OVERVIEW:
BORN:
September 8, 1815
near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
DIED:
April 22, 1903 (age 87)
St. Paul, Minnesota
EDUCATION:
Lafayette College
POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (Before 1857)
Republican (1857—1903)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1839:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1840:
Secretary to the Electoral College of Pennsylvania
1841:
Clerk of the Minnesota House of Representatives
1843-1847:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (Whig-MN)
1849-1853:
First Territorial Governor of Minnesota
1855-1856:
Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
1857:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Minnesota
1860-1863:
Governor of Minnesota
1863-1875:
U.S. Senator from Minnesota (R-MN)
1879-1881:
U.S. Secretary of War
1882-1886:
Chairman of the Edmunds Commission (addressed questions of Mormonism and polygamy in Utah)
1849-1863:
President of the Minnesota Historical Society
1891-1903:
President of the Minnesota Historical Society
1887:
Delegate to the centennial celebration of the adoption of the Constitution
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
MN Historical Society
C-SPAN Cities Tour
U.S. Army
Wikipedia
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