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Sixth District.
The Second, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth wards of the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee. Population in 1890 -- 56, 465.
OSCAR ALTPETER (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born in the Sixth ward of Milwaukee, June 1, 1857; was educated in the public schools and graduated from the Spencerian Busi- ness College in 1875; is by occupation a maltster; was elected member of the board of aldermen from the Sixth ward of Milwaukee for the terms 1885, '86 and '87; re-elected '88 and '89; was member of the board of trustees of the Public Museum of Milwaukee in 1888- 89: was elected state senator in 1892, receiving 6,119 votes against 5,506 cast for H. J. Sul- livan, republican, and 312 for Wm. H. Gladding, people's party, and 82 for Silas Chapman, prohibitionist.
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Seventh District.
The Tenth ward of the city of Milwaukee and the towns of Milwaukee, Granville and Wau- watosa, in the county of Milwaukee, and the towns of Brookfield, Monomonee, Muskego, New Berlin, Vernon, Waukesha, and the village of Waukesha, in the county of Wauke- sha. Population in 1890-55,574.
CHRISTIAN AUGUST KOENITZER (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born at Wauwatosa, Milwaukee county, March 31, 1852; received a common school education; is by occupation a broker in live stock and wholesale meat dealer and dealer in real estate; was elected to the state senate in [1890, from the Seventh district as then constitute1, receiving 5,677 votes against 4,917 for F. Isenring, republican, and 171 for Schulz, union labor.
Eighth District.
The Eleventh, Fourteenth and Seventeenth wards of the city of Milwaukee, and towns o! Lake, Oak Creek, Franklin and Greenfield, in the county of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-42,618.
MICHAEL KRUSZKA (Dem.), of Milwaukee (463 Mitchell street), was born in the Frov- ince of Posen, Prussia, September 28, 1860; received a collegiate education in the colleges of Filehne and Wougrowitz, Province of Posen, and business school education in Elizabeth, New Jersey; resided in Elizabeth, New Je. sey, from April, 1880, to January, 1882; then in Bayonne, N. J., till September, 1883, engaged as insurance agent; came to Wisconsin in 1883 and settled in Milwaukee; is by occupation a publisher and editor; first engaged in the insurance business; in 1835 started the weekly Krytyka; in June, 1838, started the daily Kuryer Polski, which is the only daily Polish paper published in Wisconsin; has taken an active part in politics for some years; was elected to the assembly in 1890: and to the state senate in 1832, receiving 4,376 votes against 3, 859 for Jacob Kubal, republican, and 134 for Daehn, people's party.
Ninth District.
Adams, Marquette, Juneau and Green Lake. Population, 1890-48,849.
FERDINAND THEODORE YAHR (Dem.), of Princeton, Green Lake county, was born at Heldrungen, Prussia, February 11, 1834; received a common school education there; came to Wisconsin in 1849 and settled at Watertown, where he resided until 1853; then re- moved to Berlin, and remained there until 1861; then settled in Princeton, where he has since resided; has been chairman of the town and president of the village board, and mem- ber of the county board from 1878 to 1983; was one of the democratic electors in 1892; was elected state senator in 1890, receiving 6,497 votes against 4,903 for Janics O. Ray- mond, republican, and 1 for J. Lea.
Tenth District.
Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties. Population in 1890-56,452.
WILLIAM HENRY PHIPPS (Rep.), of Hudson, St. Croix county, was born at. Loam+ ington, England, June 26, 1846; received a common school education; came to Wisconsin in 1855 and settled at Manitowoc; resided in Madison from 1871 to 1875, thien removed to Had- son, where he has since resided; is land coniniissioner of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapo- lis & Omaha Railway Company; was supervisor iu .1885 and 1886; mayor of the city of Hud- son for three terms, from May, 1886, to May, 1883; was elected to the senate in 1890 to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of H. A. Taylor; re-elected in 1892, receiving 6,177 votes against 4,406 for John Moe, democrat and people's party, and 872 for S. M. Bixby, prohi- bitionist.
Eleventh District.
Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Burnett, Sawyer and Washburn counties. Population in. 1890-50,217.
JOHN T. KINGSTON, JR. (Dem.), of Ashland, Ashland county, was born at Necedah, Juneau county, Wis., January 4, 1860; received a common school education at Necedah, and in 1883 graduated from the University of Wisconsin, having taken a modern classical
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course; graduated from the college of law of the same university in 1836; is a lawyer by profession, in practice at Ashland; held no public office until elected to the state senate in 1890, receiving 5,864 votes against 5,343 for Walter A. Scott, republican; in the session of 1891 was chairman of the committee on Town and County Organization and member of the Judiciary committee, of the committee on Privileges and Elections and the joint commit- tee on Apportionment.
Twelfth District.
Marathon and Wood counties. Population in 1800-48,496.
NEAL BROWN (Dem.), of Marathon county, was born in Hebron, Jefferson county, in 1856, where he resided until 1880; then removed to Wausau where he has since resided; re- ceived a common school education; graduated from the law department of the University in 1880; is a lawyer by profession, and engaged in practice; was elected to the assembly in 1890, and to the state senate in 1899, receiving 6,160 votes against 3,683 for Henry Grob, re- publican.
Thirteenth District.
The towns of Fox Lake, Westford, Calamus, Elba, Portland, Beaver Dam, Lowell, Shields, East ward of the village of Randolph, the village of Reeseville, and the city of Beaver Dam, the towns of Clyman, Emmett, Herman, Hustisford, Lebanon. Rubicon, Ashippun, Oak Grove and the city of Juneau, and the Fifth and Sixth wards of the city of Wat- ertown, in the county of Dodge, and the towns of Scott, Randolph, Courtland, Spring- vale, Marcellon, Lowville, Wyocena, Leeds, Otsego, Hampden, Fountain Prairie, Colum- bus, village of Rio, and the West ward of the village cf Randolph, and the city of Columbus in the county of Columbia. Population in 1890-44,196.
WILLIAM F. VOSS (Dem.), of Watertown, was born in Prussia, December 23. 1347; came with his parents to the United States in 1850, and to Wisconsin in 1852; received a common and high school education in the public schools of Watertown; is by occupation a banker; was alderman in Watertown in 1879, '8), '81 and '82; was city treasurer in 1884; member of the board of education in 1886 and '88; mayor of the city in 1886, '87 '88 and '89; was elected to the senate in 1890, receiving 6,458 votes against 2.148 for Christ. Reinhart, republican.
Fourteenth District.
Lincoln, Langlade, Forest, Florence and Shawano counties. Population, 1800-44,325.
DAYN ELDRIDGE WESCOTT (Dem.), of Shaw.ino, Shawano county, was born at Osh- kosh, Wis., December 11, 1850; removed with his parents to Shawano in 1851, and has since resided there; received a common school education; is engaged in business as abstracter of titles, real estate and insurance agent; was register of deeds of Shawano county from 1873 to 1877; county clerk from 1879 to 1833; county treasurer from 1885 to 1889; was elected to the state senate in 1892, receiving 5,325 votes to 3,801 for Evan J. Homme, republican.
Fifteenth District.
Calumet and Manitowoc counties. Population, 1890-54, 470.
WILLIAM F. NASH (Dem.), of Two Rivers, Manitowoc county, was born in the town of Shelby, Orleans county, N. Y., February 22, 1817; came in 1852 with his parents who set- tled in Rock county, near Janesville, served in the Union army as a private in Co. A., 13th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion; took a select course at the Lawrence University ; removed to Manitowoc county in 1874; is an editor and publisher; was elected to the assembly in 1878 without opposition, and to the senate in 1888; re-elected in 1890, receiving 5,808 against 1,910 for Fred Heyroth, republican.
Sixteenth District.
Crawford and Richland counties, and the towns of Beetown, Bloomington, Boscobel, Cas- tle Rock, Fennimore, Hickory Grove, Lancaster. Little Grant, Marion, Muscoda. Mt. Hope, Mt. Ida, Millville, Patch Grove. Waterstown. Woodman, Wyalusing and Wing- ville, in the county of Grant. Population in 1890-53,278.
