Cadwallader Jackson Wiltse

Cadwallader Jackson Wiltse (May 29, 1823 – June 21, 1900) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Wiltse was born on May 29, 1823, in Clarence, New York.{{cite book|title=The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin|edition=15th|location=Madison, Wis.|year=1876|pages=461–462}} He settled on a farm in Mukwonago, Wisconsin in 1850 and on another farm in Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wisconsin in 1862.{{cite book|editor=George Forrester|year=1892|title=Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin|location=Chicago, Illinois|publisher=A. Warner|pages=426–427}} Wiltse later moved to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 1868 and to Cadott, Wisconsin in 1889, where he died on June 21, 1900."Wisconsin Death Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJPS-FXB : accessed 30 April 2016), Cadalader Wiltse, 21 Jun 1900; from "Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing p. 0408, volume 01, Chippewa, Wisconsin, reel -, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison. He was a Baptist.

Political career

Wiltse was a member of the Assembly during the 1876 session.{{cite book|editor=Lawrence S. Barish|year=2007|title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008|page=187}} 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.

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External links

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Category:People from Clarence, New York

Category:People from Mukwonago, Wisconsin

Category:Politicians from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Category:Wisconsin city council members

Category:District attorneys in Wisconsin

Category:Wisconsin city attorneys

Category:Wisconsin state court judges

Category:American justices of the peace

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Category:School superintendents in Wisconsin

Category:19th-century Baptists