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 Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

, Stack and his family moved to Ishpeming, Michigan and then to

Brown County, Minnesota Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,912. Its county seat is New Ulm. The county was formed in 1855 and organized in 1856. Brown County comprises the New Ulm, MN Micropolitan ...

. In 1873, Stack moved to Fargo,

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. He was in the land business, served as deputy United States marshal, and was Fargo municipal judge. In 1887, Stack moved to

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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 The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

and was a Republican. Stack died in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1920.''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

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* 1852 births 1920 deaths Politicians from Detroit Politicians from Fargo, North Dakota Politicians from Superior, Wisconsin Wisconsin state court judges Dakota Territory judges 19th-century American judges Businesspeople from Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Lawyers from Fargo, North Dakota 19th-century American lawyers {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1850s-stub