American lawyer and journalist, born at Lyons, NY, on the 5th of February 1832. From 1867 to 1871 he was district attorney for the northern district of the state of New York, and lieutenant-governor from 1875 to 1880. In 1883 he became a member of Congress, and in 1885 received the appointment of United States district attorney for the southern district of New York. The same year he became editor of the New York Star. He is the author of Life and Public Services of Grover Cleveland (1884). He died at Savannah, GA, on the 26th of March 1888.
