There have been 30 town chairmen in the history of Minocqua.

He served on the town council for Summerside from 1880 to 1883 and was town chairman in 1883.

He was a town clerk from 1949 to 1955, and town chairman from 1955-1967.

He served the community as blacksmith, postmaster, town chairman, and county board member.

There are 169 town chairmen in the state.

"But as a town chairman I know it's so important to have someone in those spaces, you have to take anyone if you're short."

He resumed the practice of law from 1933 to 1938, and was town chairman of Stratford from 1935 to 1937.

Previously, he was a town chairman from 1961 to 1965.

He served as town clerk, school superintendent, and town chairman at various times.

He quickly became the party's town chairman in Westport, which has a population of 1,400, and then, in 1985, was elected the county chairman.