Isaac S. Tallmadge

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 during the 1853 and 1854 terms. He also served two terms as district attorney of

He was the eldest son of Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, who served as United States senator from 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. 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.

Sometime after 1859, he moved to New York City and practiced law.

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 ( 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.

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.