Wyman Spooner

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Wyman Spooner (died 1877) was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, where he worked as a printer. He studied law in Vermont until, in 1835, he moved to Ohio. In 1842, he moved to Wisconsin; from 1847 until 1859 he served as Walworth County's probate judge. He became a Republican in 1854. He served multiple terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1850s and in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1862 until 1863. He served three terms as the state's lieutenant governor, from 1864 until 1870. He renounced his membership in the Republican Party in 1876. He died in 1877.

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• Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006 31. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (July 2005). Retrieved on October 6, 2007.
• Wyman Spooner. Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Retrieved on October 6, 2007.

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