Dewey chose not to run for a third term as state governor in 1852, but in the following year he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate and served as a state senator from Wisconsin's Sixteenth District from 1854 to 1855.
Dewey chose not to run for a third term as state governor in 1852. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate. This was in the following year. He was served as a state senator from Wisconsin's Sixteenth District from 1854 to 1855. This was in the following year.