Alanson Sweet
Alanson Sweet (March 12, 1804 – April 18, 1891)[1][2] was an American pioneer, businessman and politician.
Born in
Milwaukee, Michigan Territory where he claimed some land and became a farmer and grain dealer. Sweet served on the Wisconsin Territorial Council of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, from 1836 to 1838, as a Democrat. He supported moving the Wisconsin territorial capital to Madison, Wisconsin. He also served on the Milwaukee Common Council from 1848 to 1849. Later he moved to Kansas, where he bought a farm near Arkansas City, Kansas, and then moved to Evanston, Illinois, where he died.[3][4]
Notes
- ^ 'History of Milwaukee, From Pre-Historic Times to the Present Times,' Western Historical Company: Milwaukee, 1881, pg. 147
- ^ 'Triennal Catalogue of the Portrait Gallery of the State of Wisconsin,' State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Democrat Printing Company: 1892, Alan Sweet, pg. 27
- ^ "Wisconsin Historical Society-Alanson Sweet". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ "Alanson Sweet". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
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