Newcomb "Newt" Spoor (March 27, 1852 – September 7, 1935) was an American farmer, machinist, and politician. Born in Oswego, New York, Spoor and his family moved to

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and settled in the town of

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. Spoor graduated from Berlin High School and was a farmer and machinist. He moved to

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in 1904. Spoor served in the

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from 1911 to 1917 and in 1923. He was elected as a

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and then supported United States Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and the

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. Spoor died at his cabin in

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.''In Senate Journal of the Proceedings of the Sixty-Second Session of the Wisconsin Legislature'', vol. 3, Madison, Wisconsin: 1935, Wisconsin Joint Resolution 195-Newcomb Spoor, pp. 2171–2173.

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1852 births 1935 deaths Politicians from Oswego, New York People from Berlin, Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin Wisconsin Progressives (1924) 20th-century American legislators Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 20th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1850s-stub