Nathaniel Farnsworth

{{short description|American politician}}

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Nathaniel Farnsworth was a member of the Maine House of Representatives and the Wisconsin State Assembly. He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1848.{{cite book|title=ACTS AND RESOLVED PASSED BY THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MAINE|location=Augusta|year=1848|page=130}} Later, Farnsworth was a Republican member of the Assembly during the 1875 session.{{cite book|editor=Lawrence S. Barish|year=2007|title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008|page=137}} In addition, he was a candidate for the Wisconsin State Senate in 1863 and a member of the county board of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Farnsworth was born on January 20, 1820, in what is now known as Jonesboro, Maine.{{cite book|title=THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN|edition=14th|location=Madison, Wis.|year=1875|page=335}}