John Carey (April 1, 1839 – June 20, 1888) was an American farmer from

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, Wisconsin who served as a

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member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Background

Carey was born in Ireland on April 1, 1839. His family emigrated to America in 1844, and settled in Albany, New York, where he received a

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education. They lived there until 1852, when they came to Wisconsin and settled in

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. Carey became a farmer.

Public office

Carey was a member of the Manitowoc County

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in 1862-1865; and was a candidate for

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in 1864. In 1870 he ran for state senator from Manitowoc County as a Republican, losing with 1411 votes to 2141 for Democratic State Representative Carl Schmidt and 1011 for William Bach, running on the "People's Party" ticket. He served as town clerk in 1871-72; was chairman of his town board for six years, and chairman of the county board in 1881, 1884 and 1885.

Legislature

He was elected to the Assembly's First Manitowoc County district in 1878 as a Democrat (Democratic incumbent Thomas Thornton was not a candidate for re-election), with 1240 votes to 399 for Republican William Cary. He was reelected in 1879, with 991 votes to 632 for Republican S. E. Johnson. and was elected state senator for the Fifteenth District (Manitowoc County) in 1882. He was re-elected in 1886, receiving 3,222 votes, against 2,853 votes for Republican Fred Schutte. In 1888, the 15th District had been modified to include Kewaunee County; Carey was not a candidate for re-election and was succeeded by fellow Democrat

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. Carey died at his home in Meeme, Wisconsin at the age of 49."Brief Notes: John Carey, State Senator", ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'' (June 21, 1888), p. 3.

References

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