House 1857-58 (District 2)
Party when first elected: Democratic
Counties Served: Ramsey
Spouse: Children: Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
He came to America in 1849 and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1850.He was listed as a Democratic party candidate in the 1857 election. (A History of the City of St. Paul to 1875, 1983 edition, by J. Fletcher Williams, p. 382)"At the first city (St. Paul) election he was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for police justice. The next year he was defeated by Alexander Ramsey for the office of mayor. (Minnesota in Three Centuries, p. 62)