Date of Birth: 
                                            1/23/1844
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Mound Prairie, Wheatland Township, Wisconsin
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Kenosha
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            2/23/1919
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    D.S.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Big Falls
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Real Estate Dealer
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                    Elgin Academy, Illinois; Secondary; 
Markham Academy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Secondary; 
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company K, 42nd Regiment (United States Civil War, Private); 
                         
                         186? to 186?
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Auditor: 
                                            Renville County, Minnesota; 
                         
                         1869 to 1873
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Judicial Administration: 
                                            Renville County, Minnesota (Clerk of the District Court); 
                         
                         1873 to 1877
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Executive Branch: 
                                            United States Land Office, Benson, Minnesota (Register); 
                         
                         1878 to 1886
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Representative: 
                                            3rd Congressional District, Minnesota; 
                         
                         03/04/1889 to 03/03/1891
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Executive Branch: 
                                            United States Chippewa Indian Commission (Chair); 
                         
                         1891 to 1893
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Executive Branch: 
                                            United States Chippewa Indian Commission; 
                         
                         1897 to 1???
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Agricultural Society, Board of Managers; 
                         
                         1905 to 1910