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Solmous Wakeley

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Solmous Wakeley
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Walworth 4th district
In office
January 1, 1857 – January 1, 1858
Preceded byAsa W. Farr
Succeeded byJames Baker
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Walworth 1st district
In office
January 1, 1855 – January 1, 1856
Preceded byAnderson Whiting
Succeeded byJames Lauderdale
Personal details
Born(1794-03-17)March 17, 1794
New Milford, Connecticut
DiedJanuary 12, 1867(1867-01-12) (aged 72)
Whitewater, Wisconsin
Resting placeOak Grove Cemetery
Whitewater, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Hannah Thompson
  • (died 1874)
Children
  • Eleazer Wakeley
  • (b. 1822; died 1912)
  • Lucy A. (Winchester)
  • (b. 1826; died 1861)
  • Charles T. Wakeley
  • (b. 1827; died 1895)
  • William Pitt Wakeley
  • (b. 1830; died 1848)

Solmous 'Solomon' Wakeley (March 17, 1794 – January 12, 1867) was a pioneer Wisconsin legislator. He served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a delegate to the first Wisconsin constitutional convention for Walworth County.

Biography

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Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Wakeley settled in Homer, New York, then Pennsylvania, Ohio, and finally Whitewater, Wisconsin. He served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846.[1] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1855, 1857. One of his sons was Judge Eleazer Wakeley, who also served in the Wisconsin Legislature before becoming a judge in Nebraska.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Convention of 1846, Constitutional Series, vol. II, Collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, vol, XXVII, 1919, pg. 798
  2. ^ Members of the Wisconsin State Legislature 1848-1999