Chauncey Abbott
Chauncey Abbott | |
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| 5th Village President of Madison, Wisconsin | |
| In office 1852–1853 | |
| Preceded by | Simeon Mills |
| Succeeded by | Horace A. Tenney |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 2nd district | |
| In office January 1, 1850 – January 1, 1851 | |
| Preceded by | Ira W. Bird |
| Succeeded by | Augustus A. Bird |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 16, 1815 Cornwall, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 1872 (aged 56) Schuyler, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Whig Party |
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| Alma mater | Middlebury College |
| Profession | Lawyer Politician |
Chauncey Abbott (September 16, 1815 – January 30, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 5th Village President of Madison, Wisconsin, and represented central Dane County in the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 3rd Wisconsin Legislature.
Early life
Abbott was born in Cornwall, Vermont.[1] He graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont.[2] He came to the Wisconsin Territory in 1841,[1], he read law and began practicing in Fort Winnebago, before moving to Mineral Point. There he became a law partner with Moses M. Strong. He then settled in Madison, where he formed a law practice with John Catlin, future secretary and acting-governor of the Wisconsin Territory.[3]
Political career
In 1848, Abbott ran as the Whig candidate for Secretary of State of Wisconsin, but lost the election.[4] In 1850, he was the District Attorney of Dane County and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[5][6] In the fall of 1852, he was the Whig Party's candidate for United States Congress in Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, but was defeated. He was the president of the Dane County Bar Association in 1858.[7]
He was the Postmaster of Madison from 1850-1853,[8] and President of Madison (now Mayor) from 1852-1853. From 1853-1856, he served as a regent for the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[9][10]
In 1867, he moved back to Vermont.[1] He later moved to Schuyler, Nebraska, and died in Nebraska on January 30, 1872.[1][11] He is interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison.[12][13]
Personal life
Abbott married Jane Strong, Moses M. Strong's sister. They had a son and daughter together, but Jane died in 1852 after only seven years of marriage. Chauncey married for a second time, to Anne Damon Maxwell, the widow of Nathan Perkins Wells. Together they had four children, though only one, Chauncy II, survived to adulthood. After Abbott's death, his wife, Anne married again, to Morris E. Fuller[14][2]
References
- ^ a b c d "The Late Chauncey Abbott". Wisconsin State Journal. February 8, 1872. p. 2. Retrieved April 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Chauncey Abbott (1815 - 1872)". Ancestry.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ Carpenter&Tenney (1851). Statistics of Dane County, Wisconsin: with a business directory in part, of the village of Madison, etc. Carpenter&Tenney. p. 13.
- ^ "Whig State Nominations". Milwaukee Daily Sentinel. May 8, 1848. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Legislative Reference Bureau (2007). Blue Book, 2007. Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 119.
- ^ Smith, William Rudolph (1854). William Rudolph Smith. The History of Wisconsin: In Three Parts, Historical, Documentary, and Descriptive, Volume 2. p. 307.
- ^ "Past Presidents". DCBA. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ Legislative Reference Bureau (1909). The Wisconsin Blue Book. Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 899.
- ^ University of Wisconsin. Board of Regents (1856). Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30. The Board. p. 44.
- ^ Thwaites, Reuben Gold (1900). The University of Wisconsin: its history and its alumni, with historical and descriptive sketches of Madison. J. N. Purcell. p. 764.
- ^ "1879 History of Rock County, Evansville". Maple Hill Cemetery. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ Historic Madison, Inc (2002). Biographical guide to Forest Hill Cemetery: the ordinary and famous women and men who shaped Madison and the world. Historic Madison, Inc. p. 236.
- ^ "Chauncey Abbott". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
- ^ Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge (1871). The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass. J. Munsell. p. 1032.
