Frederick W. Horn

Frederick William Horn (August 21, 1815 - January 15, 1893) was an American politician and lawyer.

Horn was born in Linum, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia. He emigrated to the United States in 1836. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory in 1840 and settled in Cedarburg, Wisconsin Territory in 1847. He practiced law in Cedarburg and served as Mayor. He also served on the Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. He was editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News.'

He served in the Wisconsin State Senate as a Democrat, from 1848 to 1850, 1891, and 1893 dying in 1893 while still in office. He also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1851, 1854, 1857, 1859, 1860, 1867, 1868, 1872, 1875, 1882, 1885, and 1887, and was speaker of the Assembly. He was Wisconsin Commissioner of Immigration in 1854 and 1855 in New York City. He also served as Ozaukee County Commissioner of Schools from 1862 to 1865. He died in Cedarburg while serving in the Wisconsin Senate.[1][2][3]

Horn is the namesake of the community of Horns Corners, Wisconsin.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1893,' Biographical Sketch of Frederick W.Horn, pg. 634
  2. ↑ Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Bar Association: 1901, Biographical Sketch Of Frederick W. Horn, pg. 284
  3. ↑ Wisconsin Historical Society-Frederick W. Horn
  4. ↑ "Newland Became Cedarburg". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 4 September 1967. pp. Part 5, Page 5. Retrieved 23 April 2015.


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