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David Atwood
In office Preceded by Benjamin F. Hopkins Succeeded by Gerry W. Hazelton In office Preceded by Cassius Fairchild Succeeded by Position Abolished
Born (1815-12-15 ) December 15, 1815Bedford, New Hampshire , U.S.Died December 11, 1889(1889-12-11) (aged 73 )Madison, Wisconsin , U.S. Resting place Forest Hill Cemetery Political party Republican Spouses
(m. 1849; died 1906)
Children
(b. 1850; died 1878)
Harrie Farwell Atwood
(b. 1852; died 1906)
Mary Louisa Atwood
(b. 1855; died 1940)
Elizabeth Gordon (Vilas )
(b. 1857; died 1936)
Parents
Mary (Bell) Atwood (mother)
Profession Politician, publisher, editor, printer
David Atwood (December 15, 1815 – December 11, 1889) was a nineteenth-century American politician, publisher, editor and printer from Wisconsin . He represented Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives during the 2nd and 3rd sessions of the 41st Congress .
Biography [ edit ]
Born in Bedford, New Hampshire , Atwood attended the public schools as a child. He moved to Hamilton, New York in 1832 where he was apprenticed as a printer and later became publisher of the Hamilton Palladium . He moved to Freeport, Illinois in 1845 and engaged in agricultural pursuits before moving to Madison, Wisconsin in 1847 and for forty-two years was editor and publisher of the Wisconsin Journal . Atwood was commissioned a major general in the Wisconsin Militia by Governor Alexander W. Randall in 1858, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1861, was a United States assessor for four years and served as mayor of Madison, Wisconsin in 1868 and 1869.
The Atwood residence in Madison, Wisconsin, designed by David R. Jones
In 1870, he was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Hopkins . He took over representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the 41st Congress serving until 1871 and declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1870 to the 42nd Congress .
Afterwards, Atwood resumed activities in the newspaper business, was a commissioner at the Centennial Exposition representing the State of Wisconsin from 1872 to 1876 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872 and 1876 .
He died in Madison, Wisconsin , on December 11, 1889, and was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison.[1]
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