During the American Civil War , he served as a corporal in Company D , One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry , and served from August 13 , 1862 , to May 19 , 1863 . He studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1864 , and after graduation from Harvard Law School in 1865 commenced practice in Allentown . He served as solicitor of Lehigh County , Pennsylvania , in 1868 and district attorney in 1872 through 1874 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1874 and an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1876 . He was a delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention , and served as city solicitor of Allentown in 1886
1884 Democratic National Convention
1884 Democratic National Convention
William Henry Sowden