John Hackett (Wisconsin politician)

'''John Hackett''' (January 26, 1808 – February 5, 1886) was an American politician and merchant.

==Biography== Born in [[Vermont]], Hackett moved to [[Wisconsin Territory]] and settled in [[Beloit, Wisconsin|Beloit]], Wisconsin Territory. He was a merchant and owned a store. He served as Postmaster of Beloit in 1839 and in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature from 1840 to 1842 as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. Hackett then served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention. Then in 1852, he served in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]. He lost a bid to return to that seat in 1853, losing by 224 votes to [[Samuel Colley]], the candidate of the new [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Hackett was mayor of Beloit, Wisconsin in 1879. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1886, where he had gone because of ill health.<ref>'The Convention of 1846,' Milo Milton Qualife, Wisconsin Historical Society" 1919, Biographical Sketch of John Hackett, p. 774</ref><ref>'Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, From Earliest Times, Up to Date,' volume 2, William Fiske Brown, C. F. Cooper and Company: 1908, Biographical Sketch of John Hackett, pp. 836–839</ref>

==Legacy== His former house, now known as the [[Lathrop-Munn Cobblestone House]], is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/f9e35186-633f-4926-b24d-41a70a60e542|title=Lathrop-Munn Cobblestone House|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2018-04-24}}</ref>

A Hackett Memorial [[watering trough|Horse Trough]] is located at the southeast corner of West Grand and Bluff, in Field Park, in Beloit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI80862|title=Hackett Monument|publisher=Nation Register of Historic Places|accessdate=2023-07-26}}</ref>

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