A. Scott Sloan

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A. Scott Sloan

Andrew Scott Sloan (born June 12, 1820 in Morrisville , Madison County , New York , †  April 8, 1895 in Beaver Dam , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Scott Sloan was the older brother of Ithamar Sloan (1822-1898), who also represented the state of Wisconsin in Congress between 1863 and 1867 . He attended the public schools in his home country and the Morrisville Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1842, he began to work in Morrisville in his new profession. From 1847 to 1849 he was a clerk at the District Court in Madison County. In 1854 Sloan moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he also worked as a lawyer. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1857 he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly . He was Mayor of Beaver Dam in 1857 and 1858. He was to hold this office again in 1879. From 1858, Sloan served as a judge in the Wisconsin Third Judicial District.

In the congressional elections of 1860 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Charles H. Larrabee on March 4, 1861 . Since he waived another candidacy for the elections of 1862, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1863. This was determined by the events of the civil war . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Sloan returned to work as a lawyer. In 1864 he ran unsuccessfully to return to Congress. Between 1864 and 1866 he was employed by the Federal District Court for Wisconsin and from 1868 to 1874 he was a district judge in Dodge County . Between 1874 and 1878 he served as Attorney General of Wisconsin. From 1882 he was a judge in the 13th judicial district of his state. He held this office until his death on April 8, 1895 in Beaver Dam.

Web links

  • A. Scott Sloan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)