David Vittum

David Sands Vittum was an American soldier, lawyer, politician, and businessman.
Born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, Vittum graduated from Dartmouth College in 1845. He then studied law and practiced in Meredith, New Hampshire. Vittum then moved to Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1851, and continued to practice law. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1853 and 1854 as a Democrat. He also edited the Sauk County Democrat. During the Civil War, Vittum served in the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Company F, as a captain and then lieutenant colonel. After the war, he returned to Baraboo and was president of a bank, who immigrated from France to Hampton, New Hampshire, in the late 17th century. William was a French Huguenot, and having married Jeane, a Catholic, felt compelled to flee France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.