Joseph Rosser

Joseph Travis Rosser (J. Travis Rosser, J. Traverse Rosser) was an American politician.

From Mankato, Minnesota, Rosser served as the Secretary of the Minnesota Territory from 1853 to 1857. Rosser was from Virginia, a lawyer, and slaveholder.[1] He was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention of 1860 from Minnesota.[2][3]

Notes
  1. Lehman, Christopher (2019). "Slavery's Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State". Minnesota Historical Society Press. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. Joseph Travis Rosser-database
  3. 'Lawyers and Courts of Minnesota Prior To and During Its Territorial Period, Judge Charles E. Flandrau (An address at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society, January 13, 1896), pg. 97
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