U.S. Congressman, Dakota Governor. He graduated from Wyoming Academy in 1835, from Middlebury College in 1839, moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1840 and was a tutor in the branch of the Michigan University. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842, practiced law in Detroit and was the Detroit City Treasurer, (1848-50). In 1855, he was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress and Thirty-sixth Congress, serving until 1861. Not a candidate for re-nomination. He was Postmaster of Detroit, (1861-66), plus land commissioner of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway and of the Northern Pacific Railway, (1869-78). In 1878, he was appointed the 6th Territorial Governor of Dakota by President Rutherford B. Hayes and served until his death.
U.S. Congressman, Dakota Governor. He graduated from Wyoming Academy in 1835, from Middlebury College in 1839, moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1840 and was a tutor in the branch of the Michigan University. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842, practiced law in Detroit and was the Detroit City Treasurer, (1848-50). In 1855, he was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress and Thirty-sixth Congress, serving until 1861. Not a candidate for re-nomination. He was Postmaster of Detroit, (1861-66), plus land commissioner of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway and of the Northern Pacific Railway, (1869-78). In 1878, he was appointed the 6th Territorial Governor of Dakota by President Rutherford B. Hayes and served until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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