A Janesville man was elected Mayor, serving one term.

The evidence

• “Y., where he remained about ten years; then he went to Buffalo, N. Y., where he was engaged two years in a like capacity, and, having saved a little money, he resolved to push farther west; accordingly, in June, 1845, he removed to Janesville, Wis. ; he engaged in mercantile business here and continued in it for six, years, when he turned his attention to banking and continued in that business until September, 1857 ; in 1858, ho turned his attention to the business of insurance, aijd is still conducting the business with success ; in the spring of 1854, he was elected Alderman of the Second Ward of the city of Janesville, and, in the spring of 1855, was elected Mayor, serving one term, and subsequently held other city offices ; he was for five years a director in the Milwaukee & Mississippi (now the C, M. & St. P.) Railroad Company ; he was also a stockholder, and for four years, endiiig with 1861, lessee of the Janesville Gas Works, in connection with Timothy Jackman ; he was a charter member and first Secretary of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee; he is a public-spirited man, and being one of the early settlers of Janesville, has taken a deep interest ”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 699

  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.

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