Background
He died of "inflamation of the bladder, pleurisy, and pneumonia" .
He died of "inflamation of the bladder, pleurisy, and pneumonia" .
He attended Brown University for two years, at the same time working as a printer to support himself and pay for tuition, but due to his financial distress did not graduate.
Left college to begin newspaper Yankee, Wiscasset, Maine
To begin newspaper Yankee, Wiscasset, Maine. Taught school, Haverhill, Massachusetts, for short time. Editor, owner Haverhill Gazette.
Reporter Portland Advertiser. Moved to Washington, District of Columbia, 1835. Contributor articles New York Daily Advertiser, Boston Transcript, Baltimore American, St. Louis Republican, others.
Became editor Portland Advertiser, 1840. Traveled from Southern tip of Africa to Moscow, Russia, sent back regular reports, 1843. Editor (with his brother James) New York Express, until 1877, actively opposed Catholic exemption from tax.
Became member of New York State Senate (Know-Nothing Party), 1853. Unsuccessful Know-Nothing candidate for government New York, 1856. Member Know-Nothing Nominating Convention, 1856.
Member Constitutional-Union Party Convention that hominated Bell and Everett, 1860. Member of New York State Constitutional Convention, 1866-1867. Member Constitutional Commission, 1872-1873.
Member of New York Assembly from Richmond County, 5 terms.
actively opposed Catholic exemption from tax
Member Know-Nothing Nominating Convention, 1856. Member Constitutional-Union Party Convention that hominated Bell and Everett, 1860. Member of New York State Constitutional Convention, 1866-1867.
Member Constitutional Commission, 1872-1873. Member of New York Assembly from Richmond County, 5 terms.
Married Margaret Dawes.