Alonzo J. Mathison

{{Short description|American politician (1876–1941)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alonzo J. Mathison | image = Alonzo John Mathison (1876–1941).png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = July 13, 1876 | birth_place = [[Stoughton, Wisconsin|Stoughton]], Wisconsin, US | death_date = November 11, 1941 | death_place = [[Beloit, Wisconsin|Beloit]], Wisconsin, US | resting_place = | occupation = Machinist, businessman, politician | awards = | spouse = | children = | education = | signature = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | office = Member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] | term = 1919 }} '''Alonzo John Mathison'''<ref>[https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005252602_00702?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=05798ff7fe749280a9956553af4ab03b&usePUB=true&_phsrc=gNm11&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=17489491 World War I draft registration card] {{closed access}}</ref> (July 13, 1876 – November 11, 1941) was an American machinist, businessman, and politician.

==Biography== Mathison was born in [[Stoughton, Wisconsin]], the son of Thorwald C. Mathison (1852–1894) and Carrie (née Jacobson) Mathison (1845–1919).<ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTMZ-GV4 "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"], database, FamilySearch (January 30, 2020), Thorwald C. Mathison in entry for Alonzo John Matheson, 1876. {{Subscription required}}</ref> He worked in a grocery store and then worked as a machine shop foreman for Fairbanks Morse & Company in [[Beloit, Wisconsin]]. Mathison was also in the real estate business. Mathison served on the Beloit Common Council. In 1919, Mathison served in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref name=BlueBook>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j1FAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA501&ci=129%2C1118%2C498%2C242 |editor-first=Paul F. |editor-last=Hunter |title=Wisconsin Blue Book |publisher=[[Government of Wisconsin]] |page=501 |date=1919 |access-date=2025-11-24 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-stoughton-department/185602021/ |title=Stoughton Department |first=W. H. |last=Linderud |newspaper=[[The Capital Times]] |publication-place=Madison, Wisconsin |page=2 |date=1941-11-15 |access-date=2025-11-24 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Mathison died at his home in Beloit following a long illness,<ref>{{cite news |title=Alonzo Mathison Dies at Beloit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63145751/alonzo-j-mathison-1876-1941/ |newspaper=[[The Capital Times]] |date=November 11, 1941 |location=Madison, WI |page=11 |accessdate=November 13, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> and he was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Stoughton.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alonzo Mathison Rites |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63212379/alonzo-j-mathison-1876-1941/ |newspaper=[[The Capital Times]] |date=November 12, 1941 |location=Madison, WI |page=14 |accessdate=November 14, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

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