Eleazer Wakeley

The Honorable
Eleazer Wakeley
Nebraska District Court Judge
In office
1883–1892
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Nebraska Territory
In office
January 1857 – May 1861
Preceded byJames Bradley
Succeeded byWilliam F. Lockwood
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 1, 1853 – January 1, 1856
Preceded byAlva Stewart
Succeeded byJesse C. Mills
Constituency12th Senate district
In office
January 1, 1852 – January 1, 1853
Preceded byGeorge Gale
Succeeded byAlva Stewart
Constituency14th Senate district
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dane 5th district
In office
January 1, 1867 – January 1, 1868
Preceded byBenjamin F. Hopkins
Succeeded byLevi B. Vilas
Member of the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory for Walworth County
In office
October 18, 1847 – March 13, 1848
Serving with George Walworth
Preceded by
  • Charles A. Bronson
  • Palmer Gardiner
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Personal details
Born(1822-06-25)June 25, 1822
Homer, New York
DiedNovember 21, 1912(1912-11-21) (aged 90)
Omaha, Nebraska
Resting placeProspect Hill Cemetery
Omaha, Nebraska
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Sabina Sarah Comstock
  • (died 1918)
Children
  • Arthur Cooper Wakeley
  • (b. 1855; died 1928)
  • Bird Chapman Wakeley
  • (b. 1857; died 1911)
  • Lucius Winchester Wakeley
  • (b. 1859; died 1928)
  • Lucy Wakeley
  • (b. 1861; died 1917)
  • William Comstock Wakeley
  • (b. 1862; died 1894)
  • Emily Doane (Crain)
  • (b. 1871; died 1971)
Parents
Professionlawyer, judge
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Volunteers
Union Army
Years of service1862–1863
RankCorporal, USV
Unit145th Reg. Penn. Vol. Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Eleazer Wakeley (June 25, 1822 – November 21, 1912) was an American lawyer, politician, judge, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Nebraska. He was a Nebraska District Court Judge, a justice of the Nebraska Territory's Supreme Court, and a delegate to Nebraska's constitutional convention. In Wisconsin, he served two terms in the Wisconsin State Senate and one in the Wisconsin State Assembly, he also served in the last sessions of the legislature of the Wisconsin Territory.