Solmous Wakeley

Solmous 'Solomon' Wakeley (March 17, 1794 – January 12, 1867) was a pioneer Wisconsin legislator. He served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a delegate to the first Wisconsin constitutional convention for Walworth County.

Solmous Wakeley
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Walworth 4th district
In office January 1, 1857 – January 1, 1858
Preceded by	Asa W. Farr
Succeeded by	James Baker
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Walworth 1st district
In office January 1, 1855 – January 1, 1856
Preceded by	Anderson Whiting
Succeeded by	James Lauderdale
Personal details
Born	(1794-03-17)March 17, 1794 New Milford, Connecticut
Died	January 12, 1867(1867-01-12) (aged 72) Whitewater, Wisconsin
Resting place	Oak Grove Cemetery Whitewater, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Hannah Thompson (died 1874)
Children	Eleazer Wakeley (b. 1822; died 1912) Lucy A. (Winchester) (b. 1826; died 1861) Charles T. Wakeley (b. 1827; died 1895) William Pitt Wakeley (b. 1830; died 1848)

Biography

Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Wakeley settled in Homer, New York, then Pennsylvania, Ohio, and finally Whitewater, Wisconsin. He served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846.^[1] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1855, 1857. One of his sons was Judge Eleazer Wakeley, who also served in the Wisconsin Legislature before becoming a judge in Nebraska.^[2]

Notes

1. The Convention of 1846, Constitutional Series, vol. II, Collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, vol, XXVII, 1919, pg. 798
2. Members of the Wisconsin State Legislature 1848-1999