William Avery Cochrane

For others of a similar name, see William Cochrane.

William Avery Cochrane was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Cochrane was born on January 8, 1842 in Ripley, New York. During the American Civil War, he served with the 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. In 1867, he graduated from Beloit College and became a teacher at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Cochrane died in in August of 1929.[1]

Political career

Cochrane was elected to the Assembly in 1892.[2] Additionally, he was an alderman and a member of the school board of Delavan, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.

References

  1. ↑ WISCONSIN LIBRARY BULLETIN. Madison, Wisconsin. 1929. p. 313.
  2. ↑ THE BLUE BOOK OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. 1893. pp. 653–654.
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