| State | Wisconsin |
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| State assembly | Wisconsin |
| District | Walworth 4th |
| Term start | January 1, 1857 |
| Term end | January 1, 1858 |
| Predecessor | Asa W. Farr |
| Successor | James Baker |
| State assembly 1 | Wisconsin |
| District 1 | Walworth 1st |
| Term start 1 | January 1, 1855 |
| Term end 1 | January 1, 1856 |
| Predecessor 1 | Anderson Whiting |
| Successor 1 | James Lauderdale |
| Birth date | March 17, 1794 |
| Birth place | New Milford, Connecticut |
| Death date | January 12, 1867 (aged 72) |
| Death place | Whitewater, Wisconsin |
| Resting place | Oak Grove Cemetery Whitewater, Wisconsin |
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| Party | Republican |
Solmous 'Solomon' Wakeley (March 17, 1794 – January 12, 1867) was a pioneer Wisconsin legislator. He served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a delegate to the first Wisconsin constitutional convention for Walworth County.
Biography
Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Wakeley settled in Homer, New York, then Pennsylvania, Ohio, and finally Whitewater, Wisconsin. He served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846.[1] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1855, 1857. One of his sons was Judge Eleazer Wakeley, who also served in the Wisconsin Legislature before becoming a judge in Nebraska.[2]
Notes
- ^ The Convention of 1846, Constitutional Series, vol. II, Collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, vol, XXVII, 1919, pg. 798
- ^ Members of the Wisconsin State Legislature 1848-1999