Christopher Latham Sholes
Former Member of the Wisconsin State Senate
Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States. He was... Wikipedia
Born: February 14, 1819, Mooresburg, PA
Died: February 17, 1890 (age 71 years), Milwaukee, WI
Nationality: American
Education: Danville Area High School
Parents: Orrin Sholes and Catherine Cook Sholes
Party: Republican Party
Previous offices: Member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1856–1858), Member of Wisconsin State Assembly (1852–1854), and Member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1848–1850)