U.S. Congressman. While engaged in newspaper work, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854, relocated to Davenport, Iowa and began a law practice. He moved to Chatfield, Minnesota and continued the practice of law. Upon the admission of Minnesota as a State into the Union, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving (1858-59). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he moved to Colorado, in 1861, resumed the practice of law, also engaged in mining and was a member of the Colorado State constitutional convention in 1865. Moving to Montana, in 1866, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses, serving, (1867-71). An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, engaged in the practice of law in New York City, returned to Colorado, in 1879 and continued to practice law until his death.
U.S. Congressman. While engaged in newspaper work, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854, relocated to Davenport, Iowa and began a law practice. He moved to Chatfield, Minnesota and continued the practice of law. Upon the admission of Minnesota as a State into the Union, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving (1858-59). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he moved to Colorado, in 1861, resumed the practice of law, also engaged in mining and was a member of the Colorado State constitutional convention in 1865. Moving to Montana, in 1866, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses, serving, (1867-71). An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, engaged in the practice of law in New York City, returned to Colorado, in 1879 and continued to practice law until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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