of its formation, and was elected as a Republican to the 1861 session of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He went on to work as Postmaster of Kenosha and a Regent of the University of Wisconsin from 1861 to 1866. From 1870 to 1882, he worked in the United States Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. He returned to Kenosha after his federal service and retired from public life. He died in Kenosha in 1894. Published works References 1804 births 1894 deaths People from Cortland County, New York Mayors of Kenosha, Wisconsin Editors of Wisconsin newspapers Wisconsin Free Soilers Wisconsin Libertyites Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature 19th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century American journalists American male journalists 19th-century American male writers Journalists from New York (state) Activists from New York (state)