Date of Birth:
10/17/1825
Birth Place:
Columbia, Missouri
Birth County:
Boone
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
1/8/1896
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Christian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Saint Anthony Falls
Occupation (when first elected):
None Listed
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Land Office, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin/Minnesota Territory (Deputy Receiver);
184? to 18??
[Appointed]
State Legislator (Not Minnesota):
Wisconsin Legislature;
1848 to 1848
[Elected]
Board of Regents:
University of Minnesota (Regent, One of the First Ones);
1851 to 1853
County Government:
Ramsey County, Minnesota (County Surveyor);
1853 to 1854
School Board/Administration:
St. Paul, Minnesota (Board of Education);
1856 to 1857
Military:
7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment (United States Civil War and Dakota War of 1862, Wounded at the Advance on Spanish Fort; Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, General, Brevet Brigadier General);
1862 to 08/1865
State Governor:
Minnesota;
01/08/1866 to 01/09/1870
[Elected]
Board of Regents:
University of Minnesota;
1869 to 1870
Board of Regents:
University of Minnesota;
1873 to 1882
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Board of Railroad Commissioners;
1874 to 1883
[Appointed]
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Historical Society (Secretary);
1893 to 01/1895