. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . iana. During 1865 he was president of a court-martial in New Orleans. In 1865 the Sixty-seventh andthe Sixty-fifth United States Colored Regiments wereconsolidated and he was colonel of the consolidatedregiment (the Sixty-fifth). He was then commissioned brigadier-general by brevetand placed in command of a brigade, and was in com-mand of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during the riots atNew Orleans in May, 1866, and remained in commandof that important district till his muster-out in the winterof 1867. From 1871 to 1874 he was
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . iana. During 1865 he was president of a court-martial in New Orleans. In 1865 the Sixty-seventh andthe Sixty-fifth United States Colored Regiments wereconsolidated and he was colonel of the consolidatedregiment (the Sixty-fifth). He was then commissioned brigadier-general by brevetand placed in command of a brigade, and was in com-mand of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during the riots atNew Orleans in May, 1866, and remained in commandof that important district till his muster-out in the winterof 1867. From 1871 to 1874 he was railroad commissioner, andin 1881 was appointed United States Senator, succeedingMr. Windom, whom President Garfield had appointedSecretary of the Treasury. He was a regent of the State University of Minnesotafor some years before leaving the State. In December, 1881, he was appointed chief-justice ofthe Territory of Dakota. He was a member of the Con-stitutional Convention of South Dakota which, in 18S5,formulated the present constitution of that State, and t. the convention which met in 1889 to readjust the constitu-tion to meet the requirements of Congress. Each conven-tion elected him as their president by a unanimous vote. The State is greatly indebted to the judge for his con-servative action in the convention and for the wisdom andlarge experience which enabled him to take a leadingpart in the preparation of the organic law of the Com-monwealth. When the State was admitted into the Union he wasappointed by the President United States district judgefor South Dakota. Upon the organization of the State government thejudge was made president of the Board of Regents ofthe State educational institutions. In 1891 his Alma Mater, Wesleyan University, con-ferred upon him the degree of lie is not only a scholar of wide and general culture,but he has been a close student in the higher fields of hisown profession, not only in the common, but also the civillaw. The judge comes
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