U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman. Graduating from Yale College in 1872, he was secretary of the Board of Railway and Warehouse Commissioners of Illinois, (1875-76) and moved Idaho Territory, in 1880. There he engaged in business and was United States Marshal of Idaho, (1882-86). In 1887, he was elected as a Republican from the Territory of Idaho to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, serving until 1890. After his term, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving (1891-97) and reelected as a Silver Republican to the United States Senate, serving (1901-07). Not a candidate for reelection, he served on the Board of Ordinance, (1918-20) and appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to International Joint Commission for the U.S. boundary disputes with Canada, serving from 1924, until his death at age 78.
U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman. Graduating from Yale College in 1872, he was secretary of the Board of Railway and Warehouse Commissioners of Illinois, (1875-76) and moved Idaho Territory, in 1880. There he engaged in business and was United States Marshal of Idaho, (1882-86). In 1887, he was elected as a Republican from the Territory of Idaho to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, serving until 1890. After his term, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving (1891-97) and reelected as a Silver Republican to the United States Senate, serving (1901-07). Not a candidate for reelection, he served on the Board of Ordinance, (1918-20) and appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to International Joint Commission for the U.S. boundary disputes with Canada, serving from 1924, until his death at age 78.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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