Jurist; born in
Barnet, Vt., Sept. 18, 1844; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1866.
He was a member of the
Vermont State Senate in 1882-85; president of the
Republican State Convention in 1884; and a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1888.
In 1891 he was appointed
United States commissioner to
Samoa; and in 1893-97 was chief-justice of the islands under the joint apportionment of
England,
Germany, and the
United States.
On returning to the
United States he engaged in banking and manufacturing.
