James_Wilson_Seaton

James Wilson Seaton

James Wilson Seaton

19th century American politician

James Wilson Seaton (May 28, 1824 – February 11, 1904) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Grant County.

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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

  1. [1]
    "Another Editor Retired". Potosi Republican. June 9, 1855. p. 3. Retrieved October 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. [2]
    Journal of Proceedings of the Wisconsin Senate, 1853 (Report). p. 820. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  3. [3]
    "The Legislature of 1859". Milwaukee Daily Sentinel. January 11, 1859. p. 1. Retrieved October 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. [4]
    State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), pp. 18, 105.
  5. [5]
    Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Issue 52, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1905, Wisconsin Necrology, 1904, p. 116.
  6. [6]
    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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