Arthur MacArthur Sr.
| Arthur MacArthur Sr. | |
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Arthur MacArthur Sr.
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| 4th Governor of Wisconsin | |
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In office March 21, 1856 – March 25, 1856 |
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| Preceded by | William A. Barstow |
| Succeeded by | Coles Bashford |
| 5th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin | |
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In office January 6, 1856 – January 4, 1858 |
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| Governor | Coles Bashford |
| Preceded by | James T. Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Erasmus D. Campbell |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
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In office July 15, 1870 – April 1, 1887 |
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| Appointed by | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | new seat |
| Succeeded by | Martin V. Montgomery |
| Personal details | |
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January 26, 1815 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died | August 26, 1896 (aged 81) Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Aurelia Belcher MacArthur (m. circa 1844-1864) (her death) Mary E. MacArthur (c. 1865-1896) (his death) |
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Arthur MacArthur Jr. Frank MacArthur |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Arthur MacArthur Sr. (January 26, 1815 – August 26, 1896) was a Scottish-born lawyer, judge, and politician who served as the fourth Governor of Wisconsin for four days in 1856, in the midst of an election scandal. His son, Arthur MacArthur Jr., was the father of General Douglas MacArthur.
MacArthur was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the descendant of Highlander nobility through his father, who had died just seven days before his birth in 1815. His mother remarried and moved the family to Uxbridge, Massachusetts in 1828. MacArthur attended school briefly at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, but dropped out to help his family through a severe economic depression in 1837.
MacArthur worked as a law clerk in Boston and then New York. He was admitted to the bar in New York in 1841. With the help of his father-in-law, MacArthur established a very successful legal practice in Springfield.
Differences in politics between the immigrant Democrat MacArthur and his conservative Whig in-laws soon led him to move his family from their influence. He set up a law office in New York City in 1845, and finally settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1849. MacArthur quickly befriended the powerful in his new home state, and was elected as the city attorney of Milwaukee in 1851. In 1855, he was offered the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, as running mate to the incumbent, William A. Barstow.
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