Experience Estabrook
Experience Estabrook | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska Territory's at-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1859 – May 18, 1860 | |
| Preceded by | David Atwood |
| Succeeded by | Lucien B. Caswell |
| United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory | |
| In office 1854 – March 4, 1859 | |
| President | Franklin Pierce James Buchanan |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Leavitt L. Bowen |
| 3rd Attorney General of Wisconsin | |
| In office January 5, 1852 – January 2, 1854 | |
| Governor | Leonard J. Farwell |
| Preceded by | S. Park Coon |
| Succeeded by | George Baldwin Smith |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Walworth 2nd district | |
| In office January 1, 1851 – January 1, 1852 | |
| Preceded by | Rufus Cheney, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Zerah Mead |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 30, 1813 Lebanon, New Hampshire |
| Died | March 26, 1894 (aged 80) Omaha, Nebraska |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park Omaha, Nebraska |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Experience Estabrook (April 30, 1813 – March 26, 1894) was an American attorney and legal administrator. He was the 3rd Attorney General of Wisconsin and the 1st United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory.[1]
Biography
Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, he moved with his parents to Clarence, New York, in 1822 where he attended the public schools. Estabrook then attended Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Estabrook graduated from the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Law School, and then was admitted to the bar in Brooklyn, New York in 1839. He worked as a clerk at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn and later practiced law in Buffalo, New York. In 1840, he moved to Geneva, Wisconsin in 1840 and continued the practice of law. Estabrook was a delegate to the second Wisconsin State Constitutional Convention in 1848; in 1851, he became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He was Attorney General of Wisconsin in 1852 and 1853.[2]
Estabrook was appointed by President Franklin Pierce the United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory and served from 1855 to 1859. He presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Thirty-sixth United States Congress and served from March 4, 1859, to May 18, 1860, when he was succeeded by Samuel G. Daily, who contested his election.[3] Experience Estabrook was appointed by the Governor to codify the Nebraska State laws in 1866.
He then became the prosecuting attorney for Douglas County, Nebraska in 1867, and 1868. He was a member of the Nebraska State Constitutional Convention in 1871. Experience Estabrook died in Omaha, Nebraska, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.
His daughter Caroline was a composer. His son Henry Dodge Estabrook was a lawyer in New York City.
References
- ^ Omaha Illustrated. Usgennet.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
- ^ Estabrook, Experience 1813 – 1894. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
- ^ Collections of the NSHS – Volume 19. Usgennet.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
External links
- United States Congress. "Experience Estabrook (id: E000220)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Experience Estabrook at Find a Grave
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- 1813 births
- 1894 deaths
- People from Lebanon, New Hampshire
- Dickinson College alumni
- New York (state) lawyers
- Wisconsin lawyers
- Wisconsin Attorneys General
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska Territory
- People from Geneva, Wisconsin
- Politicians from Omaha, Nebraska
- People from Clarence, New York
- 19th-century American politicians
- Lawyers from Omaha, Nebraska