Charles Durkee

Charles Durkee (born December 10, 1805 in Royalton , Windsor County , Vermont , † January 14, 1870 in Omaha , Nebraska ) was an American businessman and politician .

Career

Durkee became a merchant and moved to Wisconsin in 1836 . There he went to agriculture and timber industry. He was also the city founder of Southport (later Kenosha , Wisconsin). He chose a political career and served two terms in the territorial legislature . As a member of the Free Soil Party , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1848. There he served two terms in office until 1853. In 1854 he moved to the newly formed Republican Party and was then elected to the US Senate by the Wisconsin State Legislature . There he served a single term from 1855 to 1861. In 1865 he was appointed governor of the Utah Territory and served in that position until December 1869 when he was forced to resign on health grounds. He died in Nebraska in 1870 on his way home.

Honors

A street in Appleton , Wisconsin is named after him.
A primary school that had previously stood in Kenosha and that bore his name for many years was demolished in 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Durkee, Charles 1805–1870 ( Memento June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Wisconsin Historical Society (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Durkee, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 10, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	Royalton , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH	January 14, 1870
Place of death	Omaha , Nebraska

[1] Durkee, Charles 1805–1870 ( Memento June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Wisconsin Historical Society (English).