Theodore Rudzinski
Theodore Rudzinski (January 5, 1857 - ?) was an American
Background
Rudzinski was born in Neumark, Marienwerder, Prussia on January 5, 1857. His family came to Wisconsin in 1859 and settled at Milwaukee on Christmas Eve, 1859. He was educated in St. Mary's parish school in Milwaukee, and graduated from St. Gall's Academy, Milwaukee, and Spencerian Business College of Milwaukee. He became a real estate, insurance and steamboat agent, and lived for seven months in Chicago.
Elective office
He served on the
Rudzinski did not run for re-election. He was succeeded by Republican
After the Assembly
In 1897, it was reported that Rudzinski had made arrangements with the Peshtigo Company to buy 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) near Beaver Creek (just south of Crivitz, on which 400 Polish families from Milwaukee, Chicago and Europe were to form a colony.[5][6] By 1901, he was running ads in Polish language newspapers such as Dziennik Chicagoski and Zgoda in Chicago and Milwaukee.
References
- ^ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 101 Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Timme, Ernst G., ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin 1887 Madison, 1887; pp. 473, 503
- ^ "Levy-Russell" Watertown News October 23, 1889; p. 5, col. 4
- ^ "Corrupt TMERL deal alleged" La Crosse Tribune August 17, 1908; p. 4, col. 3
- ^ "A Polish Colony" Stevens Point Journal September 30, 1897; p. 2, col. 6
- ^ "A Polish Colony: Theodore Rudzinski Buys 12,000 Acres of Land for the Purpose" Portage Daily Democrat September 30, 1897; p. 1, col. 2]