resigning. He was later an alderman for Chicago. In 1867, Wadsworth was appointed a representative of the Cook County Board of Commissioners for the construction of the Illinois State Capitol building. He was elected the first president of the Chicago Club upon its founding in 1869. In 1874 he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue of the 1st District of Illinois by President Grant, and held that post until his resignation the following year. Wadsworth returned to Connecticut later in his life. In 1895, he was elected as a Republican to the Connecticut House of Representatives, serving a two-year term. Wadsworth married Georgiana H. Loomis in 1855. They had two children: Philip (died in infancy) and Emily. He died in Chicago on September 12, 1901 and was buried in Woodfield Cemetery in Suffield, Connecticut. References 1832 births 1901 deaths 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American politicians American businesspeople in retailing Burials in Connecticut Businesspeople from Chicago Businesspeople from Connecticut Chicago City Council members Illinois Republicans Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives People from New Hartford, Connecticut People of Illinois in the American Civil War Wadsworth family