Wyman Spooner

The Honorable Wyman Spooner
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 (1795-07-02)July 2, 1795 Hardwick, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	November 18, 1877(1877-11-18) (aged 82) Lyons, Wisconsin, U.S.
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)

He was born in 1795 in Hardwick, Massachusetts, where he worked as a printer. He studied law in Vermont and was admitted to the Vermont bar. In 1835, he moved to Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law. In 1842, he moved to what is now Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

Public office

From 1847 until 1849 he served as

• "Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. July 2005. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2007.

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