U.S. Congressman. Educated at Lafayette College where he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced to practice law in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1855, he was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1861. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law, plus engaged in educational and religious work at Lafayette College (1865-72).
U.S. Congressman. Educated at Lafayette College where he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced to practice law in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1855, he was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1861. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law, plus engaged in educational and religious work at Lafayette College (1865-72).
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