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Wauwatosa East High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school in the city of Wauwatosa,Wisconsin. It is part of the Wauwatosa School District. The school was originally known as Wauwatosa Senior High School until the opening of Wauwatosa West High School in September 1960. The first graduating class of Wauwatosa East High School was in June 1962. Today,the school is often colloquially referred to as Tosa East.
Peggy A. Rosenzweig is a former member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly. She served in the Wisconsin Legislature from 1983 to 2003.
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David A. Cullen is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Milwaukee,Wisconsin. He is the current treasurer of Milwaukee County. Prior to his election as treasurer in 2014,he served 13 years as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1990–2013),two years on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors (2012–2014),and 7 years on the Milwaukee Public Schools Board of Education (1983–1990).
Leah Vukmir is an American politician and nurse who served as a member of the Wisconsin Senate. A Republican,she represented Wisconsin's 5th Senate district. She previously served in the Wisconsin Assembly. Vukmir was the Republican nominee in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin,running unsuccessfully against incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin. In March 2019,Vukmir became vice president of state affairs at the National Taxpayers Union.
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Edward Keogh was an Irish American immigrant,printer,Democratic politician,and pioneer settler of Milwaukee,Wisconsin. He served 17 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly between 1860 and 1895,representing Milwaukee's 3rd ward,and was the 37th speaker of the Assembly. He also served two years in the State Senate.
Michael John Egan was an American merchant and insurance agent who served two years as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate and two as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Milwaukee County.
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Arthur J. Balzer was an American merchant and lecturer from West Allis,Wisconsin,who served several terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Milwaukee County,first in the 1930s and again for a single term in the 1950s.
Eric E. Hagedorn was an American politician and electrical engineer who served one term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. A Republican,he represented the city and town of Wauwatosa,Wisconsin,and northwestern Milwaukee County.
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Robyn Beckley Vining is an American photographer,nonprofit executive,and Democratic politician from Wauwatosa,Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Wisconsin's 13th Assembly district since 2025;she previously represented the 14th Assembly district from 2019 to 2025.
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On the evening of February 2,2020,Alvin Cole,a 17-year-old black male,was fatally shot by a Wauwatosa,Wisconsin black male police officer Joseph Mensah,outside Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa. The shooting occurred after Cole refused a command from the police to drop the stolen gun he was holding and Cole fired a bullet as he tried to flee. Two shots were fired when Cole was on his hands and knees,and the remaining three shots were fired by Mensah while Cole was face down on the ground. Mensah was the only officer among the five other officers at the scene who fired his weapon.
Margaret Michele Arney is an American nonprofit consultant,educator,and Democratic politician from Milwaukee County,Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Wisconsin's 18th Assembly district since 2025. She also currently serves as a member of the city council of Wauwatosa,Wisconsin,since 2022. She is Wauwatosa's first African American city councilmember.
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- ↑ "Members of State Legislature". Wisconsin Blue Book. 1979. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ↑ "Kirby, Michael G. 1952". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-10-15.