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850 Biographical Directory gresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1954;1863 of the Akron branch of C. Altman & Co., dealers in resided in Bethesda, Md., until his death there on June 3,farming implements; upon the organization of Altman, 1957; interment in Highland Park , Warrensville,Miller & Co. in 1865, as a separate corporation, became . secretary and treasurer, and later its president; during the Bibliography: DAB. Civil War served as sergeant in Company F, One Hundred CROSSLAND, Edward, a Representative from ;and Sixty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and born in Hickman , Ky., June 30, 1827; completedserved in fortifications around in 1864; member preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar inand president of the city council for four years and of the 1852 and began practice at Clinton, Hickman County, KY.;board of education of the city of Akron four years; served as sheriff of Hickman County in 1851 and 1852; member of thecommissioner of Summit County in 1874 and 1875; member State house of representatives in 1857 and 1858; during theof the State senate 1885-1887; elected as a Republican to the Civil War enlisted as captain in the First Kentucky Regi-Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); declined to ment, Confederate Army; was elected colonel of the Seventhbe a candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed former Kentucky Regiment and served until the end of the war;business activities; died in Akron, Ohio, January 5, 1912; elected judge of the court of common pleas of the first judi-interment in Glendale Cemetery. cial district of Kentucky in August 1867 for six years, but CROW, Charles Augustus, a Representative from Missou- resigned November 1, 1870; elected as a Democrat to theri; born on a farm near Sikeston, Scott County, Mo., March Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 187 1-31, 1873; attended the common schools; moved to a farm March 3, 1875); resumed the practice of law in Mayfield,near Bernie, Stoddard County, Mo., in August 1896 and en- Graves County, KY.; elected judge of the circuit court for thegaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Caruthersville, Pe- first judicial district of Kentucky in August 1880 and servedmiscot County, in 1901 and engaged in the real estate and until his death in Mayfield, Ky., September 11, 1881; inter-insurance business; postmaster of Caruthersville from May ment in Maplewood Cemetery. 1902, to January 14, 1909; elected as a Republican to the CROUCH, Edward, a Representative from ;Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); unsuc- born at Walnut Hill, near Highspire, Paxtang Township,cessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Lancaster (now Dauphin) County, Pa., on November 9, 1764;Congress; moved to Campbell, Dunklin County, Mo., in 1911 attended the common schools; at the age of seventeen enlist-and resumed agricultural pursuits; also engaged in the real ed during the Revolutionary War; commanded a company inestate and insurance business; died in Campbell, Mo., March the Whisky Insurrection of 1794; engaged in mercantile pur- 1938; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. suits at Walnut Hill; member of the State house of repre- sentatives 1804-1806; appointed associate judge of Dauphin CROW, William Evans (father of William J. Crow), a Sen- County April 16, 1813, but resigned upon election to Con-ator from Pennsylvania; born in German Township, Fayette gress; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress toCounty, Pa., March 10, 1870; attended the public schools; fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Gloningerwas graduated from the Southwestern State Normal School and served from October 12, 1813, until March 3, 1815; wasin 1890, and also attended Waynesburg College; engaged in not a candidate for renomination; returned to Walnut Hill,newspaper work for three years; studied law; was admitted Paxtang Township, Dauphin County, Pa., and resided thereto the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Uniontown, until his death, on February 2, 1827; interment in PaxtangPa.; appointed assistant district attorney in 1896; was elected Cemetery. district attorney in 1898 and served three years; member, State senate 1907-192 1, when he resigned, having been ap- CROLJNSE, Lorenzo, a Representative from Nebraska;pointed Senator; president pro tempore of the born in Sharon, Schoharie County, N.Y., January 27, 1834;State senate in 1909 and 1911; appointed as a Republican to attended a seminary at Charlotteville, N.Y.; taught school;the on October 17, 1921, to fill the moved to Fort Plain, N.Y., in 1855; studied law; was admit-vacancy caused by the death of Philander C. Knox, and ted to the bar in 1857; during the Civil War raised a batteryserved from October 24, 1921, until his death at his home, of light in 1861 and entered the Army as its cap-"Chalk Hill," near Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., August tain; wounded, and resigned after a year's service; moved to2, 1922; interment in Uniontown Cemetery. Nebraska Territory in 1864; member of the Territorial house Bibliography:U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for William Evans of representatives in 1866; delegate to the State constitution- Crow.67th Cong., 4th sess.,1922-1923. Washington, D.C.: Government al convention in 1866; elected associate justice of the State Printing Office, 1924. supreme court in 1867; at the expiration of his term was CROW, William Josiah (son of William Evans Crow), a elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourthRepresentative from Pennsylvania; born in Uniontown, Fay- Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); declined to be aette County, Pa., January 22, 1902; attended the public candidate for reelection in 1876; collector of internal revenueschools; was graduated from Pennsylvania Military College for the district of Nebraska from March 15, 1879, to Marchat Chester in 1922 and from Dickinson School of Law, Car- 30, 1883; appointed Assistant Secretary of the United Stateslisle, Pa., in 1925; was admitted to the bar in 1926 and Treasury on April 27, 1891, and served until his resignationcommenced practice in Uniontown, Pa.; assistant district on October 31, 1892; Governor of Nebraska 1892-1895; diedattorney of Fayette County 1928-1932; elected mayor of Un- in Omaha, Nebr., May 13, 1909; interment in City Cemetery,iontown in 1938 and reelected in 1940 for a four-year term Fort Calhoun, Washington County, Nebr. and served until called into active service from the Reserves Bibliography: DAB. as major of Ordnance June 4, 1941, being forty-one months CROUSE, , a Representative fromoverseas, in the Pacific theater; elected as a Republican to Ohio; born in Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, Novemberthe Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); 23, 1832; attended the common schools; taught school for fiveunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty- years; moved to Akron, Ohio; deputy in offices of countyfirst Congress; resumed the practice of law; recalled to active auditor and treasurer 1855-1858; auditor of Summit Countyduty with the Ordnance Corps in 1951 and served as chief of 1858-1863; served as county treasurer in 1863; manager inlegislative coordination branch until 1956; became regional Biographies 851 administrator, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wash- of the Robinson city school board 1884-1888; master in chan- ington, D.C., in January 1957; moved to Carlisle, Cumber-cery 1886-1890; elected judge of Crawford County in Novem- land County, Pa., after retiring in 1964, and served on theber 1886, and reelected in 1890; appointed United States Zoning Board and the Parks Commission; died in Carlisle,special Treasury agent in charge of the seal fisheries of Pa., October 13, 1974; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery,Alaska in April 1893 and served until his resignation in Uniontown, Pa. April 1898; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty- CROWE, Eugene Burgess, a Representative from ;seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899-March born near Jeffersonville, Clark County, md., January 5,3, 1905); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904; 1878; attended the rural schools and Borden (md.) Academy;resumed the practice of law in Robinson, Ill.; served as taught in county schools 1894-1896; moved to Bedford, md.,State's attorney of Crawford County 1912-1916; died in Rob- in 1899 and engaged in the retail furniture business, realinson, Ill., June 25, 1931; interment in the old Robinson estate, and banking; delegate to the Democratic State con-Cemetery. ventions 1908-1960; delegate to the Democratic National CROWLEY, Miles, a Representative from Texas; born in Conventions in 1928, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960; dele-, Mass., February 22, 1859; attended the common gate to the Interparliamentary Union Congress at Oslo,schools; employed as a longshoreman; moved to Galveston in Norway, in 1939; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-the seventies; assistant chief of the Galveston Fire Depart- second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,ment; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and 1931-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; resumed his formercommenced practice; member of the State house of repre- business interests; president of Stone City National Banksentatives in 1892; served in the State senate in 1893 and and Greystone Hotel; director of Wabash Fire and Casualty1894; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress Insurance Co.; remained active in business and civic affairs(March 4, 1895-March 3,1897); was not a candidate for until his death in , md., May 12, 1970; inter-reelection in 1896; resumed the practice of law in Galveston, ment in Green Hill Cemetery, Bedford, md. Tex.; prosecuting attorney of Galveston County 1904-19 12; elected judge of Galveston County Court in 1920, in which CROWELL, John, a Delegate from Alabama Territorycapacity he was serving at the time of his death in Galves- and a Representative from Alabama; born in Halifaxton, Tex., on September 22, 1921; interment in Calvary Cem- County, N.C., September 18,1780; attended the publicetery. schools; moved to Alabama in 1815, having been appointed as agent of the Government to the Muscogees; settled in St. CROWLEY, Richard, a Representative from ; Stephens, Ala., in 1817; elected as a Delegate to the Fif-born in Pendleton, near Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., teenth Congress and served from January 29, 1818, to MarchDecember 14, 1836; attended the public schools and Lockport 3, 1819; upon the admission of Alabama as a State into theUnion School; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 Union was elected a Representative to the Sixteenth Con- and commenced practice in Lockport; city attorney of Lock- gress and served from December 14, 1819, until March 3,port in 1865 and 1866; admitted to practice before the Su- 1821; in 1821 was appointed agent for the Creek Indians,preme Court of the United States in 1865; member of the then inhabiting western and eastern Alabama, andState senate1866-1870; appointed by President Grant occupied that position until they were moved to the IndianUnited States district attorney for the northern district of Territory in 1836; died at Fort Mitchell, Ala., June 25, 1846;New York on March 23, 1871; reappointed March 3, 1875, interment in a private cemetery. and served in that capacity until March 3, 1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses CROWELL, John, a Representative from Ohio; born in 1883); chairman, Committee on East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., September 15, 1801;(March 4, 1879-March 3, moved to Ohio in 1806 with his parents, who settled inClaims (Forty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for Rome, Ashtabula County; attended the district school; movedelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress; resumed the to Warren, Ohio, in 1822; attended Warren Academy 1822-practice of law in Lockport, N.Y.; appointed by Governor 1825; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1827 andMorton in 1896 as counsel for the State of New York in Civil commenced practice in Warren; was also part owner andWar claims cases, in which capacity he was serving at the editor of the Western Reserve Chronicle at Warren; membertime of his death at Olcott Beach, near Lockport, N.Y., July of the State senate in 1840; elected as a Whig to the Thirti-22, 1908; interment in Glenwood Cemetery. eth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, CROWNINSHIELD, Benjamin Williams (brother of Jacob 1851); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850; movedCrowninshield), a Representative from ; born to , Ohio, in 1852 and resumed the practice of law;in Salem, Mass., December 27, 1772; prepared for college; served in the State militia for twenty years, holding theengaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, Mass.; member of rank of brigadier general and subsequently that of majorthe State house of representatives in 1811; served in the general; became editor of the Western Law Monthly, pub-State senate in 1812; appointed Secretary of the Navy by lished in Cleveland, and a member of the faculty of thePresident Madison December 19, 1814; reappointed by Presi- Homeopathic Medical College; president of the Ohio Statedent Monroe and served in this capacity until October 1, and Union Law College of Cleveland from 1862 to 1876, 1818, when he resigned; again a member of the State house when he retired; died in Cleveland, Ohio, March 8, 1883;of representatives in 1821; elected to the Eighteenth and to interment in Lake View Cemetery. the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1823-March 3, CROWLEY, Joseph Burns, a Representative from ;1831); chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Eighteenth born in Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio, July 19, 1858;Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to moved with his parents to a farm near St. Marie, Jasperthe Twenty-second Congress; again a member of the State County, Ill., in 1860 and to Robinson, Ill., in 1872; attendedhouse of representatives in 1833; resumed his former busi- the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits 1876- ness pursuits; died in Boston, Mass., February 3, 1851; inter- 1880; studied law; was admitted to the bar in May 1883 andment in , Cambridge, Mass. began practice at Robinson, Crawford County, Ill.; president Bibliography: DAB. 852 Biographical Directory

CROWNINSHIELD, Jacob (brother of Benjamin WilliamsCivil War served on the staff of Gen. George E. Pickett; Crowninshield), a Representative from Massachusetts; bornelected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, in Salem, Mass., March 31, 1770; engaged in mercantile1885-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in pursuits; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1798 to the1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; resumed the practice of law; Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationalso engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected judge of Essex of Dwight Foster; member of the State senate in 1801; wasCounty, Va., and served from 1892 until his resignation in tendered the position of Secretary of the Navy by President1901; died in Tappahannock, Va., July 3, 1903; interment in Jefferson, but never entered upon his duties on account of illSt. John's Episcopal Churchyard. health; elected as a Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his CROZIER, John Hervey, a Representative from Tennes- death in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 1808; chairman,see; born in Knoxville, Tenn., February 10, 1812; attended Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (Ninth Con-the public schools; was graduated from the University of gress); interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.Tennessee at Knoxville in 1829; studied law; was admitted to Bibliography: DAB; Reinoehi, John H.,ad. "Some Remarks on the the Tennessee bar and practiced in Knoxville; member of American Trade: to James Madison, 1806." William the State house of representatives 1837-1839; elected as a and Mary Quarterly 3rd ser., 16 (January 1959): 83-118. Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March CROWTHER, Frank, a Representative from New York;4, 1845-March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Expendi- born in Liverpool, England, July 10, 1870; immigrated to thetures in the Department of War (Thirtieth Congress); re- United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled insumed the practice of his profession in Knoxville; affiliated Canton, Mass.; attended the public schools; was graduatedwith the Democratic Party in 1856; retired from active prac- from the Lowell School of Design, a branch of the Massachu-tice about 1866 and engaged in literary pursuits and histori- setts Institute of Technology, in 1888; designer of fabrics,cal research; died in Knoxville, Tenn., October 25, 1889; carpets, and rugs for seven years; was graduated from Har-interment in the Old Gray Cemetery. vard Dental School in 1898 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; moved to Perth Amboy, N.J., in 1901 and CROZIER, Robert, a Senator from Kansas; born in Cadiz, continued the practice of dentistry, member of the NewHarrison County, Ohio, October 13, 1827; attended the public Jersey house of assembly in 1904 and 1905; member of theschools and an academy; studied law in Carroilton, Ohio, Middlesex County Board of Taxation 1906-1909; moved toand was admitted to the bar in 1848; prosecuting attorney of Schenectady, N.Y., in 1912 and continued the practice of hisCarroll County 1848-1850; moved to Leavenworth, Kans., in professionuntilelectedtoCongress; president of the1856, where he established the Leavenworth Daily Times common council of Schenectady in 1917 and 1918; elected asand also engaged in the practice of law; member, Territorial a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the eleven succeedingcouncil 1857-1858; appointed United States attorney for the Congresses (March 4, 1919-January 3, 1943); chairman, Com-district of Kansas by President 1861-1864, mittee on Memorials (Seventy-first Congress); was not a can-when he resigned; chief justice of Kansas supreme court didate for renomination in 1942; moved to Pueblo, Cob., in1864-1867; cashier and manager of the First National Bank 1943 and engaged in violin study, landscape painting, andof Leavenworth; appointed as a Republican to the United public speaking; died in Pueblo, Cob., July 20, 1955; inter-States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of ment in Roselawn Cemetery. Alexander Caidwell and served from November 24, 1873, to February 12, 1874, when a successor was elected; was not a CR0 WTHER, George Calhoun, a Representative fromcandidate for election; resumed the practice of his profession Missouri; born in Lancashire, England, on January 26, 1849;in Leavenworth, Kans.; district judge of the first judicial immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents,district of Kansas 1876-1892; member of the board of direc- who settled in Dakota City, Nebr.; attended the publictors of the Kansas Historical Society 1886-1889; died in schools until his tenth year, when he became a printer'sLeavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kans., October 2, 1895; apprentice at Sioux City, ; entered the ininterment in Mount Muncie Cemetery. 1862, and was mustered out of the service July 14, 1865; moved to Kansas in 1866 and engaged in newspaper work CRUDUP, Josiah, a Representative from North Carolina; until 1873; elected secretary of the Kansas State senate inborn in Wakelon, Wake County, N.C., January 13, 1791; January 1869, and reelected in 1871 and 1873; again engagedattended a private school in Louisburg, N.C., and Columbian in the printing and publishing of a newspaper 1875-1886;College (now George Washington University), Washington, moved to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1877; appointed deputy sheriffD.C.; studied theology; was ordained as a Baptist minister of Buchanan County, Mo., in 1887; elected city treasurer ofand, excepting the service in Congress, continued in the St. Joseph in 1888 and reelected in 1890; unsuccessful candi-ministry until his death; engaged in farming; served in the date for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; electedState senate in 1820; member of the State house of repre- as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-sentatives 1821-1823; elected to the Seventeenth Congress March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896(March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); unsuccessful candidate for to the Fifty-fifth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for mayorreelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; resumed agri- of St. Joseph in 1904; engaged in the manufacture of ironcultural pursuits; delegate to the State constitutional con- and steel in St. Joseph, Mo., until his death there March 18,vention in 1835; died near Kittrell, Vance County, N.C., May 1914; interment in Oakland Cemetery. 20, 1872; interment in the family burial ground at his home near Kittrell, N.C. CROXTON, Thomas, a Representative from ; born in Tappahannock, Essex County, Va., March 8, 1822; attend- CRUGER, Daniel, a Representative from New York; born ed the primary schools and the Tappahannock and Rappa-in Sunbury, Pa., December 22, 1780; attended the public hannock Academies; was graduated from the law depart-schools; learned the printer's trade; published the Owego ment of the at Charlottesville in 1842;Democrat at Owego, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted to the was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tappa-bar in 1805, and commenced practice in Bath, N.Y.; served hannock, Essex County, Va.; served as attorney for the Com-as major in the ; member of the State assembly monwealth from 1852 to 1865, when he resigned; during the1814-1816 and again in 1826 and served as speaker in 1816; Biographies 853 elected as a Repubician to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4,the law department of Indiana University at Bloomington; 1817-March 3, 1819); district attorney of the seventh districtwas admitted to the bar in 1876 andcommenced practice in of New York 1815-1818, and of Steuben County 1818-1821; Valparaiso, md.; prosecuting attorney for the thirty-first ju- resumed the practice of law; moved to Wheeling, Va. (nowdicial district of Indiana 1884-1888; served as appellate ); died in Wheeling July 12, 1843; interment injudge, by appointment of Governor Hovey, from March 1891 the Stone Church Cemetery. to January 1, 1893; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897- CRUMP, Edward Hull, a Representative from Tennessee;March 3, 1913); chairman, Committee on the Census (Fifty- born on a farm near Holly Springs, Marshall County, Miss., October 2, 1874; attended the public schools; engaged ineighth through Sixty-first Congresses); unsuccessful candi- agricultural pursuits; apprenticed as a printer in 1890;date for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; re- moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1892; employed as a bookkeep-sumed the practice of law in Valparaiso, Porter County, md., er; engaged in the wholesale mercantile business, the manu-where he died May 19, 1920; interment in Graceland Ceme- facture of harness and buggies, and later in the banking,tery. mortgage-loan, and real-estate businesses; also interested in CRUMPACKER, Maurice Edgar (son of Edgar Dean farming; delegate to the Democratic State conventions inCrumpacker and cousin of Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr.), a 1902 and 1904; member of the Memphis Board of PublicRepresentative from Oregon; born in Valparaiso, Porter Works in 1905; fire and police commissioner in 1907; mayorCounty, Ind., December 19, 1886; attended the public schools of Memphis 19 10-1916; delegate to the Democratic Nationalof Valparaiso, Ind., and Washington, D.C.; was graduated Conventions in 1912, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944, and 1948;from the Culver (md.) Military Academy in 1905 and from county treasurer of Shelby County 19 17-1923; member of thethe University of at Ann Arbor in 1909; studied Democratic State committee 1926-1930 and of the Democrat-law at Harvard University; was admitted to the bar in 1912 ic National Committee 1936-1945; elected as a Democrat toand commenced practice in Portland, Oreg.; was commis- the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses (March 4,sioned December 31, 1917, as first lieutenant in the aviation 1931-January 3, 1935); was not a candidate for renomination in 1934; Regent of the 1931-1935;section of the Signal Reserve Corps; accepted appointment as again elected mayor of Memphis, in 1939; resumed his activi-captain in the Air Service (production), National Army, July ties in the mortgage-loan, investment, real-estate, and insur-8, 1918, and served until December 27, 1918, when he was ance businesses; also engaged in farming; died in Memphis,honorably discharged as captain in the Air Service (aircraft Tenn., October 16, 1954; interment in Elmwood Cemetery. production); special deputy district attorney for Multnomah Bibliography: DAB; Miller, William D Mr. Grump of Memphis. BatonCounty, Oreg., in 1921; unsuccessful candidate for the Re- Rouge: State University Press, 1964. publican nomination for Congress in 1922; elected as a Re-- publican to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses and CRUMP, George William, a Representative from Virginia;served from March 4, 1925, until his death in , born in Powhatan County, Va., September 26, 1786; attendedCalif., July 24, 1927; interment in Riverview Cemetery, Port- Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va.; was graduated from Princeton College inland, Oreg. 1805; studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, CRUMPACKER, Shepard J., Jr. (cousin of Edgar Dean , Pa., 1806-1808; member of the State house ofCrumpacker and Maurice Edgar Crumpacker), a Representa- delegates 1817-1822 and 1825-1828; elected to the Nine-tive from Indiana; born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, teenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationmd., February 13, 1917; attended the public schools; was of John Randolph and served from January 21, 1826, tograduated from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., in March 3, 1827; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 18261938, and from the law school of the to the Twentieth Congress; was appointed by President Jack-at Ann Arbor in 1941; was admitted to the bar the same son as chief clerk of the Pension Bureau in 1832, whichyear and commenced the practice of law inSouth Bend, md.; position he held until his death; moved to Powhatan County,entered the Air Corps as a private Va., where he died on October 1, 1848; interment on hisSeptember 26, 1941, and advanced through the ranks to home grounds at "Log Castle" on Swift Creek, Chesterfieldflight chief in a fighter squadron; commissioned a lieutenant County, near Colonial House, Va. in 1943 and assigned to heavy-bomber maintenance; relieved CRUMP, Rousseau Owen, a Representative from Michi-from active duty as a first lieutenant March 1, 1946; major gan; born in Pittsford, Monroe County, N.Y., May 20, 1843;in the Air Force Reserve; owned and operated a farm; dele-- attended the public schools in Pittsford and Rochester;gate to Indiana State Republican convention 1958through moved to Plainwell, Mich., in 1869 and engaged in the1970; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second, Eighty- lumber business in Allegan and Kalamazoo Counties; movedthird, and Eighty-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1951-Janu- to West Bay City in 1881 and established a sawmill and boxary 3, 1957); did not seekrenomination in 1956; practiced factory; member of the board of aldermen 1889-1892; mayorlaw until 1977; appointed judge of the St. Joseph Superior of West Bay City 1893-1895; member of the State house ofCourt and served from 1977-1985; was a resident of South representatives 1895-1901; elected as a Republican to theBend, md., until his death there October 14, 1986; interment Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses andin Riverview Cemetery. served from March 4, 1895, until his death in West Bay City, CRUTCHFIELD, William, a Representative from Tennes- Mich., May 1, 1901; chairman, Committee on Mines andsee; born in Greeneville, Greene County,Tenn., November Mining (Fifty-sixth Congress); interment in Elm Lawn Ceme-- 16, 1824; attended the common schools; moved to McMinn tery, Bay City, Bay County, Mich. County, Tenn., in 1840 and remained there four years; set- CRUMPACKER, Edgar Dean (father of Maurice Edgartled in Jacksonville, Ala., in 1844 and engaged in agricultur- Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr.), aal pursuits; became a permanent resident of Chattanooga in Representative from Indiana; born in Westville, La Porte1850; during the Civil War never enlisted but served in the County, md., May 27, 1851; attended the common schoolsUnion Army as honorary captain in the Chickamauga cam- and Valparaiso Academy, Valparaiso, md.; studied law inpaign; was with General Thomas during the siege of Chatta- 854 Biographical Directory

nooga, and was an assistant to General Steedman and othercan to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, commanders until the close of the war; elected asa Republi-1891); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890; re- can to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3,sumed his former business activities; died in Girard, Erie 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874;re-County, Pa., on May 24, 1906; interment in Girard Cemetery. sumed agricultural pursuits; died in Chattanooga, Tenn., January 24, 1890; interment in the family lot in Old Citizens CULBERTSON, William Wirt, a Representative from Cemetery. Kentucky; born near Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pa., Sep- tember 22, 1835; moved with his parents to Kentucky; at- CULBERSON, Charles Allen (son of David Browning Cul- berson), a Senator from Texas; born in Dadeville, Tallapoosatended the common schools; engaged in the manufacture of County, Ala., June 10, 1855; moved to Texas with his par-iron; enlisted as a private in the Union Army in Company F, ents, who settled first in Gilmer and later in Jefferson;Twenty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, July 16, attended the common schools and was graduated from the1861; promoted to the rank of captain August 2, 1881; re- Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1874; studied lawsigned March 3, 1864; member of the State house of repre- at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1876 andsentatives in 1870; served in the State senate in 1873; dele- 1877; was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commencedprac- gate to the Republican National Convention in 1876, 1880, tice in Jefferson, Tex.; moved to Dallas, Tex., in 1887; attor-and 1884; mayor of Ashland, Ky., in 1882 and 1883 when he ney general of Texas 1890-1894; Governor of Texas 1894-resigned; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Con- 1898; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senategress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); died in Oxford, Butler January 25, 1899; reelected in 1905, 1911, and again in 1916,County, Ohio, on October 31, 1911; interment in Ashland and served from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1923; unsuccess-Cemetery, Ashland, Ky. ful candidate for reelection in 1922; Democraticcaucus CULBRETH, Thomas, a Representative from ; chairman 1907-1909; chairman, Committee on Additionalborn in Kent County, Del., eight miles northeast of Greens- Accommodations for the Library (Sixty-first Congress), Com-boro, Md., April 13, 1786; attended the public schools and mittee on Public Health and National Quarantine (Sixty-studied under private tutors; moved to Denton, Caroline secondCongress),Committee onJudiciary(Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Private LandCounty, Md., in 1806; was clerk in a store in Denton; Claims (Sixty-sixth Congress); lived in retirement until his member of the congressional committee at Hillsboro in 1810; death in Washington, D.C., March 19, 1925; interment inmember of the State house of delegates in 1812 and 1813; East Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex. cashier of the State Bank at Denton in 1813; elected as a Bibliography:DAB;Hughes,Pollyanna,andHarrison,Elizabeth. Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the "Charles Culberson: Not a Shadow of Hogg." East Texas Historical Jour- Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); declined nal 11 (Fall 1973): 41-52; Madden, James. Charles Allen Culberson, His to be a candidate for reelection in 1820 to the Seventeenth Character and Public Service. Austin, Tex.: Gammel's Book Store, 1929. Congress and for election in 1822 to the Eighteenth Con- CULBERSON, David Browning (father of Charles Allengress; appointed chief judge of the Caroline County orphans' Culberson), a Representative from Texas; born in Troupcourt in 1822; clerk of the executive council of Maryland County, Ga., September 29, 1830; pursued preparatory stud-1825-1838, and resided in Annapolis, Md.; returned to Denton, Md., 1838 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; soon ies in Brownwood College, La Grange, Ga.; studied law;was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice inafterward moved to "Orrell Farm," near Greensboro, where Dadeville, Ala.; moved to Texas in 1856; settled in Jefferson,he died April 16, 1843; interment in the family cemetery on Marion County, in 1861 and continued the practice of law;the farm. member of the State house of representatives in 1859; during CULKIN, Francis Dugan, a Representative from New the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as a private;York; born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., November 10, promoted to the rank of colonel of the Eighteenth Texas1874; attended the public schools in Oswego and St. An- Infantry; assigned to duty in 1864 as adjutant general of thedrew's College and the University of Rochester in Rochester, State of Texas with the rank of colonel; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1864; elected to theN.Y.; newspaper reporter in Rochester, N.Y., 1894-1902; State senate in 1873 and served until his resignation, havingstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-practice in Oswego, N.Y.; served as a private, Company D, fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-Third New York Volunteers, in the Spanish-American War; March 3, 1897); chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Fifti-captain in the New York National Guard 1901-1908; city eth, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses); declined to beattorney of Oswego, 1906-19 10; district attorney of Oswego a candidate for renomination in 1896; appointed by Presi-County, 1911-1921; judge of Oswego County, 1921-1928; dent McKinley on June 21, 1897, as one of the commission-member of the Bicentennial Commission ers to codify the laws of the United States and served in thisand the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission; elected as capacity until his death in Jefferson, Tex., May 7, 1900;a Republican to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy interment in Oaklawn Cemetery. caused by the death of Thaddeus C. Sweet; reelected to the Bibliography: DAB. Seventy-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1928, until his death in Oswego, CULBERTSON, William Constantine, a RepresentativeN.Y., on August 4, 1943; interment in St. Paul's Cemetery. from Pennsylvania; born in Edinboro, Erie County, Pa., No- vember 25, 1825; attended the common schools of his native CULLEN, Elisha Dickerson, a Representative from Dela- town; engaged in lumbering on the Allegheny River in Jef-ware; born in Millsboro, Sussex County, Del., April 23, 1799; ferson County, Pa.; also operated a mill and a factory atattended Princeton College; studied law; was admitted to the Covington, Ky.; moved to Girard, Pa., in 1863; purchasedbar in 1821 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Del; extensive tracts of timberland in Michigan, Wisconsin, andelected as the candidate of the American Party to the other States; later became interested in agricultural pursuitsThirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); was in Minnesota and in his native county; president of thean unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Citizens' National Bank of Corry, Pa.; elected as a Republi- Thirty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Biographies 855

Georgetown, Del., on February 8, 1862; interment in theSmithsonian Institution 1885-19 13; chairman and resident Presbyterian Churchyard, Lewes, Del. commissioner of the Commission in 1913 and 1914; member of the commission appointed to prepare a CULLEN, Thomas Henry, a Representative from Newsystem of laws for the Hawaiian Islands; died in Washing-

York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 29, 1868; attended theton, D.C., January 28, 1914; interment in Oak Ridge Ceme-- local parochial schools, and was graduated from St. Francistery, Springfield, Ill. College, Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1880; became engaged in the Bibliography: DAB; Cullom, Shelby. Fifty Years in Public Service: Per- marine insurance and shipping business; member of the sonal Recollections. 1911. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967; Neil- Senate assembly 1896-1898; served in the State senate 1899-son, James Shelby M. Cullom: Prairie State Republican.Urbana: Universi- 1918; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions from ty of Illinois Press, 1962. 1912 through 1932; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from CULLOM, William (brother of Alvan Cullom and uncle of March 4, 1919, until his death in Washington, D.C., onShelby Moore Cullom), a Representative from Tennessee; March 1, 1944; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn,born near Monticello, Wayne County, Ky., June 4, 1810; attended the public schools; studied law in Lexington, Ky.; N.Y. was admitted to the bar and practiced in the courtsof Ken- CULLEN, William, a Representative from Illinois; born intucky and Tennessee; moved to Carthage, Tenn.; member of County Donegal, Ireland, March 4, 1826; immigrated to thethe Tennessee general assemblies, 1843-1847; elected as a United States in 1832 with his parents, who settled in Pitts-Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses burgh, Pa.; attended the public schools and the Allegheny(March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for Academy at ; moved to Adams Township, La Sallereelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; appointed County, Ill., in 1846 and engaged in agricultural pursuits;Clerk of the House of Representatives in the Thirty-fourth sheriff of La Salle County in 1864 and 1865; moved to Congress and served from February 4, 1856, to December 6, Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill., in 1865; political editor of the1857; resumed the practice of law; attorney general, six- Ottawa Republican 1871-1887; elected as a Republican to theteenth district, 1873-1878; died in Clinton, Tenn., December Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 188 1-6, 1896; interment in McAdoo Cemetery, Clinton, Tenn., and March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for renomination inlater reinterred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chattanooga, 1884; lived in retirement in Ottawa, Ill., until his deathTenn. there January 17, 1914; interment in Ottawa Avenue Ceme- tery. CULLOP, , a Representative from Indiana; born near Oaktown, Knox County, Ind., March 28, 1853; CULLOM, Alvan (brother of William Cullom and uncle ofattended the common schools; was graduated from Hanover ), a Representative from Tennessee;(Ind.) College in June 1878; professor for two years in Vin- born in Monticello, Ky., September 4, 1797; received a liberalcennes (Ind.) University; studied law; wasadmitted to the schooling; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1823 andbar in 1881 and commenced practice in Vincennes, md.; commenced practice in Monroe, Overton County, Tenn.;prosecuting attorney of the twelfth judicial circuit 1883- member of the State house of representatives in 1835 and1886; member of the State house of representatives189 1- 1836; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and1893; delegate to the Democratic National Conventionsin Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); re-- 1892 and 1896; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and sumed the practice of law; circuit judge of the fourth judicialto the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,1909-March 3, circuit of Tennessee 1850-1852; member of the peace conven- 1917); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916; un- tion of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devisesuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination as means to prevent the impending war; died in Livingston,United States Senator in 1926; resumed the practice of law Overton County, Tenn., July 20, 1877; interment in Bethle-- and was also interested in various business enterprises;died hem Cemetery, near Livingston. in Vincennes, Ind., October 9, 1927; interment in Greenlawn CULLOM, Shelby Moore (nephew of Alvan Cullom andCemetery. William Cullom), a Representative and a Senator from Illi- nois; born in Wayne County, Ky., November 22, 1829; moved CULPEPPER, John, a Representative from North Caroli- na; born near Wadesboro, Anson County,N.C., in 1761; at- with his father to Tazewell County, Ill., in 1830; received antended the public schools; became a minister in the Baptist academic and university training; moved to Springfield, Ill.,Church; presented credentials as a Federalist Member-elect in 1853; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and until commenced practice in Springfield; elected city attorney into the Tenth Congress and served from March 4, 1807, 1855; member, State house of representatives 1856, 1860-January 2, 1808, when the seat was declared vacant as the 1861, and served as speaker of the house during the secondresult of a contest on account of alleged irregularities; subse- year; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth,Fortieth,quently reelected to fill the vacancy declared by the House and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871);of Representatives and served from February 23, 1808, to chairman, Committee on Territories (Forty-first Congress);March 3, 1809; elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and member, State house of representatives 1873-1874, andFourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); un- served as speaker in 1873; 1877-1883,successful candidate for reelection in 1816 to the Fifteenth when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the UnitedCongress; elected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819- States Senate in 1882; reelected in 1888, 1894, 1900, and 1906March 3, 1821); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820 and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1913; Republi- to the Seventeenth Congress; elected to the EighteenthCon- can caucus chairman 1910-1913; chairman,Committee ongress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825); unsuccessfulcandidate Expenditures of Public Money (Forty-ninth Congress), Com-for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress; elected to mittee on Interstate Commerce (Fiftieth through Fifty-the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829); de- second, Fifty-fourth through Fifty-sixth, and Sixty-first Con-clined to be candidate for reelection in 1828 and retired from gresses), Committee on Foreign Relations (Fifty-seventhpublic life; died at the residence of his son in Darlington throughSixty-firstCongresses),RepublicanConferenceCounty, S.C. in January 1841; interment in the cemetery at (Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses); Regent of theSociety Hill, S.C. 856 Biographical Directory

CULVER, Charles Vernon, a Representative from Penn-Georgia; appointed a midshipman in the sylvania; born in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, SeptemberMay 19, 1832; was promoted to passed midshipman June 23, 6, 1830; received a liberal preparatory schooling and attend- 1838, and served until February 23, 1841, when he resigned; ed the , Delaware, Ohio; moved towhile in the Navy was a member of the Wilkes expedition in Pennsylvania and settled in Reno, Venango County, and1838; moved to Brooklyn, N.Y.; became a druggist and im- engaged in mercantile pursuits; also became interested in the development of oil in Venango County, Pa., and theporter of drugs in and subsequently engaged establishment of national banks in thirteen cities through-in mercantile pursuits in Brooklyn, N.Y., 1843-1853; elected out the East; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninthas a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853- Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidateMarch 3, 1855); died in Brooklyn, N.Y., October 13, 1855; for renomination in 1866; while a Member of Congressinterment in Greenwood Cemetery. became bankrupt and was imprisoned in 1866, but aftera CUMMING, William, a Delegate from North Carolina; prolonged trial was acquitted; resumed operations in the oilborn in Edenton, N.C.; studied law; was admitted to the bar business, with headquarters in Franklin, Venango County,and practiced; member of the North Carolina Provincial Pa.; died, while on a business trip, in Philadelphia, Pa.,Congress in 1776; member of the State house of commons in January 10, 1909; interment in Franklin Cemetery, Frank-1781, 1783, 1784, and 1788; Member of the Continental Con- lin, Pa. gress in 1785; nominated for judge in 1790. CULVER, Erastus Dean, a Representative from New York; born in Champlain, Washington County, N.Y., on CUMMINGS, Amos Jay, a Representative from New York; March 15, 1803; was graduated from the University of Ver-born in Conkling, Broome County, N.Y., May 15, 1841; at- mont at Burlington in 1826; studied law; was admitted to thetended the common schools; apprenticed to the printing bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Fort Ann, N.Y.;trade when twelve years of age; was with William Walker in moved to Greenwich, N.Y., in 1836; member of the Statehis last invasion of Nicaragua in October 1858; during the assembly 1838-1840; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninthCivil War served as sergeant major of the Twenty-sixth New Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); moved to Brooklyn,Jersey Regiment, Second Brigade, Sixth Corps, Army of the N.Y., in 1850; judge of the city court of Brooklyn 1854-1861;Potomac; filled editorial positions on the New York Tribune appointed by President Lincoln as Minister Resident to Ven-under , the New York Sun, and the New ezuela and served in that capacity from 1862 to 1866; died inYork Express; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress Greenwich, Washington County, N.Y., October 13, 1889; in-(March 4, 1887-March 3,1889); declined renomination in terment in the Culver vault in Greenwich Cemetery. 1888, but was subsequently elected to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel S. Cox; CULVER, John Chester, a Representative and a Senatorreelected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and from Iowa; born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn.,served from November 5, 1889, to November 21, 1894, when August 8, 1932; attended Cedar Rapids public schools; grad-he resigned; chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Fifty- uated Harvard College in 1954; served in the United Statesthird Congress); elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill Marine Corps 1955-1958, and was discharged with rank ofthe vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect captain; served as dean of men of Harvard UniversityAndrew J. Campbell; reelected to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, Summer School in 1960; graduated Harvard Law School inand Fifty-seventh Congresses and served from November 5, 1962; admitted to the bar in 1963, and commenced practice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-1895, until his death in , Md., May 2, 1902; inter- ninth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses (Janu-ment in Clinton Cemetery, Irvington, N.J. ary 3, 1965-January 3, 1975); was not a candidate for reelec- Bibliography: DAB. tion in 1974; was elected in 1974 as a Democrat to the CUMMINGS, Fred Nelson, a Representative from Colora- United States Senate and served from January 3, 1975, todo; born on a farm near Groveton, Coos County, N.H., Sep- January 3, 1981; unsuccessful candidate for reelection intember 18, 1864; in 1865 moved with his parents to Clinton, 1980; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; isaIowa, and in 1879 to a farm near West Union, Custer resident of Washington, D.C. County, Nebr.; attended the rural schools; engaged in agri. Bibliography: Drew, Elizabeth. Senator. New York: Simon and Schuster, cultural pursuits and the raising of livestock; studied law; 1979. was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in CUMBACK, William, a Representative from Indiana; bornCuster County, Nebr.; moved to Fort Collins, Cob., in 1906 near Mount Carmel, Franklin County, md., March 24, 1829;and resumed agricultural pursuits; member of the city coun- attended the common schools and was graduated fromcil of Fort Collins 1909-1913; elected as a Democrat to the Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; taught school two years;Seventy-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March studied law at the Cincinnati Law School; was admitted to4, 1933-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelec- the bar and commenced practice in Greensburg, md., intion in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; resumed his 1853; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fourth Congressformer pursuits; died in Fort Collins, Cob., November 10, (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for1952; interment in Grandview Cemetery. reelection in 1856; resumed the practice of law; appointed a paymaster in the Army and served throughout the Civil CUMMINGS, Henry Johnson Brodhead, a Representative War; member of the State senate in 1866; Lieutenant Gover-from Iowa; born in Newton, Sussex County, N.J., May 21, nor of Indiana in 1868; unsuccessful for election to the1831; attended the public schools of Muncy, Pa.; edited a United States Senate in 1869; United States revenue collec-newspaper in Schuylkill County, Pa., in 1850; studied law, tor 1871-1883; trustee of De Pauw University, Greencastle,and was admitted to the bar at Williamsport, Pa., in 1855; md.; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor inmoved to Iowa in 1856 and settled in Winterset, Madison 1896; died in Greensburg, md., July 31, 1905; interment inCounty; prosecuting attorney of Madison County 1856-1858; South Park Cemetery. entered the Union Army in July 1861; was made captain of Company F, Fourth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, CUMMING, Thomas William, a Representative from NewAugust 15, 1861; accepted the commission of colonel of the York; born in Frederick, Md., in 1814 or 1815; moved toThirty-ninth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, September Biographies 857

12, 1862, and was honorably discharged December 22, 1864;moved to Eaton, Ohio, in 1826; taught school; studied medi- became editor and proprietor of the Winterset Madisoniancine and commenced practice in 1829; clerk of the court of in 1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth CongressPreble County in 1833; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty- (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate forninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); unsuccessful reelection in 1878; died in Winterset, Iowa, April 16, 1909;candidate for reelection in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; interment in Winterset Cemetery. studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1847 and began practice in Eaton; appointed additional paymaster of Volun- CUMMINGS, Herbert Wesley, a Representative fromteers by President Polk December 30, 1847; wascommis- Pennsylvania; born in West Chillisquaque Township, North-sioned paymaster in the Regular Army March 2, 1849, and umberland County, Pa., July 13, 1873; attended the publicwas retired from active service August27, 1863; died in schools; was graduated from the Lewisburg (Pa.) High SchoolEaton, Preble County, Ohio, August 16, 1864; interment in in 1890; studied law; was admitted to the bar May 7, 1897, and commenced practice in Sunbury, Pa.; district attorney ofMount Hill Cemetery. Northumberland County in 1901 and 1904-1908; elected CUNNINGHAM, Glenn Clarence, a Representative from judge of the common pleas court of Northumberland CountyNebraska; born in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebr., Septem- in 1911 and served ten years as president judge; elected as aber 10, 1912; attended the public schools; was graduated Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-from the University of Omaha in 1935; salesman for Aetna March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924Life Insurance Co., Omaha, Nebr., 1935-1937; executive sec- to the Sixty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of lawretary of Omaha Junior Chamber of Commerce 1936-1940 until November 18, 1935, when he was appointed judge ofand president in 1945; manager of the convention bureau, Northumberland County; subsequently elected and servedOmaha Chamber of Commerce, in 1940 and 1941; manager until January 7, 1946; resumed the practice of law; died inof Omaha Safety Council 1942-1947; member of Omaha Sunbury, Pa., March 4, 1956; interment in Pomsret ManorBoard of Education 1946-1948; organized Glenn Cunningham Cemetery. & Co., an insurance agency, in 1947; member of Omaha City CUMMINS, Albert Baird, a Senator from Iowa; born nearCouncil in 1947 and 1948; mayor of Omaha 1949-1954; ap- Carmichaels, Greene County, Pa., February 15, 1850; attend-pointed Nebraska State Director, Savings Bonds Division, ed the public schools, and a preparatory academy; graduatedUnited States Treasury, in 1954 and served until April 1956; Waynesburg (Pa.) College in 1869; moved to Iowa; brieflydelegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1948 engaged as a carpenter; clerked in the office of the recorderand 1952; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth and to of Clayton County; assistant surveyor of Allen County; en-the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, gaged in railroad building; studied law; was admitted to the1971); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to bar in 1875 and commenced practice in ; returned tothe Ninety-second Congress; is a resident of Omaha, Nebr. Des Moines, Iowa, in 1878, where he continued the practice CUNNINGHAM, John Edward, III, a Representative from of law; member, State house of representatives 1888-1890;Washington; born in Chicago, Iii., March 27, 1931; attended unsuccessful candidate for election to the United Statesthe public schools of Scituate, Mass.; attended University of Senate in 1894 and 1900; member of the Republican Nation-San Francisco and Seattle University; businessman, engaged al Committee 1896-1900; Governor of Iowa 1902-1908, whenin plastics manufacturing in Tacoma; served in United he resigned, having been elected Senator; elected as a Re-States Air Force Reserve 1953-1954; member, State house of publican to the United States Senate in 1908 to fill therepresentatives, 1973-1975; State senate, 1975-1977; elected vacancy caused by the death of William B. Allison; reelectedas a Republican to theNinety-fifth Congress, by special elec- in 1909, 1914, and again in 1920, and served from Novembertion, May 17, 1977, to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- 24, 1908, until his death on July 30, 1926; unsuccessful candi-tion of , and served from May 17, 1977, to date for renomination in 1926; served as President pro tern-January 3, 1979; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in pore of the Senate during the Sixty-sixth through theSixty-1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; is a resident of Zenith, ninth Congresses; chairman, Committee on Civil Service andWash Retrenchment(Sixty-firstand Sixty-secondCongresses), Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries CUNNINGHAM, Paul Harvey, a Representative from (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee onIowa; born on a farm in Indiana County, near Kent, Pa., Interstate Commerce (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Con-June 15, 1890; attended the public schools; was graduated gresses), Committee on Judiciary (Sixty-eighth and Sixty-from State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa., in 1911, from the ninth Congresses); died in Des Moines, Iowa, July 30, 1926;literary department of the University of Michigan at Ann interment in Woodland Cemetery. Arbor in 1914, and from its law department in 1915; was Bibliography: Bray, Thomas. "The Cummins Leadership." Annals of admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Iowa 32 (April 1954): 241-96; Sayre, Ralph Mills. "Albert Baird Cummins Grand Rapids, Mich.; during the First World War served as and the Progressive Movement in Iowa." Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia Uni- a first lieutenant of Infantry1917-1919; moved to Des versity, 1958. Moines, Iowa, in 1919 and continued the practice of law; CUMMINS, John D., a Representative from Ohio; born inmember of the Iowa National Guard 1920-1923; member of Pennsylvania in 1791; attended the public schools, and wasthe State house of representatives 1933-1937; elected as a graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1834;Republican to the Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeed- studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac- ing Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1959); unsuccess- tice in New Philadelphia, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Tus- ful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Con- carawas County 1836-1841; elected as a Democrat tothegress; resumed the practice of law; died at his summerhome Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4,1845-on Gull Lake, Brainerd, Minn.,July 16, 1961; interment in March 3, 1849); died in Milwaukee, Wis., while attending a Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. session of the circuit court, September 11, 1849. CURLEY, Edward Walter, a Representative from New CUNNINGHAM, Francis Alanson, a Representative fromYork; born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., May 23, Ohio; born in Abbeville District, S.C., November 9, 1804;1873; moved to New York City with his parents in 1874; 858 Biographical Directory

attended the public schools and the College of the City ofto the Sixty-fourth Congress; elected as a Republican to the New York; engaged in the building industry 1892-1900, andSixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917-March in the builders' and contractors' machinery and equipment3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920 to business 1900-1916; member of the New York City board ofthe Sixty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law and aldermen from January 1, 1916, until November 5, 1935,also engaged in the banking business until his death in when he resigned, having been elected to Congress; electedMidland, Mich., June 5, 1960; interment in Midland Ceme- as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress to fill thetery. vacancy caused by the death of Anthony J. Griffin; reelected to the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses and served CURRIER, Frank Dunklee, a Representative from New from November 5, 1935, until his death in New York CityonHampshire; born in Canaan, Grafton County, N.H., October January 6, 1940; interment in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, 30, 1853; attended the common schools, Kimball Union Acad- Westchester County, N.Y. emy, Meriden, N.H., and Doctor Hixon's School, Lowell, CURLEY, James Michael, a Representative from Massa-Mass.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1874 and chusetts; born in Boston, Mass., November 20, 1874; attendedcommenced practice in Canaan, N.H.; member of the State the public schools of Boston; salesman for Logan, Johnstonhouse of representatives in 1879; secretary of the Republican & Co., a bakers' and confectioners' supply firm; engaged in State committee 1882-1890; clerk of the State senate in 1883 the real-estate and insurance business; member of the and 1885; delegate to the Republican National Convention in Boston common council in 1900 and 1901; served in the State 1884; member of the State senate in 1887 and served as house of representatives in 1902 and 1903; member of thepresident of that body; naval officer of customs at the port of Boston board of aldermen 1904-1909; member of the BostonBoston, Mass., 1890-1894; speaker of the State house of rep- City Council in 1910 and 1911; elected as a Democrat to theresentatives in 1899; elected as a Republican to the Fifty- Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses and served fromseventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, March 4, 1911, until his resignation, effective February 4,1901-March 3,1913); chairman, Committee on Patents 1914, having been elected mayor of Boston, in which capac-(Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses); unsuccessful ity he served from 1914 to 1918; president of Hibernia Sav-candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; ings Bank, Boston, Mass.; again served as mayor, 1922-1926retired from public life; died in Canaan, N.H., November 25, and 1930-1934; Governor of Massachusetts 1935-1937; unsuc-1921; interment in Canaan Street Cemetery. cessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in 1936; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Boston in 1938 CURRY, Charles Forrest (father of Charles Forrest Curry, and again in 1941; member of the Democratic National Com-Jr.), a Representative from California; born in Naperville, mittee in 1941 and 1942; elected to the Seventy-eighth andDu Page County, Ill., March 14, 1858; attended the common Seventy-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1947);schools and the Episcopal Academy, Mineral Point, Wis.; was not a candidate for renomination in 1946; again electedstudied one year at the University of Washington at Seattle, mayor of Boston on November 5, 1946, and served untiland also was educated by a private tutor; moved with his January 1950; unsuccessful candidate for the Democraticparents to Seattle, Wash., in 1872, and thence to San Fran- nomination for mayor of Boston in 1951 and again in 1955;cisco, Calif., in 1873; engaged in agricultural pursuits and appointed a member of the State Labor Relations Commis-the cattle, lumber, and mining businesses; member of the sion in 1957; died in Boston, Mass., November 12, 1958;State assembly in 1887 and 1888; was admitted to the bar of interment in Old Calvary Cemetery. San Francisco in 1888; superintendent of Station B post Bibliography: DAB; Curley, James Michael. I'd Do It Again; A Record office, San Francisco, 1890-1894; clerk of San Francisco city of All My Uproarious Years. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1957;and county 1894-1898; secretary of state of California 1899- Dinneen, Joseph F. The Purple Shamrock; the Honorable James Michael 1910; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination Curley of Boston. New York: Norton, 1949. for Governor in 1910; appointed building and loan commis- CURLIN, William Prather, Jr., a Representative fromsioner of California in 1911; representative to the Panama Kentucky; born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., No-Pacific International Exposition for the Pacific Coast and vember 30, 1933; graduated from Frankfort High School;Intermountain States in 1911; elected as a Republican to the A.B., University of Kentucky, 1958; LL.B., same university,Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses and 1962; entered private law practice in Frankfort, Ky.; attor-served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Washington, ney and assistant commissioner, Kentucky Department ofD.C., October 10, 1930; chairman, Committee on Territories Revenue, 1962-1964; elected to Kentucky general assembly,(Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses); interment in 1967; reelected, 1969 and 1971; chairman, AppropriationsAbbey Mausoleum (near Arlington National Cemetery), Ar- and Revenue Committee, Kentucky general assembly, 1970; lington, Va. elected as a Democrat, by special election, December 4, 1971, to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by CURRY, Charles Forrest, Jr. (son of Charles Forrest the death of John C. Watts and served from December 4,Curry), a Representative from California; born in San Fran- 1971, to January 3, 1973; was not a candidate for reelectioncisco, Calif., August 13, 1893; attended the public schools, in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; is a resident of Wood-Howe's Academy, Sacramento, Calif., and George Washing- ton University and Georgetown University School of Law, ford County, Ky. Washington, D.C.; secretary to his father, Congressman , Gilbert Archibald, a Representative from Michi-Charles F. Curry, 1913-1917; during the First World War gan; born in Midland Township, Midland County, Mich.,enlisted in the Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve September 19, 1882; attended the district school, MidlandCorps, on August 15, 1917; commissioned a second lieutenant (Mich.) High School, and was graduated from the law depart-and served until May 22, 1919, with overseas service; clerk ment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1905;to the Committee on the Territories, House of Representa- was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1905 and commencedtives, 1919-1930; was admitted to the bar in 1921; elected as practice in Midland; member of the State house of represent-a Republican to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, atives 1909-1915, serving as speaker in 1913 and 1914; un-1931-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in successful candidate for the Republican nomination in 19141932 to the Seventy-third Congress; engaged in the practice Biographies 859 of law, and in mining and other business enterprises; resided CURTIN, , a Representative from Pennsyl- in Long Beach, Calif., where he died October 7, 1972; inter-vania; born in Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1817; pursued pre- ment in Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Calif.paratory studies in Milton (Pa.) Academy, and was graduat- ed from , Carlisle, Pa., in 1837; studied CURRY, George, a Representative from New Mexico; bornlaw; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced prac- on Greenwood plantation near Bayou Sara, La., April 3,tice in Bellefonte; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1861; attended the public schools; moved to the Territory of1848 and in 1852; secretary of the Commonwealth of Penn- New Mexico in 1879 and worked on a cattle ranch untilsylvania and superintendent of public instruction; Governor 1881; acted as post trader at Fort Stanton; engaged in theof Pennsylvania from January 15, 1861, to January 15, 1867; mercantile and stock business until 1886; deputy treasurerMinister to Russia 1869-1872; delegate to the constitutional of Lincoln County in 1886 and 1887; elected county clerk in 1888, county assessor in 1890, and sheriff in 1892; member ofconvention of Pennsylvania; elected as a Democrat to the the Territorial senate in 1894 and 1896, serving as presidentForty-seventh,Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses the latter year; lieutenant of the First Volunteer Cavalry,(March 4, 1881-March 3,1887); chairman, Committee on known as "Roosevelt's Rough Riders," in the Spanish-Ameri-Foreign Affairs (Forty-eighth Congress), Committee on Bank- can War; sheriff of Otero County in 1899; resigned tojoining and Currency (Forty-ninth Congress); was not a candi- the Eleventh Volunteer Cavalry; lieutenant, provost mar-date for renomination in 1886; resumed the practice of his shal, and provost judge, with service in the Philippine Is-profession; died in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa., on Octo-- ber 7, 1894; interment in Union Cemetery. lands from December 16, 1899, to March 20, 1901; Governor Bibliography: DAB; Aibright, Rebecca G. "The Civi War Career of of the Province of Camarines, Philippine Islands, in 1901; , Governor of Pennsylvania." Western Pennsylvania chief of police of the city of Manila, 1901; Governor of the Historical Magazine 47 (October 1964): 323-41; 48 (January 1965): 51-73. Province of Isabela 1903-1905; Governor of the Province of Samar from 1905 to 1907, when he resigned; Governor of the CURTIN, Willard Sevier, a Representative from Pennsyl- Territory of New Mexico 1907-1911; upon the admission ofvania; born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., November 28, New Mexico as a State into the Union was elected as a1905; moved to Morrisville, Bucks County, Pa., with his par- Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served froments in 1911; attended the public schools; graduated from January 8, 1912, to March 3, 1913; declined to be a candidatePenn State University in 1929 and from the University of for renomination in 1912; engaged in the hotel business inPennsylvania Law School in 1932; was admitted to the bar Socorro, N.Mex.; private secretary to United States Senatorin 1932 and commenced practice in Morrisville, Pa.; first Holm 0. Bursum of New Mexico in 1921 and 1922; memberassistant district attorney of Bucks County 1938-1949; dis- of the International Boundary Commission,1922-1927; trict attorney 1949-1953; county committeeman to the Penn- moved to a ranch near Cutter, N.Mex.; served as State histo- sylvania State Republican committee 1954-1956; elected as a rian for New Mexico from 1945 until his death in Albuquer-Republican to the Eighty-fifth and to the four succeeding que, N.Mex., November 27, 1947; interment inNationalCongresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1967); was not a Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.Mex. candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; is Bibliography: Curry, George. George Curry, 1861-1947; An Autobiography. a resident of Ft. Myers, Fla. edited by H.B. Hening. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1958; Larson, Robert W. "Ballinger vs. Rough Rider George Curry: The CURTIS, Carl Thomas, a Representative and a Senator Other Feud." New Mexico Historical Review 43 (October 1968): 271-90. from Nebraska; born near Minden, Kearney County, Nebr., March 15, 1905; attended the public schools, and Nebraska CURRY, Jabez Lamar Monroe, a Representative fromWesleyan University at Lincoln; teacher in the Minden, Alabama; born near Double Branches, Lincoln County, Ga.,Nebr., schools in 1927; studied law; was admitted to thebar June 5, 1825; moved with his father to Talladega County,in 1930 and commenced practice in Minden; county attorney Ala., in 1838; was graduated from the University of Georgia Republi- at Athens in 1843; studied law at Harvard University; wasof Kearney County, Nebr., 1931-1934; elected as a can to the Seventy-sixth Congressand to the seven succeed- admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Talladega his County in 1845; served in the war with Mexico as a privateing Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until in the Texas Rangers in 1846, but resigned because of illresignation December 31, 1954; was not a candidate for re-- health; member of the State house of representatives inelection; was elected as a Republican in 1954 to the United 1847, 1853, and 1855; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-States Senate for the six-year term commencing January3, fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4,1955; subsequently appointed by the Governor, January 1, 1955, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hazel 1857, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew; deputy from reelected in Alabama to the Provisional Confederate Congress and a Rep-H. Abel for the term ending January 3, 1955; resentative in the First Confederate Congress; during the1960, 1966, and again in 1972 and served from January1, Civil War served as lieutenant colonel of Cavalry in the1955, to January 3, 1979; was not a candidate for reelection Confederate Army; after the war became a Baptist preacher;in 1978; chairman, Republican Conference (Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses); practices law in Lincoln, Nebr.; chosen president of Howard College, Alabama, in 1865; pro-- fessor in Richmond College, Virginia, 1868-1881; agent of theis a resident of Lincoln, Nebr. Peabody and States Funds from 1881 until his death; ap- CURTIS, Carlton Brandaga, a Representative from Penn- pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiarysylvania; born in Madison County, N.Y., December 17, 1811; to Spain on October 7, 1885, and served until August6, 1888,pursued an academic course; moved to Mayville, N.Y.; stud- when he resigned; appointed Ambassador Extraordinary onied law; moved to Erie, Pa., where he continued the studyof special mission to Spain (the coming of age of the King)law; was admitted to the bar in 1834; moved to Warren,Pa., February 3, 1902; died in Victoria, near Asheville, N.C.,the same year and commenced practice; member of the State February 12, 1903; interment in Hollywood Cemetery, Rich-house of representatives 1836-1838; elected as a Democrat to mond, Va. the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses(March 4, Bibliography: DAB; Alderman, Edwin A., and Armistead Gordon. LLM 1851-March 3,1855); chairman, Committee on Accounts Curry: A Biography. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911; Rice,(Thirty-third Congress); affiliated with the Republican Party Jessie . J.L.M. Curry,Southerner, Statesman and Educator. New York: King's Crown Press, 1949. in 1855; entered the Union Army February 13, 1862, as 860 Biographical Directory lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylva-moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1856 with his parents, who nia Volunteer Infantry for a period of three years; promotedsettled on a farm near Rochelle; attended the common to colonel of that regiment May 23, 1863; because of illnessschools and Rock River Seminary, Mount Morris, Ill.; was a was honorably discharged as colonel July 2, 1863; returnedclerk in Rochelle, Ill., 1863-1865, and subsequently for two to Warren and practiced law; moved to Erie, Pa., in 1868years in Cortland, Ill.; moved to Clinton, Iowa, in 1867 and and continued the practice of law; also interested in bankingengaged in the manufacture of lumber; one of the incorpora- and the production of oil, and was one of the originators andtors of the City National Bank of Clinton and served as a builders of the Dunkirk & Venango Railroad; electedas a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-director since its organization in 1880; elected vice president March 3, 1875); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelectionof the bank in 1890 and served in that capacity until his in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice ofdeath; director in a number of lumber companies; member of law: died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., March 17, 1883; inter-the State house of representatives in 1888 and 1889; delegate ment in Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pa. to the Republican National Convention in 1892; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses CURTIS, Charles, a Representative and a Senator from(March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); declined to be a candidate for Kansas and a Vice President of the United States; born inrenomination in 1898; resumed his former business activities Topeka, Kans., January 25, 1860; attended the commonin Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, and died there February 9, schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Topeka; prosecuting attorney of1921; interment in Springdale Cemetery. Shawnee County 1885-1889; elected as a Republican to the CURTIS, Laurence, a Representative from Massachusetts; Fifty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses and servedborn in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 3, 1893; from March 4, 1893, until January 28, 1907, when here-graduated from Groton School in 1912 and from Harvard signed, having been elected Senator; chairman, CommitteeUniversity in 1916; served in the Foreign Diplomatic Service on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fifty-for one year; during the First World War entered the United fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses); had been reelected States Navy and after a training crash, resulting in the loss to the Sixtieth Congress, but on January 23, 1907, was elect-of a leg, served out the rest of the war as a ground officer at ed to the United States Senate as a Republican to fill thePensacola, Fla.; awarded Silver Star citation for war serv- vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1907, caused by theices; returned to Harvard Law School and graduated in 1921; resignation of Joseph R. Burton, and on the same daywasadmitted to the Massachusetts bar the same year and com- reelected for the term commencing March 4, 1907, andmenced practice in Boston; secretary to United States Su- served from January 29, 1907, to March 3, 1913; unsuccessfulpreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1921 and candidate for reelection in 1912; served as President pro 1922; assistant United States attorney in Boston 1923-1925; tempore of the Senate during the Sixty-second Congress;member of Boston City Council 1930-1933; member of the chairman, Committee on Indian Depredations (Fifty-ninthState house of representatives 1933-1936; member of State through Sixty-first Congresses), Committee on Coast De- fenses (Sixty-second Congress), Republican Conference (Sixty-senate 1936-1941; State treasurer in 1947 and 1948; delegate eighth through Seventieth Congresses); again elected to theto Republican National Convention in 1960; past State Com- United States Senate for the term commencing March 4,mander and National Senior Vice Commander of the Dis- 1915; reelected in 1920 and 1926 and served from March 4,abled American Veterans; elected as a Republican to the 1915, until his resignation on March 3, 1929, having beenEighty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January elected Vice President of the United States; Republican whip3, 1953-January 3, 1963); was not a candidate for renomina- 19 15-1924; majority leader 1925-1929; elected Vice Presidenttion in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the of the United States on the Republican ticket headed bypractice of law; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1970 to in 1928, was inaugurated on March 4, 1929,the Ninety-second Congress; is a resident of Newton, Mass. and served until March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for CURTIS, Newton Martin, a Representative from New reelection in 1932 for Vice President; resumed the practiceYork; born in De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., May of law in Washington, D.C., where he died on February 8, 1936; interment in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kans. 21, 1835; attended the common schools and Gouverneur Wes- Bibliography: DAB; Seitz, Donald. From Kaw Teepee to Capitol: The Lift leyan Seminary; entered the Union Army as captain of Com- Story of , Indian, Who Has Risen to High Estate. Newpany G, Sixteenth Regiment, New York Infantry, May 15, York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1928. 1861; lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-

second Regiment, New York Infantry, October 23, 1862; cole-- CURTIS, Edward, a Representative from New York; bornnel January 21, 1863; brevetted brigadier general of Volun- in Windsor, Vt., October 25, 1801; was graduated from Union teers October 28, 1864; brigadier general January 15, 1865; College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1821; studied law; was admit-brevetted major general of Volunteers March 13,1865; ted to the New York bar in 1824 and commenced the prac-awarded the Congressional ; appointed col- tice of law in New York City; member of the common coun-lector of customs, district of Oswegatchie, N.Y., in 1866; cil in 1834, and was elected president of the board of assist- appointed special agent of the United States Treasury De-- ant aldermen; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth andpartment in 1867, which position he resigned in 1880; em- Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3,1841); ployed by the Department of Justice 1880-1882; member of chairman, Committee on Commerce (Twenty-sixth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination to the Twenty-sevenththe State assembly 1884-1890; elected as a Republican to the Congress; appointed collector of the port of New York CityFifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- March 18, 1841, and served in that office until July 7, 1844;nation of Leslie W. Russell; reelected to the Fifty-third and resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; died inFifty-fourth Congresses and served from November 3, 1891, New York City on August 2, 1856; place of interment un-to March 3, 1897; chairman, Committee on Election of Presi- known. dent, Vice President, and Representatives (Fifty-fourth Con- gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1896; assist- CURTIS, George Martin, a Representative from Iowa;ant inspector general of the National Home for Disabled born near Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y., April 1, 1844;Volunteer Soldiers 1910; died in New York City on January Biographies 861

