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Lochren, William "Wm."

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Senate 1869-70 (District 4)

Party when first elected: Democratic

Counties Served: Anoka, Benton, Hennepin, Isanti, Manomin (defunct), Mille Lacs, Sherburne

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 4/3/1832

Birth Place:

Birth County: Tyrone

Birth Country: Ireland

Date of Death: 1/27/1912

Gender: Male

Religion:

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names: Wm.

City of Residence (when first elected): Saint Anthony

Occupation (when first elected): Lawyer

EDUCATION

Vermont Common Schools; Elementary School;
Academy, Auburn, Massachusetts; Attended College; 1850-1853
Studied Law; Admitted to the Bar, St. Albans, Vermont; June 1856

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Municipal Council/Aldermen: St. Anthony, Minnesota (City Alderman); 18?? to 18??

Municipal Attorney: St. Anthony, Minnesota (City Attorney); 186? to 1873

Military: 1st Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers, Company E (United States Civil War; Battles of Bull Run, Balls Bluff, Yorktown, West Point, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, etc.; Private, Sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant, and 1st Lieutenant); 04/29/1861 to 12/30/1863

Municipal Attorney: Minneapolis, Minnesota (City Attorney); 1877 to 1878

Judge: 4th Judicial District, Minnesota (District Court Judge, First Appointed by Governor John S. Pillsbury Then Elected); 11/1881 to 1893 [Appointed]

U.S. Executive Branch: United States Pensions Commission (Commissioner, Appointed by President Grover Cleveland); 04/1893 to 05/20/1896 [Appointed]

Judge: United States District Court, Minnesota (United States District Judge, Appointed by President Grover Cleveland and Confirmed by the United States Senate); 05/20/1896 to 07/11/1908 [Appointed]

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Single (while in office); Martha A. Demmon (married on September 26, 1871; she died in February 1879); Mary E. Abbott (remarried on April 19, 1882)
Children: No children (while in office); One child (after he left office): William A. (son, with Mary)

Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He moved to Franklin County, Vermont in 1834, with his mother. He went to Auburn, Massachusetts in 1850. He returned to Franklin County, Vermont around 1853. He came to Minnesota in July 1856. He settled at St. Anthony, Minnesota in August 1856.

He ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic party endorsed candidate for Minnesota Attorney General in the 1865 election.

He ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic party endorsed candidate for Minnesota Supreme Court Judge in the 1874 election.

He ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic party endorsed candidate for the United States Senate in the 1875 election.

"Judge Lochern has always been a Democrat." (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897)

He resigned from the military with a surgeon's certificate of disability.

He is buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

Total Days Served: 728

SESSIONS SERVED

12th Legislative Session (1870)

Session Details Convened Date: 1/4/1870

Body: Senate

District: 04

Elected: 11/3/1868

Residence: Saint Anthony

Term of Office: 1/5/1869 to 1/2/1871
Oath Date: 1/5/1869

Counties Represented: Anoka, Benton, Hennepin, Isanti, Manomin (defunct), Mille Lacs, Sherburne

Occupation: Lawyer

Party: Not Available

Committees:

Federal Relations
Joint Agricultural College Lands and College
Judiciary
State Prison

Session Notes: From 1849 to 1886, the term of office start date is uncertain.

11th Legislative Session (1869)

Session Details Convened Date: 1/5/1869