Senate  1872-73  (District 38);  House  1881-82  (District 38)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock, Watonwan
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1823
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Alabama
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    W.D.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Saint James
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    University of North Carolina; Attended College; 
Studied Law; With Henry W. Miller
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            State Legislator (Not Minnesota): 
                                            Arkansas Legislature; 
                         
                         1854 to 1854
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to Arkansas in 1852 and took up cotton planting.  He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1868.  He moved to St. James, Minnesota in 1869.
His party affiliation when first elected was provided by The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873.