Biography

  He was a "Republican. Lawyer; farmer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-63, 1894-1903 (12th District 1851-53, 14th District 1853-63, at-large 1894-1903); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1861-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864, 1884, 1892; Pennsylvania Republican state chair, 1868; president, International and Great Northern Railroad, 1871-76."