George W. Cate

Who was George W. Cate?

George Washington Cate was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Montpelier, Vermont, Cate attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at Montpelier in April 1844. He moved to Wisconsin in 1845 and supported himself in the lumber industry until he began the practice of law in Plover, Wisconsin on January 1, 1848. He served as Deputy Postmaster, Register of Deeds, and Clerk to the Board of Supervisors that year. In 1849 he was elected District Attorney and served for two terms. He served as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1852 and 1853.

On October 24, 1851 he married Levara Serena Brown and moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where he opened a law office in 1852. They raised eight children: Albert George Cate, Lynn Boyd Cate, Ida Levara Cate, Annie Serena Cate, Carrie Levara Cate married William Jerome Cronyn, M.D., LL.B., who helped to establish Marquette University, Henry Brown Cate, Ruth Gray Cate, Georgeana Cate married Gerhard Melvin Dahl, J.D., who was Vice President of Chase National Bank from 1917–1923 and then chairman of the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Corp. in New York City from 1923-1943.