A. Scott Sloan Explained

A. Scott Sloan
State:Wisconsin
Term Start:March 4, 1861
Term End:March 3, 1863
Predecessor:Charles H. Larrabee
Successor:Amasa Cobb
Order1:11th
Office1:Attorney General of Wisconsin
Term Start1:January 5, 1874
Term End1:January 7, 1878
Governor1:William Robert Taylor
Harrison Ludington
Predecessor1:Stephen Steele Barlow
Successor1:Alexander Wilson
Office2:Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
Term Start2:January 2, 1882
Term End2:April 8, 1895
Predecessor2:Position established
Successor2:James J. Dick
Office3:Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
Appointer3:Alexander Randall
Term Start3:September 22, 1858
Term End3:June 1, 1859
Predecessor3:Charles H. Larrabee
Successor3:John E. Mann
Order4:2nd & 21st
Title4:Mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Term Start4:April 1879
Term End4:April 1880
Predecessor4:Edward Elwell
Successor4:George E. Swan
Term Start5:April 1857
Term End5:April 1858
Predecessor5:John Robinson
Successor5:E. P. Smith
State Assembly6:Wisconsin
District6:Dodge 5th
Term Start6:January 5, 1857
Term End6:January 4, 1858
Predecessor6:Charles Burchard
Successor6:Frederick H. Kribs
Birth Name:Andrew Scott Sloan
Birth Date:12 June 1820
Birth Place:Morrisville, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S.
Restingplace:Oakwood Cemetery,
Spouse:Ann Dodge
Father:Andrew Scott Sloan
Mother:Mehitable (Conkey) Sloan
Relatives:Ithamar Sloan (brother)

Andrew Scott Sloan (June 12, 1820April 8, 1895) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives and was Wisconsin's 11th Attorney General. He also 14 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge and was a three-term mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. His brother, Ithamar Sloan, was also a U.S. congressman.[1]

Biography

Born in Morrisville, New York,[2] Sloan attended the public schools and Morrisville Academy.[3] He married Angelina Mary Dodge in 1841[3] or 1843.[2] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1842,[2] commencing practice in Morrisville, New York. He served as clerk of the Madison County Court from 1847 to 1849.[3]

In 1854, Sloan moved to Wisconsin, settling in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he continued the practice of law.[2] [3] He served as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1857, and as mayor of Beaver Dam in 1857, 1858, and again in 1879. In 1858, he was also appointed in 1858 as judge of the Wisconsin Circuit Court for the third district.[2] [3]

Sloan was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863) as the representative of Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862, and afterwards resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Union Party for election in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress. He then served as clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin from 1864 until 1866, and as judge of the Dodge County Court from 1868 to 1874. He was Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1878, and served as judge of the circuit court for the thirteenth judicial district from January 1882 until his death.[3]

He died of pneumonia in Beaver Dam at the age of 74,[2] and was interred in Oakwood Cemetery. His son, Henry Clay Sloan, was also a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Supreme Court (1860)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 3, 1860

U.S. House of Representatives (1860)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 6, 1860

U.S. House of Representatives (1864)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 8, 1864

Wisconsin Attorney General (1873, 1875)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 4, 1873| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 2, 1875

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sloan, Andrew Scott 1820 - 1895 . . December 19, 2021 .
  2. News: Judge Sloan Dead . The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune . April 13, 1895 . Centralia, WI . 2 . . April 24, 2021.
  3. News: A. Scott Sloan Memorial . The Watertown News . June 12, 1895 . Watertown, WI . 4 . . April 23, 2021.