# Jonathan B. Barry

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American politician

For other people with similar names, see [John Barry](/source/John_Barry_(disambiguation)).

**Jonathan B. Barry** (born June 20, 1945) is an American politician, public servant, businessman, and farmer from [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin). He was a member of the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) from 1977–1981.

Born in [Milwaukee, Wisconsin](/source/Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin), Barry graduated from Shorewood High School. In 1967, he graduated from [University of Wisconsin–Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison). He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Democrat from 1977 to 1981 and was on the [Dane County, Wisconsin](/source/Dane_County%2C_Wisconsin) [Board of Supervisors](/source/Board_of_Supervisors). From 1981 to 1987, he was [County Executive](/source/County_Executive) of Dane County. In 1986 he switched parties and ran for the Republican nomination for governor, finishing second to [Tommy Thompson](/source/Tommy_Thompson). He owns a farm in Dane County and is a businessman. In November 2015, Barry was appointed executive secretary of the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. Barry also had served as Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services and deputy secretary of the [Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development](/source/Wisconsin_Department_of_Workforce_Development).[1][2][3]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Jonathan Barry](http://www.agrecol.com/cms/aec_page6.aspx) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101212094940/http://agrecol.com/cms/aec_page6.aspx) 2010-12-12 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Wisconsin Blue Book*, 1979-1980, Biographical Sketch of Jonathan B. Barry, p. 53.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Ex-Dane County Executive Jonathan Barry hired for Public Lands post, *La Crosse Tribune*, Steve Verburg (*Wisconsin State Journal*), November 27, 2015.

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