lawyer, b. Nunda, Livingston County, N.Y. He moved with his parents to Madison in 1855. After graduating from the Univ. of Wisconsin (B.A., 1868; M.A., 1871), he was admitted to the bar (1869), set up a law practice in Madison, and eventually became widely known for his work in the field of insurance law. A Republican, he was state assistant attorney general (1878-1887). He joined the Progressive Republican movement, was a close friend and follower of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (q.v.), and acted as legal counsel for the Progressive cause. He was principal counsel for the state in litigation growing out of the ad valorem taxation railroad cases after 1903, and acted as special counsel in litigation before the state supreme court, which determined that the Progressive and not the Stalwart slate was entitled to the official Republican label after the contested Republican state convention of 1904. He was regent of the Univ. of Wisconsin (1892- 1898). Madison Democrat, Oct. 16, 17, 1906; Wis. Reports, 136 (1908), pp. xxxviii-xlv; B. C. and F. La Follette, R. M. La FoIIette (2 vols., New York, 1953).Learn More
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