John Coit Spooner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Coit Spooner

Union United States Army officer

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1843

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jun-1919

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843 – June 11, 1919) was a politician and lawyer from Wisconsin.
He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907.
A Republican, by the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans who largely controlled the major decisions of the Senate, along with Orville H.
Platt of Connecticut, William B.
Allison of Iowa and Nelson W.
Aldrich of Rhode Island.
He chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee.