Thomas R. Hudd

Thomas Richard Hudd (October 2, 1835 - June 22, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Buffalo, New York, Hudd moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois, in 1842 and to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1853.He attended the common schools and Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Appleton, Wisconsin.He served as district attorney of Outagamie County in 1856 and 1857.He served in the State senate in 1862, 1863 from 1876 to 1879, 1882, 1883, and 1885.He moved to Green Bay in 1868 and continued the practice of law.He served as member of the State assembly in 1868 and 1875. City attorney of Green Bay in 1873 and 1874.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880.

Hudd was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph Rankin.He was reelected to the Fiftieth Congress and served from March 8, 1886, to March 3, 1889.He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fiftieth Congress).He did not seek renomination in 1888.He resumed the practice of law.He died in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on June 22, 1896.He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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