James Wilson Seaton
James W. Seaton | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 16th district | |
| In office June 8, 1853 – January 11, 1854 | |
| Preceded by | Joel C. Squires |
| Succeeded by | Nelson Dewey |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Grant 2nd district | |
| In office January 12, 1859 – January 9, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Patch |
| Succeeded by | Henry L. Massey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Wilson Seaton May 28, 1824 New Hartford, New York |
| Died | February 11, 1904 (aged 79) Potosi, Wisconsin |
| Resting place | Van Buren Cemetery Potosi, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Amanda F. Bushee |
| Children | Mary A. (Husted) |
James Wilson Seaton (May 28, 1824 – February 11, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography[]
Born in New Hartford, New York, Seaton studied at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New York. He then studied law in Rome, New York. In 1847, he moved to Potosi, in the Wisconsin Territory, where he was admitted to the Wisconsin bar and practiced law. He was also in the mercantile and insurance business.
He was editor of the Potosi Republican until 1855, when he was succeeded by Edwin R. Paul,[1] and he wrote several articles about the history of Grant County, Wisconsin.
Seaton served in the town government and on the Grant County Board of Supervisors and was chairman of the county board. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate for part of 1853, winning a special election to fill the remainder of the 1853 term after the resignation of Joel C. Squires.[2] He later served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1859[3] and 1860. He was a member of the Democratic Party.[4]
Seaton died in Potosi, Wisconsin.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "Another Editor Retired". Potosi Republican. June 9, 1855. p. 3. Retrieved October 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Journal of Proceedings of the Wisconsin Senate, 1853 (Report). p. 820. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ "The Legislature of 1859". Milwaukee Daily Sentinel. January 11, 1859. p. 1. Retrieved October 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), pp. 18, 105.
- ^ Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Issue 52, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1905, Wisconsin Necrology, 1904, p. 116.
- ^ Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Counties, Wisconsin, 1901, Biographical Sketch of James Wilson Seaton, pp. 784–786.
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