Life Span
to
Full name
Coles Bashford
Place of Birth
Putnam County, NY
Burial Place
Oakland, CA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
1
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
7
Family

Frances Adams Forman (wife)

Education
Other
Other Education
Genesee Wesleyan (NY)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Whig
Republican
Government
Grant Administration (1869-77)
US House of Representatives
Governor
State legislature
Other state government
Date Event
Coles Bashford sworn in as Republican governor of Wisconsin
Republican Coles Bashford is elected as the Arizona Territory's delegate to the U.S. Congress.
Republican Party
Fortieth Congress of the United States
How to Cite This Page: "Bashford, Coles," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/46117.