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Teller, Henry Moore

lawyer, United States senator, was born May 23, 1830, in Granger, N. Y. He moved to Illinois in 1858, and from there to Colorado in 1861. He never held office until he was elected to the United States senate on the admission of Colorado as a state, and took his seat in 1876; and was re-elected in 1876. He served until April 17, 1882, when he was appointed secretary of the interior; and served until March 3, 1885.

He was again elected to the United States senate as a republican to fill a vacancy, and took his seat March 4, 1885; and was re-elected in 1890 and in 1897. was