About Allen Hiram Atwater
Lived 1817 – 1889 (aged 72). Allen Hiram Atwater was an American justice of the peace and politician.
Allen Hiram Atwater (1817 – 1889) was an American politician who was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography Atwater was born in Riga, New York, in 1817. He moved to Wisconsin 1840 but two years later returned to New York, where he married Eliza A. Parmelee. They would have nine children. He returned to Wisconsin and served in town, county and state legislatures. He moved to Dakota Territory in 1883.
Career Atwater was a member of the Assembly during the 1854, 1871 and 1872 sessions. In 1856 and 1858, he was elected County Treasurer of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Other positions Atwater held include justice of the peace. Initially a Whig, he later became a Republican.
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Who was Allen Hiram Atwater?
American politician
When was Allen Hiram Atwater born?
Allen Hiram Atwater was born on 1 September 1817 in Riga.
When did Allen Hiram Atwater die?
Allen Hiram Atwater died on 4 October 1889 in Spink County.
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Allen Hiram Atwater was a justice of the peace and politician.
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Allen Hiram Atwater was American.
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