Reuben B. Showalter
Reuben Benoni Showalter (June 3, 1842 – January 27, 1912) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography[]
Showalter was born on June 3, 1842 in Smithfield, Pennsylvania. He would later reside in Lancaster, Wisconsin, Richland County, Wisconsin and Beetown, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War, he served with the 2nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry of the Union Army. Showalter later became a bank president.[1][2] He died on January 27, 1912.
Political career[]
Showalter was elected to the Assembly in 1886 and 1888.[3] Other positions he held include alderman and Mayor of Lancaster and Chairman Grant County, Wisconsin board of supervisors. He was a Republican.
References[]
- ^ Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1901. pp. 448–449.
- ^ "Wisconsin News: The Marriage of William Carter". The Weekly Wisconsin. June 8, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved May 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. 1889. pp. 507–508.
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- People from Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- People from Lancaster, Wisconsin
- People from Richland County, Wisconsin
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Mayors of places in Wisconsin
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- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union Army soldiers
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- 1842 births
- 1912 deaths
- Burials in Wisconsin
- People from Beetown, Wisconsin
- 19th-century American businesspeople