David Dunwiddie (September 17, 1823 – December 19, 1896) was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Dunwiddie was born in
Greene County, Ohio in 1823. In 1845, he moved to what is now
Green County, Wisconsin, where he became a farmer. He later settled in
Brodhead, Wisconsin
Brodhead is a city in Green County, Wisconsin, Green and Rock County, Wisconsin, Rock counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,274 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. In February 2000, the city annexed a portion of l ...
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Dunwiddie married Cynthia Mitchell. They had five children. A son, Benjamin Franklin Dunwiddie, became a judge of the
Wisconsin Circuit Court.
Political career
Dunwiddie was a member of the Green County board of supervisors in 1860, where he served on the committees for the county poor and for justice and constable claims. Dunwiddie was a member of the Assembly during the 1865 and 1867 sessions.
As a
Republican, he was affiliated with the
National Union Party National Union may refer to:
Political organisations
*National Union (Chad), a political party
*National Union (Chile), an alliance during the Government Junta of Chile (1924)
*National Union Movement, a pro-Pinochet political party from 1983 to 1 ...
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People from Greene County, Ohio
People from Brodhead, Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Farmers from Wisconsin
1823 births
1896 deaths
19th-century American legislators
19th-century Wisconsin politicians
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