Glenn D. Roberts

Glenn D. Roberts
Chairman of the Wisconsin Progressive Party
In office
October 1942 – March 1946
Preceded byJ. K. Kyle
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 26th district
In office
January 7, 1929 – January 2, 1933
Preceded byHarry Sauthoff
Succeeded byAlvin C. Reis
District Attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin
In office
January 1, 1927 – January 7, 1929
Preceded byPhilip La Follette
Succeeded byFred E. Risser
Personal details
Born(1897-08-31)August 31, 1897
DiedSeptember 2, 1989(1989-09-02) (aged 92)
Sparta, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeMound Prairie Cemetery, Sparta, Wisconsin
Party
Spouse
Melva Frances Bickel
(m. 1924⁠–⁠1989)
Children
  • Barbara (Munson)
  • (b. 1928; died 2008)
  • Owen John Roberts
  • (b. 1933; died 2021)
Education
ProfessionLawyer
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1918–1919
RankCorporal
Unit426th Motor Truck Co.
Battles/warsWorld War I
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Glenn David Roberts (August 31, 1897 – September 2, 1989) was an American lawyer and Progressive Republican politician from Madison, Wisconsin. He represented Dane County in the 1929 and 1931 sessions of the Wisconsin Senate. Throughout his political career, he was a close ally of Philip La Follette and served as a member of the central committee of La Follette's Wisconsin Progressive Party for its entire existence, from 1934 through 1946; he was the last chairman of the party.