U.S. Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. After graduating from the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced to practice law in Readfield, Maine. Moving to Wisconsin in 1845, he was appointed Green Bay; judge of the Green Bay circuit court and was a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, (1850-53). In 1860, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving until 1879. After leaving the Senate, he served as a commissioner for the purchase of the Black Hills Territory from the Indians and was appointed Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Chester Arthur in 1881, serving until his death.

• Timothy Otis Howe and Linda Ann Haines married December 21, 1844, Livermore, Maine.

Rockingham Register, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Thursday, March 29, 1883 (as written)

~ DEATH OF POSTMASTER GENERAL HOWE ~

Timothy O. Howe, Postmaster General, died at his home, in Wisconsin, Sunday, in the 67th year of his age. He contracted a severe cold a week before, at Green Bay, and returned to Kenosha. He was very ill till Saturday, when he seemed to improve. His physicians pronounced his ailment pneumonia. He was taken worse on Saturday night and sank rapidly. The deceased was born in Livermore, Oxford County, Me., in 1816.

He received an academical education, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839. After serving a term in the Maine Legislature, he removed to Green Bay, Wis., and in 1860 was elected a circuit judge, holding this office for five years, when he resigned. In 1861 he was elected to the United States Senate, where he served for eighteen years, ending in 1879, when he was succeeded by Matt. H. Carpenter. After the elevation of President Arthur Ex-Senator Howe succeeded Mr. James as Postmaster General.

The Canton Press News, Canton, Missouri, Friday, March 30, 1883 (as written)

Hon. Timothy O. Howe, Postmaster General, died last Sunday afternoon at the residence of his nephew, Col. James H. Howe, of Kenosha, Wis. He was born in Livermore, Maine, February 7th, 1816, studied law with Senator Morrill, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. His first public office was that of postmaster of his native town, which he exchanged in 1846 for the Legislature. In 1846 he removed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where in 1850 he was made Circuit Judge, serving five years. In 1861 he was elected United States Senator, remaining in that body continuously for eighteen years, his term of office expiring March 4, 1879. Shortly after his retirement, Senator Howe was appointed by President Garfield as one of the commission to attend the convention held at Paris, upon the silver question, and he remained abroad about six months. After Garfield's death, President Arthur appointed him Postmaster General. Mr. Howe's wife died in 1881, and two grown children survive him. In every respect, Mr. Howe was an honest, able, sincere man, and the Republican party has lost one of its most faithful and earnest workers. - Sedalia Democrat.

Adapted from Biographies of Notable Americans - 1904, vol. 5, page 385

~ Howe, Timothy Otis, statesman, was born in Livermore, Maine, Feb. 24, 1816. He attended the common school, was brought up on a farm, and was graduated at Readfield academy. He became a lawyer in 1839, practiced in Readfield, Maine, and was a state representative in 1845. He removed to Green Bay, Wis., in the latter part of 1840, and in 1848 he was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for representative in the 14th congress. He was judge of the 4th circuit, and ex officio of the supreme court, 1851-53, and for a time served as chief justice of the state. He was an active campaign speaker for Frèmont and Dayton in 1856. In the judicial contest to determine the election of governor of Wisconsin that year, Mr. Howe appeared for Coles Bashford, and defeated his contestant, William A. Barstow. He was U.S. senator for three terms, [p.385] 1861-79. In the senate he served on the committees on finance, commerce, pensions and claims, and as chairman of the committees on appropriations and Revolutionary claims. He advocated emancipation, Negro-suffrage in the District of Columbia, and territorial jurisdiction over the seceded states. He was a delegate to the Loyalists' convention of 1866 at Philadelphia; voted for the impeachment of President Johnson; supported the silver bill of 1878 and opposed the anti-Chinese bill. He declined a seat on the U.S. supreme bench offered him by President Grant. He was a delegate to the international monetary conference in Paris in 1881, and in December of that year was appointed by President Arthur post-master-general in his cabinet. He died in Racine, Wis., March 25, 1883.

Green Bay Press Gazette, Monday, May 26th, 1884 (transcribed as written)

~ The Howe Monument ~

C. Manthey is now at work on the inscription on the Howe monument and it will soon be ready for erection. The monument is of Virginia Granite. The base is 3 1/2 feet square, the die 2 -1/3 x 3 feet on which the following inscription will be chiseled:

~ TIMOTHY OTIS HOWE ~

~ POSTMASTER GENERAL ~

~ U.S. Senator from Wisconsin 1861 to 1879 ~

~ Born February 24, 1816 ~

~ Died March 24, 1883 ~

~ "His life was gentle, and the elements

So mixed in him that nature might stand up

And say to all the world, This is a man."

The shaft will be square and instead of being polished it will be "fine axed." It is 17 feet high. It is designed to have it finished in about two weeks.