CHARLES HENRY BAXTER (Rep.), of Lancaster, Grant county, was born in Still- water, Saratoga county, New York, November 15, 1841, and was educated in the public schools in New York and Wisconsin; came to Wisconsin in 1857 and settled on a farm near
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Lancaster; enlisted as private in Company C, 25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862; was with that reginient until after the fall of Vicksburg; was also private in Company A, 41st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and afterwards captain Com- pany K, 47th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; was appointed chief of ordnance, dis- trict of Middle Tennessee, by Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, and attached to the staff of Gen. Van Cleve and Gen. Milroy; was mayor of the city of Lancaster; member of the council; mem- ber of county board of supervisors; member republican state central committee cight years; chairman of the county central committee twenty years; president Southwestern Wisconsin Veterans' Association 10 years; delegate at large to the G. A. R. encampment in California in 1885; also, in Boston, Mass., in 1890; was elected to the state senate in 1892, receiving 5,972 votes against 5, 211 for Jacob Bremer, democrat, and 3 scattering.
Seventeenth District.
The county of Green and the towns of Union, Porter, Magnolia, Center, Spring Valley, Plymouth, Avon, Newark, Beloit, and the Third and Fourth wards of the city of Beloit. in the county of Rock, and the towns of Cottage Grove, Deerfield, Pleasant Springs, Dunkirk. Dunn, Rutland, Christiana, Albion, and the city of Stoughton, in the county of Dane. Population in 1890-57,804.
RICHARD J. BURDGE (Rep.), of Beloit, Rock county, was born at Axbridge, Som- ersetshire, England, December 28, 1833; received an academic education, and graduated from the Poughkeepsie law school; came to Wisconsin in 1845 and settled in Rock county; has been a farmer, but is now engaged in general business; was supervisor for several years; was member of assembly in 1879 and 1880; was elected state senator in 1890, in the district as then constituted, receiving 4,332 votes against 3,352 for H. H. Mc- Lennigan, democrat, and 475 for John Stockman, prohibitionist.
Eighteenth District.
Fond du Lac county. Population, 1890-44,088.
SAMUEL M. SMEAD (Dem.), of Fond du Lac, was born in Bradford county, Pennsyl- vania, June 11th, 1830; came to Wisconsin in 1848, and settled in Fond du Lac county, where he has since resided; in 1838 he became editor and publisher of the Fond du Lac Press, and continued in the newspaper business several years; was afterwards engaged in the mercantile busin s3, and la er in that of real estate and conveyancing; he was appointed assessor of internal revenue by President Johnson, and was postmaster at Fond du Lac during the administration of President Cleveland; in 1892 he was elected state senator, re- ceiving 5,105 votes against 4,241 for S. B. Stanchfield, republican, and 241 votes for George C. Hill, prohibitionist.
Nineteenth District. Winnebago county. Population 1890-50,007.
GEORGE WHITE PRATT (Dem ), of Oshkosh, was born in East Haddam, Connect- icut, March 23, 1840; was educated at a common and private school, and is by occupation a lumberman; came to Wisconsin and settled at Oshkosh in 1871; was elected mayor of Oshkosh in 1882, 1883, 1881 and 1890; member of the county board in 1882, '83, '84, '88 and '90; delegate to the Democratic national convention at Chicago in 1884; was member of assembly in 1888-9; was elected to the state senate in 1890, receiving 4,815 votes against 4,101 for Frank Challoner, republican, and 319 for Wesley Mott, prohibitionist.
Twentieth District.
Sheboygan county. Population 1890-42, 489.
DENNIS T. PHALEN (Dem.), of Sheboygan, was born in Sheboygan county, April 29, 1856, where he has since resided; received a common school education; taught school from 1876 to 1879, devoting his leisure time to the study of law; read law in the office of Albert Phalen at Sheboygan, was admitted to the bar in 1880, and has since been engaged in practice; was elected district attorney of Sheboygan county in 1882, re-elected in 1884; member of the board of education from 1885 to 1888; elected member of the assembly in 1800, and state senator in 1892, receiving 4,957 votes against 3,813 for Chas. A. Born, republican.
