Date of Birth:
2/19/1840
Birth Place:
Saegertown, Pennsylvania
Birth County:
Crawford
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
10/31/1905
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
A.R.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Saint Paul
Occupation (when first elected):
Retired, Banking and Trust Business/Former School Teacher, Kentucky/Former Principal, St. Peter Public High School/Former Editor, St. Peter Tribune
Pennsylvania Schools; Elementary School;
Saegertown Academy, Pennsylvania; Secondary;
Studied Law; Under Hon. Horace Austin, Admitted to the Bar, 1868 or 1869
Military:
9th Minnesota Volunteers Regiment, Company D (United States Civil War and Indian Outrages; Private, 1st Sergeant);
08/1862 to 1863
School Board/Administration:
Nicollet County, Minnesota (Superintendent of Schools);
1864 to 1865
[Elected]
Judicial Administration:
District Court of Nicollet County, Minnesota (Clerk of the District Court);
1865 to 1869
[Elected]
State Governor Staff:
Minnesota Governor Horace Austin's Office (Private Secretary);
1870 to 1873
State Agency:
Minnesota Insurance Agency (Commissioner, Appointed by Governor Horace Austin);
1873 to 01/1887
[Appointed]
State Governor:
Minnesota;
01/05/1887 to 01/09/1889
[Elected]
Postmaster:
St. Paul, Minnesota (Appointed by President McKinley and President Roosevelt);
1900 to 10/31/1905
[Appointed]