Theodore Sears was educated at the public school in his native village and at the Academy in Danbury; entered Amherst College 1848. Failing health compelled him to leave before graduation, but the college gave him his degree in course. He studied law at Albany, NY, and after graduating was admitted to the bar, and practiced there 3 years, at Cleveland a short time, and afterward in New York city until 1864, when he removed to Kansas. President Lincoln appointed him Provost Marshall of the Southern District, which office he held until the close of the war. Was State Senator for 2 years from 1870. In 1872 he was appointed attorney general for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, which position he held until 1881, when the railroad was sold to another company. He then went to New York for a short time, and then to Washington Territory, and is now employed as counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad, and resides in Tacoma.
Theodore Sears was educated at the public school in his native village and at the Academy in Danbury; entered Amherst College 1848. Failing health compelled him to leave before graduation, but the college gave him his degree in course. He studied law at Albany, NY, and after graduating was admitted to the bar, and practiced there 3 years, at Cleveland a short time, and afterward in New York city until 1864, when he removed to Kansas. President Lincoln appointed him Provost Marshall of the Southern District, which office he held until the close of the war. Was State Senator for 2 years from 1870. In 1872 he was appointed attorney general for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, which position he held until 1881, when the railroad was sold to another company. He then went to New York for a short time, and then to Washington Territory, and is now employed as counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad, and resides in Tacoma.
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