# Gus Menos

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**Gus Menos** (December 5, 1920 – February 14, 1990)[1] was an American politician and [jeweler](/source/Jeweler) from [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin).

Born in [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee), [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin), Menos graduated from [Lincoln High School](/source/Lincoln_High_School_(Milwaukee,_Wisconsin)) and served in the [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces). He worked as a [metal finisher](/source/Machining#Stages_in_metal_cutting) and in [turbine](/source/Turbine) assembly in a factory, and in air-conditioning service; and was a "lifetime member" of the [United Auto Workers](/source/United_Auto_Workers) [union](/source/Labor_union).[2] Menos was a [Gemological Institute of America](/source/Gemological_Institute_of_America)-certified [gem appraiser](/source/Gemologist), and owned a jewelry and carpet business.

## Legislative service

Menos was elected to the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) in a special election in September 1971 to represent the 1st [Milwaukee County](/source/Milwaukee_County,_Wisconsin) District ([Ward](/source/Wards_of_the_United_States) 6 of the [City of Glendale](/source/Glendale,_Wisconsin) and Ward 1 of the [City of Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee)) to succeed [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [Mark Lipscomb, Jr.](/source/Mark_Lipscomb,_Jr.), who had just been elected to the [Wisconsin Senate](/source/Wisconsin_Senate) After winning an [absolute majority](/source/Absolute_majority) of the votes in a six-way Democratic [primary](/source/Partisan_primary), he defeated [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) Matthew Fausek by 1,651 to 100 in the [general election](/source/General_election). He was assigned to the [standing committees](/source/Standing_committee) on [transportation](/source/Transportation) and on [veterans](/source/Veteran) and [military affairs](/source/Military_affairs).[3]

His district was [redistricted](/source/Redistricting) in 1971 to include all of [Brown Deer](/source/Brown_Deer,_Wisconsin), [River Hills](/source/River_Hills,_Wisconsin), and Glendale, and parts of Milwaukee and [Whitefish Bay](/source/Whitefish_Bay,_Wisconsin).[4] He was re-elected anyway in what was now the [11th Assembly District](/source/Wisconsin_Assembly,_District_11), with 10,805 votes to 7,819 for Republican Erwin Schneeberg,[5] and served until 1986.[6] In 1986, condemned by the *[Milwaukee Journal](/source/Milwaukee_Journal)* as "largely ineffective... except when it comes to doing legislative favors for campaign contributors",[7] he lost the Democratic nomination to challenger [Louis Fortis](/source/Louis_Fortis) by 1218 votes to 3331 for Fortis.[8]

## References

1. Social Security Death Index

1. Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. [*The state of Wisconsin 1977 blue book*](http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1977) Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1977; p. 29.

1. [*The state of Wisconsin blue book, 1971*](http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1971) Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1971; pp. 50, 305, 321.

1. [Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 304](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/304.pdf), Laws of 1971; p. 1176.

1. Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. [*The State of Wisconsin 1987-1988 Blue Book*](http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1973) Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1973; p. 826.

1. ["Gus Menos"](https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS10499). Wisconsin Historical Society. 8 August 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2019.

1. "Our choices in Assembly primary" *Milwaukee Journal* September 3, 1986; p. 12A.

1. Theobald, H. Rupert; Barish, Lawrence S., eds. [*The State of Wisconsin 1987-1988 Blue Book*](http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1987) Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1987-1988; p. 888.

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