House  1893-94  (District 30);  Senate  1895-98  (District 30)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Hennepin
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            10/15/1849
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Millbridge, Maine
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Washington
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1918
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Methodist Episcopal
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Minneapolis
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    President, Metropolitan Bank of Minneapolis/Manufacturing; Member of Smith and Wyman of Minneapolis, Manufacturers of Sash, Doors and Blinds
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Maine Public Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota; Attended College; 1 year
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Board of Regents: 
                                            University of Minnesota (President); 
                         
                         1905 to 1908
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Rosa Lamberson (married on September 3, 1873)
                                    Children: 
                                    Seven children: Roy L., Guy A., Grace Alice, James C., Maud E., Earle F., and Ruth
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was of English ancestry.
He came to Minnesota in 1868.  He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1871.
He was the Vice-President of the Board of Trustees at Hamline University.
He was a member of the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.
Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota 1897.