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Savage, James Woodruff

soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 2, 1826, in Bedford, N. H. In 1847 he graduated from Havard university with the degree of B. A.; and in 1850 was admitted to the bar in New York city. In 1861 he was commissioned captain in the regular army and assigned as aid-decamp to the staff of General Fremont.

He was subsequently promoted to major, lieutenant-colonel and became colonel of the twelfth New York volunteer cavalry.

In 1867 he moved to Omaha, Neb.; and in 1875, was elected judge of the third judicial district, and in 1879 received the election for a second term. In 1885 he was appointed a government director of the Union Pacific Railway company. He has written extensively articles on historical and law subjects, and is a member of various historical societies of New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Missouri.