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Angus Cameron (1826-1897) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 4,
1826.
Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1863-64, 1871-72; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1866-67; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1875-81, 1881-85.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., March 30,
1897 (age 70 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818-1882) —
also known as Cadwallader C. Washburn —
of Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis.; La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, April 22,
1818.
Son of Israel
Washburn and Martha (Benjamin) Washburn (1792-1861).
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1855-61, 1867-71 (2nd District
1855-61, 6th District 1867-71); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1872-74; defeated, 1873.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., May 15,
1882 (age 64 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Gardner Robert Withrow (1892-1964) —
also known as Gardner R. Withrow —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., October
5, 1892.
Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1926-27; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1931-39, 1949-61 (7th District
1931-33, 3rd District 1933-39, 1949-61); defeated (Progressive), 1940.
Died September
23, 1964 (age 71 years, 354
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Jacob Esch (1861-1941) —
also known as John J. Esch —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born near Norwalk, Monroe
County, Wis., March 20,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1899-1921; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1921-28.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., April 27,
1941 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Gilbert Motier Woodward (1835-1913) —
also known as Gilbert M. Woodward —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; La
Crosse County District Attorney, 1866-73; mayor
of La Crosse, Wis., 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1883-85; candidate
for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1886; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1888.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., March 13,
1913 (age 77 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Swan Benton (1810-1882) —
also known as Charles S. Benton —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Mohawk, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine, July 12,
1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1843-47; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1862; county judge in Wisconsin,
1874-81.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 4,
1882 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Merlin Hull (1870-1953) —
of Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis.
Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., December
18, 1870.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; Jackson
County District Attorney, 1907-09; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1909-16; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1913-16; secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1917-21; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1929-31, 1935-53 (7th District
1929-31, 9th District 1935-53); died in office 1953.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 17,
1953 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Original interment at Oak Grove Cemetery; reinterment in 1959 somewhere
in Black River Falls, Wis.
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