1856
A Janesville legislator was again elected to the State Legislature and served in the ninth session.
The evidence
“In 1854, he was elected to the State Legislature from the Janesville district, and at once took a leading position in that body. He was again elected in 1856, and was emphatically the leader of the House during the session of 1857.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 428 / book p. 432
Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (PDF p. 428 / book p. 432) · open the whole page “He operated the first telegraph line between Janesville and Milwaukee. In 1856, he served as a member of the ninth session of the Wisconsin state legislature. From 1858 to 1866, he was clerk of the circuit court for Rock county, and was admitted to the Rock County Bar Association, December 3, 1866.”
1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 402 / book p. 895
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.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 402 / book p. 895) · open the whole page
