August Osmyn Dole (February 11, 1816 – December 7, 1876) was an American businessman and optician.
Born in Shelburne, Massachusetts, he moved to Arlington, Wisconsin in 1856 and then to Poynette, Wisconsin in 1866. [1] He owned a mill. [1] Dole served as justice of the peace, town clerk, and on the school board. In 1876, Dole served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. He died in Poynette, Wisconsin and was still in office at the time of his death from pneumonia. [1] [2] [3]