He served four terms as a Republican, after having served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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In 1864, he was commissioned as colonel to lead the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) (later re-designated as the 11th United States Colored Heavy Artillery) of the United States Colored Troops.
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