Gardner R. Withrow

Gardner Robert Withrow (October 5, 1892 – September 23, 1964) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1939 and again from 1949 to 1961, when he did not seek reelection. Withrow was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and worked for the railroad and was involved in the labor union. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. From March 4, 1931 till March 4, 1933 he represented Wisconsin's 7th congressional district in the Seventy-second as a Republican. However for the following term he redistricted and was elected to represent Wisconsin's 3rd district. He was reelected to the following two congresses as well. A Republican at first during the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses Withrow ran as a member of Wisconsin's Progressive Party. Withrow was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventy-Sixth Congress. He was eventually reelected to once again represent Wisconsin's third district as a republican in the Eighty-First Congress and was reelected to the five succeeding congresses (January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1961). He died in La Crosse and was buried there.[1]

Gardner R. Withrow
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin
In office
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961
Preceded byWilliam H. Stevenson
Succeeded byVernon Wallace Thomson
Constituency3rd district
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byJohn M. Nelson
Succeeded byHarry W. Griswold
Constituency3rd district
In office
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byMerlin Hull
Succeeded byGerald J. Boileau
Constituency7th district
Personal details
BornOctober 5, 1892
La Crosse, Wisconsin
DiedSeptember 23, 1964(1964-09-23) (aged 71)
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican, Progressive

Notes
  1. Wisconsin Historical Society-Gardner R. Withrow
gollark: I mean, theoretically there are some upsides with central planning, like not having the various problems with dealing with externalities and tragedies of the commons (how do you pluralize that) and competition-y issues of our decentralized market systems, but it also... doesn't actually work very well.
gollark: I do, but that isn't really what "communism" is as much as a nice thing people say it would do.
gollark: I don't consider it even a particularly admirable goal. At least not the centrally planned version (people seem to disagree a lot on the definitions).
gollark: I don't think that makes much sense either honestly. I mean, the whole point of... political systems... is that they organize people in some way. If they don't work on people in ways you could probably point out very easily theoretically, they are not very good.
gollark: inb4 "but capitalism kills literally everyone who dies in worse-off countries"
  • United States Congress. "Gardner R. Withrow (id: W000663)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Merlin Hull		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district
1931-1933		 Succeeded by
Gerald J. Boileau
Preceded by
John M. Nelson		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
1933-1939		 Succeeded by
Harry W. Griswold
Preceded by
William H. Stevenson		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
1949-1961		 Succeeded by
Vernon Wallace Thomson



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