Michael John Bennett (January 8, 1860 – October 10, 1944) was an American farmer, teacher, and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1887 and 1889, representing the western half of Iowa County.
Act 519), which provoked a massive backlash from the German American community against the Republican Party.
[3] The new governor, William D. Hoard, had stated that one of his priorities for the 1889 legislative session was to enact reforms to Wisconsin's compulsory education and child labor laws.
He married Julianna Higgins of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, on November 9, 1897.