8, 1910; interment in Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg,in Chicago, ill. where he died November 19, 1926; interment N.Y. in Calvary Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. CUSIIING, Caleb, a Representative from Massachusetts; CURTIS, Samuel Ryan, a Representative from Iowa; bornborn in Salisbury, Mass., January 17, 1800; was graduated near Champlain, Clinton County, N.Y., February 3, 1805;from Harvard University in 1817; studied law; was admitted moved to Ohio, where he attended the public schools; ap-to the bar at Newburyport in 1823; member of the State pointed a cadet in the United States Military Academy athouse of representatives in 1825; served in the State senate West Point in 1827, and was graduated in July 1831, asin 1827; again a member of the State house of representa- brevet second lieutenant in the Seventh Infantry; resignedtives in 1833 and 1834; unsuccessful candidate for election to in June 1832; studied law; was admitted to the bar andthe Twenty-third Congress in 1833; elected as a Whig to the commenced practice in Zanesville, Ohio; chief engineer ofTwenty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses the Muskingum River improvements from April 1837 to May(March 4, 1835-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee on 1839; served in the war with Mexico as adjutant general ofForeign Affairs CT'wenty-seventh Congress); was not a candi- Ohio and colonel of the Third Regiment, Ohio Infantry; hon-date for renomination in 1842; appointed by President Tyler orably discharged June 24, 1847; resumed the practice ofas Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to law; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth,China on May 8, 1843, and also commissioner on the same and Thirty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4,date; resigned March 4, 1845; while serving as commissioner 1857, to August 4, 1861, when he resigned; member of theto China was empowered to negotiate a treaty of navigation peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in anand commerce with Japan; again a member of the State effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; ap-house of representatives in 1845 and 1846; colonel of a Mas- pointed colonel of the Second Regiment, Iowa Volunteer In- fantry, June 1, 1861; brigadier general of Volunteers May 17,sachusetts regiment which served in the war with Mexico; 1861; major general of Volunteers March 21, 1862; musteredappointed brigadier general by President Polk April 14, out April 30, 1866; appointed United States peace commis-1847; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in sioner to treat with the Indians in 1865; appointed commis-1847 and again in 1848; again elected to the State house of sioner to examine and report on the condition of the Unionrepresentatives in 1850; offered the position as attorney gen- Pacific Railroad, and served from November 1865 to Aprileral of Massachusetts in 1851, but declined; mayor of New- 1866; died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on December 25, 1866;buryport, Mass., in 1851 and 1852; appointed judge of the interment in Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa. supreme court of Massachusetts in 1852; appointed by Presi- Bibliography: DAB. dent Pierce as Attorney General of the United States on March 7, 1853, and served until March 3, 1857; chairman of CURTIS, Thomas Bradford, a Representative from Mis-the Democratic National Conventions at Baltimore and souri; born in St. Louis, Mo., May 14, 1911; attended theCharleston in 1860; appointed by President Johnson as a public schools of Webster Groves, Mo.; Dartmouth College,commissioner to codify the laws of the United States and Hanover, N.H., A.B., 1932, and M.A., 1951; Washington Uni-served from 1866 to 1870; instructed on November 25, 1868, versity, St. Louis, Mo., LL.B., 1935; Westminster College,in concert with the Minister Resident to Colombia, to negoti- J.D., 1964; was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commencedate a treaty for a ship canal across the Isthmus; appointed the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo.; member of the Board ofin 1872 by President Grant counsel for the United States Election Commissioners of St. Louis County in 1942; servedbefore the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration on the Alabama in the United States Navy from April 8, 1942, until dis-claims; nominated by President Grant in 1874 to be Chief charged as a lieutenant commander December 21, 1945;Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, but was member of the Missouri State Board of Law Examinersnot confirmed by the Senate; Envoy Extraordinary and Min- 1947-1950; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second andister Plenipotentiary to Spain from January 6, 1874, to April bo the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January9, 1877; died in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., on Janu- 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to theary 2, 1879; interment in Highland Cemetery. House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate Bibliography: DAB; Baldasty, Gerald J. "Political Stalemate in Essex for election to the United States Senate; delegate to the County: 's Race for Congress, 1830-1832." Essex Institute Republican National Convention, 1964, 1976 and 1980; vice Historical Collections 117 (January 1981): 54-70; Fuess, Claude M. The Life president and general counsel, Encyclopedia Britannica, of Caleb Cushing. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1923. 1969-1973; unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1974; chairman, Corporation for Public Broadcast- CUSIIING, Thomas, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born ing, 1972-1973; chairman, Federal Election Commission fromin Boston, Mass., March 24, 1725; attended Boston Latin April 1975 to May 1976; consultant, National Association ofSchool; was graduated from Harvard College in 1744; studied Technical and Trade Schools, 1984 to present; is a resident oflaw; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Clayton, Mo. Boston; member of the provincial assembly 1761-1774 and served as speaker; delegate to the Provincial Congress in CUSACK, Thomas, a Representative from Illinois; born in1774; Member of the 1774-1776; com- Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, October 5, 1858; immigratedmissary general of Massachusetts in 1775; declined to be a to the United States in 1861 with his parents, who settled incandidate for election to the Continental Congress in 1779; New York City; after the death of his parents moved toLieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1780-1788 and Acting Chicago, Ill., in 1863; attended private and public schools;Governor in 1785; delegate to the State constitutional con- learned the sign-painting trade; organized an outdoor adver-vention which ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788; one tising company in 1875; member of the board of educationof the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sci- 1891-1898 and served as vice president of the board 1896-ences; died in Boston, Mass., February 28,1788; interment in 1898; served as colonel on the staff of (3ev. John P. AltgeldGranary Burial Ground. 1893-1897; member of the Democratic State central commit- Bibliography: DAB. tee 1896-1898; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Con- gress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901); was not acandidate for CUSHMAN, Francis Wellington, a Representative from renomination in 1900; resumed his former business pursuitsWashington; born in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, 862 Biographical Directory

May 8, 1867; attended the public schools in Brighton andOakland County, in 1857; attended Ypsilanti Seminary, and Pleasant Plain Academy in PleasantPlain,Jeffersonwas graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann County, Iowa; moved to Albany County, Wyo., in 1885;em-Arbor in 1861; professor of ancient languages in the Ypsilan- ployed as a ranch hand and as a teacher; studied law;wasti High School 1861 and 1862; enlisted in the Union Army in admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in1862 and served in the Twentieth Regiment, Michigan Infan- Bassett, Rock County, Nebr.; moved to Tacoma, Wash., intry, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; commissioned 1891 and continued the practice of law; member of Troop B,colonel of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, Michigan Infantry First Cavalry, Washington National Guard, 1896-1903; elect-November 12, 1864; commanded the Second Brigade, Second ed as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the five succeed-Division, Ninth Army Corps, from October 16, 1864, until his ing Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until hisresignation on March 6, 1865; was graduated from the Uni- death in New York City July 6, 1909; the remains wereversity of Michigan Law School in 1866; was admitted to the cremated and the ashes interred in Tacoma Cemetery,bar the same year and commenced practice in lonia, Mich.; Tacoma, Wash. moved to Manistee, Mich., in 1867; member of the board of CUSHMAN, John Paine, a Representative from Newcontrol of railroads of Michigan 1867-1883; city attorney of York; born in Pomfret, Conn., March 8, 1784; attended theManistee, Mich., 1870-1873; prosecuting attorney of Manis- common schools and Plainfield Academy, and was graduatedtee County, Mich., in 1873 and 1874; regent of Michigan from Yale College in 1807; studied law; was admitted to theUniversity 1875-1881; postmaster of Manistee, Mich., 1877- bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Troy, N.Y.; elected1883; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and to the as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891); March 3, 1819); was not a candidate for renomination inchairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Fifty-first Con- 1818; resumed the practice of law; regent of the State Uni-gress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the versity from April 1830 until April 1834, when he resigned;Fifty-second Congress; awarded a Medal of Honor by Con- trustee of Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., from 1833 untilgress June 29, 1891, "for distinguished gallantry at the his death; recorder of Troy, N.Y., 1834-1838; judge of theBattle of Horseshoe Bend, Ky., May 10, 1863"; appointed circuit court of the third circuit 1838-1844; engaged in thecivilian member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications real-estate business and was interested in civic improve-by President Harrison in July 1891 and served until March ments; died in Troy, N.Y., on September 16, 1848; interment25, 1895; editorial writer for the Daily Tribune and in Oakwood Cemetery. Detroit Journal 1895-1897; resumed the practice of law in CUSHMAN, Joshua, a Representative from MassachusettsGrand Rapids, Mich.; died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, and from Maine; born in Halifax, Mass., April 11, 1761;Mich., April 12, 1908; interment in Highland Cemetery. served in the Revolutionary Army from April 1, 1777, until CUTHBERT, Alfred (brother of John Alfred Cuthbert), a March 1780; was graduated from Harvard University inRepresentative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Savan- 1787; studied theology; was ordained to the ministry andnah, Ga., December 23, 1785; instructed by private tutors licensed to preach; located in Winslow, Maine (then a dis-and was graduated from Princeton College in 1803; studied trict of Massachusetts), and was pastor of the Congregationallaw; was admitted to the bar about 1805 but did not practice; Church for nearly twenty years; served in the Massachusettscaptain of a company of volunteer infantry in 1809; member, senate in 1810; member of the Massachusetts house of repre-State house of representatives 1810-1813; elected as a Re- sentatives in 1811 and 1812; elected from Massachusetts topublican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); when the State of Maine was separated from Massachusetts andcaused by the resignation of William W. Bibb; reelected to admitted as a State into the Union was elected a Represent-the Fourteenth Congress and served from December 13, ative from Maine to the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Con-1813, to November 9, 1816, when he resigned; member, State gresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1825); served in the Mainesenate 1817-1819; elected to the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, senate in 1828; member of the Maine house of representa-and Nineteenth Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1827); tives in 1834; died in Augusta, Maine, on January 27, 1834;was not a candidate for renomination in 1826; elected to the interment in a tomb on the State grounds, Augusta, Maine.United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- Bibliography: DAB. nation of John Forsyth; reelected in 1837, and served from January 12, 1835, to March 3, 1843; was not a candidate for CUSHMAN, Samuel, a Representative from New Hamp-reelection in 1843; retired from active business pursuits and shire; born in Portsmouth, N.H., June 8, 1783; attended thelived on his estate near Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., until common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar andhis death on July 9, 1856; interment in Summerville Ceme-- commenced practice in Portsmouth; served as judge of thetery, Augusta, Ga. Portsmouthpolicecourt;countytreasurer1823-1828; Bibliography: Mellichamp, Josephine. "Alfred Cuthbert."In Senators member of the State house of representatives 1833-1835; From Georgia. pp. 111-12. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers, Inc., nominated by President Jackson to be United States attor- 1976. ney for the district of but was not con- firmed; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Con- CUTHBERT, John Alfred (brother of Alfred Cuthbert), a gress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Con-Representative from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., June 3, gress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); chairman, Committee1788; was graduated from Princeton College in 1805; studied on Commerce (Twenty-fifth Congress); United States Navylaw; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced prac- officer at Portsmouth 1845-1849; died in Portsmouth, N.H.,tice in Eatonton, Ga.; member of the State house of repre-- on May 20, 1851; interment in Proprietors' Burying Ground.sentatives in 1811, 1813, and 1817; commanded a volunteer company during the War of 1812; served in the State senate CUTCHEON, Byron M., a Representative from Michigan;in 1814 and 1815; elected to the Sixteenth Congress (March born in Pembroke, Merrimack County, N.H., May 11, 1836;4, 1819-March 3, 1821); appointed by President Monroe a attended the common schools and Pembroke Academy;commissioner to treat with the Creek and Cherokee Indians taught school in Pembroke for several years; moved to Ypsi-in 1822; again a member of the State house of representa- lanti, Mich., in 1855; principal of Birmingham Academy,tives in 1822; secretary of the State senate in 1830, 1833, and Biographies 863

1834; editor and subsequently proprietor of the Federal CUTTING, Bronson Murray, a Senator from New Mexico; Union at Milledgeville, Ga., 1831-1837; moved to Mobile,born in Oakdale, Long Island, N.Y., June 23, 1888; attended Ala., in 1837 and practiced law; elected judge of the countythe common schools and Groton (Mass.) School; was graduat- court of Mobile County in 1840, and appointed by the Gover-ed from Harvard University in 1910; becoming an invalid he nor judge of the circuit court of the same county in 1852;moved to Santa Fe, N.Mex., in 1910 to restore his health; retired from the bench and practiced law until his death atbecame a newspaper publisher in 1912 and published the "Sans Souci," on Mon Luis Island, near Mobile, Ala., Sep-Santa Fe New Mexican and El Nuevo Mexicano; served as tember 22, 1881; interment in a private burying ground on president of the New Mexican Printing Co. 1912-19 18, and of Mon Luis Island. the Santa Fe New Mexican Publishing Corp. from 1920 until CUTLER, Augustus William (great-grandson of Silas Con- his death; during the First World War was commissioned dict), a Representative from ; born in Morris-captain and served as an assistant military attaché of the town, Morris County, N.J., October 22, 1827; spent the earlyAmerican Embassy at London 1917-1918; regent of New part of his life on a farm; attended the common schools andMexico Military Institute in 1920; served as chairman of the Yale College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849board of commissioners of the New Mexican State Peniten- and commenced practice in Morristown, N.J.; prosecutor oftiary in 1925; appointed as a Republican to the United the pleas for Morris County 1856-1861; elected president ofStates Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the board of education in 1870; member of the State senateAndrieus A. Jones and served from December 29, 1927, until 1871-1874; delegate to the State constitutional convention inDecember 6, 1928, when a duly elected successor qualified; 1873; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-was not a candidate for election to this vacancy; elected as a fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); chairman,Republican in 1928 to the United States Senate; reelected in Committee on Agriculture (Forty-fifth Congress); declined to 1934 and served from March 4, 1929, until his death in an be a candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the prac-airplane crash near Atlanta, Mo., on May 6, 1935; interment tice of law at Morristown; unsuccessful candidate for elec-in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. tion in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress and again in 1896 Bibliography: DAB; Pickens,William."Bronson Cuttingvs.Dennis to the Fifty-fifth Congress; died in Morristown, N.J., Janu- Chavez: Battle of the Patrones in New Mexico, 1934." New Mexico Histori- áry 1, 1897; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. cal Journal 46 (January 1971):5-36; Seligman, Gustay. "The Political Career of Senator Bronson M. Cutting." Ph.D. dissertation, University of CUTLER, Manasseh, a Representative from Massachu- Arizona, 1967. setts; born in Killingly, Conn., May 13, 1742; was prepared for college by private teacher and was graduated from Yale CUTTING, Francis Brockholst, a Representative from College in 1765; taught school in Dedham, Mass., for a shortNew York; born in New York City August 6, 1804; attended time; engaged in the whaling business at Edgartown, Mar-Bensel School and was also tutored privately; studied law in tha's Vineyard, Mass.; studied law; was admitted to the barthe Litchfield (Conn.) Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1767 but did not practice; studied theology, and was li- in 1827 and commenced practice in New York City; member censed to preach in 1770; ordained to the ministry by theof the State assembly in 1836 and 1837; was not a candidate Congregational Society at Hamilton, Mass., September 11,for reelection; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1836 to 1771; appointed of Colonel Francis' regiment Sep-the Twenty-fifth Congress; member of the board of aldermen tember 5, 1776, and of General Titcomb's brigade in 1778;in 1843; city recorder; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty- began the study of medicine the same year and became athird Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); was not a skilled physician; taught navigation; held in esteem for hiscandidate for renomination in 1854; resumed the practice of knowledge of botany and astronomy; one of the projectors oflaw; died in New York City June 26, 1870; intermentin the Ohio Company in 1787, formed for the purpose of colo- Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. nizing the new Territory; drafted the Ordinance of 1787; appointed judge of the United States Court for Ohio in 1795 CUTTING, John Tyler, a Representative from California; by President Washington, but declined; member of the Stateborn in Westport, Essex County, N.Y., September 7, 1844; house of representatives in 1800; elected as a Federalist towas left an orphan at ten yearsof age, when he journeyed the Seventh and Eighth Congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3,westward; resided in Wisconsin and Illinois from 1855 to 1805); was not a candidate for renomination in 1804; engaged1860; worked on a farm; while employed as a clerk in a in literary pursuits; died in Hamilton, Mass., July 28, 1823;mercantile establishment attended the public schools of Illi- interment in Main Street Cemetery. nois; enlisted in Taylor's Chicago Battery at the outbreak of Bibliography: DAB; Cutler, W.P., and J.P. Cutler. Life Journals andthe Civil War and served until July 20, 1862; reenlisted Correspondence of Rev. . 2 vols. Cincinnati: R. Clarke &January 4, 1864, in the Chicago Mercantile Battery, in Co., 1888; Potts, Louis W. "Manasseh Cutler, Lobbyist." Ohio History 96 which he served until the close of the war; moved to Califor- (Summer/Autumn 1987): 101-23. nia in 1877 and established a wholesale fruit and commis- CUTLER, William Parker, a Representative from Ohio;sion business; was a member of the National Guard of Cali- born in Marietta, Ohio, July 12, 1812; attended the commonfornia, and subsequently assisted in the organization of the schools and at Athens; engaged in agricul- Coast Guard, of which he later became brigadier general in tural pursuits; member of the State house of representativescommand of the Second Brigade; elected as a Republican to 1844-1847, serving as speaker during the last term; trusteethe Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); of Marietta College 1845-1889; delegate to the State constitu-declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892; in 1894 tional convention in 1850; president of the Marietta & Cin-settled in New York City, where he became interested in the cinnati Railroad 1850-1860; elected as a Republican to theautomobile industry; retired to Westport, N.Y., in 1907; died Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); un-in Toronto, Ontario, , November 24, 1911; interment successful for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Con-in Hillside Cemetery, Westport, N.Y. also engaged in gress; resumed agricultural pursuits and CUTTS, Charles, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in railroad building; died in Marietta, Ohio, April 11, 1889;Portsmouth, N.H., January 31, 1769; was graduated from interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. Bibliography: Bogue, Allan G. "William Parker Cutler's CongressionalHarvard University in 1789; studied law; was admitted to Diary of 1862-63." Civil War History 33 (December 1987): 315-30. the bar in 1795 and practiced; member, State house of repre- 864 Biographical Directory

sentatives 1803-1810, serving as speaker in 1807, 1808, andLegion of Merit and Italian Medaglia d'Argento medals; 1810; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate tomember of the Connecticut National Guard; mayor of Mid- if! the vacancy caused by the resignation of Nahum Parkerdletown, Conn., 1946-1948; appointed judge of the Middle- and served from June 21, 1810, to March 3, 1813; subse-town Municipal Court and served from 1948 to 1950 when he quently appointed to fill the vacancy occurring at the closewas called into active service with the Forty-third Division of his term and served from April 2, 1813, to June 10, 1813,of the Connecticut National Guard during the Korean con- when a successor was elected; elected secretary of theflict; served as a major with the Far East Liaison Group in United States Senate and served from October 11, 1814, toKorea and Japan until separated from the service as a December 12, 1825; moved to Fairfax County, Va., and set-major in 1952; resumed the practice of law in Hartford, tled near Lewinsville, Va., where he died January 25, 1846;Conn.; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the interment in a private cemetery near Lewinsville, Fairfaxfive succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, County, Va. 1971); was not a candidate for reelection in 1970 to the CUTTS, Marsena Edgar, a Representative from Iowa; bornNinety-second Congress; unsuccessful candidate for Gover- in Orwell, Addison County, Vt., May 22, 1833; attended thenor of Connecticut in 1970; Director, Office of Technology common schools of his native village and St. Lawrence Acad-Assessment, 1973-1977; president, American Association for emy, Potsdam, N.Y.; moved to Sheboygan Falls, Wis., inthe Advancement of Science, 1977-1978; co-chairman, Ameri- 1853; taught school for two years, at the same time studyingcan Bar Association, Association for the Advancement of law; moved to Oskaloosa, Iowa, in June 1855 and completedSciences, Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, 1974 to his law studies; was admitted to the bar in August andpresent; is a resident of Washington, D.C. commenced practice in Montezuma, Iowa; prosecuting attor- ney of Poweshiek County in 1857 and 1858; member of the DAGGETT, David, a Senator from Connecticut; born in State house of representatives at the extra session in MayAttleboro, Mass., December 31, 1764; pursued preparatory 1861; served in the State senate from January 1864 untilstudies and was graduated from Yale College in 1783; taught August 1866, when he resigned and returned to Oskaloosa;in a private school and also in the Hopkins Grammar again a member of the State house of representatives 1870-School; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1786 and 1872; attorney general of Iowa 1872-1877; presented creden-commenced practice in New Haven, Conn.; member, State tials as a Republican Member-elect to the Forty-seventhhouse of representatives 1791-1796, and served as speaker Congress and served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 18831794-1796; member, State council or upper house 1797; (the closing day of Congress), when he was succeeded bymember, State house of representatives 1805; again served in John C. Cook, who contested the election; elected to the the State council 1809-1813; State's attorney for New Haven Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until County 1811-1813; elected as a Federalist to the United his death in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, on Septem-States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of ber 1, 1883, before the assembling of the Congress; intermentChauncey Goodrich and served from May 13, 1813, to March in Forest Cemetery. 3, 1819; was not a candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of law; associate instructor in the New Haven Law CUTTS, Richard, a Representative from Massachusetts;School in 1824; appointed in 1826 to the Kent professorship born on Cutts Island, Saco, Mass. (now Maine), June 28,of law in Yale College, in which capacity he served until 1771; attended rural and private schools; was graduated1848; judge of the State supreme court 1826-1832, and then from Harvard University in 1790; studied law; engagedex-served as chief judge until 1834; mayor of New Haven in tensively in navigation and commercial pursuits; member of1828; retired from public life; died in New Haven, Conn., on the State house of representatives in 1799 and 1800; electedApril 12, 1851; interment in Grove Street Cemetery. as a Republican to the Seventh and the five succeeding Bibliography: DAB. Congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1813); was an unsuccess- ful candidate for reelection in 1812 to the Thirteenth Con- DAGGETT, RollinMallory,aRepresentativefrom gress; appointed superintendent general of military suppliesNevada; born in Richville, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., Feb- and served from 1813 to 1817; appointed Second Comptrollerruary 22, 1831; moved with his father to northwestern Ohio of the United States Treasury on March 6, 1817, and servedin 1837; attended school in Defiance, where he also learned in this capacity until March 21, 1829; died in Washiigton,the printing business; crossed the plains to the Pacific coast D.C., April 7, 1845; interment in St. John's Graveyard; rein-in 1849; followed mining until 1852, and in that year started torment in Oak Hill Cemetery in 1857. the Golden Era at San Francisco; with others established the San Francisco Mirror in 1860, and united it with the San Francisco Herald; moved to Nevada in 1862 and settled in D Virginia City; elected a member of the Territorial council in

1863; became connected editorially in 1864 with the Territo-- DADDARIO, Emilio Quincy, a Representative from Con- rial Enterprise; clerk of the United States district court necticut; born in Newton Center, Suffolk County, Mass., Sep-1867-1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Con- tember 24, 1918; attended the public schools in Boston,gress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); unsuccessful candidate Mass., Tilton (N.H.) Academy, and Newton (Mass.) Countryfor reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; appoint- ed Minister Resident to Hawaii July 1, 1882, and served Day School; graduated from Wesleyan University, Middle-- town, Conn., in 1939; attendedBoston University Law Schooluntil April 10, 1885, when he resigned; engaged in editorial 1939-1941; transferred to University of Connecticut andwork in San Francisco, Calif., until his death there Novem- graduated in 1942; was admitted to the bar in Connecticutber 12, 1901; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery. and Massachusetts in 1942 and commenced the practice of Bibliography Weisenburger, Francis Phelps. Idol of the West; The Fabu. law in Middletown, Conn.; in February 1943 enlisted as a bus Career of Rollin Mallory Daggett. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University private in the United States Army; assigned to the Office of Press, 1965. Strategic Services at Fort Meade, Md.; served overseas in the DAGUE, Paul Bartram, a Representative from Pennsylva- Mediterranean Theater; was separated from the service as ania; born in Whitford, Chester County, Pa., May 19, 1898; captain in September 1945; awarded the United Statesattended the public schools; took special studies at West Biographies 865

Chester State Teachers College and studied electrical engi-actor; taught school in Green Mountain Seminary, Water- neering at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; during thebury, Vt., and Bates College, Lewiston, Maine; studied law; First World War served as a private in the United Stateswas admitted to the bar in1896 and commenced practice at Marine Corps from July 22, 1918, to June 30, 1919; assistantIsland Pond; chief deputy collector of customs at Island Pond superintendent of the Pennsylvania Department of High-1897-1910, when he resigned; appointed judge of the Brigh- ways 1925-1935; served as deputy sheriff of Chester County,ton municipal court in 1910; member, State senate1910- Pa., 1936-1943 and as sheriff 1944-1946; elected as a Repub- 1914; served in the State militia and as colonel on the staff lican to the Eightieth and to the nine succeeding Congressesof the Governor; interested in the lumber, electric, and (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate forbanking businesses; elected as a Republican to the Sixty- reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; retir3d andfourth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served resided in Downingtown, Pa.; died in West Chester, Pa.,from March 4, 1915, until August 11, 1923, when he resigned December 2, 1974; interment in Northwood Cemetery, Down-to become a candidate for the United States Senate; chair- ingtown, Pa. man, Committee on Expenditures in the Departmentof the Treasury (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses); elected DAHLE, Herman Bjorn, a Representative from Wiscon- November 6, sin; born in Perry, Dane County, Wis., March 30, 1855; at-as a Republican to the United States Senate on tended the public schools, and was graduated from the Uni-1923, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William P. versity of Wisconsin at Madison in 1877; moved to MountDillingham during the term ending March 3, 1927; reelected Vernon, Wis., in 1877 and engaged in mercantile pursuits;in 1926, and again in 1932, and served from November 7, moved to Mount Horeb in 1887, where he continued in the1923, until his death at his summer home in Westmore, Vt., mercantile business and also, in 1890, engaged in banking;October 6,1933; chairman, Committee on Civil Service elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh(Sixty-ninth through Seventy-second Congresses); interment Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful can-in Lakeside Cemetery, Island Pond, Vt. didate for renomination in 1902; resumed mercantile pur- Bibliography: U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for Porter Hinman suits and banking in Mount Horeb, Dane County, Wis., Dale. 73rd Cong., 2nd sess., 1934. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing where he died April 25, 1920; interment in the Lutheran Office, 1934. Cemetery. DALE, Thomas Henry, a Representative from Pennsylva- nia; born in Daleville, Lackawanna County, Pa., June 12, DAILY, Samuel Gordon, a Delegate from the Territory of1846; attended the public schools and Wyoming Seminary, Nebraska; born in Trimble County, Ky., in 1823; moved withKingston, Pa.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union his parents to Jefferson County, md., in 1824; attended theArmy in 1863; after discharge from the service engaged in common schools and Hanover (md.) College; studied law; wasbusiness as a coal operator; also engaged in thewholesale admitted to the bar at Indianapolis and commenced practicebeef business; interested in various other business enter- in Madison, Ind.; unsuccessful candidate of the Free-Soilprises in Scranton, Pa.; instrumental in organizing the Party for election to the State legislature; moved to Indian-Scranton Board of Trade and was its president forseveral apolis and engaged in the cooperage business; moved to Ne-terms; chairman of the Republican countycommittee for braska Territory in 1857 and settled in Peru, Nemahaseveral years; prothonotary of Lackawanna County 1882- County; built a sawmill on the Missouri River; member of1892; delegate to the Republican National Conventionin the Territorial house of representatives in 1858; successfully1896; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress contested as a Republican the election of Experience Esta-(March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); unsuccessful candidatefor brook to the Thirty-sixth Congress; reelected to the Thirty-reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress; president of the seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses and served from MayAnthracite Trust Co., Scranton, Pa.; died in Daleville, Pa., 18, 1860, to March 3, 1865; appointed deputy collector of customs in at the special request of PresidentAugust 21, 1912; interment in Dunmore Cemetery, Scranton, Lincoln in March 1865, which position he held until hisPa. death in New Orleans, La., August 15, 1866; interment in D'ALESANDRO, Thomas, Jr. (father of Nancy Pelosi), a Mount Vernon Cemetery, Peru, Nebr. Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., August 1, 1903; attended the parochial schools and Calvert DALE, Harry Howard, a Representative from New York;Business College, Baltimore, Md.; engaged in the brokerage born in New York City December 3, 1868; moved with his the parents to Brooklyn in 1870; attended the public schools ofand insurance business in Baltimore, Md.; member of State house of delegates in 1926-1933; general deputy collec- Brooklyn and New York Law School; was admitted to the member of the New York bar May 14, 1891, and commenced practice intor of internal revenue in 1933 and 1934; Brooklyn, N.Y.; member of the State assembly 1899-1904;Baltimore City Council 1935-1938; delegate to each Demo- served as attorney for the State comptroller in 1911 andcratic National Convention from 1944 to 1968; elected as a 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth,Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, toCongresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resig- January 6, 1919, when he resigned having been appointednation on May 16, 1947; mayor of Baltimore, Md., from May judge of the magistrate's court in 1919; reappointed in 19291947 to May 1959; defeated for renomination in the March and served from January 7, 1919, to July 21, 1931; appointedprimary election; unsuccessful candidate for election to the judge for the court of special sessions on July 22, 1931, andUnited States Senate in 1958; appointed by President Kenne- served until his death in Bellmore, Nassau County, N.Y., ondy to the Federal Renegotiation Board, 1961-1969; insurance November 17, 1935; remains were cremated and the ashesand real estate broker; was a resident of Baltimore, Md. deposited in Fresh Pond Road Crematory, Brooklyn, N.Y.until his death there August 23, 1987. DALE, Porter unman, a Representative and a Senator DALLAS, George Mifflin (great-great-granduncle of Clai- from Vermont; born in Island Pond, Essex County, Vt.,borne Pell), a Senator from Pennsylvania and a vice presi- March 1, 1867; attended the public schools and Eastmandent of the United States; born in Philadelphia, Pa.,July 10, Business College; studied in Philadelphia and Boston and1792; was graduated from the College of New Jersey (now spent two years in study with a Shakespearean scholar andPrinceton University) in 1810; studied law; was admitted to 866 Biographical Directory

the bar in 1813; private secretary to , Minis-Boston from November 1814 until his death in Boston, ter to Russia; returned in 1814 and commenced the practiceMass., May 30, 1817; interment in the churchyard of St. of law in New York City; solicitor of the United States BankPaul's Episcopal Church, Newburyport, Essex County, Mass. 1815-1817; returned to Philadelphia and was appointed Bibliography: Stone, Eben. "A Sketch of Tristram Dalton." Historical deputy attorney general in 1817; mayor of Philadelphia Collections of the Essex Institute 25 (1888): 3-10. 1829; United States district attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania 1829-183 1; elected as a Democrat to the DALY, John Burrwood, a Representative from Pennsylva- United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-nia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 13, 1872; attended nation of Isaac D. Barnard and served from December 13,the public schools; was graduated from La Salle College, 1831, to March 3, 1833; declined to be a candidate for reelec-Philadelphia, Pa., in 1890 and from the University of Penn- tionin1832; chairman, Committee on Naval Affairssylvania at Philadelphia in 1896; studied law; was admitted (Twenty-second Congress); resumed the practice of law; at-to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice in Philadelphia, torney general of Pennsylvania 1833-1835; appointed byPa.; assistant city solicitor 1914-1922; member of the faculty President as Envoy Extraordinary andof La Salle College 1923-1930; elected as a Democrat to the Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia 1837-1839; when he wasSeventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses recalled at his own request; elected Vice President of theand served from January 3, 1935, until his death in Philadel- United States on the Democratic ticket in 1844 with Jamesphia, Pa., March 12, 1939; interment in St. Denis Cemetery, K. Polk and served from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1849;South Ardmore, Montgomery County, Pa. appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentia- DALY, William Davis, a Representative from New Jersey; ry to Great Britain by President 1856-1861;born in Jersey City, N.J., June 4, 1851; attended the public returned to Philadelphia, and died there December 31, 1864;schools; from the age of fourteen until he was nineteen was interment in St. Peter's Churchyard. employed as an iron molder; studied law; was admitted to Bibliography: DAB; Ambacher, Bruce. 'George M. Dallas: Leader of the the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Hudson County, 'Family' Party." Ph.D. dissertation, Temple University, 1970; Belohiavek, John M. George Mifflin Dallas: Jacksonian Patrician. State College: Penn- N.J.; assistant United States attorney for New Jersey 1885- sylvania State University Press, 1977. 1888; member of the State house of assembly 1889-1891; judge of the district court of Hoboken from 1891 until his DALLINGER, Frederick William, a Representative fromresignation in 1892; member of the State senate 1892-1898; Massachusetts; born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.,delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; October 2, 1871; attended the public schools; was graduatedchairman of the Democratic State convention in 1896 and from Cambridge Latin School in 1889, from Harvard Univer- member of the State committee 1896-1898; elected as a Dem- sity in 1893, and from Harvard University Law School inocrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1897; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commencedprac- 1899, until his death in Hoboken, N.J., July 31, 1900; inter- tice in Boston; member of the State house of representativesment in New York Bay Cemetery. in 1894 and 1895; served in the State senate 1896-1899; public administrator of Middlesex County 1897-1932; presi- DALZELL, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; dent of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce; lectureronborn in New York City April 19, 1845; moved with his par- government at Harvard University in 1912; elected as aents to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1847; attended the common Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeedingschools and the Western University of Pennsylvania, Pitts- Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925); chairman, Com-burgh, Pa.; was graduated from Yale College with the class mittee on Elections No. 1 (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Con-of 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and gresses), Committtee on Education (Sixty-eighth Congress); commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; elected as a Republi- was not a candidate for renomination in 1924, but was ancan to the Fiftieth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for(March 4, 1887-March 3,1913); chairman, Committee on United States Senator; subsequently elected to the Sixty-Pacific Railroads (Fifty-first Congress), Committee on Rules ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of(Sixty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomina- Harry I. Thayer; reelected to the Seventieth, Seventy-first,tion in 1912; delegate to the Republican National Conven- and Seventy-second Congresses and served from Novembertions in 1904 and 1908; Regent of the Smithsonian Institu- 2,1926, until his resignation effective October 1,1932, tion 1906-1913; retired in Washington, D.C.; died while on a having been appointed to the bench; judge of the Unitedvisit to Altadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 2, States Customs Court from October 2, 1932, until his resig-1927; interment in , Pittsburgh, Pa. nation on October 2, 1942; engaged in agricultural pursuits; Bibliography: DAB. retired and resided in Center Lovell, Maine; died in North D'AMATO, Alfonse Martello, a Senator from New York; Conway, N.H., September 5,1955; interment in Centerborn in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 1, 1937; grad- Love!! Cemetery, Center Lovell, Maine. uated, Syracuse University School of Business Administra- DALTON, Tristram, a Senator from Massachusetts; born tion 1959; graduated, Syracuse Law School 1961; admitted to in Newburyport, Mass., May 28, 1738; attended Dummerthe New York bar in 1962; public administrator, Nassau Academy, Byfield, Mass., and was graduated from HarvardCounty, N.Y., 1965-1968; tax assessor, Hempstead, N.Y., College in 1755; studied law; was admitted to the bar but did1969; town supervisor, Hempstead 1971-1977; presiding su- not practice; engaged in mercantile pursuits; delegate frompervisor, Hempstead, and vice chairman, Nassau County Massachusetts to the convention of committees of New Eng-Board of Supervisors 1977-1980; elected as a Republican to land Provinces which met in Providence, R.I., December 25,the United States Senate in 1980 for the term commencing 1776; member, State house of representatives 1782-1785, andJanuary 3, 1981; reelected in 1986 for the term ending Janu- served as speaker in 1784; elected to the Continental Con-ary 3, 1993. gress in 1783 and 1784, but did not attend; member, State D'AMOURS, Norman Edward, a Representative from New senate 1785-1788; elected to the United States Senate andHampshire; born in Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass., Octo- served from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791; unsuccessfulber 14, 1937; attended parochial school in Holyoke, Mass., candidate for reelection in 1790; surveyor of the port ofand high school in Worcester, Mass.; B.A., Assumption Col- Biographies 867 lege, 1960; LL.B., Boston University Law School, 1963; served graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1795; in the United States Army Reserves, 1964-1967; admitted tostudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1798 and practiced the Massachusetts bar in 1963 and to the New Hampshirein Fryeburg, Maine (at the time a district of Massachusetts); bar in 1964; New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General,prosecuting attorney of Oxford County 1805-1811; judge of 1966-1969; Manchester City Prosecutor, 1970-1972; delegateprobate 1811-1822; judge of the court of common pleas 1811- to New Hampshire State Democratic conventions, 1970,1823; was also a circuit judge; delegate to the State constitu- 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1972;tional convention in 1819 at which a committee was appoint- elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the foured to draw up a constitution for Maine; member of the succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985);Maine Executive Council in 1834; appointed as a Democrat was not a candidate for reelection in 1984 to the Ninety-to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the ninth Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for elec- resignation of Ether Shepley and served from December 7, tion to the United States Senate; returned to the practice of1836, to March 3, 1837, when a successor was elected and law in Washington, D.C.; is a resident of McLean, Va. qualified; died in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, Decem- ber 27, 1845; interment in Village Cemetery. DAMRELL, William Shapleigh, a Representative from Bibliography: Spalding, James. "The School and College Life of Judah Massachusetts; born in Portsmouth, N.H., November 29, Dana." The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine 9 (February 1917): 155-66. 1809; attended the public schools; learned the art of printing and became the proprietor of a large printing establishment DANA, Samuel, a Representative from Massachusetts; in Boston; elected as the candidate of the American Party toborn in Groton, Mass., June 26, 1767; attended the district the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to theschool; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1789 and Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); suf-commenced practice in Groton; appointed postmaster of fered a paralytic stroke before the expiration of his term;Groton January 1, 1801; member of the State house of repre- was not a candidate for renomination in 1858;resumed busi-sentatives in 1803; attorney for Middlesex County 1807-1811; ness activities; died in Dedham, Norfolk County,Mass., Mayelected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill 17, 1860; interment in Forest Hills Cemetery. the vacancy caused by the resignation of William M. Rich- ardson and served from September 22, 1814, to March 3, DANA, Amasa, a Representative from New York; born in1815; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., October 19, 1792; attended private schoolsFourteenth Congress; member of the State senate 1805-1812 and Dana Academy, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; studied law inand 1817 and served as its president in 1807, 1811, and 1812; Owego, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in 1817 and practiced;chief justice of the court of common pleas in 1811 and 1812; moved to Ithaca, N.Y., in 1821 and continued the practice ofdelegate to the State constitutional convention in1820; law;districtattorney of Tompkins County1823-1837; again a member of the State house of representatives 1825- member of the State assembly in 1828 and 1829; president1827; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Charles- and trustee of the village of Ithaca in 1835, 1836, and 1839; Ceme- elected judge of the court of common pleas of Tompkinstown, Mass., November 20, 1835; interment in Groton County in 1837; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixthtery. Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); was not a candidate DANA, Samuel Whittlesey, a Representative and a Sena- for renomination in 1840; resumed the practice of law; elect- tor from Connecticut; born in Wallingford, Conn.,February ed to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3,13, 1760; pursued academic studies and wasgraduated from 1845); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Depart-Yale College in 1775; studied law; was admitted to thebar in ment of the Navy (Twenty-eighth Congress); resumed the1778 and practiced in Middletown, Conn.; member, State practice of his profession and also engaged in banking; diedgeneral assembly 1789-1796; elected to the Fourth Congress in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., on December 24, 1867;to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationof Uriah Tracy interment in Ithaca City Cemetery. and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1797, to May 10, 1810, when he resigned to DANA, Francis, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born inbecome Senator; chairman, Committee on Elections(Sixth Charlestown, Mass., June 13, 1743; was graduated from Har- of vard College in 1762; studied law; was admitted to the barCongress); one of the managers appointed by the House and commenced practice in Boston in 1167; delegate to theRepresentatives in 1798 to conduct the impeachment pro- Provincial Congress in 1774; spent two years in Englandceedings against William Blount, a Senator from Tennessee; elected as a Federalist in 1810 to the United StatesSenate endeavoring to adjust differences between Great Britain arid of James Hill- the American Colonies; State councilor 1776-1780; Memberto fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Continental Congress 1777-1778, and was one of thehouse; reelected in 1815 and served from May 10, 1810, to March 3, 1821; mayor of Middletown, Conn., from1822 until signers of the Articles of Confederation July 9, 1778; elected Court September 28, 1779, secretary to accompany ,his death; presiding judge of the Middlesex County who was appointed a commissioner to negotiate a treaty offrom 1825 until his death in Middletown on July 21, 1830; peace with Great Britain and a treatyof commerce withinterment in Washington Street Cemetery. Holland; appointed December 19, 1780, Minister Resident to Bibliography: DAB. Russia, but was never received as such; again a Member of DANAHER, John Anthony, a Senator from Connecticut; the Continental Congress in 1784; judge of the supremeborn in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., January9, court of Massachusetts 1785-1791; appointed chief justice1899; attended the local schools; during the First World War November 29, 1791, and served for fifteen years; member ofserved in the Student's Army Training Corps at Yale College the State convention which adopted the Federal Constitutionand in the Officers' Reserve Corps; was graduatedfrom Yale in 1788; a founder of the American Academy of ArtsandCollege in 1920; studied law at Yale Law School; was admit- Sciences; died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.,Aprilted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice inHartford, 25, 1811; interment in Old Cambridge Cemetery. Conn.; assistant United States attorney for the districtof Bibliography: DAB. Connecticut 1922-1934; secretary of State of Connecticut 1933-1935; member of the State Board of Finance and Con- DANA, Judah, a Senator from Maine; born in Pomfret, United Vt., April 25, 1772; attended the common schools,and wastrol 1933-1935; elected as a Republican in 1938 to the 868 Biographical Directory

