David D. Cheney

Last updated

David D. Cheney was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Contents

Biography

The son of a Free Will Baptist minister and his wife, Cheney was born on January 19, 1822, in the area of what was then Michigan Territory that would become Monroe County, Wisconsin. He became involved in various businesses, including the lumber industry. [1] Cheney died on February 16, 1904, in Biloxi, Mississippi.

His son, David W. Cheney, also was elected and served as a member of the Assembly. He also belonged to the Republican Party.

Political career

Cheney was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1871 session. [2] He had served as elected president and village treasurer of Sparta, Wisconsin, prior to its incorporation as a city. He also served as a member of the Sparta school board, and chaired the county board of Monroe County, Wisconsin. Cheney was a Republican.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Bronson</span> American politician

Harry B. Bronson is an attorney and politician from Rochester, New York who serves as a member of the New York State Assembly. A former member of the Monroe County legislature, he was elected to the Assembly in 2010. He is a Democrat.

David G. Deininger is a retired Republican politician and jurist from Wisconsin. He served as a judge on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for eleven years, from 1996 to 2007, and now serves as a reserve judge. He was the first chairman of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, appointed by Democratic Governor Jim Doyle. Earlier in his career, he served three and a half terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing parts of Green and Rock counties, and was a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in Green County.

James Earl Leverich was an American dairy farmer, strawberry grower, and Progressive Republican politician. He served 28 years in the Wisconsin State Senate, and was chairman of the town of Angelo, Wisconsin, for 40 years (1931–1971). He went by his middle name Earl throughout his public career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district</span> American legislative district in western Wisconsin

Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of La Crosse County and nearly all of Vernon County, along with parts of southwest Monroe County and southeast Trempealeau County. It includes the cities of La Crosse, Onalaska, Sparta, and Viroqua.

George R. Vincent was an American physician from Tomah, Wisconsin, who spent one term as a Greenbacker member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Monroe County.

Frederick T. Condit was an American lawyer from Merrillan, Wisconsin who served one term as an Independent Greenback member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Jackson County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Dewhurst</span> 19th century American politician and judge

Richard Dewhurst was an English American immigrant, lawyer, judge, businessman, and politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for four non-consecutive terms over four different decades under four different political party labels ; and was defeated twice when running for election on the ticket of a fifth party, the Democratic.

Adelbert E. Bleekman, Sr., was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and State Assembly (1873), and served as district attorney of Monroe County, Wisconsin.

David Clements Fulton was an American banker and politician. He was the 16th mayor of Hudson, Wisconsin, and represented St. Croix County in the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1873 session. During the first administration of President Grover Cleveland, he served as United States marshal for the Western District of Wisconsin. He also served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.

Mason A. Thayer was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Alexander Ernest Frederick was a Republican attorney, minister, politician, and animal welfare advocate, who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and as Wisconsin's first and only State Humane Officer.

David Dunwiddie was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph B. Treat</span> 19th century American politician

Joseph Bradford Treat was an American businessman and Republican politician. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Green County, and later served as chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John R. Jones (Wisconsin politician)</span> American politician

John R. Jones was an American politician. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1907–1912. Other positions he held include Chairman of Leon, Monroe County, Wisconsin and Chairman of the Republican county committee and the county board of Monroe County, Wisconsin. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1850.

David Wilmot Cheney was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Nathaniel B. Treat was an American businessman, banker, and Republican politician. He served four years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Green County. During the American Civil War, he served as a Union Army officer and was on the staff of General William Tecumseh Sherman.

James R. Lyon was an American merchant, Republican politician, and Union Army volunteer in the American Civil War.

Loren Oldenburg is an American politician, currently serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Vernon County, Crawford County, and the southern half of Monroe County. A Republican, he was first elected in 2018.

Seth Windsor Button was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Trempealeau County during the 1873 session. He also served as a district attorney and county judge in Trempealeau and Monroe County, Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Wesley Stewart</span> 19th century American politician

John Wesley Stewart was an American lawyer, banker, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Green County during the 1860 and 1861 sessions. Before Wisconsin's statehood, he served in the lower house of the 5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly. Later in life, he was active in Chicago politics, and was chairman of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1880. His name was often abbreviated as J. W. Stewart.

References

  1. ↑ Randolph A. Richards, ed. (1912). HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY WISCONSIN. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co. pp.  628–629.
  2. ↑ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008. p. 129.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.