Ainslie, George
lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 30, 1838, near Boonville, Mo. He attended the St. Louis university two years; studied law; was admitted to practice in 1860, and removed to Colorado. In 1862 he settled in that portion of Washington territory which now constitutes the territory of Idaho; served in the territorial legislature, and was president of the council during one session. He was editor of a newspaper from 1869 to 1873; was elected district attorney in 1874, and re-elected in 1876. He was elected a delegate from Idaho to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses.