Date of Birth: 
                                            2/19/1840
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Saegertown, Pennsylvania
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Crawford
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            10/31/1905
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    A.R.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Saint Paul
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Retired, Banking and Trust Business/Former School Teacher, Kentucky/Former Principal, St. Peter Public High School/Former Editor, St. Peter Tribune
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                    Pennsylvania Schools; Elementary School; 
Saegertown Academy, Pennsylvania; Secondary; 
Studied Law; Under Hon. Horace Austin, Admitted to the Bar, 1868 or 1869
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            9th Minnesota Volunteers Regiment, Company D (United States Civil War and Indian Outrages; Private, 1st Sergeant); 
                         
                         08/1862 to 1863
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Nicollet County, Minnesota (Superintendent of Schools); 
                         
                         1864 to 1865
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Judicial Administration: 
                                            District Court of Nicollet County, Minnesota (Clerk of the District Court); 
                         
                         1865 to 1869
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Governor Staff: 
                                            Minnesota Governor Horace Austin's Office (Private Secretary); 
                         
                         1870 to 1873
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Agency: 
                                            Minnesota Insurance Agency (Commissioner, Appointed by Governor Horace Austin); 
                         
                         1873 to 01/1887
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Governor: 
                                            Minnesota; 
                         
                         01/05/1887 to 01/09/1889
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Postmaster: 
                                            St. Paul, Minnesota (Appointed by President McKinley and President Roosevelt); 
                         
                         1900 to 10/31/1905
                                            [Appointed]