Leander F. Frisby

{{Short description|19th century American lawyer, 13th Attorney General of Wisconsin}}

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|name = Leander F. Frisby

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|order = 13th

|office = Attorney General of Wisconsin

| term_start = January 2, 1882

| term_end = January 3, 1887

| governor = Jeremiah McLain Rusk

| predecessor = Alexander Wilson

| successor = Charles E. Estabrook

|state1 = Wisconsin

|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin

|district1 = Washington 2nd

| term_start1 = January 1, 1861

| term_end1 = January 1, 1862

| predecessor1 = Matthias Altenhofen

| successor1 = Michael Maloy

|office2 = Village President of West Bend

| term_start2 = 1876

| term_end2 = 1877

| predecessor2 = Eckstein

| successor2 = Fred H. Haase

|birth_name = Leander Franklin Frisby

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1825|6|19}}

| birth_place = Mesopotamia, Ohio

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1889|4|19|1825|6|19}}

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| restingplace = Forest Home Cemetery
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|party = Republican

|spouse = {{unbulleted list

| Frances E. Rooker

| (m. 1854; died 1902)

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|children = {{unbulleted list

| Alice Frances Frisby

| {{sup|(b. 1856; died 1883)}}

| Almah Jane Frisby

| {{sup|(b. 1857; died 1931)}}

| Marion Clark Frisby

| {{sup|(b. 1860; died 1883)}}

| Ralph Eugene Frisby

| {{sup|(b. 1865; died 1883)}}

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|father = Lucius Frisby

|mother = Lovina (Gary) Frisby

|relatives = Franklin L. Gilson (nephew)

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Leander Franklin Frisby (June 19, 1825 – April 19, 1889) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 13th Attorney General of Wisconsin (1882–1887) and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Washington County.{{cite news|title=Leander F. Frisby |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2442035/leander_f_frisby_18251889/|newspaper=The Weekly Wisconsin|date=April 27, 1889|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 19, 2015 }} {{Open access}}

Biography

Born in Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, Frisby moved to Burlington, Wisconsin Territory, in 1846, where he taught school. In 1850, Frisby was admitted to the Wisconsin bar and moved to West Bend, Wisconsin. Frisby was the first district attorney of Washington County, Wisconsin. He was active in the Free Soil Party and then the Republican Party after 1854. In 1861, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Frisby served as Wisconsin Attorney General from 1882 to 1887.[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1345&keyword=frisby Leander Frisby, Wisconsin Historical Society]. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on 2016-01-22.'National Cyclopedia of American Biography,' Vol. 2, J.T. White:1892, Biographical Sketch of Leander Franklin Leander, pg. 239 Beginning in 1883, he practiced law with his nephew, Franklin L. Gilson.'Report of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, February 2–3, 1901, Madison, Wisconsin,' Taylor and Gleason Book and Job Printers, Madison, Wisconsin: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Franklin L. Gilson, pg. 266-271

His daughter Almah Jane Frisby was a physician and university professor. She was the first woman appointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, and to the Wisconsin Board of Control.Frances Elizabeth Willard, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zXEEAAAAYAAJ&dq=Almah+Frisby&pg=PA303 A Woman of the Century] (Moulton 1893): 303-304.Lillian Gray, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20445767/almah_frisby_1905/ "Women Members of State Boards"] Journal Times (October 6, 1905): 12. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}