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Anthony Van Wyck was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
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Biography
Van Wyck was born on May 15, 1822 in LaGrange, New York. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1844. In 1849, Van Wyck married Margaret Theron Skeel. Later, he moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1857 and to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1860. Van Wyck died on December 22, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Career
Van Wyck was a member of the Senate from 1864 to 1865 and again from 1868 to 1869. In 1868, he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Wisconsin, losing by one vote to incumbent Lucius Fairchild. Later, he was twice County Judge of Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
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