Luther Hanchett was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Wisconsin

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Born in Middlebury Ohio

Middlebury Township, Knox County, Ohio

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, Hanchett attended the common schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Fremont, Ohio

Fremont, Ohio

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He moved to Portage County, Wisconsin

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, in 1849.
He engaged in lumber and mining enterprises. He also served as District Attorney

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 for two years.
He served as member of the Wisconsin State Senate

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 1856–1860.

Hanchett was elected as a Republican

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 to the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1861, until his death in Plover, Wisconsin

Plover, Wisconsin

Plover is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States and is a suburb of Stevens Point. It is included in the Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,520 at the 2000 census.-History:...

, November 24, 1862.
He was interred in Plover Cemetery.

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