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 SS HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY PAPERS'. Marye's Heights, December 13, 1862, as a volunteer. He was subsequently appointed State Agent at Washington, but shortly afterward was recalled by the Legislature to fill the office of Military Secretary, created by that bodyj was private secretary to the Governor of Pennsylvania; was Major and Chief of Transportation and Telegraphs ; was Military Secretary to the Governor of Pennsylvania, 1861-1865. He was elected to the Legislature in 1864, and again in 1865 and 1866. In the latter year he was secretary of the Republican State Committee, of which he was Chairman in 1878. In 1873-78 he was Secretary of the Commonwealth, resigning to accept the appoint- ment of Recorder of Philadelphia. This office he resigned in January 1879, when he was again appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth, filling that post until October 1882, when he resigned. In November 1885, he was elected State Treasurer and resigned in September 1887. He was elected a member of the Republican National Committee and chosen Chairman thereof and ex-officio Chairman of the Executive Committee when the commit- tee organized in July 1888, and conducted the successful Presidential campaign of that year ; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1892; was Chairman of the Republican State Committee 1895-6 ; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1896 ; was elected a member of the Republican National Committee and chosen a member of the Executive Committee in 1896; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1900; was elected a member of the Republican National Committee of 1900; was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican, to succeed J. I. Mitchell, and took his seat March 4, 1887 ; was re-elected in 1893 ; in 1899 was defeated for re-election by a deadlock existing throughout the session of the Legislature; was appointed United States Senator by the Governor of Pennsylvania