John Volk

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} '''John Volk''' (September 28, 1915 – November 23, 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AJR-13.pdf|title=2009-2010 Wisconsin Legislature Documents|website=Legis.state.wi.us|accessdate=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223062631/https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2009/related/proposals/ajr13.pdf |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was an American politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and chairman of Freedom, Wisconsin.

Born in Freedom, Volk was a farmer. He served as town chairman of Freedom in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Forest County Vote Defeats Three Town Chairmen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10056614/john_volk_19152008/|newspaper=The Rhinelander Daily News|date=April 6, 1949|page=6|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 5, 2017 }} {{Open access}}</ref> In a special election in June 1983, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, serving until 1991. He was a Democrat.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2156&search_term=volk]# |title=Barstow and the Balance |access-date=2018-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824125629/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view# |archive-date=2008-08-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.madison.com/obits/listings.php?type=ad_date&date=2454797] {{Dead link|date=March 2026 |fix-attempted=yes |url=}}</ref>

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