Sylvanus Trask
American politician – Minnesota -Territorial House 1849 (District 2); Territorial House 1851 (District 2)
About Sylvanus Trask
Lived 1811 – 1897 (aged 85–86). Sylvanus Trask was an American politician.
Sylvanus Trask (1811–1897) was an American schoolteacher and politician who served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives from 1849 to 1852.
Biography Trask was born in Otsego County, New York, in 1811. He arrived in Stillwater, Minnesota, in 1848 and served as a schoolteacher. On January 20, 1852, he was appointed as the secretary of the 3rd Minnesota Territorial Legislature. Following his political career, he was a surveyor in the lumber industry. He died in Stillwater in April 1897.
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Who was Sylvanus Trask?
American politician – Minnesota -Territorial House 1849 (District 2); Territorial House 1851 (District 2)
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Sylvanus Trask was born in 1811 in Otsego County.
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Sylvanus Trask died in 1897.
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Sylvanus Trask was a politician.
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