Hiram H. Giles | |
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| President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate | |
| In office January 13, 1858 – January 12, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Vacant (1857) Louis P. Harvey (1856) |
| Succeeded by | Denison Worthington |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 11th district | |
| In office January 10, 1855 – January 12, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas T. Whittlesey |
| Succeeded by | William Robert Taylor |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 3rd district | |
| In office January 14, 1852 – January 12, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Bjornson |
| Succeeded by | Storer W. Field |
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| Born | Hiram Horatio Giles March 22, 1820 New Salem, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 10, 1895 (aged 75) Madison, Wisconsin |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
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Hiram Horatio Giles (March 22, 1820 – May 10, 1895) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. He served as president of the National Conference of Charities and Correction.
Biography
Giles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts. He moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and lived on a farm for two years from 1842 to 1844. He moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and settled on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin. In 1852, Giles served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1855 to 1858. Giles was a Whig and then a Republican. From 1871 to 1881, he worked for the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad as a claims and right of way agent. From 1871 to 1891, Giles served on the Wisconsin Board of Charities and Reform. Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.
Notes
- ^ Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 (Public domain ed.). American commonwealth Company. p. 705.
- ^ a b c d "H. H. Giles Is Dead". Wisconsin State Journal. May 10, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin Containing Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Leading Citizens, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1893, Biographical Sketch of Hiram Giles, pp. 417–418.
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