James C. Bartholf

James C. Bartholf was an American newspaper editor, journalist, and politician.
Born in Whitewater, Walworth [County, Wisconsin], Bartholf went to Battle Creek College. He then graduated from Milton College in 1881. He was principal of the Milton Junction, Wisconsin grade school in 1881. Bartholf was a journalist, editor, and publisher of the Milton Telephone newspaper in Milton, Wisconsin and other publications. In 1885 and 1887, Bartholf served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. Later, Bartholf was involved in the Chatauqua movement and the Anti-Saloon League in Wisconsin and other states. Bartholf died at his daughter's house, in Chicago, Illinois after a long illness.