Paul Oscar Husting was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 in the United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 from 1915 to 1917.

Biography

He was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The name is French for bottom of the lake, for it is located at the bottom of Lake Winnebago. The population was 42,203 at the 2000 census...

 of Luxembourgish ancestry and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School

University of Wisconsin Law School

The University of Wisconsin Law School is the professional school for the study of law at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. The law school was founded in 1868.-Facilities:...

. His grandfather, Solomon Juneau, was Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...

. He began his political career as an attorney and served as the district attorney of Dodge County

Dodge County, Wisconsin

Dodge County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population was 88,759. Its county seat is Juneau.-Geography:According to the U.S...

 from 1902 to 1906, and in the Wisconsin State Senate

Wisconsin State Senate

The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...

 from 1907 to 1913. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1914 and served in the Senate from 1915 until his death. He was chairman of the Committee on Fisheries during 1917 and chairman of a committee investigating trespasses on Indian lands during his entire time in the Senate.

He was killed in a duck hunting accident on Rush Lake

Rush Lake (Wisconsin)

-Size and Shape:Rush Lake is roughly shaped like an inverted triangle; the lake is widest at its north end. It covers an area of , and reaches a maximum depth of . The lake is rather shallow, with an average depth of only .-Location:...

 near Pickett, Wisconsin

Pickett, Wisconsin

Pickett is an unincorporated community located in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. Pickett is located on Wisconsin Highway 44 northeast of Ripon, in the town of Utica. Pickett has a post office with ZIP code 54964....

, the only United States senator known to have been killed this way. According to the New York Times, while rising in a row boat after telling him to fire, the Senator's brother Gustave shot him accidentally in the back. He died later in the day. He is interred at the Graceland Cemetery in Mayville, Wisconsin

Mayville, Wisconsin

Mayville is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States, located along the Rock River. The population was 4,902 at the 2000 census.Mayville is located at ....

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Husting's death was of political importance. In 1919 the Senate would have been under Democratic control had he not been succeeded by a Republican (in 1919 the Senate had 49 Republicans and 47 Democrats and the Vice-President was a Democrat).