Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of Bridgeport and Vicinity, Vol. 2: Illustrated
This, however, was but one phase of his activity. His powers of leadership were recog nized in other directions and in 1874 he was elected from Bridgeport to the state legislature. The following year he was nominated for congress but was defeated by William H. Barnum. In 1876 he was again sent to the legislature and in the following year was again nominated for. Congress but was defeated by Levi Warner.
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