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John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843 – June 11, 1919) was a politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907. A Republican , by the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans who largely controlled the major decisions of the Senate, along with Orville H ...
- 1864–1866
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 4, including, Philip
- Republican
John Coit Spooner (* 6. Januar 1843 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana; † 11. Juni 1919 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei. Von 1885 bis 1891 und von 1897 bis 1907 saß er für den US-Bundesstaat Wisconsin im US-Senat.
9. Apr. 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. John Spooner was a U.S. senator from Wisconsin (1885–91; 1897–1907), a powerful conservative force in his state and in Congress. Spooner moved to Wisconsin as a youth.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
John Coit Spooner of Wisconsin was widely regarded as the Senate's leading constitutional expert of his time. Chairmain of the Committee on Rules, Spooner was a member of the Senate Four, a group of powerful senators who dominated Senate action around the turn of the 20th century.
John Coit Spooner was a lawyer, politician and U.S. Senator. He moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1859 and settled in Madison. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a PhD in 1864. During the Civil War, Spooner served in Company D, 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry of the 100-day volunteers, from May to September of 1864 and as ...
Biography. SPOONER, JOHN COIT, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., January 6, 1843; moved to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled in Madison in 1859; attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison 1864; during the Civil War enlisted as a private and was brevetted major ...
Spooner Street on Madison’s near west side commemorates John Coit Spooner (1843 – 1919), an advisor to presidents and one of the nation’s most powerful conservative politicians in the last decades of the nineteenth century. He came to Madison in 1859 and entered the UW a year later.