As United States attorney for Dakota Territory, after the death of Col. Pound, and until the appointment of Hugh J. Campbell, in 187 8.

As a member of the house of representatives from Yankton County in 1877 1878, and 1879.

As a member of the legislative council from Yankton from 1881 to 1885, inclusive.

He was elected a Representative in Congress from the State of South Dakota to the Fifty-second Congress, and was pre paring to go to the National Capital and take his seat at the time of his death.

He had been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, and had the reputation of possessing the greatest legal ability and knowledge.

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