{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = David B. Loomis | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | office = Member of the Minnesota Territorial Council | term_start = September 3, 1849 | term_end = January 3, 1854 | predecessor = ''Position established'' | successor = John Edward Mower | office2 = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the 22nd district | term_start2 = January 6, 1874 | term_end2 = January 4, 1875 | birth_date = {{birth date text|1817}} | birth_place = Connecticut | death_date = {{death date and age|1897|1817}} | death_place = | party = Whig<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 February 1851|title=Circular of the Whig Members of the Legislature in Relation to the Disposition of the Public Printing|work=The Minnesota Pioneer|url=https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/lccn/sn83025241/1851-02-13/ed-1/seq-1|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> | occupation = Lumberman <!--Military service--> | allegiance = United States | branch = Union Army | unit = 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment | battles = American Civil War | service_years = 1861–1864 | rank = Captain }} '''David B. Loomis''' (1817–1897) was an American lumberman and politician who served in the Minnesota Territorial Council from 1849 until 1854 and in the Minnesota House of Representatives for the year 1874. He was the President of the Territorial Council from 1851 until 1852.
== Biography == Loomis was born in Connecticut in 1817.<ref name="three centuries">{{cite book |title=Minnesota in Three Centuries, 1655-1908 |date=1908 |publisher=Publishing Society of Minnesota |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mGgLAQAAIAAJ |access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> He came to Alton, Illinois, with his parents and received his common education there. He then attended Western Reserve University. His brother, Elias, was a professor of mathematics while he attended.<ref name="lowdown">{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Brent |title=David B. Loomis: St. Croix Valley pioneer |url=https://www.presspubs.com/st_croix/news/david-b-loomis-st-croix-valley-pioneer/article_8a4b60ee-d1d0-11e1-a3a2-0019bb2963f4.html |access-date=February 12, 2021 |work=The Lowdown |publisher=Press Publications |date=July 19, 2012}}</ref>
Loomis came to St. Croix Falls in 1843 and began working in the lumber industry. He would partner with such figures as W.H.C. Folsom and Martin Mower, the brother of John Edward Mower.<ref name="lowdown"/>
Upon the establishment of the Minnesota Territory, Loomis was elected to the Territorial Council. His place of residence was listed as Marine Mills. He was appointed President of the Council for the Second Territorial Legislature.<ref name="three centuries"/> While President, he created legislation that formed Chisago County.<ref name="lowdown"/>
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Loomis was enlisted into the 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment. He was made first lieutenant of Company F and was sent to Fort Ripley. He was made captain in 1863 but had to resign due to disability a year later.<ref name="lowdown"/>
Following the war, he moved to Stillwater and was elected to the House of Representatives for one term. He died in 1897.<ref name="lowdown"/>
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== External links == *[https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13689 Biography] at the Minnesota Legislature {{Authority control}}
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