A. Scott Sloan

A. Scott Sloan
A. Scott Sloan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Wisconsin's 3rd district
	In office; March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	Charles H. Larrabee
Succeeded by	Amasa Cobb
11th Attorney General of Wisconsin
	In office; January 5, 1874 – January 7, 1878
Governor	William Robert Taylor; Harrison Ludington
Preceded by	Stephen Steele Barlow
Succeeded by	Alexander Wilson
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 13th circuit
	In office; January 2, 1882 – April 8, 1895
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	James J. Dick
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 3rd circuit
	In office; September 22, 1858 – June 1, 1859
Appointed by	Alexander Randall
Preceded by	Charles H. Larrabee
Succeeded by	John E. Mann
2nd & 21st Mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
	In office; April 1879 – April 1880
Preceded by	Edward Elwell
Succeeded by	George E. Swan
	In office; April 1857 – April 1858
Preceded by	John Robinson
Succeeded by	E. P. Smith
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Dodge 5th district
	In office; January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
Preceded by	Charles Burchard
Succeeded by	Frederick H. Kribs
Personal details
Born	Andrew Scott Sloan; June 12, 1820; Morrisville, New York, U.S.
Died	April 8, 1895 (aged 74); Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Oakwood Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican; Lib. Republican (1873–1876);
Spouse	Ann Dodge
Children	Henry Clay Sloan; (b. 1846; died 1915); Catherine B. Sloan; Ledyard L. Sloan; five others;
Parents	Andrew Scott Sloan (father); Mehitable (Conkey) Sloan (mother);
Relatives	Ithamar Sloan (brother)

Andrew Scott Sloan (June 12, 1820 – April 8, 1895) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives and was Wisconsin's 11th Attorney General. He also 14 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge and was a three-term mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. His brother, Ithamar Sloan, was also a U.S. congressman.^[1]

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Born in Morrisville, New York,^[2] Sloan attended the public schools and Morrisville Academy.^[3] He married Angelina Mary Dodge in 1841^[3] or 1843.^[2] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1842,^[2] commencing practice in Morrisville, New York. He served as clerk of the Madison County Court from 1847 to 1849.^[3]

In 1854, Sloan moved to Wisconsin, settling in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he continued the practice of law.^[2]^[3] He served as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1857, and as mayor of Beaver Dam in 1857, 1858, and again in 1879. In 1858, he was also appointed in 1858 as judge of the Wisconsin Circuit Court for the third district.^[2]^[3]

Sloan was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863) as the representative of Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862, and afterwards resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Union Party for election in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress. He then served as clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin from 1864 until 1866, and as judge of the Dodge County Court from 1868 to 1874. He was Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1878, and served as judge of the circuit court for the thirteenth judicial district from January 1882 until his death.^[3]

He died of pneumonia in Beaver Dam at the age of 74,^[2] and was interred in Oakwood Cemetery. His son, Henry Clay Sloan, was also a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.