John W. Reynolds Sr.

John Whitcome Reynolds Sr. (October 1, 1876 – February 4, 1958) was Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1927 to 1933.[1][2] He was elected as a Republican.[1]

Reynolds was born in Jacksonport, in Door County, Wisconsin, the son of Jennie (Foley) and Thomas Reynolds.[3] He graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Reynolds was admitted to the bar in 1902. After becoming a lawyer, he worked in Ashland, Wisconsin for a short time before setting up a practice in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which remained his home for the rest of his life. Reynolds served as district attorney for Brown County from 1906 to 1910. He was a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention, supporting Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr. When La Follette ran as a Progressive in the general election that year, Reynolds was one of thirteen electors who voted for him.[4][5]

Reynolds was elected attorney general in November 1926, and won re-election in 1928 and 1930.[6]

His son John W. Reynolds Jr. also served as attorney general as well as governor.[7]

Wisconsin Attorney Primary Election 1926
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican John W. Reynolds 201,342 53.6%
Republican John Sheldon 96,697 25.7%
Republican Albert Twesme 77,814 20.7%
Wisconsin Attorney General Election 1926
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican John W. Reynolds 389,519 85.5%
Socialist Ben W. Reynolds 35,066 7.7%
Democratic David Gardner Jr. 18,888 4.1%
Progressive Ben W. Reynolds 11,931 2.6%
Wisconsin Attorney General Election 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican John W. Reynolds 589,730 68.0%
Socialist George Memsing 36,028 4.2%
Democratic John J. Boyle 234,779 27.1%
Prohibition Burton S. Hawley 7,244 0.8%

References

  1. 1 2 "Former Wisconsin Officer Succumbs". The Rhinelander Daily News. February 5, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved April 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ http://www.doj.wisconsin.gov/ag/wi-ags.asp
  3. ↑ http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/moose.html
  4. ↑ http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1929/reference/wi.wibluebk1929.i0013.pdf
  5. ↑ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html
  6. ↑ http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.WIBlueBk1927.p0510&id=WI.WIBlueBk1927&isize=M
  7. ↑ Wolfgang Saxon, "John W. Reynolds, 80, Judge In Milwaukee School Integration, New York Times, January 12, 2008 at C18.
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