Timothy O. Howe
The Honorable Timothy O. Howe | |
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| 30th United States Postmaster General | |
| In office December 20, 1881 – March 25, 1883 | |
| President | Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | Thomas Lemuel James |
| Succeeded by | Walter Q. Gresham |
| United States Senator from Wisconsin | |
| In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Durkee |
| Succeeded by | Matthew H. Carpenter |
| Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| In office January 1, 1851 – June 1, 1853 | |
| Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 4th Circuit | |
| In office January 1, 1851 – 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander W. Stow |
| Succeeded by | William R. Gorsline |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Timothy Otis Howe February 24, 1816 Livermore, District of Maine, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 1883 (aged 67) Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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| Relatives | James Henry Howe (nephew) |
| Education | Maine Wesleyan Seminary |
Timothy Otis Howe (February 24, 1816 – March 25, 1883) was an American lawyer, jurist, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a United States senator for three terms, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1879. He later served as the 30th U.S. Postmaster General under President Chester A. Arthur, from 1881 until his death in 1883. While he was serving as U.S. senator, President Ulysses S. Grant offered to appoint Howe as Chief Justice of the United States, following the death of Salmon P. Chase, but Howe declined because he believed that it would result in his U.S. Senate seat being claimed by a Democrat.
Earlier in his career, he was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, at the time that the Wisconsin Supreme Court was simply a panel of the state's circuit court judges.
His nephew, James Henry Howe, became a United States district judge in Wisconsin.