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1857

A man was again elected mayor of Janesville (first elected in 1853).

Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source

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  • “Taylor became President. He was the first mayor of the new city of Janesville in 1853 and again in 1857. For many years he was a regent of the State University.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 251 / book p. 752

    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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