Joseph E. Irish

Joseph E. Irish (August 7, 1833 – May 2, 1899) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.^[1]

Irish was born on August 7, 1833, in Paris, New York.^[2] He attended the Oneida Conference Seminary.^[3] In 1859, Irish became a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was later chaplain to the 19th Infantry Regiment and the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army from 1892 to 1896. That year, Irish suffered a paralyzing stroke that he never fully recovered from. He died on May 2, 1899.^[4]

Political career

Irish represented the 24th District from 1872 to 1873.^[4] He was the first clergyman to serve in the Senate.^[4] Other positions Irish held include County Surveyor of Richland County, Wisconsin, Register of the U.S. Land Office in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and U.S. Consul in Cognac, France.^[4] He was a Republican.

^ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
^ "Wisconsin Necrology for the Year Ending November 30, 1899". Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1900. p. 93. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
^ THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN (11th ed.). Madison, Wis.: Smith & Cullaton. 1872. p. 440. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rev. J. E. Irish Dead". The Weekly Wisconsin. May 6, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.