Jackson Hadley (May 22, 1815March 3, 1867) was an

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businessman and Democratic politician. He served three years each in the Wisconsin State Senate and

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, representing

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Biography

Born in Livonia, New York, he was a school teacher and principal in New York state. In 1849, he moved to

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, and was in the produce and railroad businesses. He served on the Milwaukee Common Council and was the president. He also served on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. In the railroad business, he was a friend and business partner of Byron Kilbourn, and was implicated in the scandal in which Kilbourn was accused of bribing Wisconsin legislators to obtain land grants for railroad construction. In

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1865 Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...

, and

1866 Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman tr ...

, he served in the

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; he served in the Wisconsin State Senate in

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1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyag ...

, and

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

. During the 1867 legislative session, while his limbs were paralyzed and he could not walk, he actively participated in senate business as long as possible. He returned to his home in Milwaukee a few days before his death there on March 3, 1867.Tuttle, Charles R. ''An Illustrated History of the State of Wisconsin: Being a Complete Civil, Political, and Military History of the State, from Its First Exploration Down to 1875 : Including a Cyclopaedia of Legislation During the Administration of Each Governor, from the Organization of the Territorial Government Down to Governor Taylor : with Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Each County in the State Separately, Embracing Interesting Narratives of Pioneer Life, Including an Account of the Commercial, Agricultural and Educational Growth of Wisconsin'' Madison: B. B. Russell & Co., 1875; p. 605]

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* 1815 births 1867 deaths People from Livonia, New York Politicians from Milwaukee Businesspeople from Milwaukee County supervisors in Wisconsin Wisconsin city council members Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Democratic-stub