Thomas R. Hudd

Thomas R. Hudd
Thomas R. Hudd
	22nd district
	In office; January 8, 1862 – January 13, 1864
Preceded by	Benjamin Ferguson
Succeeded by	Joseph Harris
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Brown 1st district
	In office; January 13, 1875 – January 12, 1876
Preceded by	Morgan Lewis Martin
Succeeded by	Mitchell Resch
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Outagamie district
	In office; January 8, 1868 – January 13, 1869
Preceded by	W.H.P. Bogan
Succeeded by	Charles E. McIntosh
Outagamie County District Attorney
	In office; 1856–1857
Personal details
Born	October 1, 1835; Buffalo, New York
Died	June 22, 1896 (aged 60); Green Bay, Wisconsin
Political party	Democratic

Thomas Richard Hudd (October 1, 1835 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer from Wisconsin who represented that state for two terms in the United States House of Representatives, as well as serving in both houses of that state's legislature and holding other public offices.

Background

Hudd was born in

admitted to the bar in 1856, and went into practice in Appleton.^[1]

First public offices

He served as

Benjamin Ferguson was not a candidate). He was defeated for re-election in 1863 by Joseph Harris, who was a Republican/Union Party candidate. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly's Outagamie County seat in 1867, succeeding fellow Democrat W. H. P. Bogan, but did not run for re-election, since he was leaving the county. The seat was taken by C. E. McIntosh

, another Democrat.

Move to Green Bay

Hudd moved to

independent who aligned himself with the Liberal Republicans in opposing the re-election of Ulysses S. Grant), was not a candidate. Hudd won 1,160 votes to 1,075 for Republican Hosmer Kellog Cowles.^[5]

He was elected once more to the Senate, this time to the

Second District (Brown, Door and Kewaunee counties) for the 1876-1877 term, as a "Democratic Reform" candidate, winning 4018 votes to 2036 for Republican George Grimmer. In 1877 he was re-elected as a Democrat (the Reform coalition having collapsed by then), with 1874 votes to 1593 for Republican State Representative William Fisk and 638 for Greenbacker B. F. Smith.^[6] He was not a candidate for re-election in 1879, and was succeeded by Republican Speaker of the Assembly David M. Kelly

.

Hudd served as a delegate to the 1880 Democratic National Convention, and was elected once more to the Senate in 1881, in a new Second District consisting solely of Brown County. Kelly was not a candidate, and Hudd took back the seat with 2152 votes to 1777 for Republican State Representative James Rasmussen. He was re-elected in 1884 for what was now a four-year term, with 3,585 votes to 3,087 for Republican Charles W. Day.

Congress and after

On February 23, 1886, Hudd was elected as a Democrat to the

Fiftieth Congress

and served from March 8, 1886, to March 3, 1889. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fiftieth Congress).

He did not seek renomination in 1888, and resumed the practice of law. He died of a stroke in Green Bay on June 22, 1896,^[1] and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.^[7]

Sources

^
Newspapers.com.

^ State Bar Association of Wisconsin. 1901. Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, vol. 3. Madison, p. 288.
^ ^a ^b ^c Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families. 1895. Chicago: J. H. Beers, pp. 109–110.
^ William Robert Taylor, Wisconsin Historical Society
^ Bashford, R. M., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Fourteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1875; p. 319
^ Bashford, R. M., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Seventeenth Annual Edition. Madison: David Atwood, Printer and Stereotyper, 1878; pp.. 391, 455
^ Thomas Hudd, Wisconsin Historical Society

United States Congress. "Thomas R. Hudd (id: H000902)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Joseph Rankin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district March 8, 1886 – March 3, 1889	Succeeded by George H. Brickner

[Death-1] 
Newspapers.com.

[2] State Bar Association of Wisconsin. 1901. Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, vol. 3. Madison, p. 288.

[Commemorative-3] Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families. 1895. Chicago: J. H. Beers, pp. 109–110.

[4] William Robert Taylor, Wisconsin Historical Society

[5] Bashford, R. M., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Fourteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1875; p. 319

[6] Bashford, R. M., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Seventeenth Annual Edition. Madison: David Atwood, Printer and Stereotyper, 1878; pp.. 391, 455

[7] Thomas Hudd, Wisconsin Historical Society

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