BARLOW, FRANCIS CHANNING
Francis Channing Barlow achieved prominence as a lawyer and a soldier. Barlow was born October 19, 1834, in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Harvard in 1855, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1858. From 1859 to 1861, and also in 1866, Barlow practiced law.
At the onset of the Civil War in 1861, Barlow joined the Union Army and fought at various
battles, including Fair Oaks, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Spottsylvania. He was wounded at Gettysburg in 1863 but returned to service, and by the end of the war he had earned the rank of major general.
After the Civil War Barlow became SECRETARY
OF STATE of New York, serving from 1865
to 1867, and 1869 to 1870. In 1869, he was U.S.
marshal for the southern district of New York.
He performed the duties of New York attorney
general from 1871 to 1873, and was instrumental
in the early proceedings concerning the prosecution
of the Tweed Ring, a group of corrupt
New York politicians.
Barlow returned to his law practice in 1874.
In 1876, he participated in the investigation of
the controversial Hayes-Tilden presidential election
results. He died January 11, 1896, in New
York City.
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