Carlos Lavalette Douglass (November 7, 1827 – January 6, 1898) was an American politician, farmer, and flour manufacturer.
Douglass was born in
Cattaraugus County, New York
Cattaraugus County (locally known as Catt County) is a county in Western New York, with one side bordering Pennsylvania. As of the United States 2020 census, the population was 77,042. The county seat is Little Valley. The county was created ...
and went to the public schools. He moved with his family to
Michigan. In 1837, Douglass moved with his family to the town of
Walworth,
Walworth County,
Wisconsin Territory. Douglass was a farmer and flour manufacturer. He served on the Walworth County Board of Supervisors and as chairman of the Walworth Town Board. Douglass served a single one-year term as a
Republican in the
Wisconsin State Assembly in 1873. Douglass died at his home in the town of Walworth, Wisconsin.
['History of Walworth County, Wisconsin,' volume II. Albert Clayton Beckwith, B.F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1912, Biographical Sketch of Carlos Lavalette Douglass, pg. 1376-1179]
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1827 births
1898 deaths
People from Cattaraugus County, New York
People from Walworth, Wisconsin
Businesspeople from Wisconsin
Farmers from Wisconsin
Mayors of places in Wisconsin
County supervisors in Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
19th-century American politicians
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