Ezra Irving Wescott (1818 – 1865) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Wescott was a school teacher in what would become

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. He married Nancy Brown in November 1845 before eventually settling in

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. Wescott died in

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, where he had been receiving medical treatment. His brothers,

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, were also legislators and his father, John, was a local politician in

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Political career

Wescott was a member of the Assembly during the 1863 session. Additionally, he was Magistrate of

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, Register of Deeds of Cadiz and Treasurer of Green County, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.

References

1818 births 1865 deaths People from Wiota, Wisconsin People from York, Green County, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly American magistrates County treasurers in Wisconsin Schoolteachers from Wisconsin 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American educators {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1810s-stub