Wilmot Brookings

Wilmot Brookings
Governor of the Dakota Territory
Acting
In office
January 1859 – March 2, 1861
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWilliam Jayne
Personal details
Born
Wilmot Wood Brookings

(1830-10-23)October 23, 1830
Woolwich, Maine, U.S.
DiedJune 13, 1905(1905-06-13) (aged 74)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseClara Carney
EducationBowdoin College (BA)

Wilmot Wood Brookings (October 23, 1830 – June 13, 1905) was an American pioneer, frontier judge, and early South Dakotan politician. He was provisional governor of the Dakota Territory, and both the cities of Wilmot and Brookings as well as the county of Brookings, South Dakota are named for him.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Bronstad to Brookover".
  2. ^ Wilmot Brookings