Charles Durkee
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| Succeeded by | Daniel Wells Jr. |
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| Born | December 10, 1805 Royalton, Vermont |
| Died | January 14, 1870 (aged 64) Omaha, Nebraska |
| Resting place | Green Ridge Cemetery Kenosha, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
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Charles H. Durkee (December 10, 1805 – January 14, 1870) was an American pioneer, Congressman, and United States Senator from Wisconsin. He was one of the founders of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and was a Governor of the Utah Territory in the last five years of his life.
Early life
Durkee was born in Royalton, Vermont. He became a merchant and moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1836. There he became involved in agriculture and lumbering, and was a founder of the town of Southport (later Kenosha, Wisconsin). Land he once owned in Kenosha is now part of the Library Park Historic District.[1]
Career
He entered politics, serving two terms in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature. Originally a
Tributes
A street in the city of Appleton, Wisconsin, is named for him. An elementary school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, bore his name for many years. It was demolished in 2008.
He gave a speech at the hammering of the
His former home, which later became an Episcopal school for girls and is now known as Kemper Hall, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
References
- ^ "Library Park Historic District - Kenosha, WI - U.S. National Register of Historic Placesm". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Smith, Theodore Clarke. The Free Soil Party in Wisconsin [From Proceedings of State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1894]. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1895; p. 136
- ^ "Charles Durkee". historytogo.utah.gov. Archived from the original on 2006-09-23.
- ^ "Durkee, Charles 1805 - 1870". Wisconsin Historical Society. 8 August 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "The Last Spike is Driven" (PDF). Cprr.org. p. 34. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kemper Hall - Kenosha, WI - U.S. National Register of Historic Places". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
Further reading
- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1898). "Durkee, Charles". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 2 (Crane–Grimshaw). New York: D. Appleton and Company. pp. 272–273.
- McMullin, Thomas A.; Walker, David (1984). "Utah: Durkee, Charles (1865–1869)". Biographical Directory of American Territorial Governors. Meckler Publishing. pp. 299–300. ISBN 9780930466114.
External links
- United States Congress. "Charles Durkee (id: D000573)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Charles Durkee Sr. at Find a Grave
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