Name George Gale Role Legislator | Died 1868 | |
Books The Gale Family Records in England and the United States: To which are Added Some Account of the Tottingham Family of New England, and Bogardus, Waldron, and Young Families of New York | ||
George Gale (November 30, 1816 – April 18, 1868) was a Wisconsin pioneer, judge, and legislator.
Born in Burlington, Vermont, Gale was admitted to the Vermont bar. He then moved to Wisconsin Territory, where he practiced law in Walworth County, Wisconsin serving as District Attorney and as a member of the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847-1848.
In 1850-1851, Gale served as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Senate's 14th District. Gale moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he became a Wisconsin county judge and then was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge. Gale bought land north of La Crosse and helped plat the city of Galesville, Wisconsin in order to found Gale College; he is responsible for the creation of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War, Judge Gale served with the United States Sanitary Commission. He died in Galesville.