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Edwin Hale Abbot
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Seated portrait of Edwin Hale Abbot, during his time as a practicing lawyer in Boston. Abbot was an attorney on the 1869 Alabama Claims. He later became director and solicitor general of the Wisconsin Central Railway. He moved to Milwaukee and served as president of the Railway from 1876 to 1890.
circa 1860-1869
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Indoor portrait of Jonathan E. Arnold, pioneer lawyer of Wisconsin. Born February 16, 1814. Settled in Milwaukee, 1836. Died there June 2, 1869.
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Quarter-length oval-framed portrait of Edwin Bryant with a white beard and hair.
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
1861
Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Francis Adams Sr., Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district (1859-1861) and United States Envoy to...
Thomas Henry Gill
1877
Carte-de-visite portrait of Thomas Henry Gill, a Madison and Milwaukee attorney, who also served the Wisconsin Central Railroad as tax and insurance expert, assistant general solicitor, and general...
Willliam Carpenter Ross
Oval-framed portrait of William Carpenter Ross, father of UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross.
Portrait of Governor Alexander Williams Randall
circa 1860-1869
Waist-up portrait of Governor Alexander Randall. He has sideburns, and wears a suit and tie. He is looking to the right.
