US Congressman. He graduated from the scientific department of Abingdon College Illinois, engaged in teaching as a member of the faculty of Hiram College, Ohio and moved to Sheridan, Wyoming, 1884. He was a delegate from Wyoming to the World’s Fair Congress of Bankers and Financiers at Chicago in 1893 and a member of the constitutional convention that framed the constitution of the new State of Wyoming in 1889. In 1893, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress, serving until 1895. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he returned to his literary pursuits until his death at age 70.
US Congressman. He graduated from the scientific department of Abingdon College Illinois, engaged in teaching as a member of the faculty of Hiram College, Ohio and moved to Sheridan, Wyoming, 1884. He was a delegate from Wyoming to the World’s Fair Congress of Bankers and Financiers at Chicago in 1893 and a member of the constitutional convention that framed the constitution of the new State of Wyoming in 1889. In 1893, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress, serving until 1895. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he returned to his literary pursuits until his death at age 70.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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