Edward Collins was a farmer from Root Creek,

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who served a single one-year term in the 1863 session of the

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, representing the 8th

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district (the towns of

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and

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). At the time of his service, he was 46 years old, and had been in Wisconsin 22 years. He was a native of

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. He was assigned to the

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on State Lands. He succeeded fellow Democrat

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; and was succeeded in the 1864 session by former State Senator Edward McGarry, another Democrat and native of Ireland.Stewart, Frank M.; Dean, John S., Ed. ''The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin; comprising Jefferson's manual, rules, forms and laws, for the regulation of business: also, lists and tables for reference: Third Annual Edition'' Madison: William J. Park, State Printer, Harding's Block, 1864; p. 132
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Edward 1810s births Irish emigrants to the United States Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Farmers from Wisconsin People from Root Creek, Wisconsin 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature Year of death missing