Leonard James Farwell (January 5, 1819 – April 11, 1889) was an American politician and the second governor of Wisconsin. Farwell was born in Watertown, New York, and moved to Wisconsin in the 1840s, prior to its statehood. He first settled in Milwaukee and later in Madison, where he owned a great amount of property, and made considerable improvements to the city. He was elected governor of Wisconsin as a member of the Whig Party and served as governor from 1852 to 1854.

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  • Leonard James Farwell (January 5, 1819 – April 11, 1889) was an American politician and the second governor of Wisconsin. Farwell was born in Watertown, New York, and moved to Wisconsin in the 1840s, prior to its statehood. He first settled in Milwaukee and later in Madison, where he owned a great amount of property, and made considerable improvements to the city. He was elected governor of Wisconsin as a member of the Whig Party and served as governor from 1852 to 1854. On 12 July 1853, in one of his more notable actions as governor, he signed a law that abolished the death penalty in Wisconsin and replaced it with a penalty of life imprisonment. In 1857 he ran for alderman in Madison but lost by a close margin. Also that year, Farwell lost his land holdings due to the effects of the Panic of 1857. During the 1860s, Farwell worked in Washington, D.C. as principal examiner in the U.S. Patent Office. He was present at Ford's Theatre the day President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, and was the first person to inform then-Vice President Andrew Johnson of the assassination. After seven years in Washington, Farwell moved to Chicago and started a patent agency, but he fell victim to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. He then relocated to Grant City, Missouri where he died.
  • Leonard James Farwell war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1852 bis 1854 der 2. Gouverneur von Wisconsin.
  • Leonard James Farwell, född 5 januari 1819 i Watertown, New York, död 11 april 1889 i Grant City, Missouri, var en amerikansk politiker. Han var den andra guvernören i Wisconsin 1852-1854. Farwell flyttade till Wisconsinterritoriet under 1840-talet. Han var medlem av whig-partiet och profilerade sig som slaverimotståndare. Som guvernör undertecknade han en lag 12 juli 1853 som avskaffade dödsstraffet i Wisconsin och ersatte straffet med livstids fängelse. Under 1860-talet arbetade han för United States Patent Office i Washington, D.C. Han gick 14 april 1865 till Fordteatern för att se pjäsen Our American Cousin och fick bevittna mordet på Abraham Lincoln.
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  • Leonard James Farwell (January 5, 1819 – April 11, 1889) was an American politician and the second governor of Wisconsin. Farwell was born in Watertown, New York, and moved to Wisconsin in the 1840s, prior to its statehood. He first settled in Milwaukee and later in Madison, where he owned a great amount of property, and made considerable improvements to the city. He was elected governor of Wisconsin as a member of the Whig Party and served as governor from 1852 to 1854.
  • Leonard James Farwell war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1852 bis 1854 der 2. Gouverneur von Wisconsin.
  • Leonard James Farwell, född 5 januari 1819 i Watertown, New York, död 11 april 1889 i Grant City, Missouri, var en amerikansk politiker. Han var den andra guvernören i Wisconsin 1852-1854. Farwell flyttade till Wisconsinterritoriet under 1840-talet. Han var medlem av whig-partiet och profilerade sig som slaverimotståndare. Som guvernör undertecknade han en lag 12 juli 1853 som avskaffade dödsstraffet i Wisconsin och ersatte straffet med livstids fängelse.
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  • Leonard J. Farwell
  • Leonard J. Farwell
  • Leonard J. Farwell
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