William Avery Cochrane (1842–1929) was a member of the

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Biography

Cochrane was born on January 8, 1842, in

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. During the

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, he served with the 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. In 1867, he graduated from

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and became a teacher at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Cochrane died in August 1929.

Political career

Cochrane was elected to the Assembly in 1892. Additionally, he was an alderman and a member of the school board of

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. He was a Republican.

References

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