Background
Blaine, John J. was born on May 4, 1875 in Grant Company, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James F. and Elizabeth Blaine.
Blaine, John J. was born on May 4, 1875 in Grant Company, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James F. and Elizabeth Blaine.
Preparatory education high school. Bachelor of Laws, Valparaiso (Indiana) U., 1896.
Began practice at Boscobel, 1897. Partner Austin-Blaine Farm Company. Mayor of Boscobel 3 terms.
Member county board Grant Company, Wisconsin, 4 years. Member Wisconsin Senate, 1909-1913. Attorney general of Wisconsin, 1919-1921.
Governor of Wisconsin 3 terms, 1921-1926 inclusive. Member United States Senate, 1927-1933. Author of Workmen’s Compensation Act for Wisconsin and District of Columbia, and Act for Repeal of 18th Amendment.
Co-author of Anti-Injunction Act. Appointed member of the board of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1933, for unexpired term ending January 1934.
Member county board Grant Co. Member Wis; member United States Senate, 1927-1933. Member of the board of Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Married Anna C. McSpaden, August 23, 1904.