Randall Wilcox

Randall Wilcox (November 9, 1793 – October 18, 1872) was an American businessman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.

He was the first village president of De Pere, Wisconsin, and played an important role in the early work to develop the Fox River system for navigability.

[4] In 1844, Wilcox was elected to represent the northeast quadrant of Wisconsin on the council (upper house of the legislature).

[5] After Wisconsin achieved statehood, Wilcox was the first chairman of the Brown County board of supervisors under state government, and remained in that office until 1852.

[4] In 1852, he was elected to his first term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, running on the Democratic Party ticket.

At the time, the Robinson brothers were operating the partisan Democratic newspaper the Green Bay Advocate.

Wilcox home c.1867