William Pitt Lynde (1817 to 1885)

Section 19, Block 19, Lots 3 – 6

Lynde’s political and legal career spanned 44 years. Offices held include Milwaukee mayor, state assembly and senate, state attorney general, U.S. district attorney and separate terms in the House of Representatives. A law partnership he founded with Asahel Finch, Jr. in 1842 survives today as Foley & Lardner, the oldest and largest law firm in Wisconsin.