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Bushnell, Allen Ralph

lawyer, legislator, jurist, congressman, was born July 18, 1833, in Hartford, Ohio. He received his education in the Hartford High school, and at the Oberlin and Hiram colleges. In 1861 he entered the union army and served as captain of company C, seventh regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry, Iron brigade. He has been district attorney of Grant county, Wis., and United States attorney for western district of Wisconsin. He has served as a member of the Wisconsin state legislature, and was a member of the fifty-second congress. In congress his speeches on silver and tariff questions were used as campaign documents in the presidential elections of 1892 and 1896. He especially endeavored to have the United States constitution amended to elect senators by a direct vote of the people.