Anthony Van Wyck | |
State: | Wisconsin |
State Senate: | Wisconsin |
District: | 8th |
Term Start: | January 1, 1868 |
Term End: | January 1, 1870 |
Predecessor: | Charles Sholes |
Successor: | Milton Pettit |
Term Start1: | January 1, 1864 |
Term End1: | January 1, 1866 |
Predecessor1: | Herman Thorp |
Successor1: | Charles Sholes |
Birth Name: | Anthony Van Wyck |
Birth Date: | 15 May 1822 |
Birth Place: | LaGrange, New York, US |
Death Date: | December 22, 1900 (aged 77) |
Death Place: | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, US |
Party: | Republican |
Profession: | Lawyer, politician |
Children: | 3 |
Anthony Van Wyck (May 15, 1822December 22, 1900) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
Van Wyck was born in LaGrange, New York. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1844. In 1849, Van Wyck married Margaret Theron Skeel (March 25, 1828 - June 22, 1894). They had three children.[1] He moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1857, and to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1860.[2] Van Wyck died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1900, aged 77.
Van Wyck was a member of the Senate from 1864 to 1865 and again from 1868 to 1869. In 1868, he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Wisconsin, losing by one vote to incumbent Lucius Fairchild. Later, he was twice County Judge of Kenosha County, Wisconsin.