Argalus Starks

Argalus Waldo Starks (March 10, 1804 - June 28, 1870) was an American politician.

Born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Starks lived in Jefferson County, New York and then in Albany, New York. He served on the Albany City Council while living in Albany, New York. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he served as a city marshal, and then, in 1852, moved to Sauk County, Wisconsin where he settled on a farm. In 1853, he was elected Wisconsin State Prison Commissioner as a Democrat. Starks served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1862 to 1865 as a Republican and then served in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1866 and 1867.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley' Merton Edwin Krug, Democratic Publishing Company, Madison, Wisconsin: 1929, Biographical Sketch of A.W. Starks, pg. 319-320
  2. ↑ 'History of Sauk County, Wisconsin,' Western Historical Company: 1880, Biographical Sketch of A.W. Starks, pg. 451
  3. ↑ Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1849-1999


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