Buel Hutchinson

Buel Eldridge Hutchinson (November 26, 1826 – March 10, 1903) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate and two years in the State Assembly. Some historical documents spell his first name Buell.

Biography
Born in Jefferson County, New York, he was educated at Potsdam Academy. In 1848 he moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1854. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1856 and 1878 and in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1860 to 1861. He was appointed district attorney of Crawford County in 1857 due to the resignation of the incumbent. During the American Civil War, Hutchinson served in the Union Army in the commissary. He moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for the second time. From 1882 to 1886, Hutchinson served as receiver of the United States Land Office in Aberdeen, Dakota Territory.

In 1901, Hutchinson moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he died on March 10, 1903. Some sources misstate his death year as 1902, but his death was formally announced in the March 13, 1903, edition of the Chicago Tribune.