Asa Kinney
19th century American politician
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Asa Kinney |
| state | Wisconsin |
| state_senate | Wisconsin |
| district | 18th |
| term_start | June 5, 1848 |
| term_end | January 7, 1850 |
| predecessor | Position established |
| successor | Duncan Reed |
| office1 | Member of the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory from Milwaukee County |
| term_start1 | February 7, 1848 |
| term_end1 | May 29, 1848 |
| alongside1 | Isaac P. Walker & James Holliday |
| predecessor1 | William Shew, Andrew Sullivan, & William W. Brown |
| successor1 | Position abolished |
| party | Democratic |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Homer, New York, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Russell, Kansas, U.S. |
| restingplace | Russell City Cemetery, Russell, Kansas |
| spouse | {{unbulleted list |
| {{marriage | Diana Spicer |
| {{marriage | Lucretia Grinnel |
| {{marriage | Delia Ann Rawson |
| children | {{unbulleted list |
| allegiance | United States |
| branch | United States Army |
| Union Army | |
| rank | Quartermaster |
| unit | 4th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry |
| battles | American Civil War |
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|name = Asa Kinney |state = Wisconsin |state_senate = Wisconsin |district = 18th | term_start = June 5, 1848 | term_end = January 7, 1850 | predecessor = Position established | successor = Duncan Reed |office1 = Member of the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory from Milwaukee County | term_start1 = February 7, 1848 | term_end1 = May 29, 1848 | alongside1 = Isaac P. Walker & James Holliday | predecessor1 = William Shew, Andrew Sullivan, & William W. Brown | successor1 = Position abolished |party = Democratic |birth_date = |birth_place = Homer, New York, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = Russell, Kansas, U.S. |restingplace = Russell City Cemetery, Russell, Kansas |spouse = {{unbulleted list | | | | |children = {{unbulleted list | Tyler Asa Kinney | | Alura (Stearns) | | Abel Frink Kinney | | Asa Tyler Kinney | | Electa R. Kinney | | Oliver Rawson Kinney | | Sarah Kinney | | Athelia Kinney | | Francis Loammi Kinney | | Martin Palmer Kinney | | Mary M. (Lewis) | | Charles J. Fremont Kinney | | John C. Kinney | |allegiance = United States |branch = United States Army Union Army |rank = Quartermaster |unit = 4th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry |battles = American Civil War Asa Kinney (May 21, 1810October 3, 1886) was an American businessman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented southern Milwaukee County in the Wisconsin State Senate during the 1st and 2nd legislatures (1848, 1849).
Biography
Born in Homer, New York, Kinney moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, in 1836 and settled in Oak Creek where he had a farm. Kinney served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention. Then, in 1847–1848, Kinney served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives. He served in the first Wisconsin State Senate in 1848-1849 as a Democrat. He moved to Plumas County, California to mine in 1852 and was elected as the first member of the California State Assembly from Plumas County in 1854, again as a Democrat. Kinney moved back to Wisconsin after the Assembly adjourned (without even going back to Plumas County) and settled in Ripon, Wisconsin. He served on the Ripon Common Council and was street commissioner. He also served as sergeant at arms in the Wisconsin Senate. In 1861, Kinney served as quartermaster in the 4th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. He was discharged because of health. He then enlisted in the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and was commissioned a lieutenant and assigned to quartermaster. He stayed in the regiment until the end of the Civil War. In 1871, Kinney moved with some colonists from Ripon, Wisconsin, to Kansas where they helped plat the community of Russell, Kansas. Kinney served as a local judge in Russell and was in the banking and insurance businesses in Kansas and Wisconsin. Kinney died in Russell, Kansas.
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References
- 'The Convention of 1846,' vol. 27, Milo Milton Quaife, Wisconsin State Historical Society: 1919, pg. 781
- 'Memorial Record of the Founders of Wisconsin,' David Atwood, 1880, pg. 110-113
- [http://www.cagenweb.com/plumas/bio4.htm Biographies of Plumas County, California]
- [http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/10533 Join California.com-Asa Kinney]
- (October 16, 1886). "Mustered Out: Col. Asa Kinney". The Atchinson Daily Champion.
- 'Memorial Record of the Founders of Wisconsin, David Atwood: 1880, pg. 110-113
- [http://genealogytrails.com/kan/russell/RussellCoHistory.html Russell County, Kansas history]
- [http://genealogytrails.com/kan/russell/bios.html City of Russell, Kansas biographies-Asa Kinney]
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