American public man, born in New York City, on the 24th of August 1839. He graduated at Yale College in 1860, and at Columbia law school in 1863, and arose to eminence in the practice of law. In 1872 he was elected to Congress from New Jersey, and became at once a prominent and active debater. Although a Republican, he voted against the Civil Rights Bill on the ground of unconstitutionality, which cost him his re-election. In 1881 he was sent as minister to Austria by President Garfield. He resigned upon the change of administration in 1882, returning to New Jersey, where he was immediately re-elected to Congress. He was appointed minister to Germany by President Harrison in 1889, which post he occupied until 1893. He died in Englewood, NJ, on the 16th of June 1894.
