John Glen Fitzgerald (c. 1827January 31, 1863) was an American banker and Democratic politician in the early years of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served one year as Mayor of Oshkosh (1861), and represented Winnebago County for one year in the Wisconsin State Senate (1856). Biography Fitzgerald was of Irish American descent, and was a prominent citizen of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in the 1850s and early 1860s. In the early 1850s, he, along with his partner, B. F. Moore, grew to monopolize the entire steamboat fleet on Lake Winnebago and the Fox and Wolf rivers. From that, he branched into finance in 1854, when he established a commodity exchange at Oshkosh. Around this time, he married Mary Doty, the daughter of Congressman James Duane Doty, an influential Wisconsin Democrat and former Governor of Wisconsin Territory. In 1855, Fitzgerald bought out his partner, Moore, and became the sole proprietor of the Lake Winnebago Steamboat Co., operating five boats. Fitzgerald was also said to have put the steamboats on a more regular schedule and system, earning substantial profits in the process. Also in 1855, with Winnebago County's state senator, Coles Bashford, running for Governor of Wisconsin, Fitzgerald was put up as the Democratic candidate to fill the remainder of Bashford's term in the Wisconsin State Senate. Fitzgerald served in the 1856 session of the Legislature, but did not run for re-election. Instead he focused on his growing business, purchasing a stake in Oshkosh's first banking partnership, then known as Darling, Wright, & Kellogg, which would become known as Kellogg, Fitzgerald & Co., and organized under the new state banking law. After Fitzgerald's death, the bank would become the First National Bank of Oshkosh. In 1861, Fitzgerald was elected Mayor of Oshkosh. Wisconsin received word of the Battle of Fort Sumter during his first month in office; Fitzgerald immediately called a war meeting in the city, where the first company of Oshkosh volunteers were raised for service in the American Civil War—the Oshkosh volunteers became Company E of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.

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John Glen Fitzgerald (c. 1827January 31, 1863) was an American banker and Democratic politician in the early years of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served one year as Mayor of Oshkosh (1861), and represented Winnebago County for one year in the Wisconsin State Senate (1856). Biography Fitzgerald was of Irish American descent, and was a prominent citizen of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in the 1850s and early 1860s. In the early 1850s, he, along with his partner, B. F. Moore, grew to monopolize the entire steamboat fleet on Lake Winnebago and the Fox and Wolf rivers. From that, he branched into finance in 1854, when he established a commodity exchange at Oshkosh. Around this time, he married Mary Doty, the daughter of Congressman James Duane Doty, an influential Wisconsin Democrat and former Governor of Wisconsin Territory. In 1855, Fitzgerald bought out his partner, Moore, and became the sole proprietor of the Lake Winnebago Steamboat Co., operating five boats. Fitzgerald was also said to have put the steamboats on a more regular schedule and system, earning substantial profits in the process. Also in 1855, with Winnebago County's state senator, Coles Bashford, running for Governor of Wisconsin, Fitzgerald was put up as the Democratic candidate to fill the remainder of Bashford's term in the Wisconsin State Senate. Fitzgerald served in the 1856 session of the Legislature, but did not run for re-election. Instead he focused on his growing business, purchasing a stake in Oshkosh's first banking partnership, then known as Darling, Wright, & Kellogg, which would become known as Kellogg, Fitzgerald & Co., and organized under the new state banking law. After Fitzgerald's death, the bank would become the First National Bank of Oshkosh. In 1861, Fitzgerald was elected Mayor of Oshkosh. Wisconsin received word of the Battle of Fort Sumter during his first month in office; Fitzgerald immediately called a war meeting in the city, where the first company of Oshkosh volunteers were raised for service in the American Civil War—the Oshkosh volunteers became Company E of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

John Glen Fitzgerald (c. 1827January 31, 1863) was an American banker and Democratic politician in the early years of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served one year as Mayor of Oshkosh (1861), and represented Winnebago County for one year in the Wisconsin State Senate (1856).