Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
Edwin Wheeler | |
Office: | Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge |
Term Start: | 1861 |
Term End: | January 22, 1864 |
Predecessor: | S. R. Cotton |
Successor: | Ganem W. Washburn |
State1: | Wisconsin |
State Senate1: | Wisconsin |
District1: | 21st |
Term Start1: | January 1, 1857 |
Term End1: | January 1, 1859 |
Predecessor1: | John Fitzgerald |
Successor1: | Ganem W. Washburn |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1828 |
Birth Place: | Unionville, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Riverside Cemetery Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Edwin Wheeler (June 28, 1828 - January 22, 1864) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the last 3 years of his life, and served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate.
Born in Unionville, Ohio, in Lake County, Ohio, Wheeler studied law in Akron, Ohio, and in Madison, Wisconsin, and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1849. He moved to Neenah, Wisconsin, where he practiced law. In 1852, he moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was elected county judge for Winnebago County. Wheeler served in the Wisconsin State Senate 1857–1858. In 1861, Wheeler was elected Wisconsin Circuit Court judge serving until his death. He died in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[1]