A. Scott Sloan
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Spouse | Ann Dodge |
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| Relatives | Ithamar Sloan (brother) |
Andrew Scott Sloan (June 12, 1820 – April 8, 1895) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives (1861–1863) and served as Wisconsin's 11th Attorney General (1874–1878). For most of his political career, he was a Republican, but while serving as attorney general, he ran as a Liberal Republican, part of the short-lived Reform coalition in Wisconsin.
Later in life, Sloan also served 14 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge and was a three-term mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.[1] His name was almost always abbreviated as A. Scott Sloan or A. S. Sloan.
His son, Henry Clay Sloan, and younger brother, Ithamar Sloan, were also prominent politicians and lawyers in Wisconsin during the latter half of the 19th century.
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 Wisconsin circuit court judge for Wisconsin's 3rd circuit.[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.
