Samuel Pratt
Samuel Pratt | |
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| Member of the 12th Senate district | |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
| In office January 5, 1863 – January 4, 1864 | |
| Preceded by | Fayette P. Arnold |
| Succeeded by | John Jeffers |
| Constituency | Walworth 1st district |
| In office January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856 | |
| Preceded by | Oscar Bartlett |
| Succeeded by | John F. Potter |
| Constituency | Walworth 3rd district |
| In office January 1, 1849 – January 7, 1850 | |
| Preceded by | Gaylord Graves |
| Succeeded by | Alexander O. Babcock |
| Constituency | Walworth 1st district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 6, 1807 Enfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 24, 1877 (aged 69) Walworth County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hickory Grove Cemetery, Spring Prairie, Wisconsin |
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| Spouse | Angelina E. Miller |
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Samuel Pratt (October 6, 1807 – March 24, 1877) was an American farmer,
Background
Pratt was born in Enfield, Massachusetts on October 6, 1817. In his eighth year his parents removed to Geauga County, Ohio ; then in 1829, they moved to White Pigeon, Michigan. "the country at that time being very new, there being no grist- or sawmill nearer than 100 miles distant, and only a horse-back mail once a week between Detroit and Chicago, and no newspaper published within 130 miles". Due to the lack of schools in the frontier regions where his family had lived, he received only a limited education. He took up the occupation of farmer.
He came to Wisconsin in 1837, and settled in Spring Prairie, but did not move his family until February 1845.
Public office
He was first elected to a one-year term as a member of the Assembly from
He was elected to the Senate (as a Republican) from the
Farming and personal life
Pratt was the chairman of the convention in the Wisconsin State Capitol which on February 21, 1849 resolved on the organization of a Wisconsin State Agricultural Society; and became a charter member thereof.[4]
He was a judge for Devon cattle for the 1861[5] and 1864 Wisconsin State Fairs.[6]
His son, Orris Pratt, would also become a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Pratt died in Racine, Wisconsin, in March 1877, while visiting his brother, Benjamin.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. pp. 15, 96 Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Joshua Glover" Burlington Historical Society, 2007
- ^ Turner, A. J., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitution of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Twelfth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1873; p. 434
- ^ Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, with an abstract of the correspondence of the secretary Madison: Beriah Brown, State Printer, 1851. Vol. 1, pp. 332, 336
- ^ The Wisconsin farmer, and north-western cultivator; devoted to agriculture, horticulture, the mechanic arts, and rural economy Madison: J. W. Hoyt and Co, 1861. Volume XIII, no. 5 (May 1, 1861); p. 149
- ^ Hoyt, J. W., ed. The Wisconsin farmer, and northwestern cultivator; devoted to agriculture, horticulture, the mechanic arts, and rural economy Madison: Hoyt and Campbell, 1864. Volume XVI, no. 6 (June 1, 1864); p. 234
- Newspapers.com.
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 8 (1912), p. 457.