Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Laura D. Partridge, 1857
Number of Children: 7
Background
Education:
Attended Wesleyan Methodist Seminary, Albion, MI. Graduated from Columbia University Law School, 1872.
Biographical Sketch:
Located in Michigan, 1842. Located in Detroit, 1877. Served as comissary department clerk during Civil War. Clerk in Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, DC, for eight years. Clerk in U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce for four years. Served as law clerk, U.S. Department of the Interior; first assistant examiner, U.S. Patent Office; special inspector, U.S. Department of the Treasury; special agent, U.S. Census Bureau. Private secretary for Senator Zach Chandler for eight years. Special Deputy Collector of Customs, Detroit, 1879-83. Co-director and Washington Correspondent, Detroit Post and Tribune. Assistant Secretary, Union Congressional Republican Committee, 1872. Member and president, Detroit Board of Estimates. Speaker pro tempore and representative of Wayne County 1st District, Michigan House of Representatives, 1895-96.
Notable Facts:
Death certificate lists birth date as 10/28/1831.