Benoni Reynolds

Benoni Reynolds was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Reynolds was born on July 26, 1824, in Sempronius, New York.[1] He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1851 and moved to Ives Grove, Wisconsin in 1854. During the American Civil War, Reynolds was a surgeon with the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment of the Union Army.

Political career

Reynolds was a member of the Assembly in 1876 and of the Senate from 1878 to 1879. Additionally, he was Mayor of Geneva, Wisconsin from 1874 to 1876. He was a Republican.

References

  1. Biographical Sketches. Wisconsin Blue Book. Retrieved 2014-02-01.