Grégoire Dupont | |
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Member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly from the 1st Brown County district | |
In office 1887–1887 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pietrebais, Province of Brabant, Belgium | December 18, 1842
Died | July 1, 1917 Robinsonville, Wisconsin, US | (aged 74)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Julie Henrion (m. 1862) |
Grégoire Joseph Dupont (December 18, 1842 – July 1, 1917) was a Belgian-American politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1887, representing Brown County's first district. [1]
Dupont was born in Belgium in 1842, and immigrated to Wisconsin in 1855. [2] He married fellow Belgian Julie Henrion at Bay Settlement, Wisconsin, in 1862, and they had nine children together. [2] At various points in his life, Dupont was occupied as a shingle mill laborer, photographer and farmer. [3] He lived in Robinsonville, Wisconsin. [4]
Dupont was a member of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry in the American Civil War. [5] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1887 as the representative for northeastern Brown County. Dupont was one of the first Belgian-Americans from northeast Wisconsin to serve in the Assembly; others included Joseph Wery, Constant Martin, Benjamin Fontaine and John B. Eugene. [1] Dupont was also a school board member, the town chairman for Green Bay, a Brown County supervisor for the town of Green Bay and a member of the Green Bay Dairy Board of Trade. [6] [7] [4]
Dupont died on July 1, 1917.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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General Election [8] | |||||
Republican | Grégoire Dupont | 1,598 | 57.21% | ||
Democratic | R. W. Cook | 1,158 | 41.46% | ||
Prohibitionist | C. Dubois | 37 | 1.32% | ||
Total votes | 2,793 | 100.0% |
Grégoire Dupont | |
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Member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly from the 1st Brown County district | |
In office 1887–1887 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pietrebais, Province of Brabant, Belgium | December 18, 1842
Died | July 1, 1917 Robinsonville, Wisconsin, US | (aged 74)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Julie Henrion (m. 1862) |
Grégoire Joseph Dupont (December 18, 1842 – July 1, 1917) was a Belgian-American politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1887, representing Brown County's first district. [1]
Dupont was born in Belgium in 1842, and immigrated to Wisconsin in 1855. [2] He married fellow Belgian Julie Henrion at Bay Settlement, Wisconsin, in 1862, and they had nine children together. [2] At various points in his life, Dupont was occupied as a shingle mill laborer, photographer and farmer. [3] He lived in Robinsonville, Wisconsin. [4]
Dupont was a member of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry in the American Civil War. [5] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1887 as the representative for northeastern Brown County. Dupont was one of the first Belgian-Americans from northeast Wisconsin to serve in the Assembly; others included Joseph Wery, Constant Martin, Benjamin Fontaine and John B. Eugene. [1] Dupont was also a school board member, the town chairman for Green Bay, a Brown County supervisor for the town of Green Bay and a member of the Green Bay Dairy Board of Trade. [6] [7] [4]
Dupont died on July 1, 1917.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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General Election [8] | |||||
Republican | Grégoire Dupont | 1,598 | 57.21% | ||
Democratic | R. W. Cook | 1,158 | 41.46% | ||
Prohibitionist | C. Dubois | 37 | 1.32% | ||
Total votes | 2,793 | 100.0% |