{{short description|Wisconsin State Assembly member}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} '''Ray Kuhlman''' (September 10, 1900 – October 7, 1956) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
==Biography== Kuhlman was born on September 10, 1900, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.<ref name="blue">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jcRWAAAAYAAJ&q=Kuhlman%201900 |chapter=Members of the Assembly |year=1956 |title=Wisconsin Blue Book |page=43 |access-date=2014-03-05}}</ref> He was in the grocery business and served as Sheriff of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, from 1943 to 1948 and again from 1951 to 1954.<ref name="blue" /> Kuhlman died in a traffic collision on October 7, 1956.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mother of 5 Is Hit-Run Victim; Assemblyman Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5489260/ray_kuhlman_19001956/ |newspaper=Janesville Daily Gazette |date=October 8, 1956 |pages=1, 2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Inquest May Be Asked in Deaths of Eau Claire Men |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5489244/ray_kuhlman_19001956/ |newspaper=Winona Daily News |date=October 9, 1956 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==Political career== Kuhlman served as sheriff of Eau Claire County from 1943 to 1946, and again from 1950 to 1955.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women Prisoners Enjoy Sun Baths |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5499149/ray_kuhlman_19001956/ |newspaper=The Anniston Star |agency=UP |date=October 2, 1954 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 6, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sheriff Kuhlman Seeks GOP Nomination to Assembly Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5499146/ray_kuhlman_19001956/ |newspaper=The Daily Telegram |date=July 3, 1954 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 6, 2016}} {{Open access}} {{dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref> Kuhlman was elected to the Assembly as a Republican in 1954. He remained a member until his death.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19561107&id=jN5QAAAAIBAJ&pg=6765,4104803 |title=Three Assembly Seats Gained by Republicans |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |access-date=2014-03-05}} {{dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref>
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