Densmore Maxon

Densmore Maxon
Portrait from A Political History of Wisconsin (1900)
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 4th district
In office January 4, 1858 – January 6, 1862
Preceded by	Baruch S. Weil
Succeeded by	Frederick Thorpe
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Washington 1st district district
In office January 2, 1882 – January 1, 1883
Preceded by	John F. Schwalbach
Succeeded by	George Noller
In office January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
Preceded by	Baruch S. Weil
Succeeded by	Hiram Wilson Sawyer
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Washington 2nd district district
In office January 7, 1867 – January 1, 1872
Preceded by	Mitchel L. Delaney
Succeeded by	Hiram Wilson Sawyer
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Washington 4th district district
In office January 5, 1852 – January 3, 1853
Preceded by	John C. Toll
Succeeded by	William P. Barnes
In office June 5, 1848 – January 1, 1849
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Patrick Toland
Personal details
Born	(1820-09-30)September 30, 1820 Verona, New York, U.S.
Died	March 21, 1887(1887-03-21) (aged 66) Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Resting place	Cedar Creek Cemetery, Cedar Creek, Wisconsin
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Turck (died 1913)
Children	Mason Marion Maxon (b. 1847; died 1934) Bruce Maxon (b. 1849; died 1850) Glenway Maxon (b. 1851; died 1929) Dow Maxon (b. 1853; died 1923) Infant daughter (b. 1858; died 1858) Ada Maxon (b. 1862; died 1931) Effra (Sutler) (b. 1864; died 1945) William Densmore Maxon (b. 1872; died 1949)

Densmore William Maxon (September 30, 1820 – March 21, 1887) was an American farmer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served 9 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly and 4 years in the State Senate, representing Washington County.

Background[]

Maxon was born in Verona, Oneida County, New York, in 1820.^[1] He was educated at the Oneida Conference Seminary at Cazenovia, New York, and became a farmer. He moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1843, and first settled at Milwaukee and was appointed deputy county surveyor in 1843; but removed to Cedar Creek, Washington County, in 1846.

Political career[]

Maxon was Town Chairman of Polk from 1846 to 1859. He was first elected a member of the Assembly in the first state legislative elections for the new state of Wisconsin, held in February 1848, and went on to serve in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature. He was subsequently elected to another one-year term in the 5th Wisconsin Legislature (1852), and was elected to two terms as Washington County's representative in the Wisconsin Senate, serving from 1858 through 1861.

In 1865, he was the Demcoratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, but was defeated by Republican Wyman Spooner. Following the 1866 redistricting, he was again elected to the State Assembly, serving six consecutive terms (1867–1873). He was elected to a final term in 1881, receiving 797 votes to 613 votes for Republican Jacob H. Goelzer, and 72 for Greenbacker H. A. Forbes. In 1882, he was assigned to the joint committee on charitable and penal institutions.^[2]

Outside the legislature[]

In May, 1868 Maxon was appointed by President Andrew Johnson as a member of the board of visitors to attend the annual examination at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In the 1880s he was one of the Commissioners of the , a state commission. He died in 1887 in Santa Cruz, California, and was buried in Cedar Creek, Wisconsin.^[3][4]

References[]

External links[]

• Densmore William Maxon at Find a Grave