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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Joseph Rankin,
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Joseph Rankin Author:United States. Congress Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ADDRESSES ON THE Death Of Joseph Rankin, DELIVERED IN THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS- Address of Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, the House is co... more »nvened under special order as a mark of respect to the memory of my deceased colleague, the late Hon. Joseph Rankin, a Representative from the fifth district in the State of Wisconsin, and to permit his friends and associates in this body to pay their tribute to his character as legislator, soldier, citi - zen, husband, father, and friend. Those who knew him best esteemed him most. He was a native of New Jersey, born at Passaic September 25, 1833, but in his childhood was removed to New York, and was educated at the Homer Academy in Cortland County, then justly celebrated for the thoroughness of its teaching and the impress of manhood it stamped upon the character of its students. In his earliest manhood he determined to cast his fortune and fate with the then young and growing West, and settled in Wisconsin in 1854, and from that time until his death he remained a citizen of that State, identified with its interests and legislation, and became a thoroughly Western man in his habits and instincts. When the black cloud of internecine strife broke and deluged the country with blood, the name of Joseph Rankin was quickly attached as a volunteerupon the muster-roll of his country, and with his life in his hand he went to battle for the Union of the States and the preservation of the nation. He was no laggard in war, but for three years did service in the field, participating in many bloody engagements; always cool and nonchalant, winning the respect of his superiors and his subordinates by his gallant example and the love of his men by his kind and considerate attention to their comfort and welfare. The close of the w...« less