Josephus Wakefield was a member of 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, ...

Biography

Wakefield was born on October 10, 1819. He died on April 14, 1901.

Career

Wakefield was a member of the Assembly in 1882. Other positions he held include Postmaster of Medina, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, member of the Board of Supervisors of

Outagamie County, Wisconsin Outagamie County is a county in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 190,705. Its county seat is Appleton. Outagamie County is included in the Appleton, WI Metropolitan Statistical Are ...

and District Attorney of

Waupaca County, Wisconsin Waupaca County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,812. The county seat is Waupaca. The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1853. It is named after the Waupaca River, a Menominee la ...

. He was a

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

References

People from Medina, Outagamie County, Wisconsin People from Waupaca County, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly County supervisors in Wisconsin District attorneys in Wisconsin Wisconsin postmasters 1819 births 1901 deaths 19th-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1810s-stub