Samuel M. Smead

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Samuel M. Smead
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 2, 1893 – January 1895
Preceded bySamuel B. Stanchfield
Succeeded byLyman Wellington Thayer
Personal details
Born(1830-06-11)June 11, 1830
Troy, Pennsylvania
DiedApril 28, 1898(1898-04-28) (aged 67)
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Resting placeRosendale Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
OccupationNewspaper editor, Politician

Samuel McKuen Smead (June 11, 1830 – April 28, 1898) was an American newspaper editor and politician.

Formative years[edit]

Born in Troy, Pennsylvania on June 11, 1830,[1] Smead moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1846 and settled in Fond du Lac County.[1]

In 1853, he became the publisher of the newspaper the Fond du Lac Press.[1] He was also active with mercantile and real estate businesses.[1]

Public service career[edit]

President Andrew Johnson appointed Smead assessor of internal revenue.[1] President Grover Cleveland also appointed Smead postmaster for Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.[1]

In 1893, Smead was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate and was a Democrat.[1][2]

Shortly after the murder of his son, Fred B. Smead (1863–1895), in Chicago,[3][4][5] Smead resigned from his position as senator and was replaced by Lyman Wellington Thayer.[6]

Death[edit]

Smead died at his home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on April 28, 1898.[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "'Sam.' Smead Dead". The Weekly Wisconsin. April 30, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved October 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1893, Biographical Sketch of Samuel M. Smead, p. 630.
  3. ^ "T. B. Smead [sic]". Green Bay Press-Gazette. January 3, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved October 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Fred D. Smead [sic]". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. January 3, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved October 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Body Taken to Fond du Lac". The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune. January 5, 1895. p. 20. Retrieved October 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Lyman W. Thayer". The Weekly Wisconsin. February 9, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved October 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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