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{{Short description|American pioneer and politician (1805–1870)}} |
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| name = Charles Durkee |
| name = Charles Durkee |
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| image = Charles Durkee.jpg |
| image = Charles Durkee.jpg |
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| jr/sr = United States Senator |
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| state = [[Wisconsin]] |
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| term_start = March 4, 1855 |
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| term_end = March 4, 1861 |
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| preceded = [[Isaac P. Walker|Isaac Walker]] |
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| succeeded = [[Timothy Howe]] |
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| state3 = [[Wisconsin]] |
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| district3 = [[Wisconsin's 1st congressional district|1st]] |
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| term_start3 = March 4, 1849 |
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| term_end3 = March 4, 1853 |
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| succeeded3 = [[Daniel Wells, Jr.]] |
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|state2 = [[Wisconsin]] |
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|district2 = {{ushr|WI|1|1st}} |
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| term_start2 = March 4, 1849 |
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| term_end2 = March 3, 1853 |
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| preceded2 = [[William P. Lynde]] |
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| succeeded2 = [[Daniel Wells Jr.]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1805|12|10}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1805|12|10}} |
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| birth_place = [[Royalton, Vermont]] |
| birth_place = [[Royalton, Vermont]] |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1870|1|14|1805|12|10}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1870|1|14|1805|12|10}} |
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| death_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]] |
| death_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]] |
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| nationality = [[United States|American]] |
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| party = [[Free Soil Party|Free-soiler]], later [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] |
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| nationality = American |
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| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |
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| [[Free Soil Party|Free Soil]] (until 1854) |
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| {{marriage|Catherine Putnam Dana|1836|1838|end=died}} |
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| {{marriage|Caroline Lake<br />|1840}} |
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| Harvey Durkee |
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| (died 1858) |
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| (b. 1843; died 1847) |
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⚫ | '''Charles |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Durkee was born in [[Royalton, Vermont]]. He became a merchant and moved to |
Durkee was born in [[Royalton, Vermont]]. He became a merchant and moved to [[Wisconsin]] in 1836. There he became involved in agriculture and lumbering, and was a founder of the town of Southport (later [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]). |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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He entered politics, serving two terms in the |
He entered politics, serving two terms in the territorial legislature. He became a member of the [[Free Soil Party]] and was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1848 as part of Wisconsin's first full congressional delegation. He served in the House for two terms, until 1853. In 1854, he switched to the newly formed [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] and was elected to the [[United States Senate]] by the [[Wisconsin State Legislature]]. He served for one term, from 1855 to 1861. In 1865 he became [[Governor of Utah|governor]] of the [[Utah Territory]], and served in that position until 1869 when he resigned because of ill health.<ref>http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/governors/territorial/durkee.html</ref> He died in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] while returning home.<ref>http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1197&keyword=durkee</ref> |
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==Tributes== |
==Tributes== |
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A street in the city of [[Appleton, Wisconsin]] |
A street in the city of [[Appleton, Wisconsin]] is named for him. |
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An elementary school in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]] bore his name for many years. It was demolished in 2008. |
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He gave a speech at the hammering of the [[Golden Spike]] in Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869, connecting the Union Pacific tracks to the Central Pacific Railroad.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Last Spike is Driven|page=34|url=http://cprr.org/Museum/Last_Spike_is_Driven.pdf|format=PDF|website=Cprr.org|access-date=April 11, 2022}}</ref> |
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Created the Durkee Spices |
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His former home, which later became an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] school for girls and is now known as [[Kemper Hall]], is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5HJ4_Kemper_Hall_Kenosha_WI|title=Kemper Hall - Kenosha, WI - U.S. National Register of Historic Places |website=Waymarking.com|access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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{{Reflist}} |
{{Reflist}} |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite book|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175025785505 |title= Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography |chapter= Durkee, Charles |publisher= D. Appleton and Company |location=[[New York City|New York]] |editor-last1= Wilson |editor-first1= James Grant |editor-link1= James Grant Wilson |editor-last2= Fiske |editor-first2= John |editor-link2= John Fiske (philosopher) |year= 1898 |volume= 2 (Crane–Grimshaw) |pages= 272–273 |chapter-url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175025785505&seq=294 }} |
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* {{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0000mcmu |title= Biographical Directory of American Territorial Governors |last1= McMullin |first1= Thomas A. |last2= Walker |first2= David |publisher= Meckler Publishing |year= 1984 |pages= 299–300 |chapter= Utah: Durkee, Charles (1865–1869) |isbn= 9780930466114 }} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{CongBio|D000573}} |
{{CongBio|D000573}} |
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* {{Find a Grave|8795193| Charles Durkee Sr. }} |
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| state=Wisconsin |
| state=Wisconsin |
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| district=1 |
| district=1 |
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| before=[[William Pitt Lynde]] |
| before=[[William Pitt Lynde|William P. Lynde]] |
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| after= [[Daniel Wells Jr.]] |
| after= [[Daniel Wells, Jr.]] |
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| years=March 4, 1849 |
| years=March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853}} |
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|state=Wisconsin |
|state=Wisconsin |
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|before |
|before=[[Isaac P. Walker]] |
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|after=[[Timothy O. Howe]] |
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|alongside |
|alongside=[[Henry Dodge]], [[James Rood Doolittle|James R. Doolittle]] |
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|years=1855–1861}} |
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title= [[List of governors of Utah|Governor of Utah Territory]] | |
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years= 1865–1869 | |
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{{s-aft|after = [[John Shaffer (politician)|John Shaffer]]}} |
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after= [[John Wilson Shaffer]] |
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{{Governors of Utah}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME =Durkee, Charles |
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| DATE OF BIRTH =December 10, 1805 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Royalton, Vermont]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH =January 14, 1870 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH =[[Omaha, Nebraska]] |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Durkee, Charles}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Durkee, Charles}} |
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[[Category:1805 births]] |
[[Category:1805 births]] |
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[[Category:1870 deaths]] |
[[Category:1870 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Governors of Utah Territory]] |
[[Category:Governors of Utah Territory]] |
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[[Category:Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature]] |
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[[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin]] |
[[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin]] |
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[[Category:People from |
[[Category:People from Windsor County, Vermont]] |
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[[Category:Wisconsin Republicans]] |
[[Category:Wisconsin Republicans]] |
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[[Category:Utah Republicans]] |
[[Category:Utah Republicans]] |
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[[Category:Wisconsin Free Soilers]] |
[[Category:Wisconsin Free Soilers]] |
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[[Category:Free Soil Party members of the United States House of Representatives]] |
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{{Utah-bio-stub}} |
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[[Category:19th-century American politicians]] |
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{{Wisconsin-politician-stub}} |
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[[Category:Wisconsin Democrats]] |
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[[sv:Charles Durkee]] |