King G. Staples

King G. Staples (May 26, 1851 – September 21, 1910) was an American businessman and Republican politician.

King G. Staples
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
1897
Personal details
Born(1851-05-26)May 26, 1851
Lee, Maine
DiedSeptember 21, 1910(1910-09-21) (aged 59)
Portland, Oregon

Born in Lee, Maine, Staples moved to Minnesota in 1855 and then moved to South Range, Wisconsin in 1884 and then to Iron River, Wisconsin in 1889. He was in the flour mill and lumbering businesses.

Staples served as treasurer of the town of Superior and as chairman of the Iron River Town Board in 1892. Staples also served on the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors and was chairman of the county board.

In 1897, Staples served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. In 1898 he was imprisoned for larceny. A year later, he was he was pardoned.[1][2][3] Staples died in Portland, Oregon and was buried in Anoka, Minnesota.[4][5]

Notes
  1. Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly (1901). "Journal of Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Session of the Wisconsin Legislature, page 71".
  2. "To Pardon King Staples". The Weekly Wisconsin. May 20, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "King Staples Free". The Weekly Wisconsin. May 27, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved November 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. Wisconsin Blue Book 1897, Biographical Sketch of King G. Staples, pp. 670–671.
  5. Prominent Lumberman Dies, Albert Lea Evening Tribune, September 24, 1910, p. 1


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