Alexander Botkin
Alexander Botkin | |
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Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 9th district | |
In office January 1, 1849 – January 1, 1851 | |
Preceded by | Simeon Mills |
Succeeded by | Eliab B. Dean, Jr. |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 2nd district | |
In office January 1, 1852 – January 1, 1853 | |
Preceded by | Augustus A. Bird |
Succeeded by | Henry L. Foster |
Representative to the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory for Dane, Green, and Sauk counties | |
In office October 18, 1847 – March 13, 1848 Serving with Elisha T. Gardner and John W. Stewart | |
Preceded by | Charles Lum William Wheeler John W. Stewart |
Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander Botkin March 4, 1801 Kentucky |
Died | March 5, 1857 Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | (aged 56)
Cause of death | Stroke |
Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
Occupation | Politician |
Alexander Botkin (March 4, 1801 – March 5, 1857) was an American politician in Madison, Wisconsin. He served one term each as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography[]
Born in Kentucky,[1][2][3] he moved to Alton, Illinois, where he was a justice of the peace.[4] During that time, he was involved in events as a result of the murder of the abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy, trying to maintain peace during the riots. In 1841, he moved to the Wisconsin Territory, where he practiced law with Alexander Pope Field, the Secretary of the Wisconsin Territory.[4][5] During that time, he served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature from 1847 to 1848 as a Whig[5] and in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846. In 1849, Botkin was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate, where he served for two years until his defeat.[5] In 1852, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.[5][6] His son was Alexander Campbell Botkin, who was Lieutenant Governor of Montana. He died of a stroke in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin[4][5][7] and was buried in Madison, Wisconsin.[8][9]
Notes[]
- ^ History of Green County, Wisconsin. Monroe, WI: Green County Historical Society. 1884. p. 281.
- ^ Miller, Joaquin (1894). An Illustrated History of the State of Montana. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company. p. 66.
- ^ Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, Volume 3. Madison, WI: State Bar Association of Wisconsin. 1901. p. 151.
- ^ a b c "Death of Col. Alexander Botkin". Wisconsin State Journal. March 6, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved July 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Sudden Death of Col. Botkin". The Daily Milwaukee News. March 10, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved July 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Archived item" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
- ^ "Death of Col. Botkin". Richland County Observer. March 17, 1857. p. 4. Retrieved July 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Bos to Bouckaert".
- ^ 'The bench and bar of Wisconsin: history and biography with portrait and illustration,' Parker McCobb Reed, 1882
- People from Kentucky
- People from Alton, Illinois
- Politicians from Madison, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Whigs
- Illinois state court judges
- Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature
- 19th-century American politicians
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Wisconsin state senators
- 1801 births
- 1857 deaths
- 19th-century American judges