James Kerr Proudfit
James Kerr Proudfit | |
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Portrait from Story of the Service of Company E and the Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry, in the War of the Rebellion (1893) | |
| 9th Adjutant General of Wisconsin | |
| In office May 1, 1866 – March 28, 1868 | |
| Governor | Lucius Fairchild |
| Preceded by | Augustus Gaylord |
| Succeeded by | Edwin E. Bryant |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 26th district | |
| In office January 1, 1866 – January 6, 1868 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Hood |
| Succeeded by | Carl Habich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 24, 1831 Argyle, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 30, 1917 (aged 85) Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Kansas City |
| Political party | Natl. Union |
| Spouse |
Emelie Teresa Kreuz
(m. 1855; died 1884) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Volunteers Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
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| Unit | 1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry |
| Commands | 12th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry |
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James Kerr Proudfit (July 24, 1831 – May 30, 1917) was an American military officer, politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin, New Mexico and Kansas. He served in the Union Army throughout the American Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel, and earned an honorary brevet to the rank of brigadier general after the conclusion of the war. He later served as a member of the Wisconsin Senate, adjutant general of Wisconsin, and surveyor general of New Mexico; he was also one of the founders of the Grand Army of the Republic, serving as the first department commander for Wisconsin.
His elder brother, Andrew Proudfit, was also a Wisconsin state senator and the 9th mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. James Proudfit's daughter Isabelle married Orrin L. Miller, who went on to become a U.S. representative and judge in Kansas.