Hiram H. Giles
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 13, 1858 – January 12, 1859
Preceded byVacant (1857)
Louis P. Harvey (1856)
Succeeded byDenison Worthington
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 10, 1855 – January 12, 1859
Preceded byThomas T. Whittlesey
Succeeded byWilliam Robert Taylor
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dane 3rd district
In office
January 14, 1852 – January 12, 1853
Preceded byGabriel Bjornson
Succeeded byStorer W. Field
Personal details
Born
Hiram Horatio Giles

(1820-03-22)March 22, 1820
New Salem, Massachusetts
DiedMay 10, 1895(1895-05-10) (aged 75)
Madison, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouses
  • Rebecca S. (Watson) Giles
  • (died 1884)
Children
  • Belle (Dow)
  • (b. 1847; died 1924)
  • Ella Augusta (Ruddy)
  • (b. 1856; died 1917)

Hiram Horatio Giles (March 22, 1820 – May 10, 1895) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

Biography

Giles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts.[1] He moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and lived on a farm for two years from 1842 to 1844. He moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and settled on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin.[1] In 1852, Giles served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1855 to 1858. Giles was a Whig and then a Republican.[1] From 1871 to 1881, he worked for the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad as a claims and right of way agent. From 1871 to 1891, Giles served on the Wisconsin Board of Charities and Reform.[2] Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "H. H. Giles Is Dead". Wisconsin State Journal. May 10, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin Containing Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Leading Citizens, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1893, Biographical Sketch of Hiram Giles, pp. 417–418.


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