Willis C. Silverthorn
The Honorable Willis C. Silverthorn | |
|---|---|
21st district | |
| In office January 1, 1875 – January 1, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | Myron H. McCord |
| Succeeded by | Henry Mumbrue |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Marathon district | |
| In office January 1, 1874 – January 1, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel L. Plumer |
| Succeeded by | Bartholomew Ringle |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Marathon–Wood district | |
| In office January 1, 1868 – January 1, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | George Hiles |
| Succeeded by | Henry Reed |
| District Attorney of Marathon County, Wisconsin | |
| In office January 1, 1865 – January 1, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | J. P. West |
| Succeeded by | J. P. West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Willis Chisholm Silverthorn August 30, 1838 University of Wisconsin |
| Profession | lawyer |
Willis Chisholm Silverthorn (August 30, 1838 – October 7, 1916) was a
Background and personal life
Silverthorn was born on August 30, 1838, in
Elected office
Silverthorn, a
In 1873 he was again elected to the Assembly for a one-year term (the district now consisted solely of Marathon County) to succeed his banking partner
In 1884, with the Reform Party having collapsed, Silverthorn ran as the Democratic nominee for
In 1903, Scofield appointed Silverthorn to a
Leaving public life
Silverthorn left the judiciary in 1909 to devote his time to his private businesses, including the banking firm of Silverthorn & Plumer (which later became the First National Bank of Wausau) and the Northern Chief Iron Company.[5]
Personal life
In 1865, he married Maggie Virginia Myers, who came from Bowling Green, Kentucky. They had three children before her 1878 death. In 1879, he married Ida M. Single; they would have one son. Silverthorn died on October 7, 1916, in Wausau.
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Election, November 3, 1896 | |||||
| Republican | Edward Scofield | 264,981 | 59.67% | +7.42% | |
| Democratic | Willis C. Silverthorn | 169,257 | 38.11% | +0.22% | |
| Prohibition | Joshua H. Berkey | 8,140 | 1.83% | -1.16% | |
| Socialist Labor | Christ Tuttrop | 1,306 | 0.29% | ||
| Prohibition | Robert Henderson | 407 | 0.09% | ||
| Scattering | 19 | 0.00% | |||
| Total votes | 444,110 | 100.0% | +18.29% | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
References
- ^ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. pp. 17, 107
- ^ "Silverthorn, Willis C. Hon. (1881)". Clark Co., WI Internet Library. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ^ Hart, Bill. "Willis Chisholm Silverthorn" Marathon County Historical Society website
- ^ "Gold Democrat Voted for Spooner; Made a Speech Denouncing the Silverites and Col. Spooner Sent Him a Bouquet When He Closed" Chicago Tribune January 27, 1897; p. 5, col. 5
- ^ "Silverthorn, Willis Chisholm". Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ^ Casson, Henry, ed. (1897). "Part III. Election statistics". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). p. 305. Retrieved December 20, 2019.