Spooner, John Coit
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born Jan. 6, 1843, in Lawrenceburg, Ind.
He was military and private secretary to Governor Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin. He served as assistant attorney-general of Wisconsin from 1867 to 1870. In 1872 he was elected a representative in the Wisconsin legislature. He was a member of the board of regents of the Wisconsin university; and was elected United States senator from Wisconsin for the term of six years from March 4, 1885. In 1893 he moved to Madison. He received the election to the United States senate again in 1897.