Robert G. Siebecker
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Robert George Siebecker was an American
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 jurist from Wisconsin
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Siebecker was born in the town of Sumpter
Sumpter, Wisconsin
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, in Sauk County, Wisconsin
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. In 1878, he graduated from University of Wisconsin and in 1880, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School
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. While at the University, he meet Josephine La Follette, sister of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. , was an American Republican politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin...

 and they would be married. Siebecker practiced law with La Follette. In 1890, Siebecker became a Wisconsin state judge serving until 1903. In 1903, he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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and in 1920 became Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and would die while still in office.
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