Ithamar Sloan

Ithamar Conkey Sloan (May 9, 1822 – December 24, 1898) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Wisconsin. He was the brother of Andrew Scott Sloan.[1]

Ithamar Sloan
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
Personal details
Born	May 9, 1822 Morrisville, New York
Died	December 24, 1898(1898-12-24) (aged 76) Janesville, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican

Born in Morrisville, New York, Sloan attended the common schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848,[2] commencing practice in Oneida County, New York. He moved to Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1854 where he continued to practice law.[2] He served as district attorney of Rock County, Wisconsin, from 1858 to 1862 before being elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1862.[2] He represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the 38th and 39th United States Congresses serving from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1867. Sloan moved to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1875 where he became dean of the law department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and as a special counsel for the State of Wisconsin in the Granger Law cases from 1874 to 1879. He died of a stroke at his home in Janesville, Wisconsin, on December 24, 1898,[2] and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Janesville.[3]

His nephew, Henry Clay Sloan, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.