Territorial House  1856  (District 8)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Not Available
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Fillmore, Houston, Mower
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            11/10/1820 (uncertain)
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Westerly, Rhode Island
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Caledonia
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            State Auditor: 
                                            Minnesota (He was the First State Auditor); 
                         
                         05/24/1858 to 01/1861
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    The History of Minnesota: from the French Explorations to the Present Time, 1873 lists him as being 31 years old in 1856.  Minnesota Place Names lists his birth year as 1820.
He came to Minnesota in 1854.
He died in Caledonia, Minnesota.