Date of Birth:
1/26/1836
Birth Place:
Troy, New York
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
2/5/1913
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
L.F.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Red Wing
Occupation (when first elected):
Grain Dealer, Milling and Grain Business/Tinsmith/Former Editor, Goodhue County Republican/Railroad Contractor/Founder, Red Wing Republican Newspaper, 1857
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Soldiers' Home (Board of Trustees);
18?? to 1???
County Government:
Goodhue County, Minnesota (Register of Deeds);
1858 to 18??
Military:
Army, 5th Regiment, Company A; and 16th Army Corps, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division (United States Civil War; Private, when first enlisted; Captain February 5, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, March 20, 1862; Colonel, August 1862; Brevetted Brigadier General);
12/1861 to 09/1865
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Commission to Investigate the Status of State Railroad Bonds and Terms of Surrendering Them (Appointed by the Governor);
1866 to 18??
[Appointed]
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Legislative Commission to Investigate the Accounts of the State Auditor and State Treasurer (Appointed by the Minnesota Legislature);
1874 to 18??
[Appointed]
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Legislative Commission of Arbitration to Adjust Differences Between the State and State Prison Contractors (Appointed by the Minnesota Legislature);
1879 to 18??
[Appointed]
State Governor:
Minnesota;
01/10/1882 to 01/05/1887
[Elected]
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Legislative Commission to Compile and Publish a History of Minnesota Military Organizations in the Civil War and Indian War of 1861-1865 (Appointed by the Minnesota Legislature);
1889 to 18??
[Appointed]
Military:
United States Army, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps (Spanish-American War, Brigadier General);
1898 to 1898