lawyer, politician, Congressman, b. Hampton, Me. He moved to Ohio in 1840, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. About 1844 he moved to Milwaukee where he set up a law practice and served as prosecuting attorney for Milwaukee County. A Democrat, he was state attorney general (1848-1850). In 1861 he was elected mayor of Milwaukee, and in this capacity was credited with helping to restore the city's credit, which was seriously shaken by the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1862 he was elected to Congress as a "War Democrat," serving one term (Mar., 1863-Mar., 1865). He was defeated for re-election, and spent several years in Europe before resuming his Milwaukee law practice in 1873. Madison Wis. State Journal, Apr. 17, 1878; Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); [F. A. Flower], Hist. of Milwaukee (Chicago, 1881); J. R. Berryman, ed., Bench and Bar of Wis. (2 vols., Chicago, 1898).

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