Lucien B. Caswell

Lucien Bonaparte Caswell (November 27, 1827  April 26, 1919) was an American politician.

Lucien B. Caswell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1875  March 3, 1883
Preceded byGerry Whiting Hazelton
Succeeded byDaniel H. Sumner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1885  March 3, 1891
Preceded byJohn Winans
Succeeded byClinton Babbitt
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
1863
1872
1874
Personal details
BornNovember 27, 1827
Swanton, Vermont
DiedApril 26, 1919(1919-04-26) (aged 91)
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican

Biography

Lucien Bonaparte Caswell was born in Swanton, Vermont on November 27, 1827. When he was nine, he moved with his family to the frontier Wisconsin Territory and settled along the Rock River, just south of Lake Koshkonong. Caswell attended Milton Academy and took a course at Beloit College in Beloit. He began to study law in Beloit with the practice of future United States Senator Matthew H. Carpenter. Caswell was admitted to the bar in October 1851. He moved to Fort Atkinson later that year, where he opened a law practice.[1]

In 1854, Caswell was appointed the district attorney of Jefferson County. Caswell was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1863, 1872, and 1874. He founded the First National Bank of Fort Atkinson in 1863 and served as cashier for twenty-five years.[2] He was with Governor Louis P. Harvey on his fatal trip to visit Wisconsin troops in Tennessee. Caswell was selected as a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention and supported Ulysses S. Grant.[1]

Caswell served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican. He was first elected in the 44th Congress representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district and was subsequently elected to the 45th, 46th and 47th Congresses serving from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1883. In 1885, he founded the Citizens' State Bank of Fort Atkinson. He was once again elected to the 49th and subsequent congresses through to the 51st Congress however this time representing Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1891. As a representative, he was active in establishing the Federal appeals court system and overseeing the construction of the Library of Congress.

References

  1. Reed, Parker McCobb (1882). The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin: History and Biography. Milwaukee, WI: P. M. Reed. p. 170.
  2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. III. New York City, NY: James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 856.

United States Congress. "CASWELL, Lucien Bonaparte (id: C000245)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Gerry Whiting Hazelton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1875  March 3, 1883
Succeeded by
Daniel H. Sumner
Preceded by
John Winans
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

March 4, 1885  March 3, 1891
Succeeded by
Clinton Babbitt
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