Gerald J. Boileau

Gerald J. Boileau
Boileau in 1938
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	Gardner R. Withrow
Succeeded by	Reid F. Murray
Constituency	Wisconsin's 7th district
In office March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
Preceded by	Edward E. Browne
Succeeded by	James F. Hughes
Constituency	Wisconsin's 8th district
Acting Wisconsin Circuit Judge for the 1st Circuit, Branch 1
In office November 1972 – April 7, 1973
Appointed by	Patrick Lucey
Preceded by	M. Eugene Baker
Succeeded by	Earl D. Morton
Wisconsin Circuit Judge for the 16th Circuit
In office June 1, 1942 – January 1, 1970
Preceded by	Claire B. Bird
Succeeded by	Ronald D. Keberle
Personal details
Born	(1900-01-15)January 15, 1900 Woodruff, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	January 30, 1981(1981-01-30) (aged 81) Wausau, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party	Republican Progressive (1935–1939)
Spouse	Monica McKeon ​ (m. 1925)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Marquette University Law School (LLB)
Profession	Lawyer, politician
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Years of service	1918–1919
Rank	Corporal
Conflict	World War I

Gerald John Boileau (January 15, 1900 – January 30, 1981) was an American lawyer and progressive Republican politician from Wausau, Wisconsin. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1939. After leaving Congress, he served another 27 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in northern Wisconsin. Later in life, he served briefly as acting circuit judge in Kenosha County.

Biography

Born in Woodruff, Wisconsin, Boileau graduated from Minocqua High School and served in the United States Army, in France, during World War I. He enlisted as a private February 25, 1918 and was honorably discharged as a corporal on July 16, 1919. Boileau graduated from Marquette University Law School, in 1922, and was subsequently admitted to the bar.

He married Monica McKeon on August 25, 1925, in Superior, Wisconsin. They had two daughters, Nancy and Mary.

He returned to Marathon County and became district attorney in 1926, a position he held until his election to Congress in 1930. Boileau was first elected a Republican to the Seventy-second United States Congress as the representative of Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. For his next term he redistricted to Wisconsin's 7th district and was reelected to the Seventy-third Congress. He was then reelected to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congress but ran as a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party still representing Wisconsin's 7th district. After his defeat for reelection in 1938, he returned to Wausau, Wisconsin to practice law. He soon after returned to public service as a circuit judge, a position he held from 1942 to 1970 when he retired. He served one final public office, when he was appointed acting circuit judge in the Kenosha-based 1st circuit in 1972, due to the medical disability of judge M. Eugene Baker. He died in Wausau on January 30, 1981. He was the last surviving man elected to Congress as a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party.

External links

• Media related to Gerald J. Boileau at Wikimedia Commons

• United States Congress. "Gerald J. Boileau (id: B000598)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.