U.S. Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. After graduating from the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced to practice law in Readfield, Maine. Moving to Wisconsin in 1845, he was appointed Green Bay; judge of the Green Bay circuit court and was a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, (1850-53). In 1860, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving until 1879. After leaving the Senate, he served as a commissioner for the purchase of the Black Hills Territory from the Indians and was appointed Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Chester Arthur in 1881, serving until his death.
U.S. Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. After graduating from the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced to practice law in Readfield, Maine. Moving to Wisconsin in 1845, he was appointed Green Bay; judge of the Green Bay circuit court and was a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, (1850-53). In 1860, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving until 1879. After leaving the Senate, he served as a commissioner for the purchase of the Black Hills Territory from the Indians and was appointed Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Chester Arthur in 1881, serving until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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