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| Gabriel Zophy was born on 17 Apr 1869, in Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland. Gabriel immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1870 to Juda, Wisconsin. Gabriel attended public school in winter and worked on farms in the summer. In 1885 he moved to Milwaukee where he learned the trade of carpentry, worked as a journeyman until 1894, when he engaged in the business of contracting and building which he since followed. He moved to West Allis in 1901 before its incorporation as a village and took an active interest in public affairs. He became village trustee in 1903 serving one term. Later he was appointed school commissioner. Gabriel was a member of the state Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party from West Allis in 1910 when he was elected to the Senate, replacing Republican George E. Page, with 4,344 votes, to 3,864 for Republican George G Brew and 3374 for Democrat Benjamin Steinel, and was assigned to the Senate's standing committee on State Affairs. He served one term (1911–1914) as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing the Milwaukee County based 7th Senate district. Gabriel was succeeded in the 1914 election by fellow Socialist Louis A. Arnold, with whom he later served on the board of directors of the Commonwealth Mutual Savings Bank, a Socialist-led institution, along with Charles B Whitnall. He also served as vice-president of the bank. Gabriel Zophy died of a heart attack on 9 Sep 1947. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. |
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