U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, was principal of the Woodstock Academy Connecticut (1849-50), studied law and was a professor of mathematics, astronomy and meteorology, at Dartmouth College New Hampshire (1854-65). Entering politics, he was a member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 1862. He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses, serving 1863-67. In 1867, he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate, serving until 1873. After leaving the Senate, he was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, a member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives (1877-78) and was the New Hampshire State superintendent of public instruction from 1881 until his death.
U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, was principal of the Woodstock Academy Connecticut (1849-50), studied law and was a professor of mathematics, astronomy and meteorology, at Dartmouth College New Hampshire (1854-65). Entering politics, he was a member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 1862. He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses, serving 1863-67. In 1867, he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate, serving until 1873. After leaving the Senate, he was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, a member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives (1877-78) and was the New Hampshire State superintendent of public instruction from 1881 until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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