States Senate and served from January 3, 1939, to January DANFORTH, Henry Gold, a Representative from New 3, 1945; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944;re-York; born in the town of Gates (now part of Rochester), sumed the practice of law in Hartford, Conn., and Washing-Monroe County, N.Y., June 14,1854; attended private ton, D.C.; appointed a circuit judge of the United Statesschools in Rochester, N.Y., and , Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, byExeter, N.H.; was graduated from the collegiate department President Dwight Eisenhower and took the oath of officeof Harvard University in 1877 and from the law department November 20, 1953; became a senior United States circuitin 1880; was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced judge January 23, 1969; is a resident of West Hartford,practice in Rochester; director of the Rochester General Hos- Conn. pital 1889-1918; member of the board of managers of the DANE, Joseph, a Representative from Maine; born in Bev-New York State Reformatory, Elmira, N.Y., 1900-1902; erly, Essex County, Mass., October 25, 1778; received histrustee of the Reynolds Library 1906-19 18; elected as a Re- early education in Beverly, Mass.; attended Phillips Acade-publican to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth my, Andover, Mass., and was graduated from Harvard Uni-Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful can- versity in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1802didate for renomination in 1916; resumed the practice of and commenced practice in Kennebunk, Maine (until 1820alaw; died in Rochester, N.Y., April 8, 1918; interment in district of Massachusetts); a delegate to the MassachusettsMount Hope Cemetery. constitutional conventions in 1816 and 1819; chosena member of the executive council of Massachusetts in 1817, DANFORTH, John Claggett, a Senator from Missouri; but declined the office; elected to the Sixteenth Congress toborn in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., September 5, 1936; fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Holmes,agraduated, St. Louis County Day (High) School 1954; grad- Representative from Massachusetts but residing in thenewuated, Princeton University 1958 and Law State of Maine, thus becoming the first Representative fromSchool and Yale Divinity School 1963; admitted to the New Maine; reelected to the Seventeenth Congress and servedYork bar in 1963 and commenced practice in New York City; from November 6, 1820, to March 3, 1823;was not a candi-ordained clergy, Episcopal Church 1963; attorney general of date for renomination in 1822; member of the Maine houseMissouri 1969-1976; unsuccessful Republican candidate for of representatives in 1824, 1825, 1832, 1833, 1839, and 1840;nomination to the United States Senate 1970; elected as a served in the State senate in 1829; declined toserve asRepublican to the United States Senate in November 1976 executive councilor of Maine in 1841; died in Kennebunk,for the term commencing January 3, 1977; subsequently ap- York County, Maine, May 1, 1858; interment in Hope Ceme-pointed by the Governor, December 27, 1976, to fill the va- tery, Hope, Knox County, Maine. cancy caused by the resignation of Stuart Symington for the term ending January 3, 1977; reelected in 1982 for the term DANE, Nathan, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born inending January 3, 1989; chairman, Committee on Commerce, Ipswich, Mass., December 29, 1752; was graduated from Har-Science and Transportation (Ninety nmth Congress) vard College in 1778; taught school; studied law;was admit- ted to the bar and commenced practice in Beverly, Mass., in DANIEL, Charles Ezra, a Senator from ; 1782; member of the State house of representatives 1782-born in Elberton, Elbert County, Ga., November 11, 1895; 1785; Member of the Continental Congress 1785-1788; servedmoved with his family to Anderson, S.C., in 1898 and attend- in the State senate in 1790, 1791, and 1794-1797; judge of theed the public schools; student at The Citadel, Charleston, court of common pleas for Essex County in 1794; commis-S.C., 1916-1918; during the First World War served as a sioner to codify the laws of Massachusetts in 1795; presiden-lieutenant in the Infantry 1917-1919; businessman; interests tial elector on the Clinton ticket in 1812; was selected thein construction, banking, building supplies, telecommunica- same year to make a new publication of the statutes;tions, insurance, and airlines; life trustee of Clemson College member of the Hartford convention of 1814; elected delegateand member of the board of South Carolina Foundation of to the State constitutional convention of 1820, but did notIndependent Colleges; appointed as a Democrat to the serve; died in Beverly, Essex County, Mass., February 15,United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death 1835; interment in Central Cemetery. of Burnet R. Maybank and served from September 6, 1954, Bibliography: DAB. until his resignation December 23, 1954; was not a candidate DANFORD, Lorenzo, a Representative from Ohio; born infor election to fill the vacancy; resumed management of his Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio, on Octoberbusiness interests; died in Greenville, S.C., September 13, 18, 1829; attended the common schools and a college at1964; interment in Springwood Cemetery. Waynesburg, Pa., for two years; studied law; was admitted to DANIEL, Dan, a Representative from Virginia. See the bar at St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, in Septem-DANIEL, Wilbur Clarence. ber 1854, and commenced practice there; presidential elector on the American Party ticket in 1856; prosecuting attorney DANIEL, Henry, a Representative from Kentucky; born of Belmont County from 1857 to 1861, when he resigned toin Louisa County, Va., March 15, 1786; attended the public enlist in the Fifteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,schools; moved to Kentucky; studied law; was admitted to as a private; commissioned a lieutenant and later a captain,the bar and commenced practice in Mount Sterling, Mont- and served until honorably discharged in August 1864; re-gomery County, Ky.; member of the State house of repre-- sumed the practice of his profession in St. Clairsville; electedsentatives in 1812; served in the War of 1812 as captain of as a Republican to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-the Eighth Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813-1815; fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); was not aagain a member of the State house of representatives in candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of1819 and 1826; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth, his profession; elected to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, andTwenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827- Fifty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, untilMarch 3, 1833); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 his death in St. Clairsville, Ohio, June 19, 1899; chairman,to the Twenty-third Congress; resumed the practice of law; Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Fifty-fifthdied in Mount Sterling, Ky., October 5, 1873; interment in Congress); interment in the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.Macphelah Cemetery. 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DANIEL, John Reeves Jones, a Representative from DANIEL, Robert Williams, Jr., a Representative from Vir- North Carolina; born near Halifax, Halifax County, N.C.,ginia; born in Richmond, Va., March 17, 1936; educated at January 13, 1802; instructed privately at home; was graduat-the Fay School, Southboro, Mass., 1946-1949; Woodberry ed from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill inForest School, Woodberry Forest, Va., 1949-1954; B.A., Uni- 1821; studied law; was admitted to the North Carolina bar inversity of Virginia, 1954-1958; M.B.A., Columbia University, 1823 and commenced the practice of law in Halifax, N.C.;1960-1961; active duty as a United States Army Reserve member of the State house of commons 1832-1834; electedofficer, 1959; farmer; businessman; financial analyst; teach- attorney general of North Carolina in 1834; elected as aer; served with United States Central Intelligence Agency, Democrat to the Twenty-seventh and to the five succeeding1964-1968; delegate to Virginia State Republican convention, Congresses (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1853); chairman, Com-1972; delegate to Republican National Convention, 1972; mittee on Claims (Twenty-ninth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the four second Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination insucceeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1983); 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; resumed the practice ofunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety- law; moved to Louisiana in 1860 and settled near Shreve- port; continued the practice of law and also engaged ineighth Congress; is a resident of Spring Grove, Va. planting; died in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., June 22, DANIEL, Wilbur Clarence (Dan), a Representative from 1868. Virginia; born in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va., May DANIEL, John Warwick, a Representative and a Senator12, 1914; grew up on a tobacco farm in Mecldenburg County, from Virginia; born in Lynchburg, Va., September 5, 1842;Va.; educated in Virginia schools; graduate of Dan River attendedprivateschools,Lynchburg College, and Dr.Textile School, Danville, Va.; associated with Dan River Gessner Harrison's University School; during the Civil WarMills, Inc., 1939-1968, except for period of service in the served in the Confederate Army 1861-1864, attained theUnited States Navy during the Second World War; advanced rank of major; permanently crippled in the Battle of thethrough ranks to assistant to the board chairman; elected to Wilderness in May 1864; studied law at the University ofthe Virginia house of delegates, 1959-1968; elected State Virginia at Charlottesville; was admitted to the bar in 1866commander of American Legion, 1951, national commander, and commenced practice at Lynchburg, Va.; member, State1956; President of Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, house of delegates 1869-1872; member, State senate 1875-1968; permanent member, President's People-to-People Com- 1881; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1881; elected asmittee; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, March 3, 1887); did not seek renomination in 1886, having1969, until his death in Charlottesville, Va., on January 23, been elected Senator; elected in 1885 as a Democrat to the1988; was a resident of Danville, Va; interment in Highland United States Senate; reelected in 1891, 1897, 1904, andBurial Park, Danville. 1910, and served from March 4, 1887, until his death on June 29, 1910; died before his credentials for the last elec- DANIELL, Warren Fisher, a Representative from New tion could be presented; chairman, Committee on Revision ofHampshire; born in Newton Lower Falls, Middlesex County, the Laws of The United States (Fifty-third Congress), Com-Mass., June 26, 1826; attended the common schools; moved mittee on Corporations Organized in the District of Colum-with his parents to Franklin, Merrimack County, N.H., in bia (Fifty-fifth Congress), Committee on Public Health and 1834; continued his studies until fourteen years of age, when National Quarantine (Sixtieth Congress), Committee on Pri-he entered his father's paper mill as an apprentice; con- vate Land Claims (Sixty-first Congress); died in Lynchburg, structed a paper mill at Waterville, Maine, in 1852, and in Va.; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery. the following year managed a similar mill in Pepperell, Bibliography: DAB; Doss, Richard. "John Warwick Daniel: A Study in Mass.; returned to Franklin, N.H., in 1854 and engaged in the Virginia Democracy." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Virginia, 1955. the manufacture of paper; also engaged in agricultural pur- DANIEL, Price Marion, a Senator from Texas; born insuits, the breeding of blooded stock, and banking; member of Dayton, Liberty County, Tex., October 10, 1910; attended thethe State house of representatives in 1861, 1862, and 1870- public schools of Liberty and Fort Worth, Tex.; reporter,1877; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1926-1927 and Waco News Trib-1872; served in the State senate in 1873 and 1874; elected as une 1929-1931; graduated from Baylor University, Waco,a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress(March 4, 1891- Tex., in 1931 and from the law school of the same universityMarch 3, 1893); was not a candidate for renomination in in 1932; admitted to the Texas bar in 1932 and began prac-1892; continued his activities in the manufacture of paper at tice in Liberty, Tex.; co-owner and publisher of two weeklyFranklin, N.H., until 1898, being interested in the Winnepe- newspapers; member, State house of representatives 1939-sogee Paper Co.; died in Franklin, N.H., July 30,1913; inter- 1943, serving as speaker in 1943; enlisted as a private in thement in Franklin Cemetery. United States Army in 1943 and served in the Pacific Thea- DANIELS, Charles, a Representative from New York; ter and in Japan until discharged as a captain in June 1946;born in New York City March 24, 1825; at an early age he attorney general of Texas 1946-1953; elected as a Democratwas taken to Toledo, Ohio, and learnedhis father's trade of to the United States Senate for the term beginning Januaryshoemaker; moved to Buffalo, N.Y., in 1842, where he stud- 3, 1953, and served until his resignation January 14, 1957;ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced Governor of Texas 1957-1963; practiced law in Liberty andpractice in Buffalo; elected an associate justice of the New Austin, Tex., 1963-1967; appointed by President LyndonYork Supreme Court in 1863; appointed by Governor Sey- Johnson as Director of the Office of Emergency Prepared- until January ness and Assistant to the President forFederal-State Rela-mour to hold the office of justice of that court tions 1967-1969; also served on the National Security Coun-1, 1864, when the term to which he had been elected com- cil and as President Johnson's liaison with Governors;menced; twice reelected, and served until December 1891, served 8 years as a member of the Texas supreme court;when he reached the age limit and was retired; elected as a resumed the practice of law; is a resident of Liberty, Tex.Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses Bibliography: Murph, David R. 'Price Daniel: The Life of a Public Man, (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897); chairman, Committee on 1910-1956." Ph.D. dissertation, Texas Christian University, 1975. Elections No. 1 (Fifty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate 870 Biographical Directory for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; died in DANNEMEYER, William Edwin, a Representative from Buffalo, N.Y., December 20, 1897; interment in Forest LawnCalifornia; born in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., Cemetery. September 22, 1929; attended the Trinity Lutheran School, DANIELS, Dominick Vincent, a Representative from NewLos Angeles, 1943; graduated from Long Beach Poly High Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., OctoberSchool, 1946; attended Santa Maria Junior College, 1947; 18, 1908; educated in the Jersey City public schools; attendedB.A., Valparaiso University, Indiana, 1950; J.D., Hastings Fordham University, New York City; graduated from Rut-Law School, University of California, 1952; served in the gers University Law School, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1929;United States Army, 1952-1954; admitted to the California was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1930 and commencedbar in 1953 and commenced practice in Santa Barbara, 1955; the practice of law in Jersey City, N.J.; appointed magistratedeputy district attorney, 1955-1957; Fullerton assistant city of the Jersey City Municipal Court in May 1952, reappointedattorney, 1959-1962; served in the California State assembly, in 1955, and subsequently was appointed presiding magis-1963-1966 and 1977-1978; municipal and superior court trate, in which capacity he served until March 1958; dele-judge pro tempore, 1966-1976; delegate to California State gate, Democratic National Conventions, 1960, 1964, andRepublican conventions, 1972 and 1976-1978; elected as a 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to theRepublican to the Ninety-sixth and to the four succeeding eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3,Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1989); is a resident 1977); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to theof Fullerton, CaliL Ninety-fifth Congress; returned to the practice of law in Jersey City; was a resident of Union City, N.J., until his DANNER, Joel Buchanan, a Representative from Penn- death in Jersey City on July 17, 1987; interment in Holysylvania; born in Liberty, Md., in 1804; engaged in the hard- Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J. ware business and carriage building at Gettysburg, Pa.; jus- tice of the peace; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first DANIELS, Milton John, a Representative from California;Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry born in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y., April 18, 1838;Nes and served from December 2, 1850, to March 3, 1851; attended the public schools; when a boy moved to Bradfordresumed his former business pursuits in Gettysburg, Pa., County, Pa., and engaged with his father in the lumber where he died July 29, 1885; interment in Evergreen Ceme-- business; moved to Rochester, Minn., in 1856; appointedtery. deputy postmaster of Rochester in 1859; entered Middlebury Academy, Wyoming County, N.Y., in 1860; volunteered April DARBY, Ezra, a Representative from New Jersey; born in 23, 1861, for service in the Civil War; returned to MinnesotaScotch Plains, N.J., June 7, 1768; attended the common and raised a company in August 1862, and was commis-schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; held offices as sioned second lieutenant of Company F, Ninth Regiment,chosen freeholder, assessor, and justice of the peace from Minnesota Volunteers; took command of the Third Minneso-1800 to 1804; member of the State house of assembly 1802- ta Mounted Infantry in the Indian war of 1862; joined his1804; elected as a Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Con- company at St. Louis in 1863, and was commissioned cap-gresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his death in tain; in March 1865 was commissioned captain and commis-Washington, D.C., January 27, 1808; interment in Congres- sary of subsistence by President Lincoln; engaged in bank-sional Cemetery. ing; member of the State house of representatives 1882-1886; served in the State senate 1886-1890; president of the Min- DARBY, Harry, a Senator from Kansas; born in Kansas nesota State Board of Asylums for the Insane 1882-1888;City, Wyandotte County, Kans., January 23, 1895; attended moved to California in 1889 and located in Riverside; en-the public schools; was graduated from the University of gaged in horticultural pursuits; elected as a Republican toIllinois in 1917 and 1929; during the First World War served the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905);in the United States Army 1917-1919, attaining the rank of was not a candidate for renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-captain; industrialist and farmer-stockman with business in- ninth Congress; resumed his occupation as horticulturist interests in railroads, steel, banking, insurance, retail sales, Riverside, Calif., until his death there on December 1, 1914;and utility companies; chairman, State highway commission interment in Evergreen Cemetery. 1933-1937; appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clyde M. DANIELSON, George Elmore, a Representative fromReed and served from December 2, 1949, to November 28, California; born in Wausa, Knox County, Nebr., February1950, a successor having been elected; was not a candidate 20, 1915; attended the Wausa public schools, and Waynefor election to fill the vacancy; resumed business and politi- State Teachers College, Wayne, Nebr., 1933-1935; B.A., Uni-cal activities; was a resident of Kansas City, Kans., until his versity of Nebraska, 1937; J.D., the law school of the samedeath there on January 17, 1987; interment in Highland university, 1939; special agent, Federal Bureau of Investiga-Park Cemetery. tion, 1939-1944; United States Naval Reserve, Pacific Thea- ter, 1944-1946, discharged with rank of lieutenant (jg.); ad- DARBY, John Fletcher, a Representative from Missouri; mitted to the Nebraska bar in 1941; admitted to the Califor-born in Person County, N.C., December 10, 1803; attended nia bar in 1949 and commenced practice in Los Angeles;the public schools; moved with his father to Missouri in assistant United States attorney, 1949-1951; California State1818, where he worked on a farm; moved to Frankfort, Ky., assemblyman, 1963-1967; State senator, 1967-1971; delegatein 1825; studied law; was admitted to the bar and afterward to California State Democratic conventions, 1960-1974; dele-practiced in St. Louis, Mo.; mayor of St. Louis 1835-1841; gate to Democratic National Convention, 1968; elected as amember of the Missouri senate in 1838; elected as a Whig to Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the five succeedingthe Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); Congresses and served from January 3, 1971, until his resig-returned to St. Louis and engaged in banking; died near nation March 9, 1982, to be an associate justice of the Cali-Pendleton Station, Warren County, Mo., May 11, 1882; inter- fornia Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Divisionment in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Three, Los Angeles, Calif.; is a resident of Monterey Park, Bibliography: Darby, John Fletcher. Personal Recollections.1880. Re- Calif. print. New York: Ama Press, 1975. Biographies 871

DARDEN, Colgate Whitehead, Jr., a Representative fromelected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the three Virginia; born on a farm near Franklin, Southamptonsucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891); was County, Va., February 11, 1897; attended the public schools;not a candidate for renomination in 1890; resumed the prac- was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottes-tice of law; died in Darlington, S.C., June 29, 1898; interment ville in 1922 and from Columbia University, New York City,in First Baptist Churchyard. in 1923; awarded a Carnegie Fellowship to Oxford Universi- ty, England, in 1924; during the First World War served DARLING, Mason Cook, a Representative from Wiscon- with the French Army in 1916 and 1917 and later as asin; born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., May 18, lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Air Service;1801; attended the public schools; taught school in the State studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commencedof New York; studied medicine; was graduated from the practice in Norfolk, Va.; member of the State house of dele-Berkshire Medical College in 1824 and practiced medicine gates 1930-1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-thirdfor thirteen years; moved to Wisconsin in 1837 and was one and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3,of the original settlers at Fond du Lac; member of the Terri- 1937); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936;torial legislative assembly 1840-1846; member of the Territo- again elected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Con-rial council in 1847 and 1848; upon the admission of Wiscon- gresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resigna-sin as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to tion in March 1, 1941, to become a candidate for Governor;the Thirtieth Congress and served from June 9, 1848, to Governor of Virginia from January 21, 1942, to January 16,March 3, 1849; was not a candidate for renomination in 1946; president of the University of Virginia at Charlotts-1848; was elected the first mayor of Fond du Lac in 1852; ville from June 23, 1947, to September 1, 1959; United Statesresumed the practice of medicine and was a dealer in real delegate to the Tenth General Assembly of the United Na-estate at Fond du Lac until 1864, when he moved to Chicago; tions, 1955; presidential appointment to Commission on Na-died in Chicago, Ill., March 12, 1866; interment in Rienzi tional Goals, 1960; chairman, Commission on Goals forCemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis. Higher Education in the South, 1961; resided in Norfolk, DARLING, William Augustus, a Representative from New Va., where he died June 9, 1981; interment on family estate,York; born in Newark, N.J., December 27, 1817; attended the Southampton, Va. public schools; moved to New York City, where he was em- DARDEN, George (Buddy), a Representative from Geor-ployed as a clerk and afterwards engaged in the wholesale gia; born in Hancock County, Ga., November 22, 1943; at-grocery business; director of the MercantileLibrary Associa- tended public schools, Sparta, Ga.; A.B., University of Geor-tion; served eleven years as a private and officer in the New gia, Athens, 1965; J.D., University of Georgia, 1967; admittedYork National Guard; deputy receiver of taxes for the city of to the Georgia bar, 1968 and commenced practice in Mariet-New York 1847-1854; served as president of the Third ta; assistant district attorney, Cobb County, Ga., 1968-1972;Avenue Railroad 1854-1865; elected as a Republican to the district attorney, Cobb County, Ga., 1973-1976; elected to theThirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 8, 1867); unsuc- Georgia house of representatives, 1980-1983; elected as acessful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the Fortieth Con- Democrat to the Ninety-eighth Congress by special electiongress; unsuccessful candidate for mayorof New York City in November 8, 1983, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of1866; served as collector of internal revenue for the ninth United States Representative Larry McDonald; reelected todistrict of New York from April 26, 1869, to April 17, 1871, the Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Congresses (Novemberand as appraiser from April 18, 1871, to April 1, 1876; en- 8, 1983-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Marietta, Ga. gaged in banking and served as president of the Murray Hill Bank; died in New York City May 26, 1895; interment in DARGAN, Edmund Strother, a Representative from Ala-Trinity Cemetery. bama; born near Wadesboro, Montgomery County, N.C., April 15, 1805; pursued preparatory studies at home; studied DARLINGTON, Edward (cousin of Isaac Darlington and law; was admitted to the bar in Wadesboro in 1829; moved toWilliam Darlington), a Representative from Pennsylvania; Washington, Ala., where he commenced the practice of lawborn in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., September 17, and was for several years a justice of the peace; moved to1795; moved in early youth with his parents to Delaware Montgomery in 1833 and to Mobile in 1841; judge of theCounty; attended the common schools and was graduated circuit court, Mobile district, in 1841 and 1842; served in thefrom West Chester Academy; taught school 18 17-1820; stud- State senate in 1844; mayor of Mobile in 1844; elected as aied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-practice in Chester, Pa.; deputy attorney general 1824-1830; March 3, 1847); did not seek renomination in 1846; associateelected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third justice of the State supreme court in 1847, and in 1849through Twenty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, became chief justice; resigned in December 1852 and re-1839); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public sumed the practice of law; delegate to the State conventionBuildings (Twenty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for in 1861 and voted for the ordinance of secession; Member ofrenomination in 1838; resumed the practice of law; attorney the first Confederate House of Representatives; resumed thefor county commissioners 1846-1856; moved to Media, Pa., in practice of law in Mobile, Ala., and died there on November1851; district attorney of Delaware County 1851-1854; died 22, 1879; interment in Magnolia Cemetery. in Media, Delaware County, Pa., November 21, 1884; inter- ment in Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa. DARGAN, George William (great-grandson of Lemuel Benton), a Representative from South Carolina; born at DARLINGTON, Isaac (cousin of and "Sleepy Hollow," near Darlington, Darlington County, S.C.,), a Representative from Pennsylvania; May 11, 1841; attended the schools of his native county andborn near West Chester, Chester County, Pa., December 13, the South Carolina Military Academy; served in the Confed- 1781; attended Friends School at Birmingham, Chester erate Army throughout the Civil War; studied law; was ad-County, Pa.; taught in the country schools; studied law; was mitted to the bar in 1872 and practiced in Darlington, S.C.;admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in West elected to the State house of representatives in 1877; solici-Chester, Pa.; member of the State house of representatives tor of the fourth judicial circuit of South Carolina in 1880;1807-1809; lieutenant and adjutant of the Second Regiment, 872 Biographical Directory

Pennsylvania Volunteers, in 1814 and 1815; electedas aGratiot County, Mich., in 1870 and engaged in banking; Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-Marchelected treasurer of Gratiot County in 1872; member of the 1819); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1818State house of representatives in 1882 and 1883; mayor of St. to the Sixteenth Congress; was appointed deputy attorneyLouis, Mich., in 1893; member of the board of control of the general for Chester County in 1820; presiding judge of theState asylum; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh judicial district comprising the counties of Chester and Dela-and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901- ware from May 1821 until the time of his death in WestMarch 3, 1909); was not a candidate for renomination in Chester, Chester County, Pa., April 27, 1839; interment in1908; again engaged in banking; died in St. Louis, Mich., on Friends Burying Ground, Birmingham, Chester County, Pa.February 21, 1927; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. DARLINGTON, Smedley (second cousin of Edward Dar- DARRAGH, Cornelius, a Representative from Pennsylva- lington, Isaac Darlington, and William Darlington), a Repre-nia; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1809; attended the Western sentative from Pennsylvania; born in Pocopson Township,University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated with the Chester County, Pa., December 24,1827; attended theclass of 1826; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1829 common schools and the Friends' Central School, Philadel-and commenced practice in Pittsburgh; member of the State phia; teacher in the latter school for several years; whilesenate 1836-1839; United States district attorney for the teaching he made stenographic reports of sermons, lectures,western district of Pennsylvania 1841-1844; elected as a and speeches for the morning dailies of Philadelphia; estab-Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy lished a school in Ercildoun in 1851 which he operated forcaused by the resignation of William Wilkins; reelected to twelve years; enlisted in the Civil War as a private andthe Twenty-ninth Congress and served from March 26, 1844, subsequently promoted to the rank of captain in Beaumont'sto March 3, 1847; attorney general of Pennsylvania from independent company of cavalry, Pennsylvania VolunteerJanuary 4, 1849, to April 28, 1851; died in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Emergency Militia; discharged with the company SeptemberDecember 22, 1854; interment in Allegheny Cemetery. 24, 1862; moved to West Chester in 1864; conducted an ex- tensive banking and brokerage business; delegate to the Lib- DARRALL, Chester Bidwell, a Representative from Lou- eral Republican National Convention in 1872 and the Repub-isiana; born near Addison, Somerset County, Pa., June 24, lican National Convention in 1896; elected as a Republican1842; attended the common schools; studied medicine and to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-was graduated from the Albany (N.Y.) Medical College; March 3, 1891); was not a candidate for renomination induring the Civil War entered the Union Army as assistant 1890; resumed the brokerage business and banking; died insurgeon of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteers, West Chester, Chester County, Pa., June 24, 1899; intermentand later was promoted to surgeon; resigned from the Army in Oakland Cemetery near West Chester, Pa. while on duty in Louisiana in 1867 and engaged in mercan- tile pursuits and planting, in Brashear (now Morgan City), DARLINGTON, William (cousin of Edward DarlingtonLa.; member of the State senate of Louisiana in 1868; dele- and Isaac Darlington), a Representative from Pennsylvania;gate to the Republican National Convention in 1872 and born in Birmingham, Chester County, Pa., April 28, 1782;1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the attended Friends School at Birmingham; spent his youthonthree succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877); a farm; became a botanist at an early age; studied medicine;presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-fifth was graduated from the medical department of the Universi-Congress and served from March 4, 1877, to February 20, ty of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1804; went to the East1878, when he was succeeded by Joseph H. Acklen, who Indies as ship's surgeon in 1806; returned to West Chester incontested the election; was not a candidate for renomination 1807 and was a practicing physician there for a number ofin 1878; moved to Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, La.; elected years; raised a company of volunteers at the beginning ofto the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, the War of 1812 and was major of a volunteer regiment;1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (MarchForty-eighth Congress; register of the United States land 1815-March 3, 1817); elected to the Sixteenth and Seven-office, New Orleans, La., 1883-1885; engaged in sugarcane teenth Congresses (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1823); appointedplanting; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1888 to the canal commissioner iii 1825; president of the West ChesterFiftieth Congress; moved to Washington, D.C., where he died Railroad; established a natural-history society in West Ches-on January 1, 1908; interment in Glenwood Cemetery. ter in 1826; published several works on botany and natural history; director and president of the National Bank of Ches- DARROW, George Potter, a Representative from Pennsyl- ter County 1830-1863; died in West Chester, Chester County,vania; born in Waterford, New London County, Conn., Feb- Pa., on April 23, 1863; interment in Oakland Cemetery. ruary 4, 1859; attended the common schools of New London, Bibliography: DAB. Conn.; was graduated from Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y., in 1880; moved to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1888 and etigaged .in DARRAGH, Archibald Bard, aRepresentativefrom Michigan; born in La Salle Township, Monroe County,banking, in the manufacture of paints, and in the insurance Mich., December 23, 1840; attended the common schools andbusiness; president of the Twenty-second Sectional School a private academy in Monroe, Mich.; entered the UniversityBoard of Philadelphia 1906-1909; member of the Philadel- of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857 and pursued a classicalphia Common Council 1910-1915; elected as a Republican to course for two years; moved to Claiborne County, Miss., andthe Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses became a teacher; returned to Michigan upon the outbreak(March 4, 1915-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for of the Civil War; enlisted in Company H, Eighteenth Regi-reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; elected to ment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, in 1862; commissionedthe Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3,1939-January 3, second lieutenant, Company D, Ninth Regiment, Michigan1941); was not a candidate for renomination in 1940; died in Volunteer Cavalry, in 1863; promoted to first lieutenant inPhiladelphia, Pa., June 7, 1943; interment in Ivy Hill Mauso- 1864 and captain in 1865; superintendent of the publicleum. schools of Jackson in 1867; reentered the University of DASCHLE, Thomas Andrew, a Representative and a Sen- Michigan and was graduated in 1868; moved to St. Louis,ator from South Dakota; born in Aberdeen, S.Dak. on De- Biographies 873 cember 9, 1947; attended private and public schools; graduat-from November 6, 1833, to March 24, 1837; elected as a ed South Dakota State University 1969; served in the UnitedDemocrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses States Air Force 1969-1972; representative for flnanical in- (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); was not a candidate for vestment firm; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixthrenomination in 1840; resumed mercantile pursuits; again a Congress in 1978 and reelected to the three succeeding Con-member of the State senate in 1841 and served until his gresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1987); elected as a Dem-death in Blanchard, Piscataquis County, Maine, December 9, ocrat to the United States Senate in 1986 for the term1841; interment in the Village Cemetery, Monson, Maine ending January 3, 1993. DAVENPORT, Franklin (nephew of ), DAUB, Harold John, Jr., (Hal), a Representative froma Senator and a Representative from New Jersey; born in Nebraska; born in Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, N.C.,Philadelphia, Pa., in September 1755; received an academic April 23, 1941; attended the public schools; B.S., Washingtoneducation; studied law in Burlington, N.J.; was admitted to University, St. Louis, Mo., 1963; J.D., University of Nebras-the bar in 1776 and commenced practice in Gloucester City, ka, Lincoln, 1966; served in the United States Army Infan-N.J.; clerk of Gloucester County Court in 1776; during the try, captain, 1966-1968; admitted to the Nebraska bar inRevolutionary War enlisted as a private in the New Jersey 1966 and commenced practice in Omaha, 1968; vice presidentMilitia, later becoming brigade major, brigade quartermas- and general counsel for Standard Chemical Company, 1971-ter, and in 1778 assistant quartermaster for Gloucester 1981; delegate, Nebraska State Republican conventions, 1970County; appointed colonel in the New Jersey Militia in 1779 and 1980; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh andand subsequently major general, which rank he held until to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-Janu-his death; prosecutor of pleas in 1777; moved to Woodbury, ary 3, 1989); is a resident of Omaha, Nebr. N.J., in 1781 and continued the practice of law; appointed DAUGHERTY, James Alexander, a Representative fromfirst surrogate of Gloucester County in 1785; member, State Missouri; born in Athens, McMinn County, Tenn., Augustgeneral assembly 1786-1789; colonel in the New Jersey Line 30, 1847, attended the common schools; moved to Missouriduring the Whiskey Insurrection of 1794; appointed briga- with his parents, who settled near Carterville, Jasperdier general of Gloucester County Militia in 1796; appointed County, in 1867; active in all civic enterprises of the Stateto the United States Senate as a Federalist to fin the vacan- and county; engaged in farming, stock raising, and mining;cy caused by the resignation of John Rutherfurd andserved assisted in developing the lead and zinc fields of Missouri;from December 5, 1798, to March 3, 1799, when a successor associate judge for the western district of Jasper Countywas elected and qualified; elected to the Sixth Congress 1890-1892, and presiding judge 1892-1896; member of the(March 4, 1799-March 3, 1801); was not a candidate for State house of representatives in 1897; served as president ofrenomination in 1800; resumed the practice of law; appoint- the First National Bank of Carterville 1907-1920; elected ased master in chancery in 1826; died in Woodbury, Gloucester a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-County, N.J., July 27, 1832; interment in Presbyterian Ceme-- March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for renomination intery, North Woodbury, N.J. 1912; resumed former business activities; appointed May 17, DAVENPORT, Frederick Morgan, a Representative from 1919, presiding judge of Jasper County and served until hisNew York; born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., August 27, death; died in Carterville, Jasper County, Mo., on January1866; attended the public schools; moved with his parents to 26, 1920; interment in Webb City Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.Pennsylvania in 1874 and settled in New Milford; moved to DAUGHTON, Ralph Hunter, a Representative from Vir-Yonkers, N.Y., in 1893; was graduated from Wesleyan Uni- ginia; born in Washington, D.C., September 23, 1885; attend-versity, Middletown, Conn., in 1889 and from Columbia Uni- ed public and private schools in Washington, D.C., andversity, New York City, in 1905; member of the faculty of Prince Georges County, Md.; was graduated from the lawpolitical science of Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., 1904- department of National University, Washington, D.C., in1929; served in the State senate 1909-1911; unsuccessful Pro- 1905; was admitted to the bar in 1907 and practiced law ingressive candidate for Lieutenant in Washington, D.C., joined the investigative agency of the De-1912 and for Governor in 1914; again a member of the State partment of Justice, which later became the Federal Bureausenate 1919-1925; chairman of the New York State Legisla- of Investigation in 1910; moved to Norfolk, Va., in 1912, andtive Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment 1919-1925; served as chief of the F.B.I. for Virginia, North Carolina,delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924; West Virginia, and part of Maryland until after the Firstelected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the three World War; commenced the private practice of law in Nor-succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933); unsuc- folk, Va.; served in the State house of delegates 1933-1940;cessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third member of the State senate 1940-1944; in 1938 was electedCongress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Con- president of the Piedmont Baseball League and served forgress; president of the National Institute of PublicAffairs, nine years; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighthWashington, D.C., 1934-1949; chairman of the Federal Per-

Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofsonnel Council, Washington, D.C., from 1939 until his retire-- Winder R. Harris and at the same time was elected to thement in 1953; died inWashington, D.C., December 26, 1956; Seventy-ninth Congress and served from November 7, 1944,interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for renomination Bibliography: Teti, Frank M. "Profile of a Progressive: The Life of Fred- in 1946; resumed the practice of law until his death; died in erick Morgan Davenport." Ph.D. dissertation, Syracuse University, 1966. Norfolk, Va., December 22, 1958; interment in Mount Olivet DAVENPORT, Harry James, a Representative from Penn Cemetery, Washington, D.C. sylvania; born in Wilmerding, Allegheny County,Pa., DAVEE, Thomas, a Representative from Maine; born inAugust 22, 1902; attended St. Peter's Parochial School and Plymouth, Mass., December 9, 1797; attended the commonMcKeesport High School; newspaper publisher; unsuccessful schools; moved to Maine, where he engaged in mercantilecandidate for nomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; pursuits; member of the State house of representatives inelected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 1826 and 1827; served in the State senate 1830-1832; high3, 1949-January 3, 1951); was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff of Somerset County in 1835; postmaster of Blanchardreelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress and was 874 Biographical Directory also unsuccessful for nomination in 1960 to the Eighty-sev-alist to the Sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses enth Congress; lecturer and book salesman; resided in Mill-(March 4, 1799-March 3, 1817); chairman, Committee on vale, Pa., where he died December 19, 1977; interment inRevisal and Unfinished Business (Seventh Congress); de- New St. Joseph Cemetery, North Versailles, Pa. clined to be a candidate for reelection in 1816; died in Stam- DAVENPORT, Ira, a Representative from New York;ford, Fairfield County, Conn., November 28, 1830; interment born in Hornellsville, Steuben County, N.Y., June 28, 1841;in North Field (now Franklin Street) Cemetery. moved with his father to Bath, N.Y., in 1847; attended Ha- DAVENPORT, John, a Representative from Ohio; born verling Academy, Bath, N.Y., and Russell Collegiate School,near Winchester, Jefferson County, Va., January 9, 1788; New Haven, Conn.; upon the death of his father in 1868attended the common schools; moved to Ohio in 1818 and assumed the management of the large estate and businessengaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the State house affairs; member of the State senate 1878-188 1; comptrollerof representatives in 1824, 1827, and 1830; member of the of the State of New York 1881-1883; unsuccessful candidateState senate in 1825 and 1826; elected to the Twentieth for reelection in 1883; unsuccessful Republican candidate forCongress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candi- Governor of New York in 1885; elected as a Republican todate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-twice elected by the legislature as judge of the Monroe judi- March 3, 1889); was not a candidate for renomination incial circuit; died in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, July 1888; retired; died in Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., October 6, 1904; interment in the family cemetery on his estate, "River-18, 1855; interment in , Barnesville, side," Bath, N.Y. Ohio. DAVENPORT, James (brother of John Davenport of Con- DAVENPORT, Samuel Arza, a Representative from Penn- necticut), a Representative from Connecticut; born in Stam-sylvania; born near Watkins, Schuyler County, N.Y., Janu- ford, Conn., October 12, 1758; was graduated from Yale Col-ary 15, 1834; moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who lege in 1777; served in the commissary department of thesettled in Erie, Erie County, in 1839; attended the Erie Acad- in the Revolutionary War; judge of theemy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1854; in 1855 court of common pleas; member of the State house of repre-was graduated from the Harvard Law School, and com- sentatives 1785-1790; served in the State senate 1790-1797; menced the practice of his profession in Erie, Pa., the same judge of Fairfield County Court from 1792 until 1796; electedyear; elected district attorney for the county of Erie in 1860; as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress to fill the vacancyowner and publisher of the Erie Gazette 1865-1890; delegate caused by the resignation of James Hilihouse; reelected toto the Republican National Conventions in 1888 and 1892; the Fifth Congress and served from December 5, 1796, untilelected as. a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth his death in Stamford, Conn., August 3, 1797; interment inCongresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); was not a candi- North Field (now Franklin Street) Cemetery. date for renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law in the county, State, and Federal courts; also interested in DAVENPORT, James Sanford, a Representative fromthe Erie Car Works, and in the manufacture of organs and Oklahoma; born on a farm near Gaylesville, Cherokeeboots and shoes; died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., on August 1, County, Ala., September 21, 1864; moved with his parents to1911; interment in Erie Cemetery. Conway, Faulkner County, Ark., in1880; attended the common schools, Vilona (Ark.) High School, and Greenbrier DAVENPORT, Stanley Woodward, a Representative from (Ark.) Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar ofPennsylvania; born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., July Faulkner County February 14, 1890, and commenced prac-21, 1861; attended the public schools and Wyoming Semi- tice in Conway; in October of that year moved to Muskogee,nary; was graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middle- Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), and in 1893 to Vinita,town, Conn., in 1884; studied law; was admitted to the bar in where he engaged in the practice of law; member of the1890 and commenced practice in Plymouth, Pa., in 1891; Territorial council 1897-1901, serving as speaker the lastappointed a director of the poor for the central district of two years of his term; one of the attorneys for the CherokeeLuzerne County in 1893; secretary and treasurer of the poor Nation 1901-1907; mayor of Vinita in 1903 and 1904; electeddistrict; register of wills of Luzerne County 1894-1897; elect- as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress on September 17,ed as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899- 1907, and served from November 16, 1907, when OklahomaMarch 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in was admitted as a State into the Union, until March 3, 1909;1900; resumed the practice of law in Plymouth, Luzerne unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-County, Pa., and died in that city September 26, 1921; inter- first Congress; elected to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, andment in Plymouth Cemetery. Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1917); un- successful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth DAVENPORT, Thomas, a Representative from Virginia; Congress; resumed the practice of law in Vinita; was electedborn in Cumberland County, Va.; completed preparatory judge of the criminal court of appeals of Oklahoma in No-studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com- vember 1926; reelected in 1932 and served until his death inmenced practice in Meadville, Va.; elected to the Nineteenth Oklahoma City, Okia., January 3, 1940; interment in Fair-and Twentieth Congresses, elected as a Jacksonian to the view Cemetery, Vinita, Okla. Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, and elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, DAVENPORT, John (brother of James Davenport), a Rep-1825-March 3, 1835); chairman, Committee on Public Ex- resentative from Connecticut; born in Stamford, Conn., Jan-penditures (Twenty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate uary 16, 1752; pursued academic studies; was graduated fromfor reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; died Yale College in 1770; engaged in teaching there in 1773 andnear Meadville, Halifax County, Va., November 18, 1838. 1774; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1773 and practiced in Stamford, Conn.; member of the State house of DAVEY, Martin Luther, a Representative from Ohio; born representatives 1776-1796; served in the commissary depart-in Kent, Portage County, Ohio, July 25, 1884; attended the ment of the Continental Army during the Revolutionarypublic schools; was graduated from Oberlin Academy in 1906 War, attaining the rank of major in 1777; elected as a Feder-and later attended Oberlin College; associated with his Biographies 875 father in tree surgery in 1906, organized and became generalthe Eighty-fourth Congress and served from January 3, 1955, manager of the Davey Tree Expert Co. (Inc.) in 1909 anduntil his resignation on December 31, 1956; elected judge of became president in 1923; also became treasurer of thethe Court of General Sessions in the county of New York in Davey Compressor Co. in 1929; also engaged in the real-1956 for a fourteen-year term; New York State Supreme estate business; mayor of Kent 1913-1918; elected as a Dem-Court, 1963-1974; resided in New Rochelle, N.Y. until his ocrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused bydeath there on August 1, 1981; cremated, ashes scattered the death of Ellsworth R. Bathrick; reelected to the Sixty-over the Long Island Sound by seaplane. sixth Congress and served from November 5, 1918, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the DAVIDSON, James Henry, a Representative from Wiscon- Sixty-seventh Congress; resumed his former business pur-sin; born in Coichester, Delaware County, N.Y., June 18, suits; delegate at large to the Democratic National Conven-1858; attended the public schools and Walton (N.Y.) Acade- tions in 1932 and 1940; elected to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-my; taught school in Delaware and Sullivan Counties, N.Y.; ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3,was graduated from the Albany Law School in1884 and was 1929); was not a candidate for renomination in 1928 to theadmitted to the bar the same year; moved to Green Lake Seventy-first Congress; was an unsuccessful candidate forCounty, Wis., and commenced practice in Princeton in 1887; Governor in 1928 and 1940; twice elected Governor of Ohioalso taught school; elected district attorney of Green Lake and served from January 14, 1935 to January 9, 1939; re-County in 1888; chairman of the Republican congressional sumed his former business pursuits; died in Kent, Ohio,committee for the sixth district of Wisconsin in 1890; moved March 31, 1946; interment in Standing Rock Cemetery. to Oshkosh, Wis., January 1, 1892, and continued the prac- Bibliography: Vazzano, Frank P. "Harry Hopkins and Martin Davey:tice of law; appointed city attorney in May 1895 for two Federal Relief and Ohio Politics during the ." Ohio Histo-years; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and tothe ry 96 (Summer/Autumn 1987): 124-39. seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1913); DAVEY, Robert Charles, a Representative from Louisi-chairman, Committee on Railways and Canals (Fifty-sixth ana; born in New Orleans, La., October 22, 1853; attendedthrough Sixty-first Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for the public schools, and was graduated from St. Vincent'sreelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress and for elec- College, Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1871; engaged in mercantiletion in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the prac- pursuits; elected to the State senate in 1879, 1884, and againtice of his profession; elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress and in 1892; served as president pro tempore of the senateserved from March 4, 1917, until his death in Washington, during the sessions of 1884 and 1886; judge of the firstD.C., August 6, 1918; interment in Riverside Cemetery, Osh- recorder's court in New Orleans 1880-1888; unsuccessfulkosh, Wis. candidate for mayor of New Orleans in 1888; elected as a DAVIDSON, Robert Hamilton McWhorta, a Representa- Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-Marchtive from Florida; born near Quincy, Gadsden County, Fla., 3, 1895); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894;September 23, 1832; attended the common schools and the elected to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congress-Quincy Academy in Quincy, Fla.; studied law at the Univer- es and served from March 4, 1897, until his death; had beensity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; was admitted to the bar reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, but died in New Orle-in 1853 and commenced practice in Quincy, Fla.; member of ans, La., December 26, 1908, before the close of the Sixtieththe State house of representatives 1856-1859; served in the Congress; interment in Metairie Cemetery. State senate 1860-1862; retired from the State senate in 1862 DAVIDSON, Alexander CaIdwell, a Representative fromand served during the Civil War in the Confederate Army as Alabama; born near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C.,captain of Infantry and later with rank of lieutenant colo- December 26, 1826; attended the public schools of Marengonel; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; County, Ala., and was graduated from the University ofelected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the six suc- Alabama at Tuscaloosa July 11, 1848; studied law in Mobile,ceeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1891); chair- Ala., but never practiced; engaged in cotton planting nearman, Committee on Railways and Canals(Forty-eighth Uniontown, Perry County, Ala.; member of the State housethrough Fiftieth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for re- of representatives in 1880 and 1881; served in the Statenomination in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; member of senate 1882-1885; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninththe State railroad commission in 1897 and 1898; engaged in and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); un-the practice of his profession until his death in Quincy, Fla., successful candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed agri-January 18, 1908; interment in Western Cemetery. cultural pursuits; died at "Westwood," near Uniontown, Ala., November 6, 1897; interment in the Holy Cross Ceme- DAVIDSON, Thomas Green, a Representative from Lou- tery of Davidson Memorial Church, Uniontown, Perryisiana; born at Coles Creek, Jefferson County, Miss., August County, Ala. 3, 1805; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was ad- mitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greensburg, DAVIDSON, Irwin Delmore, a Representative from NewLa.; appointed register of the United States land office; York; born in New York City January 2, 1906; attended themember of the State house of representatives 1833-1846; public schools; Washington Square College of New York Uni-elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and versity, B.S., 1927; New York University Law School, LL.B.,Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861); re- 1928; was admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced thesumed the practice of his profession; president of the Demo- practice of law in New York City; counsel for Legislative Billcratic State convention in 1855; served again in the State Drafting Commission in 1935 and special counsel to Newhouse of representatives 1874-1878, 1880, and 1883; died in York State Mortgage Commission in 1936; attended the NewSpringfield, Livingston Parish, La., September 11, 1883; in- York State Constitutional convention in 1938 and acted asterment in Springfield Cemetery. secretary to the Democratic leader; elected to the State as- sembly in 1936 and resigned in 1948; justice of the Court of DAVIDSON, William, a Representative from North Caro- Special Sessions in New York City from 1948 until his resig-lina; born in Charleston, S.C., on September 12, 1778; com- nation in 1954 to become a candidate for United Statespleted preparatory studies; moved with his parents to North House of Representatives; elected as a Democrat-Liberal toCarolina in early youth and settled in Mecklenburg County; 876 Biographical Directory engaged extensively in planting; member of the State senateCongress and served from March 4, 1873, to March 5, 1874, in 1813, 1815-1819, and 1825; moved to Charlotte, N.C., inwhen he was succeeded by Christopher Y. Thomas, who 1820; elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress to fillcontested his election; resumed the practice of law; died in the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel M. Forney;Independence, Grayson County, Va., September 25, 1889; in- reelected to the Sixteenth Congress and served from Decem-terment in the Davis family burial ground. ber 2, 1818, to March 3, 1821; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress; again elected DAVIS, Amos (brother of ), a Representative a member of the State senate and served from 1827 to 1830;from Kentucky; born in Mount Sterling, Ky., August 15, resumed his business pursuits; died in Charlotte, N.C.,on1794; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admit- September 16, 1857; interment in the Old Cemetery. ted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Sterling; was sheriff of Montgomery County, Ky.; member of the State DAVIES, Edward, a Representative from Pennsylvania;house of representatives in 1819, 1825, 1827, and 1828; un- borninChurchtown, Caernarvon Township,Lancastersuccessful candidate for election to the Twentieth and County, Pa., in November 1779; attended the rural schools;Twenty-second Congresses; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits; member ofthe Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1838-March 3, 1835); the State house of representatives in 1834 and 1835; electedwas a candidate for reelection, but died in Owingsville, Ky., as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-fifth andwhile campaigning, June 11, 1835; interment in the City Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841);re- sumed his former business activities, died in Churchtown,Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Ky. Pa., May 18, 1853; interment in the cemetery at Pottstown, DAVIS, Charles Russell, a Representative from Minneso- Pa. ta; born in Pittsfield, Pike County, Ill., September 17, 1849; DAVIES, John Clay, a Representative from New York;moved with his father to Le Sueur County, Minn., in 1854; born in Albany, N.Y., May 1, 1920; attended Camden (N.Y.)attended the public schools and also instructed by private High School; attended the University of Alabama at Tusca-tutor; was graduated from a business college at St. Paul, loosa, Ala., and Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.; editor ofMinn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar March 6, 1872, the Camden (N.Y.) Chronicle in 1940 and 1941; maintainedand commenced practice in St. Peter, Minn.; city attorney publicity office in Albany 1941-1943; with public relationsand city clerk of St. Peter 1878-1898; prosecuting attorney of department, Westinghouse Electric Corp., in New York CityNicollet County 1879-1889 and 1901-1903; served as captain 1943-1946; vice president of the Earle Ferris Co. Inc., in Newin the Minnesota National Guard; member of the State York City 1946-1948; partner in public relations business,house of representatives in 1889 and 1890; served in the Utica, N.Y., 1948-1958; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-State senate 1891-1895; elected as a Republican to the Fifty- first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951); unsuccess-eighth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903- ful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-secondMarch 3,1925); chairman, Committee on Appropriations Congress; writer; public relations executive in San Juan; is a (Sixty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomi- resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico. nation in 1924; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and St. Peter, Minn., died in Washington, D.C., July 29, DAVILA, Felix Cordova, a Resident Commissioner from1930; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, St. Peter, Minn. Puerto Rico; born in Vega Baja, P.R., on November 20, 1878; attended the public schools at Manati; came to Washington, DAVIS, Clifford, a Representative from Tennessee; born D.C., and was graduated from National University Lawin Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss., November 18, 1897; School; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commencedmoved with his parents to Memphis, Tenn., in 1911; attend- practice in San Juan, P.R.; judge of the municipal court ofed the public schools of Memphis, and was graduated from Caguas in 1904; judge of the municipal court of Manatithe law department of the University of Mississippi at 1904-1908; renominated as judge, and also as candidate forOxford in 1918; was admitted to the bar in 1918 and com- the Puerto Rico house of representatives; declined bothmenced practice in Memphis, Tenn.; city judge of Memphis nominations; district attorney for the district of Aguadilla in1923-1927; vice mayor and commissioner of public safety of 1908; judge of the district court of Guayama 1908-1910;Memphis 1928-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy- judge of the district court of Arecibo in 1910 and 1911; judgesixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the district court of San Juan 1911-1917; electedas aof Walter C. Chandler; reelected to the Seventy-seventh and Unionist a Resident Commissioner to the United Statesonto the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from Febru- July 16, 1917; reelected in 1920, 1924, and 1928 and servedary 15, 1940, to January 3, 1965; chairman, Special Commit- from August 7, 1917, until his resignation on April 11, 1932, tee on Campaign Expenditures(Eighty-fourth through having been appointed an associate justice of the supremeEighty-eighth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for re-- court of Puerto Rico, in which capacity he served until hisnomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; returned death in Condado, San Juan County, P.R., on December 3,to the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and practiced 1938; interment in Fournier Cemetery, San Juan, P.R. until his death there June 8, 1970; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. DAVIS, Alexander Mathews, a Representative from Vir- ginia; born in Old Mount Airy, Wythe County, Va., January DAVIS, Cushman Kellogg, a Senator from Minnesota; 17, 1833; attended the old field schools and was privatelyborn in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 16, 1838; tutored; was graduated from Emory and Henry College,moved with his parents to Waukesha, Wis.; attended the Emory, Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1854public schools, Carroll College in Waukesha; graduated from and commenced practice in Wytheville, Va.; moved to Inde-the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857; studied pendence, Grayson County, Va.; captain of Company C,law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced prac- Forty-fifth Virginia Infantry, Confederate Army, in 1861;tice in Waukesha; during the Civil War served as first lieu- major in 1862; lieutenant colonel in 1864; captured near thetenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer close of the war and held prisoner on Johnson's Island, LakeInfantry, in 1861 and 1862; assistant adjutant general 1862- Erie; member of the State senate 1869-1871; presented cre- 1864; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1865; member, State dentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-thirdhouse of representatives 1867; United States district attor- Biographies 877 ney 1868-1873; Governor of Minnesota 1874-1875; elected asCounty and afterward of Bourbon County; studied law; was a Republican to the United States Senate in 1886; reelectedadmitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced practice in in 1892 and again in 1898 and served from March 4, 1887,Paris, KY.; member, State house of representatives 1833- until his death on November 27, 1900; chairman, Committee1835; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and to the three on Pensions (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses), Com-succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1847); chair- mittee on Territories (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee onman, Committee on Territories (Twenty-seventh Congress); Foreign Relations (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses);declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1846; resumed member of the commission which met in Paris, France, inthe practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; September 1898 to arrange terms of peace after the wardeclined the nomination for lieutenant governor in 1848; between the United States and Spain; died in St. Paul,declined the American Party nomination for governor in Minn.; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort1855 and for the presidency in 1856; was opposed to seces- Myer, Va. sion and supported the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860; Bibliography: DAB; Coy, Richard. "Cushman K. Davis and American elected as a Unionist in 1861 to the United States Senate to Foreign Policy, 1887-1900." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of John C. Breckin- 1965; Kreuter, Kent. "The Presidency or Nothing: Cushman K. Davis and ridge; reelected as a Democrat in 1867 and served from the Campaign of 1896." Minnesota Histo,y 41 (Fall 1969): 301-16. December 10,1861, until his death in Paris, Bourbon DAVIS, David (cousin of ), a SenatorCounty, Ky., September 22, 1872; chairman, Committee on from Illinois; born near Cecilton, Cecil County, Md., MarchPrivate Land Claims (Forty-second Congress); interment in 9, 1815; attended the public schools of Maryland and wasParis Cemetery. graduated from , Ohio, in 1832; studied law Bibliography: DAB; U.S.Congress. Memorial Addressesfor Garrett in Lenox, Mass., and at the law school in New Haven; wasDavis. 42nd Cong., 3rd sess.,1872-1873. Washington, D.C.: Government admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Printing Office, 1873. Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill.; moved to Bloomington, Ill., in DAVIS, George Royal, a Representative from Illinois; 1836, and continued the practice of law; member, Stateborn in Palmer, Hampden County, Mass., January 3, 1840; house of representatives 1844; delegate to the State constitu-completed classical studies at Williston Seminary, East- tional convention in 1847; judge of the eighth judicial circuithampton, Mass., and was graduated in 1860; studied law; of Illinois 1848-1862; appointed by President Abraham Lin-entered the Union Army in July 1862 and served as captain coln as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of thein the Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, United States 1862-1877, when he resigned to become aand as major in the Third Regiment, Volun- Senator; candidate for nomination for president on the Lib- teer Cavalry; engaged in manufacturing, the insurance busi- eral-Republican ticket in 1872; elected as an Independent toness, and as financial agent at Chicago, Ill.;member of the the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1877,State militia and senior colonel of the First Regiment, Illi- until March 3, 1883; was not a candidate for renomination innois National Guard; elected as a Republican to the Forty- 1882; served as President pro tempore of the Senate duringsixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, the Forty-seventh Congress; retired from public life; died in1879-March 3, 1885); was not a candidate for renomination Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., June 26, 1886; intermentin 1884; resumed his former business pursuits; served as in Evergreen Cemetery. treasurer of Cook County, Ill., 1886-1890; directorgeneral of Bibliography: DAB; King, Willard.Lincoln's Manager: David Davis. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960; Pratt, Harry. "David Davis, the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893; died 1815-1886." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois, 1930. in Chicago, Ill., November 25, 1899; interment in Rosehill Cemetery. DAVIS, Ewin Lamar, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Bedford County, Tenn., February 5, 1876; attended DAVIS, George Thomas, a Representative from Massa- the public schools, Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn., Wool-chusetts; born in Sandwich, Mass., January 12, 1810; was wine School, Tullahoma, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University,graduated from Harvard University in 1829; studied law at Nashville, Tenn., 1895-1897; was graduated from ColumbianCambridge and Greenfield, Mass.; was admitted to the bar in (now George Washington) University Law School, Washing-1832 and commenced practiceinGreenfield, Franklin ton, D.C., in 1899; was admitted to the bar the same yearCounty; established the Franklin Mercury in 1833; member and commenced practice in Tullahoma, Tenn.; delegate to allof the State senate in 1839 and 1840; elected as a Whig to Democratic State conventions 1900-19 10; judge of the sev-the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); enth judicial circuit of Tennessee 1910-1918; chairman of thewas not a candidate for renomination in1852; resumed the district exemption board for the middle district of Tennesseepractice of law in Taunton and Greenfield, Mass.; member of in 1917 and 1918; director of the Traders National Bank ofthe State house of representatives in 1861; moved to Port- Tullahoma 1903-1940; trustee of Tennessee College forland, Maine, where he died June 17, 1877; interment in Women 1906-1939; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixthGreen River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass. and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March DAVIS, Glenn Robert, a Representative from Wisconsin; 3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine andborn on a farm in Vernon, Waukesha County, Wis., October Fisheries (Seventy-second Congress); was an unsuccessful28, 1914; attended the rural schools; was graduated from candidate for renomination in 1932; member of the FederalMukwonago High School in 1930 and from State Teachers Trade Commission from May 23, 1933, until his death, serv-College, Platteville, Wis., B.Ed., 1934; taught high school at ing as chairman in 1935, 1940, and 1945; member of theCottage Grove 1934-1936 and at Waupun 1936-1938; Univer- American National Committee, Third World Power Confer-sity of Wisconsin Law School at Madison, LL.B., now J.D., ence, in 1936; died in Washington, D.C., on October23, 1949; 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced prac- interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn. tice in Waukesha; elected to the State assembly in 1940 and DAVIS, Garrett (brother of Amos Davis), a Representativeserved from January 6, 1941, until his resignation in June and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Mount Sterling, Ky.,1942 to enlist in the United States Navy; served thirty-two September 10,1801; completed preparatory studies; em-months aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific; discharged ployed in the office of the county clerk of Montgomeryas a lieutenant on December 12, 1945;resumed the practice 878 Biographical Directory

of law; Court Commissioner, Wisconsin; delegate, Wisconsin DAVIS, Horace, a Representative from California; born in State Republican conventions, 1938-1942, 1946-1970; dele-Worcester, Mass., March 16,1831; attended the public gate, each Republican National Convention, 1952-1972; elect-schools of Worcester, and Williams College, Williamstown, ed as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress to fill theMass.; was graduated from Harvard University in 1849; vacancy caused by the death of Robert K. Henry; reelectedstudied law in the Dane Law School of Harvard University, to the Eighty-first and to the three succeeding Congressesbut did not engage in professional pursuits by reason of and served from April 22, 1947, to January 3, 1957; did notfailing eyesight; moved to California in 1852 and engaged in seek renomination in 1956, but was unsuccessful for themercantile pursuits; moved to San Francisco in 1860 and Republican nomination for United States Senator;was alsoengaged in the flour-milling business; elected as a Republi- unsuccessful for the senatorial nomination in 1957 to filla vacancy; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republi-can to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, can to the Eighty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congress-1877-March 3, 1881); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in es and served from January 3, 1965, until his resignation1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; resumed his former December 31, 1974; unsuccessful candidate for renominationbusiness pursuits; member of the Republican National Com- in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; consultant, Pottermittee 1880-1888; president of the Chamber of Commerce of International, Inc., 1975-1983; is a resident of Arlington, Va. San Francisco in 1883 and 1884; president of the board of trustees of Stanford University 1885-19 16; president of the DAVIS, Henry Gassaway (brother of Thomas Beall DavisUniversity of California at Berkeley 1887-1890; died in San and grandfather of Davis Elkins), a Senator from West Vir-Francisco, Calif., July 12, 1916; interment in Cypress Lawn ginia; born near Woodstock, Howard County, Md., NovemberCemetery. 16, 1823; attended the country schools; worked on a farm Bibliography: DAB. until 1843; employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. for fourteen years as brakeman and conductor, and later DAVIS, Jack, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chi- had charge of the Piedmont terminal and shops; commencedcago, Ill., September 6, 1935; B.A., Southern Illinois Univer- the banking business and the mining of coal at Piedmont,sity, 1956; served in the U.S. Navy, 1956-1959; operated a W.Va., in 1858; engaged in railroad building and in thesteel warehouse business, 1959-1978; served in the Illinois lumber business; elected to the house of delegates of Westhouse of representatives, 1976-1986; elected as a Republican Virginia in 1865; member, State senate 1868, 1870; elected asto the One Hundredth Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3, a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1871; reelected in1989); is a resident of New Lenox, Ill. 1877 and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3,1883; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1882; chair- DAVIS, Jacob Cunningham, a Representative from Illi- man, Committee on Appropriations (Forty-sixth Congress);nois; born near Staunton, Augusta County, Va., September 16, 1820; attended the common schools and William and settled in Elkins, Randolph County, W.Va., where he re-- sumed his banking and coal mining interests; representedMary College, Williamsburg, Va.; moved to Warsaw, Han- the United States at the Pan American conferences of 1889cock County, Ill., in 1838; studied law; was admitted to the and 1901; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of thebar and commenced practice in Warsaw; clerk of Hancock United States on the Democratic ticket in 1904; chairman ofCounty; appointed circuit clerk in 1841; served in the State the permanent Pan American Railway Committee 1901-senate 1842-1848, and again from 1850 until his resignation 1916; died in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 1916; inter-in 1856, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Demo- ment in Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va. crat to the Thirty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused Bibliography: DAB; Pepper, Charles.The Life and Times of Henryby the resignation of William A. Richardson and served Gassaway Davis. New York: The Century Company, 1920; Williams, Johnfrom November 4, 1856, to March 3, 1857; was not a candi- Alexander. "Davis and Elkins of West Virginia: Businessmen in Politics." date to the Thirty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of Ph.D. dissertation, Yale University, 1967. law in Clark County, Mo.; died in Alexandria, Clark County,

