Allen Busby

Allen Busby (March 6, 1900 – July 19, 1988) was an American politician, educator, and lawyer from West Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 6, 1900. Busby graduated from West Allis Central High School. He studied at Wisconsin State Normal School, then 1922 earned a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and in 1925 an M.A., in history and political science. After studying law at the University of Chicago, he returned to the UW, where he received his LL.B. in 1928 and was admitted to the bar. Busby was principal of the high school at Little Chute, Wisconsin for two years, and taught English and history in West Allis Central High School from 1928 to 1933.

Busby served as the village attorney for West Milwaukee, then was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1930 as a Republican. He was defeated in 1932 by Democrat Arthur Balzer (Balzer got 7,728 votes; Busby 5,234; Socialist Frank Puncer 3,757, and independent Grace Brown 165. He in turn defeated Balzer in 1934 by 65, running as a candidate of the newly-organized Wisconsin Progressive Party, with 4,793 votes to Balzer's 4,728, Puncer's 2,740, and Republican Bruce Randolph's 965.

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