House  1865  (District 2);  House  1877  (District 22)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Chisago, Kanabec, Pine, Washington
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            9/4/1827
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Unity, New Hampshire
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1884
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    L.A.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Lakeland
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Merchant
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Vermont Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
New Hampshire Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Postmaster: 
                                            Lakeland, Minnesota; 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Board/Commissioner: 
                                            Washington County, Minnesota (County Commissioner, Number of Years); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Lakeland, Minnesota (Town Clerk, 12 years); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Lakeland, Minnesota (Superintendent of Schools); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Honorable S.C. Moulton's Daughter (married in 1856)
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1865 and 1877 list his birth state as New Hampshire.  Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877 lists Unity, New York.
He moved to Vermont in 1843, with his parents.  He then moved to Indiana in 1852.  He moved to Illinois in 1853.  He returned to New Hampshire in 1856.  He went to Grand Rapids, Michigan in November 1856.  He came to Minnesota in September 1857.
He "has been a Republican since the party had a name." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 40)