House 1857-58 (District 18); House 1865 (District 19); Senate 1872-73 (District 36); Senate 1876-77 (District 36)
Party when first elected: Democratic
Counties Served:
Brown, Davis (defunct), McLeod, Nicollet, Pierce (defunct), Renville, Sibley, Watonwan
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
8/22/1833
Birth Place:
Hiddeson, Lippe-Detmold
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Germany
Date of Death:
7/18/1912
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Evangelical Free Christian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Henderson
Occupation (when first elected):
Former Mercantile Business, St. Paul
EDUCATION
Academic Education; At Least Elementary School;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Municipal Mayor:
Henderson, Minnesota (City Mayor);
1??? to 1???
Postmaster:
Henderson, Minnesota;
02/25/1856 to 04/12/1861
[Appointed]
County Board/Commissioner:
Sibley County, Minnesota (County Commissioner, Chair);
01/1865 to 01/1868
U.S. Representative:
2nd Congressional District, Minnesota;
03/04/1879 to 03/03/1881
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He came to Burlington, Iowa in 1848. He came to St. Paul, Minnesota in May 1853 and moved to Mankato, Minnesota, then returned to St. Paul. He moved to Henderson, Minnesota in August 1854.
"His political aspirations run on the Democratic side of the chasm." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 19)
He is identified as a Democrat in Minnesota in Three Centuries' section on the 14th Legislature (1872).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 1880.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for Minnesota Treasurer.
Religion provided by Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877.