


OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Timothy Otis Howe
BORN:
February 24, 1816
Livermore, Maine
DIED:
March 25, 1883 (age 67)
Kenosha, Wisconsin
EDUCATION:
Maine Wesleyan Seminary
Studied Law
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
Whig (before 1854)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1839:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Readfield, Maine
1845:
Moved to Wisconsin and settled in Green Bay
1848:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Congress
1849:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
1851-1853:
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
1851-1855:
Judge. Fourth Wisconsin Judicial Circuit
1856:
Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate
1861-1879:
U.S. Senator (R-WI)
1881:
Delegate to the International Monetary Conference in Paris
1881-1883:
U.S. Postmaster General
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wikipedia