{{Short description|19th-century American lawyer, politician and judge}} {{for|the United States Marine Corps|Edwin B. Wheeler}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | honorific_prefix = The Honorable | name = Edwin Wheeler | honorific_suffix = | caption = | office = Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge {{nowrap|for the 10th Circuit}} | term_start = 1861 | term_end = January 22, 1864 | predecessor = S. R. Cotton | successor = Ganem W. Washburn | state1 = Wisconsin | state_senate1 = Wisconsin | district1 = 21st | term_start1 = January 1, 1857 | term_end1 = January 1, 1859 | predecessor1 = John Fitzgerald | successor1 = Ganem W. Washburn | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date|1828|6|28}} | birth_place = Unionville, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1864|1|22|1828|6|28}} | death_place = Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. | resting_place = Riverside Cemetery<br />Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. | alma_mater = | profession = | spouse = | children = | website = }}
'''Edwin Wheeler''' (June 28, 1828 – January 22, 1864) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the last 3 years of his life, and served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate.
==Biography== Born in Unionville, Ohio, in Lake County, Ohio, Wheeler studied law in Akron, Ohio, and in Madison, Wisconsin, and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1849. He moved to Neenah, Wisconsin, where he practiced law. In 1852, he moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was elected county judge for Winnebago County. Wheeler served in the Wisconsin State Senate 1857–1858. In 1861, Wheeler was elected Wisconsin Circuit Court judge serving until his death. He died in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.<ref>'Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin,' vol. 1, Wisconsin Bar Association: 1905, Biographical Sketch of Edwin Wheeler, pg. 141</ref>
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