James Lauderdale was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Lauderdale was born on August 29, 1813, in Cambridge, New York.
[1] In 1842, he moved to what is now La Grange, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
Lake Lauderdale in his hometown of Cambridge, New York, and Lauderdale, Wisconsin, are named after him.
Lauderdale was a member of the Assembly in 1853 and 1856.