John Bosustow (December 28, 1817 – July 25, 1880) was an American politician.
Born in
,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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, Bosustow settled in
Yorkville,
Wisconsin Territory
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,
US. He served on the
Racine County, Wisconsin
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Board of Supervisors and was chairman. In 1880, Bosustow served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
. He died in Yorkville, Wisconsin in 1880 while still in office.
['Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' volume 9, Lyman Copeland Draper, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1909, pp. 449–450]
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19th-century Wisconsin politicians
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