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Alanson B. Vaughan

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Alanson B. Vaughan (June 6, 1806, in Clinton County, New York – October 3, 1876[citation needed]) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature. He settled in what would become Rock County, Wisconsin in 1843. He later worked as a merchant in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota. The town was in part named after Vaughan, because of the similarity to the sound of his first name.[1] He was a member of the Assembly during the 1848 session as a Whig.[2] From 1856 to 1857, he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Territorial Legislature as a Republican.[3] Additionally, he was Postmaster of Lansing.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Warren Upham (2001). Minnesota Place Names (3rd ed.). St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 387.
  2. ^ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book. p. 182.
  3. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-Alanson B. Vaughn