DAVIS, Henry Winter (cousin of David Davis), a Repre-- Mo., December 25, 1883; interment in Mitchell Cemetery, sentative from Maryland; born in Annapolis, Md., Augustnear Alexandria, Mo. 16, 1817; was tutored privately; lived in Alexandria, Va. and Wilmington; returned to Maryland in 1827 with his father, DAVIS, Jacob Erastus, a Representative from Ohio; born who settled in Anne Arundel County; attended Wilmingtonin Beaver Village, Pike County, Ohio, October 31, 1905; at- College in 1826 and 1827; St. John's College, Annapolis, Md.,tended the rural schools; was graduated from Beaver (Ohio) and Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia; was graduated fromHigh School in 1923; Ohio State University at Columbus, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1837; studied law at theA.B., 1927; law department of Harvard University, J.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; was admitted to1930; was admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced prac- the bar and commenced practice in Alexandria, Va.; in 1850tice in Waverly, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Pike County, moved to Baltimore, Md., where he continued the practice ofOhio, 1931-1935; member of the State house of representa- law and also engaged in literary pursuits; elected as thetives 1935-1937, serving as speaker pro tempore and majori- candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourthty floor leader in 1937; common pleas judge of Pike County through Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3,1937-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh 1861); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to theCongress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943); was an unsuc- Thirty-seventh Congress; elected as an Unconditional Union-cessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth ist to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3,Congress; served as a special assistant to the Secretary of 1865); chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Thirty-the Navy in 1943 and 1944; vice president, Kroger Company eighth Congress); co-sponsor of the Wade-Davis bill of 1864;of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1945-1960, president 1961-1970, and was not a candidate for renomination in 1864; died in Balti-chairman of the board until his retirement in 1970; is a more, Md., on December 30, 1865; interment in Greenmountresident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Naples, Fla. Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; Belz, Herman "Henry Winter Davis and the Ori- DAVIS, James Curran, a Representative from Georgia; gins of Congressional Reconstruction." Maryland Historical Magazine 67 born in Franklin, Heard County, Ga., May 17, 1895; attended (Summer 1972): 129-43; Henig, Gerald S. Henry Winter Davis; Antebellum the public schools, Reinhardt College, Waleska, Ga., and and Civil War Congressman From Maryland. New York: Twayne, 1973. Emory College, Oxford, Ga.; studied law; was admitted to the Biographies 879 bar in 1919 and commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga.; duringeducational and organizational work for the Loyal Order of the First World War enlisted in the United States MarineMoose; died in Takoma Park, Md., November 22, 1947; inter- Corps and served from December 24, 1917, until his dis-ment in Uniondale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. charge on January 11, 1919; served as a first lieutenant and Bibliography: DAB; Chapple, Joseph. "Our Jim": A BiographyofJames captain in the Judge Advocate General's Department, Offi- Davis. Boston: Chapple Publishing Company, 1928; Davis, James John. The cers Reserve Corps; resumed the practice of law; member ofIron Paddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What CameofIt. Indian- the State house of representatives from De Kalb County apolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922. 1924-1928; attorney for the Georgia Department of Industri- -DAVIS, Jeff, a Senator from Arkansas; born near Rich- al Relations 1928-1931 and for De Kalb County 1931-1934;mond, Little River County, Ark., May 6, 1862; attended judge of superior courts, Stone Mountain judicial circuit,school in Russeilville, Ark., and was graduated from Vander- 1934-1947; delegate to Democratic National Convention inbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1884; studied law; was 1948; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to theadmitted to the bar in Pope County, Ark., and commenced seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3,practice in Russeilville, Ark.; prosecuting attorney of the 1963); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 tofifth judicial district 1892-1896; attorney general of the State the Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law;1898-1900; Governor of Arkansas 1901-1906; continued the publisher of the Atlanta (Ga.) Times, 1964-1965; member,practice of law at Little Rock, Ark., in 1906; elected as a boards of directors, Salem Campground and De Kaib FederalDemocrat to the United States Senate and served from Savings and Loan Association, Atlanta, Ga., where he re-March 4, 1907, until his death in Little Rock, Ark., January sided until his death there on December 18, 1981; interment3, 1913; chairman, Committee on the Mississippi and its in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga. Tributaries (Sixty-second Congress); interment in Mount DAVIS, James Harvey (Cyclone), a Representative fromHolly Cemetery. Texas; born near -Waihalla, Pickens District, S.C., December Bibliography: DAB; Arsenault, Raymond. "The Wild Ass of the Ozarks: 24, 1853; moved to Texas with his parents, who settled in Jeff Davis and the Social Bases of Southern Demogaguery." Ph.D. disserta- Wood County, near Winnsboro, in1857; attended the tion, Brandeis University, 1981; Jacobson, Charles. The Life StoryofJeff common schools; taught school from 1875 to 1878; electedDavis, the Stormy PetrelofArkansas Politics.Little Rock: Parke-Harper judge of Franklin County in 1878; studied law; was admitted Publishers, 1925. to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Mount DAVIS, Jefferson Finis, a Representative and a Senator Vernon, Tex.; lecturer for the Farmers' Alliance for threefrom Mississippi; born in what is now Fairview, Todd years; engaged in the newspaper-publishing business; presi-County, Ky., June 3, 1808; moved with his parents to a dent of the Texas Press Association 1886-1888; unsuccessfulplantation near Woodville, Wilkinson County, Miss.; attend- Populist candidate for attorney general of Texas in 1892;ed the country schools, St. Thomas College, Washington was influential in the formation of the Populist Party andCounty, Ky., Jefferson College, Adams County, Miss., Wil- served as organizer and committeeman from 1892 to 1900;kinson County Academy, and Transylvania University, Lex- unsuccessful Populist candidate for election in 1894 to theington, KY.; was graduated from the United States Military Fifty-fourth Congress; declined the appointment as superin-Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1828; served in the Black tendent of agriculture for the Philippine Islands in 1914;Hawk War in 1832; promoted to the rank of first lieutenant elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth Congress (March 4,in the First Dragoons in 1833, and served until 1835, when 1915-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for renomina- he resigned; moved tohisplantation,"Brierfield,"in tion in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; returned to his homeWarren County, Miss., and engaged in cotton planting; elect- in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Tex., and engaged ined as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served agricultural pursuits and Chautauqua work; moved to Kauf-from March 4, 1845, until June 1846, when he resigned to man, Tex., in 1935, where he died on January 31, 1940;command the First Regiment of Mississippi Riflemen in the interment in the City Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Tex. war with Mexico; appointed to the UnitedStates Senate to Bibliography: Davis, Cyclone. Memoir. Sherman, Tex.: The Courier Press, fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jesse Speight; subse- 1935. quently was elected and served from August 10, 1847, until DAVIS, James John, a Senator from Pennsylvania; wasSeptember 23, 1851, when he resigned; chairman, Committee born in Tredegar, South Wales, October 27, 1873; immigrat-on Military Affairs (Thirtieth through Thirty-second Con- ed to the United States in 1881 with his parents, who settledgresses); unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1851; ap- in Pittsburgh, Pa., and later moved to Sharon, Pa.; attendedpointed Secretary of War by President Franklin Pierce the public schools and Sharon (Pa.) Business College; appren-1853-1857; again elected as a Democrat to the United States ticed as a puddler in the steel industry when 11 years of age;Senate and served from March 4, 1857, until January 21, moved to Elwood, md., in 1893 and worked in steel and tin-1861, when he withdrew with other secessionist Senators; plate mills; held various offices in the Amalgamated Associa-chairman, Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia tion of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers of America; city clerk of(Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixthCongresses); commissioned Elwood, md., 1898-1902; recorder of Madison County, md.,major general of the State militia in January 1861; chosen 1903-1907; moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1907 and engaged inPresident of the Confederacy by the Provisional Congress organizational work for the Loyal Order of Moose; chairmanand inaugurated in Montgomery, Ala., February 18, 1861; of the Loyal Order of Moose War Relief Commission in 1918elected President of the Confederacy for a term of six years and visited the various camps in the United States, Canada,and inaugurated in Richmond, Va., February 22, 1862; cap- and Europe; appointed Secretary of Labor by Presidenttured by Union troops in Irwinsville, Ga., May 10, 1865; Warren Harding and reappointed by Presidents Calvin Coo-imprisoned in Fortress Monroe, indicted for treason, and lidge and Herbert Hoover 1921-1930, when he resigned,was paroled in the custody of the court in 1867;returned to having been elected Senator; elected as a Republican to theMississippi and spent the remaining years of his life writing; United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the refus- died in New Orleans, La., on December 6, 1889; interment in al of the Senate to seat William S. Vare; reelected in 1932Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment on May and 1938 and served from December 2, 1930, to January 3,31, 1893, in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.; the legal 1945; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944; resumeddisabilities placed upon him were removed, and he was post- 880 Biographical Directory humously restored to the full rights of citizenship, effective1830 to 1833, when he resigned; clerk of the county court December 25, 1868, pursuant to a Joint Resolution of Con-1833-1850; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and gress (Public Law 95-466), approved October 17, 1978. Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); un- Bibliography: DAB; Eaton, Clement. Jefferson Davis. New York: Macmi!- successful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty- lan, 1977; Davis, Jefferson. The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Edited by Has- fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth kell Monroe, James McIntosh, and Lynda Lasswell Crist. 5 vols. to date.Congress and reelected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1971--. the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); DAVIS, John, a Representative and a Senator from Mas-was not a candidate for renomination in 1860 to the Thirty- sachusetts; born in Northboro, Mass., January 13, 1787; at-seventh Congress; engaged in mercantile pursuits and meat tended Leicester Academy, and was graduated from Yalepacking in Montezuma, Parke County, md.; moved to Terre College in 1812; studied law; was admitted to the bar andHaute, md., and engaged in business as a dry-goods mer- commenced practice in Worcester, Mass., in 1815; elected tochant; died in Terre Haute, Ind., on January 18, 1866; inter- the Nineteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses andment in Highland Lawn Cemetery. served from March 4, 1825, to January 14, 1834, when he resigned, having been elected Governor; Governor of Massa- DAVIS, John James (father of John William Davis), a chusetts 1834-1835; elected as a Whig to the United StatesRepresentative from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Va. Senate and served from March 4, 1835, to January 5, 1841,(now West Virginia), May 5, 1835; attended the Northwest- when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Commerceern Virginia Academy at Clarksburg, and was graduated (Twenty-fourth Congress); Governor of Massachusetts 1841-from the Lexington Law School (now the law department of 1843; again elected in 1845 to the United States Senate toWashington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., in 1856; fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isaac C Bates; re-was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in elected in 1847 and served from March 24, 1845, to March 3,Clarksburg, Va.; member of the Virginia house of delegates 1853; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852,in 1861; member of the first convention looking toward the and retired from public life; died in Worcester, Mass., onformation of a new State loyal to the Union, from counties April 19, 1854; interment in the Rural Cemetery. of western Virginia, held April 22, 1861; delegate from Har- Bibliography: DAB. rison County to the June 11, 1861; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1868, DAVIS, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born1876 and 1892; member of the West Virginia house of dele- in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pa., August 7, 1788;gates in 1869 and 1870; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- moved to Maryland and settled on a farm at Rock Creeksecond Congress and reelected as an Independent Democrat

Meeting House in 1795; attended the common schools; re-- turned to Pennsylvania in 1812 and settled in what is nowto the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); Davisville; engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits;was not a candidate for renomination in 1874; resumed the served as captain in the War of 1812; rose to the rank ofpractice of law in Clarksburg, W.Va.; died in Clarksburg, major general of militia; elected as a Democrat to theHarrison County, W.Va., March 19, 1916; interment in Odd Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); un-Fellows Cemetery. successful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty- DAVIS, John Wesley, a Representative from Indiana; seventh Congress; appointed surveyor of the port of Philadel-born in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pa., April 16, 1799; phia by President Polk and served from March 17, 1845, tomoved to Cumberland County, Pa., with his parents, who March 18, 1849; resumed his former business activities; diedsettled near Shippensburg; completed preparatory studies; in Davisville, Pa., April 1, 1878; interment in Davisvillestudied medicine; was graduated from the Baltimore Medical Baptist Church Cemetery, Bucks County, Pa. College in 1821; moved to Carlisle, md., in 1823 and prac- DAVIS, John, a Representative from Kansas; born nearticed medicine; surrogate of Sullivan County 1829-1831; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., August 9, 1826; movedmember of the State house of representatives 183 1-1833 and with his parents to Macon County in 1830; attended theserved as speaker in 1831; commissioner to negotiate an country schools, Springfield Academy, and Illinois College,Indian treaty in 1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty- Jacksonville, Ill.; engaged in agricultural and horticulturalfourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); declined to pursuits near Decatur, Ill.; moved to Kansas in 1872 andbe a candidate for renomination in 1836 because of ill located on a farm near Junction City; secretary of the Cen-health; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress tral Kansas Horticultural Society for many years; elected(March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for president of the first distinctive farmers' convention held inreelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; again a Kansas in 1873, out of which grew the Farmers' Cooperativemember of the State house of representatives 184 1-1843 and Association, of which he was the first president; president ofserved as speaker in 1841; elected as a Democrat to the the Grange convention in 1874; became proprietor and editorTwenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843- of the Junction City Tribune in 1875; unsuccessful candidateMarch 3,1847); chairman, Committee on Public Lands of the for election in 1880 to the Forty-(Twenty-eighth Congress); Speaker of the House of Repre- seventh Congress and in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress;sentatives (Twenty-ninth Congress); was not a candidate for elected as a Populist to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Con-renomination in 1846; appointed by President Polk United gresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candi-States Commissioner to China and served from 1848 to 1851, when his successor was appointed; member of the State date for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; de-- voted his time to literary work until his death in Topeka,house of representatives in 1851, 1852, and again in 1857; Kans., August 1, 1901; interment in Topeka Cemetery. delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852; appointed by President Pierce as Governor of Oregon Terri- DAVIS, John Givan, a Representative from Indiana; borntory and served in 1853 and 1854; member of the Board of near Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., October 10, 1810;Visitors to the United States Military Academy at West moved to Indiana with his parents, who settled in Rockville,Point in 1858; died in Carlisle, Sullivan County, md., August Parke County, in 1819; attended the country schools; en- 22, 1859; interment in the City Cemetery. gaged in agricultural pursuits; sheriff of Parke County from Bibliography: DAB. Biographies 881

DAVIS, John William (son of ), a Repre- died in Louisburg, N.C., August 7, 1892; interment in Oak- sentative from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrisonlawn Cemetery. County, W.Va., April 13,1873; attended various private schools; was graduated from the literary department of DAVIS, Lowndes Henry, a Representative from Missouri; Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1892;born in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., December 13, taught school; reentered the university and was graduated1836; was graduated from Yale Ccllege in 1860 and from the from its law department in 1895; was admitted to the barLouisville University Law School in 1863; admitted to the the same year and commenced practice in Clarksburg,bar and commenced practice in Jackson, Mo.; State attorney W.Va.; professor of law at Washington and Lee Universityfor the tenth judicial district of Missouri 1868-1872; member in 1896 and 1897; resumed the practice of law in Clarksburg,of the State constitutional convention in 1875; member of W.Va., in 1897; member of the State house of delegates inthe State house of representatives 1876-1878; elected as a 1899; delegate to the Democratic National Convention inDemocrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth 1904; president of the West Virginia Bar Association in 1906;Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885); chairman, Com- appointed a member of the West Virginia Commission onmittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury Uniform State Laws in 1909; elected as a Democrat to the(Forty-eighth Congress); engaged in agricultural pursuits Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses and served fromand in stock raising; died in Cape Girardeau, Mo., February March 4, 1911, to August 29, 1913, when he resigned; one of4, 1920; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in DAVIS, Mendel Jackson, a Representative from South 1912 to conduct the impeachment proceedings againstCarolina; born in North Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., Robert W. Archbald, judge of the United States CommerceOctober 23, 1942; attended the North Charleston public Court; Solicitor General of the United States 1913-19 18; ap-schools; B.S., College of Charleston, 1966; J.D., University of pointed Ambassador to the Court of St. James and servedSouth Carolina School of Law, 1970; admitted to the South from November 21, 1918, to March 31, 1921; member of the American delegation for conference with Germany on theCarolina bar in 1970 and commenced practice in North treatment and exchange of prisoners of war, held in Berne,Charleston; district assistant to Congressman L. Mendel Switzerland, in September 1918; honorary bencher of theRivers for ten years; elected as a Democrat, by special elec- Middle Temple, London, England; unsuccessful Democratiction, April 27, 1971, to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the candidate for President of the United States in 1924; dele-vacancy caused by the death of L. Mendel Rivers; reelected gate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932; was ato the four succeeding Congresses and served from April 27, resident of Nassau County, N.Y., and practiced law in New1971, to January 3, 1981; was not a candidate for reelection York City until his death; died in Charleston, S.C., Marchin 1980 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; resumed the practice 24, 1955; interment in Locust Valley Cemetery, Glen Cove, of law; is a resident of North Charleston, S.C. Long Island, N.Y. DAVIS, Noah, a Representative from New York; born in Bibliography: DAB; Harbaugh, William H Lawyer's Lawyer: The Life ofHaverhill, N.H., September 10, 1818; moved with his parents John W. Davis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. to Albion, N.Y., in 1825; attended the common schools and DAVIS, John William, a Representative from Georgia;Lima Seminary, Buffalo, N.Y.; studied law in Lewiston; was born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., September 12, 1916; at-admitted to the bar and practiced in Gainesville and Buffalo; tended the public schools; University of Georgia at Athens,returned to Albion in February 1844, where he continued A.B., 1937 and from the law school of the same university,the practice of law until May 1858; appointed and subse- LL.B., 1939; was admitted to the bar in 1939 and commencedquently twice elected judge of the supreme court for the practice in Rome, Ga.; served in the War Department Head-eighth judicial district, and served from 1857 to 1868; re- quarters from July 1942 to December 1945, and assigned tosumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the the Counter Intelligence Corps, serving for a time in SouthForty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, until America; moved to Summerville, Ga., in 1946 and resumedJuly 15, 1870, when he resigned; appointed by President the practice of law; solicitor general of the Rome CircuitGrant as United States attorney for the southern district of from December 27, 1950 to January 1, 1953; elected judge ofNew York and served from July 20, 1870, until December 31, the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit for six years, and1872, when he resigned, having been elected a judge of the served from January 1, 1955, until his resignation Decembersupreme court of the State, in which position heserved until 31, 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to1887; resumed the practice of law in New York City; the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3,member of the council of the University of the City of New 1975); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1974 toYork (now New York University); died in New York City the Ninety-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; is aMarch 20,1902; interment in Mount Albion Cemetery, resident of St. Simons Island, Ga. Albion, Orleans County, N.Y. Bibliography: DAB. DAVIS, Joseph Jonathan, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., April DAVIS, Reuben, a Representative from Mississippi; born 13, 1828; attended Louisburg Academy, Wake Forest (N.C.)in Winchester, Tenn., January 18, 1813; moved with his College, and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, parents to Alabama about 1818; attended the public schools; Va.; was graduated from the law department of the Univer-studied medicine, but practiced only a few years, when he sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1850; was admittedabandoned the profession; studied law; was admitted to the to the bar the same year and practiced in Oxford, N.C., andbar in 1834 and commenced practice in Aberdeen, Miss.; later in Louisburg, N.C.; served as captain of Company G,prosecuting attorney for the sixth judicial district 1835-1839; Forty-seventh Regiment, Confederate Army, during the Civilunsuccessful Whig candidate for the Twenty-sixth Congress War; member of the State house of representatives 1868-in 1838; judge of the high court of appeals in 1842, but after 1870; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth,four months' service resigned; served as colonel of the and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1881);Second Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers in the war with resumed the practice of law; appointed a justice of the StateMexico; member of the State house of representatives 1855- supreme court in 1887, and subsequentlyelected in 1888;1857; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty- 882 Biographical Directory

sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, to JanuaryMichigan senate,1970-1974; senateRepublicanleader, 12, 1861, when he withdrew; during the Civil War served inMichigan senate, 1974-1978; delegate to Michigan State Re- the Confederate Army as brigadier general; resumed thepublican conventions, 1966-1978; elected as a Republican to practice of law; unsuccessful Greenback candidate for thethe Ninety-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (Jan- Forty-sixth Congress in 1878; died in Huntsville, Ala., Octo-uary 3, 1979-January 3,1989); is a resident of Gaylord, ber 14, 1890; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Aberdeen,Mich. Monroe County, Miss. Bibliography: DAB; Davis, Reuben. Recollections of Mississippi and Mis- DAVIS, Robert Wyche, a Representative from Florida; sissippians. Rev. ed. Hattiesburg: University and Càllege Press of Mississip- born near Albany, Lee County, Ga., March 15, 1849; attend- pi, 1972. ed the common schools; enlisted in 1863 in the Fifth Georgia DAVIS, Richard David, a Representative from New York;Regiment of the Confederate Army, and served until the born at Stiliwater, Saratoga County, N.Y., in 1799; was grad-surrender of his company on April 26, 1865; studied law; was uated from Yale College in 1818; studied law; was admittedadmitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie;Blakeley, Ga.; moved to Florida in 1879 and practiced in elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-Green Cove Springs, Clay County, then in Gainesville, Ala- eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1845); chairman,chua County, and afterward in Palatka, Putnam County; Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-eighth Con-member of the State house of representatives from Clay gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; with-County in 1884 and 1885, serving as speaker the latter year; drew from political and professional life; engaged in agricul-elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the three tural pursuits in Waterford, Saratoga County, N.Y., wheresucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1905); was he died on June 17, 1871; interment in Waterford Ruralnot a candidate for renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Cemetery. Congress; resumed the practice of law in Palatka, and Tampa, Fla.; moved to Gainesville, Fla., in 1914 and served DAVIS, Robert Lee, a Representative from Pennsylvania;as register of the United States land office at Gainesville born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 29, 1893; educated in the1914-1922; editor of the Gainesville Sun; served as mayor of public schools; employed with the Pennsylvania RailroadGainesville in 1924 and 1925; resumed the practice of law in 19 10-1932; during the First World War served as a junior1928; died in Gainesville, Fla., September 15, 1929; inter- lieutenant in the United States Navy; assistant executivement in Evergreen Cemetery. director of the Republican central campaign committee of Philadelphia 1928-1932; director of the Republican city com- DAVIS, Roger, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born mittee 1932-1935; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-in Charlestown Village, Chester County, Pa., October 2, second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation1762; studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania of George A. Welsh and served from November 8, 1932, toand commenced practiceabout1785inCharlestown; March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for election to the Seven-member of the State house of representatives 1809-1811; ty-third Congress in 1932; paymaster and stock analyst withelected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Con- the Dupont Co. at Philadelphia, Pa., 1940-1946; real-estategresses (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1815); resumed the practice broker in Ocean City, N.J. of medicine in Charlestown, where he died November 20, DAVIS, Robert Thompson, a Representative from Massa-1815; interment in Great Valley Presbyterian Churchyard. chusetts; born in County Down, Ireland, August 28, 1823; DAVIS, Samuel, a Representative from Massachusetts; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who set-born in Bath, Maine (until 1820 a district of Massachusetts), tled in Amesbury, Essex County, Mass., in 1826; attendedin 1774; engaged in mercantile pursuits; became a shipowner the Amesbury Academy and the Friends' School in Provi-in 1801; member of the Massachusetts house of representa- dence, R.I.; was graduated from the medical department oftives in 1803 and 1808-1812; overseer of Bowdoin College Harvard University in 1847; dispensary physician in Boston;1813-1818; president of the Lincoln Bank, Bath, Maine, in practiced medicine in Waterville, Maine; moved to Fall1813; elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress River, Mass., in 1850; member of the State constitutional(March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); again a member of the Mas- convention in 1853; served in the State senate 1859-1861;sachusetts house of representatives in 1815 and 1816; mer- delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1860,chant in African and West Indian trade; died in Bath, 1876, and 1900; member of the State board of charities whenMaine, April 20, 1831; interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. organized in 1863; appointed a member of the State board of health upon its organization in 1869; mayor of Fall River in DAVIS, Thomas, a Representative from Rhode Island; 1873; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-born in Dublin, Ireland, December 18, 1806; attended private ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3,schools; immigrated to the United States and located in 1889); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; re-Providence, R.I., in 1817; engaged in manufacturing jewelry; sumed the practice of medicine at Fall River and also en-member of the State senate 1845-1853; elected as a Demo- gaged in the cotton manufacturing industry; died at Fallcrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, River, Mass., October 29, 1906; interment in Oak Grove Cem-1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the etery. Thirty-fourth Congress; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirty- DAVIS, Robert William, a Representative from Michigan;sixth, Forty-second, Forty-third, and Forty-sixth Congresses; born in Marquette, Marquette County, Mich., July 31, 1932;again served in the State senate in 1877 and 1878; member attended the public schools in Mackinac County; graduatedof the State house of representatives 1887-1890; member of from LaSalle High School, St. Ignace, 1950; attended North-the Providence school committee; died in Providence, R.I., ern Michigan University, 1950 and 1952; Hilisdale College,July 26, 1895; interment in Swan Point Cemetery. 1951-1952; B.S., College of Mortuary Science, Wayne State University, 1954; funeral director, the Davis Funeral Home, DAVIS, Thomas Beall (brother of ), St. Ignace, 1954-1966; councilman, St. Ignace City Council,a Representative from West Virginia; born in Baltimore, 1964-1966; State representative, 1966-1970; majority whip,Md., April 25, 1828; moved to Howard County, Md., where he Biographies 883 attended the common schools; moved to Piedmont, Va. (now DAVIS, Warren Ransom, a Representative from South West Virginia), in 1854 and entered the employ of the Balti-Carolina; born in Columbia, S.C., May 8, 1793; pursued pre-- more & Ohio Railroad Co.; a few years later he moved toparatory studies; was graduated from South Carolina College Keyser and engaged in the mercantile business, lumbering,(now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1810; banking, mining, and fmally the building of railroads;studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1814 and practiced member of the Democratic State executive committee 1876-in Pendleton, S.C.; State solicitor of the western circuit 1907; member of the State house of delegates 1898-1900;1818-1824; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill theTwenty-first Congresses; reelected as a Nullifier to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alston G. Dayton andTwenty-secondthroughTwenty-fourthCongressesand served from June 6, 1905, to March 3, 1907; was not aserved from March 4, 1827, until his death in Washington, candidate for reelection in 1906; resumed agricultural pur-D.C., on January 29, 1835, before the opening of the Twenty- suits and coal mining; died in Keyser, Mineral County,fourth Congress; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary W.Va., November 26, 1911; interment in Maplewood Ceme-(Twenty-second Congress); interment in the Congressional tery, Elkins, W.Va. Cemetery. DAVIS, Thomas Terry, a Representative from Kentucky; DAVIS, William Morris, a Representative from Pennsyl- studied law; was admitted to the Kentucky bar on June 28,vania; born in Keene Valley, Essex County, N.Y., August 16, 1789, and commenced the practice of law in Mercer County,1815; moved to Pennsylvania and became a sugar refiner in KY.; served as deputy attorney for the Commonwealth andPhiladelphia; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh the first prosecuting attorney for his district; member of theCongress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); died in Keene State house of representatives 1795-1797; elected as a Re-Valley, N.Y., August 5, 1891; interment in Friends Fair Hill publican to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses (MarchBurial Ground, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 4, 1797-March 3, 1803); was appointed United States judge of February 8, 1803, and served as chancellor DAVISON, George Mosby, a Representative from Ken- of Indiana Territory from March 1, 1806, until his death;tucky; born in Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky., March 23, died in Jeffersonville, Clark County, md., on November 15,1855; attended the common schools, Stanford Academy, and 1807. Meyers Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Stanford, KY.; appointed DAVIS, Thomas Treadwell (grandson of Thomas Tred-collector of internal revenue for the sixth Kentucky district well), a Representative from New York; born in Middlebury,and served from July 20, 1885, to June 30, 1889; appointed Addison County, Vt., August 22, 1810; moved to New Yorkmaster of chancery or commissioner of the Lincoln circuit in 1817 with his parents, who settled in Clinton, Oneidacourt in 1886, and served until 1893, when he resigned; County; attended the Clinton (N.Y.) Academy, and was grad-member of the State house of representatives 1886-1888; uated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1831; movedjudge of the Lincoln County Court 1894-1896; elected as a to Syracuse, Onondaga County, in 1831; studied law; wasRepublican to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897-March admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Syracuse; was also interested in railroading and coal mining;Fifty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; assistant elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress and re-- United States attorney for the eastern district of Kentucky elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March1900-1910; retired from public life; died in Stanford, Ky., 4, 1863-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomina- tion in 1866; resumed the practice of law in Syracuse; died inDecember 18, 1912; interment in Buffalo Springs Cemetery. Washington, D.C., May 2, 1872; remains were cremated and DAVY, John Madison, a Representative from New York; the ashes deposited in Oakwood Cemetery. born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 29, 1835; moved to DAVIS, Timothy, a Representative from Iowa; born inNew York with his parents, who settled near Rochester, Newark, N.J., March 29, 1794; attended the public schools;Monroe County, in 1835; attended the common schools and moved to Kentucky in 1816; studied law; was admitted to thethe Monroe Academy, East Henrietta, N.Y.; served in the bar and practiced; moved to Missouri and engaged in theUnion Army during the Civil War as a first lieutenant in practice of law, and later, in 1837, moved to Dubuque, Iowa,Company G, One Hundred and Eighth Regiment, Volunteer and continued the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate forInfantry, in 1862 and 1863; studied law in Rochester; was election in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress; elected as aadmitted to the bar in 1863 and commenced practice in Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-Rochester, N.Y.; district attorney of Monroe County 1868- March 3, 1859); resumed the practice of his profession and1872; collector of customs for the port of Genesee from 1872 also engaged in business activities in Dubuque; was alsountil his resignation in 1875; elected as a Republican to the interested in merchant milling at Elkader, Iowa, Galesville,Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuc- Wis., and Pickwick, Minn.; died in Elkader, Clayton County,cessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Iowa, on April 27, 1872; interment in Elkader Cemetery.Congress; resumed the practice of law; elected justice of the supreme court of New York and servedfrom January 1, DAVIS, Timothy, a Representative from Massachusetts;1889, until his retirement in 1905; again resumed the prac- born in Gloucester, Mass., April 12,1821; attended thetice of law; died in Atlantic City, N.J., April 21, 1909; inter- public schools; served two years in a printing office; engagedment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. in mercantile pursuits in Boston; member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871; elected as the candidate DAWES, Beman Gates (son of and brother of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and asof Vice President Charles Gates Dawes), a Representative a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress(March 4, 1855-from Ohio; born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, Jan- March 3, 1859); delegate to the Republican National Conven-uary 14, 1870; attended the common schoolsand Marietta tion in 1860; appointed assistant appraiser in the BostonAcademy and College, Marietta, Ohio; engaged in agricul- customhouse in 1861; engaged in the prosecution of claimstural pursuits and engineering and became interested in against the Government; died in Boston, Mass., on Octoberpublic utilities; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth 23, 1888; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. and Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1909); after 884 Biographical Directory his retirement from Congress became interested in thepro-Indians in the Indian Territory 1893-1903; died in Pittsfield, duction of oil and the building of electric railways; founderMass., February 5, 1903; interment in Pittsfield Cemetery. of the Dawes Arboretum, an endowed institution dedicated Bibliography: DAB; Arcanti, Steven J. "To Secure the Party: Henry L to the education of youth; in 1914 was elected president and Dawes and the Politics of Reconstruction." Historical Journal of Western chairman of the board of directors of the Pure Oil Co., and Massachusetts 5 (Spring1977):33-45; Nicklason, Fred H. "The Early was a member of the executive committee at time of death; Career of Henry L. Dawes, 1816-1871." Ph.D. dissertation, Yale University, died in Newark, Ohio, May 15, 1953; interment in Dawes 1967. Mausoleum, Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio. DAWES, Rufus (father of Vice President Charles Gates Dawes and Beman Gates Dawes), a Representative from DAWES, Charles Gates (son of Rufus Dawes and brotherOhio; born in Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, July 4, 1838; of Beman Gates Dawes), a Vice President of the Unitedattended the common schools, and was graduated from Mari- States; born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, Augustetta College, Ohio, in 1860; during the Civil War volunteered 27, 1865; attended the common schools; was graduated fromon April 25, 1861, and was chosen captain of Company K, Marietta College in 1884 and from the Cincinnati LawSixth Wisconsin Regiment, in the Army of the Potomac; School in 1886; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and prac-appointed major June 21, 1862, lieutenant colonel March 24, ticed in Lincoln, Nebr., 1887-1894; interested in public utili-1863, colonel on July 6, 1864, and brevet brigadier general ties and banking 1894-1897; Comptroller of the Currency,March 13, 1865; after the close of the war engaged in the United States Treasury Department 1898-1901; unsuccessfulwholesale lumber business in Marietta, Ohio; elected as a candidate for the United States Senate in 1902; during theRepublican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881- First World War was commissioned major, lieutenant colo-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 nel, and brigadier general of the Seventeenth Engineers;to the Forty-eighth Congress; resumed the wholesale lumber served with the American Expeditionary Forces as chief ofbusiness in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, and died supply procurement and was a member of the Liquidationthere August 2, 1899; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. Commission, War Department; resigned from the Army DAWSON, Albert Foster, a Representative from Iowa; 1919; upon the creation of the Bureau of the Budget wasborn in Spragueville, Jackson County, Iowa, January 26, appointed its first Director in 1921; appointed to the Allied1872; attended the public schools and the University of Wis- Reparations Commission in 1923; for his work on a programconsin at Madison; engaged in newspaper work at Preston, to enable Germany to restore and stabilize its economy,Iowa, in 1891 and 1892 and at Clinton, Iowa, from 1892 to shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925; elected on November1894; secretary to Representative George M. Curtis and Sen- 5, 1924, Vice President of the United States on the Republi-ator William B. Allison of Iowa 1895-1905; studied finance at can ticket with President and was inaugu-George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; elected as rated March 4, 1925, for the term ending March 3, 1929;a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Con- Ambassador to Great Britain 1929-1932; resumed the bank-gresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911); declined the candida- ing business and was chairman of the board of the Citycy for renomination in 1910 and also an appointment as National Bank and Trust Co., Chicago, Ill., from 1932 untilprivate secretary to President William H. Taft tendered in his death in Evanston, Ill., April 23, 1951; interment in1910; president of the First National Bank of Davenport, Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. Iowa, 19 11-1929; executive secretary of the Republican Na- Bibliography: DAB; Dawes, Charles. Notes As Vice President, 1928-1929. tional Senatorial Committee in 1930; public utility executive Boston: Little, Brown, 1935; Timmons, Bascom N. Charles G. Dawes: Por- 193 1-1945; retired from business activities and resided in trait of an American. 1953. Reprint. New York: Garland Publishers, 1979. Highland Park, Ill., until his death March 9, 1949, on a train DAWES, Henry Laurens, a Representative and a Senatoras it neared Cincinnati, Ohio; interment in Preston Ceme- from Massachusetts; born in Cummington, Mass., Octobertery, Preston, Iowa. 30, 1816; attended the common schools and received private DAWSON, John, a Delegate and a Representative from instruction in preparatory studies; was graduated from YaleVirginia; born in that State in 1762; was graduated from College in 1839; became a teacher and edited the GreenfieldHarvard University in 1782; studied law; was admitted to Gazette and the North Adams Transcript; studied law; wasthe bar, and practiced; member of the State house of dele- admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice ingates 1786-1789; Member of the Continental Congress in North Adams, Mass.; member, State house of representa-1788; delegate to the State convention in 1788 that ratified tives 1848-1849, 1852; member, State senate 1850; member ofthe Federal Constitution; elected privy councilor December the State constitutional convention in 1853; district attorney16, 1789; elected as a Republican to the Fifth and to the for the western district of Massachusetts 1853-1857; electedeight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1797, to the Thirty-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congressesuntil his death; chairman, Committee on District of Colum- (March 4, 1857-March 3,1875); chairman, Committee onbia (Thirteenth Congress); was the bearer of dispatches from Elections (Thirty-seventh through Fortieth Congresses), Com-President John Adams to the Government of France in 1801; mittee on Appropriations (Forty-first Congress), Committeeserved as aide to Gen. Jacob Brown and to Gen. Andrew on Ways and Means (Forty-second and Forty-third Congress-Jackson in the War of 1812; died in Washington, D.C., es); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1874; electedMarch 31, 1814; interment in the Congressional Cemetery. as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1875; reelect- Bibliography: DAB. ed in 1881 and again in 1887, and served from March 4, DAWSON, John Bennett, a Representative from Louisi- 1875, to March 3, 1893; declined to be a candidate for reelec-ana; born near Nashville, Tenn., March 17, 1798; attended tion in 1893; chairman, Committee on Public Buildings andCentre College, Danville, KY.; moved to Louisiana and Grounds (Forty-fifth Congress), Committee on Indian Affairsbecame a planter and was also interested in the newspaper (Forty-seventh through Fifty-second Congresses); settled inbusiness; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Louisiana Pittsfield, Mass.; chairman of the commission created to ad-in 1834; member of the State house of representatives; elect- minister the tribal affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes ofed brigadier general of militia and a few days afterward was Biographies 885 elected major general; judge of the parish court; elected as aCongress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John DemocrattotheTwenty-seventh,Twenty-eighth,andCoffee; reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty- Twenty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1841,sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from No- until his death in St. Francisville, La., on June 26, 1845;vember 7, 1836, to November 13, 1841, when he resigned; while a Member of the House was appointed postmaster atchairman, Committee on Mileage (Twenty-fifth Congress), New Orleans, La., April 10, 1843, and served until his suc-Committee on Claims (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee cessor was appointed December 19, 1843; interment in Grace on Military Affairs (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful Episcopal Churchyard. candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1841; judge of the DAWSON, John Littleton, a Representative from Pennsyl-Ocmulgee circuit court 1845; elected as a Whig to the United vania; born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., February 7,States Senate and served from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1813; moved with his parents to Brownsville, Pa., in early1855; chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Thirty- youth; was graduated from Washington (Pa.) College in 1833;second Congress); presided over the Southern convention at studied law; was admitted to the bar September 9, 1835, andMemphis in 1853; died in Greensboro, Ga., on May 5, 1856; commenced practice in Brownsville, Pa.; deputy attorneyinterment in Greensboro Cemetery. general of Fayette County in 1838; delegate to the Democrat- Bibliography: DAB; Mellichamp, Josephine. "William Dawson." In Sena- ic National Conventions in 1844, 1848, 1860, and 1868; to,From Georgia. pp. 127-30. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers, United States district attorney for the western district of Inc., 1976. Pennsylvania 1845-1848; unsuccessful candidate for election DAWSON, William Johnson, a Representative from North in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress; elected as a Democrat toCarolina; born near Edenton, Chowan County, N.C.; member the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4,of the State house of commons in 1791; served as a member 1851-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on Agricultureof the committee appointed in 1791 to fix a permanent place (Thirty-third Congress); declined to be a candidate for re-for the seat of government of North Carolina; elected to the nomination in 1854; appointed Governor of Kansas TerritoryThird Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1795); died in Bertie by President Pierce, but declined the office; elected to theCounty, N.C., in 1798. Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863-

March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomination; re-- DAWSON, William Levi, a Representative from Illinois; tired from public life and resided on his estate, "Friendshipborn in Albany, Dougherty County, Ga., April 26, 1886; at- Hill," in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pa., untiltended the public schools and Kent College of Law, Chicago, his death there on September 18, 1870; interment in ChristIll.; was graduated from Albany (Ga.) Normal School in 1905, Episcopal Churchyard, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa. Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1909, and Northwest- ern University Law School, Evanston, Ill.; during the First DAWSON, William, a Representative from Missouri; bornWorld War served overseas as a first lieutenant with the in New Madrid, New Madrid County, Mo., March 17, 1848; Three Hundred and Sixty-fifth Infantry 1917-1919; was ad- was graduated from Christian Brothers' College, St. Louis,mitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice in Chica- Mo., in 1869; elected sheriff and collector of New Madridgo, Ill.; State central committeeman for theFirst Congres- County in 1870 and 1872; served as a member of the Statesional District of Illinois 1930-1932; alderman for the second house of representatives 1878-1884; elected as a Democrat toward of Chicago 1933-1939 and Democratic committeeman the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3,1887); since 1939; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886; engaged into the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from Janu- the land business in New Madrid, Mo.; served as clerk of the 1970, in Chicago, circuit court of New Madrid County 19 15-1927; died in Newary 3, 1943, until his death November 9, Madrid, Mo., October 12, 1929; interment in Evergreen Cem-Ill.; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive De-- partments (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses), Com- etery. mittee on Government Operations (Eighty-fourth through DAWSON, William Adams, a Representative from Utah;Ninety-first Congresses); cremated; ashes placed in COlumba- born in Layton, Davis County, Utah, November 5, 1903;rium in Griffin Funeral Home, Chicago, Ill. attended the public schools; was graduated from the law Bibliography: Wilson, James Q. "Two Negro Politicians: An Interpreta- department of the University of Utah at Salt Lake City in tion." Midwest Journal of Political Science 4 (November 1960): 346-69 1926; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced DAY, Rowland, a Representative from New York; born in practice in Salt Lake City; county attorney of Davis CountyChester, Mass., March 6, 1779; moved, with his parents to 1926-1934; mayor of Layton 1935-1939; member of the StateSkaneateles, N.Y., in 1805, and from thence to Moravia, senate 1940-1944; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); unsuccessfulN.Y., in 1810; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served in the candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress;State assembly in 1816 and 1817; member of the convention elected to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifthto revise the constitution of the State of New York in 1821; Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1959); unsuccessfulheld several local offices in Sempronius, where he resided; candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress;elected to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, vice president of Zions First National Bank, 1959-1969; was1825); elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, until his death on No- (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); resumed mercantile pursuits; vember 7, 1981; interment in Kaysviule Cemetery, Kaysville,died in Moravia, Cayuga County, N.Y., December 23, 1853; Utah. interment in Indian Cemetery. DAWSON, William Crosby, a Representative and a Sena- DAY, Stephen Albion, a Representative from Illinois; born tor from Georgia; born in Greensboro, Greene County, Ga.,in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, July 13, 1882; attended the January 4, 1798; attended the common schools; was graduat-public schools at Canton, the University School at Cleveland, ed from Franklin College, Athens, Ga., in 1816; studied law;Ohio, and Asheville (N.C.) School; was graduated from the was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice inUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1905; secretary to Greensboro, Ga.; member, State house of representatives; Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the Supreme Court of the elected as a State Rights candidate to the Twenty-fourthUnited States 1905-1907; studied law at the University of 886 Biographical Directory

Michigan; was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commencedcember 12, 1778, in place of John Neilson, but declined May practice in Cleveland, Ohio; moved to Evanston, Ill., in 190825, 1779; was in active service until the discharge of the New and continued the practice of law in Chicago, Ill.; specialJersey Line on November 3, 1783; promoted to brigadier counsel to the Comptroller of the Currency 1926-1928;general January 8, 1783; returned to Elizabethtown and op- author; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh anderated a general store; major general of militia; recorder of Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3,1941-January3, Elizabethtown in 1789; member of State general assembly 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the1791-1792 and 1794-1796; mayor of Elizabethtown 1796- Seventy-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Ev-1805; president of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati; anston, Ill., where he died January 5, 1950; interment indied in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., October 22, Memorial Park, Skokie, 111. 1807; interment in a vault in the First Presbyterian Church- DAY, Timothy Crane, a Representative from Ohio; bornyard. in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 8, 1819; attended the public DAYTON, Jonathan (son of Elias Dayton), a Delegate, a schools; printer and engraver 1838-1840; engaged in literaryRepresentative, and a Senator from New Jersey; born in pursuits; became one of the editors and proprietors of theElizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., October 16, 1760; was Cincinnati Enquirer in 1849; disposed of his interests in thatgraduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton paper in 1852 and made a tour of Europe; elected as aUniversity) in 1776; studied law; was admitted to the bar; Republican to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-during the Revolutionary War served in the Third and later March 3, 1857); declined renomination in 1856 because of illthe Second New Jersey Regiment of the Continental Army health and retired from active business; died in Cincinnati,1776-1783, attaining the rank of captain; taken prisoner at Ohio, April 15, 1869; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.Elizabethtown, N.J., and later exchanged; member, State DAYAN, Charles, a Representative from New York; borngeneral assembly 1786-1787, 1790, and served as speaker in in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., July 8, 1792; at-1790; delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in tended the common schools and was tutored privately; was1787 and signed the Constitution; Delegate to the Continen- graduated from Lowville Academy, Lewis County, N.Y.; en-tal Congress 1787-1788; member, State council 1790; elected gaged in teaching; commissioned a lieutenant colonel in theto the Second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March War of 1812; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 18174, 1791-March 3, 1799); Speaker of the House of Representa- and practiced in Lowville; member of the State senate intives (Fourth and Fifth Congresses); chairman, Committee 1827 and 1828 and served as president pro tempore in theon Elections (Third Congress); was not a candidate for re- latter year; acting Lieutenant Governor from October 17 tonomination in 1798, having become a candidate for the December 31, 1828; supreme court commissioner 1830-1838;United States Senate; elected as a Federalist to the United elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second CongressStates Senate and served from March 4, 1799, to March 3, (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); member of the State assem-1805; was arrested in 1807 on the charge of conspiring with bly in 1835 and 1836; master and examiner in chancery forAaron Burr in treasonable projects; subsequently released several years, terminating in 1838; district attorney forand never brought to trial; member, New Jersey assembly Lewis County 1840-1845; retired from public life because of1814-1815; died in Elizabethtown, N.J., October 9, 1824; in- ill health, but continued the practice of law for a number ofterment in a vault in St. John's Churchyard; the city of years; died in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., December 25,Dayton, Ohio, was named for him. 1877; interment in Lowville Rural Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. DAYTON, Aiston Gordon, a Representative from West DAYTON, William Lewis, a Senator from New Jersey; Virginia; born in Philippi, Va. (now West Virginia), Octoberborn in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N.J., February 17, 18, 1857; attended the public schools, and was graduated1807; attended Trenton (N.J.) Academy and was graduated from the University of' West Virginia at Morgantown infrom the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) June 1878; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1878 andin 1825; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Philippi; appointed to fill an unex-commenced practice in Freehold, N.J.; member, State coun- pired term as prosecuting attorney of Upshur County,cil 1837-1838: associate judge of the State supreme court W.Va., in 1879; prosecuting attorney for Barbour County1838- 1841, when he resigned; appointed and subsequently 1882-1886; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and toelected as a Wlhig to the United States Senate to fill the the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,vacancy caused by the death of Samuel L. Southard; reelect- 1895, until his resignation March 16, 1905, to accept a judi-ed in 1845 and served from July 2, 1842, to March 3, 1851; cial position; appointed United States district judge for theunsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee northern district of West Virginia on March 5, 1905, andon Public Buildings (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth served until his death in Battle Creek, Mich., on July 30,Congresses), Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-eighth 1920; interment in Fraternity Cemetery, Philippi, BarbourCongress); resumed the practice of law; nominated in 1856 County, W.Va. by the Republican Party as its candidate for vice president DAYTON, Elias (father of Jonathan Dayton), a Delegateon the ticket with John C. Frémont; attorney general of New from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth),Jersey 1857-1861; appointed Minister to France on March N.J., May 1, 1737; apprenticed as a mechanic; completed18, 1861, and served until his death in Paris, December 1, preparatory studies; lieutenant of militia March 19, 1756, 1864; interment in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J. and captain March 19, 1760; served in the "Jersey Blues" Bibliography: DAB. under Wolfe at Quebec and against Pontiac near Detroit; DEAL, Joseph Thomas, a Representative from Virginia; proprietor of a general store at Elizabethtown, N.J.; alder-born near Surry, Va., November 19, 1860; attended the man; member of committee to enforce measures recommend-public schools; was graduated from Virginia Military Insti- ed by Continental Congress, and on October 26, 1775, becametute at Lexington in 1882; engaged in civil engineering and one of Essex County's four muster-masters; commissioned alumber manufacturing in Surry County in 1883; moved to colonel of the third battalion of the New Jersey Line onNorfolk, Va., in 1891; chairman of the Improvement Board January 10, 1776; elected to the Continental Congress De-of Norfolk 1905-19 10; delegate to the Democratic National Biographies 887

Convention in 1908; member of the State house of delegates DEAN, Sidney, a Representative from Connecticut; born 1910-1912; served in the State senate in 1919; elected as ain Glastonbury, Conn., November 16, 1818; attended the Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeedingcommon schools and Wilbraham and Suffield Academies; Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1929); was an unsuccess-minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1843 to ful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Con-1853, when he retired from the ministry because of impaired gress; resumed his activities in the lumber business until hishealth;engaged in manufacturinginPutnam, Conn.; death in Norfolk, Va., on March 7, 1942; interment in Forestmember of the Connecticut house of representatives in 1854 Lawn Cemetery. and 1855; elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the DEAN, Benjamin, a Representative from Massachusetts;Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); chair- born in Clitheroe, England, August 14, 1824; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Lowell,man, Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-fourth Con- Mass.; attended Lowell schools, and Dartmouth College,gress); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1858; Hanover, N.H.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1845in 1860 reentered the ministry, with pastorates in Pawtuck- and commenced practice in Lowell; moved to Boston in 1852et, Providence, and finally in Warren, R.I.; during the period and continued the practice of law; served in the State senate1865-1880 engaged as editor of the Providence Press, Provi- in 1862, 1863, and 1869; member of the common councildence Star, and Rhode Island Press; served in the Rhode 1865-1866 and 1872-1873; successfully contested as a Demo-Island senate in 1870 and 1871; engaged in literary pursuits crat the election of Waibridge A. Field to the Forty-fifthand lecturing; died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., Oc- Congress and served from March 28, 1878, to March 3, 1879;tober 29, 1901; interment in South Cemetery, Warren, R.I. was not a candidate for renomination in 1878 to the Forty- Bibliography: DAB. sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Boston; DEANE, Charles Bennett, a Representative from North member of the board of park commissioners for severalCarolina; born in Ansonville Township, Anson County, N.C., years and served as chairman; died in South Boston, Mass.,November 1, 1898; attended Pee Dee Academy, Rockingham, April 9, 1897; interment in Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.N.C., and Trinity Park School, Durham, N.C., 1918-1920; DEAN, Ezra, a Representative from Ohio; born in Hills-was graduated from the law department of Wake Forest dale, Columbia County, N.Y., April 9, 1795; attended the(N.C.) College in 1923; was admitted to the bar the same common schools; in the War of 1812 was appointed ensign inyear and commenced practice in Rockingham, N.C.;register the Eleventh Regiment of United States Infantry April 17,of deeds of Richmond County 1926-1934; attorney in the 1814; commissioned lieutenant October 1, 1814, for meritori-Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, Washington, ous conduct at the sortie of Fort Erie; at the close of the warD.C., in 1938 and 1939; in 1940 engaged in administrative was placed in command of a revenue cutter on Lake Cham-law and in the general insurance business; served as chair- plain; resigned to study law; was admitted to the bar inman of the Richmond County Democratic executivecommit- Plattsburg, N.Y., in 1823; settled in Wooster, Ohio in 1824tee 1932-1946; trustee of Wake Forest College; elected as a and commenced the practice of law; postmaster of WoosterDemocrat to the Eightieth and to the four succeeding Con- 1828-1832; president judge of the court of common pleasgresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1957); was an unsuccess- 1834-1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh andful candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1845);Congress; died in Rockingham, N.C., November 24, 1969; chairman, Committee on the Militia (1'wenty-eighth Con-interment in Eastside Cemetery. gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; re- DEANE, Silas, a Delegate from Connecticut; born in sumed the practice of law in Wooster; moved to Ironton, Groton, Conn., December 24, 1737; received a classical train- Ohio, in 1867, and died there January 25, 1872; interment ining, and was graduated from Yale College, New Haven, Woxlland Cemetery. Conn., in 1758; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1761 DEAN, Gilbert, a Representative from New York; born inand commenced practice in Wethersfield, Conn., afterward Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co'inty, N.Y., August 14, 1819;engaged in mercantile pursuits in the same town; deputy of attended the common schools and Amenia Seminary, Dut-the general assembly 1768-1775; Member of the Continental chess County, N.Y.; was graduated from Yale College inCongress 1774-1776; ordered to France in March 1776 as a 1841; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commencedsecret political and financial agent, and in September was

practice in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1844; elected as a Demo-- commissioned as Ambassador with Franklin and Lee; negoti- crat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses andated and signed the treaty between France and the United

served from March 4, 1851, to July 3, 1854, when he re-- States in Paris on February 6, 1778; personally secured the signed; appointed justice of the supreme court of New Yorkservices of Lafayette, De Kaib, and other foreign officers; on June 26, 1854, to fill a vacancy, and serveduntil Decem-recalled in 1778 and investigated by Congress for fmancial ber 31, 1855; moved to New York City in 1856 and continued misconduct; returned to Europe to secure documents for his the practice of law; died in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., October 12,defense; died on board ship sailing from Gravesend to 1870; interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery, PleasantBoston, September 23,1789; interment in St. Leonard's Valley, N.Y.; reinterment in Portland Evergreen Cemetery,Churchyard in Deal, on the Kentish coast, England; in 1842 Brocton, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Congress voted to pay his heirs a restitution. Bibliography: DAB; James, Coy H. "The Revolutionary Career of Silas DEAN, Josiah, a Representative from Massachusetts; bornDeane." Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University, 1956; Deane, Silas. in Raynham, Mass, March 6, 1748; attended the common The Deane Papers. 5 vols. Edited by Charles Isham. New York: New-York schools; engaged in the rolling-mill and shipbuilding busi- Historical Society, 1886-90. ness; selectman in 1781; town clerk in1805; served in the State senate 1804-180?; elected as a Republican to the Tenth DEAR, Cleveland, a Representative from Louisiana; born Congress (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1809); member of thein Sugartown, Beauregard Parish, La., August 22, 1888; at- State house of representatives in 1810 and 1811; resumed histended the public schools; was graduated from Louisiana former business pursuits; died in Raynham, Mass., OctoberState University at Baton Rouge in 1910 and from its law 14, 1818; interment in Pleasant Street Cemetery. department in 1914; was admitted to the bar in 1914 and 888 Biographical Directory commenced practice in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La.;1843; mayor of Roxbury 1847-1851; president of the Massa- during the First World War was, appointed a second lieuten-chusetts Horticultural Society; author of many books; died ant of Field Artillery on August 15, 1917; promoted to firstin Portland, Maine, on July 29, 1851; interment in Forest lieutenant and served in the ammunition train of the FieldHills Cemetery, Roxbury, Mass. Artillery in the Eighty-seventh and One Hundred and Elev- Bibliography: DAB. enth Divisions until his discharge on December 14, 1918; served as district attorney of the ninth judicial district of DE ARMOND, David Albaugh, a Representative from Louisiana from 1920 until his resignation in 1933, havingMissouri; born in Altoona, Blair County, Pa., on March 18, been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sev-1844; attended the public schools and Williamsport Dickin- enty-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-son Seminary; moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1866; studied January 3, 1937); chairman, Committee on Elections No. 1law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced prac- (Seventy-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomina-tice in Davenport; moved to Missouri in 1869 and settled in tion in 1936, but was an unsuccessful candidate for theGreenfield, Dade County; member of the State senate 1879- gubernatorial nomination; resumed the practice of law; ap-1883; Missouri Supreme Court commissioner in 1884; judge pointed judge of the ninth judicial district court of Louisianaof the twenty-second judicial circuit of Missouri 1886-1890; in 1941 to fill an unexpired term and was elected in 1942elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the nine and again in 1948 and served until his death in Alexandria,succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until La., December 30, 1950; interment in Greenwood Memorialhis death; one of the managers appointed by the House of Park, Pineville, La. Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment pro- ceedings against Charles Swayne, judge of the United States DEARBORN, Henry (father of Henry Alexander Scam-District Court for the Northern District of Florida; died in mell Dearborn), a Representative from Massachusetts; bornButler, Bates County, Mo., November 23, 1909; interment in in North Hampton, N.H., February 23, 1751; attended theOak Hill Cemetery public schools; studied medicine; commenced practice in Not- tingham Square in 1772; during the Revolutionary War was DEBERRY, Edmund, a Representative from North Caroli- a captain in Stark's Regiment and participated in the Battlena; born in Lawrenceville (now Mount Gilead), Montgomery of Bunker Hill; accompanied Arnold's expedition to CanadaCounty, N.C., August 14, 1787; attended school at High and took part in the storming of Quebec; was taken prisoner,Shoals; engaged in agricultural pursuits and also in the but was released on parole in May 1776; joined Washington'soperation of cotton mills and flour mills; member of the staff in 1781 as deputy quartermaster general with rank ofState senate 1806-1811, 1813, 1814, 1820, 1821, and 1826- colonel, and served at the siege of Yorktown; moved to Mon-1828; served as justice of the peace; elected to the Twenty- mouth, Mass. (now Maine), in June 1784; elected brigadierfirst Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); unsuccessful general of militia in 1787 and made major general in 1789;candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Con- appointed United States marshal for the district of Maine ingress; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third 1789; elected from a Maine district of Massachusetts to theCongress and as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth through Third Congress and reelected as a Republican to the FourthTwenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1845); Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1797); appointed Secre-chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-fifth through tary of War by President Jefferson and served from MarchTwenty-eighth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomi- 4, 1801, to March 7, 1809; appointed collector of the port ofnation in 1844; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress Boston by President Madison in 1809, which position he held(March 4, 1849-March 3,1851); was not a candidate for until January 27, 1812, when he was appointed senior majorrenomination in 1850; resumed his former agricultural and general in the United States Army; was in command at thebusiness pursuits; died at his home in Pee Dee Township, capture of York (now Toronto) April 27, 1813, and FortMontgomery County, N.C., December 12, 1859; interment in George May 27, 1813; recalled from the frontier July 6, 1813,the family cemetery on his plantation near Mount Gilead. and placed in command of the city of New York; appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal by President Monroe DEBOE, William Joseph, a Senator from Kentucky; born and served from May 7, 1822, to June 30, 1824, when, by hisin Crittenden County, Ky., June 30, 1849; attended the own request, he was recalled; returned to Roxbury, Mass.,public schools and Ewing College, illinois; studied law and where he died June 6, 1829; interment in Forest Hills Ceme-medicine; was graduated from the medical department of tery, Boston, Mass. the University of Louisville and practiced a few years, when Bibliography: DAB; Erney, Richard A. "The Public Life of Henry Dear- his health failed;, renewed the study of law; was admitted to born." Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1957. the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Marion, Critten- den County, KY.; served as superintendent of schools of Crit- DEARBORN, Henry Alexander Scammell (son of Henrytenden County; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to Dearborn), a Representative from Massachusetts; born inthe Fifty-third Congress; member, State senate 1893-1898; Exeter, N.H., March 3, 1783; attended the common schoolselected as a Republican to the United States Senate and and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., for two years;served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903; was not a was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Wil- candidate for renomination in 1902; chairman, Committee liamsburg, Va., in 1803; studied law; was admitted to the baron Indian Depredations (Fifty-sixth Congress), Committee to and practiced in Salem, Mass., and Portland, Mass. (nowEstablish the University of the United States (Fifty-seventh Maine); collector of customs in Boston 1812-1829; served asCongress); engaged in mining; postmaster of Marion 1923- brigadier general commanding the Volunteers in the de-1927; died in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky., on June 15, fenses of Boston Harbor in the War of 1812; member of the1927; interment in Maple View Cemetery. State constitutional convention in 1820; member of the State house of representatives in 1829; served in the State senate DE BOLT, Rezin A., a Representative from Missouri; born in 1830; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-secondnear Basil, Fairfield County, Ohio, January 20, 1828; attend- Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); was an unsuccess-ed the common schools; employed as a tanner; studied law; ful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Con-was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in gress; served as adjutant general of Massachusetts 1834-Lancaster,Fairfield County, Ohio; moved toTrenton, Biographies 889

