Charles Durkee

Charles Durkee ( born December 10, 1805 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont; † January 14, 1870 in Omaha, Nebraska) was an American businessman and politician.

Career

Durkee was a merchant and moved to Wisconsin in 1836. There he went to agriculture and timber industry. He was also the founder of the town of Southport (later Kenosha, Wisconsin). He decided to pursue a career in politics and served two terms in the territorial legislature. As a member of the Free Soil Party in 1848, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He worked there until 1853 two terms. In 1854, he joined the newly formed Republican Party and was subsequently elected by the Wisconsin State Legislature in the U.S. Senate. He was from 1855 to 1861 a single term of office operates. In 1865 he was appointed governor of the Utah Territory and served in that position until December 1869, when he was forced to resign for health reasons. He died in 1870 in Nebraska at his home.

Honors

  • A street in Appleton, Wisconsin is named after him.
  • An elementary school, which was by then in Kenosha and for many years carried his name, was demolished in 2008.
Royalton (Vermont) Governor (United States) Appleton (Wisconsin) Wisconsin Territory George W. Jones James Duane Doty Henry Dodge Morgan Lewis Martin John Hubbard Tweedy Henry Hastings Sibley William Pitt Lynde Daniel Wells, Jr. John F. Potter James S. Brown Halbert E. Paine Alexander Mitchell (politician) Charles G. Williams John Winans Lucien B. Caswell Clinton Babbitt Henry Allen Cooper Clifford E. Randall George Washington Blanchard Stephen Bolles Lawrence H. Smith Gerald T. Flynn Henry C. Schadeberg Lynn E. Stalbaum Peter W. Barca Mark Neumann Paul Ryan Mason C. Darling Orsamus Cole Ben C. Eastman Cadwallader C. Washburn Walter D. McIndoe Ithamar Sloan Benjamin F. Hopkins David Atwood Gerry Whiting Hazelton Daniel H. Sumner Edward S. Bragg Richard W. Guenther Charles Barwig Edward Sauerhering Herman Dahle Henry Cullen Adams John M. Nelson Michael E. Burke Edward Voigt Charles A. Kading Charles W. Henney Harry Sauthoff Charles Hawks, Jr. Robert Kirkland Henry Glenn Robert Davis Donald Edgar Tewes Scott L. Klug Tammy Baldwin Mark Pocan John B. Macy Charles Billinghurst Charles H. Larrabee A. Scott Sloan Amasa Cobb J. Allen Barber Henry S. Magoon George Cochrane Hazelton Burr W. Jones Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Allen R. Bushnell Joseph W. Babcock James William Murphy Arthur W. Kopp James G. Monahan Gardner R. Withrow Harry W. Griswold William H. Stevenson Alvin Baldus Ron Kind Charles A. Eldredge Peter V. Deuster Isaac W. Van Schaick Henry Smith (Wisconsin) John L. Mitchell Peter J. Somers William J. Cary John C. Kleczka John C. Schafer Raymond Joseph Cannon Thaddeus Wasielewski John C. Brophy Clement J. Zablocki Jerry Kleczka Gwen Moore Ezra Wheeler Philetus Sawyer Samuel D. Burchard Joseph Rankin George H. Brickner Samuel S. Barney William H. Stafford Lewis D. Thill Howard J. McMurray Andrew Biemiller Charles J. Kersten Henry S. Reuss Jim Moody Alanson M. Kimball Gabriel Bouck Charles B. Clark Lucas M. Miller Owen A. Wells Samuel A. Cook James H. Davidson Charles H. Weisse Michael Reilly Florian Lampert Frank Bateman Keefe William Van Pelt John Abner Race William A. Steiger Tom Petri Herman L. Humphrey Gilbert M. Woodward Ormsby B. Thomas Frank P. Coburn George B. Shaw Michael Griffin (politician) John J. Esch Joseph D. Beck Merlin Hull Gerald J. Boileau Dave Obey Sean Duffy Alexander S. McDill George W. Cate Thaddeus C. Pound William T. Price Hugh H. Price Nils P. Haugen Lyman E. Barnes Edward S. Minor Edward E. Browne James F. Hughes George J. Schneider Joshua L. Johns John W. Byrnes Harold Vernon Froehlich Robert John Cornell Toby Roth Jay W. Johnson Mark Andrew Green Steve Kagen Isaac Stephenson Thomas Lynch (congressman) Alexander Stewart (American politician) Webster E. Brown David G. Classon James A. Frear Lester Johnson (politician) Bob Kasten John J. Jenkins Elmer A. Morse Hubert H. Peavey Bernard J. Gehrmann Irvine Lenroot Adolphus Peter Nelson List of United States Senators from Wisconsin James Rood Doolittle Matthew H. Carpenter Angus Cameron (politician) Joseph V. Quarles Isaac P. Walker John Coit Spooner Paul O. Husting John J. Blaine F. Ryan Duffy Alexander Wiley Ron Johnson (U.S. politician) List of Governors of Utah Brigham Young Alfred Cumming (governor) John W. Dawson Stephen S. Harding John Shaffer Vernon H. Vaughan George Lemuel Woods Samuel Beach Axtell George W. Emery Eli Houston Murray Caleb Walton West Arthur Lloyd Thomas Heber Manning Wells John Christopher Cutler William Spry Simon Bamberger Charles R. Mabey Henry H. Blood Herbert B. Maw J. Bracken Lee George Dewey Clyde Calvin L. Rampton Norman H. Bangerter Mike Leavitt Olene S. Walker
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