Cadwallader Colden Washburn was an American politician. He was born in 1818 and died in 1882. He was the brother of Elihu 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 American Civil War he commanded a corps, was major-general of volunteers, and served in the West. He was again a Republican Congressman 1867 until 1871, and Governor of Wisconsin from 1872 until 1874. Research Cadwallader C. Washburn
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