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Show EX-SENATOR H. M. TELLER ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS Former Secretary of the Interior and Senator From Colorado Dies at the Age of 4. Denver. Henry Moore ..Teller, former for-mer secretary of the interior and whe was chosen as senator from Colorado in 1876, serving in that capacity for thirty years, died February 23, at the age of 84. Descended from ante-revolutionary stock, the founder of the family in America having crossed the Atlantic from Holland in 1639, Senator Teller was born in Allegheny county, New York, May 23, 1830. After meager academic training, young Teller studied stud-ied law and was admitted to the bar in January, 1858, at Binghamton, N. Y. For three years he practiced law at Morrison, 111. In 1S61 he crossed the plains with an ox team and located locat-ed at Central City, Colo., at that time the first city of the territory. In 1863-1864 Teller served as major general of the territorial militia and participated in campaigns against the Indians. He aided in promoting and building the Colorado Central railroad from Central City to Denver in 1865 and until his death continued to take byy&fx & EX-SENATOR HENRY M. TELLER. an active part in the industrial and commercial development of Colorado. A Democrat in early life, Teller joined the Republican party on its organization. He took an active part in the campaign which resulted in the admission of Colorado to statehood in 1S76 and was elected United States senator by the first assembly which convened November 1 that year. He was re-elected for the term beginning March 4, 1877, and served in the senate sen-ate until appointed to a cabinet position posi-tion by President Arthur in 18S2. Upon retiring from the cabinet in 1SS5 Teller was re-elected to the senate sen-ate and served continuously until 1909. During his career in the upper branch of congress Senator Teller served as chairman of the committee on pensions, patents, mines and mining min-ing and as member of the committee on claims, railroads, judiciary, public lands and appropriations. For years Senator Teller was one of the leading advocates of bimetallism bimetal-lism and his convictions finally led tc a break with the Republican party in 1895, when he led the silver bolt from the national convention after the adoption of the gold standard plank. His return to Colorado from that convention con-vention was marked by a public welcome wel-come which surpassed all previous tributes ever accorded any public man in Colorado. Senator Teller was married June 7. 1S65. to Harriet M. Bruce of Allegheny Alle-gheny county. New York. Three children, chil-dren, John Harrison and Henry Bruce Teller of Central City, and Mrs. G. E. Tyler of Denver, survive. |
