S. Park Coon

Squire Park Coon was an American politician and soldier from Wisconsin.

Coon was born on March 28, 1820 in Covington, New York. He studied at Norwich University and then studied law in New York. In 1843, Coon moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, where he practiced law. He served as District Attorney of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.^[1] Coon served as Wisconsin Attorney General 1850–1852. Later, during the American Civil War, he served in the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment as colonel, but resigned soon after.^[2] He died on October 12, 1883 in Milwaukee.^[3]

Notes

↑ History of the Bench and Bar of Wisconsin, H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Company, 1898, Biographical Sketch of Squire Park Coon, pp. 442–443
↑ The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin-history and biography with portraits and illustrations, Parker McCoob Reed: 1882, p. 188
↑ Memoirs of Milwaukee County, vol. 1, Jerome Anthony Watrous, Historical Associates: 1909, biographical sketch of S. Park Coon, p. 134

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Preceded by James S. Brown	Attorney General of Wisconsin 1850–1852	Succeeded by Experience Estabrook

Attorneys General of Wisconsin

Territory	Baird Wells Jackson Lynde H. Smith

State	Brown Coon E. Estabrook G. Smith W. R. Smith Bouck Howe W. Smith Gill Barlow Sloan Wilson Frisby C. Estabrook O'Connor Mylrea Hicks Sturdevant Gilbert Bancroft Owen Haven Blaine Morgan Ekern Reynolds Sr. Finnegan Loomis Martin Broadfoot Fairchild Thomson Honeck Reynolds Jr. Thompson La Follette Warren Miller La Follette Hanaway Doyle Lautenschlager Van Hollen Schimel

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