Gerald J. Boileau

Gerald J. Boileau


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 7th district
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	Gardner R. Withrow
Succeeded by	Reid F. Murray
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th district
In office March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by	Edward E. Browne
Succeeded by	James F. Hughes
Personal details
Born	(1900-01-15)January 15, 1900 Woodruff, Wisconsin
Died	January 30, 1981(1981-01-30) (aged 81) Wausau, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican (1931-1935) Wisconsin Progressive Party (1935-1939)

Republican (1931-1935)

Gerald John Boileau (January 15, 1900 – January 30, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Woodruff, Wisconsin, Boileau graduated from Minocqua High School and served in the United States Army, in France, during World War I. Bolieau graduated from Marquette University Law School, in 1922, and was subsequently admitted to the bar. He returned to Marathon County and became district attorney in 1926, a position he held until his election to Congress in 1931. 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 died in Wausau on January 30, 1981. He was the last surviving man elected to Congress as a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party.