Hiram Giles

Hiram H. Giles
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 13, 1858 – January 12, 1859
Preceded byVacant (1857)
Louis P. Harvey (1856)
Succeeded byDenison Worthington
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 10, 1855 – January 12, 1859
Preceded byThomas T. Whittlesey
Succeeded byWilliam Robert Taylor
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dane 3rd district
In office
January 14, 1852 – January 12, 1853
Preceded byGabriel Bjornson
Succeeded byStorer W. Field
Personal details
Born
Hiram Horatio Giles

(1820-03-22)March 22, 1820
New Salem, Massachusetts
DiedMay 10, 1895(1895-05-10) (aged 75)
Madison, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouses
  • Rebecca S. (Watson) Giles
  • (died 1884)
Children

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]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d "H. H. Giles Is Dead". Wisconsin State Journal. May 10, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ 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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