Anson P. Waterman was elected the second mayor of Beloit.

The evidence

• “The second mayor of Beloit, elected in 1857 and reelected for 1858, was Anson P. Waterman, w^iose benignant countenance we present herewith.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 178 / book p. 161

  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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