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William Horace Clagett, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1858, He
moved to Nevada in 1861 where he commenced practicing law, and was
a member of the Nevada Territorial House of Representatives in 1862
and 1863, was a member of the Nevada Assembly in 1864 and 1865.
Later he practiced law in Helena, and Deer Lodge. He was elected a
Republican from the Montana Territory to the United States House of
Representatives in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1873. On December 18,
1871, Clagett introduced the Act of Dedication bill into the House that
ultimately led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park. Afterwards
leaving Congress, Clagett resumed practicing law in Deer Lodge,
Denver, Deadwood, Portland, Coeur d'Alene, and Spokane. He was
president of the Idaho constitutional convention in 1889.
Benjamin Franklin Potts, served as a general in the Union Army
during the Civil War. He commanded a brigade of infantry in the
Western Theater. In May 1859, he passed his bar exam in Ohio, and
established a successful practice. He changed political parties as a
moderate Republican, he was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1867.
Three years later, he accepted an appointment from President Ulysses
S. Grant, as the governor of the Montana Territory. Potts served until
1883. As governor, he was heavily involved in Indian affairs, as well as
working to get several new frontier towns chartered. He later served in
the territorial legislature.
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh, a lawyer, politician, diplomat and the 36th
Attorney General of the United States. He attended Yale University,
and graduated 10th in his class in 1853. He was admitted to the bar
in 1856 and was District Attorney of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
He led militia forces organized to battle back Confederate forces in
1862 and 1863 and served in the Union army during the Civil War as
an infantry captain and as a major in the cavalry. MacVeagh was U.S.
Ambassador to The Ottoman Empire in 1870 through 1871, and was
a member of the state constitutional convention of 1872 and 1873. In
1875.
Benjamin Franklin Butler, a lawyer and politician who represented
Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later
served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts, served as a Union
General in the Civil War.
John Hollins Ming, from Virginia. Went to California in 1849.
Departed Denver for Montana, traveled, across the plains via Fort
Halleck, Green River, Bitter Creek, Bridger Pass, and Soda Springs;
arrived at Virginia City in fall of 1863. Occupation, merchant and cattle
raiser.. Territorial auditor, 1866-7. Ming became as Master Mason in
1868 in Virginia City No. 1, he later affiliated with Helena No. 3.
James H. Moe, 1875-9 Register U S Land Office.