Solmous Wakeley
Solmous Wakeley | |
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Member of the James Lauderdale | |
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Born | New Milford, Connecticut | March 17, 1794
Died | January 12, 1867 Whitewater, Wisconsin | (aged 72)
Resting place | Oak Grove Cemetery Whitewater, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican |
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Solmous 'Solomon' Wakeley (March 17, 1794 – January 12, 1867) was a pioneer Wisconsin legislator. He served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a delegate to the first Wisconsin constitutional convention for Walworth County.
Biography
Born in
Homer, New York, then Pennsylvania, Ohio, and finally Whitewater, Wisconsin. He served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846.[1] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1855, 1857. One of his sons was Judge Eleazer Wakeley, who also served in the Wisconsin Legislature before becoming a judge in Nebraska.[2]
Notes
- ^ The Convention of 1846, Constitutional Series, vol. II, Collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, vol, XXVII, 1919, pg. 798
- ^ Members of the Wisconsin State Legislature 1848-1999