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WASHBURN, CADWALLADER COLDEN (1818–1882)

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WASHBURN, CADWALLADER See also:COLDEN (1818–1882) , See also:American soldier and politician, was See also:born at See also:Livermore, See also:Maine, on the 22nd of See also:April 1818. He was admitted to the See also:bar in 1842, and removed to See also:Mineral Point, See also:Wisconsin, where he practised See also:law, speculated in See also:land and engaged in banking. He became prominent in the Republican party, and was a member (1855–1861) of the U.S. See also:House of Representatives, of which his See also:brother See also:Israel (181x3–1883) was a member from Maine in 1851–1861; his brother Liihu See also:Benjamin (see below) changed the spelling of the See also:family surname to See also:Washburne. At the beginning of the See also:Civil See also:War he became See also:colonel of the Second Wisconsin See also:Cavalry, was promoted to brigadier-See also:general on the 16th of See also:July 1862 and to See also:major-general on the 29th of See also:November. 1862, and assisted in the See also:capture of See also:Vicksburg (4th July 1863), after which he served in See also:Texas and See also:West See also:Tennessee. Resigning from the See also:army in 1865, he became extensively interested in See also:flour-milling and lumbering in Wisconsin. From 1867 to 1871 he was again a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and subsequently served one See also:term (1872–1874) as See also:governor of Wisconsin.

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