George A. Buckstaff

George Angus Buckstaff (December 22, 1861 – September 26, 1927) was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician.

He was admitted to the bar later that year and went to work for the Buckstaff-Edwards casket and furniture manufacturing company, which was partly owned by his father.

[2] He chose not to run for re-election in 1898 and instead ran for Wisconsin State Senate, challenging incumbent Charles W. Davis for the Republican nomination.

[3] In the general election, however, Buckstaff fell 133 votes short of his Democratic opponent, Henry I.

[5] He also successfully lobbied the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take steps to control flooding at Lake Winnebago and the Fox and Wolf rivers.