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{{Short description|American politician}}{{Infobox officeholder|
| term_start2         = January 9, 1889
| order               = 
| party               = [[Republican Party]]
| profession          = [[Politician]], [[lawyer]], [[farmer]], [[investor]]
| spouse              = 
| death_place         = [[Effingham, Illinois]] United States
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1929|5|10|1854|08|20}}
(contracted; show full)1882.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Learning Network|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0112.html#article}}</ref> After Wolf did not get a Cabinet position under President [[Chester A. Arthur|Chester A. Arthur,]] he became a member of the [[Illinois Senate]], from 1885-1889.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/Augustus-Bernard-Wolf.html|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Augustus Bernard Wolf}}</ref>
 After losing his reelection for the Illinois Senate, Wolf then served six terms in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] from January 9, 1889 to January 9, 1901.<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1899-1900,' Biographical Sketch of A.B. Wolf, pg. 250-251</ref>

=== 1896 Illinois gubernatorial election ===
Wolf ran against incumbent [[Illinois]] Democratic Governor, John Peter Altgeld. He ran for the Republican nomination alongside U.S. Congressman Albert J. Hopkins, Springfield's Dr. Joseph Robbins, and the [[Illinois Treasurer|Illinois State Treasurer]], John Riley Tanner.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=April 30, 1896|title=Cullom's a Stayer|page=2|work=Wood County reporter|location=Grand Rapids, Wis.|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033078/1896-04-30/ed-1/seq-2/|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INN18960430-01.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- "The Illinois Republicans"]. ''Indianapolis News''. Indianapolis, Indiana. April 30, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 19 July 2021.</ref> Wolf soon dropped out of the race in April of 1896, losing the Republican nomination to John Riley Tanner. <ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1896-04-30/ed-1/seq-3/ "Battle Royal in Illinois"]. ''New-York tribune''. New York, N.Y. April 30, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 19 July 2021.</ref>⏎

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