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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinDURKEE, Charles
(1805—1870)
Senate Years of Service:
1855-1857; 1857-1861
Party:
Opposition; Republican
DURKEE, Charles, a Representative and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Royalton, Windsor County, Vt., December 10, 1805; attended the common schools and the Burlington (Vt.) Academy; engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to Wisconsin in 1836 and was one of the founders of Southport, now Kenosha; engaged in agricultural pursuits and lumbering; member, Territorial legislature 1836-1838, 1847-1848; elected as a Free-Soiler to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); delegate to the World’s Peace Convention in Paris; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1861; Governor of Utah Territory from 1865 until failing health compelled him to resign; died in Omaha, Nebr., January 14, 1870; interment in Green Ridge Cemetery, Kenosha, Wis.
Frank, M. “Some of the Prominent Events in the Life of Hon. Charles Durkee.” In Report and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, For the Years 1869, 1870, 1871 and 1872
, vol. 6., pp. 123-35. Madison: Atwood & Culver, State Printers, 1872.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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