House  1877-78  (District 8)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Democratic
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Winona
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            2/4/1824
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Fayetteville, New York
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Onondago
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1901
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    J.M.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Winona
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Physician
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Academic Education; At Least Elementary School; 
Studied Medicine; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            County Government: 
                                            Winona County, Minnesota (County Physician); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Winona, Minnesota (City Physician); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Winona, Minnesota (Board of Education, Member); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He came to Minnesota in 1854.
He was a member in high standing of the Masonic order.
"Politically the Doctor is a life long Democrat of the Douglas wing." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 33)
He was listed as a Democrat on the list of members posted after the 1877 election.  ("The Next Legislature."  St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 10, 1877)