U.S. Congressman. He completed academic studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced to practice law in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was Commonwealth attorney for Rockingham County, (1852-59) and elected as an Independent Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving (1859-61). When Virginia seceded from the Union at the advent of the Civil War in April 1861, he served as a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1863-65). After the war, he was judge of the Virginia twelfth judicial circuit, (1866-69). In 1871, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving until 1881. Declining a unanimous re-nomination, he was commissioner to the World’s Fair at Chicago, in 1893 and practiced law until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He completed academic studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced to practice law in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was Commonwealth attorney for Rockingham County, (1852-59) and elected as an Independent Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving (1859-61). When Virginia seceded from the Union at the advent of the Civil War in April 1861, he served as a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1863-65). After the war, he was judge of the Virginia twelfth judicial circuit, (1866-69). In 1871, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving until 1881. Declining a unanimous re-nomination, he was commissioner to the World’s Fair at Chicago, in 1893 and practiced law until his death.
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