John Luchsinger was an American

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 jurist, legislator, writer, and pioneer from Wisconsin

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Born in the Canton of Glarus

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, Switzerland

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, Luchsinger came to the United States

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 with his family. They lived in Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

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 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, before moving to New Glarus, Wisconsin

New Glarus, Wisconsin

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, where they settled on a farm. Luchsinger eventually moved to Monroe, Wisconsin

Monroe, Wisconsin

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. Luchsinger served in the Wisconsin State Assembly

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, 1873, 1876–1878, 1887. He served as mayor of Monroe, Wisconsin, 1894–1896 and county judge for Green County, Wisconsin

Green County, Wisconsin

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, 1918-1920. He also served on the draft board for Green County during World War I

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. Luchsinger was also a writer and historian and wrote papers for the Wisconsin Historical Society about the Swiss settling in Wisconsin.