U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Harvard University in 1829, engaged in teaching, moved to New York in 1830, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced to practice law in Owego, New York. He was district attorney of Tioga County (1838-43), a member of the Owego village board of trustees (1839, 43, 48) and first chief engineer of the Owego Fire Department in 1844. In 1853, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress, serving until 1855. After leaving Congress, he was appointed commissioner to settle the northwestern boundary of the United States by President Franklin Pierce, but declined the position. He resumed the practice of law, was president of the village of Owego, in 1859, was president of the Southern Central Railway Company and later the president for the Auburn division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Harvard University in 1829, engaged in teaching, moved to New York in 1830, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced to practice law in Owego, New York. He was district attorney of Tioga County (1838-43), a member of the Owego village board of trustees (1839, 43, 48) and first chief engineer of the Owego Fire Department in 1844. In 1853, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress, serving until 1855. After leaving Congress, he was appointed commissioner to settle the northwestern boundary of the United States by President Franklin Pierce, but declined the position. He resumed the practice of law, was president of the village of Owego, in 1859, was president of the Southern Central Railway Company and later the president for the Auburn division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
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