Samuel M. Smead | |
State: | Wisconsin |
State Senate: | Wisconsin |
District: | 18th |
Term Start: | January 2, 1893 |
Term End: | January 1895 |
Predecessor: | Samuel B. Stanchfield |
Successor: | Lyman Wellington Thayer |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1830 |
Birth Place: | Troy, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | Fond du Lac, Wisconsin |
Restingplace: | Rosendale Cemetery, |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Newspaper editor, Politician |
Samuel McKuen Smead (June 11, 1830April 28, 1898) was an American newspaper editor and politician.
Born in Troy, Pennsylvania on June 11, 1830,[1] Smead moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1846 and settled in Fond du Lac County.[1]
In 1853, he became the publisher of the newspaper the Fond du Lac Press.[1] He was also active with mercantile and real estate businesses.[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]
Shortly 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 on April 28, 1898.[1]