John Hogan Tierney (June 24, 1832 – February 9, 1907) was an American politician and farmer.
Tierney was born in
Freshford, County Kilkenny,
Ireland and went to the public schools in Ireland. He emigrated to the
United States in 1851 and settled in the
Town of
Westport,
Dane County, Wisconsin
Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin. The county seat is Madison, which is also the state capital.
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. He was a farmer. Tierney served as the chairman of the Westport Town Board and on the Dane County Board of Supervisors. He died in
Waunakee, Wisconsin.
Legislative service
In 1879 he was elected to the 1st
Dane County district of the
Wisconsin House of Representatives (the Towns of Berry, Black Earth, Blue Mounds, Cross Plains, Dane, Fitchburg, Mazomanie, Middleton, Montrose, Perry, Primrose, Roxbury, Springdale, Springfield, Verona, Vermont and Westport) as a
Democrat
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, with 1748 votes to 537 for
Independent Greenbacker John E. Brumm and 460 for
Republican D. H. Eastman, for the 1880 term (incumbent
Matthias Theisen, also a Democrat, was not a candidate). He was assigned to the
standing committee on privileges and
elections. He did not run for re-election, and was succeeded by fellow Democrat
Samuel James Coldwell.
Heg, J. E., ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin 1881'' Madison: Hans B. Warner, Secretary of State, 1881; p. 507.
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1832 births
1907 deaths
Irish emigrants to the United States
People from Freshford, County Kilkenny
People from Dane County, Wisconsin
Farmers from Wisconsin
Mayors of places in Wisconsin
County supervisors in Wisconsin
19th-century American legislators
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Politicians from County Kilkenny
19th-century Wisconsin politicians
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