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Twenty-first District.
The counties of Portage and Waushara, and the towns of Dupont, Helvetia, St. Lawrence, Waupaca, Fremont, Weyauwega, Dayton, Farmington, Iola, Scandinavia, Harrison, Wyoming, Lind, and the villages of Fremont and Weyauwega, and the city of Waupaca, in Waupaca county. Population in 1890-51,552.
JOSEPH H. WOODNORTH (Dem.), of Waupaca, was born in New York City, Decem- ber 17, 1845; educated in the common schools of New York and Waupaca; came to Wiscon- sin in 1856, and settled at Royalton, Waupaca county, and removed to Waupaca in 1857, where he has since resided; served in the war of the rebellion in Company G, Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers; was detailed as orderly on the staff of Gen. Geo. H. Thomas; served with him till the close of the war; was brevetted by him captain for ser- vices at the battle of Franklin; is at present secretary of the 21st Reg. Wis. Inf. Association, and member of the Grand Army of the Republic; was register of deeds from 1880 to 1885; city superintendent of schools from 1878 to 1836; member of county board in 1882-83; regis- ter of United States land office at Menasha, 1883, 1889; is now secretary of the board of trustees of the Wisconsin Veterans' Home, at Waupaca; was elected state senator in 1890, receiving 5,445 votes against 4,493 for W. H. Hatton, republican.
Twenty-second District.
Outagamie county and the towns of Union, Bear Creek, Lebanon, Royalton, Mukwa, Cale- donia, Larrabee, Matteson, Little Wolf, city of Clintonville, and the First, Second, Fourth and Fifth wards of the city of New London in the county of Waupaca. Population in 1890-52,267.
WILLIAM KENNEDY (Dem.), of Appleton, Outagamie county, was born in county Limerick, Ireland, January 1, 1844; received a common school and partly collegiate educa- ยท tion; is by profession a lawyer; came to Wisconsin in 1857, settling at Whitewater, where he remained until 1809, when he removed to Janesville; thence to Appleton in 1871, where he has continued to reside; was district attorney for Outagamie county thirteen years, from January 1, 1872 to January 1, 1835; was elected state senator in 1831; re-elected in 1888, and in 1892, receiving at the last election 5,917 votes against 3,980 for A. B. Whitman, republican, and 228 for Wm. D. Boynton, prohibitionist.
Twenty-third District.
Jefferson county, and the towns of Delafield, Eagle, Genessee, Summit, Merton, Oconomo- woc, Lisbon, Pewaukee, Ottawa and Mukwonago, and the city of Oconomowoc. Pop- ulation in 1890-50,694.
ALBERT SOLLIDAY (Dem.), of Watertown, Jefferson county, was born in Lehigh county, Penn., February 13, 1812; was educated in Pennsylvania and Ohio, graduating from the high school at Circleville, Ohio, in 1861; enlisted in the 114th regiment Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, August 11, 1862, and took part in the following engagements: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Port, Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, Siege of Vicks- burg, Siege and assault of Fort Blakeley; was mustered out of service at Houston, Texas, July 31, 1865; came to Wisconsin in 1868, settled at Watertown, Wisconsin; is by occupa- tion a dentist; served four years on the school board, part of time as its president; alder- man one year and mayor in 1884; served six years as captain of the Watertown Rifles; commissioned adjutant of the 2d regiment, W. N. G., April 25, 1888; major commanding 1st battalion, 2d regiment, W. N. G., February 23, 1892; was elected at special election to fill vacancy caused by the death of Walter S. Greene, receiving 5,078 votes against 3,481 cast for George J. Kispert, republican.
Twenty-fourth District.
Walworth county and the towns of Milton, Lima, Harmony, La Prairie, Rock, Johnstown, Bradford, Clinton and Turtle, the First and Second wards of the city of Beloit, the towns of Janesville and Fulton, and the cities of Janesville and Edgerton, in Rock county. Population in 1890-56,493.
