Lake County, Ohio representative to the Ohio General Assembly, 1839-1860, and Speaker of the Ohio House, 1851. He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1860, enlisted in the union army in 1861 and served in the Treasury Dept., 1862-1876, supervising the construction of federal projects such as custom houses at New Orleans, New York, and Richmond, and federal mints at San Francisco and Carson City.
From the description of Speeches, [ca. 1850-1860]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 23239308