Mr. Harvey was elected to the senate of Wisconsin.

The evidence

• “Powell, settled as its pastor. In the fall of 1853 Mr. Harvey was elected to the senate of Wisconsin, then to be secretary of State, and in the autumn of 1861 was made governor by a very large majority.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/16-military-history.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 420 / book p. 387

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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