Allen R. Bushnell

Allen R. Bushnell
From Soldiers and Citizens' Album of Biographical Record (1888)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded byRobert M. La Follette Sr.
Succeeded byJoseph W. Babcock
United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin
In office
April 1886 – April 1890
PresidentGrover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Preceded byH. M. Lewis
Succeeded bySamuel A. Harper
1st Mayor of Lancaster, Wisconsin
In office
April 1878 – April 1879
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGeorge Clementson
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Grant 2nd district
In office
January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
Preceded byHenry B. Coons
Succeeded byWilliam H. Clise
District Attorney of Grant County, Wisconsin
In office
Summer 1864 – January 2, 1865
Appointed byJames T. Lewis
Preceded byJoseph Trotter Mills
Succeeded byGeorge Cochrane Hazelton
In office
January 7, 1861 – August 1861
Preceded byJoseph Trotter Mills
Succeeded byJoseph Trotter Mills
Personal details
Born(1833-07-18)July 18, 1833
Hartford, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMarch 29, 1909(1909-03-29) (aged 75)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Cause of deathPneumonia
Resting placeHillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
Republican (before 1876)
Spouses
  • Laura F. Burr
    (died 1873)
  • Mary P. Sherman
    (m. 1875)
Children
  • with Laura Burr
  • Mabel (Kerr)
  • (b. 1869; died 1936)
  • Curtis Bushnell
  • (b. 1870; died 1870)
  • Fay Chase Bushnell
  • (b. 1872; died 1872)
  • with Mary Sherman
  • Edward Bushnell
  • (b. 1876; died 1877)
  • Floyd H. Bushnell
  • (b. 1883; died 1896)
  • Alfred H. Bushnell
  • (died after 1909)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1863
RankCaptain, USV
Unit7th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Allen Ralph Bushnell (July 18, 1833 – March 29, 1909) was an American attorney, politician, and Democratic member of Congress from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was the first mayor of Lancaster, Wisconsin, and represented that area in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1872 session. He also served as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War with the famous Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac.