| LC control no. | n 92035201 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mitchell, John L. (John Lendrum), 1842-1904 |
| Variant(s) | Mitchell, John Lendrum, 1842-1904 |
| Birth date | 1842-10-19 |
| Death date | 1904-06-29 |
| Place of birth | Milwaukee (Wis.) |
| Place of death | Milwaukee (Wis.) |
| Affiliation | Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Milwaukee Public Library for His Papers, 1893-1899 (John L. Mitchell, U.S. senator) Biographical directory of the United States Congress online, viewed December 13, 2023 (Mitchell, John Lendrum, a Representative and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Milwaukee, Wis., October 19, 1842; attended the common schools at Milwaukee, and the military academy at Hampton, Conn.; studied in Dresden and Munich, Germany, and Geneva, Switzerland; returned to the United States in 1860; served in the Civil War, becoming first lieutenant and later chief of ordnance; resigned in 1864; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Milwaukee; member, State senate 1872-1873, 1875-1876; president of the Milwaukee Public School Board 1884-1885; member of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1886-1892; president of the Milwaukee Gas Co. 1890-1892; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his resignation on March 3, 1893, before the beginning of the Congress, having been elected Senator; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1899; was not a candidate for renomination in 1898; went to Europe in 1899 and studied at Grenoble University, Grenoble, France; returned to the United States in 1902; president of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society and of numerous banking institutions; trustee, director, and patron of numerous public institutions; died in Milwaukee, Wis., June 29, 1904; interment in Forest Home Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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