Alexander H. Main

Alexander Hamilton Main (June 22, 1824 – January 10, 1896) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in Plainfield, New York, Main owned a store in Allegany County, New York. In 1856, Main served in the New York State Assembly, as a Republican. Main then moved to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1857, where he worked in a bank and then owned an insurance business and was President of Wisconsin Board of Underwriters. Main was also a curator of the Wisconsin Historical Society and served as the society's treasurer. He died in Madison, Wisconsin.^[1] His brother was Willett Main, who served in the Wisconsin State Senate.^[2]

Notes

1. 'Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' Wisconsin HistoricalSociety: 1897, Biographical Sketch of Alexander Hamilton Main, pg. 33-34
2. 'Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin,' Biographical Review Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1893, vol. 1, pg. 176-178, vol. 2, pg. 603-604