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A. Scott Sloan

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A. Scott Sloan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded byCharles H. Larrabee
Succeeded byAmasa Cobb
11th Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office
January 5, 1874 – January 7, 1878
GovernorWilliam Robert Taylor
Harrison Ludington
Preceded byStephen Steele Barlow
Succeeded byAlexander Wilson
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 13th circuit
In office
January 2, 1882 – April 8, 1895
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJames J. Dick
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 3rd circuit
In office
September 22, 1858 – June 1, 1859
Appointed byAlexander Randall
Preceded byCharles H. Larrabee
Succeeded byJohn E. Mann
2nd & 21st Mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
In office
April 1879 – April 1880
Preceded byEdward Elwell
Succeeded byGeorge E. Swan
In office
April 1857 – April 1858
Preceded byJohn Robinson
Succeeded byE. P. Smith
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dodge 5th district
In office
January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
Preceded byCharles Burchard
Succeeded byFrederick H. Kribs
Personal details
Born
Andrew Scott Sloan

(1820-06-12)June 12, 1820
Morrisville, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 8, 1895(1895-04-08) (aged 74)
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Political party
SpouseAnn Dodge
Children
  • Henry Clay Sloan
  • (b. 1846; died 1915)
  • Catherine B. Sloan
  • Ledyard L. Sloan
  • five others
Parents
  • Andrew Scott Sloan (father)
  • Mehitable (Conkey) Sloan (mother)
RelativesIthamar Sloan (brother)

Andrew Scott Sloan (June 12, 1820 – April 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

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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

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Wisconsin Supreme Court (1860)

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Wisconsin Supreme Court, Chief Justice Election, 1860[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, April 3, 1860
Independent Luther S. Dixon (incumbent) 58,508 50.13%
Republican A. Scott Sloan 58,113 49.79%
Scattering 95 0.08%
Plurality 395 0.34%
Total votes 116,716 100.0%
Independent hold

U.S. House of Representatives (1860)

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Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District Election, 1860[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 6, 1860
Republican A. Scott Sloan 34,002 53.98% +4.93%
Democratic Charles H. Larrabee (incumbent) 28,986 46.02%
Plurality 5,016 7.96% +6.06%
Total votes 62,988 100.0% +34.26%
Republican gain from Democratic

U.S. House of Representatives (1864)

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Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District Election, 1864[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 8, 1864
Democratic Charles A. Eldredge (incumbent) 15,547 58.93%
Republican A. Scott Sloan 10,835 41.07% +2.57%
Plurality 4,712 17.86% -5.15%
Total votes 26,382 100.0% +5.76%
Democratic hold

Wisconsin Attorney General (1873, 1875)

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Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 1873[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 4, 1873
Reform A. Scott Sloan 79,594 52.59% −5.11%
Republican Leander F. Frisby 67,921 34.59% −7.71%
Plurality 11,673 7.91% +1.44%
Total votes 147,515 100.0% +0.26%
Reform gain from Republican
Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 1875[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 2, 1875
Liberal Republican A. Scott Sloan (incumbent) 85,745 50.53%
Republican John R. Bennett 83,934 49.47% +3.42%
Plurality 1,811 1.07% -6.85%
Total votes 169,679 100.0% +15.02%
Liberal Republican gain from Reform

References

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  1. ^ "Sloan, Andrew Scott 1820 - 1895". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Judge Sloan Dead". The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune. Centralia, WI. April 13, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved April 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b c d e f "A. Scott Sloan Memorial". The Watertown News. Watertown, WI. June 12, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved April 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Official Canvass". Wisconsin State Journal. May 9, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Wisconsin U.S. House Election Results" (PDF). Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  6. ^ "Official Directory" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1874. p. 447. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "Official Directory" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1876. p. 450. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
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Party political offices
Party established Reform nominee for Attorney General of Wisconsin
1873, 1875 		Party abolished
Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dodge 5th district
January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858 		Succeeded by
Frederick H. Kribs
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
John Robinson
 Mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
April 1857 – April 1859 		Succeeded by
E. P. Smith
Preceded by
Edward Elwell
 Mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
April 1879 – April 1880 		Succeeded by
George E. Swan
Legal offices
Preceded by Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 3rd circuit
September 22, 1858 – June 1, 1859 		Succeeded by
John E. Mann
Preceded by Attorney General of Wisconsin
January 5, 1874 – January 7, 1878 		Succeeded by
New circuit created Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 13th circuit
January 2, 1882 – April 8, 1895 		Succeeded by
James J. Dick
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