Edwin Flint Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Edwin Flint
Term Start:January 1, 1863
Term End:January 1, 1869
Predecessor:Isaac E. Messmore
Successor:Romanzo Bunn
State1:Wisconsin
State Senate1:Wisconsin
District1:31st
Term Start1:January 5, 1862
Term End1:January 6, 1863
Predecessor1:Position established
Successor1:Angus Cameron
Office2:District Attorney of La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Term Start2:January 1, 1852
Term End2:January 1, 1853
Predecessor2:Chase A. Stevens
Successor2:J. K. Furch
Party:Republican
Birth Date:25 May 1814
Birth Place:Braintree, Vermont, U.S.
Death Place:Mason City, Iowa, U.S.
Restingplace:Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery,
Education:University of Vermont
Relatives:Waldo Flint (brother)

Edwin Flint (May 25, 1814October 15, 1891) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was one of the first settlers at La Crosse, Wisconsin, and represented the area in the Wisconsin State Senate for one year. He also served as Wisconsin circuit court judge for the western part of Wisconsin from 1863 through 1868.[1]

Biography

Born in Braintree, Vermont, Flint graduated from University of Vermont in 1836. He taught school in Virginia for one year and then went to Norwalk, Ohio, to read law. Flint was the tutor for the family of Isaac Shelby Governor of Kentucky. In 1840, Flint was admitted to the Indiana bar in Lafayette, Indiana. He then lived in Jackson, Michigan, in 1841. In 1848, Flint moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and practiced law. He moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1851 and continued to practiced law. He served as district attorney for La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in 1852. Flint also served on the La Crosse County Board of Supervisors and was the chairman of the county board. In 1862, Flint served in the Wisconsin State Senate. Then, in 1862, Flint was elected Wisconsin Circuit Court judge. In 1869, Flint moved to Mason City, Iowa, and practiced law until 1870 when he quit his law practice to manage his business affairs. Flint died in Mason City, Iowa.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Judge Flint Dead . . October 21, 1891 . 6 . November 16, 2021 . .
  2. 'Report of the Annual Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, February 1–2, 1901, Madison, Wisconsin: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Edwin Flint, pg. 257-258
  3. 'Death of Judge Flint,' Defiance Daily Crescent (Defiance, Ohio),' October 17, 1891, pg. 1