Adelbert Bleekman

Adelbert E. Bleekman, Sr., (March 26, 1846 – January 27, 1908) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1874 and 1875) and State Assembly, and served as district attorney of Monroe County, Wisconsin.

Early life and war service Adelbert Bleekman was born on March 26, 1846, in Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York. As a child, in 1850, he moved with his parents to Ohio, where he was raised and educated.

At age 18, he enlisted for service in the Union Army in the fourth year of the American Civil War. He was enrolled as a private in Company A of the 2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment and went to the front in the eastern theater of the war. With his regiment, he participated in the bloody battles of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, which culminated in the Siege of Petersburg in the Summer of 1864. In June 1864, his regiment participated in the Wilson–Kautz Raid against Confederate railroad lines supplying Petersburg and Richmond. During that fight, he was shot in the leg and severely wounded. He was sent home to Wisconsin to recuperate and never returned to the fighting. He officially mustered out in June 1865.

In 1873, he was the Republican nominee for Wisconsin State Senate in the 4th Senate district—comprising Monroe and Vernon counties. He was unopposed in the general election, and served a two year term.

He did not run for re-election in 1875, and moved to Sparta, Wisconsin, that year. He continued his legal practice in Sparta, making a partnership with F. H. Bloomingdale known as Bleekman & Bloomingdale. In 1876, he returned to politics and was elected district attorney of Monroe County, serving a two-year term.

Bleekman moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1886, where he remained for the rest of his life.

Electoral history Wisconsin Assembly (1872)

Wisconsin Senate (1873)