Louis Bostedo
American businessman
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Louis Bostedo (1798 - 1878) was an American businessman from Weyauwega, Wisconsin who spent a single term in 1856 as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from a district which encompassed the sparsely populated Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano and Waupaca counties.[1]
He was born in New Jersey and was a partner in a mill and dam. Bostedo came to Waupaca County in 1851, being one of the first settlers of Weyauwega.[2] In 1855 he was a member of the Waupaca County Board of Supervisors from Weyauwega. He was the first village president of Waupaca.[3]
Legislative election and service
The seat was initially awarded to one William Brunquest, whom Bostedo successfully challenged,[4] with both claimants admitting that Bostedo had received the majority of the vote.[5]
He was a Democrat, succeeded fellow Democrat Perry H. Smith, and was succeeded by Democrat Benjamin F. Phillips.
After the Assembly
Bostedo remained on the county board; was a founder and president of the Old Settlers' Society of Waupaca County when that body organized in 1872, retaining the office until his death in 1878.
He was reported as a newly elected vice-president of the Ripon and Wolf River Rail Road Company in 1858.[6] That railroad had been chartered by the legislature during his term of office.[7]
