John Wesley North | |
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| Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives | |
| In office 1849–1851 | |
| Nevada Territorial Supreme Court | |
| In office 1863–1864 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 4, 1815 Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York |
| Died | February 22, 1890[1] Fresno, California |
| Political party | Republican |
John Wesley North (January 4, 1815 – February 22, 1890) was an American abolitionist, lawyer, and politician. A founder of the Republican Party of Minnesota, North also served in Minnesota's constitutional convention. As a legislator in the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, North was influential in founding the University of Minnesota. He was appointed as Nevada's first surveyor general and as an associate justice on Nevada's territorial Supreme Court.
He was the founder of the cities of Northfield, Minnesota and Riverside, California.
- ^ Patricia D. Cafferata, "Nevada's Crooked Territorial Justices", Nevada Lawyer (October 2014), p. 9.