W. J. Abrams was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

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, the Wisconsin State Senate

Wisconsin State Senate

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 and was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

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Biography

Abrams was born William Abrams on March 19, 1829 in Cambridge, New York

Cambridge (town), New York

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. He would study theology

Theology

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 in Williamstown, Massachusetts

Williamstown, Massachusetts

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, but did not finish his studies due to ill health. In 1854, he married Henrietta T. Alton. They would have three children. Their son, Winford

Winford Abrams

-Biography:Abrams was born on January 20, 1868. His father, W. J. Abrams, was also Mayor of Green Bay, as well as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly. Abrams would marry Ottilia Rhode. They had one daughter. Abrams passed away from complications due to problems with...

, also served as Mayor of Green Bay. Abrams moved to Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 in 1856, settling in Green Bay in 1861. He passed away on September 12, 1900. Abrams, Wisconsin

Abrams, Wisconsin

Abrams is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,757 at the 2000 Census. The census-designated place of Abrams is located in the town. Abrams in named after W. J...

is named in his honor.

Career

Abrams was a member of the Assembly from 1864 to 1867 and of the Senate from 1868 to 1869. He was later Mayor of Green Bay in 1881 and again from 1883 to 1884.