OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Henry Moore Teller

BORN:
May 23, 1830
Granger, New York

DIED:
February 23, 1914 (age 83)
Denver, Colorado

EDUCATION:
Attended Rushford and Alfred Academies in New York

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican (1876–1897)
Silver Republican (1897–1903)
Democratic (1903–1909)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1858:
Admitted to the Bar in Binghamton, New York 
Moved to Illinois
1861:
Moved to Colorado 
1862-1864:
Major General of Colorado Militia 
Involved in Railroad and Real Estate Development
1876-1882:
U.S. Senator (R-CO)
1882-1885:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
1885-1909:
U.S. Senator from Colorado 
1885, 1891:
Elected to Senate as a Republican
1897:
Elected to Senate as a Silver Republican
1903:
Elected to the Senate as Democrat 
1908-1912:
Member of the U.S. Monetary Commission
1909-1914:
Practiced Law in Colorado 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Colorado Encyclopedia
Wikipedia

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