Martin M. Higgins

Martin M. Higgins (January 5, 1891 – May 27, 1950) was an American advertising man who spent one term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later served as a Milwaukee alderman.

Higgins was born in Chicago on January 5, 1891, was educated in public and parochial schools and business college. He served in the United States Navy during the First World War, was honorably discharged, and went into what his official biography describes as "the advertising business, specializing in periodical magazine work." He never held public office until elected to the Assembly.

In 1920, Higgins defeated incumbent Socialist Joseph Klein with 2,185 votes for Higgins to 1,206 for Klein (there was no Democrat in the race) to represent the Assembly's Second Milwaukee County district (the 2nd Ward of the City of Milwaukee). He was assigned to the standing committee on elections.

In 1922, after his Assembly district had been somewhat altered by redistricting, he ran unsuccessfully as an Independent Republican for the State Senate's 9th District, coming in fourth in a four-way race. (The altered 2nd Assembly District seat was taken by Republican Michael Laffey.)

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