what was his political career like?
He served in the Wisconsin State Senate as a Democrat, in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Free Soiler, again in the Senate as a Republican and was instrumental in the successful movement to abolish capital punishment in Wisconsin
Christopher Latham Sholes
He became a newspaper publisher and politician, serving in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1848 to 1849 as a Democrat, in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1852 to 1853 as a Free Soiler, and again in the Senate as a Republican from 1856 to 1857. He was instrumental in the successful movement to abolish capital punishment in Wisconsin;
what is sholes and glidden typewriter? First commercially successful typewriter when was this developed? 1867-1874 who designed it? Christopher Latham Sholes where was this person from? United States what was his career? Inventor, newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician what was the record he was part of? He was content to have no opinion about Voree Record when did he invent it? In 1845 while working as editor of the "Southport Telegraph", he heard about the alleged discovery of the Voree Record
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Christopher Latham Sholes [SEP] Youth and political career
Born in Mooresburg, in Montour County, Pennsylvania, Sholes moved to nearby Danville and worked there as an apprentice to a printer. After completing his apprenticeship, Sholes moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1837, and later to Southport, Wisconsin (present-day Kenosha). He became a newspaper publisher and politician, serving in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1848 to 1849 as a Democrat, in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1852 to 1853 as a Free Soiler, and again in the Senate as a Republican from 1856 to 1857. He was instrumental in the successful movement to abolish capital punishment in Wisconsin; his newspaper, "The Kenosha Telegraph", reported on the trial of John McCaffary in 1851, and then in 1853 he led the campaign in the Wisconsin State Assembly.