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

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

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

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "'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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