American politician
Alanson Sweet (March 12, 1804 – April 18, 1891)[ 1] [ 2]
Born in Owasco, New York , in 1831, he settled on a farm in Naperville, Illinois . He served in a militia company in 1832 during the Black Hawk War . In 1833, he moved to Chicago, Illinois and helped incorporate the city. He then served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners . In 1835, Sweet moved to Milwaukee , Michigan Territory where he claimed some land and became a farmer and grain dealer. Sweet served on the Wisconsin Territorial Council of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, from 1836 to 1838, as a Democrat . He supported moving the Wisconsin territorial capital to Madison, Wisconsin . He also served on the Milwaukee Common Council from 1848 to 1849. Later he moved to Kansas , where he bought a farm near Arkansas City, Kansas , and then moved to Evanston, Illinois , where he died.[ 3] [ 4]
Notes
^ 'History of Milwaukee, From Pre-Historic Times to the Present Times,' Western Historical Company: Milwaukee, 1881, pg. 147
^ 'Triennal Catalogue of the Portrait Gallery of the State of Wisconsin,' State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Democrat Printing Company: 1892, Alan Sweet, pg. 27
^ "Wisconsin Historical Society-Alanson Sweet" . Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-08 .^ "Alanson Sweet" . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-08 .
