Territorial House 1851 (District 4); Territorial House 1852-53 (District 1); Territorial Council 1856-57 (District 1)
Party when first elected: Not Available
Counties Served: Chisago, Doty (defunct), Itasca, Superior (defunct), Washington
Massachusetts Common Schools; Elementary School; Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts; Secondary;
Spouse: Single (while in office); Margaret Rhodes (she died in 1894) Children: Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
He moved to New York when he was 21 years old. He later lived in Galena, Illinois before he moved to Wisconsin in 1842. He went to St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin around 1845. He came to Marine Mills, Minnesota in 1849. He moved to Stillwater, Minnesota in 1857. He went to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1861.He died, at home, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota.He was a founder of Unity Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.Religion provided by The Book of Minnesotans: a Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of Minnesota, 1907, p. 316.