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| birth_place = [[Jaffrey, New Hampshire|Jaffrey]], [[New Hampshire]]U.S.

| death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.

|branch = [[United States Army]]<br />[[Union Army]]

|rank = [[File:Union Army colonel rank insignia.png|35px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]<br />[[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]

Spaulding was born in [[Jaffrey, New Hampshire]] on August 2, 1833. He completed preparatory studies, graduated from [[Oberlin College]] of [[Ohio]] in 1855, and moved to Michigan where he taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in [[St. Johns, Michigan]]. He was regent of the [[University of Michigan]] at [[Ann Arbor]] from 1858 to 1864.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in American History -– the Military|date=1975|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=Chicago|isbn=0837932017978-0-8379-3201-9|page=546}}</ref>

==Career ==

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Spaulding served in the [[Union Army]] as a [[Captain (United States)|captain]] in the [[23rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment|23rd Michigan Infantry Regiment]]. He eventually was promoted to [[Colonel (United States)|Colonelcolonel]] and later was [[Brevet (military)|brevetted]] [[Brigadier General (United States)|brigadier Brigadier Generalgeneral]]. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in St. Johns.<ref name="auto"/>

Spaulding was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] from [[Michigan's 6th congressional district]] to the [[47th United States Congress|46th Congress]] serving from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883.<ref name="auto"/> He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882. He also served as chairman of the commission sent to the [[Hawaiian Islands|Sandwich Islands]] to investigate alleged violations of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Hawaiian]] reciprocity treaty in 1883.{{CnCitation needed|date=October 2016}}

Oliver Spaulding again served as a special agent of the United States Treasury in 1885, 1889, and 1890 and then as Assistant [[U.S. Secretary of the Treasury]] from 1890 to 1893 during the [[Benjamin Harrison|Benjamin Harrison administration]] and 1897 to 1903 during the [[William McKinley|McKinley administration]].<ref name="auto"/> He was also president of the first International American Customs Congress, held in [[New York City]] in January 1903 and again a special agent of the United States Treasury from 1903 to 1909 and then customs agent from 1909 to 1916.{{CnCitation needed|date=October 2016}}

==Personal life ==

He married Mary Cecilia Swegles on August 12, 1862.<ref name="auto"/> Their son, [[Oliver Lyman Spaulding (general)|Oliver Lyman Spaulding]], served as a brigadier general during [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Davis, Jr.|first=Henry Blaine Jr.|title=Generals in Khaki|publisher=Pentland Press, Inc.|year= 1998

|ISBNisbn= 1571970886978-1-57197-088-6|oclc=40298151|page=343}}</ref>

==Death and legacy ==

Oliver L. Spaulding died in [[Washington, D.C.]], and is interredburied inat [[Arlington National Cemetery]], in [[Arlington, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://wwwancexplorer.arlingtoncemeteryarmy.netmil/ospauld.htmpublicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CglzcGF1bGRpbmcSBm9saXZlchoBbA--/ |title=OliverBurial LymanDetail: Spaulding, Colonel,Oliver UnitedL. States(Section Army1, &Grave Member432-A) of|work= CongressANC Explorer|firstpublisher=MichaelArlington National Cemetery Robert|lastid=Patterson(Official website)}}</ref>

{{succession box | before=[[Mark S. Brewer]] | title=[[United States Congressional Delegations from Michigan|United States Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Michigan]]| years=1881 &ndash; 18831881–1883 | after= [[Edwin B. Winans (politician)|Edwin B. Winans]]}}

[[Category:Secretaries of Statestate of Michigan]]