The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . self successfully in business. In 1870 he, withother capitalists, organized theBank of commerce, and waspresident until, in union withthe German exchange bank, itbecame the Merchan
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . self successfully in business. In 1870 he, withother capitalists, organized theBank of commerce, and waspresident until, in union withthe German exchange bank, itbecame the Merchantsexchangebank, of which he was also presi-dent until his death. a stanch democrat, and hisparty elected him to the legis-lature of Wisconsin in 1853, heserving two terms in the as-sembly and two in the was the founder of theState reform school for boys,located at Waukesha, and waspresident of the board of managers for nine years. He was. ^_ _ - _ also president of the board of ^ ZUy^LtL<ii^ education of Milwaukee for fouryears. In 1863 he was electedmayor of Milwaukee, holding the office for fourterms. During his administration as mayor, he inaugurated several noted improvements, such as theautomatic fire alarm service, waterworks and sewerage. He was president of the board of water commlssioners until the great works were ONeill was held in high esteem for his strict.
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