Grégoire Dupont

Grégoire Joseph Dupont (December 18, 1842–July 1, 1917) was a Belgian-American politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1887, representing Brown County's first district.[1]

Grégoire Dupont
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 1st Brown County district
In office
1887–1887
Personal details
Born(1842-12-18)December 18, 1842
Pietrebais, Province of Brabant, Belgium
DiedJuly 1, 1917(1917-07-01) (aged 74)
Robinsonville, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Julie Henrion (m. 1862)

Biography

Dupont was born in Belgium in 1842, and immigrated to Wisconsin in 1855.[2] He married fellow Belgian Julie Henrion at Bay Settlement, Wisconsin in 1862, and they had nine children together.[2] At various points in his life, Dupont was occupied as a shingle mill laborer, photographer and farmer.[3] He lived in Robinsonville, Wisconsin.[4]

Dupont was a member of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry in the American Civil War.[5] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1887 as the representative for northeastern Brown County. Dupont was one of the first Belgian-Americans from northeast Wisconsin to serve in the Assembly; others included Joseph Wery, Constant Martin, Benjamin Fontaine and John B. Eugene.[1] Dupont was also a school board member, the town chairman for Green Bay, a Brown County supervisor for the town of Green Bay and a member of the Green Bay Dairy Board of Trade.[6][7][4] He held the town supervisor position for 28 years.[8]

Dupont died on July 1, 1917 and was buried in Robinsonville.[8]

Electoral history
Wisconsin Assembly, Brown County 1st District, 1886
Party Candidate Votes %
General Election[9]
Republican Grégoire Dupont 1,598 57.21%
Democratic R. W. Cook 1,158 41.46%
Prohibitionist C. Dubois 37 1.32%
Total votes 2,793 100.0%

References
  1. Martin, Xavier (1895). Thwaites, Reuben (ed.). The Belgians of Northeast Wisconsin (13th ed.). Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company. p. 19.
  2. "Gregoire Joseph Dupont". Little Chute Historical Society. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  3. "Gregoire Joseph Dupont". Geneanet. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  4. "A Prosperous Season: Progress of the Green Bay Dairy Board of Trade". Green Bay Press-Gazette. January 4, 1890. Retrieved September 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Belgian Civil War soldiers in WISCONSIN". RootsWeb. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  6. "Will Be A Close Nip". Wisconsin State Journal. July 26, 1890. Retrieved September 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Official Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors". Green Bay Semi-Weekly Gazette. June 28, 1902. Retrieved September 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Gregoire Joseph DuPont". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  9. "The State: The Blue Book of Wisconsin". The State of Wisconsin Collection. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1887. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
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