Grundy County, Mo., in 1858 and continued the practice ofto Milford, N.J., in 1862 and engaged in business;moved to his profession; appointed in 1859 and elected in 1860 com-Williamsport, Pa., in 1868 and engaged in the manufacture missioner of common schools for Grundy County; enteredof lumber; president of the common council 1888-1890; presi- the Union Army as captain in the Twenty-third Regiment,dent of the Williamsport National Bank 1893-1918; also in- Missouri Volunteers, in 1861; captured at the Battle ofterested in the publication of several newspapers at Wil- Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and held as prisoner until the follow-liamsport; delegate to the Republican National Convention ing October; resigned his commission in 1863 because ofin 1896; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty- impaired health; elected judge of the circuit court for theeighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, eleventh judicial circuit of Missouri in November 1863,1907); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the which position he held by reelection until January 1, 1875;Sixtieth Congress and for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first in 1864 again entered the United States service as major inCongress; resumed lumber operations in Pennsylvania, and the Forty-fourth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry;at Deemer, Miss., which town he founded and gave his mustered out in August 1865; elected as a Democrat to thename; died in Williamsport, Pa., March 29, 1918; interment Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); wasin Wildwood Cemetery. not a candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed the prac- tice of law; died in Trenton, Grundy County, Mo., October DEEN, Braswell Drue, a Representative from Georgia; 30, 1891; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery. born on a farm near Baxley, Appling County, Ga., June 28, 1893; attended public and high schools and South Georgia DECKARD, Huey Joel, a Representative from Indiana;College, McRae, Ga.; elected county school superintendent, born in Vandalia, Fayette County, Ill., March 7, 1942; at- Appling County, Ga., November 1916-August 1918; was tended public schools in Mount Vernon, md.; University ofgraduated from Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., in 1922; Evansville, 1962-1967; Indiana National Guard, 1966-1972; superintendent of schools at Tennille, Ga., 1922-1924; presi- affiliated with broadcasting stations in southern Illinois anddent of South Georgia Junior College, McRae, Ga., 1924- Indiana, 1959-1972; cable TV executive and legislative liai-1927; engaged in farming and real estate development in son for the Illinois-Indiana TV Association,1974-1977;1927 and 1928; editor and proprietor of the Alma (Ga.) formed corporation involved in design and construction ofTimes; also engaged in banking; elected as a Democrat to energy-efficient and solar-heated homes and offices; memberthe Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Con- of Indiana house of representatives, 1966-1974; elected as agresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939); was not acandidate Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the Ninety-seventhfor renomination in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; in- Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1983); unsuccessfulsurance broker and cattle farmer; resided in Alma,Bacon candidate, for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Con-County, Ga., until his death there on November 28, 1981; gress; is a resident of Evansville, md. interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. DECKER, Pert D., a Representative from Missouri; born DEERING, Nathaniel Cobb, a Representative from Iowa; on a farm near Coolville, Athens County, Ohio, Septemberborn in Denmark, Oxford County, Maine, September 2, 1827; 10, 1875; moved with his parents to a farm near Hollis,attended the common schools and was graduated from North Cloud County, Kans., in 1879; attended the public schools ofBridgeton Academy; member of the State house of represent- Cloud County, and Park College, Parkville, Mo., from whichatives from Penobscot County in 1855 and 1856; moved to he was graduated in 1897; was graduated in law from theIowa, and settled in Osage, Mitchell County, in 1857; en- University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1899; was admitted togaged in the lumber business and built and operated a saw- the bar in 1900 and commenced practice at Joplin, Jaspermill; for several years a clerk in the United States Senate, County, Mo.; served as city attorney 1900-1902; elected as abut resigned in 1865; special agent of the Post Office Depart- Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth from Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful can-ment for the district of Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska didate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress;1865 to 1869, when he resigned; national-bank examiner for resumed the practice of law in Joplin, Mo.; delegate to thethe State of Iowa 1872-1877; elected as a Republican to the Democratic National Convention in 1932; died in KansasForty-fifth,Forty-sixth,andForty-seventhCongresses (March 4, 1877-March 3,1883); chairman, Committee on City, Mo., August 22, 1934; interment in Mount Hope Ceme-Expenditures in the Department of State (Forty-seventh tery, Joplin, Mo. Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1882; DeCONCINI, Dennis Webster, a Senator from Arizona;engaged in agricultural pursuits; also interested in cattle born in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., May 8, 1937; attendedraising in Montana, and at the time of his death served as the public schools of Tucson and Phoenix; graduated, Uni-president of a large cattle company in that territory; died in versity of Arizona 1959 and from that university's law schoolOsage, Mitchell County, Iowa, December 11, 1887; interment 1963; admitted to the Arizona bar in 1963 and commencedin Osage Cemetery. practice in Tucson; served in the United States Army 1959- 1960; Army Reserve 1960-1967; member, Arizona Governor's DeFAZIO, Peter Anthony, a Representative from Oregon; staff 1965-1967; Pima County attorney 1973-1976; elected asborn in Needham, Mass., May 27, 1947; B.A., Tufts Universi- a Democrat to the United States Senatein 1976 for the termty, 1969; M.S., University of Oregon, 1977; aide to Rep. commencing January 3, 1977; reelected in 1982 for the termJames Weaver, 1977-1982; Lane County Commissioner, 1983-1986; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth ending January 3, 1989. Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1989); is a resident of DEEMER, Elias, a Representative from Pennsylvania;Springfield, Ore. born near Durham, Bucks County, Pa., January 3, 1838; attended public and private schools; engaged in mercantile DE FOREST, Henry Schermerhorn, a Representative pursuits in Lycoming County and in Philadelphia in 1860;from New York; born in Schenectady, N.Y., February 16, during the Civil War enlisted in July 1861 as a private in1847; attended the public schools of his native town and Company E, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, Pennsylva-Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; engaged in nia Volunteers, and served until the middle of May follow-the real-estate, banking, and contracting businesses; city re-- ing, when he was discharged because of disabilities; movedcorder 1883-1885; mayor of Schenectady 1885-1887 and 890 Biographical Directory

1889-1891; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Con- DEGETAU, Federico, a Resident Commissioner from gress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidatePuerto Rico; born in Ponce, P.R., December 5, 1862; attended for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; resumedthe common schools and Central College of Ponce; completed the real-estate business and banking; unsuccessful candidatean academic course at Barcelona, Spain, and was graduated for nomination in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and forfrom the law department of Central University of Madrid; election in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; died in Schenec-was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Madrid, tady, N.Y., February 13, 1917; interment in Vale Cemetery.Spain; returned to Puerto Rico; one of the four commission- DE FOREST, Robert Elliott, a Representative from Con-ers sent by Puerto Rico to ask Spain for autonomy; settled in necticut; born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., Feb-San Juan and continued the practice of law; member of the ruary 20, 1845; attended the common schools; was graduatedmunicipal council of San Juan in 1897; mayor of San Juan from Guilford Academy in 1863 and from Yale College inin 1898; deputy to the Spanish Cortes of 1898; appointed by 1867; moved to Royalton, Vt., in 1867 and became an instruc-General Henry secretary of the interior of the first Ameri- tor in the Royalton Academy; studied law; was admitted to can cabinet that was formed in Puerto Rico in 1899; appoint- the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Bridgeport,ed by General Davis a member of the insular board of char- Conn.; prosecuting attorney for Bridgeport in 1872; judge ofities; writer and author; first vice president of the municipal the court of common pleas for Fairfield County in 1874-1877;council of San Juan in 1899 and 1900; president of the board mayor of Bridgeport in 1878; member of the State house ofof education of San Juan in 1900 and 1901; elected as a representatives in 1880; served in the State senate in 1882;Puerto Rican Republican a Resident Commissioner to the corporation counsel for Bridgeport; again elected mayor inUnited States in 1900; reelected in 1902, and served from 1889 and 1890; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second andMarch 4, 1901, until March 3, 1905; was not a candidate for Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); chair-renomination in 1904; resumed the practice of law; died in man, Committee on Reform in the Civil Service (Fifty-thirdSanturce, Puerto Rico, January 20, 1914; interment in the Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 toCemetery of San Juan. the Fifty-fourth Congress; served two terms as judge of the common pleas court; resumed the practice of law in Bridge- DE GRAFF, John Isaac, a Representative from New port, Conn., where he died October 1, 1924; interment inYork; born in Schenectady, N.Y., October 2, 1783; attended Mountain Grove Cemetery. the common schools and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1811; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Schenectady; DEFREES, Joseph Hutton, a Representative from Indi-served in the War of 1812; elected to the Twentieth Congress ana; born in Sparta, White County, Tenn., May 13, 1812;(March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829); mayor of Schenectady 1832- moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Piqua in1834 and again in 1836; elected as a Democrat to the 1819; attended the common schools; apprenticed to theTwenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839); was blacksmith trade 1826-1829; learned the art of printing;not a candidate for renomination; engaged in mercantile moved to Indiana and settled in South Bend in 1831, wherepursuits; interested in the building of the Mohawk & he established the Northwestern Pioneer; moved to Goshen,Hudson Railroad; again served as mayor of Schenectady in Elkhart County, md., in 1833 and engaged in mercantile1842 and 1845; engaged in banking until his death in Sche- pursuits and later in banking; appointed county agent; sher-nectady, N.Y., July 26, 1848; interment in Vale Cemetery. iff of Elkhart County 1835-1840; member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and again in 1872; served in the DE GRAFFENREID, Reese Calhoun, a Representative State senate 1850-1854; elected as a Republican to thefrom Texas; born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867);was May 7, 1859; attended the common schools of Franklin and not a candidate for renomination in 1866; resumed histhe University of Tennessee at Knoxville; was graduated former business pursuits; also interested in milling, thefrom the law department of Cumberland University, Leba- manufacture of linseed oil, and the construction of thenon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced Goshen Hydraulic Works; director of the Cincinnati, Wabashpractice in Franldin; moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he & Michigan Railroad and served as its first president; diedpracticed his profession for one year, moving thence to at Goshen, md., December 21, 1885; interment in Oak RidgeTexas; helped in the construction of the Texas & Pacific Cemetery. Railroad; resumed the practice of law at Longview, Tex., in 1883; elected county attorney and resigned two months after- DEGENER, Edward, a Representative from Texas; born inward; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1890 to the Brunswick, Germany, October 20, 1809; pursued an academicFifty-second Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty- course in Germany and in England; twice a member of thefifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses and served legislative body in Anhalt-Dessau and a member of the firstfrom March 4, 1897, until his death in Washington, D.C., German National Assembly in Frankfort on the Main inAugust 29, 1902; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Long- 1848; immigrated to the United States in 1850 and located inview, Gregg County, Tex. Sisterdale, Kendall County, Tex.; engaged in agricultural pursuits; during the Civil War was court-martialed and im- deGRAFFENRIED Edward, a Representative from Ala- prisoned by the Confederates because of his devotion to thebama; born in Eutaw, Greene County, Ala., June 30, 1899; Union cause; after his release from imprisonment engagedattended the public schools in Greensboro, Ala.; was grad- in the wholesale grocery business in San Antonio; memberuated from Gulf Coast Military Academy, Gulfport, Miss., in of the Texas constitutional conventions in 1866 and 1868;1917; during the First World War served as a private in the upon the readmission of the State of Texas to representationUnited States Army and was discharged on December 5, was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress and1918, at Camp Pike, Ark.; graduated from the law school of served from March 31, 1870, to March 3, 1871; unsuccessfulthe University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1921; was admit- for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; memberted to the bar in June 1921 and commenced the practice of of the city council of San Antonio, Tex., 1872-1878; died inlaw in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; solicitor of the sixth judicial circuit San Antonio, Texas, September 11, 1890; interment in theof Alabama from 1927 through 1934; unsuccessful for reelec- City Cemetery. tion in 1934 and for election in 1938; again elected solicitor Biographies 891 and served from January 1943 to January 1947; was unsuc-Congresses 1862-1865; was an arbitrator in 1871 to define cessful for the Democratic nomination in 1946 to the Eighti-the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia; died at eth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first andWhite Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., August to the Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3,20, 1881; interment in private burying ground on his estate, 1953); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952; re-"Spring Grove," Caroline County, Va. sumed the practice of law; continued the practice of law until his retirement shortly before his death in Tuscaloosa, DE LACY, Emerson Hugh, a Representative from Wash- Ala., November 5, 1974; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.ington; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., May 9, 1910; attended the Queen Anne public schools; was graduated

DE HART, John, a Delegate from New Jersey; born infrom the University of Washington at Seattle, in 1932; re-- Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., in 1728; completed pre-ceived M.A. degree in 1932; taught English at the University paratory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar andof Washington 1933-1937; member of the city council of practiced; was made a sergeant-at-law on September 11,Seattle 1937-1940; employed as a shipyard machinist 1940- 1770; was one of the signers of the Articles of Association in1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776;(January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate member of the committee who prepared the draft for thefor reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; engaged in New Jersey State constitution in June 1776; elected chief1947 as editor of monthly Bulletin of Machinists' Union, justice of the State supreme court September 4, 1776, andSeattle, Wash.; State director of Progressive Party of Ohio, served until February 5, 1777; mayor of Elizabethtown under1948-1950; worked as carpenter in Cleveland, Ohio, 1951- the revised charter and served from November 1789 until1958, except for employment during part of 1952 in the his death; died in Elizabethtown, N.J., June 1, 1795; inter-presidential campaign of the Progressive Party; continued in ment in St. John's Churchyard. carpentry in Los Angeles, 1959-1960, and became general DE HAVEN, John Jefferson, a Representative from Cali-building contractor until retirement in 1967; pursued gradu- fornia; born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., March 12,ate studies in philosophy at San Fernando Valley State Col- 1849; moved to California in 1853 with his parents, wholege; was a resident of Van Nuys, Calif. until his death in settled in Humboldt County; attended the common schools; Santa Cruz, Calif. on August 19, 1986. became a printer, and pursued that vocation for four years; de Ia GARZA, Eligio, II (Kika), a Representative from studied law; was admitted to the bar of the district court inTexas; born in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Tex., September Humboldt in 1866 and commenced practice at Eureka; elect-22, 1927; educated at Mission (Tex.) High School, ed district attorney of Humboldt County in 1867; member of(Tex.) Junior College, and St. Mary's University, San Anto- the State house of representatives in 1869; served in thenio, Tex., LL.B., 1952; at age 17 enlisted in the United States State senate 187 1-1875; appointed city attorney of Eureka in 1878, and served two years; unsuccessful candidate for elec-Navy and served from 1945 to 1946; served as an officer in tion in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; elected judge ofthe United States Army, Thirty-seventh Division Artillery, the superior court of Humboldt County in 1884; elected as a1950-1952; graduated as a second lieutenant, St. Mary's Republican to the Fifty-first Congress and served fromROTC, in 1951 and from the Artillery School, Fort Sill, March 4, 1889, until October 1, 1890, when he resigned;Okia., in 1952; was admitted to the bar in 1952 and began elected associate justice of the California Supreme Court topractice in Mission, Tex.; member of the State house of fill an unexpired term of four years; United States districtrepresentatives 1952-1964; elected as a Democrat to the judge for the northern district of California from June 8,Eighty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (Janu- 1897, until his death in Yountville, Napa County, Calif.,ary 3, 1965-January 3, 1989); chairman, Committee onAgri- January 26, 1913; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Sanculture (Ninety-seventh through One Hundredth Congress- Francisco, Calif. es); is a resident of McAllen, Tex. DEITRICK, Frederick Simpson, a Representative from DE LA MATYR, Gilbert, a Representative from Indiana; Massachusetts; born in New Brighton, Beaver County, Pa.,born in Pharsalia, Chenango County, N.Y., July 8, 1825; April 9, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduatedpursued an academic course; was a graduate of the theologi- from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., in 1895 and fromcal course of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1854; itiner- Harvard Law School in 1898; was admitted to the bar inant elder in that church; member of the general conference 1899 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; member ofin 1868, and for one term filled the office of presiding elder; the board of aldermen of Cambridge in 1908 and 1909;during the Civil War helped enlist the Eighth Regiment of member of the State house of representatives 1902-1905;New York Heavy Artillery in 1862, and was its chaplain for elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4,three years; after holding pastorates in several large cities 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inhe settled in Indianapolis, md., and continued his ministeri- 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice ofal duties; elected as a Greenbacker to the Forty-sixth Con- law in Boston, Mass.; died in Middleton, Mass., May 24,gress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); was not acandidate for 1948; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge,renomination in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; moved Mass. to , Cob., in 1881 and again engaged in preaching; pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Akron, DE JARNETTE, Daniel Coleman, a Representative fromOhio, from 1889 until his death in that city May 17, 1892; Virginia; born at "Spring Grove Manor," near Bowlinginterment in Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y. Green, Caroline County, Va., October 18, 1822; studied under Bibliography: Doolen, Richard M. "Pastor in Politics: The Congressional a private teacher and attended Bethany College, Bethany, Career of Reverend Gilbert De La Matyr." Indiana Magazias of Histo,y 68 Va. (now West Virginia); engaged in agricultural pursuits; (June 1972): 103-24. served in the State house of representatives 1853-1858; elect- ed as an Independent Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress DE LA MONTANYA, James, a Representative from New (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); reelected to the Thirty-sev-York; born in New York City March 20, 1798; resided in enth Congress, but did not present his credentials; Repre-Haverstraw, Rockland County, N.Y.; supervisor of Haver- sentative from Virginia to the First and Second Confederatestraw in 1832 and 1833; member of the State assembly in 892 Biographical Directory

1833; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth CongressWhig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); died in New York City April1847); was not a candidate for renomination in 1846; unsuc- 29, 1849; interment in the Barnes family burial ground,cessful candidate for the nomination for Governor at the Stony Point, Rockland County, N.Y. Whig State convention in 1847; delegate to the Republican DELANEY, James Joseph, a Representative from NewNational Convention in 1860 and 1864; served as State com- York; born in New York City March 19, 1901; attended themissary general of Ohio in 1861; unsuccessful candidate by public schools in Long Island City, N.Y.; was graduated fromtwo votes for the United States Senate in 1862; member of

the law department of St. John's College, Brooklyn, N.Y.the State house of representatives in 1863; elected as a Re-- LL.B., 1931; was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commencedpublican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March practice in New York City; assistant district attorney of3, 1867); chairman, Committee on Claims (Thirty-ninth Con- Queens County, N.Y., 1936-1944; elected as a Democrat togress); successfully contested the election of George W. the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3,Morgan to the Fortieth Congress and served from June 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the1868, to March 3, 1869; was not a candidate for renomina- Eightieth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Newtion in 1868; Commissioner of Internal Revenue from March York City; elected to the Eighty-first Congress; reelected to11, 1869, to October 31, 1870; appointed Secretary of the the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from JanuaryInterior by President Grant on November 1, 1870, which 3, 1949, until his resignation December 31, 1978; chairman,position he held until October 19, 1875, when he resigned; Select Committee to conduct an investigation and study ofretired to his farm near Mount Vernon, Ohio; president of the use of chemicals, pesticides, and insecticides in and withthe First National Bank of Mount Vernon until his death in respect to food products (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Con- gresses), Committee on Rules (Ninety-fifth Congress); wasMount Vernon, Ohio, October 23, 1896; interment in Mount not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixthView Cemetery. Congress; was a resident of Key Biscayne, Fla., until his Bibliography: DAB. death in Tenafly, N.J., May 24, 1987; interment in Calvary DE LANO, Milton, a Representative from New York; born Cemetery, Queens, N.Y. in Wampsville, Madison County, N.Y., August 11, 1844; at- DELANEY, John Joseph, a Representative from Newtended the common schools; settled in Canastota, N.Y., and York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., August 21, 1878; attended St.engaged in mercantile pursuits for eight years; town clerk of Ann's Parochial School and St. James' Academy, Brooklyn,Lenox 1867-1869; sheriff of Madison County, N.Y., 1873-1875 N.Y., and Manhattan College, New York City; engaged inand 1879-1881; engaged in banking, the real-estate business, the diamond business in 1897; was graduated from theand in the manufacture of window glass; member of the Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University in 1914;Canastota Board of Education 1883-1905 and served as presi- admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Newdent 1893-1905; aided in the organization of the Canastota York City; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth CongressNorthern Railroad Co.; delegate to the Republican National to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J.Convention in 1884; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Fitzgerald and served from March 5, 1918, to March 3, 1919;and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1918; re-chairman, Committee on Pensions (Fifty-first Congress); de- - sumed his former business pursuits; delegate to the Demo-clined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890; resumed cratic State conventions in 1922 and 1924; deputy commis-banking; receiver of the Hudson River Power Co. 1908-1912; sioner of public markets of New York City 1924-193 1; elect-became president of the State Bank of Canastota, N.Y., in ed to the Seventy-second and to the eight succeeding Con-1912; died in Syracuse, N.Y., January 2, 1922; interment in gresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death; hadMount Pleasant Cemetery, Canastota, N.Y. been reelected to the Eighty-first Congress; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 18, 1948; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. DELAPLAINE, Isaac Clason, a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 27, 1817; pursued an DELANO, Charles, a Representative from Massachusetts;academic course; was graduated from Columbia College (now born in New Braintree, Worcester County, Mass., June 24,Columbia University), New York City, in 1834; studied law; 1820; moved with his parents to Amherst, Mass., in 1833;was admitted to the bar about 1840 and commenced practice attended the common schools and was graduated from Am-in New York City; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty- herst College, Amherst, Mass., in 1840; studied law; wasseventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); died in admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice inNew York City July 17, 1866; interment in Greenwood Cem- Amherst, Mass.; moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1848 and continued the practice of law; treasurer of Hampshireetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. County 1849-1858; elected as a Republican to the Thirty- DE LARGE, Robert Carlos, a Representative from South sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-MarchCarolina; born in Aiken, S.C., March 15, 1842; received such

3, 1863); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; re-- an education as was then attainable and was graduated sumed the practice of law; trustee of the Clarke School forfrom Wood High School; engaged in agricultural pursuits; the Education of the Deaf 1877-1883; appointed by Governordelegate to the State constitutional convention in 1868; Rice in 1878 to act as special counsel for the Commonwealthmember of the State house of representatives 1868-1870; was of Massachusetts in matters relating to the Hoosac Tunnelone of the State commissioners of the sinking fund; elected and the Troy & Greenfield Railroad, and served in thisState land commissioner in 1870 and served until elected to capacity until his death in Northampton, Mass., January 23,Congress; presented credentials as a Republican Member- 1883; interment in Bridge Street Cemetery. elect to the Forty-second Congress and served from March 4, DELANO, Columbus, a Representative from Ohio; born in1871, until January 24, 1873, when the seat was declared Shoreham, Vt., June 4, 1809; moved with his parents tovacant, the election having been contested by Christopher C. Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, in 1817; pursued anBowen; local magistrate until his death in Charleston, S.C., academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar inFebruary 14, 1874; interment in Brown Fellowship Grave-- 1831 and commenced practice in Mount Vernon; elected as ayard. Biographies 893

DeLAY, Thomas D., a Representative from Texas; born inmained in Naval Reserve for several years, honorably dis- Laredo, Webb County, Tex., April 8, 1947; spent much of hischarged with rank of lieutenant commander; instructor and boyhood in Venezuela, where his father was an oil drillingthen assistant professor of business law at Oregon State contractor; was graduated from Calallan High School,College, 1949-1951; practiced law in Medford, Oreg., from Corpus Christi, Tex., in 1965; attended Baylor University, 1951 until 1966; delegate, Republican National Conventions, Waco, Tex., in 1967 and received a B.S. from the University1964, 1968, and 1972; elected in 1960, reelected in 1962 and of Houston, Houston, Tex., in 1970; in 1973 he opened a pest1964 as a representative from Jackson County, in the control business; member of the Texas house of representa-Oregon State Legislature; vice chairman of Judicial Council tives 1979-1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninthof Oregon; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to and One Hundredth Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3,the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Sugar Land, Tex. 1975); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; associate director of the ACTION DELGADO, Francisco Afan, a Resident CommissionerAgency for International Operations (U.S. Peace Corps) from from the Philippine Islands; born in Bulacan Province, Phil- ippine Islands, January 25, 1886; studied at San Juan deApril 1975 until May 1977; president, Christian College Coa- Letran, Ateneo de Manila, Colegio Filipino, Los Angeleslition, 1977 to present; is a resident of Washington, D.C. (Calif.) High School, and Compton (Calif.) Union High PELLET, James, a Representative from Alabama; born in School; Indiana University at Bloomington, LL.B., 1907 andCamden, N.J., February 18, 1788; moved to Columbia, S.C., Yale University, LL.M., 1909; was admitted to the bar inwith his parents in 1800; was graduated from the University 1908 and commenced practice in Indianapolis, md.; returnedof South Carolina at Columbia in 1810; studied law; was to the Philippine Islands in 1908 and was employed with theadmitted to the bar in 1813 and practiced; moved to Ala- Philippine Government as a law clerk and later as chief ofbama in 1818 and settled in Claiborne and continued the the law division of the executive bureau until 1913, when hepractice of law; elected to the first State house of representa- returned to the private practice of law; served in the Philip-tives of Alabama under the State government in 1819 and pine National Guard in 1918; member of the National Coun-served as its speaker; reelected in 1821 and 1825; unsuccess- cil of Defense for the Philippines in 1918; served in theful as the Whig candidate for Congress in 1833; elected as a Philippine house of representatives 193 1-1934; elected as aWhig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, Nationalist a Resident Commissioner to the United States1841); elected to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843- and served from January 3, 1935, until February 14, 1936,March 3, 1845); resumed the practice of law and also en- when a successor qualified in accordance with the new formgaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Claiborne, Monroe of government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Is-County, Ala., December 21, 1848; interment in a private lands; appointed justice of the court of appeals Februarycemetery at Claiborne, Ala. 1936-1937; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the International Committee of Jurists at Washington, D.C., and DELLUMS, Ronald Vernie, a Representative from Cali- to the Conference at San Francisco in Aprilfornia; born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., November 1945; member of the Philippine War Damage Commission24, 1935; attended the Oakland public schools; A.A., Oakland from June 4, 1946, to March 31, 1951; member, PhilippineCity College, 1958; B.A., San Francisco State College, 1960; senate, 1951-1957; Ambassador to the United Nations, Sep-M.S.W., University of California, 1962; served two years in tember 29, 1958-January 1, 1962; returned to PhilippinesUnited States Marine Corps, active duty, 1954-1956; psychi- and resided in Bulacan Province; died in Manila, Republic ofatric social worker, California Department of Mental Hy- the Philippines, October 27, 1964. giene, 1962-1964; program director, Bayview Community Center, 1964-1965; associate director, then director, Hunters DELLAY, Vincent John, a Representative from NewPoint Youth Opportunity Center, 1965-1966; planning con- Jersey; born in Union City, Hudson County, N.J., June 23,sultant, Bay Area Social Planning Council, 1966-1967; direc- 1907; educated in West New York High School, New Yorktor, Concentrated Employment Program, San FranciscoEco- Evening High School, and the American Institute of Bank-nomic Opportunity Council, 1967-1968; senior consultant, ing; from messenger to bookkeeper, Irving Trust Co., NewSocial Dynamics, Inc. (manpower specialization programs), York City, 1923-1929; assistant comptroller, Sterling Nation- 1968-1970; part-time lecturer, San Francisco State College, al Bank & Trust Co., New York City, 1929 -1936; auditor,University of California, and Berkeley Graduate School of New Jersey State Treasury Department, 1936-1956; servedSocial Welfare; member, Berkeley City Council, 1967-1970; in the United States Navy as a petty officer from Februarydelegate to Democratic National Convention, 1972; elected as 1944 until December 1945; chief warrant officer New Jerseya Democrat to the Ninety-second and tothe eight succeeding National Guard 1949-1960; unsuccessful candidate for elec-Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1989); chairman, tion in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; elected as aCommittee on District of Columbia (Ninety-sixth through Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress (January 3, 1957-One Hundredth Congresses); is a resident of Oakland, Calif. January 3, 1959); changed political affiliation from Republi- Bibliography: James, Victor V., Jr. "Cultural Pluralism and the Quest can to Democrat during the Eighty-fifth Congress; was un- for Black Citizenship: The 1970 Ronald V. Dellums Congressional Primary successful for nomination as an Independent candidate to Campaign." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California at Berkeley, 1975. the Eighty-sixth Congress; engaged as supervising field audi- de LUGO, Ron, the first Delegate from the 'rerritory of tor for New Jersey Treasury Department until his retire-the Virgin Islands; born in Englewood, N.J., August 2, 1930; ment in 1971; is a resident of West New York, N.J. educated at Saints Peter and Paul School, St. Thomas, V.1., DELLENBACK, John Richard, a Representative fromand Colegio San Jose, P.R.; served in the United States Oregon; born in Chicago, Iii., November 6, 1918; graduatedArmy, 1948-1950; program director and announcer, Armed from Yale University, 1940; special work in NorthwesternForces Radio Service, 1948; WSTA radio, St. Thomas, V.1., University School of Speech, summers of 1946 and 1949;1950; WIVI radio, St. Croix, V.!., 1955; Virgin Islands territo- graduated from University of Michigan Law School, 1949;rialsenator,1956-1960,1963-1966; served as minority commissioned an ensign in United States Naval Reserve;leader,1958-1966; Democratic National Committeeman, active duty, April 1942-1946, with rank of lieutenant; re-1959; member, Democratic National Committee, 1960-1964; 894 Biographical Directory administrator for St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, ecuting attorney of the sixty-seventh judicial district in 1856; April 1961-August 1962;representative, Virgin Islands,served in the Union Army with the rank of first lieutenant Washington, D.C., 1968-1972; delegate, Democratic Nationalin 1861; promoted to captain in 1862; at the close of the war Conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968; elected as a Democrat to moved to Lexington, Mo., and resumed the practice of law; the Ninety-third, Ninety-fourth, and Ninety-fifth Congresseseditor and proprietor of the Lexington Register; unsuccessful (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979); was nota candidate forRepublican candidate for election to Congress in 1872 and reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress but wasan1876; delegate to the Republican National Convention in unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of the1876; returned to Valparaiso, md., in 1877 and resumed the Virgin Islands; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventhpractice of law; organized the Northern Indiana Law School and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-in 1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Con- January 3, 1989); is a resident of St. Thomas, V.1. gress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate DEMING, Benjamin F., a Representative from Vermont;for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; member born in Danville, Caledonia County, Vt., in 1790; pursued anof the State senate 1886-1890; appointed postmaster of Va!- academic course; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member ofparaiso March 24, 1890, and served until March 20, 1894; the Governor's council 1827-1832; clerk of the Caledoniadean of the Northern Indiana Law School 1890-1908; died in County Court 1817-1833; county judge of probate 1821-1833;Valparaiso, Porter County, md., September 23, 1908; inter- elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-thirdment in Maplewood Cemetery. Congress and served from March 4, 1833, until his death at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., en route home, July 11, 1834; inter- DEMPSEY, John Joseph, a Representative from New ment in Danville Green Cemetery, Danville, CaledoniaMexico; born in White Haven, Luzerne County, Pa., June 22, County, Vt. 1879; attended the grade schools; engaged as a telegrapher; held various positions with the Brooklyn Union Elevator Co.; DEMING, Henry Champion, a Representative from Con-vice president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. until 1919; necticut; born in Coichester, New London County, Conn.,entered the oil business in Oklahoma in 1919 and was vice May 23, 1815; pursued classical studies; was graduated frompresident of the Continental Oil & Asphalt Co.; moved to Yale College in 1836 and from the Harvard Law School inSanta Fe, N.Mex., in 1920 and was an independent oil opera- 1839; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and began practice intor; in 1928 became president of the United States Asphalt New York City but devoted his time chiefly to literary work;Co.; in 1932 was appointed a member and later president of moved to Hartford, Conn., in 1847; member of the Statethe Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico; State house of representatives in1849, 1850, and 1859-1861;director for the National Recovery Administration in 1933, member of the State senate in 1851; mayor of Hartford,then became State director of the Federal Housing Adminis- Conn., 1854-1858 and 1860-1862; entered the Union Army intration and the National Emergency Council; elected as a September 1861 as colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, Con-Democrat to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy- necticut Volunteers; mayor of New Orleans under martialsixth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1941); was not law from October 1862 to February 1863, when he resigneda candidate for renomination in 1940, but was an unsuccess- from the Army; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867);ful candidate for nomination for United States Senator; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department ofmember of the United States Maritime Commission 1941; War (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses); unsuccess-Under Secretary of the Interior from July 7, 1941, until his ful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress;resignation on June 24, 1942; Governor of New Mexico from appointed collector of internal revenue in 1869 and servedJanuary 1, 1943, to January 1, 1947; unsuccessful candidate uhtil his death in Hartford, Conn., October 8, 1872; inter-for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in ment in Spring Grove Cemetery. 1946; elected to the Eighty-second and the three succeeding Bibliography: DAB. Congresses and served from January 3, 1951, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 11, 1958; interment in Rosario DE MOrr, John, a Representative from New York; bornCemetery, Santa Fe, N.Mex. in Readington, Hunterdon County, N.J., October 7, 1790; moved to Herkimer County, N.Y., in 1793 with his parents, DEMPSEY, Stephen Wallace, a Representative from New who settled in what is now the town of Lodi, Seneca County;York; born in Hartland, Niagara County, N.Y., May 8, 1862; attended the common schools; pursued an academic course;attended the district school of his native town, and was major general of the Thirty-eighth Brigade of the State mili-graduated from the De Veaux School, Niagara Falls, N.Y., in tia; supervisor in the town of Covert in 1823 and 1824 and of1880; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1886 and Lodi in 1826, 1827, 1829, and 1830; engaged in mercantilecommenced practice in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y.; as- pursuits in Lodi, N.Y., for more than forty years; member ofsistant United States attorney 1889-1907; special assistant to the State assembly in 1833; unsuccessful candidate for elec-the Attorney General of the United States 1907-1912, and tion in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; elected as awas in charge of the prosecution of the Standard Oil Co. and Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-certain railroads; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth March 3, 1847); was not a candidate for renomination inand to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915- 1846; resumed his former business pursuits and also engagedMarch 3, 1931); chairman, Committee on Rivers and Harbors in the banking business; died in Lodi, Seneca County, N.Y.,(Sixty-seventh through Seventy-first Congresses); unsuccess- July 31, 1870; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Ovid, N.Y.ful candidate for renomination in 1930; reengaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death on DE MO1'I'E, Mark Lindsey, a Representative from Indi-March 1, 1949; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. ana; born in Rockville, Parke County, md., December 28, 1832; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from the DE MUTH, Peter Joseph, a Representative from Pennsyl- literary department of Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) Uni-vania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., January i, 1892; attended the versity, Greencastle, md., in 1853 and from the law depart-public schools; B.S., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pitts- ment of the same university in 1855; was admitted to theburgh, Pa.; was a civil engineer from 1914 until his enlist- bar and began practice in Valparaiso in 1855; elected pros-ment in the United States Navy as a chief machinist mate Biographies 895 on July 15, 1918; returned to Pittsburgh, Pa., and was em-was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commencedpractice in ployed as a sales manager 1919-1922; engaged in the realChicago; member, State house of representatives 1892; attor- estate business and as a building contractor in 1922; electedney for the Chicago Sanitary District 1895-1896;State's at- as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress (January 3,torney for Cook County, Ill., 1896-1904; Governor of Illinois 1937-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for reelection1905-19 13; resumed the practice of law in Chicago; appoint- in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; resumed the realed as a Republican to the United States Senate on February estate and building business in Pittsburgh, Pa., until June26, 1925, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Medill 1949; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., and continued the realMcCormick in the term ending March 3, 1925; had been estate, insurance, and building business; is a resident ofpreviously elected in 1924 for the term commencing March Laguna Hills, Calif. 4, 1925, and served from February 26, 1925, to March 3, 1931; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1930: chair- DeNARDIS, Lawrence Joseph, a Representative fromman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Ex- Connecticut; born in New Haven, Conn., March 18, 1938;pense (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses);resumed the attended the publicschools;B.A., Holy Cross College,practice of law; died in Chicago, Ill., February 5, 1940; inter- Worcester, Mass., 1960; M.A., New York University, 1964ment in Oak Woods Cemetery. and Ph.D., 1968; served in the United States Naval Reserve, lieutenant, 1960-1963; associate professor, Albertus Magnus DENHOLM, Frank Edward, a Representative from South College, New Haven, Conn., 1964-1979; President, Connecti-Dakota; born in Township, Day County, S.Dak., cut Conference of Independent Colleges, 1979-1980; served inNovember 29, 1923; educated in public schools; B.S., South the Connecticut State senate, 1970-1979; delegate, Connecti-Dakota State University, Brookings, S.Dak., 1956; J.D., Uni- cut State Republican conventions, 1966-1982; delegate, Re-versity of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.Dak., 1962; post-grad- publican National Conventions, 1976 and 1980; elected as auate work, public administration, University of Minnesota, Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress (January 3,Minneapolis, Minn.; farmer; auctioneer; engaged in the busi- 1981-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionness of interstate truck transportation, 1945-1953; elected in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress and for election insheriff, Day County (S.Dak.),1950-1952; agent, Federal 1984 to the Ninety-ninth Congress; visiting professor of gov-Bureau of Investigation, 1956-1961; admitted to the South ernment, Connecticut College, New London, 1983-1984; as-Dakota bar in 1962 and commenced practice in Brookings; sistant secretary, Department of Health and Human Serv-corporate counsel for cities of Brookings, Volga, and White, ices, 1985-1987; guest scholar, Internation-1962-1971; lecturer in economics, law, and political science al Center, Washington, D.C., 1987; resident of Hamden,at South Dakota State University, 1962-1966; delegate to Conn., and Washington, D.C. South Dakota State Democratic conventions, 1950-1952; del- DENBY, Edwin (grandson of Graham Newell Fitch), aegate to Democratic National Convention, 1968; elected as a Representative from Michigan; born in Evansville, Vander-Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the Ninety-third Con- burg County, md., February 18, 1870; attended the publicgresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful can- schools; went to China in 1885 with his father, who wasdidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; United States Minister; employed in the Chinese imperialresumed the practice of law; is a resident of Brookings, maritime customs service 1887-1894; returned to the UnitedS.Dak. States in 1894; was graduated from the law department of DENISON, Charles (nephew of George Denison), a Repre- the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1896; was ad-sentative from Pennsylvania; born in Wyoming Valley, Pa., mitted to the bar and commenced practice in Detroit inJanuary 23, 1818; received a liberal education, and was grad- 1896; during the war with Spain served as a gunner's mate,uated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1838; studied third class, United States Navy, on the Yosemite; member oflaw; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced prac- the State house of representatives in 1903; elected as a Re-tice in Wilkes-Barre; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty- publican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Con-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses and served gresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candi-from March 4, 1863, until his death in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., date for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress;June 27, 1867; interment in Forty Fort Cemetery, Kingston, resumed the practice of law in Detroit; also engaged inPa. banking and various other business enterprises; president of the Detroit Charter Commission in 1913 and 1914; president DENISON, Dudley Chase (nephew of Dudley Chase and of the Detroit Board of Commerce in 1916 and 1917; enlistedcousin of Salmon Portland Chase), a Representative from as a private in the United States Marine Corps in 1917;Vermont; born in Royalton, Vt., September 13, 1819; attend- retired as major in the United States Marine Corps Reserveed Royalton Academy, and was graduated from the Univer- in 1919; appointed chief probation officer in the recorder'ssity of Vermont at Burlington in 1840; studied law; was court of the city of Detroit and in the circuit court of Wayneadmitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in County in 1920; appointed Secretary of the Navy by Presi-Royalton; member of the State senate in 1853 and 1854; dent Harding and served from March 4, 1921, until MarchState's attorney 1858-1860; served in the State house of 10, 1924, when he resigned in the aftermath of the Teapotrepresentatives 1861-1863; United States district attorney Dome scandal; again resumed the practice of law and vari-for the district of Vermont 1865-1869; elected as an Inde- ous business enterprises; died in Detroit, Mich., February8, pendent Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress and re- 1929; interment in Elmwood Cemetery. elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, Bibliography: DAB. 1875-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of law; died in Royalton, Wind- DENEEN, Charles Samuel, a Senator from Illinois; bornsor County, Vt., February 10, 1905; interment in North Roy- in Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill., May 4, 1863; raised inalton Cemetery. Lebanon, St. Clair County, Ill.; attended the public schools, and was graduated from McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., DENISON, , a Representative from Illi- in 1882; later studied law at the same college and at Unionnois; born in Marion, Williamson County, Ill., August 28, College of Law (later Northwestern University), Chicago, Ill.;1873; attended the public schools; was graduated from 896 Biographical Directory

Baylor University, Waco, Tex., in 1895, from Yale Universi-1810, never having qualified; died in New York City October ty, in 1896, and from Columbian (now George Washington)30, 1819; interment in St. Paul's Churchyard. University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1899; was ad- mitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in DENNIS, David Worth, a Representative from Indiana; Marion, Ill., in 1900; engaged in the banking business forborn in Washington, D.C., June 7, 1912; graduated from one year; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and toSidwell Friends School, Washington, D.C., 1929; Earlham the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3,College, Richmond, md., A.B., 1933; Harvard Law School, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to theLL.B. now J.D., 1936; admitted to the bar in 1935 and com- Seventy-second Congress and for election in 1932 to the Sev-menced practice in Richmond, md. in 1936; prosecuting at- enty-third Congress; resumed the general practice of law intorney, Wayne County, md., 1939-1943; enlisted in the Marion, Ill.; unsuccessful candidate for circuit judge of theUnited States Army, 1944-1946, commissioned first lieuten- first judicial circuit of Illinois in 1939; died in Carbondale,ant, JAG department, and served in the Pacific; elected Ill., June 17,1953; interment in Maplewood Cemetery,State representative from Wayne County to Indiana general Marion, Ill. assembly, 1947-1949; joint State representative, Wayne and DENISON, George (uncle of Charles Denison), a Repre-Union Counties, 1953-1959; elected as a Republican to the sentative from Pennsylvania; born in Kingston, LuzerneNinety-first and to the two succeeding Congresses (January County, Pa., February 22, 1790; engaged in mercantile pur-3, 1969-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for reelec- suits; attended the Wilkes-Barre Academy; clerk of thetion in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resumed the Wilkes-Barre borough council 1811-18 14, and member of thepractice of law in Richmond, md.; is a resident of Richmond, council for many years, serving as president in 1823 andmd. 1824; recorder and registrar of Luzerne County 1812-1815; DENNIS, George Robertson, a Senator from Maryland; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commencedborn in Whitehaven, Somerset County, Md., April 8, 1822; practice in Luzerne County; member of the State house ofwas graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, representatives in 1815 and 1816; elected to the SixteenthTroy, N.Y., and entered the University of Virginia at Char- and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1823);lottesville; studied medicine at the University of Pennsylva- chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Officenia at Philadelphia; was graduated in 1843 and practiced in Department (Seventeenth Congress); was not a candidate forKingston, Md., for many years; later devoted himself to agri- renomination; resumed the practice of law; deputy attorneycultural pursuits; member, State senate 1854; member, State general for Luzerne County in 1824; again elected to thehouse of delegates 1867; member, State senate 1871; elected State house of representatives in 1827, and served until hisas a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from death; burgess of Wilkes-Barre Borough in 1829 and 1830;March 4, 1873, until March 3, 1879; died in Kingston, Somer- died in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., August 20, 1831; interment inset County, Md., on August 13, 1882; interment in St. An- Hollenback Cemetery. drew's Churchyard, Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md. DE NIVERNAIS, Edward James, a Representative from DENNIS, John (father of John Dennis [1807-1859] and California. (See LIVERNASH, Edward James.) uncle of Littleton Purnell Dennis), a Representative from DENNEY, Robert Vernon, a Representative from Nebras-Maryland; born at "Beverly," Worcester County, Md., De- ka; born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa,cember 17, 1771; completed preparatory studies in Washing- April 11, 1916; graduated from Fairbury High School inton Academy; attended Yale College; studied law; was admit- 1933; attended Peru State Teachers College, and the Univer-ted to the bar in 1793 and commenced practice in Somerset sity of Nebraska, 1933-1936; graduated from Creighton Uni-County; served two terms in the State house of delegates; versity School of Law, 1939; practiced law in Fairbury,elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and to the three succeed- Nebr.; special agent for Federal Bureau of Investigation foring Congresses (March 4, 1797-March 3, 1805); one of the one year, serving in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Ill.;managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1798 enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, October 1942,to conduct the impeachment proceedings against William with the First Armored Amphibian Battalion; remainedBlount, a Senator from Tennessee; died in Philadelphia, Pa., active in United States Marine Corps Reserve until 1960,August 17, 1806; interment in Old Christ Church Graveyard. retired with rank of lieutenant colonel; resumed practice of law in Fairbury, Nebr.; has been Jefferson County attorney DENNIS, John (son of John Dennis [1771-1806] and cousin and Fairbury city attorney; Jefferson County Republicanof Littleton Purnell Dennis), a Representative from Mary- chairman, and chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party;land; born at "Beckford," near Princess Anne, Somerset elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and Ninety-firstCounty, Md., in 1807; completed preparatory studies; studied Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1971); was not alaw; was admitted to the bar and practiced; also engaged in candidate for reelection to the Ninety-second Congress; ap-agricultural pursuits; served in the State house of delegates; pointed United States District Court Judge, 1971; resided inelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Con- Omaha, Nebr., where he died June 26, 1981; interment ingresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); delegate to the State Fairbury Cemetery, Fairbury, Nebr. constitutional convention in 1850; died at "Beckford," No- vember 1, 1859. DENNING, William, a Representative from New York; born probably in St. John's, Newfoundland, in April 1740; DENNIS, Littleton Purnell (nephew of John Dennis [1771- movd to New York City in early youth and engaged in1806] and cousin of John Dennis [1807-1859]), a Representa- mercantile pursuits; member of the Committee of One Hun-tive from Maryland; born at "Beverly," Worcester County, dred in 1775; deputy to the New York Provincial congressMd., July 21, 1786; attended Washington Academy, Somerset 1775-1777; member of the convention of State representa-County, Md.; was graduated from Yale College in 1803; stud- tives in 1776 and 1777; served in the State assembly 1784-ied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of 1787 and in the State senate 1798-1808; member of thethe State house of delegates in 1815, 1816, and 1819-1827; council of appointment in 1799; elected to the Eleventh Con-member of- the executive council of Maryland in 1829; an gress and served from March 4, 1809, until his resignation inelector of the Maryland State senate in 1831; elected as an Biographies 897

Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and servedlogical Seminary; died in Pittsburgh, Pa., January 29, 1852; from March 4, 1833, until his death in Washington, D.C.,interment in Allegheny Cemetery. April 14, 1834; interment in the Congressional Cemetery. Bibliography: Backofen, Catherine. "Congressman Harmar Denny." West- ern Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 23 (June 1940): 65-78. DENNISON, David Short, a Representative from Ohio; born in Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, July 29, 1918; edu- DENNY, Harmar Denny, Jr. (great-grandson of Harmar cated in Warren, Ohio, public schools; graduated from West-Denny), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Alle- Col- gheny, Pa., July 2, 1886; attended Allegheny Preparatory ern Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, in 1936, Williams School and St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., in 1904; was lege, Williamstown, Mass., in 1940, and Western Reservegraduated from Yale University in 1908, and from the law University Law School in 1945; admitted to the bar in 1946school of the in 1911; was admitted and commenced the practice of law in Warren, Ohio; servedto the bar in 1911 and commenced the practice of law in as a volunteer ambulance driver with AmericanField Serv-Pittsburgh, Pa.; during the First World War served in the ice and assigned to British Eighth Army in Africa in 1942United States Army Air Corps as a first lieutenant and and 1943; served as special counsel to the city of Warren inbombing pilot; director of public safety, Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1950 and 1951; special assistant in Trumbull County to Ohio1933 and 1934; unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor State attorney general 1953-1956; elected as a Republican toof Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1941; served as a lieutenant colonel in the Eighty-fifth Congress (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1959);the United States Army Air Corps as assistant air inspector, unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-Eastern Flying Training Command, 1942-1945; commis- sixth Congress and for election to the Eighty-seventh Con-sioned lieutenant colonel, Air Force, retired; elected as a gress in 1960; admitted to District of Columbiabar in 1959;Republican to the Eighty-second Congress (January 3, 1951- served as consultant to Civil Rights Commission, Washing-January 3, 1953); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelec- ton, D.C., in 1959; resumed the practice of law; member,tion in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; served as a Federal Trade Commission, 1970-1974; vice president, secre-member of Civil Aeronautics Board from April 7, 1953, to tary, and general counsel, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.,November 15, 1959; retired and resided in Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1975-1978; resumed the practice of law in California in 1979;died in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, January 6, 1966; inter- is a resident of Pebble Beach, Calif. ment in Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. DENNY, Arthur Armstrong, a Delegate from the Terri- DENNY, James William, a Representative from Mary- tory of Washington; born in Salem, Washington County,land; born in Frederick County, Va., November 20, 1838; md., June 20, 1822; moved with his parents to Greencastle,attended the academy of the Rev. William Johnson, Berry- Putnam County, md. in 1823 and to Knox County, Ill. inyule, Clarke County, Va.; was graduated from the University 1834; surveyor of Knox County 1843-1851; moved to Oregonof Virginia at Charlottesville; principal of Osage Seminary, Territory in 1851 and settled at Alki Point on Elliott Bay;Osceola, St. Clair County, Mo.; during the Civil War he engaged in cutting timber and mercantile pursuits; served asreturned to his native State and enlisted in Company A, county commissioner of Thurston County, Oreg., and KingThirty-ninth Virginia Battalion of Cavalry, Confederate County, Wash.; first postmaster of Seattle 1853-1855; uponArmy, in which he served until 1863, when he wasdetailed the organization of Washington Territory in 1853 was elect-for service at Gen. R. E. Lee's headquarters, where he con-

ed a member of the Territorial house of representatives andtinued until the surrender at Appomattox Court. House; re-- served until 1861; elected speaker in 1857; during the Indianturned to Clarke County, Va., and began the study of law in war of 1855 served in the Volunteer Army for six months;Winchester, Va.; was admitted to the bar in Baltimore, Md., register of the land office in Olympia 1861-1865; member ofin 1868 and commenced practice in that city; elected to the the Territorial council in 1862 and 1863; elected as a Repub-first branch of the city council in 1881; reelected in1882 and lican a Delegate to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4,became its president; member of the State house of delegates 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomination 1888-1890; colonel on the staff of Gov. E. E. Jackson; in 1866; entered the banking business in 1872; also engagedmember of the Baltimore School Board for eight years; elect- as an author; died in Seattle, Wash., onJanuary 9, 1899;ed as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4,1899- interment in Lakeview Cemetery. March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; elected to theFifty-eighth DENNY, Harmar (great-grandfather of Harmar DennyCongress (March 4, 1903-March 3,1905); engaged in the Denny, Jr.), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born inpractice of law until his death in Baltimore, Md., April 12, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 13, 1794; was graduated from Dickinson1923; interment in Loudon Park Cemetery. College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1813; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; DENNY, Walter McKennon, a Representative from Mis- member of the State house of representatives 1824-1829;sissippi; born in Moss Point, Jackson County, Miss., October elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-first28, 1853; attend?d the common schools and Roanoke College, Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofSalem, Va.; was graduated from the law department of the William Wilkins; reelected to the Twenty-second throughUniversity of Mississippi at Oxford in 1874; was admitted to Twenty-fourth Congresses and served from December 15,the bar and commenced practice in Pascagoula, Jackson 1829, to March 3, 1837; was not a candidate for renomina-County, Miss.; clerk of the circuit and chancery courtsof tion in 1836; resumed the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pa.;Jackson County, Miss., from November 1883 until January delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1837; pres-1, 1895; delegate to the State constitutional conventionin idential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840; commissioner1890; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress under act of incorporation of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.(March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for April 13, 1846; incorporator of Ohio & Pennsylvania Rail-renomination in 1896; joined the Republican Party in 1896; road Co., 1848; declined the nomination to be a candidate forresumed the practice of law at Pascagoula, Miss., and for Congress in 1850; president of the Pittsburgh & Steubenvillefifteen years was legal adviser to the Jackson County Board Railroad Co. in 1851 and 1852; trustee of the Western Uni-of Supervisors; died in Pascagoula November 5, 1926; inter- versity of Pennsylvania and director of the Western Thee-ment in Machpelah Cemetery. 898 Biographical Directory

