David Atwood
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's2nd district
In office February 23, 1870 – March 3, 1871
Preceded by	Benjamin F. Hopkins
Succeeded by	Gerry W. Hazelton
Member of theWisconsin State Assembly from theDane 6th district
In office January 9, 1861 – January 8, 1862
Preceded by	Cassius Fairchild
Succeeded by	Position Abolished
Personal details
Born	(1815-12-15)December 15, 1815 Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	December 11, 1889(1889-12-11) (aged 73) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Mary A. (Sweeney) Atwood (m. 1849; died 1906)
Children	Charles David Atwood (b. 1850; died 1878) Harrie Farwell Atwood (b. 1852; died 1906) Mary Louisa Atwood (b. 1855; died 1940) Elizabeth Gordon (Vilas) (b. 1857; died 1936)
Parents	David Atwood (father) Mary (Bell) Atwood (mother)
Profession	Politician, publisher, editor,printer

David Atwood (December 15, 1815 – December 11, 1889) was a nineteenth-century American politician, publisher, editor and printer fromWisconsin. He representedWisconsin's 2nd Congressional District in theUnited States House of Representatives during the 2nd and 3rd sessions of the41st Congress.

Born inBedford, New Hampshire, Atwood attended the public schools as a child. He moved toHamilton, New York in 1832 where he was apprenticed as a printer and later became publisher of theHamilton Palladium. He moved toFreeport, Illinois in 1845 and engaged in agricultural pursuits before moving toMadison, Wisconsin in 1847 and for forty-two years was editor and publisher of theWisconsin Journal. Atwood was commissioned amajor general in the Wisconsin Militia byGovernorAlexander W. Randall in 1858, was a member of theWisconsin State Assembly in 1861, was aUnited States assessor for four years and served as mayor ofMadison, Wisconsin in 1868 and 1869.

In 1870, he was elected aRepublican to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy caused by the death ofBenjamin F. Hopkins. He took over representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the 41st Congress serving until 1871 and declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1870 to the42nd Congress.

Afterwards, Atwood resumed activities in the newspaper business, was a commissioner at theCentennial Exposition representing theState of Wisconsin from 1872 to 1876 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in1872 and1876.

He died inMadison, Wisconsin, on December 11, 1889, and was interred inForest Hill Cemetery in Madison.^[1]

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