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George White Pratt

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George White Pratt (March 23, 1840 – January 17, 1899) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Pratt was born on March 23, 1840 in East Haddam, Connecticut.[1] He moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1871, where he "was one of the leading lumber dealers in the state".[2]

Career

Pratt was elected to the Senate in 1890. He was a member of the Assembly the previous year. Additionally, he was Mayor of Oshkosh and a member of the Winnebago County, Wisconsin, as well as a delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention.

Pratt died at his home in Oshkosh, after two years of declining health.[2]

References

  1. ^ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Wisconsin Blue Book 1891. 1891. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  2. ^ a b "Geo. W. Pratt Dead", The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune (January 21, 1899), p. 6.
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