About William Avery Cochrane
Lived 1842 – 1929 (aged 86–87). William Avery Cochrane was an American politician.
William Avery Cochrane (1842–1929) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography Cochrane was born on January 8, 1842, in Ripley, New York. During the American Civil War, he served with the 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. In 1867, he graduated from Beloit College and became a teacher at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Cochrane died in August 1929.
Political career Cochrane was elected to the Assembly in 1892. Additionally, he was an alderman and a member of the school board of Delavan, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.
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19th century Wisconsinite teacher and politician
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William Avery Cochrane was born on 8 January 1842.
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William Avery Cochrane died in 1929.
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William Avery Cochrane was a politician.
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