U.S. Congressman. He attended Asbury University in Indiana, was admitted into the Indiana conference of the Methodist Church, and was a traveling minister (1853-61). During the Civil War, he served as First Lieutenant of Company I, 97th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Union Army. After the war, he settled on a farm near Paris, Illinois, in 1865 and was master of the State Grange of Illinois. In 1879, he was elected as a Greenbacker National Party to the Forty-sixth Congress, serving until 1881. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he moved to Kansas in 1882, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was a regent of the Kansas State Agricultural College (1886-92).
U.S. Congressman. He attended Asbury University in Indiana, was admitted into the Indiana conference of the Methodist Church, and was a traveling minister (1853-61). During the Civil War, he served as First Lieutenant of Company I, 97th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Union Army. After the war, he settled on a farm near Paris, Illinois, in 1865 and was master of the State Grange of Illinois. In 1879, he was elected as a Greenbacker National Party to the Forty-sixth Congress, serving until 1881. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he moved to Kansas in 1882, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was a regent of the Kansas State Agricultural College (1886-92).
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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