Hiram Horatio Giles (March 22, 1820 – May 10, 1895) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. He served as president of the National Conference of Charities and Correction.[1]
Hiram H. Giles | |
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| President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate | |
| In office January 13, 1858 – January 12, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Vacant (1857) Louis P. Harvey (1856) |
| Succeeded by | Denison Worthington |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 11th district | |
| In office January 10, 1855 – January 12, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas T. Whittlesey |
| Succeeded by | William Robert Taylor |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 3rd district | |
| In office January 14, 1852 – January 12, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Bjornson |
| Succeeded by | Storer W. Field |
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| Born | Hiram Horatio Giles March 22, 1820 New Salem, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 10, 1895 (aged 75) Madison, Wisconsin |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
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Biography
editGiles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts.[2] He moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and lived on a farm for two years from 1842 to 1844. He moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and settled on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin.[2] In 1852, Giles served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1855 to 1858. Giles was a Whig and then a Republican.[2] From 1871 to 1881, he worked for the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad as a claims and right of way agent. From 1871 to 1891, Giles served on the Wisconsin Board of Charities and Reform.[3] Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 (Public domain ed.). American commonwealth Company. p. 705.
- ^ a b c d "H. H. Giles Is Dead". Wisconsin State Journal. May 10, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin Containing Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Leading Citizens, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1893, Biographical Sketch of Hiram Giles, pp. 417–418.
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