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John
Coit Spooner Donated
by Timm
Severud
John Coit Spooner (January 8, 1843 - June 11, 1919) John Coit
Spooner
was born in Lawrenceburg (Dearborn County), Indiana on January 6, 1843.
With his parents he moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 1858, where he
attend
the public schools and graduating from the University of Wisconsin in
1864.
He enlisted as a private in the Civil War and at it's end was given the
brevet rank of Major. After the war he was private and
military
secretary
to the Governor of the State of Wisconsin, until he was admitted to the
Bar in 1867. He was an assistant State Attorney General until 1870,
when
he moved to Hudson, Wisconsin and practice law there between 1870 -
1884.
In 1872 he was elected to the Wisconsin's State Assembly and select the
University Board of Regents. As a Republican he was elected
to
the
US Senate 1884 and served until 1891, when he was defeated for
reelection.
During this period in the Senate he was Chairman of the Committee on
Claims.
He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Governorship of Wisconsin in
1892.
In 1893 he moved to Madison and was again elected to the 1896 to the
U.S.
Senate and served until he resigned in 1907. During this period he was
Chairman of the Committee on Relations with Canada, and was Chairman of
the Rules Committee. In 1898 he turned declined the position of
Secretary
of the Interior. In 1901 he declined the position of Attorney
General.
During the William Howard Taft, he declined the position of Secretary
of
State. After leaving the Senate, he practiced law in New York
City,
New York. He died there on June 11, 1919, and was buried
Forest
Hill
Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin.
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