Jedd P. C. Cottrill | |
State: | Wisconsin |
State Senate: | Wisconsin |
District: | 5th |
Term Start: | January 1, 1883 |
Term End: | January 1887 |
Predecessor: | Isaac W. Van Schaick |
Successor: | Theodore Fritz |
Office1: | District Attorney of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
Term Start1: | January 2, 1865 |
Term End1: | January 7, 1867 |
Predecessor1: | S. Park Coon |
Successor1: | C. K. Martin |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1832 |
Birth Place: | Montpelier, Vermont, U.S. |
Death Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Cause: | Tuberculosis |
Restingplace: | Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee |
Spouse: | Ellen M. Camp (died 1915) |
Education: | University of Vermont |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill (April 15, 1832February 8, 1889) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing northern Milwaukee County during the 1883 and 1885 sessions.
Cottrill was born on April 15, 1832, in Montpelier, Vermont.[1] He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1852, taught school while studying law with the firm of Peck & Colby, and attained admission to the bar. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1855.[2]
Cottrill practiced law in Milwaukee. He served as district attorney of Milwaukee County from 1865 to 1867. He later served as a commissioner for the federal district courts in Wisconsin, and was a member of the committee appointed to organize and revise Wisconsin's statutes in 1878. He was a member of the State Senate from 1883 to 1885.
Cottrill died of tuberculosis on February 8, 1889. He was buried at Milwaukee's historic Forest Home Cemetery.