House 1877 (District 20); House 1879-80 (District 20)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Dakota
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
??/??/1833
Birth Place:
Pennsylvania
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Mendota
Occupation (when first elected):
Farmer
EDUCATION
Farmridge Academy, Illinois; At Least Elementary School;
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois; Attended College;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
County Government:
Dakota County, Minnesota (Held One County Office, 8 years);
18?? to 18??
Municipal Government:
Mendota, Minnesota (Held About All the Local Town Offices);
18?? to 18??
Military:
Army (United States Civil War, 3 years);
1862 to 186?
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married (married in 1857)
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1836, with his parents. He came to Minnesota in 1857.
His politics were "Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 50)