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Isaac S. Tallmadge
Isaac S. Tallmadge
District Attorney of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
	In office; January 1, 1856 – January 1, 1858
Preceded by	Edward S. Bragg
Succeeded by	Albert W. Paine
	In office; January 1, 1850 – January 1, 1852
Preceded by	S. S. N. Fuller
Succeeded by	William H. Ebbets
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Fond du Lac 3rd district
	In office; January 3, 1853 – January 2, 1855
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	William H. Ebbets
Personal details
Born	Isaac Smith Tallmadge; May 31, 1824; New York, U.S.
Died	May 27, 1882 (aged 57); Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York, U.S.
Cause of death	Abscess
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Cornelia Ruggles (m. 1847⁠–⁠1882)
Children	William Davis Tallmadge; (b. 1849; died young); Harriet Smith (Butler); (b. 1851; died 1925); Minnie Beall (Eycleshimer); (b. 1852; died 1937); Alfred Ruggles Tallmadge; (b. 1854; died 1932); Eliza Collins Tallmadge; (b. 1858; died 1885); Charlotte W. Tallmadge; (b. 1861; died 1863); Anna Tallmadge; (b. 1866);
Parents	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (father); Abby Lewis (Smith) Tallmadge (mother);
Relatives	James Tallmadge Jr.; (1st cousin, once removed); Matthias B. Tallmadge; (1st cousin, once removed); Charles Ruggles Boardman; (nephew); John J. Tallmadge; (2nd cousin);
Profession	lawyer

Isaac Smith Tallmadge (May 31, 1824 – May 27, 1882) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing central Fond du Lac County during the 1853 and 1854 terms. He also served two terms as district attorney of Fond du Lac County.

He was the eldest son of Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, who served as United States senator from New York and the 3rd governor of the Wisconsin Territory. They were members of the Tallmadge (or Talmadge) family of New England, which had many notable members in American political and cultural history.

Biography

Isaac Tallmadge was born on May 31, 1824, in New York.^[1]^[2] He graduated from Union College in 1842. In 1849 and 1855, he was elected district attorney of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, and in 1853 he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Fond du Lac County. In 1859 he was the Democratic candidate for Wisconsin circuit court in the 4th circuit, but was defeated by David Taylor.^[3]

Sometime after 1859, he moved to New York City and practiced law.^[1]

Tallmadge was run over by a horse-drawn cart in 1881 and developed a severe abscess on his back. He died from complications related to that abscess on May 27, 1882, at New York's Bellevue Hospital.^[4]^[5]

Personal life and family

Isaac Smith Tallmadge was the eldest of nine children born to Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795–1864) and his first wife, Abigail Lewis (née Smith; 1804–1857). Nathaniel Tallmadge served two terms as United States senator from New York, and was then appointed the 3rd governor of the Wisconsin Territory. He was also one of the first significant landowners in what is now Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, and his former estate is the site of Rienzi Cemetery. The Tallmadge family were descendants of the Thomas Talmadge, who emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1631.^[1]

Isaac Tallmadge married Cornelia Ruggles in December 1847. They had seven children together, but at least two died in infancy. They were married for 35 years before his death in 1882.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Talmadge, Arthur White (1909). The Talmadge, Tallmadge and Talmage Genealogy. New York, NY: Grafton Press. pp. 142, 230.
^ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMB-SH3 : 18 February 2021), Isaac S Tallmadge, 1860.
^ "Fourth Judicial Circuit". Janesville Morning Gazette. April 9, 1859. Retrieved August 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Isaac S. Tallmadge". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
^ "Died in the Hospital". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 27, 1882. p. 2. Retrieved November 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

Wisconsin State Assembly
District created	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Fond du Lac 3rd district January 3, 1853 – January 2, 1855	Succeeded by William H. Ebbets
Legal offices
Preceded by S. S. N. Fuller	District Attorney of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin January 1, 1850 – January 1, 1852	Succeeded by William H. Ebbets
Preceded by Edward S. Bragg	District Attorney of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin January 1, 1856 – January 1, 1858	Succeeded by Albert W. Paine

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[tallmadge-1] Talmadge, Arthur White (1909). The Talmadge, Tallmadge and Talmage Genealogy. New York, NY: Grafton Press. pp. 142, 230.

[2] "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMB-SH3 : 18 February 2021), Isaac S Tallmadge, 1860.

[3] "Fourth Judicial Circuit". Janesville Morning Gazette. April 9, 1859. Retrieved August 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Isaac S. Tallmadge". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-12-30.

[5] "Died in the Hospital". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 27, 1882. p. 2. Retrieved November 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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