Justin W. Ranney
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|state_senate = Wisconsin |
|state_senate = Wisconsin |
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|district = [[Wisconsin's 31st Senate district|31st]] |
|district = [[Wisconsin's 31st Senate district|31st]] |
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|term_start = January 7, 1867 |
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|term_end = January 4, 1869 |
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|predecessor = [[John Alonzo Chandler]] |
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|successor = [[Cyrus M. Butt]] |
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|party = {{unbulleted list |
|party = {{unbulleted list |
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| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1898|9|13|1821|1|4}} |
|death_date = {{death date and age|1898|9|13|1821|1|4}} |
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|death_place = [[Hamilton, Wisconsin]], U.S. |
|death_place = [[Hamilton, Wisconsin]], U.S. |
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|resting_place = Hamilton Cemetery, {{nowrap|West Salem, Wisconsin}} |
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|spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Quackenbush|1849|1881|end=died}} |
|spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Quackenbush|1849|1881|end=died}} |
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|children = {{unbulleted list |
|children = {{unbulleted list |
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In 1854, he sold his interests in New York and moved west to the new state of [[Wisconsin]]. He came directly to {{nowrap|[[La Crosse County, Wisconsin|La Crosse County]]}}, and settled on a farm in what is now the town of [[Hamilton, Wisconsin|Hamilton]], just outside the village of [[West Salem, Wisconsin]]. This farm would be his primary residence for the rest of his life,{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saint-paul-globe-justin-w-ranney-ob/126528084/ |title= Deaths of the Day |newspaper= [[The St. Paul Globe]] |date= September 15, 1898 |page= 8 |accessdate= June 16, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }} and his farm would be recognized as one of the most successful in the region.{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/cu31924028871536/ |title= History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin |year= 1881 |publisher= Western Historical Company |last= Butterfield |first= Consul Willshire |pages= [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028871536/page/827/ 827] |accessdate= June 16, 2023 }} |
In 1854, he sold his interests in New York and moved west to the new state of [[Wisconsin]]. He came directly to {{nowrap|[[La Crosse County, Wisconsin|La Crosse County]]}}, and settled on a farm in what is now the town of [[Hamilton, Wisconsin|Hamilton]], just outside the village of [[West Salem, Wisconsin]]. This farm would be his primary residence for the rest of his life,{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saint-paul-globe-justin-w-ranney-ob/126528084/ |title= Deaths of the Day |newspaper= [[The St. Paul Globe]] |date= September 15, 1898 |page= 8 |accessdate= June 16, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }} and his farm would be recognized as one of the most successful in the region.{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/cu31924028871536/ |title= History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin |year= 1881 |publisher= Western Historical Company |last= Butterfield |first= Consul Willshire |pages= [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028871536/page/827/ 827] |accessdate= June 16, 2023 }} |
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Ranney was active throughout his life in agricultural interests, but rarely served in elected office. He ran for [[Wisconsin Senate]] in 1866 and was nominated at the [[National Union Party (United States)|National Union Party]] district convention over former state representative [[William H. Officer]].{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/vernon-county-censor-justin-w-ranney-no/126530529/ |
Ranney was active throughout his life in agricultural interests, but rarely served in elected office. He ran for [[Wisconsin Senate]] in 1866 and was nominated at the [[National Union Party (United States)|National Union Party]] district convention over former state representative [[William H. Officer]].{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/vernon-county-censor-justin-w-ranney-no/126530529/ |title= Senatorial Convention |newspaper= Vernon County Censor |date= October 17, 1866 |page= 2 |accessdate= June 16, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }} His nomination was a bit of a controversy in the [[Wisconsin's 31st Senate district|31st Senate district]], which then comprised all of [[La Crosse County, Wisconsin|La Crosse]] and [[Vernon County, Wisconsin|Vernon]] counties.{{Cite report|url =https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/AYHQDYVDZND7B8P |title= The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1867 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |chapter-url= https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAYHQDYVDZND7B8P/full/ATTMW6CCEKLSHO8R |chapter= Senate Districts |page= 177 |accessdate= June 16, 2023 }} Prior to 1866, there had been an informal agreement that the next Union nominee for that district would be from Vernon County. But at the convention, the La Crosse delegates stubbornly supported Ranney against Vernon County's William Officer, and finally secured the nomination for Ranney by pledging that Vernon County could have the next two nominations (1868, 1870).{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/vernon-county-censor-la-crosse-vernon-re/126532188/ |title= The Senatorship |newspaper= Vernon County Censor |date= October 19, 1870 |page= 2 |accessdate= June 16, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }} |
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Ranney went on to win the general election, defeating Democrat John C. Kurtze.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-legislative-nomi/126530637/ |title= Wisconsin Legislature–1867 |newspaper= [[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date= November 3, 1866 |page= 1 |accessdate= June 16, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }} He served in the [[20th Wisconsin Legislature|1867]] and [[21st Wisconsin Legislature|1868]] legislative sessions, and, as pledged, did not seek renomination in 1868. During 1867, the National Union coalition began to break down over disagreements on reconstruction, and in 1868 Ranney identified with the Republican Party.{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/JLE4WFV4OJWHU8Z |
Ranney went on to win the general election, defeating Democrat John C. Kurtze.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-legislative-nomi/126530637/ |title= Wisconsin Legislature–1867 |newspaper= [[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date= November 3, 1866 |page= 1 |accessdate= June 16, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }} He served in the [[20th Wisconsin Legislature|1867]] and [[21st Wisconsin Legislature|1868]] legislative sessions, and, as pledged, did not seek renomination in 1868. During 1867, the National Union coalition began to break down over disagreements on reconstruction, and in 1868 Ranney identified with the Republican Party.{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/JLE4WFV4OJWHU8Z |title= The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1868 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |chapter-url= https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AJLE4WFV4OJWHU8Z/full/AHMBPBZUWZGNKD8F |chapter= Statistical List of the Senate for 1868 |page= 167 |accessdate= June 16, 2023 }} |
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Ranney remained active with the Republican Party and was a perennial delegate to the county and district level conventions. While attending the 1870 senatorial convention, Ranney, along with the rest of the La Crosse delegation, again broke their promise to the Vernon delegation and secured the nomination of [[Angus Cameron (American politician)|Angus Cameron]] over the incumbent [[Cyrus M. Butt]]. |
Ranney remained active with the Republican Party and was a perennial delegate to the county and district level conventions. While attending the 1870 senatorial convention, Ranney, along with the rest of the La Crosse delegation, again broke their promise to the Vernon delegation and secured the nomination of [[Angus Cameron (American politician)|Angus Cameron]] over the incumbent [[Cyrus M. Butt]]. |
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