James Wakefield

Infobox_Lt_Governor
name= James Beach Wakefield


caption=
office=Lt. Governor
order= 8^th
state=Minnesota
term_start= 1875
term_end= 1877
governor= Cushman Davis and John S. Pillsbury
predecessor= Alphonso Barto
successor= Charles A. Gilman
birth_date= birth date|1825|3|21|mf=y
birth_place= Winsted, Connecticut
death_date= death date and age|1910|8|25|1825|3|21|mf=y
death_place= Blue Earth, Minnesota
party= Republican
profession= lawyer, judge, politician
spouse= Nannette Reinhart
footnotes=

James Beach Wakefield (March 21, 1825 – August 25, 1910) was a United States Representative from Minnesota; born in Winsted, Connecticut; attended the public schools at Westfield, Massachusetts, and Jonesville, New York; was graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut in 1846; studied law in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Delphi, Indiana, in 1852; moved to Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1854; first judge of the probate court of Faribault County, Minnesota; elected as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1858, 1863, and 1866, serving as speaker in the session of 1866; member of the State senate 1867 – 1869; appointed receiver of the United States Land Office at Winnebago City, Minnesota, June 1, 1869, and served until January 15, 1875, when he resigned; 8th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1875 – 1877; elected as a Republican to the 48th and 49th congresses, (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887); retired from public life; died at Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.

References

* [http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/lt_gov/ltgov_07.htm Minnesota Historical Society]
* [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11835 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]