U.S. Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. After graduating from the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced to practice law in Readfield, Maine. Moving to Wisconsin in 1845, he was appointed Green Bay; judge of the Green Bay circuit court and was a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, (1850-53). In 1860, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving until 1879. After leaving the Senate, he served as a commissioner for the purchase of the Black Hills Territory from the Indians and was appointed Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Chester Arthur in 1881, serving until his death.

• Timothy Otis Howe and Linda Ann Haines married December 21, 1844, Livermore, Maine.

Rockingham Register, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Thursday, March 29, 1883 (as written)

~ DEATH OF POSTMASTER GENERAL HOWE ~

Timothy O. Howe, Postmaster General, died at his home, in Wisconsin, Sunday, in the 67th year of his age. He contracted a severe cold a week before, at Green Bay, and returned to Kenosha. He was very ill till Saturday, when he seemed to improve. His physicians pronounced his ailment pneumonia. He was taken worse on Saturday night and sank rapidly. The deceased was born in Livermore, Oxford County, Me., in 1816.

He received an academical education, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839. After serving a term in the Maine Legislature, he removed to Green Bay, Wis., and in 1860 was elected a circuit judge, holding this office for five years, when he resigned. In 1861 he was elected to the United States Senate, where he served for eighteen years, ending in 1879, when he was succeeded by Matt. H. Carpenter. After the elevation of President Arthur Ex-Senator Howe succeeded Mr. James as Postmaster General.

The Canton Press News, Canton, Missouri, Friday, March 30, 1883 (as written)

Hon. Timothy O. Howe, Postmaster General, died last Sunday afternoon at the residence of his nephew, Col. James H. Howe, of Kenosha, Wis. He was born in Livermore, Maine, February 7th, 1816, studied law with Senator Morrill, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. His first public office was that of postmaster of his native town, which he exchanged in 1846 for the Legislature. In 1846 he removed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where in 1850 he was made Circuit Judge, serving five years. In 1861 he was elected United States Senator, remaining in that body continuously for eighteen years, his term of office expiring March 4, 1879. Shortly after his retirement, Senator Howe was appointed by President Garfield as one of the commission to attend the convention held at Paris, upon the silver question, and he remained abroad about six months. After Garfield's death, President Arthur appointed him Postmaster General. Mr. Howe's wife died in 1881, and two grown children survive him. In every respect, Mr. Howe was an honest, able, sincere man, and the Republican party has lost one of its most faithful and earnest workers. - Sedalia Democrat.

Adapted from Biographies of Notable Americans - 1904, vol. 5, page 385

~ Howe, Timothy Otis, statesman, was born in Livermore, Maine, Feb. 24, 1816. He attended the common school, was brought up on a farm, and was graduated at Readfield academy. He became a lawyer in 1839, practiced in Readfield, Maine, and was a state representative in 1845. He removed to Green Bay, Wis., in the latter part of 1840, and in 1848 he was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for representative in the 14th congress. He was judge of the 4th circuit, and ex officio of the supreme court, 1851-53, and for a time served as chief justice of the state. He was an active campaign speaker for Frèmont and Dayton in 1856. In the judicial contest to determine the election of governor of Wisconsin that year, Mr. Howe appeared for Coles Bashford, and defeated his contestant, William A. Barstow. He was U.S. senator for three terms, [p.385] 1861-79. In the senate he served on the committees on finance, commerce, pensions and claims, and as chairman of the committees on appropriations and Revolutionary claims. He advocated emancipation, Negro-suffrage in the District of Columbia, and territorial jurisdiction over the seceded states. He was a delegate to the Loyalists' convention of 1866 at Philadelphia; voted for the impeachment of President Johnson; supported the silver bill of 1878 and opposed the anti-Chinese bill. He declined a seat on the U.S. supreme bench offered him by President Grant. He was a delegate to the international monetary conference in Paris in 1881, and in December of that year was appointed by President Arthur post-master-general in his cabinet. He died in Racine, Wis., March 25, 1883.

Green Bay Press Gazette, Monday, May 26th, 1884 (transcribed as written)

~ The Howe Monument ~

C. Manthey is now at work on the inscription on the Howe monument and it will soon be ready for erection. The monument is of Virginia Granite. The base is 3 1/2 feet square, the die 2 -1/3 x 3 feet on which the following inscription will be chiseled:

~ TIMOTHY OTIS HOWE ~

~ POSTMASTER GENERAL ~

~ U.S. Senator from Wisconsin 1861 to 1879 ~

~ Born February 24, 1816 ~

~ Died March 24, 1883 ~

~ "His life was gentle, and the elements

So mixed in him that nature might stand up

And say to all the world, This is a man."

The shaft will be square and instead of being polished it will be "fine axed." It is 17 feet high. It is designed to have it finished in about two weeks.

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