| LC control no. | n 89125995 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Spooner, John C. (John Coit), 1843-1919 |
| Variant(s) | Spooner, John Coit, 1843-1919 Spooner, Mr. (John Coit), 1843-1919 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1843-01-06 |
| Death date | 1919-06-11 |
| Place of birth | Lawrenceburg (Ind.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Secretaries Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from LC Manuscript Div. for Dawes, H.L. Papers, 1833-1933 (Spooner, John C.) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Spooner, John Coit, 1843-1919; usage: John C. Spooner) WWWA, vol. 1, 1897-1942 (Spooner, John Coit; lawyer; U.S. senator; from Wisconsin) In the Senate of the United States, 1887?: p. 1 (Mr. Spooner, from the Committee on Claims) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed December 14, 2023: (Spooner, John Coit, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., January 6, 1843; moved to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled in Madison in 1859; attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison 1864; during the Civil War enlisted as a private and was brevetted major at the close of the war; private and military secretary to the Governor of Wisconsin; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1867 and served as assistant attorney general of the State until 1870; moved to Hudson, Wis., and practiced law 1870-1884; member, State assembly 1872; member of the board of regents of Wisconsin University; elected on January 27, 1885, as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1891; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-ninth through Fifty-first Congresses); unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin in 1892; moved to Madison in 1893; again elected to the United States Senate in 1897; reelected on January 27, 1903, and served from March 4, 1897, until his resignation, effective April 30, 1907; chairman, Committee on Relations with Canada (Fifty-fifth Congress), Committee on Rules (Fifty-fifth through Fifty-ninth Congresses); engaged in the practice of law in New York City; declined the positions of Secretary of the Interior and Attorney General in the Cabinet of President William McKinley in 1898 and 1901; declined the position of Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President William Howard Taft; practiced law in New York City; died in New York City, June 11, 1919; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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