Charles Burchard (January 1, 1810 – April 1, 1879) was an American politician. Burchard was born in

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. He married Martha Pitcher (1810–1901) in 1829. Burchard moved to western New York, where he took part in the United States Liberty Party. In 1844, Burchard supported the presidential campaign of

Henry Clay Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state, al ...

. Then in 1845, he moved to Waukesha (then known as Prairieville),

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. He then served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846 as a Whig. Burchard moved to

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in 1854 and then to

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in 1854. He served in the

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in 1856. He also served on the

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Board of Supervisors. During the

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, he was a member of the enrollment board with the rank of major. He fell ill in February 1879 and died of paralysis in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in April that year.''Reports and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin'', Volume 9, 1909, Wisconsin Necrology (1876–1881), p. 435. He was the father of the politician Samuel D. Burchard.

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