Morgan Lewis Martin
![Oil on canvas portrait by [[Samuel Marsden Brookes]], c.1856](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Morgan_Lewis_Martin_-_Brookes.jpg)
Martin arrived in the area that is now Wisconsin before the Wisconsin Territory was created, when it was still part of the Michigan Territory; he also served in the Michigan Territory legislature in the 1830s. During those early years, he was also instrumental in the development of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; he was a financial partner to Solomon Juneau in his original land claims in what is now Milwaukee, he sketched one of the first maps of the area, assisted Juneau in platting the original Milwaukee village, and assisted in constructing several of the first buildings.
After Wisconsin achieved statehood, he served two years each in the Wisconsin Senate (1858 & 1859) and State Assembly (1855 & 1874). He also served as a Union Army paymaster and U.S. Indian Agent during the 1860s, and served as vice president of the Wisconsin Historical Society and probate judge for Brown County in the last decade of his life. Provided by Wikipedia
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