Hollis Latham

Hollis Latham (March 12, 1812 – February 22, 1886) was a Wisconsin farmer and politician.

Hollis Latham
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office 1862–1886
Member of the Second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention
In office 1847–1848
Personal details
Born	12 March 1812 Northfield, Vermont
Died	22 February 1886 (aged 73) Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Political party	Democratic

Born in Northfield, Vermont where he went to school, Latham moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, in 1836. In 1837, he moved to the town of Spring Prairie, Wisconsin Territory and then settled in Elkhorn where he was a farmer. He served as the town justice of the peace, as county clerk of the board of commissioners, superintendent of the poor, and as a trustee of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Latham served in the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847–1848.[1][2] Latham then was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1862, where he served as a Democrat.[3][4]

References

1. H. A. Tenney and David Atwood. Memorial Record of the Fathers of Wisconsin Containing Sketches of the Lives and Careers of the Members of the Constitutional Conventions of 1846 and 1847-8. Madison: David Atwood, 1880, pp. 238-239.
2. Albert Clayton Beckwith, ed. (1912). History of Walworth County Wisconsin, vol. 1. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen. pp. 534–535. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
3. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
4. John H. Warren & John S. Dean (eds.). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin. Madison: Smith & Cullaton, 1862, p. 84.