Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, Vol. 2: And Reminiscences of Early Days
In 1864, he was elected Representative to the Legislature, and served two terms. As a law-maker, he was alert, clear-headed, had the courage of his convictions, courteous, affable, put on no frills, jolly, an inveterate joker, brusque, blunt of speech, never talked to the galleries, and made lots of fun for the staid and stately solons of the House.
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