Senate  1873-74  (District 19)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Le Sueur
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1811
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Ireland
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            11/20/1903
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Cleveland
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer/Former Newspaper Editor, Middlesex Prototype and Other Canadian Newspapers
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Mayor: 
                                            London Township, Ontario, Canada (Reeve); 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Other Countries: 
                                            Canada (Number of Prominent Official Positions); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            London Township, Ontario, Canada (Surveyor); 
                         
                         1826 to 1827
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Government: 
                                            Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada (County Engineer); 
                         
                         1851 to ?
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Elizabeth Ann (Ann Eliza) Clark (married on January 8, 1833)
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to Canada in 1818.  He came to Cleveland, Minnesota in 1856.
His party affiliation when first elected was provided by The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873.
He was a civil engineer.