S. L. Rose

S. L. Rose (1817? - March 14, 1887) was an American businessman, judge and politician from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin who spent a one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1855 (the 8th Wisconsin Legislature), and a two-year term as a member of the Wisconsin Senate representing the 22nd Senate district, from 1856 to 1857 (the 9th and 10th Wisconsin Legislatures).[1][2]

S. L. Rose
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
1856–1857
In office
1855–1855
Personal details
BornBeaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S.

NOTE: Sources differ as to his first name. With the exception of the Wisconsin Blue Book and compilations drawing from that series which sometimes say Solomon, those references to S. L. Rose from this era either use the initials, or call him Samuel.

Public affairs

By November of 1850, Rose (apparently an attorney) was serving as a county judge in Dodge County, Wisconsin's courts.[3]

In February 1852 he helped organize a new Jefferson and Dodge County agricultural society, and became a vice-president for Beaver Dam.[4]; in October, the new Society would hold their first annual county fair, and Rose would serve as a judge in the category of Fruits.[5] He was elected as town chairman (equivalent to mayor) of Beaver Dam in April of 1852, which made him ex officio a member of the county board of supervisors.[6] In September 1852 he and Ezra Bowen were on the executive committee of the newly-organized Dodge County Democratic Committee in preparation for the forthcoming general election.[7] In 1853, he was the Democratic nominee for re-election to his position as county judge,[8] and was re-elected without opposition.[9]

Legislative and educational affairs

He was elected in 1854 to a one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1855 8th Wisconsin Legislature.[10] In the fall of 1855 he was elected to a two-year term as a member of the Wisconsin Senate representing the 22nd Senate district (Dodge County), from 1856 to 1857 (the 9th and 10th Wisconsin Legislatures), succeeding fellow Democrat Ezra Bowen.[11][12] [13]

When the Legislature chartered Wayland University in January of 1855 and Judson Female Seminary in March, Rose was made a trustee of both institutions.[14][15] The legislature also added him as a new trustee of the Wisconsin Baptist Educational Society, which was permitted to pass part or all of its assets over to Wayland.[16]

Business

In 1855, Rose was 40% shareholder and President of the Dodge County Bank.[17]

Railroad advocate

As early as January 1853, Rose was actively participated in a meeting in support of Moses Strong's announced La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad;[18] and in a convention seeking to have a railroad built between Watertown and Berlin, Wisconsin.[19] When the Berlin and Watertown Railroad was chartered by the Legislature in the spring, Rose was one of the directors designated by the Legislature.[20]

In March of 1855, the Legislature of which Rose was now a member chartered the Beaver Dam and Baraboo Railroad Company and the Madison, Fond du Lac and Lake Michigan Railroad Company, making him a director of each of these companies.[21][22]

Death

He died in Beaver Dam March 14, 1887 "aged about 70 years."[23]

References
  1. Warner, Hans B., ed. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin, for 1879. Containing the constitutions of the United States and of the state; Jefferson's manual; rules and orders of the senate and assembly, and annals of the legislature; also, statistical tables and history of state institutions Eighteenth Annual Edition. Madison: David Atwood, State Printer, 1879; pp. 189, 191, 193
  2. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999). Madison: Legislative Reference Bureau, 1999; pp. 16, 100
  3. Rose, Samuel L., County Judge. legal notices, Democratic State Register December 9, 1850; p. 4, cols. 6-7 via Newspapers.com
  4. "Agricultural Meeting" Wisconsin farmer and northwestern cultivator Vol. IV no. 3 (March 1852). Racine, Wisconsin: Mark Miller, 1852; p. 68
  5. "Jefferson and Dodge County Agricultural Fair" Democratic State Register October 18, 1852; p. 3, col. 2
  6. "Town Election", Watertown Chronicle April 14, 1852; p. 2, col. 2
  7. "Democratic County Committees" Democratic State Register September 27, 1852; p. 2, col. 6
  8. Wisconsin State Journal August 13, 1853; p. 2, col. 1
  9. "Judicial", Daily Free Democrat September 9, 1853; p. 2, col. 1
  10. "Wisconsin Legislature", Sauk County Standard November 22 1854; p. 2, col. 2
  11. "Wisconsin Legislature for 1857. List of Candidates", Wisconsin State Journal October 29, 1856; p. 2, col. 5 via Newspapers.com
  12. Warner, Hans B., ed. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin, for 1879. Containing the constitutions of the United States and of the state; Jefferson's manual; rules and orders of the senate and assembly, and annals of the legislature; also, statistical tables and history of state institutions Eighteenth Annual Edition. Madison: David Atwood, State Printer, 1879; pp. 189, 191, 193
  13. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999). Madison: Legislative Reference Bureau, 1999; pp. 16, 100
  14. "Chapter 28: An Act to incorporate the Wayland University" Private and Local Laws Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Five Madison: Calkins & Proudfit, Printers, 1855; pp. 24-26
  15. "Chapter 349: An Act to incorporate the Judson Female Seminary" Private and Local Laws Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Five Madison: Calkins & Proudfit, Printers, 1855; pp. 546-48
  16. "Chapter 121: An Act to amend an act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Wisconsin Baptist Educational Society'" Private and Local Laws Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Five Madison: Calkins & Proudfit, Printers, 1855; pp. 165-66
  17. Dennis, William M. "Annual report of the Bank Comptroller of the state of Wisconsin, for the year 1855", pp. 40, 47; in, Governor's message and accompanying documents Madison: Calkins and Proudfit, 1856
  18. "La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad", The Weekly Wisconsin January 12, 1853; p. 1, col. 7
  19. "Watertown and Berlin Rail Road Convention" Wisconsin State Journal January 28, 1853; p. 2, col. 4
  20. "The Berlin Railroad - Its Connection with City Affairs" Democratic State Register April 14, 1853; p. 2, col. 3
  21. "Chapter 319: An Act to incorporate the Beaver Dam and Baraboo Railroad Company" Private and Local Laws Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Five Madison: Calkins & Proudfit, Printers, 1855; pp. 493-502
  22. "Chapter 320: An Act to incorporate the Madison, Fond du Lac and Lake Michigan Railroad Company" Private and Local Laws Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Five Madison: Calkins & Proudfit, Printers, 1855; pp. 502-11
  23. Obituary, Watertown News May 16, 1887; p. 5, col. 4


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