Leander F. Frisby
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Leander F. Frisby | |
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Jeremiah McLain Rusk | |
Preceded by | Alexander Wilson |
Succeeded by | Charles E. Estabrook |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Washington 2nd district | |
In office January 1, 1861 – January 1, 1862 | |
Preceded by | Matthias Altenhofen |
Succeeded by | Michael Maloy |
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Born | Leander Franklin Frisby June 19, 1825 Mesopotamia, Ohio |
Died | April 19, 1889 | (aged 63)
Resting place | Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican |
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Relatives | Franklin L. Gilson (nephew) |
Leander Franklin Frisby (June 19, 1825 – April 19, 1889) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 13th Attorney General of Wisconsin (1882–1887) and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Washington County.[1]
Biography
Born in
Wisconsin Attorney General from 1882 to 1887.[2][3] Beginning in 1883, he practiced law with his nephew, Franklin L. Gilson.[4]
His daughter Almah Jane Frisby was a physician and university professor. She was the first woman appointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, and to the Wisconsin Board of Control.[5][6]
Notes
- ^ Leander Frisby, Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on 2016-01-22.
- ^ 'National Cyclopedia of American Biography,' Vol. 2, J.T. White:1892, Biographical Sketch of Leander Franklin Leander, pg. 239
- ^ 'Report of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, February 2–3, 1901, Madison, Wisconsin,' Taylor and Gleason Book and Job Printers, Madison, Wisconsin: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Franklin L. Gilson, pg. 266-271
- ^ Frances Elizabeth Willard, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, A Woman of the Century (Moulton 1893): 303-304.
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