Arthur Cirilli was a Republican

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 member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 25th district

Wisconsin Senate, District 25

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 from 1967 to 1972. He only served part of his second term, upon which his successor was elected in a special election.

According to the Wisconsin Blue Book

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 (1971), he was raised in Iron County

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, and attended Hurley High School, as well as Gogebic Junior College in Ironwood

Ironwood, Michigan

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, finally graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1942. He worked as an attorney in Superior

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, and was a veteran of World War II

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. Elected to Senate 1966 and 1970.