Hiram Giles

Hiram H. Giles
Hiram H. Giles
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
Personal details
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
Political party	Republican; Whig (before 1855);
Spouses	Rebecca S. (Watson) Giles; (died 1884);
Children	Belle (Dow); (b. 1847; died 1924); Ella Augusta (Ruddy); (b. 1856; died 1917);

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.^[1]

Biography

Giles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.^[2]

^ 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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