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==Biography==
Born in [[Morrisville, New York]], Sloan attended the common schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848,<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Ithamar C. Sloan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31932221/ithamar_sloan_18221898/ |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 25, 1898 |page=7 |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |access-date = May 26, 2019}} {{Open access}}</ref> commencing practice in [[Oneida County, New York]]. He moved to [[Janesville, Wisconsin]], in 1854 where he continued to practice law.<ref name="Obit"/>
=== Early political career ===
He served as [[district attorney]] of [[Rock County, Wisconsin]], from 1858 to 1862 before being elected a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1862.<ref name="Obit"/>
=== Congress ===
He represented [[Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district]] in the [[38th Congress|38th]] and [[39th Congress|39th United States
=== Later career ===
Congresses]] serving from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1867. Sloan moved to [[Madison, Wisconsin]], in 1875 where he became [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the law department at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] and as a special counsel for the [[Wisconsin|State of Wisconsin]] in the [[Granger Laws|Granger Law]] cases from 1874 to 1879.
=== Death and burial ===
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