DENOYELLES,Peter, a Representative from New York;until elected to Congress; Democratic floor leader in State born in Haverstraw, Rockland County, N.Y., in 1766;com-senate 1939-1958; operated the Kelden Coal & Coke Co. of pleted preparatory studies; engaged in the manufacture ofHunkers, Pa., and the Building & Transportation Co. of brick; member of the State assembly in 1802 and 1803; heldTrafford and Jeannette, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to the several local offices; elected as a Republican to the Thir-Eighty-fifth Congress, by special election, January 21, 1958, teenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); resumed histo fill the vacancy caused by the death of Augustine B. former manufacturing pursuits; died in Haverstraw, Rock-Kelly; reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses and served land County, N.Y., May 6, 1829; interment in Mount Reposefrom January 21, 1958, to January 3, 1979; was not a candi- Cemetery. date for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; was DENSON,William Henry, a Representative from Ala-a resident of Greensburg, Pa., until his death in Jeannette, bama; born in Uchee, Russell County, Ala., March 4, 1846; Pa., on April 9, 1988. attended the common schools and the University of Ala- DENT, bama at Tuscaloosa; left the University of Alabama in 1863 Stanley Hubert, Jr., a Representative from Ala- to join the Confederate Army; worked on his father's farmbama; born in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., August 16, and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and com-1869; attended the common schools, and was graduated from menced practice in Union Springs, Ala.; moved to Lafayette,Southern University (later known as Birmingham Southern Chambers County, Ala., in October 1870; mayor of LafayetteCollege), Greensboro, Ala., in 1886; was graduated from the in 1874; member of the State house of representatives inUniversity of Virginia Law School at Charlottesville in 1889; 1876; moved to Gadsden, Etowah County, in 1877 and contin-was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in ued the practice of his profession; appointed by PresidentEufaula, Ala., until 1899; moved to Montgomery, Ala., in Cleveland United States district attorney for the northern1899 and continued the practice of his profession; delegate to and middle districts of Alabama and served from June 30,the State constitutional convention in 1901; prosecuting at- 1885, to June 3, 1889; chairman of the Democratic Statetorney for Montgomery County 1902-1909; delegate to the convention in 1890; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-thirdDemocratic National Convention in 1908; elected as a Demo- Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); was an unsuccess-crat to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses ful candidate for renomination in 1894; moved to Birming-(March 4, 1909-March 3,1921); chairman, Committee on ham, Ala., where he resumed the practice of law; died inMilitary Affairs (Sixty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candi- Birmingham, Ala., September 26, 1906; interment in Elm-date for renomination in 1920; resumed the practice of law wood Cemetery. in Montgomery, Ala.; served as president of the State consti- Bibliography: Harris, D. Alan. "Campaigning in the Bloody Seventh: tutional convention for repeal of the Eighteenth Amend- The Election of 1894 in the Seventh Congressional District." The Alabama ment in 1933; died in Montgomery, Ala., on October 6, 1938; Review 27 (April 1974): 127-38. interment in Eufaula Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala. Bibliography: Ward, Robert D. "Stanley Hubert Dent and American DENT,George, a Representative from Maryland; born on Military Policy, 1916-1920." Alabama Historical Quarterly 33 (Fall/Winter his father's estate, "Windsor Castle," on the Mattawoman, 1971): 177-89. Charles County, Md., in 1756; completed preparatory studies; during the Revolutionary War served as first lieutenant of DENT,William Barton Wade, a Representative from militia of Charles and St. Marys Counties under Capt.Georgia; born in Bryantown, Charles County, Md., Septem- Thomas H. Marshall, and as first lieutenant in the Thirdber 8, 1806; attended a private school in Charlotte Hall, St. Battalion of the Flying Camp Regular Troops of Maryland inMarys County, Md., and was graduated from Charlotte Hall 1776; captain in the Twenty-sixth Battalion, Maryland Mili-Military Academy in 1823; moved to Mallorysville, Wilkes tia, in 1778; member of the Maryland House of AssemblyCounty, Ga., in 1824 and taught school; engaged in mercan- 1782-1790, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1788 andastile pursuits at Bulisboro, Ga., in 1827; took an active part in speaker in 1789 and 1790; justice of the Charles Countyfounding the city of Newnan, Ga., in 1828; subsequently Court in 1791 and 1792; member of the State senate in 1791engaged in agricultural pursuits and milling in Coweta, Car- and 1792, serving as president during the latter year untilroll, and Heard Counties; became interested in large land his resignation on December 21, 1792; elected to the Thirdholdings in Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Congress and reelected as a Federalist to the FourthTexas; served as a colonel in the State militia during the through Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1801);Creek War; member of the State house of representatives in chairman, Committee on Elections (Sixth Congress); Speaker1843; returned to Newnan in 1849 and served as judge of the pro tempore of the House at various times from 1797 toinferior court of Coweta County; elected as a Democrat to 1799; appointed by President Jefferson as United States mar-the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); shal of the District Court for the Potomac District at Wash-was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; died in ington, D.C., April 4, 1801; moved to Georgia in 1802 andNewnan, Coweta County, Ga., September 7, 1855; interment settled about twelve miles from Augusta, where he diedin Oak Hill Cemetery. December 2, 1813; interment on his plantation. DENTON,George Kirkpatrick (father of Winfield K. DENT,John Herman, a Representative from Pennsylva-Denton), a Representative from Indiana; born near Sebree, nia; born in Johnetta, Armstrong County, Pa., March 10,Webster County, Ky., November 17,1864; attended the 1908; educated in the public schools of Armstrong and West-public schools and Van Horn Institute; was graduated from moreland Counties, the Great Lakes Naval Aviation Acade-the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware in 1891 and from my, and through correspondence school courses; member ofthe law department of Boston (Mass.) University in 1893; the local council of United Rubber Workers 1923-1937, serv-was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in ing as president of Local 18759 and on the executive council;Evansville, md.; served as counsel for the Intermediate Life also member of the international council; Jeannette CityInsurance Co; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Con- Councilman, 1932-1934; served in the United States Marinegress (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate Air Corps 1924-1928; member of the State house of repre-for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed sentatives 1934-1936; elected to the State senate in 1936;the practice of law in Evansville, md.; unsuccessful candi- reelected in 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, and 1956, and serveddate in 1924 for judge of the Indiana Supreme Court; candi- Biographies 899 date for the Democratic nomination for United States Sena-Kansas June 17, 1857, and during his administration the tor in 1926, but died before the primary election; died inpresent capital of Colorado (then Kansas Territory) was Evansville, md., January 4, 1926; interment in Oak Hillfounded and named "Denver" for the chief executive; reap- Cemetery. pointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 8, 1858, and served until his resignation on March 31, 1859; was DENTON, Jeremiah Andrew, Jr., a Senator from Ala-commissioned brigadier general in the Union Army August bama; born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., July 15, 1924;14, 1861; resigned from the Army March 5, 1863; resumed graduated from McGill Institute, Mobile, 1942; attendedthe practice of his profession in Washington, D.C., and Wil- Spring Hill College, Mobile, 1942-1943; graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1946; com-mington, Ohio; delegate to the Democratic National Conven- pleted graduate work at George Washington University,tions in 1876, 1880, and 1884; died in Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., 1964; served in the United States Navy,August 9, 1892; interment in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Wil- attaining the rank of rear admiral 1946-1977; shot down,mington, Ohio. captured, and held prisoner in Vietnam for nearly 8 years; Bibliography: DAB; Taylor, Edward T. "General James W. Denver-An consultant; elected as a Republican to the United States Appreciation." The Colorado Magazine 17 (March 1940): 41-51. Senate, in 1980 for the term commencing January 3, 1981; DENVER, Matthew Rombach (son of James William subsequently appointed by the Governor, January 2, 1981, toDenver), a Representative from Ohio; born in Wilmington, if! the vacancy caused by the resignation of Donald W.Clinton County, Ohio, December 21, 1870; attended the Stewart for the term ending January 3, 1981; served frompublic schools; was graduated from Georgetown University, January 2, 1981, to January 3, 1987; unsuccessful candidateWashington, D.C., in 1892; engaged in agricultural pursuits, for reelection in 1986; founder of Denton Associates, Mobile,banking, and manufacturing; delegate to the Democratic Na- Ala.; founder of the National Forum Foundation, Washing-tional Conventions in 1896, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, ton, D.C.; is a resident of Mobile, Ala. 1932, and 1936; member of the Democratic State committee Bibliography: Denton, Jeremiah. When Hell Was in Session. New York: 1896-1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Readers Digest Press, 1976. and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1913); DENTON, Winfield Kirkpatrick (son of George Kirkpat-declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty- rick Denton), a Representative from Indiana; born in Evans-third Congress; returned to Wilmington, Ohio, and resumed ville, Vanderburgh County, md., October 28, 1896; attendedbanking pursuits; president of the Ohio Bankers' Association the public schools and De Pauw University, Greencastle,in 1918 and 1919; again elected a member of the Democratic md., until the beginning of the First World War, when heState committee for the term 1926-1928; president of the enlisted as a private; later commissioned a second lieutenantClinton County National Bank & Trust Co., from 1902 until as an aviator in the United States Army Air Corps andhis death in Wilmington, Ohio, May 13, 1954; interment in served until discharged in 1919 with overseas service; A.B.,Sugar Grove Cemetery. De Pauw University, 1919; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1922; was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced the practice DEPEW, Chauncey Mitchell, a Senator from New York; of law in Evansville, md., in 1922; prosecuting attorney ofborn in Peekskill, N.Y., April 23, 1834; attended private Vanderburgh County, md., 1932-1936; member of the Indi-schools; was graduated from the Peekskill Military Academy ana State Legislature 1937-1942, serving as caucus chairmanin 1852 and from Yale College in 1856; studied law; was in 1939 and as minority leader in 1941; member of the Stateadmitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice at budget committee 1940-1942; entered the service as a majorPeekskill, N.Y., in 1859; member, State assembly 1861-1862; in 1942; served in the Judge Advocate General's Depart-secretary of State of New York 1863; appointed United ment, Wright Field, Ohio, and was discharged as a lieuten-States Minister to Japan by President , was ant colonel in 1945; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-firstconfirmed by the Senate, but declined; unsuccessful candi- and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3,date for election as lieutenant governor in 1872; colonel and 1953); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to thejudge advocate of the fifth division of the New York Nation- Eighty-third Congress; delegate to each Democratic Nationalal Guard 1873-1881; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Convention from 1952 to 1964; elected to the Eighty-fourthelection to the United States Senate in 1881; appointed and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-president of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inCo. 1885-1899, and later became chairman of the board of 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; resumed the practice of law;directors of that railroad system; unsuccessful candidate for died in Evansville, md., November 2, 1971; interment in Oakthe Republican presidential nomination in 1888; elected as a Hill Cemetery. Republican to the United States Senate in 1899; reelected in 1905 and served from March 4,1899, to March 3, 1911; DENVER, James William (father of Matthew Rombachunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910; chairman, Denver), a Representative from California; born in Winches-Committee on Revision of the Laws of the United States ter, Va., October 23,1817; attended the public schools;(Fifty-seventh through Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on moved to Ohio in 1830 with his parents, who settled nearPacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Sixty-first Congress); re- Wilmington; taught school in Missouri in 1841; was graduat-sumed his legal and corporate business pursuits in New ed from the Cincinnati Law School in 1844; was admitted toYork City, where he died on April 5, 1928; interment in the bar and commenced practice in Xenia, Ohio; also pub-Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill, N.Y. lished the Thomas Jefferson; moved to Platte City, Mo., in Bibliography: DAB; Depew, Chauncey. My Memories of 80 Years. New 1845 and continued the practice of law; served as captain in York: Scribner's Sons, 1922; Murphy, Arthur F. "The Political Personality the Twelfth Regiment, United States Infantry, during theof Chauncey Mitchell Depew." Ph.D. dissertation, Fordham University, war with Mexico; moved to California in 1850; elected to the 1959. State senate in 1851; appointed secretary of state in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March DE PRIEST, Oscar, a Representative from Illinois; born 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); was not a candidate for renomina-in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., March 9, 1871; moved tion in 1856; appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs Aprilto Kansas in 1878 with his parents, who settled inSalina; 17, 1857; resigned to become Governor of the Territory ofattended the public schools and Salina (Kans.) Normal 900 Biographical Directory

School; engaged as a painter and decorator; moved to Chica- DERSHEM, Franklin Lewis, a Representative from Penn- go, Ill., in 1889 and became a real estate broker; member ofsylvania; born near New Columbia, Union County, Pa., the board of commissioners of Cook County, Ill., 1904-1908;March 5, 1865; attended the common schools; was graduated member of the city council 1915-1917; electedas a Republi-from Palm's National Business College at Philadelphia in can to the Seventy-first and to the two succeeding Congress- es (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate1887; appointed postmaster at Kelly Point, Union County, for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress and forPa., on March 9, 1888, and served until January 13, 1891; election in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed theengaged in agricultural pursuits, and was also interested -in real estate business; vice chairman of the Cook County Re-the hardware business 1891-1913; member of the board of publican central committee 1932-1934; delegate to the Re-trustees of Albright College, Myerstown, Pa.; member of the publican National Convention in 1936; again a member ofState house of representatives in 1907, 1908, and again in the city council 1943-1947; died in Chicago, Ill., May 12,1911 and 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third 1951; interment in Graceland Cemetery. Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candi- Bibliography: DAB; Day, S. Davis. "Herbert Hoover and Racial Politics:date for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; The De Priest Incident." Journal of Negro History 65 (Winter 1980): 6-17; appointed as an auditor in the Philadelphia division of the Rudwick, Elliott M. "Oscar De Priest and the Jim Crow Restaurant in theUnited States Bureau of Internal Revenue October 1, 1915, U.S. House of Representatives." Journal of Negro Education 35 (Winter in which capacity he served until March 31, 1935; was en- 1966): 77-82. gaged as an auditor and income-tax specialist in Lewisburg, DE ROUEN, René Louis, a Representative from Louisi-Pa., where he died February 14, 1950; interment in Lewis- ana; born on a farm near Ville Platte, St. Landry Parishburg Cemetery. (now Evangeline Parish), January 7, 1874; attended private and public schools, and St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, DERWINSKI, Edward Joseph, a Representative from Illi- La.; was graduated from Holy Cross College, New Orleans,nois; born in Chicago, Ill., September 15, 1926; graduated La., in 1892; engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, andfrom Mount Carmel High School in 1944; served in the farming; delegate to the State constitutional convention inUnited States Army as an infantryman with service in the 1921; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress toPacific Theater and with the Japanese Occupation Forces in fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ladislas Lazaro;1945 and 1946; Loyola University in Chicago, B.S., 1951; reelected to the Seventy-first and to the five succeeding Con-president of the West Pullman Savings & Loan Association, gresses and served from August 23, 1927, to January 3, 1941; 1950-1975; served one term in the Illinois house of repre- chairman,CommitteeonPublicLands(Seventy-thirdsentatives in 1957 and 1958; elected as a Republican to the through Seventy-sixth Congresses); was not a candidate forEighty-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (Janu-

renomination in 1940; served in the State banking depart-ary 3, 1959-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for re- - ment in Baton Rouge, La., after his retirement from Con-nomination in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; chair- gress until his death; died in Baton Rouge, La., March 27,man, U.S. delegation to Interparliamentary Union, 1970- 1942; interment in Catholic Cemetery, Ville Platte, La. 1972, 1978-1980; counselor, Department of State, March 18, DEROUNIAN, Steven Boghos, a Representative from New1983, to March 23, 1987; under secretary of state for Security York; born in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 6, 1918; brought to theAssistance, Science and Technology, March 23, 1987, to United States at the age of three by his parents who settledpresent; is a resident of Arlington, Va. in Mineola, N.Y.; attended the public schools; graduated DE SAUSSURE, William Ford, a Senator from South from New York University in 1938 and from the FordhamCarolina; born in Charleston, S.C., February 22, 1792; was Law School in 1942; was admitted to the New York bar ingraduated from Harvard University in 1810; studied law; 1942 and began practice in Mineola, N.Y., thesame year;was admitted to the bar and practiced in Charleston and entered the United States Army as a private in July 1942;Columbia, S.C.; member, State house of representatives 1846; graduated from officers school as an Infantry officer and was assigned to the One Hundred and Third Infantry; servedjudge of the chancery court 1847; appointed and subsequent- overseas from October 1944 to March 1946 and separatedly elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill from the service as a captain in May 1946; awarded thethe vacancy caused by the resignation of R. Barnwell Rhett Purple Heart and Bronze Star with oak leaf; councilman ofand served from May 10, 1852, to March 3, 1853; resumed town board of North Hempstead, N.Y., from January 1,the practice of law in Columbia; trustee of South Carolina 1948, to December 30, 1952; elected as a Republican to theCollege (now the University of South Carqlina) at Columbia Eighty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (Januaryfor many years; died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., 3, 1953-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelec-March 13, 1870; interment in Presbyterian Churchyard. tion in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; justice of the DESHA, Joseph (brother of Robert Desha), a Representa- supreme court of New York State, 1969-198 1; is a resident oftive from Kentucky; born in Monroe County, Pa., December Austin, Tex. 9, 1768; pursued preparatory studies; moved to Kentucky DERRICK, Butler Carson, Jr., a Representative fromwith his parents, who settled in Fayette County in 1779, and South Carolina; born in Springfield, Hampden County,later in 1782, they moved to Tennessee and settled near Mass., September 30, 1936; attended the public schools inGallatin, Sumner County; returned to Kentucky in 1792 and Mayesville, S.C., and Florence, S.C.; attended University ofsettled in Mason County; served in the Indian wars under South Carolina, 1954-1958; LL.B., University of Georgia LawGen. Anthony Wayne and Gen. William H. Harrison in 1794; School, 1965; admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1965 andreturned to Kentucky and engaged in agricultural pursuits; commenced practice in Edgefield; served in the South Caroli-member- of the State house of representatives in 1797 and na house of representatives, 1969-1974; delegate to South1799-1802; served inthe State senate 1803-1807; elected as a Carolina State Democratic conventions, 1972, 1974; delegateRepublican to the Tenth and to the five succeeding Con- to Democratic National Convention, 1974; elected as a Demo-gresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1819); chairman, Committee crat to the Ninety-fourth and to the six succeeding Congress-on Public Expenditures (Fifteenth Congress); was not a can- es (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Edge-- didate for renomination in 1818; unsuccessful candidate for field, S.C. Governor of Kentucky in 1820; served as major general of Biographies 901

Volunteers under Gen. William H. Harrison at the Battle oflieutenant in 1925 and advanced through grades to brigadier the Thames; on his return to civil life he was elected Gover-general in 1948; served in Nicaragua, Cuba and China; pris- nor of Kentucky and served from 1824 to 1828; lived on hisoner of war from December 1941 to January1945; retired farm in Harrison County until his death near Georgetown,from the service in 1948; engaged in farming near Glyndon, Ky., October 11, 1842; interment in Georgetown Cemetery.Md., in 1946; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Bibliography: DAB; Desha, Joseph. "Joseph Desha, Letters and Papers." and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951- Edited by James A. Padgett. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 51 January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in (December 1953): 286-304; Doutrich, Paul E., III. "A Pivotal Decision: The 1958 but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor; direc- 1824 Gubernatorial Election in Kentucky." Filson Club History Quarterly tor of public safety for Baltimore County, December 1962 to 56 (January 1982): 14-29. 1966; was a resident of Ruxton, Md., until his death in DESHA, Robert (brother of Joseph Desha), a Representa-Baltimore on August 5, 1988; interment in Arlington Nation- tive from Tennessee; born near Gallatin, Sumner County,al Cemetery. Tenn., January 14, 1791; attended the public schools; en- gaged in the mercantile business at Gallatin; appointed on DE VEYRA, Jaime Carlos, a Resident Commissioner from March 12, 1812, a captain in the Twenty-fourth Regiment,the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands; born in United States Infantry, in the War of 1812; also served asTanawan, Province of Leyte, Philippine Islands, November brevet major; honorably discharged on June 15, 1815; elected4, 1873; attended public and private schools; was graduated as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-firstCongress-from the College of San Juan de Letran in Manila in 1893; es (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); declined to be acandidatestudied law, philosophy, and letters in the University of for renomination in 1830 for the Twenty-second Congress;Santo Tomas at Manila 1895-1897; secretary to the Military moved to Mobile, Ala., and continued mercantile pursuitsGovernor of Leyte in 1898 and 1899; engaged in newspaper until his death there February 6, 1849; interment in Magno-work; member of the municipal council of Cebu; Governor of lia Cemetery. Leyte in 1906 and 1907; member of the Philippine house of representatives 1907-1909; member of the Philippine Com- DESTRHAN, Jean Noel, a Senator from Louisiana; bornmission 1913-1916; executive secretary of the Philippine Is- in 1754 in that section of Louisiana which became the St.lands in 1916 and 1917; elected as a Nationalist a Resident Charles Parish; engaged in mercantile pursuits and as aCommissioner to the United States in 1917; reelected in 1920 planter; member, legislative council of the Territory of Orle-and served from March 4, 1917, to March 3, 1923; declined to ans and served as its president in 1806 and 1811; althoughbe a candidate for renomination in 1922; engaged in journal- opposed to the admission of the Territory to statehood, was aistic work during 1923; head of the department of Spanish, delegate to the convention and helped to draft the StateUniversity of the Philippines at Manila, 1925-1936; director, constitution; member, State senate 1812-1817; upon the ad- Institute of National Language, 1936-1944; served as histori- mission of Louisiana as a State into the Union was electedcal researcher in charge of manuscripts and publications, to the United States Senate on September 3, 1812, but re-National Library; historical researcher, Office of the Presi- signed on October 1, 1812, without having qualified; resumed his former occupation as a planter; died in 1823; intermentdent, 1946; died in Manila, Philippine Islands, March 7, near Destréhan, La. 1963; interment in La Loma Cemetery, DEVINE, Samuel Leeper, a Representative from Ohio; DEUSTER, Peter Victor, a Representative from Wiscon-born in South Bend, Saint Joseph County, md., December sin; born near Aix la Chapelle, Rhenish Prussia, February21, 1915; moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1920; attended the 13, 1831; pursued an academic course; immigrated to thepublic schools in Columbus, Grandview, and Upper Arling- United States with his parents, who settled on a farm near 1934, Milwaukee, Wis., in May 1847; worked in a printing office;ton, Ohio; attended Colgate University in 1933 and moved to Port Washington, Wis., in 1854 and edited a news-Ohio State University 1934-1937; University of Notre Dame, paper; also served simultaneously as postmaster, clerk of theLL.B., J.D., .1940; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and prac- circuit court, clerk of the land office, and notary public;ticed law in Columbus, Ohio; in 1940 was appointed special returned to Milwaukee in 1856 and edited the Milwaukeeagent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United StatesDe- See-Bote, a Democratic daily paper, until 1860, when hepartment of Justice, and served until his resignation October became proprietor; member of the State assembly in 1863;1945; resumed the private practice of law in Columbus, Ohio; served in the State senate in 1870 and 1871; elected as amember of the Ohio house of representatives 1951-1955; Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighthprosecuting attorney, Franklin County, Ohio, 1955-1958; Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885); chairman, Com-former chairman Ohio Un-American Activities commission; mittee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Forty-sixthcollege football official for 27 years; elected as a Republican Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 toto the Eighty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses the Forty-ninth Congress; resumed newspaper interests; ap-(January 3, 1959-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate pointed chairman of a commission to diminish the Umatillafor reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; is a Indian Reservation in Oregon in 1887; appointed consul atresident of Naples, Fla.

Crefeld, Germany, February 19, 1896, and served until a DEVIVI', Edward James, a Representative from Minneso-- successor was appointed October 15, 1897; died inMilwau-ta; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., May5, 1911; kee, Wis., December 31, 1904; interment in Calvary Ceme-- attended public and parochial schools; was graduated from tery. St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., in 1932 and from DEVEREUX, James Patrick Sinnott, a Representativethe law department of the University of at from Maryland; born in Cabana, Cuba, February 20, 1903;Grand Forks in 1935; was admitted to the bar in 1935 and attended the public schools of Maryland, the Army andcommenced practice in East Grand Forks, Minn.; instructor Navy Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., the Tomein the law department of the University of North Dakota School at Port Deposit, Md., LaVilla in Lausanne, Switzer- 1935-1939; municipal judge at East Grand Forks, Minn., land, and Loyola College, Baltimore, Md.; enlisted in the1935-1939; assistant attorney general of Minnesota 1939- United States Marine Corps in 1923; commissioned a second1942; member of faculty of St. Paul College of Law in 1945 902 Biographical Directory and 1946; served as an intelligence officer in the Unitedboard; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomina- States Navy from October 1942 to February 1946, withserv-tion for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1840; died in Sunbury, ice in Pacific area; awarded the Purple Heart; elected as aNorthumberland County, Pa., on April 26, 1852; interment Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-Janu-in Sunbury Cemetery. ary 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; probate judge, Ramsey County, D'EWART, Wesley Abner, a Representative from Mon- Minn., from January 6, 1950, to December 20, 1954; appoint-tana; born in Worcester, Mass., October 1, 1889; attended the ed United States district judge December 20, 1954, for thepublic schools of Worcester, Mass., and Washington State district of Minnesota, and has served as chief judge sinceCollege at Pullman; moved to Wilsall, Park County, Mont., 1958; member, board of directors, Federal Judicial Center,in 1910 and engaged in the Forest Service; stockman, since 1968; is a resident of St. Paul, Minn. farmer, and businessman in Park County, Mont.; served in DE VRIES, Marion, a Representative from California;the State house of representatives 1937-1939; member of the born on a ranch near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County,State senate 1941-1945; elected as a Republican to the Sev- Calif., August 15, 1865; attended the public schools; wasenty-ninth Congress, by special election, June 5, 1945, to fill graduated from the San Joaquin Valley College, Wood-the vacancy caused by the death of James F. O'Connor; bridge, Calif., in 1886 and from the law department of thereelected to the four succeeding Congresses and served from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1888; was admittedJune 5, 1945, to January 3, 1955; was not a candidate, for to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Stockton,renomination in 1954, but was unsuccessful for election to Calif., in 1889; assistant district attorney of San Joaquinthe United States Senate; assistant to the Secretary of Agri- County from January 1893 to February 1897, when he re-culture, Washington, D.C., from January 1955 to September signed, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Demo-1955; assistant secretary, Department of the Interior, from crat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses and servedOctober 1955 to July 1956; special representative to Secre- - from March 4, 1897, to August 20, 1900, when he resigned totary of Agriculture from August 1956 to October 1958; un- accept a court position; appointed on June 9, 1900, a membersuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Gov- of the Board of General Appraisers (now United States Cus-ernor of Montana in 1960; member, Western States Water toms Court) at New York City and served until his resigna-Council, 1966-1969; was a director of the National Water tion effective April 1, 1910; was president of the board 1906-Resources Association; resided in Wilsall, Mont.; died in Liv- 19 10; associate judge of the United States Court of Customs ingston, Mont., September 2, 1973; interment in Mountain Appeals from April 2, 1910, to June 30, 1921; served as View Cemetery. presiding judge from July 1, 1921, until October 31, 1922, DEWART, William Lewis (son of Lewis Dewart), a Repre- when he resigned; reengaged in the practice of law in Wash-sentative from Pennsylvania; born in Sunbury, Northumber- ington, D.C., and New York City, until 1939, when he retiredland County, Pa., June 21, 1821; attended the common to his ranch near Woodbridge, Calif., where he died on Sep-schools of Sunbury and Harrisburg, Pa.; was graduated from tember 11, 1939; interment in the family plot on De VriesDickinson Preparatory School,Carlisle,Pa., and from Ranch. Princeton College in 1839; studied law; was admitted to the DEWALT, Arthur Granville, a Representative from Penn-Northumberland County bar on January 3, 1843, and com- sylvania; born in Bath, Northampton County, Pa., Octobermenced practice in Sunbury, Pa.; chief burgess of Sunbury 11, 1854; attended the common schools; was graduated fromin 1845 and 1846; president of the school board; delegate to Keystone State Normal School in 1870 and from Lafayettethe Democratic National Conventions in 1852, 1856, 1860, College, Easton, Pa., in 1874; studied law; was admitted toand 1884; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 to the the bar in 1877 and commenced practice at Allentown, Pa.,Thirty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty- in1878;district attorney of Lehigh County 1880-1883;fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); chairman, member of the State senate 1902-1910; delegate to theCommittee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirty-fifth Democratic National Convention in 1904 and 1908; chairmanCongress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to of the Democratic State committee in 1909 and 1910; adju-the Thirty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of his pro-- tant of the Fourth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Nationalfession in Sunbury, Pa.; died in Sunbury, Pa., on April 19, Guard for ten years; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-1888; interment in the family vault in Sunbury Cemetery. fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); declined to be a candidate for renomi- DEWEESE, John Thomas, a Representative from North nation in 1920; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1926 toCarolina; born in Van Buren, Crawford County, Ark., June the Seventieth Congress; resumed the practice of law at4, 1835; educated at home; studied law; was admitted to the Allentown, Pa., where he died on October 26, 1931; inter-bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Henderson, KY.; ment in Fairview Cemetery. resident of Denver, Cob., for some years; moved to Pike County, md., in 1860; entered the Union Army July 6, 1861,

DEWART, Lewis (father of William Lewis Dewart), a Rep-- as second lieutenant of Company E, Twenty-fourth Regi- resentative from Pennsylvania; born in Sunbury, Pa., No-ment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with that vember 14, 1780; attended the common schools; was a clerkcommand until February 15, 1862, when he resigned; mus- in his father's store for several years and later became atered in as captain of Company F, Fourth Indiana Cavalry, coal operator and banker; postmaster at Sunbury 1806-18 16;August 8, 1862; successively promoted to rank of colonel; member of the State house of representatives 18 12-1820;moved to North Carolina; upon the reorganization of the elected to the State senate in 1823 and served three years;Army was appointed second lieutenant, Eighth United one of the organizers and builders of the Danville & Potts- States Infantry, July 24, 1866; resigned August 14, 1867, ville Railroad, and served as one of the first directors; elect-having been elected to Congress; appointed register in bank- ed as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4,ruptcy for North Carolina in 1868; upon the readmission of 1831-March 3, 1833); again a member of the State house ofNorth Carolina to representation was elected as a Republi- representatives 1835-1840 and served as speaker in 1840;can to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses and served chief burgess of Sunbury in 1837; member of the schoolfrom July 6, 1868, to February 28, 1870, when he resigned, Biographies 903 pending the investigation of certain appointments to theThirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); un- United States Military and Naval Academies; chairman,successful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interi-Congress; resumed the manufacture of textiles; died in or (Forty-first Congress), Committee on Revolutionary Pen-Oxford, Worcester County, Mass., January 13, 1879; inter- sions (Forty-first Congress); censured by the House of Repre-ment in South Cemetery. sentatives on March 1, 1870, for selling an appointment to the Naval Academy; delegate to the Democratic National DE WITT, Charles (grandfather of Charles Gerrit De Convention in 1876; resumed the practice of law; died inWitt), a Delegate from New York; born in Kingston, Ulster Washington, D.C., July 4, 1906; interment in Arlington Na-County, N.Y., in 1727; pursued classical studies; colonel of tional Cemetery. militia; member of the colonel assembly 1768-1776; delegate to the provisional convention in 1775; member of the Provi- DEWEY, Charles Schuveldt, a Representative from Illi-sional Congress which approved the Declaration of Inde- nois; born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, November 10,pendence 1775-1777; served on the constitutional committee 1880; moved in infancy to Chicago, Ill.; attended the public in 1776, and on the committee of safety in 1777; Member of schools and St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.; was graduatedthe Continental Congress from February to October 1784; from Yale University in 1904; engaged in the real estateeditor of the Ulster Sentinel for several years; member of business in Chicago, Ill., 1905-1917; served in the Unitedthe State assembly in 1781, 1785, and 1786; member of the States Navy 1917-1919 and was honorably discharged withcommittee to draft the State constitution; died in Kingston, the rank of senior lieutenant; vice president of a trust com-N.Y.; August 27, 1787; interment in Dutch Reformed Ceme- pany in Chicago, Ill., 1920-1924; Assistant Secretary of thetery, Hurley, N.Y. Treasury in charge of fiscal affairs 1924-1927; national treas- urer of American National Red Cross in 1926 and 1927; DE WITT, Charles Gerrit (grandson of Charles De Witt), a served as fmancial adviser to the Polish Government and asRepresentative from New York; born in Greenhill, Ulster director of the Bank of Poland 1927-1930; returned to Chica-County, N.Y., November 7, 1789; studied law and practiced; go in 1931 and resumed banking; unsuccessful candidate forclerk in the Navy Department; edited the Ulster Sentinel; election in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; elected as aelected as a Jackson supporter to the Twenty-first Congress Republican to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Con-(March 4, 1829-March 3,1831); was not a candidate for gresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful can-renomination in 1830; resumed the practice of law; appoint- didate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress;ed Chargé d'Affaires to Central America January 29, 1833; resumed the banking business; in April 1948 was appointedreturned home in February 1839; died on board a river agent general of the Joint Committee on Foreign Economicsteamer opposite Newburgh, N.Y., April 12, 1839; interment Cooperation and served until June 1952; chairman, Districtin Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y. of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1957-196 1; resided in Washington, D.C., until his death December 27, DE WITT, David Miller, a Representative from New York; 1980; interment in Arlington National Cemetery. born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., November 25, 1837; moved to New York in 1845 with his parents, who settled in DEWEY, Daniel, a Representative from Massachusetts;Brooklyn; attended the public schools of Brooklyn, a select born in Sheffield, Mass., January 29, 1766; attended Yaleschool at Saugerties, and the local academy at Kingston; was College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1787 andgraduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., in commenced practice in Williamstown, Mass.; treasurer of1858; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1858 and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1798-1814; membercommenced practice in Kingston, N.Y.; principal of New of the Governor's council 1809-1812; elected as a FederalistPaltz Academy (later a State normal school) in 1861 and to the Thirteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1813,1862; district attorney of Ulster County 1863-1870; unsuc- until February 24, 1814, when he resigned, having beencessful candidate for reelection; elected as a Democrat to the assigned to a judicial position; appointed by Governor StrongForty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); was not an associate judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts ona candidate for renomination; resumed thepractice of law February 24, 1814, and served until his death in William-and also engaged in literary pursuits; assistant corporation stown, Mass., May 26, 1815; interment in West Lawn Ceme-counsel of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1878-188 1; member of the State tery. assembly in 1883; corporation counsel of Kingston in 1884; DeWINE, Michael, a Representative from Ohio; born insurrogate of Ulster County from November 20, 1885, to De- Springfield, Ohio on January 5, 1947; attended the publiccember 31, 1886; again engaged in the practice of law; died schools in Yellow Springs, Ohio; B.S., Miami University,in Kingston, N.Y., June 23, 1912; interment in Wiltwyck Oxford, Ohio, 1969; J.D., College of Law, Ohio NorthernRural Cemetery. University, Ada, Ohio, 1972; admitted to Ohio State bar in DE WIVI', Francis Byron, a Representative from Ohio; 1972, and commenced practice in Xenia, Ohio; assistant pros-born in Jackson County, md., March 11, 1849; moved with ecuting attorney, Greene County, Ohio, 1973-1975; prosecut-his parents in 1854 to a farm in Delaware County, Ohio; ing attorney, Greene County, 1977-1981; elected to the Ohioduring the Civil War enlisted in the Forty-sixth Regiment, senate, 1981-1982; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at the age of twelve; mustered out eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3,for temporary disability and reenlisted in 1862 in the One 1983-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Cedarville, Ohio. Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infan- DE WITT, Alexander, a Representative from Massachu-try, and served until the close of the war; prisoner of war in setts; born in New Braintree, Mass., April 2, 1798; pursuedSalisbury,Danville,and LibbyPrisons;attended the an academic course; engaged in textile manufacturing incommon schools and high school in Galena, Ohio, National Oxford; member of the State house of representatives 1830-Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio, and Ohio Wesleyan Universi- 1836; served in the State senate in 1842, 1844, 1850, andty, Delaware, Ohio; moved to Paulding, Ohio, in 1872 and 1851; member of the State constitutional convention in 1853;taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1875 elected as a Free-Soil candidate to the Thirty-third Congressand practiced his profession in Paulding until 1891, when he and reelected as a candidate of the American Party to theengaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house 904 Biographical Directory of representatives 1892-1895; elected as a Republican to theStates internal revenue from September 9, 1870, to August Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897);unsuc-6, 1872; appraiser of merchandise at the Norfolk custom- cessful candidate for reelection in 1896; resumed agricultur-house from August 7, 1872, until the position was abolished al pursuits near Paulding, Ohio; moved to Standish, Arenacin 1877; delegate to the Republican National Convention in County, Mich., in 1903 and resumed the practice of law;1876; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1878 served as register of deeds; member of the Michigan house ofto the Forty-sixth Congress; elected as a Republican to the representatives 1920-1922; elected prosecuting attorney ofForty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); en- Arenac County, Mich., in 1926; reelected in 1928 and servedgaged in the construction business; died in Norfolk, Va., until his death in Standish, Mich., on March 21, 1929; inter-June 22, 1894, mterment m Elmwood Cemetery ment in Live Oak Cemetery, Paulding, Ohio. DIAL, Nathaniel Barksdale, a Senator from South Caroli- DE Wn'r, Jacob Hasbrouck, a Representative from Newna, born near Laurens, Laurens County, S C, April 24, 1862, York; born in Marbietown, Ulster County, N.Y., October 2,attended the common sôhools, Richmond (Va.) College, and 1784; attended the rural schools and Kingston (N.Y.) Acade-Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; studied law at the my; engaged in agricultural, pursuits; served as adjutant inUniversity of Virginia at Charlottesville; was admitted to the War of 1812; elected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4,the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Laurens, S.C.; 1819-March 3, 1821); was not a candidate for renominationmayor of Laurens 1887-1891 and again in 1895; declined the in 1820, resumed agricultural pursuits, supervisor of Ulsteroffice of consul to Zurich, Switzerland, tendered by President County in 1827 and again in 1840; member of the StateGrover Cleveland in 1893; engaged in banking and in vari- assembly in 1839 and again in 1847; died in Kingston, Ulsterous manufacturing enterprises; unsuccessful candidate for County, N.Y., January 30, 1867; interment in the Sharpeelection to the United States Senate in 1912; elected in 1918 Cemetery, on Albany Avenue. as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from DE WOLF, James, a Senator from Rhode Island; born inMarch 4, 1919, to March 3, 1925; unsuccessful candidate for Bristol, R.I., March 18, 1764; during the Revolutionary Warreelection in 1924; member of the commission to report on shipped as a sailor on a private armed vessel; participated inthe use of the nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Ala., 1925; several naval encounters and was twice captured by theresumed the practice of law in South Carolina and Washing- enemy; before he was twenty years old became captain of aton, D.C., and also his former manufacturing enterprises in ship; engaged in extensive commercial ventures, principallySouth Carolina; died in Washington, D.C., on December 11, trading in slaves, with Cuba and other West Indian islands;1940; interment in Laurens Cemetery, Laurens, S.C. member, State house of representatives 1797-1801, 1803- Bibliography: Slaunwhite, Jerry L "The Public Career of Nathaniel 1812; fitted out a privateer in the War of 1812; one of theBarksdale Dial." Ph.D. dissertation, University of South Carolina, 1979. pioneers in cotton manufacturing; built the Arkwright Mills DIBBLE, Samuel, a Representative from South Carolina; in Coventry, R.I., in 1812; member, State house of represent-born in Charleston, S.C., September 16, 1837; pursued an atives 1817-1821, and served as speaker 1819-1821; electedacademic course in Bethel, Conn., and Charleston, S.C.; at- as a Republican to the United States Senate and served fromtended the College of Charleston for two years, and was March 4,1821, to October 31, 1825, when he resigned;graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., in 1856; member, State house of representatives 1829-1837; died inengaged in teaching 1856-1858; studied law; was admitted to New York City December 21, 1867; interment in the De Wolfthe bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Orangeburg, private cemetery, Woodlawn Avenue, Bristol, R.I. S.C.; served in the Confederate Army throughout the Civil Bibliography: DAB. War; resumed the practice of law in Orangeburg, S.C.; also 'DEXTER, Samuel, a Representative and a Senator fromedited the Orangeburg News; member of the State house of Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., on May 14, 1761; wasrepresentatives in 1877 and 1878; trustee of the University graduated from Harvard University in 1781; studied law;of South Carolina at Columbia in 1878; member of the Board was admitted to the bar in 1784 and commenced practice inof School Commissioners of Orangeburg County; delegate to Lunenburg, Mass.; member, State house of representativesthe Democratic National Convention in 1880; presented cre- 1788-1790; elected to the Third Congress (March 4, 1793-dentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-seventh March 3, 1795); elected as a Federalist to the United StatesCongress to fill a vacancy thought to exist by reason of the Senate and served from March 4, 1799, until May 30, 1800,death (pending a contest) of Michael P. O'Connor, and when he resigned to enter the Cabinet; appointed Secretaryserved from June 9, 1881, to May 31, 1882, when the seat of War by President John Adams 1800; appointed Secretarywas awarded to Edmund W.M. Mackey under the original of the Treasury 1801; resumed the practice of law in Wash-election; elected to the Forty-eighth and to the three suc- ington, D.C.; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1805 and continuedceeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891); chair- the practice of law; declined the appointment of Minister toman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Forty- Spain in 1815; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1816;ninth and Fiftieth Congresses); declined to be a candidate for died in Athens, Greene County, N.Y., May 4, 1816; inter-reelection in 1890; engaged in banking and other business ment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. interests in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, S.C.; died near Bibliography: DAB; Sargent, Lucius. Reminiscences of . Baltimore, Md., September 16, 1913; interment in Sunny Boston: H.W. Dutton and Son, 1857. Side Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C. DEZENDORF, John Frederick, a Representative from DIBRELL, George Gibbs, a' Representative from Tennes- Virginia; born in Lansingburg, Rensselaer County, N.Y.,see; born in Sparta, White County, Tenn., April 12, 1822; August 10, 1834; pursued an academic course; learned theattended the public schools, and was graduated from the carpenter's trade; studied architecture and civil engineering;East Tennessee University, Knoxville, Tenn., in 1843; stud- engaged in railroad and other building at Toledo and Cleve-- led law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and practiced; land, Ohio, 1850-1860, and later, from 1860 to 1862, in mer-engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits; justice of cantile pursuits; moved to Norfolk, Va., in 1863 and engagedthe peace and county court clerk of White County, Tenn., for in the shipping business until 1866; surveyor of Norfolk Citymany years; member, State house of representatives, 1861; and County 1866-1869; assistant assessor of the Unitedvolunteered in the Confederate Army and served from 1861 Biographies 905 to 1865; rose from private to lieutenant colonel of Infantryvember 16, 1812; interment in St. John's Episcopal Church- and colonel of Cavalry, and was discharged as brigadieryard. general; delegate to the State's constitutional convention in DICK, Samuel Bernard (son of John Dick), a Representa- 1870; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and to the tivefrom Pennsylvania; borninMeadville, Crawford four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1885); County, Pa., October 26, 1836; attended the public schools was not a candidate for renomination in 1884; resumed agri-and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; engaged in banking; cultural and mercantile pursuits; died in Sparta, Tenn., Mayduring the Civil War was in command of Company F, Ninth 9, 1888; interment in the Old Sparta Cemetery. Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps; severely wounded in Bibliography: DAB. Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861; subsequently served as DICK, Charles William Frederick, a Representative and acolonel of the regiment until February 1863, when he re- Senator from Ohio; born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio,signed; commanded the Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Mili- November 3, 1858; attended the public schools; studied law;tia, and proceeded to Newcreek, W.Va., in July 1863; mayor was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice inof Meadville in 1870; elected as a Republican to the Forty- Akron, Ohio; served in the Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteersixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); was not a Infantry, in Cuba during the war with Spain; resumed thecandidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Con- practice of law; auditor of Summit County, Ohio, 1886-1894;gress; president of the Pittsburgh, Bessemer & Lake Erie secretary of the Republican National Committee 1896-1900;Railroad Co. until April 1900; president of Phoenix Iron elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill theWorks Co.; died in Meadville, Pa., May 10, 1907; interment vacancy caused by the death of Stephen A. Northway; re- in Greendale Cemetery. elected to three succeeding Congresses and served from No- vember 8, 1898, to March 23, 1904, when he resigned, having DICKENS, Samuel, a Representative from North Caroli- been elected Senator; chairman, Committee on Militia (Fifty-na; born near Roxboro, Person County, N.C.;pursued an seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses); elected March 2, 1904,academic course; member of the State house of commons as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the1813-1815; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Con- vacancy caused by the death of Marcus A. Hanna; on thegress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard same day also was elected for the ensuing term and servedStanford and served from December 2, 1816, to March 3, from March 23, 1904, to March 3, 1911; unsuccessful candi-1817; again a member of the State house of commons in date for reelection in 1911; chairman, Committee on Indian1818; moved to Madison County, Tenn., in 1820; died in Depredations (Fifty-eighth Congress), Committee on Mines Madison County in 1840. and Mining (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses); re- DICKERMAN, Charles Heber, a Representative from sumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and Akron,Pennsylvania; born in Harford, Susquehanna County, Pa., Ohio; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nominationFebruary 3, 1843; attended the public schools of his native for Senator in 1922; died in Akron, Ohio, March 13, 1945;village and was graduated from Harford University, Har- interment in Glendale Cemetery. ford, Pa., in 1860; taught school for several years; studied DICK, John (father of Samuel Bernard Dick), a Represent-law, but before qualifying for admission to the bar became ative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 17,bookkeeper for a large coal company at Beaver Meadow, Pa.; 1794; moved with his parents to Meadville, Pa., in Decemberinterested in the coal commission business and slate quarry- of that year; attended the common schools; major of theing in 1868 at Bethlehem, Pa.; secretary and treasurer of a First Battalion in 1821; colonel of the First Regiment inconcern engaged in the manufacture of railroadequipment 1825; brigadier general Second Brigade, Sixteenth Division,at Milton, Pa., 1880-1899; chairman of Northumberland Pennsylvania Militia, in 1831; engaged in mercantile pur-County Democratic committee for three years; delegate to suits and banking; established the banking house of J.&J.R.the State constitutional convention in 1891; delegate to the Dick in 1850; associate judge of Crawford County in 1850;Democratic National Convention in 1892; interested in bank- prominent in promoting the Atlantic & Great Western Rail-ing at Mauch Chunk, Sunbury, and Bethlehem, and in 1897 road; trustee of Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; presidentbecame president of the First National Bank at Milton, in of the Crawford Mutual Insurance Co.; elected as a Whig towhich capacity he served until his death; elected as a Demo- the Thirty-third Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-crat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3,1905); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904; 1859); was nominated as a candidate for reelection in 1858 toappointed by President a delegate to the the Thirty-sixth Congress, but subsequently withdrew; re-Brussels Peace Congress in 1905; again engaged in banking; sumed his former business pursuits; died in Meadville, Craw-died in Milton, Pa., December 17, 1915; interment in Milton ford County, Pa., May 29, 1872; interment in GreendaleCemetery. Cemetery. DICKERSON, Mahion (brother of Philemon Dickerson), a DICK, Samuel, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Not-Senator from New Jersey; born in Hanover, N.J., April 17, tingham, Prince Georges County, Md., November 14, 1740;1770; educated by private tutors and was graduated from the received a classical education; studied medicine in Scotland,College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1789; and commenced practice in Salem, N.J., in 1770; member ofstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1793; during the the New Jersey Provincial congress in 1776; was appointedWhiskey Rebellion served as a private in the Second Regi- colonel of the First Battalion, Salem County Militia, in 1776;ment Cavalry, New Jersey Detached Militia; settled in assistant surgeon in the Continental Army in the CanadianPhiladelphia, Pa., and was admitted to practice in the Penn- campaign; member of the first State general assembly; ap- sylvania courts in 1797; State commissioner of bankruptcy in pointed collector of customs for the western district of New1802; adjutant general of Pennsylvania 1805-1808; recorder Jersey in 1778; Member of the Continental Congress in 1784of the city 1808-1810; moved to Morris County, N.J., in 1810; and 1785; delegate to the New Jersey State convention inmember, State general assembly 1811-18 13; law reporter for 1787 to ratify the Federal Constitution; surrogate of Salemthe State supreme court 18 13-1814; justice of the State su- County 1785-1804; died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., No-preme court 1813-1815; Governor of New Jersey 1815-1817; 906 Biographical Directory elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1816;Ohio, in 1857; was graduated from the Cincinnati Law reelected in 1823 and served from March 4, 1817, to JanuarySchool in 1859; commenced practice in Greenfield; member 30, 1829, when he resigned; immediately reelected to fill theof the State house of representatives in 1861; served in the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ephraiin Bateman andState senate in 1868 and 1869; elected as a Democrat to the served from January 30, 1829, to March 3, 1833; chairman,Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877-March Committee on Library (Fifteenth Congress), Committee on 3, 1881); was not a candidate for renomination in 1880; re-- Commerce and Manufactures (Sixteenth through Eighteenthsumed the practice of law; was admitted to practice before Congresses),CommitteeonManufactures(Nineteenththe Supreme Court of the United States in 1877; president of through Twenty-second Congresses); member, State councilthe Commercial Bank of Greenfield; died in Greenfield, 1833, and served as its vice president; declined appointmentOhio, on May 23, 1910; interment in Greenfield Cemetery. as Minister to Russia in 1834; appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Andrew Jackson; reappointed by Presi- DICKEY, Jesse Column, a Representative from Pennsyl- dent Martin Van Buren and served from June 1834 to Junevania; born in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa., February 1838; United States district judge for New Jersey in 1840;27, 1808; moved with his parents to New London, Chester delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1844; diedCounty, in 1812; attended the common schools, and was in Succasunna, Morris County, N.J., October 5, 1853; inter-graduated from New London Academy; began teaching ment in the Presbyterian Cemetery. school at Hopewell Academy in 1828; engaged in agricultur- Bibliography: DAB; Beckwith, Robert R. "Mahion Dickerson of Newal pursuits; member of the State house of representatives Jersey, 1770-1853." Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1964. 1842-1845; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress DICKERSON, Philemon (brother of Mahion Dickerson), a(March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851), unsuccessful candidate for Representative from New Jersey; born in Succasunna,reelection to the Thirty-second Congress; resumed agricul- Morris County, N.J., January 11, 1788; pursued classicaltural pursuits; quartermaster and later paymaster in the studies, and was graduated from the University of Pennsyl-United States Army during the Civil War; continued agricul- vania at Philadelphia in 1808; studied law; was admitted totural pursuits; died in New London, Pa., February 19, 1890; the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in Paterson, N.J.,interment in Presbyterian Cemetery. the same year; admitted as a counselor in 1817; member of the State general assembly from Essex County in 1821 and DICKEY, John (father of Oliver James Dickey), a Repre-- 1822; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third andsentative from Pennsylvania; born in Greensburg, West- Twenty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1833,moreland County, Pa., June 23, 1794; completed preparatory until November 3, 1836, when he resigned, having beenstudies; appointed postmaster of Old Brighton, Pa., on April chosen Governor by the legislature; served as Governor and11, 1818, and served until May 17, 1821; served as sheriff ex officio chancellor from November 3, 1836, to October 27,1824-1827; member of the State senate in 1835 and 1837; 1837; appointed sergeant at law in 1834, being the lastelected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, person in New Jersey to hold that title; elected as a Demo-1843-March 3,1845);elected to the Thirtieth Congress crat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3,(March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); appointed United States mar- 1841); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-shal for the western district of Pennsylvania on January 22, seventh Congress; appointed judge of the United States Dis-1852; died in Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, on trict Court for the District of New Jersey on March 2, 1841,March 14, 1853; interment in the Old Cemetery. and served until his death; president of the city council of DICKEY, Oliver James (son of John Dickey), a Represent- Paterson, N.J., in 1851; died in Paterson, N.J., December 10,ative from Pennsylvania; born in Old Brighton, Beaver 1862; interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. County, Pa., April 6, 1823; completed preparatory studies; Bibliography: DAB. attended Beaver Academy and Dickinson College, Carlisle, DICKERSON, William Worth, a Representative fromPa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar at Lancaster, Kentucky; born in Sherman, Grant County, Ky., NovemberLancaster County, Pa., in 1844 and practiced; district attor- 29, 1851; attended the public schools and the private acade-ney of Lancaster County 1856-1859; during the Civil War my of N.M. Lloyd in Crittenden, Ky.; studied law; was ad-served as lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Pennsyl- mitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Wil-vania Volunteers; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth liamstown, KY.; prosecuting attorney of Grant County 1872-Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thaddeus 1876; member of the State house of representatives 1885-Stevens and on the same day was elected to the Forty-first 1887; served in the State senate 1887-1891; elected as aCongress; reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancyfrom December 7, 1868, to March 3, 1873; was not a candi- caused by the resignation of John G. Carlisle; reelected todate for renomination in 1872; delegate to the State constitu- the Fifty-second Congress and served from June 21, 1890, totional convention at Harrisburg in 1873; resumed the prac- March 3, 1893; unsuccessful candidate for renomination intice of law in Lancaster, Pa., and died there April 21, 1876; 1892; resumed the practice of law in Williamstown, Grantinterment in Woodward Hill Cemetery. County, KY.; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1902 and contin- DICKINSON, Clement Cabell, a Representative from Mis- ued the practice of his profession until his death January 31,souri; born at Prince Edward Court House, Prince Edward 1923; remains were cremated and the ashes interred in theCounty, Va., December 6, 1849; tutored privately and also City Cemetery, Williamstown, Ky. attended private schools; was graduated from Hampden- DICKEY, Henry Luther, a Representative from Ohio;Sidney College, Virginia, in June 1869; taught school in born in South Salem, Ross County, Ohio, October 29, 1832;Virginia and Kentucky 1869-1872; moved to Clinton, Mo., in moved with his parents to Washington Court House, Ohio,September 1872 and continued teaching; also studied law; in 1836; moved to Greenfield, Ohio, in 1847; attended Green-was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in field Academy; pursued the vocation of civil engineer, and inClinton, Mo.; prosecuting attorney of Henry County, Mo., that capacity had charge of the construction of the Marietta 1877-1882; city attorney of Clinton 1882-1884; member of the & Cincinnati Railroad in Vinton County, Ohio; resigned in State house of representatives 1900-1902; served in the State 1855; studied law; was admitted to the bar at Chillicothe,senate 1902-1906; member of the board of regents of the Biographies 907

State Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo., 1907-1913; elect-can nomination of Lieutenant Governor in 1861; again elect- ed as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill theed a member of the State house of representatives in 1873; vacancy caused by the death of David A. De Armond; re-father of ; died in Boston, Mass., June 16, elected to the Sixty-second and to the four succeeding Con-1874; interment in West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire gresses and served from February 1, 1910, to March 3, 1921;County, Mass. unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty- Bibliography: Bingham, Mihicent (Todd). Emily Dickinson's Home, Let- seventh Congress; elected to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, tees of and His Family. New York: Harper, 1955; and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1929);Thomas, Owen. "Father and Daughter: Edward and Emily Dickinson." unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy- American Literature 40 (January 1969): 510-23. first Congress; elected to the Seventy-second and Seventy- DICKINSON, Edward Fenwick, a Representative from third Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1935); unsuccess-Ohio; born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 21, ful candidate for renomination in 1934; resumed the practice1829; attended the public schools; was graduated from St. of law at Clinton, Mo., where he died January 14, 1938;Xavier College, Cincinnati, Ohio; studied law; was admitted interment in Englewood Cemetery. to the bar and commenced practice in Fremont, Ohio; pros- DICKINSON, Daniel Stevens, a Senator from New York;ecuting attorney of Sandusky County, Ohio, from 1852 until born in Goshen, Conn., September 11, 1800; moved with hishis resignation in 1854; during the Civil War served in the parents to Guilford, Chenango County, N.Y., in 1806; attend-Union Army as a lieutenant; promoted to captain and served ed the common schools; was apprenticed to a clothier; taughtas regimental quartermaster of Company G, Eighth Regi- school for several years; subsequently engaged in land sur-ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; served as probate judge of veying; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 andSandusky County 1866-1869; elected as a Democrat to the commenced practice in Guilford, N.Y.; postmaster of Guil-Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); unsuc- ford 1827-1832; moved to Binghamton, N.Y.; first presidentcessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second of the city of Binghamton in 1834; member, State senateCongress; resumed the practice of his profession; elected 1837-1840; lieutenant governor and ex officio president ofmayor of Fremont in 1871, 1873, and 1875; again served as the senate and president of the court of errors 1842-1844;probate judge of Sandusky County from 1877 to 1879 and appointed and subsequently elected in 1844 as a Democrat tofrom 1885 until his death; died in Fremont, Ohio, August 25, the United States Sertate to fill the vacancy caused by the1891; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. resignation of Nathaniel P. Tallmadge; reelected in 1845 and served from November 30, 1844, to March 3, 1851; unsuccess- DICKINSON, John (brother of Philemon Dickinson), a ful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Manu-Delegate from Pennsylvania and from Delaware; born on his factures (Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses), Commit-father's estate, "Crosiadoré," near Trappe, Talbot County, tee on Private Land Claims (Thirty-first Congress); resumedMd., November 8, 1732; moved with his parents in 1740 to the practice of law; appointed collector of the port of NewDover, Del., where he studied under a private teacher; stud- York, but declined the position; elected attorney general ofied law in Philadelphia and at the Middle Temple in the State in 1861; appointed United States commissioner forLondon; was admitted to the bar in 1757 and commenced the final settlement of the Hudson Bay and Puget Soundpractice in Philadelphia; member of the Assembly of "Lower agricultural claims 1864; appointed by President AbrahamCounties," as the State of Delaware was then called, in 1760; Lincoln United States attorney for the southern district ofmember of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1762 and 1764; New York 1865-1866; died in New York City on April 12,delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765; Member from 1866; interment in Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton,Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress 1774-1776 and Broome County, N.Y. from Delaware in 1779; brigadier general of Pennsylvania Bibliography: DAB; Dickinson, Daniel S. Speeches, Correspondence, etc. of Militia; President of the State of Delaware in 1781; returned the late Daniel Dickinson of New York. Edited by John R. Dickinson. 2to Philadelphia and served as President of Pennsylvania vols. New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1867. 1782-1785; returned to Delaware; was a member of the Fed- DICKINSON, David W. (nephew of William Hardy Mur-eral convention of 1787 which framed the Constitution and free), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Franklin,was one of the signers from Delaware; died in Wilmington, Tenn., June 10, 1808; completed preparatory studies and wasNew Castle County, Del., on February 14, 1808; interment in graduated from the University of North Carolina at ChapelWilmington Friends Meetinghouse Burial Ground. Hill; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; Bibliography: DAB; Dickinson, John. The Political Writings of John elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (MarchDickinson, 1764-1774. Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. 1895. Reprint. New 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); elected as a Whig to the Twenty- York: Da Cape Press, 1970; Flower, Milton E. , Conserva- eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); was unable tive Revolutionary. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983. to attend the last session of Congress on account of his DICKINSON, John Dean, a Representative from New failing health; died at "Grantland," his father's home, nearYork; born in Middletown, Conn., June 28, 1767; completed Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn., on April 27, 1845;preparatory studies, and was graduated from Yale College in interment in the family burying ground on the estate. 1785; moved to Lansingburg, Rensselaer County, N.Y., in DICKINSON, Edward, a Representative from Massachu-1790; was admitted to the bar in April 1791 and commenced setts; born in Amherst, Mass., January 1, 1803; attended thethe practice of law in Lansingburg; moved to Troy, N.Y.; public schools and Amherst Academy; was graduated fromserved as president of the Farmers' Bank of Troy, N.Y., from Yale College in 1823; studied law in the law school of North-its foundation in 1801 until his death; a director and founder ampton, Mass.; was admitted to the bar and commencedof the Rensselaer & Saratoga Insurance Co. in 1814; member practice in Amherst in 1826; treasurer of Amherst Collegeof the State assembly from November 1816 to April 1817; 1835-1873; member of the State house of representatives infirst president of the Troy Lyceum of Natural History in 1838 and 1839; served in the State senate in 1842 and 1843;1818; elected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses member of the Governor's council in 1846 and 1847; elected(March 4, 1819-March 3, 1823); one of the original trustees of as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1824; member of the March 3, 1855); declined to be a candidate for the Republi-committee which received Lafayette on his visits to Troy in 908 Biographical Directory

