Joel C. Squires

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American politician (1819–1889)

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Field	Value
name	Joel C. Squires
order	3rd
title	Bank Comptroller of Wisconsin
governor	Alexander Randall
term_start	January 4, 1858
term_end	January 2, 1860
predecessor	William M. Dennis
successor	Gysbert Van Steenwyk Sr.
office1	Member of the Wisconsin Senate
constituency1	16th district
term_start1	January 3, 1853
term_end1	May 1, 1853
predecessor1	John Sharpstein
successor1	James Wilson Seaton
constituency2	6th district
term_start2	January 5, 1852
term_end2	January 3, 1853
predecessor2	John H. Rountree
successor2	Duncan Reed
state3	Wisconsin
state_assembly3	Wisconsin
district3	Grant 1st
term_start3	January 3, 1870
term_end3	January 2, 1871
predecessor3	Joseph Harris
successor3	Joseph Harris
party	Democratic
birth_date
birth_place	Vienna Township, Ohio, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Platteville, Wisconsin, U.S.
restingplace	Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville, Wisconsin
spouse
children	{{unbulleted list
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|name = Joel C. Squires |order = 3rd |title = Bank Comptroller of Wisconsin |governor = Alexander Randall | term_start = January 4, 1858 | term_end = January 2, 1860 | predecessor = William M. Dennis | successor = Gysbert Van Steenwyk Sr. |office1 = Member of the Wisconsin Senate |constituency1 = 16th district | term_start1 = January 3, 1853 | term_end1 = May 1, 1853 | predecessor1 = John Sharpstein | successor1 = James Wilson Seaton |constituency2 = 6th district | term_start2 = January 5, 1852 | term_end2 = January 3, 1853 | predecessor2 = John H. Rountree | successor2 = Duncan Reed |state3 = Wisconsin |state_assembly3 = Wisconsin |district3 = Grant 1st | term_start3 = January 3, 1870 | term_end3 = January 2, 1871 | predecessor3 = Joseph Harris | successor3 = Joseph Harris |party = Democratic |birth_date = |birth_place = Vienna Township, Ohio, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = Platteville, Wisconsin, U.S. |restingplace = Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville, Wisconsin |spouse = |children = {{unbulleted list | Laura E. (Hendershot) | | George Utley Squires | | Elizabeth E. (Washburn) | | Deforest Squires | | Emily Theresa Squires | Joel Cook Squires (December 11, 1819March 3, 1889) was an American carpenter, miner, Wisconsin pioneer, and Democratic politician. He was elected as the 3rd Bank Comptroller of Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Grant County.

Background

Squires was born in Vienna Township, Ohio, on December 11, 1819, and attended the public schools. He came to Wisconsin in 1838 and settled in the Platteville area in 1841. He died at his home in Platteville on March 3, 1889.

Public service

Squires was Clerk of the Grant County Board of Supervisors for 1849, 1850 and 1851; he was Clerk of the Circuit Court in 1851 and 1852. At that time a resident of Lancaster, Squires was elected to the State Senate from the Sixth District for the 1852 session. Squires, a Democrat, succeeded Whig John H. Rountree. At the time of election, he was 31 years of age and had been in Wisconsin for twelve years; he listed his occupation as "carpenter".

After the Senate was re-apportioned and the Sixth District was shifted from the region around Platteville and the surrounding region to the Milwaukee area, Squires was succeeded by fellow Democrat Duncan Reed in the Sixth District, but was elected to the succeeding one-year term in the new Sixteenth District. On May 1, 1853, he resigned from the Senate; fellow Democrat James Wilson Seaton of Potosi was elected to fill his seat.

He served as Register of the United States Land Office at Mineral Point, from 1853 to 1857, until he was elected the State of Wisconsin's Bank Comptroller (at that time an elected position), serving through the end of 1859. He sought re-election in 1860, but was defeated by Republican Gysbert Van Steenwyk Sr.

In the Assembly

In 1870, now living in Platteville and working as a miner, he was elected for a single year term from the first Grant County Assembly district (the Towns of Hazel Green, Smeltzer and Platteville), succeeding Republican Joseph Harris. He received 465 votes to 437 for Republican William E. Carter (Harris was not a candidate). He ran for re-election in 1871, but lost to Harris by 295 votes to 567 for Harris.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Bank Comptroller (1857, 1859)

Wisconsin Assembly (1869, 1870)

References

(February 20, 1870). "Democratic State Legislature: Grant County". The Daily Milwaukee News.
(March 9, 1889). "Joel C. Squires". The Weekly Wisconsin.
(1853). "Manual for the use of the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin for the year 1853". State of Wisconsin.
[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1871 ''The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws for the Regulation of Business; also, lists and tables for reference'' Tenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, State Printers, Journal Block, 1871; p. 191]
[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1870 ''The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business; also, lists and tables for reference'' Ninth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, Journal Block, 1870; p. 250]
(December 17, 1857). "Official State Canvass". [[The Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin).
(December 3, 1859). "The Result of the State Canvass". [[Wisconsin State Journal]].
(1870). "The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin". State of Wisconsin.
(1871). "The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin". State of Wisconsin.

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