Walter Houser

'''Walter L. Houser''' (May 6, 1855 – April 7, 1928) was a politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html|title = The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Hougham to Houssni}}</ref> He served as that state's seventeenth Secretary of State of Wisconsin, serving two terms from January 5, 1903 to January 7, 1907. He was a Republican and served under governors Robert La Follette, Sr. and James O. Davidson.

He resided in Mondovi, Wisconsin at the time of his election, where he also served as mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1389&search_term=houser |title=Houser, Walter L. 1855 - 1928 |website=www.wisconsinhistory.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611155257/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1389&search_term=houser |archive-date=2011-06-11}} </ref>

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== References == *{{cite book |last=Anderson |first=William J. |editor-last=Anderson |editor-first=William A. |title=The Wisconsin blue book |year=1929 |url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=header&id=WI.WIBlueBk1929&isize=M |access-date=2008-08-23 |publisher=Democrat Printing Company |location=Madison, Wisconsin |pages=144}} *{{cite book |editor-last=Barish |editor-first=Lawrence S. |title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008 |url=http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/ |format=PDF |date=July 2007 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter=Chapter 8: Statistical Information on Wisconsin |chapter-url=http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/statistics.htm |pages=721 |isbn=978-0-9752820-2-1 |access-date=2008-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811080930/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/ |archive-date=2011-08-11 |url-status=dead }}

{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=William Froehlich}} {{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Secretary of State of Wisconsin|years=1902, 1904}} {{s-aft|after=James A. Frear}} {{s-off}} {{succession box |title=Secretary of State of Wisconsin |before=William Froehlich |after=James Frear |years=1903–1907}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Houser, Walter}} Category:Secretaries of state of Wisconsin Category:Mayors of places in Wisconsin Category:1855 births Category:1928 deaths Category:Wisconsin Republicans Category:People from Mondovi, Wisconsin