Ithamar Sloan
I. C. Sloan | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | |
| Preceded by | Walter D. McIndoe |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin F. Hopkins |
| District Attorney of Rock County, Wisconsin | |
| In office January 3, 1859 – January 1, 1863 | |
| Preceded by | W. D. Parker |
| Succeeded by | John R. Bennett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ithamar Conkey Sloan May 9, 1822 Morrisville, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 24, 1898 (aged 76) Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville |
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Celestia Eldridge Sears
(m. 1854–1898) |
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| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
Ithamar Conkey Sloan (May 9, 1822 – December 24, 1898) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district from 1863 to 1867. Subsequently, he served as assistant attorney general of Wisconsin under his brother, A. Scott Sloan; in that capacity, he was special counsel for the state of Wisconsin and successfully defended the state's Granger Laws; during those years, he also represented Lavinia Goodell in her petitions to become the first woman admitted to practice law in Wisconsin. Later in life, he became dean of the law department of the University of Wisconsin, and was one of the founders of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Politically, Sloan was a member of the Republican Party during his years in Congress, but became a Liberal Republican in the 1870s, joining the short-lived Reform Coalition with the Democrats. He served as assistant attorney general during the Reform coalition years, before rejoining the Republican Party in the late 1870s.
His brother, A. Scott Sloan, and nephew, Henry Clay Sloan, were also prominent lawyers and politicians in early Wisconsin. In historical documents his name is often abbreviated as I. C. Sloan.