1824 and 1825; elected to the Twentieth and Twenty-firstadmitted to the bar in 1950 and began practice in Opelika, Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); resumed the prac-Ala.; Opelika city judge, 1952-1954; judge of Lee County tice of law in Troy, N.Y., and died there January 28, 1841;Court of Common Pleas and of Juvenile Court, 1954-1958; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. circuit judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1958-1962; DICKINSON, Lester Jesse (cousin of Fred Dickinsonassistant vice president of the Southern Railway System, Letts), a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in1962-1964; member of Opelika Board of Education, 1954- Derby, Lucas County, Iowa, October 29, 1873; attended the1962, and served as president in 1961; member and one of public schools; was graduated from Cornell College, Mountcofounders of the board of directors of Lee County Rehabili- Vernon, Iowa, in 1898, and from the law department of thetation Center, 1960-1962; member of Governor's Industrial University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1899; was admitted to theDevelopment Committee of One Hundred, 1963; delegate, bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Algona, Iowa; secondState Republican conventions, 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1970; lieutenant in the Fifty-secondInfantry, Iowa Nationaldelegate, Republican National Convention, 1968; elected as a Guard, 1900-1902; city clerk of Algona 1900-1904; prosecut-Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding ing attorney of Kossuth County 1909-1913; elected as a Re-Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1989); is a resident publican to the Sixty-sixth and to the five succeeding Con-of Montgomery, Ala. gresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1931); was not a candidate DICKS, Norman DeValois, a Representative from Wash- for renomination in 1930, having become a candidate forington; born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Wash., December Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1930 and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1937;16, 1940; attended the public schools of Bremerton; B.A., unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 and for election1963, J.D., 1968, University of Washington; admitted to the in 1938; resumed the practice of law in Des Moines, Iowa,Washington bar in 1968, served as legislative and adminis where he died on June 4, 1968; interment in Algona Ceme-trative assistant to United States Senator Warren G. Mag- nuson 1968-1976, elected as a Democrat to the Ninety fifth tery, Algona, Iowa. and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977- DICKINSON, Philemon (brother of John Dickinson), aJanuary 3, 1989); is a resident of Bremerton, Wash. Delegate from Delaware and a Senator from New Jersey; born at "Crosia-doré," near Trappe, Talbot County, Md., DICKSON, David, a Representative from Mississippi; born April 5, 1739; moved with his parents to Dover, Del., in 1740, in Georgia; moved to Mississippi; studied medicine and prac- where he received his education from a private tutor, andticed extensively in Pike County; delegate to the State con- was graduated in the first class of the University of Pennsyl-stitutional convention in 1817; brigadier general of militia in vania at Philadelphia in 1759; superintended his father's1818; member of the State senate in 1820 and 1821; Lieuten- estates in Delaware until 1760; studied law in Philadelphia, ant Governor of Mississippi in 1821; postmaster of Jackson, was admitted to the bar, but never practiced; moved toMiss., in 1822; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Missis- Trenton, N.J., in 1767; delegate to the New Jersey Provincialsippi in 1823; delegate to the State constitutional convention Congress in 1776; served in the Revolutionary War; wasin 1832 and was an unsuccessful candidate for president of commissioned brigadier general in 1776, and in 1777 majorthe convention; secretary of the State senate in 1833; secre- general commanding the New Jersey Militia, serving in thetary of state in 1835; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth latter capacity throughout the Revolution; Member of theCongress and served from March 4, 1835, until his death at Continental Congress frOm Delaware 1782-1783; vice presi-Hot Springs, Ark., July 31, 1836. dent of the Council of New Jersey 1783-1784; member of the DICKSON, Frank Stoddard, a Representative from Illi- commission to choose a site for the national capital in 1784;nois; born in Hilisboro, Montgomery County, Ill., October 6, elected to the United States Senate from New Jersey to fill1876; attended the public schools and was graduated from the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Patersonthe high school at Decatur, Ill., in 1896; taught school at and served from November 23, 1790, to March 3, 1793; wasRamsey, Ill.; served as a private in the Fourth Regiment, not a candidate for renomination; devoted his time to theIllinois Infantry, during the war with Spain; again engaged care of his estates; died at his home, "The Hermitage," nearin teaching at Ramsey, Ill.; elected as a Republican to the Trenton, N.J., February 4, 1809; interment in the FriendsFifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); unsuc- Meeting House Burying Ground, Trenton, N.J. cessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Con- Bibliography DAB gress; assistant adjutant general of Illinois 1908-19 10; adju- DICKINSON, Rodoiphus, a Representative from Ohio;tant general of Illinois 19 10-1922; assistant to the director of born in Hatfield, Mass., December 28, 1797; attended thefinance, United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet public schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.,Corporation, 1922-1924; secretary to Senator Medill McCor- 1818-1821; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com-mick 1924-1926; associated with the National Board of Fire menced practice in Tiffin, Ohio; appointed prosecuting attor-Underwriters in Chicago, Ill., and was general counsel at ney for Seneca County in 1824, for Williams County in 1826,time of death; died in Washington, D.C., February 24, 1953; and for Sandusky County in 1827; moved to Lower Sandus-interment in , Springfield, Ill. ky, Ohio, in 1826, served as a member of the Board of Public Works of Ohio 1836-1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thir- DICKSON, John, a Representative from New York; born tieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served from March 4,in Keene, N.H., June 1, 1783; was graduated from Middle-- 1847 until his death in Washington D C on March 20bury (Vt.) College in 1808; studied law; was admitted to the 1849; interment in Washington, D.C.; reinterment in Oak-bar in 1812 and commenced practice in West Bloomfield, wood Cemetery, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1829 and 1830; elect- ed as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second and DICKINSON, William Louis, a Representative from Ala-Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3,1835); bama; born in Opelika, Lee County, Ala., June 5, 1925; at-chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business tended the public schools of Opelika, Ala.; served in United(Twenty-third Congress); resumed the practice of law in States Navy, 1943-1946; major, United States Air Force Re-West Bloomfield, Ontario County, N.Y., where he died Feb- serves; University of Alabama Law School, J.D., 1950; wasruary 22, 1852; interment in Pioneer Cemetery. Biographies 909

DICKSON, Joseph, a Representative from North Carolina;served as a member of the Democratic county committee; born in Chester County, Pa., in April 1745; moved with his elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to theeleven parents to Rowan County, N.C., and was reared and educat- succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923,until ed there; engaged in cotton and tobacco planting; member ofhis resignation on December 30, 1945; chairman,Committee the committee of safety of Rowan County in 1775; commis-on Immigration and Naturalization(Seventy-second through sioned captain in the Colonial Army the same year; servedSeventy-ninth Congresses); judge of the New York State Su- under Colonel McDowell in 1780, and at the Battle of Kingspreme Court until his death in NewYork City, April 22, Mountain as major of the "Lincoln County Men"; clerk of1954; interment in Union Field Cemetery, Queens County, Lincoln County Court in 1781; member of the State senateBrooklyn, N.Y. 1788-1795, and during this time was appointed one of a Michi- commission to establish the University of North Carolina at DIEKEMA, Gerrit John,a Representative from gan; born in Holland, Ottawa County,Mich., on March 27, Chapel Hill; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress1859; attended the common schools; was graduated from (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1801); moved to Tennessee in 1803 law and settled in that portion of Davidson County which subse-Hope College, Holland, Mich., in 1881 and from the quently became Rutherford County; member of the Statedepartment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1883; was admitted to the bar and commenced practicein house of representatives 1807-1811 and served as speaker of the last two years; died in Rutherford County, Tenn., AprilHolland in 1883; city attorney; member of the State house 14, 1825; interment on his plantation northeast of Murfrees-representatives 1885-1891, serving as speaker in 1889; mayor of Holland in 1895; chairman of the MichiganRepublican boro, Tenn. State central committee 1900-1910; delegate to the Republi- DICKSON, Samuel, a Representative from New York;can National Convention in 1896;member of the Spanish born in the town of Bethlehem (now New Scotland), AlbanyTreaty Claims Commission from 1901 until he resigned in County, N.Y., March 29, 1807; completed preparatory stud- 1907; elected April 27, 1907, as a Republican to the Sixtieth ies; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.,inCongress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationof 1825; received a diploma from the Censors of the MedicalWilliam Alden Smith; reelected to the Sixty-first Congress Society of the State of New York in May 1829 and com-and served from March 17, 1908, to March 3, 1911; unsuc- menced the practice of his profession in New Scotland, N.Y.;cessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to theSixty-second elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4,Congress; resumed the practice of law in Holland,Mich.; 1855-March 3, 1857); died in New Scotland, N.Y., on May 3,manager of the Republican Speakers'Bureau in Chicago in 1858; interment in New Scotland Presbyterian Church Cem-1912; chairman of the Republican State central committeein etery. 1927; appointed United States Minister to theNetherlands DICKSON, William, a Representative from Tennessee;by President Hoover on August 20, 1929,and served until born in Duplin County, N.C., May 5, 1770; educated at Grovehis death in The Hague, Netherlands, December20, 1930; Academy, Kenansville, N.C.; moved with his parents to Ten-interment in Pilgrim Home Cemetery,Holland, Mich. Rhetorical nessee in 1795; studied medicine andpracticed in Nashville Bibliography: Schrier, William. Gerrit J Diekema, Orator; A Study of the Political and Occasional Addresses ofGerrit J. Diekema. for many years; member of the State house of representa- Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1950; Vander Hill, CharlesWarren. Ger- tives 1799-1803 and served as speaker; elected as a Republi- ritt J. Diekema. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1970. can to the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Congresses(March 4, 1801-March 3, 1807); trustee of the University of Nashville DIES, Martin (father of Martin Dies, Jr.), aRepresenta- 1806-1816; died in Nashville, Tenn., in February 1816; inter-tive from Texas; born in Jackson Parish,La., March 13, ment in a rural cemetery near Nashville. 1870; moved with his parents to Freestone County,Tex., in 1876; attended the common schools and wasgraduated from DICKSON, William Alexander, a Representative fromthe law department of the Universityof Texas at Austin; Mississippi; born in Centreville, Wilkinson County, Miss.,was admitted to the bar in1893 and commenced practice in July 20, 1861; attended private and public schools, Pleasant edited a newspaper in Freestone County Grove School, Centenary College, Jackson, La., and Vander-Woodville Tex was county marshal; countyjudge of Tyler County in 1894; bilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; engaged in agriculturaldistrict attorney of the first judicial districtof Texas 1898- pursuits; studied law but did not practice; supervisor1886- practice 1888; member of the State house of representatives 1887-1900; moved to Colorado, Tex., and engaged in the ofof law; moved to Beaumont, Tex., in 1902and was employed 1893; school commissioner of Wilkinson County; member as counsel for the GulfRefining Co.; elected as a Democrat the board of trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical succeeding Congresses College, Starkville, Miss., and of Edward Magehee College,to the Sixty-first and to the four (March 4, 1909-March 3,1919); chairman, Committee on Woodville, Miss., for five years; elected as a Democrat to the Congress- Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1909-Railways and Canals (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth es); was not a candidate for reelection in1918; retired to his March 3,1913); engaged in agricultural pursuits; electedranch on Turkey Creek, Tyler County, Tex.; moved toKerr- supervisor of the third district of Wilkinson County and interment in superintendent of its highways in 1927; died in Centreville,yule, Tex., in 1921 and died there July 13, 1922; Miss., February 25, 1940; interment in Oaklawn Cemetery.Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex. DICKSTEIN, Samuel, a Representative from New York; DIES, Martin, Jr. (son of Martin Dies), a Representative from Texas; born in Colorado, Mitchell County,Tex., Novem- born near Vilna, Russia, February 5, 1885;immigrated to Tex., in the United States in 1887 with his parents,who settled inber 5, 1900; moved with his parents to Beaumont, New York City; attended public and private schools inNew1902; attended the public schools, Wesley College, Green- ville, Tex., and Cluster Springs Academy,Cluster Springs, York City, the College of the City of New York, and was Austin graduated from the New York City Law School in 1906; wasVa.; was graduated from the University of Texas at practice ofin 1919 and from the law department ofNational Universi- admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced the University), law in New York City; special deputy attorneygeneral ofty, Washington, D.C. (now George Washington board ofLL.B., 1920; was admitted to the bar in 1920 andcommenced the State of New York 1911-1914; member of the in 1922 aldermen in 1917; member of the State assembly1919-1922; practice in Marshall, Tex.; moved to Orange, Tex., 910 Biographical Directory

and continued the practice of law; also interested inranch-the vacancy caused by the death of Monroe L. Hayward and ing and agricultural pursuits at Jasper, Tex.; memberof theserved from March 28, 1901, to March 3, 1905;was not a faculty of East Texas Law School, Beaumont, Tex., in1930; candidate for reelection in 1904; retired in 1905; died in district judge; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-secondHastings, Nebr., on April 10, 1924; interment in Parkview and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-Janu- Cemetery. ary 3, 1945); chairman, Special Committee to Investigate Un- American Activities (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-eighth DIETZ, William, a Representative from New York; born Congresses); did not seek renomination in 1944 to the Seven- in Schoharie, N.Y., June 28, 1778; attended the district ty-ninth Congress; elected to the Eighty-third and to thetwoschools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; town clerk in 1804 succeeding Congresses (January 3, l953-January 3, 1959);and 1805; supervisor of Schoharie in 1812; served in the did not seek renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixthCon-State assembly in 1814, 1815, and 1823; elected to the Nine- gress; while a Member of Congress in 1941 and 1957 wasteenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827); member of defeated for the nomination to fill a vacancy in the Unitedthe State senate 1830-1833; resumed agricultural pursuits; States Senate; resumed the practice of law; died Novembercolonel of the militia; died in Schoharie, Schoharie County, 14, 1972, in Lufldn, Tex.; entombment in Garden of Memo-N.Y., on August 24, 1848; interment in St. Paul's Lutheran ries Mausoleum. Cemetery. Bibliography: Dies, Martin. Martin Dies' Story. New York: Bookmailer, 1963; Gellermann, William. Martin Dies. 1944. Reprint. New York: Da DIFENDERFER, Robert Edward, a Representative from Capo Press, 1972. Pennsylvania; born in Lewisburg, Union County, Pa., June DIETERICH, William Henry, a Representative anda Sen-7, 1849; attended the common schools; studied dentistry and ator from Illinois; born on a farm near Cooperstown, Brownpracticed this profession for fourteen years in Lewisburg and County, Ill., March 31, 1876; attended the rural schools;wasPottsville, Pa.; built and operated the first woolen mill at graduated from Kennedy Normal and Business College,Tientsin, China; returned to the United States in August Rushville,Ill.,in 1897 and from Northern Indiana Law1900; engaged in the wholesale lumber business andas a School, Valparaiso, md., in 1901; was admitted to the bar incontractor at Jenkintown; elected as a Democrat to the 1901 and commenced practice in Rushville, Schuyler County,Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911- Ill., the same year; during the Spanish-American War servedMarch 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in as a corporal in Company K, Anderson's Provisional Regi-1914, 1916, and 1918; engaged in the retail confectionery ment; city attorney of Rushville, Ill., 1903-1907; treasurer ofbusiness at Jenkintown; died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 25, Rushville Union Schools 1906-1908; county judge of Schuyler 1923; interment in Westminster Cemetery. County, Ill., 1906-1910; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1911 andto Beardstown, Ill., in 1912, and continued the practice of law; DIGGS, Charles Coles, Jr., a Representative from Michi- specialinheritance-tax gan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 2, attorneyofIllinois1913-1917; 1922; attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor member, State house of representatives 19 17-1921; electedas a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931- 1940-1942; enrolled at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., in March 3, 1933); did not seek renomination, having become the fall of 1942 and while a student entered the United aStates Army as a private on February 19, 1943, commis- candidate for the United States Senate; electedas a Demo- crat to the United States Senate and served from March 4,sioned a second lieutenant in 1944, and was discharged June 1, 1945; in September 1945 enrolled in Wayne College of 1933 to January 3, 1939; was not a candidate forrenomina- tion in 1938; resumed the practice of law; died in Springfield,Mortuary Science, Detroit, Mich., and graduated in June Ill., on October 12, 1940, while on a business trip; interment1946; subsequently became a licensed mortician and board in Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, Ill. chairman of the House of Diggs, Inc.; attended Detroit Col- lege of Law, 1950; member of the State senate 1951-1954; DIETRICH, Charles Elmer, a Representative from Penn-elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress; reelect- sylvania; born in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pa., Julyed to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from 30, 1889; attended the public and high schools;was graduat-January 3, 1955, until his resignation June 3, 1980; chair- ed from Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., in 1907; ownedman, Committee on Districtof Columbia (Ninety-third and operated a theater 1914-1942; engaged in agriculturalthrough Ninety-fifth Congresses); founder and first chairman pursuits 1924-1942; prothonotary and clerk of the courts ofof the Congressional Black Caucus, 1969-1971; is a resident Wyoming County 1920-1935; delegate to the Democratic Na-of Hillcrest Heights, Md. tional Convention in 1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); DILL, Clarence Cleveland, a Representative and a Sena- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-tor from Washington; born near Fredericktown, Knox fifth Congress; resumed former business pursuits; died inCounty, Ohio, September 21,1884; attended the public Tunkhannock, Pa., May 20, 1942; interment in Sunnysideschools; engaged in teaching 190 1-1903; was graduated from Cemetery. Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, 1907; newspaper reporter in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907; taught in the high DIETRICH, Charles Henry, a Senator from Nebraska;schools at Dubuque, Iowa, 1907-1908, and in Spokane, born in Aurora, Kane County, Ill., November 26, 1853; at-Wash., 1908-1910; studied law; was admitted to the bar in tended the public schools; employed as a clerk in a hardware1910 and commenced practice in Spokane, Wash.; deputy store in St. Joseph, Mo.; moved to Chicago, Ill., and engagedprosecuting attorney of Spokane County 1911-1913; private in the hardware business; moved to Deadwood, Dak. (nowsecretary to the governor 1913; elected as a Democrat to the South Dakota), in 1875 and engaged in mercantile pursuits,Sixty-fourth Congress; reelected to the Sixty-fifth Congress delivering goods on pack animals through the Black Hills;(March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for located and owned the "Aurora" mine; settled in Hastings,reelection in 1918; resumed the practice of law in Spokane, Adams County, Nebr., in 1878 and engaged in mercantileWash.; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in pursuits and in banking; Governor of Nebraska January to1922; reelected in 1928 and served from March 4, 1923, to May 1901, when he resigned having been elected a Senator;January 3, 1935; was not a candidate for renomination in elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill1934; chairman, Committee on Interstate Commerce (Seven- Biographies 911 ty-third Congress); engaged in the practice of law in Wash-can National Conventions in 1900 and1908; member of the ington, D.C., and Spokane, Wash., 1935-1939; unsuccessfulState senate 1903-1911; elected as a Republican to the Sixty- candidate for Governor in 1940; unsuccessful candidate forthird, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, election in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; member of1913-March 3, 1919); was not a candidate for reelection in the Columbia Basin Commission of the State of Washington1918; resumed the practice of law in Yankton; moved to 1945-1948; special assistant to the United States AttorneyVermillion, S.Dak., in 1922, having been elected associate General 1946-1953; resumed the practice of law in Spokane,justice of the State supreme court, and served until Novem- Wash., where he died January 14, 1978; interment in Fair-ber 15, 1926, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate for mont Memorial Park. nomination as United States Senator in 1924; retired in Bibliography: Barkley, Frederick R. ": The Hometown Boy 1926; died in Vermillion, S.Dak., September 15, 1929; inter- Who Made Good." In Sons of the Wild Jackass. pp. 245-68. Boston: L.C. ment in Yankton Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak. Page and Company, 1932; Dill, Clarence C. How Congress Makes Laws. Washington, D.C.: Ransdell, Inc., 1936. DILWEG, LaVern Ralph, a Representative from Wiscon- sin; born in Milwaukee, Wis., November 1, 1903; attended DILLINGHAM, Paul, Jr. (father of William Paul Dil- the public schools; was graduated from the law department lingham), a Representative from Vermont; born in Shutes-of Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., in 1927; was ad- bury, Mass., August 10, 1799; moved with his father to Wa-mitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in Green terbury, Vt., in 1805; attended the district school in Water-Bay, Wis.; played professional football 1926-1934 and contin- bury; studied law; was admitted to the bar in March 1823ued his connection with the game as an official in the Big and commenced practice in Waterbury, Vt.; justice of theTen until 1943; connected with construction work and a peace1826-1844; town clerk of Waterbury 1829-1844; member of the State house of representatives 1833-1835 andnumber of business concerns in Green Bay, Wis.; in charge 1837-1840; prosecuting attorney of Washington County 1835-of Home Owners Loan Corporation, Green Bay, Wis., area 1838; delegate to the State constitutional conventions of1934-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Con- 1836, 1857, and again in 1870; served in the State senate ingress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candi- 1841, 1842, and 1861; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-date for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-Marchresumed the practice of law in Green Bay, Wis., and Wash- 3, 1847); was not a candidate for renomination in 1846; Lieu-ington, D.C.; confirmed as a member of the Foreign Claims tenant Governor 1862-1865; Governor of Vermont in 1865Settlement Commission April 13, 1961; died in St. Peters- and 1866; resumed the practice of law; retired in 1875; diedburg, Fla., January 2, 1968; interment in Fort Howard Ceme- at his home in Waterbury, Vt., July 26, 1891; interment intery, Green Bay, Wis. the Village Cemetery. DIMMICK, Milo Melankthon (brother of William Harri- DILLINGHAM, William Paul (son of Paul Dillingham,son Dimmick), a Representative fromPennsylvania; born in Jr.), a Senator from Vermont; born in Waterbury, Washing-Milford, Wayne (now Pike) County, Pa., October 30, 1811; ton County, Vt., December 12, 1843; attended the publicpursued classical studies; studied law; was admitted to the schools of Waterbury, Newbury Seminary, and Kimballbar in 1834 and commenced practice in Stroudsburg, Pa.; Union Academy, Meriden, N.H.; studied law; was admittedelected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Waterbury;Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); chairman, Com- prosecuting attorney of Washington County 1872-1876; sec-mittee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Thirty- retary of civil and military affairs 1874-1876; member, Statefirst and Thirty-second Congresses); was not a candidate for house of representatives 1876, 1884; member, State senaterenomination in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; resumed 1878, 1880; State tax commissioner 1882-1888; Governor ofthe practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for president Vermont 1888-1890; president of the Waterbury Nationaljudge of the twenty-second judicial district of Pennsylvania Bank 1890-1923; trustee of the University of Vermont atin 1853; moved to Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, Pa., in Burlington; president of the board of trustees of Montpelier1853 and continued the practice of law; also engaged in the Seminary; elected in 1900 as a Republican to the Unitedbanking business; died in Mauch Chunk, Pa., November 22, States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of1872; interment in Mauch Chunk Cemetery. Justin S. Morrill; reelected in 1903, 1909, 1914, and 1920, of Milo Me- and served from October 18, 1900, until his death in Montpe- DIMMICK, William Harrison (brother her, Vt., July 12, 1923; chairman, Committee on Transporta-lankthon Dimmick), a Representative from Pennsylvania; tion Routes to the Seaboard (Fifty-seventh Congress), Com-born in Milford, Wayne (now Pike) County, Pa., December mittee on Immigration (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Con-20, 1815; attended private schools; studied law; was admitted gresses), Committee on Privileges and Elections (Sixty-to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Bethany, Pa.; second, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses), Commit-moved to Honesdale, Pa., in 1842 and continued the practice tee to Establish the University of the United States (Sixty-of law; prosecuting attorney of Wayne County in 1836 and third through Sixty-fifthCongresses); chairman of the1837; member of the State senate 1845-1847; elected as a United States Immigration Commission 1907-19 10; inter-Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses ment in the Village Cemetery, Waterbury, Vt. (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); resumed the practice of law; Bibliography: DAB. died in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa., August 2, 1861; inter- ment in Glen Dyberry Cemetery. DILLON, Charles Hall, a Representative from South Dakota; born near Jasper, Dubois County, md., December 18, DIMOCK, Davis, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; 1853; attended the public schools; was graduated from theborn in Exeter, near Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., academic department of Indiana University at BloomingtonSeptember 17, 1801; attended the schools of the pioneer set- in 1874 and from its law department in 1876; was admittedtlement of Montrose, Pa., and the Susquehanna County to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Jasper, md.;Academy at Montrose; studied law; was admitted to the bar moved to Marion, Iowa, in 1881, to Mitchell, Dakota Terri-in 1833 and commenced practice in Montrose; also engaged tory (now South Dakota), in 1882 and to Yankton in 1894in editorial work; appointed county treasurer in 1834; elect- and continued the practice of law; delegate to the Repubhi-ed as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress and 912 Biographical Directory

served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Montrose, Pa.,caused by the resignation of William P Frye; reelected to January 13, 1842; interment in Montrose Cemetery. the Forty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and DIMOND, Anthony Joseph, a Delegate from the Territoryserved from September 12, 1881, until his death in Washing- of Alaska; born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery County,ton, DC., January 13, 1899, before the close of the Fifty-fifth N.Y., November 30, 1881; attended the public schools and St.Congress; chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Fifty- Mary's Catholic Institute, Amsterdam, N.Y.; taught schoolfourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses); had also been reelected to in Montgomery County, N.Y., 1900-1903; prospector andthe Fifty-sixth Congress; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, miner in Alaska 1904-1912; studied law; was admitted to thenear Auburn, Maine. bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Valdez, Alaska; Bibliography: DAB; Dingley, Edward N. The Life and Times of Nelson United States Commissioner at Chisana, Alaska, in 1913 and DingleJr. Kalamazoo' Ihling Brothers and Everard, 1902. 1914; special assistant United States attorney for the third DINSMOOR, Samuel, a Representative from New Hamp- judicial division of Alaska at Valdez in 1917;mayor ofshire; born in Windham, N.H., July 1, 1766; pursued classi- Valdez 1920-1922 and 1925-1932; member of the Alaska Ter- cal studies; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hano-- ritorial senate 1923-1926 and 1929-1932; elected as a Demo-ver, N.H., in 1789; studied law; was admitted to the bar and crat a Delegate to the Seventy-third and to the five succeed-commenced practice m Keene, N H, elected as a Republican ing Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1945); was notato the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1813); un- candidate for renomination, having been confirmedas dis-successful candidate for reelection in 1812 to the Thirteenth trict judge for the third division of Alaska, in which capacityCongress; State coundior in 1821; judge of probate of Chesh- he was serving at the time of death; died in Anchorage, ire County 1823-1831; member of the commission to estab-- Alaska, May 28, 1953; interment in Anchorage Cemetery. lish the boundary line between the States of New Hamp--

DINGELL, John David (father of John David Dingell, Jr.),shire and Massachusetts in 1825; Governor of New Hamp-- a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., Feb-shire 1831-1833; died in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., ruary 2, 1894; newsboy, printer, and newspaperman; engaged March 15, 1835; interment in Washington Street Cemetery. in natural-gas pipeline construction; wholesale dealer in beef DINSMORE, Hugh Anderson, a Representative from Ar- and pork products; organizer and trustee of Colorado Springs Labor College; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-thirdkansas; born at Cave Springs, Benton County, Ark., on De-- and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served fromcember 24, 1850; attended private schools in Benton and March 3, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., Septem-Washington Counties; studied law in Bentonville; appointed ber 19, 1955; interment in Holy Sepulchre Mausoleum, De-clerk of the circuit court for Benton County in 1873; was troit, Mich. admitted to the bar in 1874; moved to Fayetteville, Washing- ton County, in 1875 and pursued the practice of law; pros- DINGELL, John David, Jr. (son of John David Dingell),aecuting attorney of the fourth judicial distrkct 1878-1884; in Representative from Michigan; born in Colorado Springs, ElJanuary 1887 was appointed by President Cleveland as Min- Paso County, Cob., July 8, 1926; attended Capitol Pageister Resident and consul general to the Kingdom of Korea School, Washington, D.C., and Georgetown Preparatoryand served until May 25, 1890; resumed the practice of law School, Garrett Park, Md.; served as a page boy in the Housein Fayetteville, Ark.; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty- of Representatives 1938-1943; was graduated from George-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893- town University, Washington, D.C.,in 1949 and fromMarch 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in Georgetown University Law School in 1952; served as an1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of infantryman in the Army of the United States from 1944law in Fayettevifie, Ark., and in later years devoted most of until discharged as a second lieutenant in 1946; was admit-his time to the management of his farming interests; ted to the District of Columbia bar in 1952 and to themember of the board of trustees of the University of Arkan- Michigan bar in 1953; commenced the practice of law insas; died in St. Louis, Mo., on May 2, 1930; interment in Detroit, Mich., in 1953; served as a research assistant toEvergreen Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark. United States Circuit Judge Theodore Levin in 1952 and 1953; assistant prosecuting attorney of Wayne County, DioGUARDI, Joseph J., a Representative from New York; Mich., in 1954 and 1955; delegate to the Democratic Nationalborn in New York City, September 20, 1940; attended Ford- Conventions in 1956, 1960, 1968, 1980 and 1984; elected as aham Preparatory School, Bronx, N.Y.; was graduated from Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress, December 13, 1955,Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y., in 1962; served in the U.S. by election to ifil the vacancy caused by the death of hisArmy Reserves 1963-1969; worked as a certified public ac- father, John D. Dingell, Sr.; reelected to the sixteen succeed-countant with Arthur Andersen & Co. in New York City ing Congresses and served from December 13, 1955, to Janu-1962-1984, becoming a partner in 1972; elected as a Republi- ary 3, 1989; chairman, Committee on Energy and Commercecan to the Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Congresses (Ninety-seventh through One Hundredth Congresses); is a(January 3, 1985-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Scarsdale, resident of Trenton, Mich. N.Y. DINGLEY, Nelson, Jr., a Representative from Maine; DIRKSEN, Everett McKinley (father-in-law of Howard born in Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine, February 15,Baker), a Representative and a Senator from illinois; born in 1832; attended the common schools at Unity, Maine, Water-Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., January 4, 1896; attended ville Seminary, and Waterville College; was graduated frompublic schools and the University of Minnesota College of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1855; studied law andLaw at Minneapolis; during the First World War served was admitted to the bar, but left the profession and becameoverseas as a private and later as a second lieutenant of proprietor and editor of the Lewiston (Maine) Journal inField Artifiery 1918-1919; general manager of a dredging 1856; member of the State house of representatives 1862'-company 1922-1925; commissioner of fmance of Pekin, ill., 1865, 1868, and again in 1873, and served as speaker in 18631927-1931; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1936 and and 1864; Governor of Maine in 1874; delegate to the Repub-commenced practice in Pekin, Ill.; elected as a Republican to lican National Convention in 1876 and 1880; elected as athe Seventy-third and to the seven succeeding Congresses Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy(March 4, 1933-January 3, 1949); chairman, Committee on Biographies 913

District of Columbia (Eightieth Congress); was not a candi-Penn Yan and Ovid, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted to the date for renomination in 1948; elected as a Republican to thebar in 1831 and commenced practice in Elmira; member of United States Senate in 1950; reelected in 1956, 1962, andthe State senate in 1858; elected as a Republican to the again in 1968, and served from January 3, 1951, until hisThirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); was death in Washington, D.C., September 7, 1969; Republicannot a candidate for renomination in 1862; entered the Army whip 1957-1959; minority leader 1959-1969; chairman, Jointon August 13, 1862, as lieutenant colonelof the One Hun- Committee on Inaugural Arrangements (Ninetieth Con-dred and Seventh Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry; gress); interment in Glendale Memorial Gardens, Pekin, ill.promoted to colonel on October 21, 1862; was granted leave Bibliography: MacNeil, Neil. Dirksen: Portrait of a Public Man. New of absence from the Army for ninety days to take his seat in York: World Publishing Company, 1970; Schapsmeier, Edward, and Schaps- Congress; honorably discharged as colonel May 11, 1863; bre- meier, Frederick. Dirksen of Illinois: Senatorial Statesman. Urbana: Uni- vetted brigadier general of Volunteers April 30, 1864, en versity of Illinois Press, 1985. gaged in railroad building and operation 1865-1875; promi- DISNEY, David Tiernan, a Representative from Ohio;nently identified with the Erie Railroad; died in Elmira, born in Baltimore, Md., August 25, 1803; moved with hisChemung County, N Y, June 11, 1896, mterment m Wood parents to Ohio in 1807; attended the common schools; stud-lawn Cemetery. ied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in BibliographyDAB Cincinnati; became a writer for a newspaper in 1825; DIX, John Adams (son-in-law of John Jordan Morgan), a member of the State house of representatives in 1829, 1831,Senator from New York; born in Boscawen, N.H., July 24, and 1832, and served as speaker in the last-named year;1798; completed preparatory studies; during the War of 1812 served in the State senate in 1833, 1834, 1843, and 1844, andwas appointed a cadet, promoted to ensign, andtook part in was president of the senate in 1833; one of thecommission-the operations on the Canadian frontier; served in the ers to adjust the boundary line betweenthe States of OhioUnited States Army until 1828, having attained the rank of and Michigan in 1834; chairman of the commission to adjustcaptain; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Wash- taxes of the counties of Ohio in 1840; delegate to the Demo-ington, D.C.; settled in Cooperstown, N.Y., and began the cratic National Convention in 1848; elected as a Democrat topractice of law; moved to Albany in 1830, having been ap- the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congressespointed adjutant general of the State and served from 1831 (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee onto 1833; canal commissioner; member, State assembly1842; Elections (Thirty-second Congress), Committee on Publicelected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the Lands (Thirty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for re- Wright, Jr., and nomination in 1854; died in Washington, D.C., March 14,vacancy caused by the resignation of Silas 1857; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.served from January 27, 1845, to March 3, 1849; was not a candidate for reelection, having become a candidate for Gov- DISNEY, Wesley Ernest, a Representative from Oklaho-ernor; chairman, Committee onPensions (Twenty-eighth and ma; born in Richiand, Shawnee County, Kans.,October 31,Twenty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Commerce 1883; attended the public schools of Kansas and was grad-(Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses); unsuccessful Free- uated from the law department of the University of KansasSoil candidate for Governor in 1848; Assistant Treasurerof at Lawrence in 1906; was admitted to the Kansas bar inthe United States at New York 1853; appointed postmaster 1906, the Oklahoma bar in 1908, and began practice in Mus-of the city of New York 1860-1861; appointed Secretaryof kogee, Okla., in 1908; county attorney of Muskogee County,the Treasury by President 1861;served in Okla., 1911-1915; member of the State house of representa-the Union Army as major general 1861-1865;United States tives 1919-1924; chairman of the board of managers in theMinister to France 1866-1869; Governor of NewYork 1873- impeachment trial of Gov. John C. Walton in 1923; elected1875; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 and for as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the sixsucceed-election as in 1876; diedin New ing Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1945); was not aYork City April 21, 1879; interment in Trinity Cemetery. candidate for renomination in 1944, but was an unsuccessful Bibliography:DAB; Dix,John Adams Memoirs of John Adams Dis. candidate for the Democratic nomination for United StatesEdited by . 2 vols. New York: Harper and Brothers,1883; Senator; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., Lichterman, Martin. ", 1798-1879." Ph.D.dissertation, Co- and Tulsa, Okia., until his death in Washington, D.C., March lumbia University, 1952. 26, 1961; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, DIXON, Alan John, a Senator from Illinois; born inBelle- Okla. ville, St. Clair County, Ill., July 7, 1927; attended the public DIITER, John William, a Representative from Pennsylva-schools; graduated, University of Illinois, Urbana,1949; nia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 5, 1888; attendedgraduated, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, the public schools and was graduated from the law depart-Mo., 1949; served in the United States Navy Air Corps1945; ment of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1913; wasadmitted to the Illinois bar in 1949 and commenced practice admitted to the bar the same year; professor of history andin Belleville; elected police magistrate 1949; member,Illinois commerce in the Philadelphia high schools1912-1925; house of representatives 1951-1963; member, Illinois senate moved to Ambler, Pa., in 1925 and commenced the practice1963-1971, serving as a minority whip 1964-1970; illinois of law; served as workmen's compensation referee for east-treasurer 1971-1977; illinois secretary of State1977-1981; ern Pennsylvania in 1929; elected as aRepublican to theelected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1980 Seventy-third and to the five succeeding Congresses andfor the term commencing January 3, 1981; reelectedin 1986 served from March 4, 1933, until his death in an airplanefor the term ending January 3, 1993. crash near Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa., on November DIXON, Archibald, a Senator from Kentucky; born near 21, 1943; interment in Whitemarsh Memorial Cemetery,Redhouse, Caswell County, N.C., April 2, 1802; moved with Prospectville, Montgomery County. Pa. his parents to Henderson County, Ky., in 1805;educated by DIVEN, Alexander Samuel, a Representative from Newhis mother and attended the common schools; studied law; York; born in Catharine (later Watkins), N.Y., February 10,was admitted to the bar in 1824 andcommenced practice in 1809; attended the common schools and the academiesinHenderson, KY.; member, State house of representatives 914 Biographical Directory

1830, 1841; member, State senate 1836; lieutenantgovernorCongress to ifil the vacancy caused by the death of David of Kentucky 1843; member of the State constitutionalcon-Heaton; took his seat December 5, 1870, and served until vention in 1849; elected as a Whig to the United StatesMarch 3, 1871; was not a candidate for renomination in Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of1870; United States Commissioner of Claims in 1871 and and served from September 1, 1852, until March1872; resumed agricultural pursuits; delegate from Greene 3, 1855; was not a candidate for reelection in 1854; resumedCounty to the State constitutional convention in 1875; died the practice of law; also engaged as a planter; died in Hen-near Fountain Hill, Pitt County, N.C., March 3, 1883; inter- derson, Ky., April 23, 1876; interment in Fernwood Ceme-ment in Edwards Chapel Cemetery in Lenoir County. tery. DIXON,Joseph Andrew, a Representative from Ohio; DIXON,Henry Aldous, a Representative from Utah; bornborn in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 3, 1879; attended St. Patrick's in Provo, Utah County, Utah, June 29, 1890; attended theSchool, Hughes High School, and St. Xavier University, Cin- public schools; was graduated from Brigham Young Univer-cinnati, Ohio; clerk in a mercantile store 1893-1900; engaged sity, Provo, Utah, in 1914, from the University of Chicago inin retail clothing business in Anderson, hid., Hartford City, 1917, and from the University of Southern California inmd., and Cincinnati; also was manager and owner of ama- 1937; instructor at Weber College 1914-1918, president in 1919 and 1920 and 1937-1953; superintendent of Provo cityteur and professional baseball teams; active in young men's schools 1920-1924 and 1932-1937; managing vice president ofwelfare work; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Farmers & Merchants Bank 1924-1932; member of Presi-Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful dent's Commission on Higher Education 1946-1948; member,candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Con- board of directors, Salt Lake. Branch of Federal Reservegress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Con- Bank of San Francisco 1945-1951; director, Association ofgress; resumed his former business pursuits in Cincinnati, Junior Colleges, 1950-1954; president of Utah State Univer-Ohio, until his death there on July 4, 1942; interment in St. sity at Logan from August 1953 to December 1954; elected asJoseph's Cemetery. a Republican to the Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty- DIXON,Joseph Moore, a Representative and a Senator sixth Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1961); did notfrom Montana; born in Snow Camp, Alamance County, N.C., seek renomination in 1960; instructor at Brigham YoungJuly 31, 1867; attended Earlham College, Richmond, md., University until 1965; died in Ogden, Utah, January 22,and was graduated from Guilford College, North Carolina, in 1967; interment in Washington Heights Memorial Park. 1889; moved to Missoula, Missoula County, Mont., in 1891; DIXON,James, a Representative and a Senator from Con-studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1892; assistant pros- necticut; born in Enfield, Hartford County, Conn., August 5,ecuting attorney of Missoula County 1893-1895; prosecuting 1814; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from Wil-attorney 1895-1897; member, State house of representatives liams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1834; studied law;1900; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty- was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice inninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); elected as a Enfield, Conn.; member, State house of representatives 1837-Republican to the United States Senate in 1906 and served 1838, 1844, and served as speaker in 1837; moved to Hart-from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913; unsuccessful candi- ford, Conn., in 1839 and continued the practice of law; elect-date for reelection in 1912; chairman, Committee to Exam- ed as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congressesine Branches of the Civil Service (Sixtieth Congress), Com- (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); member, State house of rep-mittee on the Conservation of Natural Resources (Sixty-first resentatives 1854; declined the nomination for Governor ofand Sixty-second Congresses); chairman of the National Pro- Connecticut in 1854; unsuccessful candidate for Unitedgressive Convention in 1912; engaged in newspaper publish- States Senator in 1854; elected as a Republican to theing and dairy farming; Governor of Montana 1921-1925; un- United States Senate in 1856; reelected in 1863, and servedsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924; unsuccessful can- from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1869; chairman, Committeedidate for election to the United States Senate in 1928; First to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Thirty-sev-Assistant Secretary of the Interior 1929-1933; died at Mis- enth and Thirty-eighth Congresses), Committee on District ofsoula, Mont., May 22, 1934; interment in Missoula Cemetery. Columbia (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses), Com- Bibliography: Karlin, Jules. Joseph M. Dixon of Montana. Missoula: mittee on Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-ninth Con- University of Montana Publications, 1974. gress); unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate and the House of Representatives in 1868; DIXON,Julian Carey, a Representative from California; appointed Minister to Russia in 1869 but declined; engagedborn in Washington, D.C., August 8, 1934; attended the in literary pursuits and extensive traveling until his deathpublic schools in Los Angeles; B.S., Los Angeles State Col- in Hartford, Conn., March 27, 1873; interment in Cedar Hilllege, 1962; LL.B., Southwestern University, Los Angeles, Cemetery. 1967; served in United States Army, sergeant, 1957-1960; Bibliography: DAB; Aibright, Claude.. "Dixon, Doolittle, and Norton: The member of the California State assembly, 1972-1978; dele-- Forgotten Republican Votes on Andrew Johnson's Impeachment." Wiscon- gate to California State Democratic conventions, 1972-1978; sin Magazine of History 59 (Winter 1975-1976): 91-100; Burr, Nelson B. delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1976; chair- "United States Senator : 1814-1873, Episcopalian Anti- man, rules committee, Democratic National Convention, Statesman." History Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 50 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the (March 1981): 29-72. four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, DIXON,Joseph, a Representative from North Carolina;1989); chairman, Committee on Standards of Official Con- born in Greene County, near Farmville, Pitt County, N.C.,duct (Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Congresses); is a April 9, 1828; attended the public schools and was tutoredresident of Culver City, Calif. privately; engaged in agricultural pursuits and also in the DIXON,Lincoln, a Representative from Indiana; born in mercantile business; appointed colonel of the North CarolinaVernon, Jennings County, md., on February 9, 1860; attend- State Militia soon after the Civil War; judge of the countyed Vernon Academy, and was graduated from Indiana Uni- court in 1864 and 1865; member of the State house of com-versity at Bloomington in 1880; employed as a clerk in the mons 1865-1867; elected as a Republican to the Forty-firstDepartment of the Interior at Washington, D.C., in 1881; Biographies 915 returned to Vernon, md., and studied law; was admitted toary 12 to March 3, 1885; was not a candidatefor renomina- the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in North Vernon;tion; member, State senate 1885-1889; elected as a Republi- reading clerk of the State house of representatives in 1883;can to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by prosecuting attorney for the sixth judicial circuit 1884-1892;the resignation of Jonathan Chace and served from April 10, member of the Democratic State committee 1897-1904 and1889, to March 3, 1895; was not a candidate for reelection; 1920-1927; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth and tochairman, Committee on Patents (Fifty-second Congress); re- the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3,sumed the practice of law and engaged in banking; died in 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to theWesterly, R.I., November 8, 1897; interment in River Bend Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; delegateCemetery. to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920 and 1924; in charge of the Democratic campaign in the West in 1924; DIXON, William Wirt, a Representative from Montana; appointed a member of the United States Tariff Commissionborn in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 3, 1838; moved to Illinois in by President Coolidge in 1927 and retired in 1930; reappoint- 1843 and to Keokuk, Iowa, in 1849; pursued preparatory ed by President Hoover on June 17, 1931, and served untilstudies; studied law in Keokuk and was admitted to the bar his death, while on a visit, in Lyndon, Ky., September 16,in 1858; moved to Tennessee in 1860, in the same year to 1932; interment in Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, md. Arkansas, then to California in 1862, and thence to Hum- boldt County, Nev.; in 1866 moved to Montana and resided DIXON, Nathan Fellows (father of Nathan Fellows Dixonin Helena and later in Deer Lodge until 1879; member of the [1812-1881] and grandfather of Nathan Fellows Dixon [1847-Territorial house of representatives in 1871 and 1872; spent 1897]), Senator from Rhode Island; born in Plainfield, Conn.,two years in the Black Hills; returned to Montana in 1881, December 13, 1774; attended Plainfield Academy and wassettled in Butte, and engaged in the practice of law; delegate graduated from the College of Rhode Island (now Brownto the constitutional conventions of Montana in 1884 and University) in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the bar in1889; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress 1801 and commenced practice in New London County, Conn.;(March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for moved to Westerly, R.I., in 1802 and continued the practicereelection to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed the practice of law; also engaged in banking, serving as president of theof his profession; candidate for election to the United States Washington Bank of Westerly from 1829 until his death;Senate, but the legislature failed to make a choice; died in member, State house of representatives 1813-1830; served asLos Angeles, Calif., November 13, 1910; interment in Calvary a colonel in the State militia; elected as a Whig to theCemetery; reinterment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washing- United States Senate and served from March 4, 1839, untilton, D.C., March 15, 1911. his death in Washington, D.C., January 29, 1842; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-seventh Con- DOAN, Robert Eachus, a Representative from Ohio; born gress); interment in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Wash-near Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio,July 23, 1831; at- ington County, R.I. tended the common schools and completed an academic course; taught school three years in southernOhio; was DIXON, Nathan Fellows (son of Nathan Fellows Dixongraduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1857; was ad- [1774-18421, and father of Nathan Fellows Dixon [1847-1897], mitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Westerly, R.I.,Wilmington, Ohio; editor of the Wilmington Watchman in May 1, 1812; attended Plainfield (Conn.) Academy, and was1859 and 1860; prosecuting attorney of Clinton County in graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1833; 1862; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress later pursued the study of law at the Cambridge (Mass.) and(March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for New Haven (Conn.) Law Schools; was admitted to the bar inrenomination in 1892; resumed the practice of law in Wash- 1837 and commenced practice in Westerly, R.I.; also engagedington, D.C.; died in Wilmington, Ohio, February 24, 1919; in banking; member of the State house of representativesinterment in Sugar Grove Cemetery. 1841-1849, 1851-1854, 1858-1862, and 1871-1877; appointed a member of the Governor's council in 1842; elected as a Whig DOAN, William, a Representative from Ohio; born in to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); Maine April 4, 1792; attended the common schools; moved was not a candidate for renomination in 1850; elected as awith his parents in 1812 to Ohio and settled near Lindale, Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the three succeedingClermont County; studied medicine at New Richmond and Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1871); chairman, Com-commenced practice in 1818 at Withamsville, Clermont mittee on Commerce (Forty-first Congress); declined to be aCounty; was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at candidate for reelection in 1870; delegate to the Union Na-Cincinnati in 1827; member of the State house of representa- tional Convention at Philadelphia in 1866; resumed the prac-tives in 1831 and 1832; served in the State senate in 1833 tice of law and banking; died in Westerly, Washingtonand 1834; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and County, R.I., April 11, 1881; interment in River Bend Ceme- Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); tery. was not a candidate for renomination in 1842;resumed the practiceof medicine;diedinWithamsville,Clermont DIXON, Nathan Fellows (son of Nathan Fellows DixonCounty, Ohio, June 22, 1847; interment in Union Township [1812-1881] and grandson of Nathan Fellows Dixon [1777-(Mount Moriah) Cemetery, Tobasco, Clermont County, Ohio. 1842]), a Representative and a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Westerly, Washington County, RI., August 28, 1847; DOBBIN, James Cochrane (grandson of James Cochran), attended the common schools of Westerly and Phillips Acad-a Representative from North Carolina; bornin Fayetteville, emy, Andover, Mass.; was graduated from BrownUniversity,N.C., January 17, 1814; attended the Fayetteville Academy Providence, R.I., in 1869 and from Albany (N.Y.) Law Schooland the School, Hillsboro, N.C.; was grad- in 1871; was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenceduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill practice in Westerly, R.I.; United States attorney for thein 1832; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and district of Rhode Island 1877-1885; elected as a Republicancommenced practice in Fayetteville; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused byto the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, the resignation of Jonathan Chace and served from Febru-1847); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846; 916 Biographical Directory resumed the practice of law; member of the State house ofpublic schools; engaged in planting; member of the State commons in 1848, 1850, and 1852, serving as speaker in 1850;house of commons in 1822; member of the State constitution- delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852;al convention in 1835; served in the State senate 1836-1844; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Pierceelected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, from March 7, 1853, to March 6, 1857; died in Fayetteville, 1845-March 3, 1847); declined to be a candidate for reelec- Cumberland County, N.C., August 4, 1857; interment in Cross Creek Cemetery. tion in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; elected to the Thirty- Bibliography: DAB. second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1854; died DOBBINS, Donald Claude, a Representative from Illinois;near Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C., on December 7, born on a farm near Dewey, Champaign County, Ill., March 1875; interment in the family cemetery. 20, 1878; attended the public schools, the University of Illi- nois at Urbana, Dixon (Ill.) Business College, and George DOCKERY, Oliver Hart (son of Alfred Dockery), a Repre- Washington University, Washington, D.C.; taught schoolsentative from North Carolina; born near Rockingham, Rich- 1896-1899;stenographerandcorrespondent1900-1906; mond County, N.C., August 12, 1830; attended the public United States post office inspector 1906-1909; studied law; schools and Wake Forest (N.C.) College; was graduated from was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice inthe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1848; Champaign, Ill.; delegate to the Democratic National Con-studied law, but never practiced; engaged in agricultural vention at Philadelphia in 1936; elected as a Democrat topursuits; member of the State house of representatives in the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4,1858 and 1859; served for a short time in the Confederate 1933-January 3, 1937); was not a candidate for renominationservice, but withdrew and advocated sustaining the Federal in 193i; resumed the practice of law; died in Champaign, Ill., Government; upon the readmission of North Carolina to February 14, 1943; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth DOBBINS, Samuel Atkinson, a Representative from NewCongress; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served Jersey; born near Vincentown, Burlington County, N.J.,from July 13, 1868, to March 3, 1871; chairman, Committee April 14, 1814; attended private and public schools; engagedon the Freedmen's Bureau (Forty-first Congress); unsuccess- in agricultural pursuits; moved to Mount Holly, N.J., in 1838ful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Con- and continued farming; high sheriff of Burlington Countygress; again engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the 1854-1857; member of the State house of assembly 1859-State constitutional convention in 1875; unsuccessful candi- 1861; delegate to the Republican National Convention indate for Governor in 1888; appointed United States consul 1864; trustee of Pennington (N.J.) Seminary 1866-1886,serv-general at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 14, 1889, and ing as president of the board of trustees for tenyears; elect-served until July 1, 1893; resumed agricultural pursuits; died ed as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Con-in Baltimore, Md., March 21, 1906; interment in the family gresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); was not a candidatecemetery at Mangum, Richmond County, N.C. for renomination in 1876; resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Mount Holly, N.J., May 26, 1886; interment in DOCKWEILER, John Francis, a Representative from Mount Holly Cemetery. California; born in Los Angeles September 19, 1895; attended parochial schools; was graduated from Loyola College, Los DOCKERY, Alexander Monroe, a Representative fromAngeles in 1918 and from the University of Southern Cali- Missouri; born near Gallatin, Daviess County, Mo., Februaryfornia, Los Angeles in 1921; attended the law department of 11, 1845; attended the common schools and Macon Academy,Harvard University; was admitted to the bar September 6, Macon, Mo.; studied medicine; was graduated from the St. 1921, and commenced practice in Los Angeles in 1922; elect- Louis (Mo.) Medical College March 2, 1865, and commenceded as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and practice near Linneus, Linn County; attended lectures atSeventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939); Bellevue College, New York City, and Jefferson Medical Col-was not a candidate for renomination in the primaries in lege, Philadelphia, during the winter of 1865-1866; returned1938, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as to Missouri and settled in Chillicothe, where he continuedGovernor; in the general election was an unsuccessful Inde- the practice of his profession for seven years; president ofpendent candidate for reelection to the Seventy-sixth Con- the board of education of Chillicothe, Mo., 1870-1872; served as county physician of Livingston County; in March 1874gress; resumed the practice of law; district attorney of Los returned to Gallatin, Mo., where he assisted in organizingAngeles County 1940-1943; died in Los Angeles, Calif., Janu- the Farmers' Exchange Bank; chairman of the congressionalary 31, 1943; interment in Calvary Cemetery. committee of his district; member of the city council of DODD, Christopher John (son of Thomas Joseph Dodd), a Gallatin 1878-1881; mayor 1881-1883; delegate to and chair-Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Wil- man of the Democratic State conventions in 1886 and 1901;limantic, Windham County, Conn., May 27, 1944; graduated elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the sevenfrom Georgetown Preparatory School, Potomac, Md., 1962; succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1899); chair-graduated, Providence (R.I.) College 1966; served as Peace man, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Depart-Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic 1966-1968; grad- ment (Fiftieth Congress); was not a candidate for renomina-uated, University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Law 1972; tion in 1898; Governor of Missouri 1901-1905; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904; appointed Thirdadmitted to the Connecticut bar in 1973 and commenced Assistant Postmaster General on March 17, 1913, and servedpractice in New London; served in the United States Army until his resignation on March 31, 1921; died in Gallatin,1969-1975; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Con- Mo., December 26, 1926; interment in Edgewood Cemetery,gress; reelected to the Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Con- Chillicothe, Livingston County, Mo. gresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); was not a candi- date in 1980 for reelection to the House of Representatives, DOCKERY, Alfred (father of Oliver Hart Dockery), a Rep-but was elected to the United States Senate in November resentative from North Carolina; born near Rockingham,1980 for the term commencing January 3, 1981; reelected in Richmond County, N.C., December 11, 1797; attended the1986 for the term ending January 3, 1993. 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DODD, Edward, a Representative from New York; born inmember of the board of education 1894-1897; elected as a Salem, Washington County, N.Y., August 25, 1805; attendedRepublican to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to(March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for Argyle, N.Y., in 1835; county clerk of Washington Countyrenomination in 1912; resumed the practice of law in Mount 1835-1844; delegate to the State constitutional convention inPleasant, Mich., until his death in that city on December 23, 1846; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress and1940; interment in Riverside Cemetery. reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on DODDS, Ozro John, a Representative from Ohio; born in District of Columbia (Thirty-fourth Congress); United StatesCincinnati, Ohio, March 22, 1840; attended the common marshal for the northern district of New York from Aprilschools, and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, for four years; 1863 to April 1869; editor of the County Post for thirty years;organized Captain Dodd's university company and enlisted trustee of the Argyle Academy for fifty-one years; presidenton April 18, 1861, as captain of Company B,Twentieth Ohio of the village of Argyle for eight years; member of theVolunteer Regiment; captain of Company F, Eighty-first Republican State committee for many years; died in Argyle,Ohio Volunteer Infantry from September 1, 1861, to January N.Y., March 1, 1891; interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery.1, 1863; became lieutenant colonel of the First Alabama Union Cavalry October 18, 1863; at the close of the war was DODD, Thomas Joseph (father of Christopher John Dodd),given his degree from Miami University; studied law at a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut;born inCincinnati Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and Norwich, New London County, Conn., May 15, 1907; attend-commenced practice in Cincinnati; member of the State ed the public schools; graduated from St. Anseim's Prepara-house of representatives in 1870 and 1871; elected as a Dem- tory School in 1926, Providence College in 1930, and Yaleocrat to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused University Law School in 1933; special agent for Federalby the resignation of Aaron F. Perry and served from Octo- Bureau of Investigation in 1933 and 1934; Connecticut direc-ber 8, 1872, to March 3, 1873; was nOt a candidate for re- tor of National Youth Administration 1935-1938; assistant tonomination in 1872; resumed the practice of law at Cincin- five successive United States Attorneys General 1938-1945;nati; died in Columbus, Ohio, April 18, 1882; interment in vice chairman, Board of Review, and later executive trialSpring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. counsel, Office of the United States Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality at Nuremberg, Germany, in DODGE, Augustus Caesar (son of ), a Dele- 1945 and 1946; engaged in private practice of law in Hart-gate and a Senator from Iowa; born in Ste. Genevieve,Mo., ford, Conn., 1947-1953; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-January 2, 1812; self-educated; moved to Illinois in 1827, third and Eighty-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1953-Janu-settled in Galena, and was employed there in various capac- ary 3, 1957); was unsuccessful for election tothe Unitedities in his father's lead mines; served in the BlackHawk States Senate in 1956; elected as a Democrat to the Unitedand other Indian wars; moved to Burlington, Iowa, in1837, States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and served fromwhere he served as register of the land office 1838-1840; January 3, 1959, to January 2, 1971; unsuccessful candidateelected as a Democratic Delegate to the Twenty-sixthCon- for reelection in 1970; censured by the Senate in 1967 forgress to fill the vacancy caused bythe act of March 3, 1839; financial misconduct; was a resident of Old Lyme, Conn.,reelectedtotheTwenty-seventh,Twenty-eighth,and until his death there, May 24, 1971; interment in St. Mi-Twenty-ninth Congresses and served from October 28, 1840, chael's New Cemetery, Pawcatuck, Conn. to December 28, 1846, when the Territory ofIowa was admit- Bibliography: U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for Thomas Joseph ted as a State into the Union; was then elected as a Demo- Dodd. 92nd Cong., 2nd sess., 1972. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing crat to the United States Senate; reelectedin 1849, and Office, 1972. served from December 7, 1848, to February 22,1855, when DODDRIDGE, Philip, a Representative from Virginia;he resigned to accept a diplomatic post; chairman,Commit- tee to Audit and Control the ContingentExpense (Thirty- born in Bedford County, Va., May 17, 1773; reared on a Pen- farm; moved to Brooke County, Va. (now West Virginia);first through Thirty-third Congresses), Committee on attended school in Wellsburg (then Charleston), Va. (nowsions (Thirty-first Congress), Committee on Revolutionary West Virginia); studied law and was admitted to the bar inClaims (Thirty-second Congress), Committee onPublic Lands (Thirty-third Congress); appointed Minister to Spain1855- 1797; member, State senate, 1804-1809; member of the house 1859; of delegates of Virginia in 1815, 1816, 1822, 1823, 1828, and1859; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1829; delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention inmayor of Burlington 1874-1875;withdrew from political ac- 1829; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1822 to thetivities and engaged in lecturing at pioneer gatherings;died Eighteenth Congress and in 1824 to the Nineteenth Con-in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, November 20,1883; gress; elected to the Twenty-first andTwenty-second Con-interment in Aspen Grove Cemetery. gresses and served from March 4, 1829,until his death in Bibliography: DAB; Peizer, Louis. Augustus Cassar Dodge. Iowa City: Washington, D.C., November 19, 1832; chairman, Committee The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1908. on District of Columbia (Twenty-first andTwenty-second DODGE, Grenville Mellen, a Representative fromIowa; Congresses); interment in the Congressional Cemetery. born in Danvers, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1831; at- Bibliography: DAB. tended the Danvers public schools and DurhamAcademy, New Hampshire; was graduated as a civil engineerfrom DODDS, Francis Henry, a Representative from Michigan;Norwich University, Vermont, in 1851; moved to Iowa and born on a farm near Waddington, Louisville Township, St.settled in Council Bluffs; member of the city councilof Coun- Lawrence County, N.Y., June 9, 1858; attended the local of the schools; moved with his parents to Isabella County, Mich., incil Bluffs in 1860; entered the Union Army as colonel Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry on July 6, 1861; promoted 1866; was graduated from Olivet (Mich.) College; taught 21, 1862, and school at Farwell and Mount Pleasant; was graduated fromto brigadier general of Volunteers March the law department of the University of Michigan at Annmajor general June 7, 1864; resigned from the Army May 30, Arbor in 1880; was admitted to the bar the same yearand1866; chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad1866-1870; commenced the practice of law at Mount Pleasant, Mich.;elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress(March 4, served ascity attorney of Mount Pleasant 1892-1894;1867-March 3, 1869); declined to be a candidate for renomi- 918 Biographical Directory

