TODD, John Blair Smith

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: April 4 1814, Lexington KY

Died: January 5 1872, Yankton Cty SD

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1837, Seminole war, frontier duty, Mexican war, resigned 1856, settler, lawyer.

War Service: September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Dist. of Northern Missouri, and served as delegate to the US Congress.

Post War: US congressman, state politician.