Leander F. Frisby
Leander F. Frisby | |
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| 13thAttorney General of Wisconsin | |
| In office January 2, 1882 – January 3, 1887 | |
| Governor | Jeremiah McLain Rusk |
| Preceded by | Alexander Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Charles E. Estabrook |
| Member of theWisconsin State Assembly from theWashington2nd district | |
| In office January 1, 1861 – January 1, 1862 | |
| Preceded by | Matthias Altenhofen |
| Succeeded by | Michael Maloy |
| Village President ofWest Bend | |
| In office 1876–1877 | |
| Preceded by | Eckstein |
| Succeeded by | Fred H. Haase |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leander Franklin Frisby June 19, 1825 Mesopotamia,Ohio |
| Died | April 19, 1889(aged 63) |
| Resting place | Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee,Wisconsin |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Relatives | Franklin L. Gilson(nephew) |
Leander Franklin Frisby(June 19, 1825 – April 19, 1889) was anAmericanlawyer,Republicanpolitician, andWisconsinpioneer. He was the 13thAttorney General of Wisconsin(1882–1887) and served in theWisconsin State Assembly,representingWashington County.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born inMesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio,Frisby moved toBurlington,Wisconsin Territory,in 1846, where he taught school. In 1850, Frisby was admitted to the Wisconsin bar and moved toWest Bend, Wisconsin.Frisby was the first district attorney ofWashington County, Wisconsin.He was active in theFree Soil Partyand then the Republican Party after 1854. In 1861, he served in theWisconsin State Assembly.Frisby served asWisconsin Attorney Generalfrom 1882 to 1887.[2][3]Beginning in 1883, he practiced law with his nephew,Franklin L. Gilson.[4]
His daughterAlmah Jane Frisbywas a physician and university professor. She was the first woman appointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, and to the Wisconsin Board of Control.[5][6]
Notes
[edit]- ^"Leander F. Frisby".The Weekly Wisconsin.April 27, 1889. p. 4.RetrievedMay 19,2015– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^Leander Frisby, Wisconsin Historical Society.Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on 2016-01-22.
- ^'National Cyclopedia of American Biography,' Vol. 2, J.T. White:1892, Biographical Sketch of Leander Franklin Leander, pg. 239
- ^'Report of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, February 2–3, 1901, Madison, Wisconsin,' Taylor and Gleason Book and Job Printers, Madison, Wisconsin: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Franklin L. Gilson, pg. 266-271
- ^Frances Elizabeth Willard, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore,A Woman of the Century(Moulton 1893): 303-304.
- ^Lillian Gray,"Women Members of State Boards"Journal Times(October 6, 1905): 12. viaNewspapers.com
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