Journalist; born in New York, May 23, 1832; received a classical education; was a war correspondent in the Crimea in 1854-55; served in the same capacity in the
Civil War in 1862-63; was governor of
Arizona in 1866-69; and represented that Territory in the
United States House of Representatives in 1869-75.
He was a delegate to the National Republican Conventions of 1872, 1876, and 1880; commissioner to the
Centennial Exhibition in 1876;
assistant Secretary of the Treasury in 1877-78: and commissioner-general of the
United States to the
Paris Exposition in 1878.
He was made a commander of the Legion of Honor of
France in the latter year.
His publications include
Visit to the camp before Sebastopol;
Arizona: its resources, etc.; and he edited
Reports of the United States commissioners to the Paris Exposition (6 volumes).