| Silas W. Lamoreux | |
| Order: | 28th |
| Commissioner of the General Land Office | |
| Term Start: | March 28, 1893 |
| Term End: | March 25, 1897 |
| Appointer: | Grover Cleveland |
| Predecessor: | William M. Stone |
| Successor: | Binger Hermann |
| Office1: | County Judge of Dodge County, Wisconsin |
| Term Start1: | January 1, 1878 |
| Term End1: | March 28, 1893 |
| Predecessor1: | Edward Elwell |
| Successor1: | John G. Bachhuber |
| State2: | Wisconsin |
| State Assembly2: | Wisconsin |
| District2: | Dodge 4th |
| Term Start2: | January 1, 1872 |
| Term End2: | January 6, 1873 |
| Predecessor2: | Marcus Trumer |
| Successor2: | Dennis Short |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | March 8, 1843 |
| Birth Place: | Lenox, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Oakwood Cemetery, |
| Spouse: | Harriet Adelia Cobb (died 1914) |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Volunteers Union Army |
| Rank: | Private, USV |
| Serviceyears: | 1864 - 1865 |
| Unit: | 5th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
Silas Wright Lamoreux or Lamoreaux (March 8, 1843 - August 5, 1909) was an American lawyer from Wisconsin who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and as the 28th Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States.[1] [2]
He was the brother of Oliver Lamoreux, who served in the same session of the Wisconsin Assembly.
Lamoreux was born in Lenox, New York, on March 8, 1843,[3] [4] and came to Plover, Wisconsin, in 1852 with his family to join his older brother Oliver,[3] who had moved to Wisconsin the year before. The family relocated to Mayville, Wisconsin, a year later.[3] He moved to Dodge County, Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar at age 21.[3] [5] He enlisted in the Union Army in 1864, and participated with the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.[3] [4] [5]
Lamoreux was elected as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 5th Dodge County district in 1871. In the same election, his brother was elected from Portage County.[3] [6] He did not run for re-election in 1872.
Lamoreux was elected judge in his county in 1877.[3] [4] He was appointed commissioner of the United States General Land Office by President Grover Cleveland (a Democrat), serving from 1893 to 1897.[4] [5]
Lamoreux founded the Beaver Dam Malleable Iron Works,[4] which employed 750 men at the time of his death. He also was president of the German National Bank of Beaver Dam.[3] [4] He died of blood poisoning in Beaver Dam on August 5, 1909, after a long history of diabetes.[3] [4] [5]