17th Wisconsin Legislature
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The Seventeenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1864, to April 4, 1864, in regular session.
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
The 1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1863. Union candidate James T. Lewis won the election with nearly 60% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate Henry L. Palmer.
17th Wisconsin Legislature
…Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican James T. Lewis, of Columbia County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. January 4, 1864: Inauguration of James T. Lewis as the 7th Governor of Wisconsin…
James T. Lewis Cropped
Henry L. Palmer