nation in 1868; delegate to the Republican National Conven-1799; pursued an academic course; moved to Lowville, N.Y., tion in 1868, 1872, and 1876; settled in New York City;and engaged in mercantile pursuits; town clerk of Lowville president of the commission to inquire into the managementin 1825; county clerk of Lewis County 1825-1831; member of of the war with Spain; died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Januarythe State assembly in 1832; moved to Martinsburg, N.Y., in 3, 1916; interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery. 1833; cashier of the Lewis County Bank in 1833 and 1834; Bibliography: DAB; Farnham, Wallace D."Grenville Dodge and the Union Pacific: A Study of Historical Legends." Journal of American Histo- returned to Lowville; surrogate of Lewis County 1835-1840; iy 51 (March 1965): 632-50; Hirshon, Stanley P. Grenville M. Dodge: Sol-elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-sev- dier, Politician, Railroad Pioneer. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, enth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); member of 1967. the board of directors and vice president of the Bank of Lowville 1843-1847; moved to California in 1849 and engaged DODGE, Henry (father of Augustus Caesar Dodge), a Del- egate and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Vincennes,in mining; returned in 1850 to Lowville, N.Y., where he Ind., October 12, 1782; received a limited schooling; moved to resided until late in life; clerk in the customhouse, New Missouri in 1796 and settled at Ste. Genevieve; sheriff ofYork City, 1853-1857; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 11, 1875; Cape Girardeau County in 1808; moved to Galena, Ill., andinterment in the Rural Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y. operated a lead mine; moved to Wisconsin in 1827, then part DOLE, Robert Joseph, a Representative and a Senator of Michigan Territory, and settled near the present site offrom Kansas; born in Russell, Kans., July 22, 1923; graduat- Dodgeville; served in the Black Hawk and other Indian wars; was commissioned major of United States Rangersed, Washburn Municipal University, Topeka, Kans., with an 1832; left the Army as colonel of the First United Statesundergraduate and law degree in1952, after attending Dragoons 1836; appointed Governor of the Territory of Wis-Kansas University 1941-1943 and University of Arizona consin 1836-1841; elected as a Democratic Delegate to the1948-1949; during the Second World War served as a combat Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4,infantry officer in Italy; was wounded twice and hospitalized 1841-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination for thirty-nine months; admitted to the bar and commenced in 1844, having again accepted the appointment of Governorthe practice of law in Russell, Kans., 1952; member, State of the Territory of Wisconsin, and served from 1845 untilhouse of representatives 1951-1953; county attorney of Rus- 1848; upon the admission of Wisconsin as a State into thesell County 1953-1961; elected as a Republican to the Eighty- Union in 1848 was elected as a Democrat to the Unitedseventh Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses States Senate; reelected in 1851 and served from June 8,(January 3, 1961-January 3, 1969); unsuccessful Republican 1848, to March 3, 1857; chairman, Committee on Commercecandidate for vice president 1976; elected to the United (Thirty-fourth Congress); declined the appointment of Gover-States Senate in 1968 for the term commencing January 3, nor of Washington Territory by President Franklin Pierce in 1969; reelected in 1974, 1980, and 1986 for the term ending 1857; retired to private life; died in Burlington, Des MoinesJanuary 3, 1993; majority leader 1985-1987; minority leader County, Iowa, June 19, 1867; interment in Aspen Grove Cem- 1987 to present; chairman, Committee on Finance (Ninety- etery. seventh and Ninety-eighth Congresses), Special Committee Bibliography: DAB; Clark, James I. Henry Dodge, Frontiersman; Firston Security and Cooperation in Europe (Ninety-ninth Con- Governor of Wisconsin Territory. Madison: State Historical Society of Wis- gress); unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presiden- consin, 1957; Pelzer, Louis. Henry Dodge. Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1911. tial nomination in 1988. DODGE, William Earle, a Representative from New York; DOLLINGER, Isidore, a Representative from New York; born in Hartford, Conn., September 4, 1805; completedpre-born in New York City November 13, 1903; New York Uni- paratory studies; moved to New York City in 1818; became aversity, BC. 5., 1925; New York Law School, LL.B., 1928; was clerk; in 1826 established the house of Phelps, Dodge & Co.,admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced practice in New of which he was the head for forty years; delegate to theYork City; served in the State assembly 1937-1944; member peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in anof the State senate 1945-1948; elected as a Democrat to the effort to devise means to prevent the impending war;suc- Eighty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served cessfully contested as a Republican the election of Jamesfrom January 3, 1949, until his resignation December 31, Brooks to the Thirty-ninth Congress and served from April1959; delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1956 and 7, 1866, to March 3, 1867; declined to be a candidate for1960; elected district attorney, Bronx County, New York, in renomination in 1866; resumed business interests; died inNovember 1959 and took office January 1, 1960, for a four- New York City February 9, 1883; interment in Woodlawnyear term; reelected district attorney in November 1963 and Cemetery. again in November 1967; resigned in 1968 when elected a Bibliography: DAB; Lowitt, Richard. A Merchant Prince of the Nine-justice of supreme court, first judicial district, New York, teenth Century: William E. Dodge. New York: Columbia University Press,and served from January 1, 1969, to December 31, 1975; is a 1954. resident of New York City. DOE, Nicholas Bartlett, a Representative from New York; DOLLIVER, James Isaac (nephew of Jonathan Prentiss born in New York City on June 16, 1786; was graduatedDolliver), a Representative from Iowa; born in Park Ridge, from Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; settled in SaratogaCook County, Ill., August 31, 1894; attended the public County, N.Y.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Con- schools in Hot Springs, S.Dak.; was graduated from Morn- gress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ansoningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, in 1915; taught school at Brown; took his seat on December 7, 1840, and served untilAlta and Humboldt, Iowa, 1915-1917; during the First World March 3, 1841; resumed the practice of law; trustee of theWar served in the United States Army as a private in the village of Waterford, Saratoga County, in 1841; died at Sara-Third Service Company of the Signal Corps; was graduated toga Springs, N.Y., December 6, 1856; interment in Green-from the University of Chicago Law School in 1921; was ridge Cemetery. admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chicago; moved to Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, in DOIG, Andrew Wheeler, a Representative from New1922; prosecuting attorney of Webster County, 1924-1929; York; born in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., July 24,member of the school board of Fort Dodge Independent Biographies 919

School District 1938-1945; elected as a Republican to thewhen he resigned to join the armed forces of theUnited Seventy-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses (Janu-States; served as a private in the Combat Engineersuntil his ary 3, 1945-January 3, 1957); unsuccessfulcandidate for re-medical discharge; was subsequently elected to fillthe va- election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; served as re-cancy in the Seventy-eighth Congresscaused by his own gional legal counsel for International Cooperation Adminis-resignation; reelected to the Seventy-ninth andEightieth tration in the Middle East, 1957-1959; retired in 1959; re-Congresses and served from November 7, 1944, to January3, sided in Spirit Lake, Iowa; died in Rolla, Mo., December 10,1949; chairman, Committee on Elections No. 1 (Seventy- 1978; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses); was not acandidate for renomination in 1948, but was an unsuccessfulcandidate DOLL! VER, Jonathan Prentiss (uncle of James Isaac Dol- for the Democratic nomination for United StatesSenator; liver), a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born nearresumed the practice of law; founder, Council for theDevel- Kingwood, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), Febru-opment of French in Louisiana, 1968; member,Governor's ary 6, 1858; attended the public schoolsand was graduatedCommittee on Tidelands; was a resident of Lafayette,La., from the University of West Virginia at Morgantownin St. 1876; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1878anduntil his death there on April 11, 1988; interment in commenced practice in Fort Dodge, Iowa; city solicitor ofJohn's Cemetery. Fort Dodge 1880-1887; elected as a Republican to theFifty- DOMENICI, Pete Vichi, a Senator from New Mexico; born first and to the five succeeding Congresses andserved fromin Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.Mex., May 7,1932; March 4, 1889, to August 22, 1900, when heresigned tograduated, University of New Mexico 1954; graduated, become Senator; chairman, Committee on ExpendituresDenver University Law School 1958; admitted to theNew (Fifty-sixth Congress); appointed as a Republican to theMexico bar in 1958 and commenced practice in Albuquerque; United States Senate in 1900 to fill the vacancy in the termelected to Albuquerque City Commission 1966, chairman(ex- ending March 3, 1901, caused by the death of John H.Gear;officio mayor) 1967; appointed to Governor's PolicyBoard for reappointed and subsequently elected for the term beginningLaw Enforcement and Middle Rio GrandeConference of March 4, 1901; reelected in 1907 and served from August 22,Governments 1968-1969; elected as a Republican tothe 1900, until his death in Fort Dodge, Iowa, October 15, 1910; (Fifty-seventhUnited States Senate in 1972 for the term commencing Jan- chairman, Committee on Pacific Railroads uary 3, 1973; reelected in1978 and in 1984 for the term through Fifty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Educationending January 3, 1991; chairman, Committee on theBudget and Labor (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses), Committee(Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses). on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixty-firstCongress); interment in Oakland Cemetery. DOMINICK, Frederick Haskell, a Representativefrom Bibliography: DAB; Ross, Thomas. Jonathan Prenti.ss Dolhuer. Iowa City: South Carolina; born in Peak, Newberry County,S.C., Febru- The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1958; U.S. Congress. Memorial Ad- ary 20, 1877; attended thepublic schools of Columbia, New- dresses. 61st Cong., 3rd sess., 1910. Washington, D.C.: Government Printingberry (S.C.) College, South Carolina College atColumbia, and Office, 1911. the law school of the University of Virginiaat Charlottes- DOLPH, Joseph Norton (uncle of Frederick Williamville; was admitted to the bar in 1898and commenced prac- Mulkey), a Senator from Oregon; born in Dolphsburg, Tomp-tice in Newberry, S.C.; member of the Statehouse of repre- kins (now Schuyler) County, N.Y., October 19, 1835; attendedsentatives 1901-1902; chairman of theDemocratic county the common schools and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary,committee 1906-1914; assistant attorneygeneral of South Lima, N.Y.; taught school and studied law; was admitted toCarolina 1913-1916; delegate to the DemocraticNational the bar in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1861 and commenced prac- Conventions in 1920 and 1924; elected as a Democratto the tice in Schuyler County, N.Y.; in 1862 enlisted intheSixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses(March 4, "Oregon Escort," a company raised under an act of Congress1917-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate forrenomina- for the purpose of protecting emigrants crossing the Plainstion in 1932; one of the managersappointed by the House of to the Pacific coast against hostile Indians; settledin Port-Representatives in 1926 to conduct the impeachment pro- land, Oreg., in 1862; city attorney 1864-1865; United Statesceedings against George W. English, judgeof the United district attorney 1865-1868; member, State senate1866, States District Court for the EasternDistrict of Illinois; 1868, 1872, 1874; engaged in various enterprises; elected as aduring the Second World War served as assistantto the Republican to the United States Senate in 1882; reelectedinAttorney General, Department of Justice,Washington, D.C.; 1888 and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3,1895; practiced law in Newberry, S.C., until his deaththere March unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894; chairman, 11, 1960; interment in Rosemont Cemetery. Committee on Coast Defenses (Forty-ninth throughFifty- second Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Fifty-second DOMINICK, Peter Hoyt (nephew of HowardAlexander Congress); resumed the practice of law in Portland, Oreg.,Smith), a Representative and a Senator fromColorado; born where he died on March 10, 1897; interment inRiverviewin Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn.,July 7, 1915; attended Cemetery. public schools; graduated from St. Mark's School,Southbor- Bibliography: DAB. ough, Mass., in 1933, Yale University in 1937,and Yale Law School in 1940; during the Second WorldWar entered the DOMENGEAUX, James, a Representative from Louisiana; and served 6, 1907;Army Air Corps in 1942 as an aviation cadet born in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, La., January until 1945 when discharged as a captain;engaged in law attended Mount Carmel Academy, Cathedral HighSchool, 1946, and and Loyolapractice in New York City in 1940-1942 and early Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette, in Denver, Cob., 1946-1961; member, Statehouse of repre- University, New Orleans, La.; was graduated fromthe law Commission for department of Tulane University, New Orleans, La.,in 1931;sentatives 1957-1961; member of National the same year and commencedthe United Nations Educational, Scientific,and Cultural Or- was admitted to the bar ganization 1960-1961; elected as a Republican tothe Eighty- practice in Lafayette, La.; member of the Statehouse of 1963); was not representatives in 1940; elected as a Democrat tothe Seven-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961-January 3, a candidate for reelectionin 1962; elected as a Republican to ty-seventh Congress; reelected to the Seventy-eighthCon- in 1968 and gress and served from January3, 1941, to April 15, 1944,the United States Senate in 1962; reelected 920 Biographical Directory

served from January 3, 1963, to January 2, 1975;unsuccess-and 1870; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and ful candidate for reelection in 1974; Ambassador Extraordi- Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); de-- nary and Plenipotentiary to Switzerland 1975; resided inclined to be a candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty- Cherry Hills, Cob., until his death in Hobe Sound,Fla.,fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law at Independ- March 18, 1981; interment in Fairmount Cemetery,Denver, Cob. ence; delegate at large to the Republican National Conven- tion in 1884; chairman of the Republican State centralcom- DONAHEY, Alvin Victor, a Senator from Ohio; born inmittee 1884-1886; again a member of the State senate 1884- Cadwallader, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, July 7, 1873; attend- 1886; died in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, Decem- ed the public schools; learned the printer's trade;employedber 4, 1908; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. as a journeyman at New Philadelphia, Ohio, 1893-1905; clerk of Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1898- DONNELL, Forrest C., a Senator from Missouri; born in 1903; county auditor 1905-1909; member of the boardofQuitman, Nodaway County, Mo., August 20, 1884; attended education of New Philadelphia 1909-1911; delegate to thethe public schools; was graduated from the University of fourth Ohio constitutional convention in 1912; State auditorMissouri at Columbia in 1904 and from its law school in 1912; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Ohio in 1920;1907; was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commencedprac- Governor of Ohio 1923-1929; elected asa Democrat to thetice in St. Louis, Mo.; city attorney of Webster Groves, Mo.; United States Senate in 1934 and served from January 3,Governor of Missouri 194 1-1945; elected asa Republican to 1935, to January 3, 1941; was not a candidate forrenomina-the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1945, tion in 1940; engaged in the insurance business and in theto January 3, 1951; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelec- manufacture of clay products in Columbus, Ohio;was alsotion in 1950; resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo., interested in banking; died in Columbus, Ohio, April 8, 1946;where he died March 3, 1980; interment in Bellefontaine interment in East Avenue Cemetery, New Philadelphia,Cemetery. Ohio. DONNELL, Richard Spaight (grandson of Richard Dobbs DONDERO, George Anthony, a Representative fromSpaight), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Michigan; born in Greenfield Township, Wayne County,New Bern, N.C., September 20, 1820; attended New Bern Mich., on December 16, 1883; attended the public schools;Academy and Yale College; was graduated from the Univer- served as village clerk of Royal Oak in 1905 and 1906,assity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1839; studied law; town treasurer in 1907 and 1908, and as villageassessor inwas admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in 1909; was graduated from the Detroit College of Law, De-New Bern, N.C.; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress troit, Mich., in 1910; was admitted to the bar thesame year(March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for and commenced practice in Royal Oak, Mich.; village attor-renomination in 1848; resumed the practice of law in Wash- ney 1911-1921; assistant prosecuting attorney for Oaklandington, N.C.; delegate to the State secession convention in County, Mich., in 1918 and 1919; mayor of Royal Oak in 19211861 and to the State constitutional convention in 1865; and 1922; member of the board of education 1910-1928;elect-member of the State house of commons in 1862 and 1864, ed as a Republican to the Seventy-third and to theelevenand served as speaker; died in New Bern, N.C., June 3, 1867; succeeding Congresses (March 4, l933-January 3,1957); interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery. chairman, Committee on Public Works (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses); was not a candidate for renomina- DONNELLY, Brian Joseph, a Representative from Massa- tion in 1956; resumed the practice of law; died in Royal Oak,chusetts; born in Boston, Mass., March 2, 1946; attended Mich., January 29, 1968; interment in Oakview Cemetery.private schools in Suffolk County; graduated from Catholic Memorial High School, West Roxbury, 1963; B.S., Boston DONLEY, Joseph Benton, a Representative from Pennsyl-University, 1970; graduate work, Boston University, 1970; vania; born in Mount Morris, Greene County, Pa.,on Octo-teacher and coach, Boston public schools; member, Massa- ber 10, 1838; completed preparatory studies;was graduatedchusetts State legislature, 1973-1978; served as assistant ma- from Waynesburg (Pa.) College in 1859; member of the facul-jority leader, 1977-1978; elected as a Democrat to the ty of Abingdon (Ill.) College 1860-1862; entered the UnionNinety-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January Army as a captain in the Eighty-third Regiment, Illinois3, 1979-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Boston, Mass. Volunteer Infantry, in 1862 and served throughout thewar; was graduated from the Albany (N.Y.) Law School in 1866; DONNELLY, Ignatius, a Representative from Minnesota; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice inborn in Philadelphia, Pa., November 3, 1831; attended the Waynesburg, Pa.; referee in bankruptcy in 1867 and 1868;public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1852 elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4,and commenced practice in Philadelphia; moved to Minneso-- 1869-March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inta in 1857 and settled in Nininger, Dakota County; engaged 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; resumed the practice ofin literary pursuits; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota his profession in Waynesburg, Pa., and died there January1859-1863; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, 23, 1917; interment in Green Mount Cemetery. Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1869); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the DONNAN, William G., a Representative from Iowa; born in West Chariton, N.Y., June 30, 1834; attended the districtForty-first Congress and for election in 1870 to the Forty-

second Congress; member of the State senate 1874-1878; - schools and Cambridge Academy; was graduated from Union re- College, New York, in 1856; moved to Independence, Iowa, insumed the practice of law; also engaged in literary pursuits; 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1856 andwas nominated by the People's Party in 1892 for Vice Presi- commenced practice at Independence in 1857; treasurer anddent of the United States; died in Minneapolis, Minn., on recorder of Buchanan County 1857-1862; entered the UnionJanuary 1, 1901; interment in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, Army as a private in Company H, Twenty-seventh IowaMinn Bibliography: DAB; Hicks, John D. "The Political Career of Ignatius Infantry, in 1862; promoted to the grade of first lieutenant Donnelly." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 8 (June-September 1921): and brevetted captain and major; was adjutant on the staff80-132; Ridge, Martin. Ignatius Donnelly; The Portrait of a Politician. Chi- of Gen. James J. Gilbert; member of the State senate in 1868 cago: University of Chicago Press, 1912. Biographies 921

DONOHOE, Michael, a Representative from Pennsylva- DONOVAN, Jeremiah, a Representative from Connecticut; nia; born in Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland, Februaryborn in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., October18, 1857; 22, 1864; attended the schools of Ireland and a private classi-attended the public schools and was graduated fromRidge- cal school; taught as principal of a national school fromfield Academy; moved to South Norwalk in 1870and en- January 1885 until October 1886; immigrated to the Unitedgaged in the retail liquor business until 1898 whenhe re- States and settled in Philadelphia, Pa., November 8, 1886;tired; member of the city council; served as deputysheriff; real-estate broker; engaged in banking and in the manufac-delegate to all Democratic National Conventions from1896 ture of glassware; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-secondto 1916, inclusive; member of the State houseof representa- and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915);tives in 1903 and 1904; served in the State senate1905-1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March4, fourth Congress; director of Northwestern General Hospital1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1893-1943; trustee of Temple University; real-estate assessor 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; mayor of the city ofNor- for the city of Philadelphia from April 15, 1919, to March 31,walk, Conn., 1917-1921; retired from active pursuits;died in 1946, when he retired; died in Philadelphia, Pa., January 17,Norwalk, Conn., April 22, 1935; interment in St.John's Cem- 1958; interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. etery. DONOHUE, Harold Daniel, a Representative from Massa- DONOVAN, Jerome Francis, a Representative from New chusetts; born in Worcester, Mass., June 18, 1901; attendedYork; born in New Haven Conn., February 1, 1872;attended the public schools; was graduated from Northeastern Uni-the public schools; was graduated from the law department versity School of Law, Worcester, Mass., in 1925; was admit-of Yale University in 1894; was admitted to the bar the same ted to the bar in February 1926 and commenced practice inyear and commenced practice inNew Haven; captain of Worcester, Mass.; councilman and alderman of Worcester,Company C, Second Regiment of the ConnecticutNational Mass., from January 1927 to December 1935; served with theGuard, 1897-1903; member of the State assembly1901-1903; United States Navy from December 1942 until December of the 1945, when he was separated from the service with therankauditor of the city of New Haven 1902-1904; secretary theNew Haven civil service commission 1904-1906; moved to of lieutenant commander; elected as a Democrat to York Eightieth Congress; reelected to the thirteen succeeding Con-New York City in 1910 and was admitted to the New gresses and served from January 3,1947, until his resigna-State bar the same year; special deputy attorneygeneral of tion December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection inNew York State 1911-1913; elected as a Democratto the 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resided in Worcester,Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- Mass., until his death November 4, 1984. nation of Murray Hulbert; reelected to theSixty-sixth Con- gress and served from March 5,1918, to March 3, 1921; DONOVAN, Dennis D., a Representative from Ohio; bornunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty- near Texas, Henry County, Ohio, January31, 1859; attendedseventh Congress; served as deputy attorneygeneral in the common schools, and Northern Indiana Normal School,charge of the legal work of the New York StateLabor De-- Valparaiso, Ind.; taught school; engaged in the mercantilepartment in 1923 and 1924; resumed the practiceof law in and timber business; was graduated from the law depart-New York City until his retirement in 1936;moved to Stony ment of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in1895;Creek, Conn., where he died November 2,1949; interment in was admitted to the bar the same yearand commencedSt. Bernard's Cemeter3, New Haven, Conn. practice in Deshler, Ohio; appointed postmaster of Deshler by President Cleveland on July 21, 1885, and served until DOOLEY, Edwin Benedict, a Representativefrom New January 27, 1888; member of the State house of representa-York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.,April 13, 1905; tives in 1887 and 1889; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-graduated from St. John's Prep School;Dartmouth College, second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3,Hanover, N.H., A.B., 1927, and FordhamUniversity Law 1895); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894 toSchool, New York City, LL.B., 1930; featurewriter, New the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of lawinYork Sun, 1927-1938; radio broadcaster, NewYork City, Deshler, Ohio; moved to Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, in1936-1948; public relations executive, 1938-1955; duringthe 1897 and continued the practice of law; unsuccessful candi-Second World War served on Secretary of theNavy and date for nomination as Governor of Ohio in 1898; died inSecretary of War food committees; trustee villageof Ma- Napoleon, Ohio, on April 21, 1941; interment in St. Augus-maroneck, N.Y., 1942-1946; associated withInstitute of tine Cemetery. Public Relations, 1946-1948; mayor ofMamaroneck, N.Y., DONOVAN, James George, a Representative from New1950-1956; elected as a Republican to theEighty-fifth, York; born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., DecemberEighty-sixth, and Eighty-seventh Congresses(January 3, 15, 1898, attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology at1957-January 3,1963); unsuccessful for renomination in Cambridge in 1916 and 1917; during the First World War1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; againengaged in public served in the United States Navy as a seaman in1918; relations; chairman of the New York State AthleticCommis- attended Harvard University, 1919-1921, and wasgraduatedsion, 1966-1975; resident of Boca Raton,Fla., until his death from the law school of Columbia University, NewYork City,there on January 25, 1982; cremated; ashesscattered at in 1924; was admitted to the Massachusetts barin 1923 andfamily gravesite at Gate of Heaven Cemetery,Hawthorne, the New York bar in 1925; commenced the practice oflaw inN.Y. County New York City in 1925; under-sheriff of New York DOOLING, Peter Joseph, a Representativefrom New 1934-1941; member of the State senate in 1943 and 1944; 1857; attended Eighty-third,York; born in New York City February 15, elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second, the public schools; engaged in the real-estatebusiness; and Eighty-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1951-January3, 1887- 1957); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 totheserved as court officer in the court of general sessions 1889; member of the board of aldermen of NewYork City in Eighty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; New sessions York State Director, Federal Housing Administration,1957; 1891 and 1892; deputy clerk of the court of special until his death there on1893-1895; member of the aqueduct commissionin 1898; was a resident of New York City supply, gas, April 6, 1987; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. deputy commissioner of the department of water 922 Biographical Directory

and electricity 1898-1901; member of the Statesenate 1903-Tecumseh, Johnson County; member of the State house of 1905; clerk of the city and county of New York 1906-1909;representatives 1874-1876; assistant United States district elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and tothe threeattorney 1876-1880; moved to Washington Territory in 1880 succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921); chair-and settled in Colfax, Whitman County; engaged in theprac- man, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Wartice of law; moved to Tacoma in 1888; elected as a Republi- (Sixty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelectioncan to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; sheriff of NewYork1893-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful for reelection in 1896 to County in 1924; commissioner of the department ofpur-the Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in chases of New York City in 1926; reengaged in thereal- estate business; died in New York City October 18, 1931;Tacoma, Wash., February 26, 1914; interment in Tacoma interment in Calvary Cemetery. Cemetery. DOOLITTLE, Dudley, a Representative from Kansas; DOREMUS, Frank Ellsworth, a Representative from born at Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kans., June 21,Michigan; born in Venango County, Pa., August 31, 1865; 1881; attended the public schools and the University ofattended the public schools of Portland, Mich., andwas grad- Kansas at Lawrence, being graduated from its law depart-uated from Detroit (Mich.) College of Law; established the ment in 1903; was admitted to the bar thesame year andPortland Review in 1885, editing it until 1899; member of commenced practice at Cottonwood Falls, Kans., in 1904;the State house of representatives 1890-1892; postmaster of prosecuting attorney of Chase County 1908-1912;mayor ofPortland 1895-1899; was admitted to the bar and com- Strong City in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third,menced practice in Detroit in 1899; assistant corporation Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913-counsel of Detroit 1903-1907; city comptroller 1907-1910; March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the four to the Sixty-sixth Congress; representative of the United succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1921); served States Treasury Department to Italy in 1919; Federal Prohi-as mayor of Detroit, Mich., in 1923 and 1924; resumed the bition Director for Kansas in 1920; engaged in the practicepractice of law in Fowlerville, Mich.; died in Howell, Mich., of law in Strong City, Kans., Kansas City, Mo., and Washing-September 4,1947; interment in Roseland Park, Detroit, ton, D.C., 1921-1934; elected a member of the Democratic Mich. National Committee in 1925; general agent of the ninth district, Farm Credit Administration, 1934-1938; member of DORGAN, Byron Leslie, a Representative from North the board of directors of the College of Emporia and servedDakota; born in Dickinson, Stark County, N.Dak., May 14, as its president 1938-1940; president of the Strong City State1942; attended the public schools; B.S., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1964; M.B.A., University of Denver, Bank and a director of the Exchange National Bankof Cottonwood Falls at time of death; died in Emporia, Kans.,Denver, Cob.,1966; tax commissioner, State of North November 14, 1957; interment in Prairie Grove Cemetery,Dakota, 1969-1980; delegate, North Dakota State Democratic Cottonwood Falls, Kans. conventions, 1969-1981; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat DOOLITTLE, James Rood, a Senator from Wisconsin;to the Ninety-seventh and to the three succeeding Congress- born in Hampton, N.Y., January 3,1815; attended thees (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Bis- common schools and Middlebury (Vt.) Academy, and wasmarck, N.Dak. graduated from Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., in 1834;stud- ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced DORN, Francis Edwin, a Representative from New York; practice in Rochester, N.Y.; moved to Warsaw, N.Y., in 1841;born in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 18, 1911; attended St. Augus- districtattorney of Wyoming County, N.Y.,1847-1850;tine and Bishop McLaughlin Memorial High Schools; was moved to Racine, Wis., in 1851; judge of the first judicialgraduated from Fordham University in 1932 and from the circuit of Wisconsin 1853-1856, when he resigned; the repeallaw school of the same university in 1935; also studied gov- of the Missouri Compromise caused him to leave the Demo-ernment at New York University in 1936; was admitted to cratic Party; elected as a Republican to the United Statesthe bar in 1936 and began practice in Brooklyn, N.Y.; elect- Senate in January 1857; reelected in 1863 and served fromed to the State assembly in 1940 but resigned to enlist in the March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1869; chairman, CommitteeonUnited States Navy in 1941; served four years overseas and Indian Affairs (Thirty-seventh through Thirty-ninth Con-was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant commander in the gresses); left the Republican Party and was an unsuccessfulNaval Reserve, later being promoted to commander; assist- candidate for Governor on the Democratic ticket in 1871;ant attorney general, State of New York, 1946-1950; engaged resumed the practice of law in Chicago, Ill., but retained hisin the private practice of law since 1950; elected as a Repub- residence in Racine, Wis.; trustee of the University of Chica-lican to the Eighty-third and to the three succeeding Con- go, serving one year as its president, and was for many yearsgresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful can- a professor in its law school; died in Edgewood, Providence,didate for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress, R.I., July 23, 1897; interment in Mound Cemetery, Racine,and for election in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; re- Wis. sumed the practice of law in Brooklyn; founder of the Bibliography: DAB; Aibright, Claude. "Dixon, Doolittle and Norton: The Appeal of Conscience Foundation; was a resident of Brook- Forgotten Republican Votes on Johnson's Impeachment." Wisconsin Maga. lyn until his death in New York City, September 17, 1987; sine of History 59 (Winter 1975-1976): 9 1-100. interment in Greenwood Cemetery. DOOLIVfLE, William Hall, a Representative from Wash- DORN, William Jennings Bryan, a Representative from ington; born near North East in Erie County, Pa., NovemberSouth Carolina; born near Greenwood, Greenwood County, 6, 1848; moved with his parents to Portage County, Wis., inS.C., April 14, 1916; attended the public schools; engaged in 1859; attended the district school; early in 1865, enlistedas aagricultural pursuits; served in the State house of represent- private in the Ninth Wisconsin Battery; went to Pennsylva-atives in 1939 and 1940; member of the State senate in 1941 nia in 1867 and pursued an academic course; studied law inand 1942; enlisted as a private in the Army Air Forces and Chautauqua County, N.Y., and was admitted to the bar inserved from June 20, 1942, until discharged as a corporalon 1871; moved to Nebraska in 1872 and commenced practice inOctober 12, 1945, nineteen months of which were in the Biographies 923

European Theater; elected as a Democrat to the Eightiethcharged as a lieutenant on April 18, 1919; engaged in the Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); was not a candi-manufacture of steel tools in 1919; also engaged in banking; date for renomination in 1948, but was an unsuccessful can-elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth andSeventy- didate for the Democratic nomination for United States Sen-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuc- ator; resumed agricultural pursuits; elected to the Eighty-cessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth second Congress; reelected to the eleven succeeding Con- Congress; member of the United StatesSesquicentennial gresses and served from January 3, 1951,until his resigna-Constitution Commission in 1938; director, Region III, Wage tion December 31, 1974; chairman, Committee on Veterans'and Hours and Public Contracts Division, United States De- Affairs (Ninety-third Congress); was not a candidate for re-partment of Labor, from 1939 until his death inPhiladel- election in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; was an un-phia, Pa., July 13, 1949; interment in St. Dominic's Ceme- successful candidate for Governor; chairman, South Carolina Democratic party, 1980-1984; is a resident of Greenwood,tery. S.C. DORSEY, George Washington Emery, a Representative Bibliography: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, and Scott Derks. Dorn: Offrom Nebraska; born in Loudoun County, Va., January25, the People, A Political Way of Life. Columbia and Orangeburg, S.C.: Bruc- 1842; moved with his parents to Preston County, Va. (now coli Clark Layman/Sandlapper Publishing, 1988. West Virginia), in 1856; attended private schools andOak DORNAN, Robert Kenneth, a Representative from Cali-Hill Academy; recruited a company and entered theUnion fornia; born in New York City April 3, 1933; attended paro-Army in August 1861 as first lieutenant in the Sixth Regi- chial schools; graduated from Loyola (Calif.) High School,ment, West Virginia Infantry; promoted to captainand 1950; attended Loyola University, 1950-1953; served to cap-major, and was mustered out with the Army of the Shenan- tain in the United States Air Force, 1953-1958; Air Forcedoah in August 1865; moved to Nebraska in 1866;studied Reserve, 1958-1975; commercial pilot; broadcaster-journalist; law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practicein television producer; associated with KHJ-TV and KTLA-1869; engaged in banking; vice president of the Stateboard TV, 1967-1973; delegate, Republican National Convention,of agriculture; chairman of the Republican Statecentral 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988; elected as a Republican tothecommittee; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fifti- Ninety-fifth, Ninety-sixth, and Ninety-seventh Congresseseth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March3, (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1983); was not a candidate for1891); chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency reelection in 1982 but was an unsuccessful candidate for in nomination to the United States Senate; elected as a Repub-(Fifty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection lican to the Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Congresses 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; engaged in mining enter- (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Gardenprises in Nevada. and Utah; died in Salt Lake City,Utah, Fremont, Grove, Calif. June 12, 1911; interment in the City Cemetery, Dodge County, Nebr. DORR, Charles Phillips, a Representative from West Vir- ginia; born in Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, August 12, DORSEY, John Lloyd, Jr., a Representative fromKen- 1852; moved with his parents to Woodsfield, Ohio, in 1866;tucky; born in Henderson, Ky., August 10, 1891;educated in attended the common schools; taught school in Ohio andthe public schools and at Bethel College,Russeliville, KY.; West Virginia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1874was graduated from CentreCollege, Danville, Ky., in 1912; and commenced practice in West Virginia the same year;studied law at Centre College; was admitted to thebar in member of the town council of Webster Springs, W.Va.;1913 and commenced practice in Henderson, KY.;served as a elected a member of the State house of delegates in 1884 andprivate in Headquarters Company, OneHundred and Fifty- 1888; sergeant at arms of that body in 1887; elected as aninth Depot Brigade, in 1918; executiveDemocratic commit- Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897-Marchteeman 1920-1924; city attorney ofHenderson in 1926 and 3, 1899); was not a candidate for renomination in 1898; re-1930; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congressto sumed the practice of law at Webster Springs, W.Va.; diedfill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofDavid H. Kin- on his estate at Clover Lick, nearMarlinton, Pocahontascheloe and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3,1931; County, W.Va., October 8, 1914; interment in CloverLick was not a candidate for election tothe Seventy-second Con- Cemetery. gress in 1930; resumed thepractice of law; again served as DORSEY, Clement, a Representative from Maryland;city attorney of Henderson in 1936 and1937; continued the born near Oaklands in Anne Arundel County, Md., in1778; practice of law until his death in Henderson, Ky.,March 22, attended St. John's College, Annapolis, Md.; studied law; was1960; interment in Fernwood Cemetery. admitted to the bar and commenced practice; major in the Maryland Militia 1812-1818; elected to the Nineteenth, DORSEY, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from Arkansas; Twentieth, and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1825-born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., February28, 1842; March 3, 1831); resumed the practice of law; unsuccessfulmoved to Ohio and settled in Oberlin; attended thepublic candidate for election in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress;schools; during the Civil War served in the UnionArmy judge of the fifth circuit court of Maryland until his death in until the close of the war; returned to Ohioand settled in Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., August 6, 1848; inter-Sandusky; was employed by the Sandusky Tool Co. and sub- ment in a private burial ground at"Summerseat," nearsequently became its president; elected president of theAr- Laurel Grove, Md. kansas Railway Co.; moved to Arkansasand settled in Helena; elected as a Republican to the UnitedStates Senate DORSEY, Frank Joseph Gerard, a Representativefrom not a Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 26, 1891; at- and served from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1879; was candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee onDistrict of tended grade and high schools; was graduated from the Uni- Republican versity of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1917;served onColumbia (Forty-fifth Congress); member of the andNational Committee in 1880; engaged in cattle raisingand the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1916 moved to 1917; enlisted as a private in the Ordnance Department,mining in New Mexico and Colorado; subsequently United States Army, in July 1917 and was honorablydis- Los Angeles, Calif., and resided there until hisdeath on 924 Biographical Directory

March 20, 1916; interment in Fairmont Cemetery,Denver,(March 4,1831-March 3,1833); appointed inspector of Cob. Auburn Prison in 1834; elected to the Twenty-fourth Con- Bibliography: DAB; Caperton, Thomas J. Rogue! Beingan Account of the Life and High Times of Stephen W. Dorsey, United States gress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); engaged in agricultural Senator and pursuits in Scipio, N.Y., 1837-1846; moved to New York City New Mexico Cattle Baron. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press,1978; Lowry, Sharon K. "Portrait of an Age: The Political Career ofStephen W. and engaged in mercantile pursuits 1846-1860; died in Belvi- Dorsey, 1868-1889." Ph.D. dissertation, North Texas StateUniversity, 1980. dere, Boone County, Ill., March 11, 1866; interment probably in the North Street Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y. DORSHEIMER, William, a Representative fromNew York; born in Lyons, Wayne County, N.Y., February5, 1832; DOUGHERTY, Charles, a Representative from Florida; moved to Buffalo, N.Y., with his parents in 1836; attendedborn in Athens, Ga., October 15, 1850; attended the public the common schools, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.,andschools of Athens and the University of Virginia at Char- Harvard University; studied law; was admitted to thebar inlottesville; followed the sea; moved to Florida in 1871 and 1854 and commenced practice in Buffalo, N.Y.;was appoint-settled near Port Orange; engaged in planting; member of ed a major in the United States Army in August 1861 andthe State house of representatives 1877-1885, and servedas served as aide-de-camp on the staff of General Frémont;speaker in 1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth United States attorney for the northern district ofNewand Fiftieth Congresses; (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889);re- York 1867-187 1; delegate to the Liberal RepublicanConven-sumed agricultural pursuits; again a member of the State tion at Cincinatti in 1872; member of the first board of parkhouse of representatives in 1891,1892,1911, and 1912; commissioners of Buffalo; Lieutenant Governor of New Yorkserved in the State senate 1895-1898; died at Daytona Beach, 1875-1880; delegate to the Democratic National ConventionVolusia County, Fla., on October 11, 1915; interment in Pine- in 1876; commissioner of the Statesurvey in 1876 and presi-wood Cemetery. dent of the commission in 1883; moved to New York City in 1880 and continued the practice of law; appointedcommis- DOUGHERTY, Charles Francis, a Representative from sioner of the State reservation at Niagara, N.Y., in 1883;Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia June 26, 1937; attended

elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (MarchSt. Helena's School, 1951; graduated from St. Joseph's Pre-- 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); declined to bea candidate for re-paratory School, 1955; served in the United States Marine nomination in 1884; appointed United States district attor-Corps Reserve, 1957-1959 (active duty, 1959-1962,reserve ney for the southern district of New York in 1885; resignedduty, 1962-1977); B.S., St. Joseph's College, 1959; graduate the same year, having become owner of the New York Star;work, University of Pennsylvania, 1962-1964; high school died in Savannah, Ga., March 26, 1888, whileen route toteacher, 1962-1965; special agent, Office of Naval Intelli- Florida for a visit; interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery,gence, Department of the Navy, 1965-1966; graduate work, Buffalo, N.Y. Temple University, 1967; assistant dean, Community College Bibliography: DAB. of Philadelphia, 1966-1970; high school principal, 1970-1972; served in the Pennsylvania State senate, 1972-1978; elected DOTY, James Duane (cousin of Martin),aas a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and Ninety-seventh Con- Delegate and a Representative from Wisconsin; born ingresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful can- Salem, Washington County, N.Y., November 5, 1799; attend-didate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress; isa ed the common schools; studied law; moved to Detroit,Mich., resident of Philadelphia, Pa. in 1818; was admitted to the bar in 1819 andcommenced practice in Detroit; secretary of the legislative counciland DOUGHERTY, John, a Representative from Missouri; clerk of court of Michigan Territory; United States judgeforborn in latan, Platte County, Mo., February 25, 1857; moved northern Michigan 1823-1832; member of the legislativewith his parents the same year to Liberty, Clay County, Mo.; council in 1834 and 1835; assisted in bringing abouttheattended the public schools and William Jewell College, Lib- division of Michigan Territory into the three Territories oferty, Mo,; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1889 and Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa; preempted several tracts ofcommenced practice at Liberty, Mo.; elected city attorney of Government land in the Territory of Wisconsin; laid outtheLiberty, Mo., in 1881 and served five years; editor and pro- capital of Wisconsin and named it Madison; successfullycon-prietor of the Liberty Tribune 1885-1888; elected prosecuting tested as a Democrat the election of George W. Jonesas aattorney of Clay County, Mo., in 1888 and served six years; Delegate to the Twenty-fifth Congress; reelected to theunsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1896 to the Fifty- Twenty-sixth Congress and served from January 14, 1839, tofifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth, March 3, 1841; Governor of the Territory of Wisconsin 1841-Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899- 1844; delegate to the first constitutional convention of 1846;March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in elected as a Democrat a Representative to the Thirty-first1904; resumed the practice of law; died in Liberty, Mo., Congress and as an Independent Democrat to the Thirty-August 1, 1905; interment in Fairview Cemetery. second Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); appointed superintendent of Indian affairs for Utah Territory in 1861; DOUGHTON, Robert Lee, a Representative from North treasurer and Governor of Utah Territory in 1863 andCarolina; born at Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, N.C., served until his death in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 13,on November 7, 1863; was educated in the public schools at 1865; interment in Fort Douglas Cemetery. Laurel Springs and Sparta; engaged in agricultural pursuits Bibliography: DAB. and the raising of livestock at Laurel Springs; also interest- ed in banking; member of the State board of agriculture DOUBLEDAY, Ulysses Freeman, a Representative from1903-1909; served in the State senate in 1908 and 1909; New York; born in Otsego County, N.Y., December 15, 1792;director of the State prison board 1909-1911; president of the received a limited schooling; learned the art of printing andDeposit & Savings Bank, North Wilkesboro, N.C., since 1911; worked as a printer in Cooperstown, Utica, and Albany,elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the twenty N.Y.; served at Sackets Harbor in the War of 1812; estab-succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-January 3,1953); lished the Saratoga Courier at Ballston Spa; moved tochairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Auburn, N.Y., where he published the Cayuga Patriot 1819-Agriculture(Sixty-third throughSixty-fifthCongresses), 1839; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second CongressCommittee on Ways and Means (Seventy-third through Sev- Biographies 925 enty-ninth Congresses and Eighty-first and Eighty-secondcommissioner of public safety of Utica in 1928 and 1929; Congresses), Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxationunsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses); was not a candi-York in 1934; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth date for renomination in 1952; returned to Laurel Springs,and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937- N.C., where he died October 1, 1954; interment in LaurelJanuary 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. 1944; resumed his former profession as a surgeon; died in Bibliography: DAB. Utica, N.Y., January 1, 1949; interment in Mount Olivet DOUGLAS, Albert, a Representative from Ohio; born inCemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y. Chillicothe, Ohio, April 25, 1852; attended the public schools DOUGLAS, Helen Gahagan, a Representative from Cali- of Chillicothe and a preparatory school; was graduated fromfornia; born in Boonton, Morris County, N.J., November, 25, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1872 and from the law1900; attended the public schools, Berkeley School for Girls, department of Harvard University in 1874; was admitted toBrooklyn, N.Y., Capen School for Girls, Northampton, Mass., the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio;and Barnard College, New York City; moved to Los Angeles, prosecuting attorney of Ross County 1877-1881; elected as aCalif., in 1931; engaged in the theatrical profession and also Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (Marchas an opera singer 1922-1938; DemocraticNational commit- 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionteewoman for California 1940-1944; vice chairman of the in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed the practice ofDemocratic State central committee and chairman of the law in Chillicothe, Ohio; appointed Ambassador Extraordi-women's division 1940-1944; member of the national adviso- nary to represent the United States at thecentennial of thery committee of the Works ProgressAdministration and of independence of Peru in 1921; retired and resided in Wash-the State committee of the National Youth Administration ington, D.C., until his death in that city on March 14, 1935;in 1939 and 1940; member of the board of governors of the interment in Grand View Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio. California Housing and Planning Association in 1942 and DOUGLAS, Beverly Browne, a Representative from Vir-1943; appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a ginia; born at Providence Forge, New Kent County, Va.,member of the Voluntary Participation Committee, Office of December 21, 1822; attended Rumford Academy in King Wil-Civilian Defense; appointed by President Harry S. Truman liam County, the College of William and Mary, Williams-as alternate United States Delegate tothe United Nations burg, Va., Yale College, and the University of Edinburgh,Assembly; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth, Scotland; upon his return to the United States reenteredEightieth, and Eighty-first Congresses (January 3, 1945-Jan- William and Mary, and was graduated from the law depart-uary 3, 1951); was not a candidate forrenomination in 1950, ment in 1843; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and com-but was unsuccessful for election to the United States menced practice in Norfolk, Va.; moved to King William Senate; lecturer and authoress; appointed by PresidentJohn- County in 1846 and continued the practice of his profession; son as Special Ambassador to headUnited States delegation delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850 and toinauguration ceremonies of President William V.S. 1851; member of the State senate 1852-1865; presidentialTubman of Liberia in 1964; resided in New York Cityuntil elector on the Democratic ticket of Breckinridge and Lane inher death on June 28, 1980. 1860; during the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as Bibliography: Douglas, Helen Gahagan. A Full Life. Garden City, N.Y.: first lieutenant in Lee's Rangers, and was successively pro- Doubleday, 1982; O'Connor, Colleen Marie. "Through theValley of Dark. moted to the rank of major of the Fifth Virginia Cavalry;ness: Helen Gahagan Douglas' CongressionalYears." Ph.D. dissertation, elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth University of California,. San Diego, 1982. Congresses and served from March 4, 1875, until his death DOUGLAS, Lewis Williams, a Representative fromArizo- in Washington, D.C., December 22, 1878; interment in thena; born in Bisbee, Cochise County,Ariz., July 2, 1894; at- family burying ground at "Zoar," near Aylett, King Williamtended the public schools and Montclair (N.J.)Academy; was County, Va. graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1916;attended DOUGLAS, Emily Taft (wife of Paul H. Douglas), a Repre-the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in1916; commis- sentative from Illinois, born in Chicago, Ill., April 10, 1899;sioned as a second lieutenant on August 15,1917, and as- was graduated from the Universityof Chicago in 1920; en- signed to the Three Hundred and Forty-seventhRegiment, gaged in the theatrical profession; organizer and chairmanField Artillery; promoted to first lieutenant andserved over- of the department of government and foreign policy for theseas as assistant, G-3 staff, Ninety-firstDivision, until dis- Illinois League of Women Voters; secretary of the Interna-charged on February 18, 1919; instructor of history atAm- tional Relations Center, Chicago, Ill.; elected as a Democratherst College in 1920; engaged in mining andgeneral busi- to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January3, ness; member of the ArizonaState house of representatives 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the1923-1925; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress; Eightieth Congress; author; is a resident of White Plains,reelected to the three succeeding Congresses andserved March 4, 1933, N.Y. from March 4, 1927, until his resignation Bibliography: Douglas, Emily Taft. Margaret Sanger; Pioneer of thebefore the commencement of the Seventy-third Congress; Future. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1970; Douglas, Emilyappointed Director of the Budget by President FranklinD. Taft. Remember the Ladies; The Story of Great Women Who Helped Shape Roosevelt; took the oath of office on March 7,1933, and America. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. served until August 31, 1934, when he resigned; vicepresi- DOUGLAS, Fred James, a Representative from Newdent and member of the board of a chemical company1934- York; born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass.,September1938; principal and vice chancellor of McGill University, 14, 1869; moved with his parents to Little Falls, N.Y.,inMontreal, Canada, from January 1938 to December1939; 1874; attended the public schools, and wasgraduated frompresident of an insurance company from 1940-1947, and the medical department of Dartmouth College, Hanover,chairman of the board on leave of absence,1947-1959; anddeputy administrator of the War ShippingAdministration N.H., in 1895; moved to Utica, N.Y., the same year Ambassador to commenced the practice of medicine; member of theboard offrom May 1942 to March 1944; United States education of Utica 1910-1920; mayor of Utica 1922-1924;Great Britain 1947-1950; director, General MotorsCorpora- 926 Biographical Directory

tion, 1944-1965; chairman and director, Southern Arizonaticket in 1852, 1856, and 1860; died in Chicago, Ill.; inter- Bank & Trust Company, 1949-1966; appointed by the Presi-ment in Douglas Monument Park. dent to head Government Study of Foreign Economic Prob- Bibliography: DAB; Douglas, Stephen A. The Letters of Stephen A. lems, 1953; member, President's Task Forceon American Douglas. Edited by Robert W. Johannsen. Urbana: University of Illinois Indians, 1966-1967; died in Tucson, Ariz., March 7, 1974; Press, 1961; Johannsen, Robert W. Stephen A. Douglas. New York: Oxford cremated. University Press, 1973. Bibliography: Browder, Robert Paul, and Thomas G. Smith. Independent; A Biography of Lewis W Douglas. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986; DOUGLAS, William Harris, a Representative from New Smith, Thomas G. "Lewis Douglas, Arizona Politics and the ColoradoYork; born in New York City December 5, 1853; attended River Controversy." Arizona and the West 22 (Summer 1980): 125-62. private schools and the College of the City of New York; entered the exporting and importing trade; elected as DOUGLAS, Paul Howard (husband of Emily Taft Doug- a Re- las), a Senator from Illinois; born in Salem, Essex County,publican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses Mass., March 26, 1892; attended the public schools of New-(March 4, 1901-March 3, 1905); declined to be a candidate for port, Maine; graduated from Bowdoin College in 1913, Co-renomination in 1904; resumed his former business pursuits; lumbia University in 1915; studied at Harvard University indelegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1908, 1915 and 1916; economist, author and college professor;1912, and 1916; died in New York City on January 27, 1944; taught economics at University of Illinois 1916-1917, Reedinterment in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, N.Y. College, Portland, Oreg., 1917-1918; engaged in industrial DOUGLASS, John Joseph, a Representative from Massa- relations work with Emergency Fleet Corporation 1918-1919;chusetts; born in East Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., Febru- resumed teaching at University of Washington 1919-1920;ary 9, 1873; attended the public schools; was graduated from professor of industrial relations, University of Chicago 1920-Boston College in 1893, and from the law department of 1949; between 1930 and 1939 served on many state andGeorgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1896; was ad- national commissions and committees; alderman, Chicagomitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Boston; city council 1939-1942; unsuccessful candidate for nomina-member of the State house of representatives in 1899, 1900, tion in 1942 to the United States Senate; during the Second1906, and again in 1913; delegate to the Massachusetts World War served in the United States Marine Corps 1942- con- 1945; enlisted as a private and rose to the rank of lieutenantstitutional convention in 1917 and 1918; author and play- colonel; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senatewright; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in in 1948; reelected in 1954 and again in 1960, serving from1928 and 1932; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1967; unsuccessful candidateto the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, for reelection in 1966; chairman, Joint Committeeon the1935); chairman, Committee on Education (Seventy-second Economic Report (Eighty-fourth Congress), Joint Economicand Seventy-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for re- nomination in 1934; resumed the practice of law; served as Committee(Eighty-sixthand Eighty-eighthCongresses); chairman of the President's Committee on Urban Affairscommissioner of penal institutions of Boston from 1935 until his death in West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Mass., April 5, 1967-1968; chairman, Committee on Tax Reform 1969;re- sided in Washington, D.C., until his death there September1939; interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery. 24, 1976; cremated; ashes scattered in the woodedarea in DOUTRICH, