US Congressman, Maine Governor. He was graduated from the Colburn Classical Institute, attended Colby University, graduated from the law department of Union University New York, was admitted to the bar in and commenced practice in Houlton, Maine, in January 1861. He was prosecuting attorney for Aroostook County (1864-71), collector of customs for the district of Aroostook, (1868-72) and a member of the Maine State House of Representatives, (1873-76, 1883, 1892, 1895). In 1877, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress, serving until 1879. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was elected Governor of Maine, serving (1896-1900). After his term as Governor, he was again elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles A. Boutelle and reelected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth Congresses, serving 1901, until his death at age 71.
US Congressman, Maine Governor. He was graduated from the Colburn Classical Institute, attended Colby University, graduated from the law department of Union University New York, was admitted to the bar in and commenced practice in Houlton, Maine, in January 1861. He was prosecuting attorney for Aroostook County (1864-71), collector of customs for the district of Aroostook, (1868-72) and a member of the Maine State House of Representatives, (1873-76, 1883, 1892, 1895). In 1877, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress, serving until 1879. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was elected Governor of Maine, serving (1896-1900). After his term as Governor, he was again elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles A. Boutelle and reelected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth Congresses, serving 1901, until his death at age 71.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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