The Honorable Wyman Spooner | |
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9th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin | |
In office January 1864 – January 3, 1870 | |
Governor | James T. Lewis Lucius Fairchild |
Preceded by | Edward Salomon |
Succeeded by | Thaddeus C. Pound |
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate | |
In office January 5, 1863 – January 4, 1864 | |
Preceded by | Gerry Whiting Hazelton |
Succeeded by | Smith S. Wilkinson |
10th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
In office January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858 | |
Preceded by | William Hull |
Succeeded by | Frederick S. Lovell |
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 1st Circuit | |
In office June 14, 1853 – September 26, 1853 | |
Appointed by | Leonard J. Farwell |
Preceded by | Edward V. Whiton |
Succeeded by | James R. Doolittle |
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 12th district | |
In office January 6, 1862 – January 4, 1864 | |
Preceded by | Oscar Bartlett |
Succeeded by | Newton Littlejohn |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Walworth 4th district | |
In office January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 | |
Preceded by | James Child |
Succeeded by | Hollis Latham |
In office January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858 | |
Preceded by | Asa W. Farr |
Succeeded by | James Baker |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Walworth 5th district | |
In office January 7, 1850 – January 5, 1852 | |
Preceded by | Milo Kelsey |
Succeeded by | Stephen Steele Barlow |
Personal details | |
Born | Wyman Spooner July 2, 1795 Hardwick, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | November 18, 1877 Lyons, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 82)
Resting place | Hazel Ridge Cemetery, Elkhorn, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican (1854-1876) Democratic (after 1876) Free Soil (before 1854) |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Fish
(m. 1818; died 1877) |
Children | 3 |
Profession | lawyer, printer, politician |
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Wyman Spooner (July 2, 1795 – November 18, 1877)[1] was an American printer, lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, the 10th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate for the 1863 session.