US Congressman. He studied law, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar in 1848 and practiced in Philadelphia. He held local offices and was a Major of the Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, during the emergency service of September 1862. Elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses, March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1869, reelected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses and served from April 9, 1869 to March 3, 1875. As a unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law, his last public service was as a presidential elector on the Republican ticket of McKinley and Hobart in 1896.
US Congressman. He studied law, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar in 1848 and practiced in Philadelphia. He held local offices and was a Major of the Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, during the emergency service of September 1862. Elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses, March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1869, reelected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses and served from April 9, 1869 to March 3, 1875. As a unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law, his last public service was as a presidential elector on the Republican ticket of McKinley and Hobart in 1896.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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