James Russell Vineyard was born January 16, 1801, in Frankfort, Kentucky. He settled in Platteville, Wisconsin Territory, where he was enumerated in the 1840 census of Grant County. He was elected to the Wisconsin Territorial Council.
On February 11, 1842, in the course of a heated debate in the Council over the appointment of a sheriff for Grant County, Vineyard clashed with Charles C. P. Arndt, who sought to table the appointment. After the body was adjourned, Arndt's temper remained heated. He charged Vineyard's desk, and Vineyard shot Arndt dead upon the Council floor. Vineyard had boarded with the Arndt family in Green Bay during the winter of 1835–36, and is reported to have been regarded as almost one of the family. The two men were considered fast friends, even staying at the same boarding house in Madison.
Vineyard was tried and acquitted of the murder and later served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846 and was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1848 for one term.
In 1850, he moved to California to join the Gold Rush. He settled in Sacramento, California, where he was an Indian agent. There he was elected to the California State Assembly in 1855. In 1861, he moved to Los Angeles, and was elected to the California State Senate in 1863. He died in Los Angeles on August 30, 1863.
(Adapted from Wikipedia biography and the History of Grant County, Wisconsin)
On February 11, 1842, in the course of a heated debate in the Council over the appointment of a sheriff for Grant County, Vineyard clashed with Charles C. P. Arndt, who sought to table the appointment. After the body was adjourned, Arndt's temper remained heated. He charged Vineyard's desk, and Vineyard shot Arndt dead upon the Council floor. Vineyard had boarded with the Arndt family in Green Bay during the winter of 1835–36, and is reported to have been regarded as almost one of the family. The two men were considered fast friends, even staying at the same boarding house in Madison.
Vineyard was tried and acquitted of the murder and later served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846 and was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1848 for one term.
In 1850, he moved to California to join the Gold Rush. He settled in Sacramento, California, where he was an Indian agent. There he was elected to the California State Assembly in 1855. In 1861, he moved to Los Angeles, and was elected to the California State Senate in 1863. He died in Los Angeles on August 30, 1863.
(Adapted from Wikipedia biography and the History of Grant County, Wisconsin)
James Russell Vineyard was born January 16, 1801, in Frankfort, Kentucky. He settled in Platteville, Wisconsin Territory, where he was enumerated in the 1840 census of Grant County. He was elected to the Wisconsin Territorial Council.
On February 11, 1842, in the course of a heated debate in the Council over the appointment of a sheriff for Grant County, Vineyard clashed with Charles C. P. Arndt, who sought to table the appointment. After the body was adjourned, Arndt's temper remained heated. He charged Vineyard's desk, and Vineyard shot Arndt dead upon the Council floor. Vineyard had boarded with the Arndt family in Green Bay during the winter of 1835–36, and is reported to have been regarded as almost one of the family. The two men were considered fast friends, even staying at the same boarding house in Madison.
Vineyard was tried and acquitted of the murder and later served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846 and was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1848 for one term.
In 1850, he moved to California to join the Gold Rush. He settled in Sacramento, California, where he was an Indian agent. There he was elected to the California State Assembly in 1855. In 1861, he moved to Los Angeles, and was elected to the California State Senate in 1863. He died in Los Angeles on August 30, 1863.
(Adapted from Wikipedia biography and the History of Grant County, Wisconsin)
On February 11, 1842, in the course of a heated debate in the Council over the appointment of a sheriff for Grant County, Vineyard clashed with Charles C. P. Arndt, who sought to table the appointment. After the body was adjourned, Arndt's temper remained heated. He charged Vineyard's desk, and Vineyard shot Arndt dead upon the Council floor. Vineyard had boarded with the Arndt family in Green Bay during the winter of 1835–36, and is reported to have been regarded as almost one of the family. The two men were considered fast friends, even staying at the same boarding house in Madison.
Vineyard was tried and acquitted of the murder and later served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846 and was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1848 for one term.
In 1850, he moved to California to join the Gold Rush. He settled in Sacramento, California, where he was an Indian agent. There he was elected to the California State Assembly in 1855. In 1861, he moved to Los Angeles, and was elected to the California State Senate in 1863. He died in Los Angeles on August 30, 1863.
(Adapted from Wikipedia biography and the History of Grant County, Wisconsin)
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