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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinMorgan Lewis MARTIN
(1805-1887)
MARTIN, Morgan Lewis,
(cousin of James Duane Doty), a Delegate from the Territory of
Wisconsin; born in Martinsburg, Lewis County, N.Y., March 31, 1805;
attended the common schools and was graduated from Hamilton
College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the
bar and commenced practice in Detroit, Mich.; moved to Green Bay,
Wis., in 1827 (then a part of Michigan Territory); member of the
Michigan Territorial legislature 1831-1835; member of the Wisconsin
Territorial legislature 1838-1844 and served as president in 1842
and 1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March
4, 1845-March 3, 1847); president of the second State
constitutional convention in 1847 and 1848; again elected to the
State assembly in 1855; member of the State senate in 1858 and
1859; served in the Union Army as paymaster with the rank of major
1861-1865; Indian agent 1866-1869; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress; resumed the practice of
his profession; elected judge of Brown County in 1875, in which
capacity he served until his death at Green Bay, Brown County,
Wis., December 10, 1887; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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