David G. Classon

David Guy Classon (September 27, 1870 – September 6, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for three terms.[1]

The Honorable
David G. Classon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923
Preceded byThomas F. Konop
Succeeded byGeorge J. Schneider
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
for the 20th Circuit
In office
1928 – January 1, 1930
Appointed byFred R. Zimmerman
Preceded byWilliam B. Quinlan
Succeeded byArold Francis Murphy
Personal details
Born
David Guy Classon

(1870-09-27)September 27, 1870
Oconto, Wisconsin
DiedSeptember 6, 1930(1930-09-06) (aged 59)
Oconto, Wisconsin
Resting placeEvergreen Cemetery
Oconto, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Myrtle Leila Orr
  • (died 1931)
Children4

Biography

David G. Classon was born in Oconto, Wisconsin. He attended the public schools, and graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1891, earning his LL.B. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Oconto. He was elected county judge of Oconto County, Wisconsin, from 1894 to 1898, and was then elected Mayor of Oconto from 1898 to 1900. After his two terms as mayor, he served as City attorney from 1900 to 1906, as president of the board of education in 1912 and 1913, and as president of the board of fire and police commissioners in 1915 and 1916.

In 1916, Classon was elected as a Republican to represent Wisconsin's 9th congressional district in the Sixty-fifth Congress, defeating Democratic incumbent Thomas F. Konop. He was then re-elected to the Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving until March 3, 1923.[2][3] In Congress, he was one of the two Wisconsin congressmen who voted in favor of the declaration of war with Germany during World War I, out of the eleven members of the Wisconsin delegation.[4] He was opposed to prohibition.

He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922. He resumed the practice of law in Oconto, Wisconsin. After returning to Oconto, he served as circuit judge of the 20th circuit (1928–1930), filling the unexpired term of William B. Quinlan.[2] He died at his home in Oconto, Wisconsin, on September 6, 1930.[2][3] He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.[3]

Electoral history
U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin 9th District election, 1916[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 7, 1916
Republican David G. Classon 20,614 52.50% +7.63%
Democratic Thomas F. Konop (incumbent) 18,078 46.04% -5.26%
Socialist Frederick Nanman 576 1.47%
Scattering 1 0.00%
Total votes '39,269' '100.0%' +30.27%
Republican gain from Democratic
U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin 9th District election, 1918[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 5, 1916
Republican David G. Classon (incumbent) 16,352 60.43% +7.93%
Democratic Andrew R. McDonald 10,702 39.55% -6.49%
Scattering 7 0.03%
Total votes '27,061' '100.0%' -31.09%
Republican hold
U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin 9th District election, 1920[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 2, 1916
Republican David G. Classon (incumbent) 32,027 59.23% -1.20%
Democratic Andrew R. McDonald 20,108 37.19% -2.36%
Socialist Harry G. Hanrahan 1,933 3.57%
Scattering 3 0.01%
Total votes '27,061' '100.0%' -31.09%
Republican hold

References
  1. Classon, David Guy 1870 - 1930 (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  2. "Ex-Judge Classon of Oconto Is Dead". The Capital Times. September 8, 1930. p. 13. Retrieved December 17, 2014 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "Judge Classon, Noted Stawart, Dies at Oconto". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. September 8, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved December 17, 2014 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. "TO ADOPT S. J. RES. 1, (43 STAT-1, APRIL 16, 1917), DECLARING THAT A STATE OF WAR EXISTS BETWEEN THE IMPERIAL GERMAN GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE U.S., AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EMPLOY ENTIRE NAVAL AND MILITARY FORCES OF THE U. S. AND RESOURCES OF GOVERNMENT TO CARRY ON WAR AGAINST GERMANY. (P. 306-1)". govtrack. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. "Election statistics". The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1917 (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1917. p. 291. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  6. Hunter, Paul F., ed. (1919). "Election statistics". The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1919 (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 156. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  7. "Election statistics". The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1921 (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1921. p. 156. Retrieved December 14, 2019.

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