lawyer, politician, Congressman, b. Chenango County, N.Y. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. (B.A., 1842). In 1849 he moved to Wisconsin, settling in Berlin, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and set up a law practice. A Democrat, he was state assemblyman (1853) and county judge of Green Lake County (1854-1862); in 1862 he was elected to Congress and served one term (Mar. 1863-Mar. 1865). After leaving Congress he returned to Berlin, where from 1865 to 1870 he continued his law practice. In 1870 he moved to Pueblo, Colo., because of his health, was appointed register of the Pueblo land office in 1871, and died shortly thereafter. Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); Portrait and Biog. Album of Green Lake . . . Cos. (Chicago, 1890).Learn More
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