Silas W. Lamoreux

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Silas W. Lamoreux
Silas W. Lamoreaux 1897.jpg
28th Commissioner of the General Land Office
In office
March 28, 1893 – March 25, 1897
Appointed byGrover Cleveland
Preceded byWilliam M. Stone
Succeeded byBinger Hermann
Personal details
Born(1843-03-08)March 8, 1843
Lenox, New York
DiedAugust 5, 1909(1909-08-05) (aged 66)
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceArmy of the Potomac
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Silas Wright Lamoreux or Lamoreaux (March 8, 1843 – August 5, 1909) was an American lawyer from Wisconsin who served as a judge, as a local official, as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and as the 28th Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States.[1][2] He was the brother of Oliver Lamoreux.

Biography[]

Silas W. Lamoreux was born in Lenox, New York on March 8, 1843,[3][4] and came to Plover, Wisconsin in 1852 with his family[3] to join his older brother Oliver, who had moved to Wisconsin the year before. The family relocated to Mayville, Wisconsin a year later.[3] He moved to Dodge County, Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar at age 21.[3][5] He enlisted in the Union Army in 1864, and participated with the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.[3][4][5]

Lamoreux was elected as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 5th Dodge County district in 1871, in the same election which saw his brother elected from Portage County.[3][6] He did not run for re-election in 1872.

Lamoreux was elected judge in his county in 1877.[3][4] He was appointed commissioner of the General Land Office by President Grover Cleveland (a Democrat), serving from 1893 to 1897.[4][5]

Lamoreux founded the Beaver Dam Malleable Iron Works,[4] which employed 750 men at the time of his death. He also was president of the German National Bank of Beaver Dam.[3][4] He died of blood poisoning in Beaver Dam on August 5, 1909, after a long illness with diabetes.[3][4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ White, C. Albert; Bureau of Land Management (1983). A history of the rectangular survey system. Government Printing Office. p. 194. ISBN 9780160335044.
  2. ^ Silas W. Lamoreux, Wisconsin Historical Society
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Judge Lamoreux Is Dead at Beaver Dam". The Watertown News. Watertown, WI. August 13, 1909. p. 7. Retrieved April 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Judge Lamoreaux". The Representative. Fox Lake, WI. August 13, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Obituary". The Iron Trade Review. 45: 285. 1909-08-12.
  6. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1872,' Biographical Sketch of Silas W. Lamoreux, pg.446

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