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Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill (April 15, 1832 – February 8, 1889) was a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
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Biography
Cottrill was born on April 15, 1832 in Montpelier, Vermont. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1852, taught school while studying law with the firm of Peck & Colby, and attained admission to the bar. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1855.
Career
Cottrill practiced law in Milwaukee. He served as District of Milwaukee County from 1865 to 1866. He later served as a commissioner for the federal district courts in Wisconsin, and was a member of the committee appointed to organize and revise Wisconsin's statutes in 1878. He was a member of the State Senate from 1883 to 1885.
Cottrill died of tuberculosis on February 8, 1889. He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.