J. Henry Tate
James Henry Tate (March 5, 1830 - April 18, 1918)[1] was an American politician, farmer and businessman.
Born in Landgrove, Vermont where he was raised on his family's farm, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1847 where he was a clerk. In 1849, he moved to California and then back to Boston. In 1860, Tate moved to Rhode Island. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry and was a commissary sergeant. Then, in 1865, Tate settled in Viroqua, Wisconsin, where he owned a store. He also owned another store in Cashton, Wisconsin. Tate served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican and then served in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1876 and 1877.[2][3]
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- ^ James Henry Tate at findagrave.com
- ^ 'History of Vernon County, Wisconsin: Together with Sketches of its Towns, Villages, and Townships, Education, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Persons; History of Wisconsin,' Union: 1884, Biographical Sketch of J. Henry Tate, pg. 715
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1877,' Biographical Sketch of J. Henry Tate, pg. 448
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