Hiram Giles

Hiram Horatio Giles (March 22, 1820 May 10, 1895) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

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
Spouse(s)
  • Rebecca S. (Watson) Giles
  • (died 1884)
Children
  • Belle (Dow)
  • (b. 1847; died 1924)
  • Ella Augusta (Ruddy)
  • (b. 1856; died 1917)

Biography

Giles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[2] Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.[1]

Notes

  1. "H. H. Giles Is Dead". Wisconsin State Journal. May 10, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2019 via Newspapers.com.
  2. 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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