THOMPSON D. WEEKS (Rep.), of Whitewater, Walworth county, was born in Norwich, Mass., November 5, 1833; was educated in common schools and academies and graduated at Lawrence University in 1858, and at the Albany law school in 1839; came to Wisconsin in 1842, and settled at Lyons, Walworth county; is by profession a lawyer; was a member of
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assembly in 1867; a state senator in 1374 and 1875; presidential elector in 1876; a member of the board of regents of Normal schools for 17 years prior to 1889; was elected to the state senate in 1892, receiving 7,552 votes to 5,300 for Archibald Woodward, democrat, and 863 for J. H. Gould, prohibitionist.
Twenty-fifth District.
Clark and Eau Claire counties. Population, 1890 -- 48,331.
ROBERT J. MACBRIDE (Dem.), of Neillsvile, Clark county, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., June 28, 1847; received a high school education in Philadelphia; is a lawyer by pro- fession; came to Wisconsin in 1866; settled in Neillsville, where he has since resided; was county judge of Clark county from 1869 to 1877; United States court commissioner, 1871- 1873; was delegate to the democratic national convention at Cincinnati in 1880, and St. Louis in 1888; was member of assembly in 1882 and re-elected in 1883; was chairman Judi- ciary committee of the assembly in 1883; was elected to the senate in 1890, receiving 3,712 votes against 3,361 for Hobart M. Stocking, republican, and 757 for H. W. Hunt, prohibi- tionist; at the regular session in 1891 was chairman of the committee on Incorporations and, also, of the committee on Federal Relations; at the special session in June, 1892, he was chairman of the joint committee on Apportionment; and, also, chairman of the same committee at the special session in October, 1892.
Twenty-sixth District.
The county of Dane, excepting the towns of Cottage Grove, Deerfield, Pleasant Springs, Dunkirk, Dunn, Rutland, Christiana and Albion, and the city of Stoughton. Population in 1890-45,093.
ROBERT M'KEE BASHFORD (Dem.), of Madison, Dane county, was born in Fayette, La Fayette county, Wisconsin, December 31, 1845, graduated from the University of Wis- consin, from the ancient classical course in 1870, and from the law school of the same in- stitution in 1871; was one of the editors and proprietors of the Madison daily and weekly Democrat from 1871 to 1826; is by profession a lawyer and since 1876 has been engaged in the practice of his profession, from 1885 to 1889 in Chicago, and is now a member of the firm of Bashford, O'Connor and Polleys at Madison. In 1875, '76, '77 and "78 he compiled the legislative annual Blue Book by appointment of Hon. Peter Doyle, then secretary of state; was city attorney of Madison from 1881 to 1886, and served on the committee for constructing water works and sewerage in the city; was also member of the board of water works and of education; was delegate to the national convention in Chicago in 1884 and one of the secretaries of that body; was elected mayor of Madison in 1890; was employed by Governor George W. Peck as special counsel in the "treasury suits," and has assisted the attorney-general in the preparation, prosecution and trials of the actions against the several former state treasurers to recover interest received by them on deposits in banks of public funds; was elected to the senate in 1892, receiving 5,718 votes against 4,369 for A L. Sanborn, republican, and 565 for Frank W. Hall, prohibitionist.
Twenty-seventh District.
The county of Sauk, the towns of Newport. Lewistown, Ft. Winnebago, Caledonia, Pacific, Dekorra, West Point, Lodi and Arlington, and the city of Portage, in the county of Col- unbia. Population in 1890-41,629.
RUSSEL C. FALCONER (Dem.), of Portage, Columbia county, was born in Williams- burg, New York, February 4, 1851; came to Wisconsin with his parents who settled at Quincy, Adams county; received a common school education; removed to Columbia county In 1858; is by occupation a merchant and manufacturer; was chairman of the town of Wyo- cer in 183); sheriff of Columbia county in 1337 and 1839; delegate to the democratic na- ti mal convention in 1988, and mayor of Portage in 1800 1891 and 1892; was elected to the renate in the district as then constituted in 1890, receiving J.SG0 votes against 3,353 for Lester Woo Iward, repablican, and 233 for A. C. Jennings, prohibitionist.
