Cadwallader Jackson Wiltse

Cadwallader Jackson Wiltse was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Wiltse was born on May 29, 1823 in Clarence, New York.[1] He settled on a farm in Mukwonago (town), Wisconsin in 1850 and on another farm in Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wisconsin in 1862.[2] Wiltse later moved to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 1868 and to Cadott, Wisconsin in 1889, where he died in 1900. He was a Baptist.

Political career

Wiltse was a member of the Assembly during the 1876 session.[3] Other positions he held include Superintendent of Schools of Mukwonago, Town Clerk and Chairman of the town board (similar to city council) of Lafayette, City Attorney of Chippewa Falls, District Attorney and County Judge of Chippewa County, Wisconsin and justice of the peace. He was a Democrat.

References

  1. ↑ THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN (15th ed.). Madison, Wis. 1876. pp. 461–462.
  2. ↑ George Forrester, ed. (1892). HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY WISCONSIN. Chicago, Illinois: A. Warner. pp. 426–427.
  3. ↑ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008. p. 187.

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