Wyman Spooner

The Honorable
Wyman Spooner
9th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
In office
January 1864 – January 3, 1870
GovernorJames T. Lewis
Lucius Fairchild
Preceded byEdward Salomon
Succeeded byThaddeus C. Pound
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 5, 1863 – January 4, 1864
Preceded byGerry Whiting Hazelton
Succeeded bySmith S. Wilkinson
10th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
Preceded byWilliam Hull
Succeeded byFrederick S. Lovell
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 1st Circuit
In office
June 14, 1853 – September 26, 1853
Appointed byLeonard J. Farwell
Preceded byEdward V. Whiton
Succeeded byJames R. Doolittle
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 12th district
In office
January 6, 1862 – January 4, 1864
Preceded byOscar Bartlett
Succeeded byNewton Littlejohn
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Walworth 4th district
In office
January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862
Preceded byJames Child
Succeeded byHollis Latham
In office
January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
Preceded byAsa W. Farr
Succeeded byJames Baker
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Walworth 5th district
In office
January 7, 1850 – January 5, 1852
Preceded byMilo Kelsey
Succeeded byStephen Steele Barlow
Personal details
Born
Wyman Spooner

(1795-07-02)July 2, 1795
Hardwick, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 18, 1877(1877-11-18) (aged 82)
Lyons, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeHazel Ridge Cemetery, Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican (1854-1876)
Democratic (after 1876)
Free Soil (before 1854)
Spouse
Elizabeth Fish
(m. 1818; died 1877)
Children3
Professionlawyer, 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.

  1. ^ .History of Royalton, Vermont: with family genealogies, 1769-1911,' vol 1, Mary Evelyn Lovejoy Wood, Free Press Printing Company, Royalton, Vermont: 1911, Biographical Sketch of Wyman Spooner, pg. 626-627

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