Rip Reukema

Rip Reukema (April 23, 1857 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – September 17, 1917 in Milwaukee) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate.

Rip Reukema
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 6th district
In office
1903 – ?
Preceded byWilliam Devos
Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
1892–1893
Personal details
BornApril 23, 1857
Milwaukee
DiedSeptember 17, 1917
Milwaukee
Political partyRepublican

He was educated in the public school system there.[1] He would become a lawyer, being admitted to practice in open court upon examination March 7, 1881.[2] Reukema died on September 17, 1917 in Milwaukee.[3]

Political career

Reukema was a member of the Assembly from 1892 to 1893 and of the Senate in 1903. He was a Republican. He was elected twice as Justice of the Peace. He served as director of the Milwaukee school board from 1897 to 1899, and member of the school board commission from 1901 to 1902. He was also the treasurer of the Milwaukee Bar Association, and director of the Citizens' Loan and Trust Company.[4]

References
  1. "Rip Reukema". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  2. 1903 Wisconsin Blue Book. 1903. pp. 1, 078.
  3. 'Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report 1894-1919,' Harvard University Class of 1894, pg. 288
  4. 1903 Wisconsin Blue Book. 1903. pp. 1, 078.
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