lawyer, judge, politician, Congressman, b. Candor, N.Y. He attended Cortland (N.Y.) Academy, read law, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1854. In 1855 he moved to Wisconsin, settling in Hudson where he set up a law practice. He was district attorney for St. Croix County, and county judge. A Republican, he was state senator (1862-1863), and from 1866 to 1877 served as circuit judge of Wisconsin's 8th judicial district. In 1876 he was elected to Congress, and served three terms (Mar. 1877-Mar. 1883). After leaving Congress, he returned to his law practice in Hudson, and also served one term in the state assembly (1887-1888). Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); J. R. Berry-man, ed., Bench and Bar of Wis. (2 vols., Chicago, 1898); Hudson Star-Times, June 13, 1902.Learn More
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