George W. Pratt | |
Order: | 23rd & 28th |
Mayor of Oshkosh, Wisconsin | |
Term Start: | April 1890 |
Term End: | April 1891 |
Predecessor: | Ephraim E. Stevens |
Successor: | William Dichmann |
Term Start1: | April 1882 |
Term End1: | April 1885 |
Predecessor1: | Joseph Stringham |
Successor1: | Andrew Haben |
State Senate2: | Wisconsin |
District2: | 19th |
Term Start2: | January 5, 1891 |
Term End2: | January 7, 1895 |
Predecessor2: | George H. Buckstaff |
Successor2: | Charles W. Davis |
State Assembly3: | Wisconsin |
District3: | Winnebago 1st |
Term Start3: | January 7, 1889 |
Term End3: | January 5, 1891 |
Predecessor3: | James B. McLeran |
Successor3: | Gustav S. Luscher |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1840 |
Birth Place: | East Haddam, Connecticut, U.S. |
Death Place: | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. |
George White Pratt (March 23, 1840January 17, 1899) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He was the 23rd and 28th mayor of Oshkosh and represented the area for one term each in the Wisconsin Senate (1891 - 1895) and State Assembly (1889).
Pratt was born on March 23, 1840, in East Haddam, Connecticut.[1] He moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1871, where he "was one of the leading lumber dealers in the state".[2]
Pratt was elected to the Senate in 1890. He was a member of the Assembly the previous year. Additionally, he was Mayor of Oshkosh and a member of the Winnebago County, Wisconsin, as well as a delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention.
Pratt died at his home in Oshkosh, after two years of declining health.[2]