John M. Thayer
"(January 24, 1820 -- March 19, 1906) John Milton Thayer was a(n) lawyer, editor of a journal, farmer, general, public servant, governor, and American politician. He was born in Bellingham, Massachusetts and moved to Nebraska in 1854. Thayer studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was editor of a journal, was a member of the territorial state senate (1860), delegate to the state constitutional convention (1860), member of the State constitutional convention (1866), and appointed by President Grant as Governor of the Territory of Wyoming (1875 - 1879), and Governor of Nebraska (1887 - 1891). Thayer served as a brigadier general and major general of the Territorial forces against Pawnee Indians (1855-1861). He also served in the Union Army as colonel, then general of the 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry and was a major general of Volunteers (1865). John was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (March 1, 1867 - March 3, 1871) and served as chairman on the Committee on Enrolled Bills (41st Congress). He was not reelected in 1871. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=T000148]"
Member of
Nebraska Delegation - United States Fifteenth Amendment
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Nebraska Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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