WASHBURN, CADWALLADER COLDEN
\wˈɒʃbɜːn], \wˈɒʃbɜːn], \w_ˈɒ_ʃ_b_ɜː_n]\
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(1818-1882), was the brother of E. B. Washburne. He settled in Wisconsin as a lawyer and financier. From 1855 to 1861 he was Congressman from Wisconsin. He was a delegate to the Peace Conference of 1861. In the war he commanded a corps, was major-general of volunteers, and served in the West. He was again a Republican Congressman 1867-1871, and Governor of Wisconsin 1872-1874.
By John Franklin Jameson
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