Chester Hazen (January 31, 1824April 24, 1900) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and

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pioneer. He was the 29th mayor of

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, and served one term in the

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, representing

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. He established the first cheese factory in Wisconsin.

Biography

Born in

Denmark, New York Denmark is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States, named after the Kingdom of Denmark in northern Europe. The population was 2,860 at the 2010 census. The town is on the northwestern border of Lewis County and lies east of Watertown. H ...

, Hazen moved to

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in 1844. He eventually settled on a farm in Ladoga, Wisconsin, where he started the first cheese factory in Wisconsin. Hazen also helped found the Fond du Lac Dairyman Association and the Wisconsin Dairyman Association. Hazen served in the

from 1885 to 1886. In 1895, he moved to

, where he served as mayor. He died in Ripon.'Wisconsin Biography Dictionary,' Caryn Hannan, North America Book Distribution, LLC, Biographical Sketch of Chester Hazen, pg. 174-175

References

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