Banks, Nathaniel P
legislator, governor, was born in 1816 in Waltham, Mass. He worked in a cotton factory; lectured in public; edited a country newspaper; held a custom house position; practiced law; in 1849 and 1851 was sent to the state legislature; in 1852 was member of congress; in 1853 presided over the state constitutional convention; was three times elected governor of his state; was president of the I. C. R. R. in 1860; served brilliantly as commander in the Union army, and was several times re-elected to congress. He died in 1894. of