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Gibson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Ashland_County,_Wisconsin" title="Ashland County, Wisconsin">Ashland</a>–<a href="/wiki/Burnett_County,_Wisconsin" title="Burnett County, Wisconsin">Burnett</a>–<a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Wisconsin" title="Douglas County, Wisconsin">Douglas</a>–<a href="/wiki/La_Pointe_County,_Wisconsin" title="La Pointe County, Wisconsin">La Pointe</a>–<a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Wisconsin" title="Polk County, Wisconsin">Polk</a>–<span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St._Croix_County,_Wisconsin" title="St. Croix County, Wisconsin">St. Croix</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1859 – January 17, 1859</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">James B. Gray</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marcus_W._McCracken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marcus W. McCracken (page does not exist)">Marcus W. McCracken</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Members of the <span class="nowrap">House of Representatives</span> <span class="nowrap">of the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Territory" title="Wisconsin Territory">Wisconsin Territory</a></span> for Brown, Calumet, Columbia, <span class="nowrap">Fond du Lac,</span> Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage, <span class="nowrap">& Winnebago counties</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />October 18, 1847 – May 29, 1848<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Featherstonhaugh_Jr." title="George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.">George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.</a></span></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Elisha Morrow <span class="nowrap">& <a href="/wiki/Hugh_McFarlane" title="Hugh McFarlane">Hugh McFarlane</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position abolished</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1816<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1816</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_New_York" title="Livingston County, New York">Livingston County, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 6, 1904<span style="display:none">(1904-12-06)</span> (aged 87–88)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington County, Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (after 1854)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> (before 1854)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Carrie F. Gilman</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1856⁠–⁠1904)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Mary (Chesley)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Volunteers" title="United States Volunteers">United States Volunteers</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1862–1863</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">Major, USV</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Moses S. Gibson</b> (1816 – December 6, 1904) was an American <a href="/wiki/Banker" class="mw-redirect" title="Banker">banker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> politician, and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> pioneer. Initially a merchant in the early days of <a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac,_Wisconsin" title="Fond du Lac, Wisconsin">Fond du Lac, Wisconsin</a>, he then became one of the first settlers at <a href="/wiki/Hudson,_Wisconsin" title="Hudson, Wisconsin">Hudson, Wisconsin</a>, where he was receiver of federal moneys and register of the land office. He was a delegate to Wisconsin's first constitutional convention, in 1846; after the rejection of that constitution, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Territory" title="Wisconsin Territory">Wisconsin Territory</a> House of Representatives for the special session and 2nd session of the <a href="/wiki/5th_Wisconsin_Territorial_Assembly" title="5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly">5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly</a>. </p><p>He was a Whig politician and became a member of the Republican Party when that party was established in 1854. He ran for election to the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a> in 1858; he was initially declared the winner of that election and took office at the start of the <a href="/wiki/12th_Wisconsin_Legislature" title="12th Wisconsin Legislature">12th Wisconsin Legislature</a>; his election was successfully challenged by his opponent, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marcus_W._McCracken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marcus W. McCracken (page does not exist)">Marcus W. McCracken</a>, and McCracken took over the seat two weeks after the start of the legislative term. Later in life Gibson served as an assistant auditor in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department" title="United States Post Office Department">United States Post Office Department</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moses_S._Gibson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gibson was born in 1816 in <a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_New_York" title="Livingston County, New York">Livingston County, New York</a>. He received a common school education in New York and worked as a merchant. In 1844, he traveled to the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Territory" title="Wisconsin Territory">Wisconsin Territory</a>, bringing a stock of merchandise to <a href="/wiki/Sheboygan,_Wisconsin" title="Sheboygan, Wisconsin">Sheboygan</a>. Finding no market there for his merchandise, he traveled over land to the west, arriving two days later at what is now <a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac,_Wisconsin" title="Fond du Lac, Wisconsin">Fond du Lac, Wisconsin</a>. He decided to settle at Fond du Lac and opened a store there. At the time there were just five frame buildings and two log houses in the settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-fathers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fathers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibson quickly became a prominent member of the community and was elected to the first Wisconsin constitutional convention in 1846.<sup id="cite_ref-fathers_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fathers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <span class="nowrap">Fond du Lac</span> was incorporated as a village in 1847, Gibson was elected as one of the first members of the village board of trustees.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That August, Gibson was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Territory" title="Wisconsin Territory">Wisconsin Territory</a> House of Representatives for the special session of the <a href="/wiki/5th_Wisconsin_Territorial_Assembly" title="5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly">5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly</a>, running on the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig Party</a> ticket.