Sylvanus Trask (1811–1897) was an American schoolteacher and politician who served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives from 1849 to 1852.

Biography

Trask was born in

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, in 1811. He arrived in

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, in 1848 and served as a schoolteacher. He served in the Territorial House for the first two sessions as member of the Democratic Party. On January 20, 1852, he was appointed as the secretary of the 3rd Minnesota Territorial Legislature. Following his political career, he was a

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in the lumber industry. He died in Stillwater in April 1897.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trask, Sylvanus 1811 births 1897 deaths Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature