Background
Wilcox, Roy Porter was born on June 30, 1873 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Nelson Chapman and Angeline (Tewkesbury) Wilcox.
Wilcox, Roy Porter was born on June 30, 1873 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Nelson Chapman and Angeline (Tewkesbury) Wilcox.
Bachelor of Laws, Cornell Univercity Law School, 1897.
Admitted to Wisconsin bar, 1896. Practiced at Eau Claire since 1897. Senior member Wilcox, Wilcox & Sullivan.
General counsel Union National Bank, and counsel or director various other corporations.
Member State Senate, Wisconsin, 1917-1920. As chairman Joint Committee on Reconstruction of Wisconsin Legislature drafted “Reconstruction” program, 1918.
Member Legal Advisory Board under Selective Service Acting. Republican candidate for government of Wisconsin, 1918, 20, for United States Senate, 1925.
Member advisory board Marquette U. Member American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Wisconsin State Bar Association (president 1925-1926). Nineteenth Circuit Bar Association, Eau Claire County Bar Association (past president), Sons of the American Revolution, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Cornell Savage, Masque, Glee, Elks, Eau Claire Rod and Gun, Eau Claire Country.
Married Luisa Maria de Freyre y Santander, June 17, 1903 (died March 24, 1928). Children: Luisa Maria, Francis John.