US Congressman. Educated at a Jesuit College Missouri, he trained at the Bank Street Academy New York City, (1847-49) and for the next fifteen years he engaged in stock raising and commercial pursuits, including running mule trains from Missouri to Mexico. He was elected to the New Mexico Territorial council in 1858, was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment, commanded the post at Albuquerque (1861-62) and participated in the Union Army victory at the Battle of Apache Canyon. In 1863, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving until 1865. An unsuccessful candidate for renomination, he returned to New Mexico, was proprietor of the Springs Hotel and postmaster of Jemez Springs, (1894-05) he died at age 83 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
US Congressman. Educated at a Jesuit College Missouri, he trained at the Bank Street Academy New York City, (1847-49) and for the next fifteen years he engaged in stock raising and commercial pursuits, including running mule trains from Missouri to Mexico. He was elected to the New Mexico Territorial council in 1858, was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment, commanded the post at Albuquerque (1861-62) and participated in the Union Army victory at the Battle of Apache Canyon. In 1863, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving until 1865. An unsuccessful candidate for renomination, he returned to New Mexico, was proprietor of the Springs Hotel and postmaster of Jemez Springs, (1894-05) he died at age 83 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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