lawyer, politician, Congressman, b. Buffalo, N.Y. He moved to Wisconsin in 1853, settling in Neenah. He attended Lawrence College, was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1856, and set up a law practice in Appleton. A Democrat, he was district attorney for Outagamie County (1856-1857), state senator (1862-1863), and state assemblyman (1868). In 1868 he moved to Green Bay, and was state assemblyman from Brown County (1875), and state senator (1876-1879, 1882-1886). In Feb., 1886, he was elected to Congress to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Ranking, was re-elected for a regular term in Nov., 1886, and served from Mar., 1886, to Nvlar., 1889. After leaving Congress, he returned to the private practice of law in Green Bay. Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); Wis. Blue Book (1887); P. M. Reed, Bench and Bar of Wis. (Milwaukee, 1882); Green Bay Advocate, June 25, 1896.Learn More
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[Source: Blue book]
