lawyer, politician, U.S. assistant secretary of war, b. Janesville. He graduated from Racine College (A.B., 1874), was admitted to the bar in 1876, and practiced in Janesville. He was city attorney for Janesville for many years and adjutant general of Wisconsin (1891-1893). A Democrat, he served as assistant secretary of war in President Cleveland's cabinet (1893-1897). Returning to Wisconsin, he was special assistant to the Milwaukee city attorney (1898-1902), and thereafter engaged in private law practice in Milwaukee until his death. Who's Who in Amer., 13 (1924); Proc. State Bar Assoc. Wis., 16 (1926); Milwaukee journal, Oct. 18, 25, 1925.

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