Gerry Whiting Hazelton
United States Attorney for theEastern District of Wisconsin
In office 1876–1885
Appointed by	Ulysses S. Grant
President	Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur
Preceded by	Levi Hubbell
Succeeded by	W. A. Walker
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's2nd district
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	David Atwood
Succeeded by	Lucien B. Caswell
President pro tempore of theWisconsin Senate
In office September 10, 1862 – January 14, 1863
Preceded by	Frederick Thorpe
Succeeded by	Wyman Spooner
Member of theWisconsin Senate from the25th district
In office January 1, 1861 – January 1, 1863
Preceded by	Moses M. Davis
Succeeded by	Jonathan Bowman
District Attorney ofColumbia County
In office January 1, 1865 – January 1, 1867
Preceded by	Israel Holmes
Succeeded by	J. T. Clark
Personal details
Born	(1829-02-24)February 24, 1829 Chester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	September 29, 1920(1920-09-29) (aged 91) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Martha Squire Hazelton
Children	Anna Hazelton (b. 1858; died 1951)
Parents	William Hazelton (father) Mercy J. Cochrane (mother)
Relatives	George Cochrane Hazelton (brother) Clark B. Cochrane (uncle)

Gerry Whiting Hazelton (February 24, 1829 – September 29, 1920) was an American lawyer andRepublican politician. He representedWisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the42nd and43rd Congresses. He also served nine years asUnited States Attorney for theEastern District of Wisconsin, and two years as a member of theWisconsin State Senate, representingColumbia County.

Born inChester,Rockingham County, New Hampshire,^[1] he attended the common schools andPinkerton Academy inDerry, New Hampshire,^[1] and he received instruction from a private tutor. He studied law and was admitted to thebar inAmsterdam, New York, in 1852.^[1][2]

Hazelton moved toColumbus, Wisconsin, in 1860, where he served in theWisconsin State Senate in1861 and1862,^[1] and was chosen as president pro tempore in the special session of 1862. He was a delegate to the1860 Republican National Convention^[1] and becamedistrict attorney forColumbia County, Wisconsin in 1865. He was then appointed collector ofinternal revenue for the second district of Wisconsin in 1866 and removed byPresident Johnson the same year.

Elected to the House of Representatives in theForty-second andForty-thirdUnited States Congresses Hazelton was United States Representative forWisconsin's 2nd congressional district (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875).^[1][3] After he served his terms, he moved toMilwaukee and became theUnited States attorney for the western district of Wisconsin.^[1] He later was appointed special master in chancery in 1912 and was the United States court commissioner and commissioner for Milwaukee County for many years.

Hazelton died in Milwaukee on September 29, 1920 (age 91 years, 218 days).^[4] He isinterred at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The son of William and Mercy Jane Hazelton, he married Martha L. Squire in 1854 and they had a daughter, Anna.^[1][4][5] His brother,George Cochrane Hazelton, was also a representative from Wisconsin. His uncle (his mother's brother),Clark B. Cochrane, was a congressman from New York.

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• 1829 births
• 1920 deaths
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• People from Columbus, Wisconsin
• Pinkerton Academy alumni
• Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
• United States attorneys for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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