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HUMPHREY, Herman Loin, congressman, born in Candor, Tioga County, New York, 14 March, 1830. He was educated in the public schools, and at sixteen became a merchant's clerk in Ithaca, New York After several years in business he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854, and the next year removed to Hudson, Wisconsin, where he practised his profession, and soon afterward became district attorney for Saint Croix county. He was appointed county judge to fill a vacancy in 1860, elected to the full term the next year, was state senator in 1862, and a strong advocate of the administration of President Lincoln. He was judge of the 8th judicial district of Wisconsin in 1866-'77, and resigned to take his seat in congress as a Republican, serving from October, 1877, till 1883. in 1886 he was elected to the legislature.
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