Samuel M. Smead

Samuel M. Smead
Born (1830-06-11)June 11, 1830
Troy, Pennsylvania
Died April 28, 1898(1898-04-28) (aged 67)
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Occupation Newspaper editor, Politician

Samuel McKuen Smead (June 11, 1830 – April 28, 1898) was an American newspaper editor and politician.

Born in Troy, Pennsylvania,[1] Smead moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1846 and settled in Fond du Lac County.[1] In 1853, Smead became the publisher of the newspaper the Fond du Lac Press.[1] He was also in the mercantile and real estate business.[1] 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] Soon 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] Smead died at his home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.[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.
  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.
  4. ↑ "Fred D. Smead [sic]". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. January 3, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved October 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Body Taken to Fond du Lac". The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune. January 5, 1895. p. 20. Retrieved October 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Lyman W. Thayer". The Weekly Wisconsin. February 9, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved October 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.


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