John Charles Brophy was a Republican politician

Politician

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 from the state

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 of Wisconsin

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Brophy was born in Eagle, Wisconsin

Eagle, Wisconsin

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 and graduated from Marquette Academy

Marquette University High School

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 before enlisting in the Navy

United States Navy

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, serving from August 1919 to May 1921, when he was honorably discharged. Brophy was a Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 alderman

Alderman

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 from 1939 until 1946, when was elected to the House of Representatives

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. Brophy remained in the House for only a single term, being defeated by Clement Zablocki

Clement J. Zablocki

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 in 1948. He ran again, unsuccessfully, in 1950 and then retired from public service.

Brophy spent the rest of his life in Milwaukee, and died in 1976. He is buried in the Mount Olivet cemetery

Mount Olivet Cemetery (Milwaukee)

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 in Milwaukee. As of 2008, he was the most recent Republican to represent Milwaukee in the House of Representatives.

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