American politician (1825–1910)
James Beach Wakefield
In office Governor Cushman Davis John S. Pillsbury Preceded by Alphonso Barto Succeeded by Charles A. Gilman In office Preceded by Horace B. Strait Succeeded by John Lind In office Preceded by Jared Benson Succeeded by John Q. Farmer In office In office
Born (1825-03-21 ) March 21, 1825Winsted, Connecticut , U.S.Died August 25, 1910(1910-08-25) (aged 85)Blue Earth, Minnesota , U.S. Political party Republican Spouse Nannette Reinhart Profession lawyer, judge, politician
James Beach Wakefield (March 21, 1825 – August 25, 1910) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota . He was also Senator and 8th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
Wakefield was born in Winsted, Connecticut to Dr. Luman Wakefield and Betsey Rockwell. His father was a Connecticut politician, and his brother was a Doctor from Yale University , who married Sarah F. Wakefield .[ 1] Yale family and wife of Judge John H. Kennard .[ 2] [ 3] Lancelot Phelps , and brother of Congressman James Phelps , whose father-in-law, Samuel Ingham , was also Congressman and Senator from Connecticut.[ 4]
James attended the public schools at Westfield, Massachusetts , and Jonesville, New York , graduated from Trinity College , Hartford, Connecticut , in 1846 and studied law in Painesville , Lake County, Ohio . He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Delphi, Indiana , in 1852. He moved to Shakopee, Minnesota , in 1854. He was first judge of the probate court of Faribault County , Minnesota.
He was elected as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1858, 1863, and 1866, serving as speaker in the session of 1866. He was elected as a member of the Minnesota State Senate 1867–1869. He was appointed receiver of the United States Land Office at Winnebago City Township, Minnesota , June 1, 1869, and served until January 15, 1875, when he resigned. He was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1875–1877. He was elected as a Republican to the 48th and 49th congresses , (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887).
He retired from public life and died at Blue Earth , Faribault County, Minnesota with interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio .
References
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