James DeNoon Reymert

James D. Reymert
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 10th district
In office
January 11, 1854 – January 9, 1856
Preceded byMarvin H. Bovee
Succeeded byEdward Gernon
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Milwaukee 9th district
In office
January 14, 1857 – January 13, 1858
Preceded byGeorge Hahn
Succeeded byMichael Hanrahan
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Racine 2nd district
In office
January 10, 1849 – January 9, 1850
Preceded byHenry B. Roberts
Succeeded byStephen O. Bennett
Personal details
BornJames DeNoon Reymert
(1821-10-24)October 24, 1821
Farsund, Sweden–Norway
DiedMarch 25, 1896(1896-03-25) (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California
PartyDemocrat
Free Soil (before 1853)

James DeNoon Reymert (October 24, 1821 – March 25, 1896) was a Norwegian American immigrant, newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer, and politician.[1]

Public offices in Wisconsin

Reymert was elected a member of the second Wisconsin constitutional convention (1847–1848). He served in 1849 as a Free Soil member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Racine County, and as a member of the county's board of supervisors.[2]

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References

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  1. ↑ The Norwegians of Wisconsin (Phillips, Wisconsin Times Newspaper. April 2, 1905)
  2. ↑ Western Historical Company. The history of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879; p. 315
  3. ↑ Reymert, James De Noon 1821–1896 (Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Wisconsin Historic Society) Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Norway Church Oldest of All". Waukesha Daily Freeman. July 13, 1968. p. 14. Retrieved June 27, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ↑ The Diary of Søren Bache, 1839-1847 (translated and edited by C. A. Clausen (Norwegian-American Historical Association. 1951. XV: Page 77) Archived 2020-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Ghost Towns of Arizona - Arizona ghost towns with history, pictures, and location". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  7. ↑ James Denoon Reymert (The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated. February 1872, Volume LIV, No. 2. Whole Number 397)
  8. ↑ Sons of Norway gather to mark newspaper birth (Milwaukee Sentinel Muskego, Wisconsin. July 29, 1917
  9. ↑ James Denoon Reymert and the Norwegian Press(by Martin L. Reymert (Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume XII: Page 79) Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

  • Blegen, Theodore, Norwegian Migration to the United States (Norwegian- American Historical Association, Northfield, Minn., 1940)
  • Ronning, Nils Nilsen The Saga of Old Muskego (Old Muskego Memorial. Waterford, Wisconsin, 1943)
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