newspaperman, politician, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1869 he moved to Wisconsin, living in Madison until 1875 when he moved to Chippewa Falls. In 1875 he founded the Chippewa Times, and served as editor or co-editor (1875-1889, 1897-1916). He was also an editor of the Chippewa Falls Daily Independent (1896-1919) (styled the Evening Independent after 1916), and the Chippewa County Independent (1888 until it merged with the Times in 1889). A Democrat, he was a clerk in the office of the secretary of state (1873-1875), mayor of Chippewa Falls, and state assemblyman (1887-1888). In 1890 he was elected secretary of state (1891-1895). He also served on the Civil Service Commission, the State Forestry Commission, and the state oil commission. A. M. Thomson, Political Hist. of Wis. (Milwaukee, 1900); J. G. Gregory, ed., W. Central Wis. (4 vols., Indianapolis, 1933); Madison Capital Times, Apr. 28, 1941; D. E. Oehlerts, comp., Guide to Wis. Newspapers (Madison, 1958).

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