House  1889-90  (District 30)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Hennepin
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            4/20/1853
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Eastport, Maine
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Washington
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            8/2/1927
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Minneapolis
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Lawyer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Minneapolis Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Albany Law School, New York; Law Degree; 1873-1874; Admitted to the Hennepin County Bar
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Mollie (or Molly) Lauderdale (married on July 6, 1875)
                                    Children: 
                                    Four children:  Bessie, Ina, and Mabel (daughters); Stuart (son)
                                    
                                    
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was of Scottish and Irish ancestry.
He came to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1861, with his family.
He is buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.