lawyer, politician, businessman, b. Rochester, N.Y. He moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1856, settling at Kilbourn City (now Wisconsin Dells). He attended Lawrence College, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. In 1883 he moved to Wausau, where he practiced law, and from 1886 to 1888 was district attorney for Marathon County. A Republican, he was state attorney general (Jan. 1895-Jan. 1899). After leaving the attorney general's office, he retired from politics, and returned to Wausau where he continued his law practice and engaged in the real estate, lumber, and insurance business until his death. J. R. Berryman, ed., Bench and Bar of Wis. (2 vols., Chicago, 1898); Wis. Blue Book (1897); L. Marchetti, Hist. of Marathon Co. (Chicago, 1913); Mosinee Times, Sept. 14, 1916.

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[Source: Blue book]