U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Trinity College in 1829, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced to practice law in Carrollton, Illinois, in 1833. He was a member of the Illinois State House of Representatives, (1851-53), judge of Greene County, (1854-58) and secretary-treasurer of the St. Louis, Jacksonville & Chicago Railroad, in 1858. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas L. Harris and served from January 4 to March 3, 1859. Not a candidate for election, he was the Carrollton circuit judge, (1867-73), a member of the Illinois State Senate, (1873-77) and practiced law until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Trinity College in 1829, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced to practice law in Carrollton, Illinois, in 1833. He was a member of the Illinois State House of Representatives, (1851-53), judge of Greene County, (1854-58) and secretary-treasurer of the St. Louis, Jacksonville & Chicago Railroad, in 1858. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas L. Harris and served from January 4 to March 3, 1859. Not a candidate for election, he was the Carrollton circuit judge, (1867-73), a member of the Illinois State Senate, (1873-77) and practiced law until his death.
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