teacher, lawyer, politician, Congressman, b. Monticello. He graduated from Western Military College, Drennan, Ky. (1853), studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. He taught ancient languages at Nashville (Tenn.) Univ. (1855-1857), and in 1857 returned to Wisconsin and set up a law practice at Shullsburg. A Republican, he served one term as district attorney of Lafayette County. In 1864 he moved his practice to Darlington, and in 1865 served as a regent of the Univ. of Wisconsin. He was state senator (1871-1872), and in 1874 was elected to Congress and served one term (Mar. 1875-Mar. 1877). From 1877 until his death he practiced law in Milwaukee. Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); P. M. Reed, Bench and Bar of Wis. (Milwaukee, 1882); R. G. Thwaites, ed., Univ. of Wis. (Madison, 1900); WPA field notes.

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