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Jay Reed Hinckley (April 23, 1840 – March 25, 1914) was a member of the
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Biography

Hinckley was born on April 23, 1840; sources have differed on the location. He attended
Whitestown Seminary The Oneida Institute was a short-lived (1827–1843) but highly influential school that was a national leader in the emerging abolitionist movement. It was the most radical school in the country, the first at which black men were just as welcome ...
. Later, his places of residences included the Wisconsin cities of River Falls,
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and Tomah. Hinckley's professions included schoolteacher, school principal and newspaper editor and publisher. In 1868, Hinckley married Sarah A. Chamberlain. They had three children.


Political career

Hinckley was a member of the Assembly in 1883, representing the 2nd District of
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. Previously, he had been the school superintendent of St. Croix County, Wisconsin in 1872 and 1878. He was a
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinckley, Jay People from Whitestown, New York People from River Falls, Wisconsin People from Hudson, Wisconsin People from Tomah, Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly School superintendents in Wisconsin 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) American school principals Schoolteachers from Wisconsin Editors of Wisconsin newspapers 1840 births 1914 deaths Educators from New York (state)