Chester Howell Werden

Chester Howell Werden (August 10, 1857 – October 31, 1930) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Werden was born on August 10, 1857 in Hastings, Ontario.[1][2] He attended Queen's University.[3] He started his career in lumbering, first in Michigan and later in Wisconsin, where he was active in Merrill and Mason.[1] He moved to Ashland, Wisconsin in 1920.[1] Werden was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1925 in which his wife was killed.[4] He died at a hospital in Chicago on October 31, 1930.[1]

Career

Werden was elected to the Senate in 1920. Previously, he was chairman of Mason from 1908 to 1913 and chairman of the Bayfield County, Wisconsin Board from 1911 to 1913. He was a Republican.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Journal of Proceedings of the Sixtieth Session of the Wisconsin Legislature. 1931. Madison: Democrat Printing Company, p. 205.
  2. ↑ The Wisconsin Blue Book. Madison, WI: State of Wisconsin. 1923. p. 609.
  3. ↑ "Werden, Chester Howell". USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Wife Killed, Man, Daughter Hurt, Accident". Manitowoc Herald Times. October 12, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved November 9, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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