stone jesse 1836 (1 risultati)

No Binding. Condizione: VG. Circa 1900, sized 6 x 9.5 inches, on heavy gloss paper, generally very clean and bright. The author, b. Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, August 23, 1836, was Lieutenant - Governor of Wisconsin. He migrated to the U. S. with his parents in 1841, settling in Waterford, New York. In Waterford, he learned the machinist's trade, moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1855, and in 1869 settled in Wisconsin, where he became part owner of a baking firm at Watertown. A Republican, Stone was state assemblyman, 1880, 1882, and 1897 - 1898, a delegate to his party's national conventions in 1888 and 1892, and a member of the state central committee, 1888 - 1894. In 1898, he was elected lieutenant governor, was re-elected in 1900, and served from January, 1899, until his death. 0.