John S. Watrous

John S. Watrous

1st Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office December 2, 1857 – March 12, 1858
Preceded by	Joseph W. Furber (Territorial)
Succeeded by	George Bradley
Minnesota State Representative from the 26th District
In office December 2, 1857 – December 6, 1859
Succeeded by	William Nettleton
Personal details
Born	Ashtabula, Ohio
Died	1897 California

John S. Watrous (died 1897) was a politician from Minnesota, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing St. Louis County, Minnesota. Watrous was the first Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, a position he held from the convention of the 1st Minnesota Legislature in December 1857, until the Speaker's chair was declared vacant on March 12, 1858, due to a prolonged absence during which he was handling private business.^[1]

Watrous died in 1897.

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Political offices
Preceded by Joseph W. Furber Territorial	Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1857–1858	Succeeded by George Bradley

Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Territorial (1849–1857)	Furber Ames Ludden Day Taylor Norris Gardner Furber

State (since 1857)	Watrous Bradley Coggswell Benson Sherwood Benson Armstrong Wakefield Farmer Davidson J. Merriam Hall Kinyon Gibbs Gilman Fletcher Gibbs W. Merriam Graves Champlin Lee Van Sant Jones Dare Dowling Babcock Clague L. Johnson Rockne Dunn Rines Flowers Parker Nolan J. Johnson Swenson Munn G. Johnson Barker Hall Hartle A. Johnson Chilgren Duxbury Dirlam Sabo Searle Norton Sieben Jennings Norton Vanasek Long Anderson Carruthers Sviggum Anderson Kelliher Zellers Thissen Daudt

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