U.S. Congressman. Moving with his parents to New York, in 1846, he engaged in the mining, lumber and the transportation business. He was supervisor of Ticonderoga, New York, (1864-65). He also was president of the First National Bank of Ticonderoga, director of the International Paper Company, the St. Maurice Lumber Company and a member of the New York State Assembly, in 1876. In 1883, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses, serving until 1887. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his previous business venues until death from appendicitis at age 68.
U.S. Congressman. Moving with his parents to New York, in 1846, he engaged in the mining, lumber and the transportation business. He was supervisor of Ticonderoga, New York, (1864-65). He also was president of the First National Bank of Ticonderoga, director of the International Paper Company, the St. Maurice Lumber Company and a member of the New York State Assembly, in 1876. In 1883, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses, serving until 1887. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his previous business venues until death from appendicitis at age 68.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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