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Lynde, William Pitt

lawyer, mayor, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 16, 1817, in Sherburne, N. Y. In 1844 he was attorney-general of Wisconsin territory; in 1845 was appointed United States district attorney of Wisconsin, and held the position until the admission of the state. In 1848 he was elected a representative to congress; and in 1860 was elected mayor of Milwaukee. He was a member of the assembly in 1866, and elected a state senator in 1868. In 1874 he was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.

He died Dec. 18, 1885, in Milwaukee, Wis.