Levi Withee

Levi Withee was a lumberman and investor who served as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Background

Withee was born on October 26, 1834 in Somerset County, Maine.[1] He moved to Wisconsin in 1853, settling in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1868, he married Louisa H. Smith. They would have one son. Withee died from a stroke in 1910.

Career

Withee was a member of the Senate from 1893 to 1901. He was a stalwart Republican, always opposed to Robert La Follette's progressives. He was a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention.[2]

gollark: Could be very cool - a bunch of screens around you.
gollark: Just use a canvas generated with addFrame.
gollark: <@184468521042968577> It'll be simple to make 3D Shatter. https://squiddev-cc.github.io/plethora/methods.html#targeted-methods-org.squiddev.plethora.gameplay.modules.glasses.objects.ObjectGroup$Group3D
gollark: I agree.
gollark: Wyvern's only visible UI currently is the debug screen on the server. I bet you could find another though.

References
  1. "Levi Withee obituary". McQuivey.org. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
  2. "Levi Withee". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-12-10.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.