David Agry Explained

David Agry
State:Wisconsin
State Assembly:Wisconsin
District:Brown County
Term Start:1848
Term End:1849
Birth Date:2 August 1794
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College
Profession:Lawyer
Jurist
Politician
Parents:John Agry
Elizabeeth Reed Agry

David Agry (August 2, 1794  - January 30, 1877) was an American lawyer, jurist, and legislator. He served as a member of the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives and the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Agry, who practiced law, was born in Pittston, Maine, the son of John Agry and Elizabeeth (Reed) Agry.[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College, studied law in Maine and was admitted to the Maine State Bar Association. A practitioner of law, he practiced law in Bangor, Maine, before moving to Louisiana to practice law.[2] He then moved to New York City where he practiced law and was in business while practicing law. In 1840, Agry moved to Brown County, Wisconsin Territory where he practiced law.

Political career

In 1842 and 1843, he served in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives, representing Winnebago County, Wisconsin.[3] He was in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846.[4] In 1848, Agry served in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature as a Democratic member of the State Assembly.[5] [6] He was elected Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for Brown County in 1850, serving until his death on January 30, 1877, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[7] [8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tenney, Horace Addison. Memorial Record of the Fathers of Wisconsin: Containing Sketches of the Lives and Careers of the Members of the Constitutional Conventions of 1846 and 1847-8. With a History of Early Settlement in Wisconsin. 1880. D. Atwood. 36.
  2. Book: Chapman, George Thomas. Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College: From the First Graduation in 1771 to the Present Time, with a Brief History of the Institution. 1867. Riverside Press. 175. david agry dartmouth..
  3. Book: Lawson, Publius Virgilius Lawson. History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its Cities, Towns, Resources, People. 1908. C.F. Cooper and Company. 227. david agry wisconsin state assembly 1848..
  4. Book: Wisconsin. The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. 1873. Wisconsin. 151. david agry ..
  5. Book: Smith & Cullaton, State Printers. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin. 1877. Smith & Cullaton, State Printers. 153.
  6. Book: Martin, Deborah Beaumont. History of Brown County, Wisconsin: Past and Present, Volume 1. 1913. S.J. Clarke publishing Company. 270. David Agry green bay wi..
  7. Web site: Circuit Court Judgespublisher =Brown Country Courthouse . February 26, 2014.
  8. 'Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin,' Vol. 1, State Bar Association of Wisconsin: 1905, Biographical Sketch of David Agry, pg 171-172
  9. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1879,' pg. 177