About Henry C. Bottum
Lived 1826 – 1913 (aged 86). Henry C. Bottum was an American farmer and politician.
Henry C. Bottum (June 7, 1826 – May 23, 1913) was a farmer, American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography Bottum was born on June 7, 1826, in Orwell, Vermont, the son of Roswell Bottum and Elue Hulburd Bottum. Bottum later became a farmer in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. He died on May 23, 1913, in West Rosendale, Wisconsin.
His father Roswell Bottum served in the Vermont House of Representatives. A son, Joseph, became a member of the South Dakota Senate. Joseph's son, Joseph H. Bottum, served as Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and in the United States Senate. Writer Joseph Bottum and musician Roddy Bottum are great-great-grandsons of Henry.
Assembly career Bottum served three terms He was a Republican.
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