Hiram Giles
# Hiram Giles

Hiram Horatio Giles (March 22, 1820 – May 10, 1895) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

## Biography

Giles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts. He moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and lived on a farm for two years from 1842 to 1844. He moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and settled on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin. In 1852, Giles served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1855 to 1858. Giles was a Whig and then a Republican. From 1871 to 1881, he worked for the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad as a claims and right of way agent. From 1871 to 1891, Giles served on the Wisconsin Board of Charities and Reform. Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.

