. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. eople. In1854 he was elected a Representative in the New Hampshire Legis-lature, in which he made active and successful efforts to secure theelection of John P. Hale to the Senate of the United States. Hewas for several years brigadier-general of the State Militia. In 18G0he was married to Louisa Dwight, daughter of General Neal Dow,of Portland, Maine. In 186G he was elected a Representative fromNew Hampshire to the Fortieth Congress, and was reelected twoyears later. As a member of the Joint Committee on Retrenchmenthe
. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. eople. In1854 he was elected a Representative in the New Hampshire Legis-lature, in which he made active and successful efforts to secure theelection of John P. Hale to the Senate of the United States. Hewas for several years brigadier-general of the State Militia. In 18G0he was married to Louisa Dwight, daughter of General Neal Dow,of Portland, Maine. In 186G he was elected a Representative fromNew Hampshire to the Fortieth Congress, and was reelected twoyears later. As a member of the Joint Committee on Retrenchmenthe took part in proposing and advocating important legislation. Heopposed the taxation of the United States bonds, and also advocatedthe payment of the national debt without deviation from the spiritor letter of the law. In February, 1868, he made a speech on Recon-struction, which, as a review of the record of the Democratic party,and the policy of President Johnson, attracted much attention, andwas extensively circulated throughout the country as a campaigndocument. 813. V%-^££^.H„al,?F<Ji-^ .j;r
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