Hiram Sawyer

Hiram Sawyer (August 24, 1814 – November 24, 1888) was an American stonecutter, farmer, and Wisconsin pioneer.

He purchased a tract of land in what is now the town of Burnett, Wisconsin, in Dodge County; he brought his wife and children to live on the farm the following year.

[2] He was involved with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and was elected to the Dodge County Board of Supervisors, serving as chairman for the 1864 and 1865 sessions.

[1] In 1865, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly from Dodge County's 3rd Assembly district, which then comprised the towns of Emmet, Clyman, Oak Grove, Burnett, and Chester, and the northern half of the city of Waterford.

[3] For several years in the 1870s, he served as a statistical correspondent for the United States Department of Agriculture, reporting on the farms and climate in Dodge County.