Senate  1885-86  (District 22)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Not Available
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Goodhue
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            9/10/1847
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Conneaut, Ohio
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Ashtabula
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            11/26/1914
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    O.M.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Red Wing
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Lawyer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Hiram College, Ohio ; Attended College; 
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts; College Graduate; 1868
Studied Law; Admitted to the Bar
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            U.S. Representative: 
                                            3rd Congressional District, Minnesota; 
                         
                         03/04/1891 to 03/03/1895
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Tax Commission; 
                         
                         1907 to 11/26/1914
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He came to Minnesota in 1869.
He served as a Democratic Party member of the United States Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 1894.
He died in St. Paul, Minnesota and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Red Wing, Minnesota.