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Twenty-eighth District.
Iowa and La Fayette counties, and the towns of Cassville. Clifton, Ellenborough, Harrison, Hazel Green, Jamestown, Liberty, Lima, Paris, Platteville. Potosi, Smelser, Waterloo, and Glen Haven in the county of Grant. Population in 1890-60,863.
CALVERT SPENSLEY (Rep.), of Mineral Point, Io:va county, was born at Stockton-on- the-Tees, England, January 2, 1846; came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1849, and set- tled at Shullsburg; removed to Mineral Point in 1857 and has since resided there; was educated in common schools, Mineral Point seminary, Western Union college, Fulton, Illi- nois, and graduated from Columbia College law school, New York City in 1860; while a student at Western Union college, he enlisted and served as sergeant of Company D, 140th regiment of Illinois Infantry volunteers; was mayor of the city of Mineral Point in 1877- 78; chairman of the board of supervisors of Iowa county in 1875-1876; was elected to the state senate in 1892, receiving 6,740 votes against 6,590 for Edmund W. Baker, democrat, and 709 for John Hardcastle, prohibitionist.
Twenty-ninth District.
Buffalo, Dunn, Barron and Pepin counties. Population in 1890-61,009.
ROBERT LEES (Dem.), of Alma, Buffalo county, was born in Scotland, July 3, 1842; re- ceived a common school education; came to the United States with his parents in 1848, settling in New York; removed to Waukesha county, Wisconsin, the same year, and to Buffalo county in 1835, where he has since resided; is by profession a lawyer; enlisted in Co. H, Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and participated in all the en- gagements of the regiment from Rappahannock Station to Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner; was discharged from service July 16, 1864; has held several positions as town officer; was county superintendent of schools in 1865 and 1869; county judge in 1881, 1885 and 1889, and elected member of assembly in 1872; was elected to the state senate in 1800, receiving 3,414 votes, against 2,763 for J. L. Lindeman, repub- lican.
Thirtieth District.
Chippewa, Price, Taylor and Oneida counties. Population in 1890-42,142.
LEVI F. MARTIN (Dem.), of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa county, was born in Danby, Tompkins county. New York, April 3, 1845; received a common school education in New York and Wisconsin; came to Wisconsin in 1857 and settled at Chippewa Falls; is by occu- pation a hardware merchant; has held various local offices; was elected to the state senate in 1892, receiving 5,686 votes against 4,968 for B. F. Miller, republican, and 311 for H. Kra- mer, people's party.
Thirty-first District.
Jackson, Monroe and Vernon counties. Population in 1890 -- 64,119.
HENRY CONNER (Dem.), of Viroqua, Vernon county, was born in Westchester in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1837; received a common school education; is by occupation a hotel keeper; came to Wisconsin in 1878 and settled at Viroqua. He enlisted as a private, April 18, 1861, in Company C, 17th Pennsylvania volunteers; was discharged August 2, 1861, at the expiration of his term of service; re-enlisted as private in Company G, 118th Pennsylvania volunteers, August 5, 1862; was promoted sergeant same company August 7, 1862; to first sergeant January 1, 1863; to second lieutenant, January 19, 1864; to first lieutenant, Decem- ber 21, 1864; to captain of Company E, of same regiment, serving for three years; was en- gaged in the battles of Antietam. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Bristow Station, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Besache Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Springs Church; wounded in last battle in the face, the ball coming out in the back of the neck; also at Hatcher's Run, Weldon Railroad, Dabney's Mills, Gravelly Run, at which last battle he lost his right leg above the knee, March 1, 1805; was waymaster of the Philadelphia gas department from 1865 to 1867; one of the city commissioners of Philadelphia from 1867 to 1870; was elected member of the state senate in 1890, receiving 4,972 votes against 4,894 for B. E. Edwards, republican.
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