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American politician
Hiram H. Giles
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 13, 1858 – January 12, 1859
Preceded byVacant (1857)
Louis P. Harvey (1856)
Succeeded byDenison Worthington
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 10, 1855 – January 12, 1859
Preceded byThomas T. Whittlesey
Succeeded byWilliam Robert Taylor
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dane 3rd district
In office
January 14, 1852 – January 12, 1853
Preceded byGabriel Bjornson
Succeeded byStorer W. Field
Personal details
BornHiram Horatio Giles
(1820-03-22)March 22, 1820
New Salem, Massachusetts
DiedMay 10, 1895(1895-05-10) (aged 75)
Madison, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouses
  • Rebecca S. (Watson) Giles
  • (died 1884)
Children

Hiram Horatio Giles (March 22, 1820 – May 10, 1895) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. He served as president of the National Conference of Charities and Correction.

Biography

Giles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts. He moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and lived on a farm for two years from 1842 to 1844. He moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and settled on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin. In 1852, Giles served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1855 to 1858. Giles was a Whig and then a Republican. From 1871 to 1881, he worked for the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad as a claims and right of way agent. From 1871 to 1891, Giles served on the Wisconsin Board of Charities and Reform. Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.

Notes

  1. Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 (Public domain ed.). American commonwealth Company. p. 705.
  2. ^ "H. H. Giles Is Dead". Wisconsin State Journal. May 10, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin Containing Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Leading Citizens, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1893, Biographical Sketch of Hiram Giles, pp. 417–418.

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