US Congressman. He attended the academies of St. Albans and Enosburg, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in East Berkshire, Vermont, in 1844. He was a member of the Vermont State House of Representatives (1846-47), Vermont State prosecuting attorney in 1848 and served in the Vermont State Senate, (1849-51). In 1857, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1861. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he again was a member of the Vermont State Senate (1861, 1868), associate justice of the supreme court of Vermont, (1870-82) and chief justice of that court, (1882-90).
US Congressman. He attended the academies of St. Albans and Enosburg, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in East Berkshire, Vermont, in 1844. He was a member of the Vermont State House of Representatives (1846-47), Vermont State prosecuting attorney in 1848 and served in the Vermont State Senate, (1849-51). In 1857, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1861. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he again was a member of the Vermont State Senate (1861, 1868), associate justice of the supreme court of Vermont, (1870-82) and chief justice of that court, (1882-90).
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