Robert Cance
Robert Cance was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
[edit]Cance was born in Wigtown, Scotland, sources have differed on the date. In 1858, he moved to the Town of Ettrick in Wisconsin, where he would become a farmer. Later, he became involved in business. Cance died in 1886.[1]
Political career
[edit]Cance was a member of the Assembly in 1883.[2] Other positions he held include Chairman (similar to Mayor) of Ettrick and Chairman of the county board of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.
References
[edit]- ^ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF La Crosse, Trempealeau AND Buffalo Counties, WISCONSIN. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1892. p. 769.
- ^ THE BLUE BOOK OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. 1883. p. 505.
Categories:
- People from Wigtown
- Scottish emigrants to the United States
- People from Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Mayors of places in Wisconsin
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- Farmers from Wisconsin
- 1886 deaths
- 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature