House  1872  (District 16);  House  1877  (District 16)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Not Available
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Goodhue
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1828
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            , Ohio
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Presbyterian
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Goodhue
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Postsecondary; Studied Theology; Licensed to Preach, 1856
Washington College, Pennsylvania; College Graduate; Classical Department, Fall 1852
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            162nd Ohio Infantry (Mustered Out by Reason of Disability); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1872 lists his city as Goodhue Centre, which is what Goodhue Township was called in 1872.
He came to Minnesota in 1865 or 1868.
He was mustered out of the Ohio military by reason of disability.
He was a member of the Free Presbyterian Church of the United States.
Religion provided by Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877.