Hiram S. Town (January 16, 1833 – July 7, 1901) was an American farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
He was one of the founders of the Republican Party and served as a Union Army cavalry officer during the American Civil War.
After his father's death, he moved with his mother and brother to the village of Ceresco, in Fond du Lac County, in 1844.
[1] He was educated in the public schools and then went to work clerking in a general store owned by William Starr.
Between the 1870 and 1871 sessions, he was appointed postmaster at Ripon, and because he accepted this office, Democrats in Fond du Lac County declared the Senate seat vacant and held an "election" to choose a replacement.
[8][9] In 1886, he moved to Adair, Indian Territory, to work on a contract for railroad construction with his brother, Edward.