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Zerah Mead (June 4, 1800 – March 23, 1875) was an American politician.

Born in Rutland (town), Vermont, Mead moved to Waddington, New York and worked in a woolen factory from 1825 to 1832. In 1837, Mead moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin Territory. He was appointed a justice of the peace by Governor Henry Dodge. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, in 1852, as a Whig.

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1. Members of the Wisconsin State Legislature 1848-1999
2. 'History of Walworth County, Wisconsin,' vol. I, Albert Clayton Beckwith, B.F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1912, Biographical Sketch of Zeral Mead, pg. 453

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