Harmon S. Conger
Harmon Sweatland Conger was an American lawyer, partisan newspaper publisher, Whig politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 25th congressional district from 1847 to 1851. He subsequently served as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in southern Wisconsin from 1870 until his death in 1882.
Life and career
Born in Freetown, New York, Conger attended the local academy at Cortland in 1833. He studied law with Horatio Ballard, was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Cortland, New York.Conger was also editor and owner of a newspaper, the Cortland County Whig, from 1840 to 1845.
He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses, serving from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851. After his term in Congress, Conger resumed the practice of law in Cortland.
He moved to Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1855 and continued the practice of law. By now a Republican, Conger was elected Judge of the Wisconsin Circuit Court in 1870. He was reelected in 1876 and served until his death.