Stephen Bolles

Stephen Bolles (June 25, 1866 – July 8, 1941) was an American politician, a newspaper editor, and a congressman from Wisconsin.[1]

Stephen Bolles
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st district
In office January 3, 1939 – July 8, 1941
Preceded by	Thomas Ryum Amlie
Succeeded by	Lawrence H. Smith
Personal details
Born	June 25, 1866 Springboro, Pennsylvania
Died	July 8, 1941 (aged 75) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Aimee Carreras Wall Bolles

Early life

Born in Springboro, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Bolles attended the public schools; was graduated from the State Normal School of Pennsylvania at Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, in 1888 and from the law department of Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin.

Career

In his early career, Bolles worked as reporter, correspondent, managing editor, and publisher of newspapers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York from 1893 to 1901. Along with Mark Bennett, he was a superintendent of the press department of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, New York, in 1901,[2] and was reportedly among those with President William McKinley when the President was assassinated while visiting the Exposition.

Bolles was managing editor of the Buffalo Enquirer in 1902 and 1903; superintendent of graphic arts of the St. Louis Exposition from 1903 to 1905; and director of publicity of the Jamestown Exposition in 1907. He was engaged as a special writer and also in private business, including the "brokerage" business, in Atlanta, Georgia from 1907 to 1919. In 1920, he moved to Janesville, Wisconsin, as editor of the Janesville Gazette[3] and remained until 1939.

Elected to the 76th and the 77th United States Congress as a Republican, Bolles served as United States representative for the first district of Wisconsin from January 3, 1939, until his death in 1941. As a congressman, Bolles was fiercely opposed to the Lend-Lease policy and tried to exclude the Soviet Union from the Lend-Lease program.

Death

Bolles died in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 1941 (age 75 years, 13 days). He is interred at Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin. His grandchildren include Don Bolles, an investigative journalist murdered in 1976, author Richard Nelson Bolles, philosophy professor David L. Bolles, and author Edmund Blair Bolles.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

1. Stephen Bolles, Wisconsin Historical Society
2. "Stephen Bolles". University at Buffalo. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
3. "Stephen Bolles". The Milwaukee Journal – Feb 24, 1920. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

External links

• United States Congress. "Stephen Bolles (id: B000604)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Stephen Bolles at Find a Grave