Brayman, Mason
soldier, lawyer, journalist, governor, was born May 23, 1813, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was brought up as a farmer, but became a printer, edited the Buffalo Bulletin in 1834-35, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1836. In 1842 he opened a law office in Springfield, Ill. In 1844-45 he revised and published the statutes of Illinois under the appointment of the governor and the authority of the legislature. He afterwards became interested in railroad enterprises. He served through the civil war; and in 1876-80 was governor of the territory of Idaho.