Toensing, anf the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1877 list his first name as Louis. Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877 lists Lewis.
Toensing lists his birth year as 1839. Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877 lists 1840.
He came to Minnesota in September 1866.
"The strength he would give to the Republican party in his district, called him into the field." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 21)