A. Scott Sloan

Andrew Scott Sloan, or A. Scott Sloan (June 12, 1820 – April 8, 1895), was a United States Representative from Wisconsin and brother of fellow congressman Ithamar Conkey Sloan.[1]

Andrew 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
Mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
In office
1879–1880
In office
1857–1858
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dodge 5th district
In office
January 14, 1857  January 13, 1858
Preceded byCharles Burchard
Succeeded byFrederick H. Kribs
Personal details
Born
Andrew Scott Sloan

(1820-06-12)June 12, 1820
Morrisville, New York
DiedApril 8, 1895(1895-04-08) (aged 74)
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Ann (Dodge) Sloan
ChildrenHenry Clay Sloan
(b. 1846; died 1915)
Catherine B.
Ledyard L.
five others
MotherMehitable (Conkey) Sloan
FatherAndrew Scott Sloan
RelativesIthamar Sloan (brother)

Biography

Born in Morrisville, New York, Sloan attended the public schools and Morrisville Academy. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1842, commencing practice in Morrisville, New York. He served as clerk of the Madison County Court from 1847 to 1849.

In 1854, Sloan moved to Wisconsin, settling in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he continued the practice of law. 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.

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.

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

References

  1. Andrew Scott Sloan. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
  • United States Congress. "A. Scott Sloan (id: S000490)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • A. Scott Sloan at Find a Grave
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Charles H. Larrabee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district

March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Succeeded by
Amasa Cobb
Legal offices
Preceded by
Stephen Steele Barlow
Attorney General of Wisconsin
18741878
Succeeded by
Alexander Wilson
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