Nick Geis

Nicholas E. Geis (January 19, 1902 – September 18, 1989) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate.^[3]

Nick Geis
Member of the Wyoming Senate
In office 1967–1971
Personal details
Born	(1902-01-19)January 19, 1902 Creston, Iowa, U.S.
Died	September 18, 1989(1989-09-18) (aged 87)
Political party	Republican[1]
Children	6; including Gerald Geis[2]

Life and career

Geis was born in Creston, Iowa, to Francis A. Geis and Catherine A. Geis.^[4] He went to school in Creston, Iowa, and O'Neill, Nebraska.^[4] He move to Gillette, Wyoming, in 1915 with his family and then to Buffalo, Wyoming, in 1922.^[4] He married Hazel I. Harvard in April 1925 and they lived in Ten Sleep, Wyoming, where he worked as for the Wyoming Highway Department.^[4] He started his own livestock haulage company which he ran from 1944 until 1966 and maintained part ownership until 1972.^[4]

In May 1966 he entered the race to represent Washakie County in the Wyoming Senate against fellow Republican Daniel F. Healy.^[5] Geis served in the Wyoming Senate from 1967 to 1971.^[3] He served on the Senate Ways and Means Committee for three terms.^[3]

He married his second wife Pauline M. Willard in April 1980.^[4]

Geis died on September 18, 1989, at the age of 87 in a retirement home in Wyoming.^[4] He was buried at the Riverview Memorial Gardens in Worland, Wyoming, and was survived by his wife, one daughter and five sons.^[4]