Orsamus Cole was a U.S. Representative

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 from Wisconsin

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Born in Cazenovia, New York

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, Cole attended the common schools and graduated from Union College

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, Schenectady, New York

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, in 1843.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Chicago, Illinois.
He moved to Potosi, Wisconsin

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, the same year and continued the practice of law.
He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1847.

Cole was elected as a Whig

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 to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in Potosi until 1855.
He served as associate justice of the State supreme court 1855-1880, and chief justice from April 1881 to January 4, 1892.
He resumed the practice of law.
He retired in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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, where he died on May 5, 1903.
He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery

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, in Madison, Wisconsin

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