Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-03-12
TIE CABINET.

IOni or Minnesota; Attorney General,
Wayne MacNeagh, of Pennsylvania; ;
Postmaster General, Thorn James. of
New York Secretary of the Interior,
Samuel j. Kirk wood, of Iowa Secretary
Of War. Robert T. Lincoln, Of Illinois ),
Secretary ofthe Navy, William II. Hunt,
Of louisiana
JAMES @. BLAINE,
Of Augusta. Maine, was born in Wash
ington county ennsylvania, January
81, 1890; graduated at Washington col
jege, Pennsylvania; adopted the edito-
rial profession, and went to Maine,
here he edited The Portland Advcr-
tiscr" and The kennebec Journal;'
WAS Il member of the Maine legislature
in 1852, go I'll aud '62. serving the last
two years aS speaker of the house WAS
elected To the Thirty-ci@ht, Thirty
ninth. Fortieth, Forty-firSt, Forty
second, and Forty-third congress, (sery-
ng in the Eorty-iir,t, the Forty-second
and fnrty-third as speaker, was re-
republican VAS elected 10 the United
states senate to fill the vacancy occasion
ed hy The resignation of Lot NJ Morrill,,
appointed secretary of the treasury, and
was elected for the ensuing term, which
would expire March 3, 1888.
WILLIAM WINDOW,
e IN, 81
mont county, Ohio, May 10, 1927 re-
ceivcd an academic education studied
law at Mount Vernon, Ohio prac'iccd
his profession in that state and in Min
nesota until 1859; was elected prosccut-
ing attorney for Knox county in 1852;
removed 70 Minnesota in lS55 was a
ty-scventh, thirty-cighth, thirty-ninth
and iorticth congresses, was appointed
by the governor of Minnesota. in July,
1870. 10 fill the uneXpircd term of Hon.
Daniel : Norton deceased. in the SEN
ate Of the United States was sub>e-
uuently elected rs IA republican, and was
w
pirc March 8, 1883.
THOMAS JAMES.
was born in Utica, y. Y. i'm 1881: was
educated Al the Ttira academy and at
the age Of II apprenticed TO Wesley
Bartlev, editor Of the Liberty Press.
When % years old he purchased the
Madison County journal. and published
he napcr for ten wears, distinguishing
himself as writer of marked ability.
His appointments of collector Of canal
tolls was his first public recognition. In
,pertur of customs. Three wears later
he WAS appointed wciyher in the New
York custom house. Five wears later
lie became deputy collector lie was
appointcd postmaster Of New York, bv
Grant. and has given to the people of
that city the most satisfactory service.
His Office is pointed out as the model
one of the country.
SAMUEL J. KIEKwooD.
Of Iowa CITY. Iowa, was born in IIar-
ford county. MARYLAND. December 20.
1873. received "A limited education at
the academy of John Mcleod i'm Wash
iuoton CITY removed To Riclland conn
~ Ohio in 1898 and studied law there .
was admitted TO the bar in 1s43: was
elected prosecuting attorney in 1915 and
AGAIN in lS47: was lS5O-5l a member of
of the convention that formed the
nresant constitution Of the state of Ohio:
removed TO johnson county. Iowa. in
1850. was clc..ei o the state senate in
1856 wa, elected Governor in 1889: and
ooaip in 1861 was in 1863 nominated
lbv President Lincoln and confirmed a.
minister to Denmark. bnt declined the
opnoitment. was in 1866 elected TO fill
the unexpired term of Hon. James
Harlan: WAS in 1873 again elected
Governor of Iowa. and resigned that of
Ace January 81. 1877: was elected in
Jonuarv 1876 to the United States sen.
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