Kearton Coates

Kearton Coates (May 13, 1820 – April 16, 1893) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography
Coates was born on May 13, 1820, in Gunnerside, England. He moved to Platteville, Wisconsin, in 1842 and to Linden, Wisconsin, in 1844. He and his wife had 15 children. Coates died on April 16, 1893, and is buried in Edmund, Wisconsin.

Career
Coates became a member of the Assembly in 1875. Previously, Coates was Chairman and Assesor of Linden and Register of Deeds and Superintendent of the Poor of Iowa County, Wisconsin. In 1873, he was an unsuccessful candidate for county judge. He was a Republican.