John B. Eugene (died July 10, 1878) was a Belgian-American politician. He served in the 1868 Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Brown County's First District.[1]
Biography
Eugene was born in Belgium and moved to northeast Wisconsin in 1855.[2] He worked at a paper mill and lost an arm working.[3] He later worked in Madison with the state Attorney General's office.[3] During the American Civil War, Eugene was the quartermaster of the 43rd Wisconsin Infantry.[4]
Eugene was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 1868 term, representing Brown County's 1st District.[5] He defeated Democratic challenger Arthur Jacobi by a mere 17 votes, 517-500.[6] Eugene was one of the first Belgian-American immigrants from northeastern Wisconsin to serve in the Assembly along with Joseph Wery, Constant Martin, Benjamin Fontaine and Grégoire Dupont.[1]
After serving in the Assembly, Eugene was elected Clerk of Brown County in the fall of 1868.[7] He also later served as a revenue collector,[8] and was a member of the Wisconsin Board of Immigration.[9] During the mid-1870s, Eugene served as a doorkeeper for the United States Congress.[10]
