Thomas W. Sutherland

Thomas W. Sutherland
United States Attorney for the District of Wisconsin
In office
June 12, 1848 – 1848
Appointed byJames K. Polk
Preceded byWilliam Pitt Lynde
(Wisconsin Territory)
Succeeded byA. Hyatt Smith
United States Attorney for the Wisconsin Territory
In office
April 27, 1841 – 1845
Appointed byJohn Tyler
Preceded byMoses M. Strong
Succeeded byWilliam Pitt Lynde
1st Village President of Madison, Wisconsin
In office
1846–1847
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byAlexander L. Collins
District Attorney of San Diego County
In office
1851–1852
Preceded byWilliam C. Ferrell
Succeeded byJames W. Robinson
Alcalde of San Diego (Acting)
In office
March 1850 – 1850
Preceded byDennis Gahagan
Succeeded byJoshua Bean (Mayor)
Personal details
Born1817 (1817)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedFebruary 2, 1859(1859-02-02) (aged 41–42)
Sacramento, California
Cause of deathPulmonary edema
Resting place
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Joanna Hudson
  • (m. 1841)
Children
  • Thomas A. Sutherland
  • (b. 1850; died 1891)
Parent
Professionlawyer, politician

Thomas W. Sutherland (c. 1817 – February 2, 1859) was an American lawyer and pioneer settler of Wisconsin and California. He was the first village president of Madison, Wisconsin, was United States attorney for Wisconsin for several years in the 1840s, was a member of the first Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, and was the last alcalde (mayor) of San Diego, California, prior to statehood.[1]

He was the eldest son of Joel Barlow Sutherland of Philadelphia, who had been a militia officer in the War of 1812 and served as a Member of Congress when Thomas was a child.[1]

  1. ^ a b Butterfield, Consul Willshire, ed. (1880). History of Dane County, Wisconsin. Western Historical Co., Chicago. pp. 435, 459, 500, 522, 678, 713. Retrieved November 16, 2019.