Leander Franklin Frisby was an American

United States

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 Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 politician and lawyer from Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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Born in Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

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, Frisby moved to Burlington

Burlington, Wisconsin

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, Wisconsin Territory

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, in 1846, where he taught school. In 1850, Frisby was admitted to the Wisconsin bar and moved to West Bend, Wisconsin

West Bend, Wisconsin

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. Frisby was the first district attorney of Washington County, Wisconsin. He was active in the Free Soil Party

Free Soil Party

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 and then the Republican Party after 1854. In 1861, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

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. Frisby served as Wisconsin Attorney General 1882-1887.