Allen R. Bushnell

Allen R. Bushnell
Allen R. Bushnell
	From Soldiers and Citizens' Album of Biographical Record (1888)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Wisconsin's 3rd district
	In office; March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by	Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Succeeded by	Joseph W. Babcock
United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin
	In office; April 1886 – April 1890
President	Grover Cleveland; Benjamin Harrison
Preceded by	H. M. Lewis
Succeeded by	Samuel A. Harper
1st Mayor of Lancaster, Wisconsin
	In office; April 1878 – April 1879
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	George Clementson
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Grant 2nd district
	In office; January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
Preceded by	Henry B. Coons
Succeeded by	William H. Clise
District Attorney of Grant County, Wisconsin
	In office; Summer 1864 – January 2, 1865
Appointed by	James T. Lewis
Preceded by	Joseph Trotter Mills
Succeeded by	George Cochrane Hazelton
	In office; January 7, 1861 – August 1861
Preceded by	Joseph Trotter Mills
Succeeded by	Joseph Trotter Mills
Personal details
Born	July 18, 1833; Hartford, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 29, 1909 (aged 75); Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Resting place	Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Wisconsin
Party	Democratic; Republican (before 1876)
Spouses	Laura F. Burr (died 1873); Mary P. Sherman (m. 1875);
Children	with Laura Burr; Mabel (Kerr); (b. 1869; died 1936); Curtis Bushnell; (b. 1870; died 1870); Fay Chase Bushnell; (b. 1872; died 1872); with Mary Sherman; Edward Bushnell; (b. 1876; died 1877); Floyd H. Bushnell; (b. 1883; died 1896); Alfred H. Bushnell; (died after 1909);
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Volunteers; Union Army
Years of service	1861–1863
Rank	Captain, USV
Unit	7th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War Northern Virginia campaign First Battle of Rappahannock Station; Second Battle of Bull Run; ; Fredericksburg campaign Battle of Fredericksburg; Mud March; ; ;

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Allen Ralph Bushnell (July 18, 1833 – March 29, 1909) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district for the 52nd Congress (1891–1893). Before his service in Congress, he was the first mayor of Lancaster, Wisconsin (1878), and served as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin (1886–1890), appointed by President Grover Cleveland.

Earlier, he served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1872). In the 1860s, he served as district attorney of Grant County, Wisconsin, but took leave from those duties to serve as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War; in the war, he served with the famous Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac.

Bushnell began his political career as a Republican, winning his elections as district attorney and member of the Assembly on the Republican ticket. He switched to the Democratic Party in the mid 1870s due to his disdain for the political machine running the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He was elected mayor and member of Congress on the Democratic ticket.