John Tester
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". John A. Tester (March 30, 1835Template:Spaced ndashMay 26, 1918) was a Swiss American immigrant, merchant, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Buffalo County in the 1883 session.[1]
Biography
Born in Rongellen, the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland, Tester moved with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1848 and then to Wisconsin in 1853. He served in the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment as first lieutenant during the American Civil War.[2] He served as deputy county treasurer for Buffalo County, Wisconsin, and on the Buffalo County Board of Supervisors. He also served on the Alma, Wisconsin, village board as trustee and as president.[3]
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- ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1883,' Biographical Sketch of John A. Tester, pg. 485
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- 1835 births
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- Swiss emigrants to the United States
- People from Graubünden
- People from Alma, Wisconsin
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union army officers
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- Burials at Lake View Cemetery (Seattle)
- 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature