Paul O. Husting
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Paul Oscar Husting (April 25, 1866 - October 21 1917) was a member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1915 - 1917.
He was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He began his political career as an attorney and served as the District attorney of Dodge County from 1902 - 1906, and in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1907 - 1913. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1914 and served in the Senate from 1915 until his death. He was chairman of the Committee on Fisheries during 1917 and chairman of a committee investigating trespasses on Indian lands during his entire time in the Senate.
He was killed in a duck hunting accident on Rush Lake near Picketts, Wisconsin, the only United States senator known to have been killed this way. He is currently interned at the Graceland Cemetery in Mayville, Wisconsin.
| Preceded by: Isaac Stephenson | Class 3 U.S. Senator from Wisconsin 1915—1917 | Succeeded by: Irvine Lenroot |