member of the Liberal Party. She was elected to the Senate on the party's ticket in South Australia at the 2022 federal election, to a term beginning on 1 July 2022. She was a journalist and corporate manager before entering politics.

References

  1. "Clausing, Alice 1944". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  2. "Clausing, Alice". Our Campaigns.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.