George Winans
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = George Winans
| office = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
| death_date = January 1926 (aged 86–87)
| birth_date = January 8, 1839
| termstart = 1888
| termend = 1890
| birth_place = Camanche, Iowa, U.S.
| party = Democratic
| death_place = Wisconsin, U.S.
}}
George Winans (January 8, 1839 – January 1926) was an American politician and steamboat captain who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1888 to 1890.
Background
Winans was born on January 8, 1839, in Camanche, Iowa. He would become a steamboat owner and captain.{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963788&dsRecordDetails=R:BA3414|title=George Winans dies; river pilot 55 years|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=2015-08-04}} Winans was a member of the Assembly during the 1889 session.{{cite web|url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |title=Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999 |publisher=State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |page=123 |accessdate=2015-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404052836/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |archivedate=2015-04-04 }} He was a Democrat. Winans died in January 1926, reports have differed on the exact date. He was buried in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|117537011}}
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Category:People from Clinton County, Iowa
Category:Politicians from Waukesha, Wisconsin
Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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