James S. Stack
{{short description|American politician}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1852|09|14}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1920|12|14|1852|09|14}}
| death_place = Hot Springs, Arkansas
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| occupation = Judge, hotel owner, politician
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| party = Republican
| office2 = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
| constituency2 = Douglas County First District
| term_start2 = 1908
| term_end2 = 1910
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James S. Stack (September 14, 1852 – December 14, 1920) was an American judge, hotel owner, and politician.
Biography
Born on a farm near Detroit, Michigan, Stack and his family moved to Ishpeming, Michigan and then to Brown County, Minnesota. In 1873, Stack moved to Fargo, Dakota Territory. He was in the land business, served as deputy United States marshal, and was Fargo municipal judge. In 1887, Stack moved to Superior, Wisconsin and was in the hotel business from 1887 to 1889. He then served as Indian agent in Cloquet, Minnesota from 1889 to 1891. Stack served as under sheriff of Douglas County, Wisconsin. From 1899 to 1903, Stack served as Wisconsin Deputy Railroad Commissioner. He also served as acting judge of the Douglas County municipal court. In 1909, Stack served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. Stack died in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1920.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1115 |chapter=Biographical Sketches |title=Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year=1909 |publisher=State of Wisconsin |page=1115 |access-date=2020-06-30 |via=Google Books}}In Senate Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Session of the Wisconsin Legislature, Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wisconsin: 1921, Death of James S. Stack, January 25, 1921, pg. 123-124
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|140957914|James S. Stack}}
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Category:Politicians from Detroit
Category:Politicians from Fargo, North Dakota
Category:Politicians from Superior, Wisconsin
Category:Wisconsin state court judges
Category:Dakota Territory judges
Category:19th-century Wisconsin state court judges
Category:Businesspeople from Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Lawyers from Fargo, North Dakota
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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