Experience Estabrook

Experience Estabrook
Experience Estabrook
	From Volume I (1907) of Illustrated History of Nebraska
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Nebraska Territory's at-large district
	In office; March 4, 1859 – May 18, 1860
Preceded by	Fenner Ferguson
Succeeded by	Samuel G. Daily
United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory
	In office; 1854 – March 4, 1859
President	Franklin Pierce; James Buchanan
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Leavitt L. Bowen
3rd Attorney General of Wisconsin
	In office; January 5, 1852 – January 2, 1854
Governor	Leonard J. Farwell
Preceded by	S. Park Coon
Succeeded by	George Baldwin Smith
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Walworth 2nd district
	In office; January 1, 1851 – January 1, 1852
Preceded by	Rufus Cheney, Jr.
Succeeded by	Zerah Mead
Personal details
Born	April 30, 1813; Lebanon, New Hampshire
Died	March 26, 1894 (aged 80); Omaha, Nebraska
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park; Omaha, Nebraska
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Caroline Augusta Maxwell; (died 1903);
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Experience Estabrook (April 30, 1813 – March 26, 1894) was an American attorney and legal administrator. He was the 3rd Attorney General of Wisconsin and the 1st United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory.^[1]

Biography[]

Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, he moved with his parents to Clarence, New York, in 1822 where he attended the public schools. Estabrook then attended Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Estabrook graduated from the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Law School, and then was admitted to the bar in Brooklyn, New York in 1839. He worked as a clerk at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn and later practiced law in Buffalo, New York. In 1840, he moved to Geneva, Wisconsin in 1840 and continued the practice of law. Estabrook was a delegate to the second Wisconsin State Constitutional Convention in 1848; in 1851, he became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[2] He was Attorney General of Wisconsin in 1852 and 1853.^[3]

Estabrook was appointed by President Franklin Pierce the United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory and served from 1855 to 1859.

He ran for Delegate to the Thirty-sixth United States Congress and won by 300 votes, but his opponent Samuel G. Daily contested the election and won. The House Committee on Elections found many cases of fraud and voter irregularities ranging from improperly commissioned election officials to the vote total from Izard county exceeding the county's population. Estabrook served from March 4, 1859, to May 18, 1860, when he was removed and replaced by Samuel G. Daily.^[4] Experience Estabrook was appointed by the Governor to codify the Nebraska State laws in 1866.

He then became the prosecuting attorney for Douglas County, Nebraska in 1867, and 1868. He was a member of the Nebraska State Constitutional Convention in 1871. Experience Estabrook died in Omaha, Nebraska, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.^[5]

His daughter Caroline was a composer. His son Henry Dodge Estabrook was a lawyer in New York City.

References[]

^ Omaha Illustrated. Usgennet.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. XIV. James T. White & Company. 1910. p. 286. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Estabrook, Experience 1813 – 1894. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
^ Collections of the NSHS – Volume 19. Usgennet.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
^ "Passing of a Pioneer". Omaha Daily Bee. March 27, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[]

United States Congress. "Experience Estabrook (id: E000220)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Experience Estabrook at Find a Grave

Party political offices
Preceded by S. Park Coon	Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Wisconsin 1851	Succeeded by George Baldwin Smith
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Fenner Ferguson	Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska March 4, 1859 – May 18, 1860	Succeeded by Samuel G. Daily
Legal offices
Preceded by S. Park Coon	Attorney General of Wisconsin January 5, 1852 – January 2, 1854	Succeeded by George Baldwin Smith
New district	United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory 1854 – 1859	Succeeded by Leavitt L. Bowen

[1] Omaha Illustrated. Usgennet.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.

[Cyclopaedia-2] The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. XIV. James T. White & Company. 1910. p. 286. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via Google Books.

[3] Estabrook, Experience 1813 – 1894. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.

[4] Collections of the NSHS – Volume 19. Usgennet.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.

[5] "Passing of a Pioneer". Omaha Daily Bee. March 27, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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Experience Estabrook
From Volume I (1907) of Illustrated History of Nebraska

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska Territory's at-large district
In office March 4, 1859 – May 18, 1860
Preceded by	Fenner Ferguson
Succeeded by	Samuel G. Daily
United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory
In office 1854 – March 4, 1859
President	Franklin Pierce James Buchanan
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Leavitt L. Bowen
3rd Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office January 5, 1852 – January 2, 1854
Governor	Leonard J. Farwell
Preceded by	S. Park Coon
Succeeded by	George Baldwin Smith
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Walworth 2nd district
In office January 1, 1851 – January 1, 1852
Preceded by	Rufus Cheney, Jr.
Succeeded by	Zerah Mead

Personal details
Born	(1813-04-30)April 30, 1813 Lebanon, New Hampshire
Died	March 26, 1894(1894-03-26) (aged 80) Omaha, Nebraska
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park Omaha, Nebraska
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Caroline Augusta Maxwell (died 1903)
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