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his co-representative, <a href="/wiki/George_W._Featherstonhaugh_Jr." title="George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.">George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brothertown,_Wisconsin" title="Brothertown, Wisconsin">Brothertown</a>, represented roughly the entire northeast quadrant of the Wisconsin Territory. They continued to represent the district in the 2nd session of the same legislative term. </p><p>In 1849, Gibson was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Zachary Taylor</a> to serve as receiver of public moneys for the land office at the far northwestern Wisconsin settlement of Willow River—now <a href="/wiki/Hudson,_Wisconsin" title="Hudson, Wisconsin">Hudson, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His appointment was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> in 1850, and he was later promoted to register of the same office.<sup id="cite_ref-fathers_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fathers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After several years in that role, in 1853 his name was circulated as a candidate for statewide office on the Whig Party ticket. Newspapers mentioned him as a potential candidate for Bank Comptroller or <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a>.</span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibson was not nominated that year, and with the inauguration of Democratic president <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Franklin Pierce</a>, he was not renominated to his role in the land office. The following year, however, the Republican Party was established by former Whigs and <a href="/wiki/Free_Soil_Party" title="Free Soil Party">Free Soilers</a>. Gibson received the Republican nomination for <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">Wisconsin Senate</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_19th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 19th Senate district">19th Senate district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 19th district then comprised roughly the entire northwest quadrant of the state, extending all the way north and west of Crawford County. The election was quite competitive, and in the end he lost to <a href="/wiki/William_J._Gibson" title="William J. Gibson">William J. Gibson</a> by about 53 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the September 1855 Republican Party state convention, Gibson was unanimously elected chairman of the convention.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that convention, he was also considered as a candidate for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant governor of Wisconsin">lieutenant governor of Wisconsin</a>. He received 35 of 108 votes in the first informal ballot and withdrew his name from the race. Nevertheless, he still received 88 votes at the first formal ballot and 62 at the second formal ballot, after which he moved that <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sholes" title="Charles Sholes">Charles Sholes</a> be declared the nominee by acclamation.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1858, Gibson ran for office again, running for a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a>. The Assembly district then comprised about half of the northeast quadrant of the state. Again, the election was incredibly close; his opponent <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marcus_W._McCracken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marcus W. McCracken (page does not exist)">Marcus W. McCracken</a> received the most votes, but Gibson was declared the winner after several votes were thrown out because they were cast by residents with a Native American parent or grandparent in a decision by Wisconsin circuit court judge <a href="/wiki/George_W._Cate" title="George W. Cate">George W. Cate</a>. Gibson proceeded to take office at the start of the <a href="/wiki/12th_Wisconsin_Legislature" title="12th Wisconsin Legislature">12th Wisconsin Legislature</a>, but McCracken challenged the results and brought his complaint to the Assembly. The Assembly referred the question to a select committee, which examined evidence and testimony and quickly ruled in McCracken's favor. Gibson relinquished his seat on January 17, 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that year, Gibson was a delegate to the state convention again and was a candidate for state bank comptroller, but lost on the first ballot to <a href="/wiki/Gysbert_Van_Steenwyk_Sr." title="Gysbert Van Steenwyk Sr.">Gysbert Van Steenwyk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, he was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Paymaster" title="Paymaster">paymaster</a> for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Volunteers" title="United States Volunteers">United States Volunteers</a>. He was assigned to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>, but resigned after about a year due to poor health.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fathers_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fathers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rather than returning to Wisconsin, however, Gibson remained in <span class="nowrap">St. Louis</span> to open a collections agency on behalf of soldiers and widows.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1878, he was appointed a position in the sixth auditor's office of the treasury in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department" title="United States Post Office Department">United States Post Office Department</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fathers_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fathers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained at that position for 26 years, until just a few weeks before his death. He died at his home in northwest Washington, D.C., on December 6, 1904, and was buried at <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-wapo_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-wapo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_family">Personal life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moses_S._Gibson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Moses Gibson married Carrie F. Gilman in August 1856.<sup id="cite_ref-fathers_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fathers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were survived by one child, their daughter Mary.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-wapo_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-wapo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moses_S._Gibson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-fathers-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fathers_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fathers_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fathers_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fathers_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fathers_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fathers_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTenneyAtwood1880" class="citation book cs1">Tenney, Horace A.; Atwood, David (1880). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tenn/"><i>Memorial Record of the Fathers of Wisconsin, containing sketches of the lives and career of the members of the constitutional conventions of 1846 and 1847–8</i></a>. 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