Served in the 53rd Illinois Infantry: enlisted as a Private, promoted to Sergeant Major, Adjutant, Major, and Lt. Colonel. Later he served with the 17th Army Corps, 4th Division as a Acting Adjutant General, Carolina Campaign; Brevetted Colonel for Meritorious Service. After the war he was Park Region Fair Association President in Minnesota- 1884. He studied law in 1861 and was admitted to the bar in 1868. He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1/8/1889 to 1/5/1891. District 44, and he lived in Campbell, Minnesota. At the time he was serving the legislature he was active in raising livestock, heavy draft horses, breeder, imported Percheron Horses, Dairy farming, and a former lawyer. His political party was Republican. At the close of the 1889 session he was appointed national bank examiner for Minnesota, a position which he held until 1910, when he resigned on account of failing health.
Served in the 53rd Illinois Infantry: enlisted as a Private, promoted to Sergeant Major, Adjutant, Major, and Lt. Colonel. Later he served with the 17th Army Corps, 4th Division as a Acting Adjutant General, Carolina Campaign; Brevetted Colonel for Meritorious Service. After the war he was Park Region Fair Association President in Minnesota- 1884. He studied law in 1861 and was admitted to the bar in 1868. He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1/8/1889 to 1/5/1891. District 44, and he lived in Campbell, Minnesota. At the time he was serving the legislature he was active in raising livestock, heavy draft horses, breeder, imported Percheron Horses, Dairy farming, and a former lawyer. His political party was Republican. At the close of the 1889 session he was appointed national bank examiner for Minnesota, a position which he held until 1910, when he resigned on account of failing health.
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