Hiram H. Giles | |
Office: | President pro tempore |
Term Start: | January 13, 1858 |
Term End: | January 12, 1859 |
Predecessor: | Vacant (1857) Louis P. Harvey (1856) |
Successor: | Denison Worthington |
State1: | Wisconsin |
State Senate1: | Wisconsin |
District1: | 11th |
Term Start1: | January 10, 1855 |
Term End1: | January 12, 1859 |
Predecessor1: | Thomas T. Whittlesey |
Successor1: | William Robert Taylor |
State Assembly2: | Wisconsin |
District2: | Dane 3rd |
Term Start2: | January 14, 1852 |
Term End2: | January 12, 1853 |
Predecessor2: | Gabriel Bjornson |
Successor2: | Storer W. Field |
Birth Name: | Hiram Horatio Giles |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1820 |
Birth Place: | New Salem, Massachusetts |
Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin |
Restingplace: | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
Hiram Horatio Giles (March 22, 1820 - May 10, 1895) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. He served as president of the National Conference of Charities and Correction.[1]
Giles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts.[2] He moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and lived on a farm for two years from 1842 to 1844. He moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and settled on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin.[2] In 1852, Giles served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1855 to 1858. Giles was a Whig and then a Republican.[2] From 1871 to 1881, he worked for the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad as a claims and right of way agent. From 1871 to 1891, Giles served on the Wisconsin Board of Charities and Reform.[3] Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.[2]