Alexander Botkin

Alexander Botkin (March 4, 1801 – March 5, 1857) was an American politician in Madison, Wisconsin. He served one term each as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly.

Alexander Botkin
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 9th district
In office January 1, 1849 – January 1, 1851
Preceded by	Simeon Mills
Succeeded by	Eliab B. Dean, Jr.
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 2nd district
In office January 1, 1852 – January 1, 1853
Preceded by	Augustus A. Bird
Succeeded by	Henry L. Foster
Representative to the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory for Dane, Green, and Sauk counties
In office October 18, 1847 – March 13, 1848 Serving with Elisha T. Gardner and John W. Stewart
Preceded by	Charles Lum William Wheeler John W. Stewart
Succeeded by	Position Abolished
Personal details
Born	Alexander Botkin (1801-03-04)March 4, 1801 Kentucky
Died	March 5, 1857(1857-03-05) (aged 56) Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Cause of death	Stroke
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin
Occupation	Politician

Biography

Born in Kentucky,[1][2][3] he moved to Alton, Illinois, where he was a justice of the peace.[4] During that time, he was involved in events as a result of the murder of the abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy, trying to maintain peace during the riots. In 1841, he moved to the Wisconsin Territory, where he practiced law with Alexander Pope Field, the Secretary of the Wisconsin Territory.[4][5] During that time, he served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature from 1847 to 1848 as a Whig[5] and in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846. In 1849, Botkin was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate, where he served for two years until his defeat.[5] In 1852, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.[5][6] His son was Alexander Campbell Botkin, who was Lieutenant Governor of Montana. He died of a stroke in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin[4][5][7] and was buried in Madison, Wisconsin.[8][9]

Notes

1. History of Green County, Wisconsin. Monroe, WI: Green County Historical Society. 1884. p. 281.
2. Miller, Joaquin (1894). An Illustrated History of the State of Montana. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company. p. 66.
3. Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, Volume 3. Madison, WI: State Bar Association of Wisconsin. 1901. p. 151.
4. "Death of Col. Alexander Botkin". Wisconsin State Journal. March 6, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved July 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Sudden Death of Col. Botkin". The Daily Milwaukee News. March 10, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved July 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Archived item" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
7. "Death of Col. Botkin". Richland County Observer. March 17, 1857. p. 4. Retrieved July 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
8. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html
9. 'The bench and bar of Wisconsin: history and biography with portrait and illustration,' Parker McCobb Reed, 1882