| Sylvanus Trask | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives | |
| In office September 3, 1849 – January 6, 1852 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1811 (1811) Otsego County, New York |
| Died | 1897 (aged 85–86) Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | Schoolteacher |
Sylvanus Trask (1811–1897) was an American schoolteacher and politician who served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives from 1849 to 1852.
Biography
Trask was born in Otsego County, New York, in 1811. He arrived in Stillwater, Minnesota, in 1848 and served as a schoolteacher. He served in the Territorial House for the first two sessions as member of the Democratic Party. On January 20, 1852, he was appointed as the secretary of the 3rd Minnesota Territorial Legislature. Following his political career, he was a surveyor in the lumber industry. He died in Stillwater in April 1897.
References
- ^ Hubbard, Lucius Frederick (1908). Minnesota in Three Centuries, 1655-1908. Publishing Society of Minnesota.
- Neill, Edward Duffield (1873). The History of Minnesota: From the Earliest French Explorations to the Present Time. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott & Co. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- Goodhue, James M. (1852). Journal of the Council During the Third Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota (PDF). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Legislative Assembly. Retrieved December 17, 2024.