# Barbara Linton

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name             = Barb Linton
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| state            = Wisconsin
| state_assembly   = Wisconsin
| district         = 74th
| term_start       = January 5, 1987
| term_end         = July 31, 1998
| preceded         = [William Plizka](/source/William_Plizka)
| succeeded        = [Gary Sherman](/source/Gary_Sherman_(Wisconsin_politician))
| party            = [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1952|6|27}}
| birth_place      = [Ashland, Wisconsin](/source/Ashland%2C_Wisconsin)
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| alma_mater       = [Northland College](/source/Northland_College_(Wisconsin))
| profession       = 
| relations        = Married, 2 children
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'''Barbara J. Linton''', (born June 27, 1952) was a [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin) politician and legislator. She served in the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) from 1987 to 1998.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2000&keyword=Barb+Linton WisconsinHistory.com]</ref>

Born in [Ashland, Wisconsin](/source/Ashland%2C_Wisconsin), she attended [Northland College](/source/Northland_College_(Wisconsin)), and currently lives in [High Bridge](/source/High_Bridge%2C_Wisconsin). She was the [Ashland County](/source/Ashland_County%2C_Wisconsin) Board Supervisor from 1984 to 1986.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2000&keyword=Barb+Linton WisconsinHistory.com]</ref> While serving in the State Assembly as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) for 12 years, she later ran unsuccessfully as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)).

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Category:People from Ashland, Wisconsin
Category:People from Ashland County, Wisconsin
Category:Northland College (Wisconsin) alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Women state legislators in Wisconsin
Category:1952 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American women
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
Category:20th-century American women politicians

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