Nick Geis | |
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Member of the Wyoming Senate | |
In office 1967–1971 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Creston, Iowa, U.S. | January 19, 1902
Died | September 18, 1989 | (aged 87)
Political party | Republican [1] |
Children | 6; including Gerald Geis [2] |
Nicholas E. Geis (January 19, 1902 – September 18, 1989) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate. [3]
Geis was born in Creston, Iowa, to Francis A. Geis and Catherine A. Geis. [4] He went to school in Creston, Iowa, and O'Neill, Nebraska. [4] He move to Gillette, Wyoming, in 1915 with his family and then to Buffalo, Wyoming, in 1922. [4] He married Hazel I. Harvard in April 1925 and they lived in Ten Sleep, Wyoming, where he worked as for the Wyoming Highway Department. [4] He started his own livestock haulage company which he ran from 1944 until 1966 and maintained part ownership until 1972. [4]
In May 1966 he entered the race to represent Washakie County in the Wyoming Senate against fellow Republican Daniel F. Healy. [5] Geis served in the Wyoming Senate from 1967 to 1971. [3] He served on the Senate Ways and Means Committee for three terms. [3]
He married his second wife Pauline M. Willard in April 1980. [4]
Geis died on September 18, 1989, at the age of 87 in a retirement home in Wyoming. [4] He was buried at the Riverview Memorial Gardens in Worland, Wyoming, and was survived by his wife, one daughter and five sons. [4]
Nick Geis | |
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Member of the Wyoming Senate | |
In office 1967–1971 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Creston, Iowa, U.S. | January 19, 1902
Died | September 18, 1989 | (aged 87)
Political party | Republican [1] |
Children | 6; including Gerald Geis [2] |
Nicholas E. Geis (January 19, 1902 – September 18, 1989) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate. [3]
Geis was born in Creston, Iowa, to Francis A. Geis and Catherine A. Geis. [4] He went to school in Creston, Iowa, and O'Neill, Nebraska. [4] He move to Gillette, Wyoming, in 1915 with his family and then to Buffalo, Wyoming, in 1922. [4] He married Hazel I. Harvard in April 1925 and they lived in Ten Sleep, Wyoming, where he worked as for the Wyoming Highway Department. [4] He started his own livestock haulage company which he ran from 1944 until 1966 and maintained part ownership until 1972. [4]
In May 1966 he entered the race to represent Washakie County in the Wyoming Senate against fellow Republican Daniel F. Healy. [5] Geis served in the Wyoming Senate from 1967 to 1971. [3] He served on the Senate Ways and Means Committee for three terms. [3]
He married his second wife Pauline M. Willard in April 1980. [4]
Geis died on September 18, 1989, at the age of 87 in a retirement home in Wyoming. [4] He was buried at the Riverview Memorial Gardens in Worland, Wyoming, and was survived by his wife, one daughter and five sons. [4]