Alanson B. Vaughan (June 6, 1806, in Clinton County, New York – October 3, 1876) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature. He settled in what would become Rock County, Wisconsin in 1843. He later worked as a merchant in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota. The town was in part named after Vaughan, because of the similarity to the sound of his first name. He was a member of the Assembly during the 1848 session as a Whig. From 1856 to 1857, he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Territorial Legislature as a Republican. Additionally, he was Postmaster of Lansing.
References
- Warren Upham (2001). Minnesota Place Names (3rd ed.). St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 387.
- Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book. p. 182.
- Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-Alanson B. Vaughn
- People from Clinton County, New York
- People from Rock County, Wisconsin
- People from Mower County, Minnesota
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature
- Minnesota postmasters
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- 19th-century American merchants
- 1806 births
- 1876 deaths
- 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature