He moved north into the Wisconsin Territory in 1841, to work as the assistant secretary of the territory under Alexander Pope Field, in Madison.[3][4] While living there, he also worked as a law partner to Field, and became active in politics. He was a candidate for delegate to Wisconsin's first constitutional convention in 1846, but was defeated by John Y. Smith. After the first constitution was rejected by voters, however, he was elected to serve in the 5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly as a representative of Dane, Green, and Sauk counties.[2] This was the last session of the territorial government before the adoption of Wisconsin's second constitution and their admission as a U.S. state.
In the 1848 fall general election, Botkin was elected to a two-year term in the Wisconsin Senate running on the Whig Party ticket. He represented Dane County in the 2nd and 3rd legislatures. During the 1849 session, he was the Whig nominee for United States Senator, but the Democrats held a substantial majority in the Legislature and selected Isaac P. Walker instead. He ran for re-election in 1850, but was defeated.[4] After leaving the Senate, he was elected to a one-year term in the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 5th Wisconsin Legislature.[2][5]
alexander, botkin, march, 1801, march, 1857, american, lawyer, politician, pioneer, settler, dane, county, wisconsin, served, term, each, member, wisconsin, senate, wisconsin, state, assembly, member, wisconsin, senate, from, districtin, office, january, 1849,. Alexander Botkin March 4 1801 March 5 1857 was an American lawyer politician and pioneer settler of Dane County Wisconsin He served one term each as a member of the Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly Alexander BotkinMember of the Wisconsin Senate from the 9th districtIn office January 1 1849 January 1 1851Preceded bySimeon MillsSucceeded byEliab B Dean Jr Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 2nd districtIn office January 1 1852 January 1 1853Preceded byAugustus A BirdSucceeded byHenry L FosterMember of the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory for Dane Green and Sauk countiesIn office October 18 1847 March 13 1848Serving with Elisha T Gardner amp John W StewartPreceded byCharles Lum William Wheeler amp John W StewartSucceeded byPosition AbolishedPersonal detailsBorn 1801 03 04 March 4 1801Kentucky U S DiedMarch 5 1857 1857 03 05 aged 56 Sun Prairie Wisconsin U S Cause of deathStrokeResting placeForest Hill CemeteryMadison WisconsinSpouseJane Roslin Sinclair died 1874 ChildrenSinclair W Botkin b 1837 died 1893 William Wallace Botkin b 1840 died 1914 Alexander Campbell Botkin b 1842 died 1905 ProfessionLawyerBiography editBorn in Kentucky 1 at an early age he moved to Hamilton County Ohio and then to Alton Illinois in 1832 where he practiced law 2 He was serving as a justice of the peace at the time of the riots that resulted in the murder of abolitionist Elijah P Lovejoy and was active in attempting to preserve order in the city 2 He moved north into the Wisconsin Territory in 1841 to work as the assistant secretary of the territory under Alexander Pope Field in Madison 3 4 While living there he also worked as a law partner to Field and became active in politics He was a candidate for delegate to Wisconsin s first constitutional convention in 1846 but was defeated by John Y Smith After the first constitution was rejected by voters however he was elected to serve in the 5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly as a representative of Dane Green and Sauk counties 2 This was the last session of the territorial government before the adoption of Wisconsin s second constitution and their admission as a U S state In the 1848 fall general election Botkin was elected to a two year term in the Wisconsin Senate running on the Whig Party ticket He represented Dane County in the 2nd and 3rd legislatures During the 1849 session he was the Whig nominee for United States Senator but the Democrats held a substantial majority in the Legislature and selected Isaac P Walker instead He ran for re election in 1850 but was defeated 4 After leaving the Senate he was elected to a one year term in the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 5th Wisconsin Legislature 2 5 He died of a stroke while stopping at Angel s Hotel in Sun Prairie Wisconsin 3 4 6 and was buried in Madison Wisconsin 7 8 Personal life and family editBotkin was married to Jane Roslin Sinclair who survived him One of their sons was Alexander Campbell Botkin who became Lieutenant Governor of Montana 9 References edit Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin Volume 3 Madison WI State Bar Association of Wisconsin 1901 p 151 a b c d History of Green County Wisconsin Union Publishing Company 1884 pp 281 282 Retrieved 29 March 2023 a b Death of Col Alexander Botkin Wisconsin State Journal 6 March 1857 p 2 Retrieved 25 July 2019 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c Sudden Death of Col Botkin The Daily Milwaukee News 10 March 1857 p 2 Retrieved 23 July 2019 via Newspapers com nbsp Archived item PDF Archived from the original PDF on 9 December 2006 Retrieved 17 January 2015 Death of Col Botkin Richland County Observer 17 March 1857 p 4 Retrieved 24 July 2019 via Newspapers com nbsp The Political Graveyard Index to Politicians Bos to Bouckaert The bench and bar of Wisconsin history and biography with portrait and illustration Parker McCobb Reed 1882 Miller Joaquin 1894 An Illustrated History of the State of Montana Salem MA Higginson Book Company p 66 Wisconsin State AssemblyPreceded byAugustus A Bird Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 2nd districtJanuary 1 1852 January 1 1853 Succeeded byHenry L FosterWisconsin SenatePreceded bySimeon Mills Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 9th districtJanuary 1 1849 January 1 1851 Succeeded byEliab B Dean Jr Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexander Botkin amp oldid 1209050511, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
