U.S. Congressman. Moving to Kansas, in 1854, he became a printer, founded the National Typographical Union, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He practiced law, became involved in territorial politics, was an agent in Kansas for the Massachusetts Abolition Society, a member of the first legislative council in 1854 and a member of the Kansas Free State convention in 1855. In addition, he was chief justice of the supreme court under the Topeka constitution of provisional government, (1856-57) and president of the Leavenworth constitutional convention of 1858. Upon the admission of Kansas as a State into the Union, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, serving (1861-63). After leaving Congress, he was appointed by President Johnson United States consul at Marseilles, France, serving (1866-69). Retiring from public life because of ill health, he died at age 54 while confined to the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Congressman. Moving to Kansas, in 1854, he became a printer, founded the National Typographical Union, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He practiced law, became involved in territorial politics, was an agent in Kansas for the Massachusetts Abolition Society, a member of the first legislative council in 1854 and a member of the Kansas Free State convention in 1855. In addition, he was chief justice of the supreme court under the Topeka constitution of provisional government, (1856-57) and president of the Leavenworth constitutional convention of 1858. Upon the admission of Kansas as a State into the Union, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, serving (1861-63). After leaving Congress, he was appointed by President Johnson United States consul at Marseilles, France, serving (1866-69). Retiring from public life because of ill health, he died at age 54 while confined to the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington, D.C.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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