US Con Sawyer, Philetus - U.S. Congressman, WI

Philetus Sawyer
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Born: September 22, 1816

Birthplace: Whiting, Vermont

Father: Ephraim P. Sawyer 1780 – 1854

Mother: Mary "Polly" Parks 1789 – 1832

Wife: Melvina M. Hadley 1825 – 1888
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin)​

Children:

Edgar Philetus Sawyer 1842 – 1927​
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin)​
Earl T. Sawyer 1845 – 1848​
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin)​
Ella E. Sawyer 1849 – 1851​
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin)​
Emma Sawyer White 1856 – 1896​
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin)​
Ema Sawyer Goodman 1859 – 1943​
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)​

Political Party: Republican Party

Occupation before War:


Lumber Businessman in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin​
1857: Member of Wisconsin State Assembly​

Civil War Career:

1861: Member of Wisconsin State Assembly
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1863 – 1864: Mayor of Oshkosh, Wisconsin​
1865 – 1875: United States Congressman from Wisconsin​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Invalid Pensions Committee​
1865 – 1869: Member of House Manufactures Committee​

Occupation after War:
1867 – 1875: Member House Interstate and Foreign Commerce​
1869 – 1871: Member House Public Expenditures Committee​
1871 – 1873: Chairman House Public Expenditures Committee​
1871 – 1875: Member of House Accounts Committee​
1873 – 1875: Chairman of House Pacific Railroad Committee​
1874: Choose not to be candidate for renomination for U.S. Congress​
1881 – 1893: United States Senator from Wisconsin​
1881 – 1883: Member of Senate Territories Committee​
1883 – 1885: Member of Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee​
1885 – 1889: Member of Senate Pensions Committee​
1887 – 1889: Member Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce​
1891 – 1893: Member of Senate Pensions Committee​
1891 – 1893: Member Interstate and Foreign Commerce​
1892: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Senator​
1892 – 1900: Lumber Businessman in Oshkosh, Wisconsin​

Died: March 29, 1900

Place of Death: Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Age at time of Death: 83 years old

Burial Place: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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He was in a bribery scandal with Congressman Robert La Follette in 1891. La Follette claimed Sawyer attempted to bribe him so he could influence his brother-in-law.Judge Robert G.Siebecker, in a case involving funds supposedly embezzled by Republican officials. I'm not sure if the allegation was true or of the outcome but La Follette made the claim in his autobiography.
 
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