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American politician
Hugh P. Reynolds was an American
merchant from Milwaukee who served two years as a
Democratic member of the
Wisconsin State Senate from the
6th District in
Milwaukee County .
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[2]
Senate service
Reynolds was elected for the 1864 session of the Senate, succeeding fellow Democrat
Edward Keogh , to represent the Sixth District (the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th
Wards of
Milwaukee , and the
Towns of
Wauwatosa ,
Greenfield ,
Lake ,
Oak Creek and
Franklin ), at which time he is described as a merchant, born in
Michigan and living in Milwaukee, who had lived in Wisconsin for 25 of his 26 years of life (he was the youngest member of the Senate of 1864, as Keogh had been before him). He was assigned to the
standing committees on
roads ,
bridges and
ferries ; and on
enrolled bills .
[3] He was re-elected for 1865, remaining on Roads, Bridges and Ferries, but switching to the committee on
benevolent institutions ; he was one of only six Wisconsin state senators (out of 33) to vote against ratifying the
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution .
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Reynolds was succeeded in 1866 by
War Democrat
Charles H. Larkin .
Personal life
Reynolds was born in Michigan, the son of Richard and Christina Reynolds (both born in Ireland). On September 26, 1872, in Milwaukee, he married Mary Frances Wilson, in an
Episcopalian ceremony.
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References
^
Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999 . State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September 1999; p. 16
Archived 2006-12-09 at the
Wayback Machine
^ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008 . p. 112.
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Stewart, Frank M.; Dean, John S., eds. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business: also, lists and tables for reference Third Annual Edition. Madison: William J. Park, State Printer, Harding's Block, 1864; pp. 76, 78, 128
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Stewart, Frank M.; Dean, John S., eds. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin, Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business; also, lists and tables for reference Fourth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1865; pp. 76, 78, 128, 226
^ [
http://content.mpl.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/MCMC&CISOPTR=14704&CISOBOX=1&REC=7 Marriage certificate of Hugh P. Reynolds and Mary Frances Wilson dated 1872-09-26. Milwaukee County (Wis.)
Register of Deeds Original Item ID 1032493-893
Format: Microfilm; Milwaukee County Genealogical Society, Source 929.3 M661MC, Marriage certificates, 1822-1876]