# Raymond Lee Lathan

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**Raymond Lee Lathan** (1915–1996) was an American politician who served in the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly).

## Biography

Lathan was born on April 4, 1915, in [Birmingham, Alabama](/source/Birmingham,_Alabama).[1] He graduated from [Industrial High School](/source/A._H._Parker_High_School) before attending theological seminary. He graduated from [Selma University](/source/Selma_University) Theological Seminary and from Detroit School of Ministry.[2][3] Lathan was pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee) and was involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He died on May 29, 1996, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4]

## Career

Lathan was elected to the Assembly in 1962. He was a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)).

## References

1. ["Lathan, Raymond Lee 1915"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131023064949/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1941&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=People&letter=L). Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from [the original](http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1941&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=People&letter=L) on October 23, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-22.

1. "Wisconsin Blue Book 1964, Biographical Sketch of Raymond Lee Lathan, pg. 54

1. [*Members of the Assembly*](https://books.google.com/books?id=HcdWAAAAYAAJ&q=Raymond+Lee+Lathan%2BWisconsin&pg=PA54). Wisconsin Blue Book. 1964. Retrieved 2013-10-22.

1. 'Lathan spent life searching for justice,' Eldon Knoche, *Milwaukee Sentinel Journal,* May 30, 1996, 7B

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