- HON. HARMON S. CONGER, Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit;
was born in Cortland Co.,
- N.Y., where he read and practiced law until he came to Janesville,
in 1855. While a resident of Cortland Co., he took a lively
interest in political affairs, and, while pursuing his legal
studies, he purchased the Cortland County Whig, which he edited
with ability and earnestness for six years; at the expiration
of this period, the young editor sold it out and gave his entire
time and energies to his profession; shortly after his admission
to the bar, much to his surprise, he was nominated to Congress
by the Whig Convention in 1846; owing to the political complexion
of the district, many believed that the nomination was only an
empty honor, but, contrary to general expectation, Mr. CONGER
was elected to the XXXth Congress, and was re-elected in 1848,
although his opponent was his old preceptor, and one of the ablest
and most popular men in the district; after serving two terms
in Congress, he gave his undivided attention to his profession,
allowing nothing to divert him from the pursuit of his life;
after twenty-five years experience as an attorney, a ripe scholar,
a well-trained lawyer, an honest man, he was elected Judge of
this circuit in 1870; re-elected in 1876. Free from obnoxious
partisanship as it is possible for a man to be, he has proved
to be a most satisfactory and capable judicial officer.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 702.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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