James DeNoon Reymert (October 24, 1821 – March 25, 1896) was a Norwegian American immigrant, newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer, and politician.The Norwegians of Wisconsin (Phillips, Wisconsin Times Newspaper. April 2, 1905)
Background Career Public offices in Wisconsin Reymert was elected a member of the second Wisconsin constitutional convention (1847–1848). He served in 1849 as a Free Soil member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Racine County, and as a member of the county's board of supervisors.Western Historical Company. The history of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879; p. 315
Reymert, James De Noon 1821–1896 (Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Wisconsin Historic Society)
After Wisconsin Legacy References The Diary of Søren Bache, 1839-1847 (translated and edited by C. A. Clausen (Norwegian-American Historical Association. 1951. XV: Page 77) James Denoon Reymert (The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated. February 1872, Volume LIV, No. 2. Whole Number 397) Sons of Norway gather to mark newspaper birth (Milwaukee Sentinel Muskego, Wisconsin. July 29, 1917 James Denoon Reymert and the Norwegian Press(by Martin L. Reymert (Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume XII: Page 79)
Further reading Blegen, Theodore, Norwegian Migration to the United States (Norwegian- American Historical Association, Northfield, Minn., 1940) Ronning, Nils Nilsen The Saga of Old Muskego (Old Muskego Memorial. Waterford, Wisconsin, 1943)
External links
Nordlyset, the first Norwegian language newspaper in America Nordlyset Images Reymert (slekt) Norwegian