Alanson B. Vaughan was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature.
Biography
Vaughan was born on June 6, 1806, in Clinton County, New York. He settled in what would become Rock County, Wisconsin in 1843. He later worked as a merchant in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota. The town was in part named after Vaughan, because of the similarity to the sound of his first name. He was a member of the Assembly during the 1848 session as a Whig. From 1856 to 1857, he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Territorial Legislature as a Republican. Additionally, he was Postmaster of Lansing. He died on October 3, 1876.