(December 15, 1815 — December 11, 1889) Atwood was a printer, publisher, businessman, and politician. David Atwood was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, and lived in New York and Illinois before moving to Wisconsin in 1847. In his early career, he apprenticed as a printer and became the publisher of a publication in New York. Agricultural pursuits took Atwood to Illinois, where he worked for two years before moving to Wisconsin. While in Wisconsin, Atwood worked as the editor of the State Journal for forty-two years. He also served as a member of the State Assembly (1861), United States Assessor, and Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin from 1868 to 1869. Atwood was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin Hopkins. He served from February 23, 1870 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000335]

(January 17, 1809 — June 17, 1881) Barber was a teacher, lawyer, and politician. Joel Allen Barber was born in Franklin County, Vermont, where he attended school and studied law at the University of Vermont. He was admitted to the bar in 1834 and practiced law in Maryland, as well as taught school. Barber moved to Wisconsin in 1837, where he served as County Clerk for four years and District Attorney for three terms. He was part of the first State constitutional convention in 1846 and served as a State Representative (1852-1853, 1863), and as a State Senator from 1856 to 1857. Barber was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served for two congressional sessions, from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000122]

(December 22, 1824 — February 24, 1881) Carpenter was an American politician and lawyer. Matthew Hale Carpenter was born Decatur Merritt Hammond Carpenter, in Washington County, Vermont. He was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843 and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1847 and practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts for one year before moving to Wisconsin. In 1848, Carpenter changed his name and became known as Matthew Hale Carpenter. Leading up to the Civil War, Carpenter was part of the Douglas wing of the Democratic Party but later ran as a Republican. He served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000122]

(27 September, 1823 -- 5 July, 1905) Cobb was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. Born in Crawford County, Ill., Cobb moved to Wisconsin in 1842. Cobb served in the Mexican War and during the Civil War was the colonel of the Fifth Wisconsin Infantry and the Forty-third Wisconsin Infantry. Cobb was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

(27 February, 1820 -- 26 October, 1896) Eldredge was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Bridport, Vt., Eldredge studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1846. Eldredge moved to Wisconsin in 1848 and afterwards was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

(February 24, 1829 — September 29, 1920) Hazelton was a teacher, lawyer, and politician. Gerry Hazelton was born in Rockingham County, New Hampshire and moved to Wisconsin in 1856 after studying law and being admitted to the bar. He served in the State Senate in 1860 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention that same year. Hazelton was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000419]

"(April 22, 1829 -- January 1, 1870) Benjamin Franklin Hopkins was a(n) telegraph operator, secretary, public servant and American politician. He was born in Hebron, New York and moved to Wisconsin in 1849. Hopkins was a private secretary to Governor Bashfourd (1856 and 1857), served in the state senate (1862 and 1863), and member of the state assembly (1866). He was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (March 4, 1867 - his death January 1, 1870) [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000771]"

(24 February, 1816 -- 25 March, 1883) Howe was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Androscoggin County, Maine, Howe studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839. Howe moved to Wisconsin in 1845 and afterwards in 1860, was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate. Howe was reelected in 1866 and 1872. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

(March 18, 1822 — November 12, 1875) McDill was a medical doctor and public servant. Alexander McDill was born in Pennsylvania, where he later attended college, graduated from Cleveland Medical College, and practiced medicine. He moved to Wisconsin in 1856 and served as a member of the State Assembly in 1862, and as a member of the State Senate from 1863 to 1864. During that time, he also served as a member of the Board of Managers of the Wisconsin State Hospital. Before being elected to Congress, he was the Medical Superintendent of the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane from 1868 to 1873 and in 1875. McDill was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1872 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000406]

(October 18, 1817 — April 19, 1887) Mitchell was a politician, businessman, and lawyer. Alexander Mitchell was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1839, where he settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was involved in banking and served and President of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Co. from 1864 to 1887. Mitchell was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served during the Forty-Second and Forty-Third Congresses from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000802]

"(February 4, 1826 -- April 14, 1905) Halbert Eleazer Paine was a(n) teacher, lawyer, soldier, general, commissioner of patents, and American politician. Paine was born in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1857. Halbert studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848. He entered the Union Army (Mary 1861) as a colonel of the 4th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, promoted to the rank of brigadier general (March 13, 1863) and was brevetted major general March 13, 1865 and resigned on May 15, 1865. He was appointed Commissioner of Patents by President Grant (November 1, 1878 - May 7, 1880). Paine was elected as a Republican to the 39th, 40th, and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1871), served as Chairman on the Committee on Militia (40th Congress), on the Committee on Election (41st Congress), and was not reelected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present, available at, https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=P000028]"

(June 17, 1830 — November 21, 1893) Rusk was a businessman and politician. Jeremiah Rusk was born in Ohio, where he received a limited schooling. Agricultural pursuits took him to Vernon County, Wisconsin in 1853. There he served as Sheriff of Viroqua, Wisconsin (1855-1857), coroner (1857), and as a member of the State Assembly (1862). During the Civil War, he became a major in the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Rusk was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000517]

"(September 22, 1816 -- March 29, 1900) Philetus Sawyer was a(n) mayor, public servant, and American politician. Sawyer was born in Whiting, Rutland County, Vermont and moved to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin in 1847. He served in the Wisconsin Assembly (1857 and 1861) and was mayor of Oshkosh (1863-1864). He was elected as a Republican to the 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Congresses (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1875) and to the United Stated Senate in 1881, reelected in 1887 (March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1893) and was not reelected. During his time in Congress, he served as the Chairman on the Committee on Public Expenditures (42nd Congress), on the Committee on Pacific Railroads (43rd Congress), Chairman on the Committee on Railroads (48th and 49th Congresses), and on the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (50th-52nd Congresses). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present, available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S000091]"

"(April 22, 1818 -- May 15, 1882) Cadwalader Colden Washburn was a(n) teacher, employed in a geological survey, surveyor, lawyer, public servant, soldier, manufacturer of flower and wood, and American politician. He was born in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine and moved to Iowa, and then Wisconsin. Cadwalader studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He was employed in a geological survey of Iowa, elected surveyor of Rock Island County, Illinois, founder of the Mineral Point Bank (1852), governor of Wisconsin (1872-1874) and delegate to the peace convention in Washington D.C. (1861) to prevent the Civil War. Washburn served in the Union Army as a colonel of the 2nd Regiment in the Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry (February 6, 1862), brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers (July 16, 1862), major general (November 29,1862), and resigned May 25, 1865. Cadwalader was elected as a Republican to the 34th, 35th, 36th, 40th, and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1861 & (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871) and was not elected in 1860 or in 1870. During his time on Congress, he served as chairman on the Committee on Private Land Claims (36th Congress) and chairman on the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (40th congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=W000170]"

(October 18, 1829 — March 30, 1892) Williams was a lawyer and public servant. Charles Williams was born in Niagara County, New York and studied law in Rochester, New York. He moved to Wisconsin in 1856, where he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Janesville, Wisconsin. Williams served as a member of the State Senate from 1869 to 1872. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served during five congressional sessions from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000492]