Daniel Downs
Daniel Downs was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
Downs was born on December 2, 1824 in Trumbull County, Ohio.[1] A Congregationalist, Downs married Mary D. Cowen in 1850. They would have four children. Previously, Downs had completed his education at Rush Medical College. During the American Civil War, he served with the 46th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army as a surgeon.
Political career
Downs was a member of the Assembly in 1855. In 1860, Downs changed his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican. He was a member of the Senate from 1876 to 1877 representing the 28th District.[2] Other positions he held include County Treasurer of Richland County, Wisconsin and Richland County judge.
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- People from Richland County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin state court judges
- Wisconsin state senators
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- American treasurers
- County judges in the United States
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- Wisconsin Democrats
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union Army officers
- American Civil War surgeons
- American Congregationalists
- 19th-century Congregationalists
- Physicians from Wisconsin
- Rush Medical College alumni
- 1824 births