Winans, John
lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1831, in Vernon, N. J. He received a thorough education in the public, private schools and academies in New Jersey. He is one of the foremost lawyers in Wisconsin at Janesville; has been city attorney several terms; mayor of his city for two terms; a member of the state legislature several terms; and in 1882-84 served with distinction as a member of the fortyeighth congress from Wisconsin. He has been presidential elector several times, and was chairman of the convention of democratic clubs of the United States at Baltimore in 1888.