a handsome majority and served out his term to the satisfaction
of his constituents.

In 1876 he was a delegate to the State Convention that nominated
the late Judge Settle for Governor and canvassed the State for
him. He was again a delegate to the State Convention in each
succeeding four years up to and including the year 1896. In the
latter year he headed the delegation. In the campaign of that
year, at the request of the State Executive Committee, he
canvassed 21 counties in the State for McKinley and Hobart, all
of which were carried for the Republican ticket. So pleased was
the Committee with the canvass he was making, he was highly
commended in letters from the Chairman while still canvassing.

In 1890 he was urged by leading Republicans of his district,
including such men as ex-Governor Brogden, to become the
Republican candidate for Congress. Long before the convention
convened it was evident that he was the strongest man in the
field. When the convention met and was organized, ex-Governor
Brogden took the platform and in a ringing speech paying a high
tribute to the subject of this sketch, placed him in nomination.
Before the end of the roll call of counties his nomination was
made unanimous. In his canvass for election he had the hearty
support of the State organization and many of the leading colored
and white Republicans in and without his district and State. In
1892 he was unanimously chosen as a delegate to the Republican
National Convention, which met in Minneapolis.

As far back as 1883 he was appointed a clerk in one of the
Departments at Washington by Secretary Teller. He held this
position until under a Democratic administration he was for
partisan reasons asked to resign. President Harrison, recognizing
his ability, appointed him Postmaster of his city, Fayetteville.

For more than 20 years he was a leader in the party and so
recognized by the late Judge Buxton and such men as the late
ex-Congressman O. H. Dockery, and Judges Boyd and Pritchard, now
on the bench. Outside his State his ability as an organizer and
canvasser was recognized by Hon. J.S. Clarkson and the late
William E. Chandler and M.S. Quay.

In a letter of April 8, 1919, Bishop N.H. Heard says:

I was born and raised in Elbert County, Georgia (bor