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 byCharles H. Larrabee
Succeeded byAmasa Cobb
11th Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office
January 5, 1874  January 7, 1878
GovernorWilliam Robert Taylor
Harrison Ludington
Preceded byStephen Steele Barlow
Succeeded byAlexander Wilson
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 13th circuit
In office
January 2, 1882  April 8, 1895
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJames J. Dick
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 3rd circuit
In office
September 22, 1858  June 1, 1859
Appointed byAlexander Randall
Preceded byCharles H. Larrabee
Succeeded byJohn E. Mann
2nd & 21st Mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
In office
April 1879  April 1880
Preceded byEdward Elwell
Succeeded byGeorge E. Swan
In office
April 1857  April 1858
Preceded byJohn Robinson
Succeeded byE. P. Smith
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dodge 5th district
In office
January 5, 1857  January 4, 1858
Preceded byCharles Burchard
Succeeded byFrederick H. Kribs
Personal details
Born
Andrew Scott Sloan

(1820-06-12)June 12, 1820
Morrisville, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 8, 1895(1895-04-08) (aged 74)
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Political party
SpouseAnn 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)
RelativesIthamar 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 (18611863) and served as Wisconsin's 11th Attorney General (18741878). 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. 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.