U.S. Congressman. Successful in agricultural and mercantile pursuits, he served as a Captain in Company A, 4th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, Union Army, during the Civil War. After the war, he settled in Virginia in 1865 and was a delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention, (1867-68). Upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress, serving (1870-71). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he returned to Maine, served as member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1888 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until death at age 67.
U.S. Congressman. Successful in agricultural and mercantile pursuits, he served as a Captain in Company A, 4th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, Union Army, during the Civil War. After the war, he settled in Virginia in 1865 and was a delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention, (1867-68). Upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress, serving (1870-71). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he returned to Maine, served as member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1888 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until death at age 67.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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