Background
Leonard, Joseph Alexander was born on December 24, 1830 in Cambridge, Maryland, United States. Son of Review William and Harriet (Laverty) Leonard.
Leonard, Joseph Alexander was born on December 24, 1830 in Cambridge, Maryland, United States. Son of Review William and Harriet (Laverty) Leonard.
Doctor of Medicine Philadelphia Medical College, 1851. Studied law, and admitted to bar, 1858.
Practiced medicine in Michigan and Wisconsin, 1852-1854. Editor Whitewater (Wisconsin) Gazette, 1854-1856, Waukesha (Wisconsin) Republic, 1857. Practiced law, Rochester, Minnesota, 1858-1864.
Postmaster Rochester, 1861-1864.
Captain commissary 1st division 16th corporations Participant owner and later owner and editor Rochester (Minnesota) Post till 1899.
State senator, 1869-1870. Register United States Land Office at Jackson and Worthington, Minnesota, 1874-1875.
United States consul at Edinburgh, 1881-1883.
Consul-general at Calcutta, 1884, at Shanghai, 1889-1893. Judge of probate, 1897-1903. Commander Custer Post, G.A.R., 3 terms.
Inspector state department G.A.R., 1 term.
Judge advocate same, 1 term. President Minnesota Editorial Association, 1868-1869, Minnesota Republican Press Association, 1896-1897.
Home: Rochester, Minnesota Deceased.
Married Kate Cowles, October 30, 1861.