Background
He was born in Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland, December 14, 1832; immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1847.
He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 20, 1888; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.
He was born in Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland, December 14, 1832; immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1847.
He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 20, 1888; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Graduate Cincinnati Law School
He was enlisted in the United States Army as a musician and advanced through the ranks to first sergeant of Company A, Third Artillery, and served from March 25, 1848, to January 28, 1858;
settled in Cincinnati and was instructor in the State reform school;
during the Civil War was captain of Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers, September 6, 1861; resigned December 10, 1861;
commissioned major of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, September 17, 1862; lieutenant colonel April 17, 1863; colonel April 11, 1864; resigned September 14, 1864;
was admitted to the bar in 1865 and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio;
assistant city auditor of Cincinnati in 1865; member of the State house of representatives 1866-1868;
elected recorder of Hamilton County in 1867;
appointed supervisor of internal revenue in 1868;
delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868;
member of the State senate 1871-1873;
Lieutenant Governor in 1875;
Acting Governor of Ohio in 1877;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883);
chairman, Committee on Patents (Forty-seventh Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1882;
resumed the practice of law;
member of the board of public affairs of Cincinnati 1886-1888.
Member of the State house of representatives; member of the State senate; member of the board of public affairs of Cincinnati; member board pub.