Morgan Lewis Martin

He was born in Martinsburg, New York,{{cite news|title=Death of Judge Martin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2208135/morgan_louis_martin_18051887/|newspaper=The Weekly Wisconsin|date=December 17, 1887|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = April 14, 2015 }} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Fox-Wisconsin Waterway Ruined Developer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2208166/morgan_lewis_martin_18051887/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|date=December 19, 1959|page=6|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = April 14, 2015 }} {{Open access}} and graduated from Hamilton College in 1824. Martin then moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1826, and studied law, and became an attorney. In May 1827, Martin moved to what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, on the advice of his cousin, James Duane Doty, to practice law. He formed a partnership with Solomon Juneau and owned much of the land that later became Milwaukee, but sold his share in 1836.

Martin served in the Michigan Territorial Council from 1831 to 1835. At the time, the land that would become Wisconsin was a part of the Michigan Territory. He served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature from 1838 to 1844, and served as President of the Territorial Council in 1843. He also served as President at the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention.

Martin was elected on the Democratic Party ticket as a non-voting member to represent the Wisconsin Territory in the Twenty-ninth Congress, with 6,803 votes to 5,787 for Whig James Collins and 790 for Edward D. Holton of the Liberty Party.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90408200/ "Vote for Delegate"], Mineral Point Democrat November 25, 1845; p. 2, col. 4 via Newspapers.com He would serve from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847.

Martin was a candidate for Governor at the 1848 Wisconsin Democratic Party Convention prior to the state's first gubernatorial election. At the time, the party was split between a faction representing the lead-mining regions of the state, supporting Hiram Barber, and a faction of the eastern counties, supporting Martin. The deadlock between the two factions resulted in a compromise pick—Nelson Dewey.{{cite report|chapter-url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LRZ6UQ3SNASLD9C |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1960 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |editor1-last= Toepel |editor1-first= M. G. |editor2-last= Kuehn |editor2-first= Hazel L. |year= 1960 |chapter= Wisconsin's former governors, 1848-1959 |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ALRZ6UQ3SNASLD9C/full/AFS4AK6CSNHKRY87 73] |access-date= June 15, 2019}}

Martin served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1855 and 1872, and served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1858 to 1859.

During the Civil War he served as an army paymaster, with the rank of major. In 1875, he became county judge (probate judge) of Brown County, serving until his death. Martin was also involved in the banking and railroad business. He died in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he had lived and practiced law, and was buried there.{{Cite web|url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1652 |title= Martin, Morgan Lewis 1805-1887 |website= Wisconsin Historical Society |date= 3 August 2012 |accessdate= July 3, 2022 }}

Martin has a school named after him in Green Bay, Morgan L. Martin Elementary School.[http://www.greenbay.k12.wi.us/hist/images/martin.jpg Origin of Name of Martin Elementary School] His home, known as Hazelwood, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A Westside neighborhood in Milwaukee is also named after him.

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