Samuel Beall

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Samuel Wootton Beall (born June 16, 1807 in Montgomery County , Maryland , †  September 26, 1868 in Helena , Montana ) was an American politician . Between 1850 and 1852 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Wisconsin .

Career

In 1827, Samuel Beall graduated from Union College in New York State . In 1835 he moved to Green Bay , Michigan , where he made a fortune on land speculation. After studying law and becoming a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He attended the Wisconsin State Constituent Assembly as a delegate.

In 1849, Beall was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin alongside Nelson Dewey . He held this office between 1850 and 1852. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . During the Civil War he served as a lieutenant colonel in an infantry unit from Wisconsin in the Union Army . After being wounded and recovered, he became head of a POW camp in Elmira, New York. After the war ended, he returned to Wisconsin for a short time. Then he moved to Helena in the Montana Territory . On September 26, 1868 he was shot dead in an argument there. The perpetrator was later acquitted.

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