Thomas R. Hudd
| Thomas R. Hudd | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th district |
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In office March 8, 1886 – March 3, 1889 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Rankin |
| Succeeded by | George H. Brickner |
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| Born |
October 1, 1835 Buffalo, New York |
| Died | June 22, 1896 (aged 60) Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Democratic |
Thomas Richard Hudd (October 1, 1835 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer from Wisconsin who represented that state for two terms in the United States House of Representatives, as well as serving in both houses of that state's legislature and holding other public offices.
Hudd was born in Buffalo, New York on October 1, 1835 to immigrants from England: his father Richard Hudd was a painter and decorator from Lacock, and his mother Mary née Harrison was from Barby. After the drowning death of his father in 1841, Hudd moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois, in 1842 and to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1853. He attended the common schools and Lawrence University in Appleton. He worked as a "printer boy" in the office of the Appleton Crescent, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1856, and went into practice in Appleton.
He served as district attorney of Outagamie County in 1856 and 1857. He was first elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1861 for a two-year term from the Wisconsin Senate, District 22 (Door, Oconto, Outagamie and Shawanaw [sic] counties) as a Democrat (Democratic incumbent Benjamin Ferguson was not a candidate). He was defeated for re-election in 1863 by Joseph Harris, who was a Republican/Union Party candidate. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly's Outagamie County seat in 1867, succeeding fellow Democrat W. H. P. Bogan, but did not run for re-election, since he was leaving the county. The seat was taken by C. E. McIntosh, another Democrat.
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