| LC control no. | n 92038125 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sawyer, Philetus, 1816-1900 |
| Variant(s) | Sawyer, Mr. (Philetus), 1816-1900 |
| Birth date | 1816-09-22 |
| Death date | 1900-03-29 |
| Place of birth | Whiting (Vt.) |
| Place of death | Oshkosh (Wis.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. House Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Mayors |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Milwaukee Public Library for Lanman, C. Collection of papers, 1858-1865 (Philetus Sawyer; Wisconsin congressman) Bio. dir. of U.S. Congress, 1774-1989 (Philetus Sawyer, 1816-1900; Rep. and Senator from Wis.; b. Whiting, Vt.; moved with parents to Crown Point, N.Y. in 1817; moved to Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1847; involved in lumber business; state legislator; mayor of Oshkosh, Wisc.; d. Oshkosh) City of Milwaukee, 1870: p. 1 (Mr. Sawyer, from the Committee on Commerce) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed December 14, 2023: (Sawyer, Philetus, a Representative and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Whiting, Rutland County, Vt., September 22, 1816; moved with his parents to Crown Point, N.Y., in 1817; attended the common schools; moved to Fond du Lac County, Wis., in 1847 and engaged in the lumber business; member, Wisconsin assembly 1857, 1861; mayor of Oshkosh 1863-1864; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1875); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1874; chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Pacific Railroads (Forty-third Congress); elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1881; reelected in 1887 and served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1893; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Railroads (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses); resumed his former business pursuits; died in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis., March 29, 1900; interment in the family vault at Riverside, Oshkosh, Wis.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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