John S. Watrous

John S. Watrous

9th Speaker of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives
In office December 2, 1857 – March 12, 1858
Preceded by	Joseph W. Furber
Succeeded by	George Bradley (State)
Minnesota Territorial Representative from District 26
In office 1857–1859
Personal details
Died	1897
Political party	Republican

John S. Watrous (died 1897) was a politician from Minnesota Territory, a member of the Republican Party, and a former member of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives, representing St. Louis County, Minnesota. Watrous was the ninth and final Speaker of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives, a position he held from 1857 until just before Minnesota was officially admitted as a state.^[1]

Watrous died in 1897.

References

↑ Official State Biography

Political offices
Preceded by Joseph W. Furber	Speaker of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives 1857–1858	Succeeded by George Bradley State

Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Territorial (1849–1858)	Furber Ames Ludden Day Taylor Norris Gardner Furber Watrous

State (since 1858)	Bradley Coggswell Benson Sherwood Benson Armstrong Wakefield Farmer Davidson J. Merriam Hall Kinyon Gibbs Gilman Fletcher Gibbs W. Merriam Graves Champlin Lee Van Sant Jones Dare Dowling Babcock Clague L. Johnson Rockne Dunn Rines Flowers Parker Nolan J. Johnson Swenson Munn G. Johnson Barker Hall Hartle A. Johnson Chilgren Duxbury Dirlam Sabo Searle Norton Sieben Jennings Norton Vanasek Long Anderson Carruthers Sviggum Anderson Kelliher Zellers Thissen Daudt

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