Isaac S. Tallmadge Explained

Isaac S. Tallmadge
Office:District Attorney of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Term Start:January 1, 1856
Term End:January 1, 1858
Predecessor:Edward S. Bragg
Successor:Albert W. Paine
Term Start1:January 1, 1850
Term End1:January 1, 1852
Predecessor1:S. S. N. Fuller
Successor1:William H. Ebbets
State Assembly2:Wisconsin
District2:Fond du Lac 3rd
Term Start2:January 3, 1853
Term End2:January 2, 1855
Predecessor2:Position Established
Successor2:William H. Ebbets
Birth Name:Isaac Smith Tallmadge
Birth Date:31 May 1824
Birth Place:New York, U.S.
Death Place:Bellevue Hospital,, U.S.
Death Cause:Abscess
Father:Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
Mother:Abby Lewis (Smith) Tallmadge
Party:Democratic
Profession:lawyer

Isaac Smith Tallmadge (May 31, 1824May 27, 1882) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing central during the 1853 and 1854 terms. He also served two terms as district attorney of

He was the eldest son of Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, who served as United States senator from and the 3rd governor of the Wisconsin Territory. They were members of the Tallmadge (or Talmadge) family of New England, which had many notable members in American political and cultural history.

Biography

Isaac Tallmadge was born on May 31, 1824, in New York.[1] [2] He graduated from Union College in 1842. In 1849 and 1855, he was elected district attorney of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, and in 1853 he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Fond du Lac County. In 1859 he was the Democratic candidate for Wisconsin circuit court in the 4th circuit, but was defeated by David Taylor.[3]

Sometime after 1859, he moved to New York City and practiced law.[1]

Tallmadge was run over by a horse-drawn cart in 1881 and developed a severe abscess on his back. He died from complications related to that abscess on May 27, 1882, at New York's Bellevue Hospital.[4] [5]

Personal life and family

Isaac Smith Tallmadge was the eldest of nine children born to Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795–1864) and his first wife, Abigail Lewis ( Smith; 1804–1857). Nathaniel Tallmadge served two terms as United States senator from New York, and was then appointed the 3rd governor of the Wisconsin Territory. He was also one of the first significant landowners in what is now Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, and his former estate is the site of Rienzi Cemetery. The Tallmadge family were descendants of the Thomas Talmadge, who emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1631.[1]

Isaac Tallmadge married Cornelia Ruggles in December 1847. They had seven children together, but at least two died in infancy. They were married for 35 years before his death in 1882.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Talmadge . Arthur White . The Talmadge, Tallmadge and Talmage Genealogy . 1909 . Grafton Press . New York, NY . 142, 230 .
  2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMB-SH3 : 18 February 2021), Isaac S Tallmadge, 1860.
  3. News: Fourth Judicial Circuit . . April 9, 1859 . August 28, 2021 . .
  4. Web site: Isaac S. Tallmadge. Political Graveyard. 2011-12-30.
  5. News: Died in the Hospital . . May 27, 1882 . 2 . November 16, 2024 . .