US Congressman. Born in Claverack, New York, he graduated from Lenox Academy Massachusetts, studied law and was admitted in 1847. He moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1853, open a legal office, was District Attorney for Kings County, (1856-59), corporation counsel for the City of Brooklyn, (1862-64) and a member of the New York State constitutional conventions, (1862, 1867, 1894). In 1869, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress, served until 1871 and was again elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving (1873-77). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 79 in Brooklyn, New York.
US Congressman. Born in Claverack, New York, he graduated from Lenox Academy Massachusetts, studied law and was admitted in 1847. He moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1853, open a legal office, was District Attorney for Kings County, (1856-59), corporation counsel for the City of Brooklyn, (1862-64) and a member of the New York State constitutional conventions, (1862, 1867, 1894). In 1869, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress, served until 1871 and was again elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving (1873-77). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 79 in Brooklyn, New York.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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