Author: CURRENT, RICHARD NELSON
Title: Pine Logs and Politics a Life of Philetus Sawyer 1816-1900
Description: Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is a small smudge of white on the spine, and the spine has some light fading. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing, along with some generalized ground-in dirt. "Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816 – March 29, 1900) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin in both houses of Congress. Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is named for him. Philetus Sawyer was born in 1816 in Whiting, Vermont, and moved to Crown Point, New York, as an infant in 1817. He moved to Wisconsin in 1847 and worked in the lumber industry. Sawyer's early political career included serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1857 and 1861, and as mayor of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from 1863 to 1864. He ran for and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1864 and served for ten years from 1865 until 1875 being first elected to the 39th United States Congress." ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Biography Richard Nelson Current Philetus Sawyer Politics Wisconsin
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Title: Pine Logs and Politics a Life of Philetus Sawyer 1816-1900
Description: Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is a small smudge of white on the spine, and the spine has some light fading. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing, along with some generalized ground-in dirt. "Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816 – March 29, 1900) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin in both houses of Congress. Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is named for him. Philetus Sawyer was born in 1816 in Whiting, Vermont, and moved to Crown Point, New York, as an infant in 1817. He moved to Wisconsin in 1847 and worked in the lumber industry. Sawyer's early political career included serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1857 and 1861, and as mayor of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from 1863 to 1864. He ran for and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1864 and served for ten years from 1865 until 1875 being first elected to the 39th United States Congress." ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Biography Richard Nelson Current Philetus Sawyer Politics Wisconsin
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 36071
- Book number: 36071
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