soldier, businessman, politician, Congressman, b. Peninsula, Jefferson County, N.Y. He moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1845, settling in Greenfield, Milwaukee County. He later moved to Milwaukee, Sheboygan County, and eventually settled on a farm in Door County. During the Civil War, he served in the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry (1861-1865), and when he left the service held the rank of 1st lieutenant. After the war, he engaged in the hardware business in Sturgeon Bay (1865-1884), and from 1884 to 1891 was superintendent of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. A Republican, he was state assemblyman (1878, 1880-1881), and state senator (1883-1886). In 1894 he was elected to Congress, and served six terms (Mar. 1895-Mar. 1907). Minor was twice mayor of Sturgeon Bay, and was its postmaster (1911- 1915). After 1918 he lived in retirement in Sturgeon Bay until his death. (1 Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); Wis. Blue Book (1905); H. R. Holand, Hist. of Door Co. (2 vols., Chicago, 1917); Milwaukee Sentinel, July 26, 1924.

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[Source: Blue book]