Alexander Mitchell (October 17, 1817 – April 19, 1887) was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States in 1839. He pursued a career in banking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded the Marine Bank of Wisconsin, and served as president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company from 1864-1887. He was considered the wealthiest person in Wisconsin for his generation and owned a mansion across the street from t...
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Alexander Mitchell (October 17, 1817 – April 19, 1887) was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States in 1839. He pursued a career in banking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded the Marine Bank of Wisconsin, and served as president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company from 1864-1887. He was considered the wealthiest person in Wisconsin for his generation and owned a mansion across the street from the Milwaukee County Courthouse, which is still there and now the site of the Wisconsin Club.
Mitchell served in the Forty-second United States Congress and Forty-third United States Congress. He was nominated for Governor of Wisconsin in 1877, but he declined.
Mitchell is buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.
Both Mitchell Park and the street Mitchell Boulevard were named in honor of Alexander. The city of Mitchell, South Dakota, incorporated in 1881, also was named in his honor. In World War II the United States liberty ship SS...
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