Hubert H. Peavey | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | James A. Frear |
| Succeeded by | Bernard J. Gehrmann |
| Constituency | 11th district |
| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Adolphus Peter Nelson |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Constituency | 10th district |
| Member of theWisconsin State Assembly from theBayfield County district | |
| In office January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Walter A. Duffy |
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| Born | (1881-01-12)January 12, 1881 Adams, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 1937(1937-11-21) (aged 56) Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Hubert Haskell Peavey (January 12, 1881 – November 21, 1937) was aU.S. Representative fromWisconsin.[1]
Born inAdams, Minnesota, Peavey moved with his parents toRedwood Falls, Minnesota, in 1886. He attended the public schools, the high school at Redwood Falls, and Pillsbury Academy, inOwatonna, Minnesota. He pursued various activities inNebraska,Kansas, andOklahoma from 1900 until 1904, when he moved to South Dakota and engaged in the real estate business. He moved toWashburn, Wisconsin, in 1909 and continued the real estate business.
He served as alderman in 1911 and as mayor of Washburn in 1912 and from 1920 to 1922. He was elected the member of theWisconsin State Assembly from the newly createdBayfield County Assembly district in 1912 as a self-described "Progressive Republican" with 1,199 votes to 517 forDemocrat Henry Wachsmith and 302 forSocial Democrat Gustav Hering; he was not opposed by a regular Republican, and Republican incumbentWilliam Knight was not a candidate. He was the only Assembly member to declare himself a "Progressive Republican" in theWisconsin Blue Book for 1913.[2] He was not a candidate for re-election in 1914, and was succeeded by RepublicanWalter A. Duffy.
He became editor and publisher of theWashburn News in 1915.
During the First World War, he joined Company D, Sixth Infantry,Wisconsin National Guard, and served as captain. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in 1920 to theSixty-seventhCongress.
Peavey was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses. (March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935) For his first five terms in office he representedWisconsin's 11th congressional district; however, the district was eliminated in 1933 following the1930 Census and so Peavey redistricted and was elected to representWisconsin's 10th district as part of the73rd Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to theSeventy-fourth Congress.
He again engaged in the real estate business and also operated a fur ranch.
He died in Washburn, Wisconsin, on November 21, 1937.[3]
He was interred in Woodland Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's 11th congressional district March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933 | District abolished |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's 10th congressional district March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 | Succeeded by |
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