Seymour M. Knox


Seymour Moses Knox was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Knox was born in 1818 or 1820 in Russell, New York. He relocated to the Geneva Lake area in Wisconsin in 1845. He later moved to what is now Marquette, Wisconsin. He died in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Career

Knox was president of the Green Lake Agricultural Society in the 1860s. Knox was elected to the Assembly in 1873. He was also chairman of the Town of Green Lake Board. He began his political career as a Democrat, but switched his affiliation to Republican in support of President Lincoln's anti-slavery stance.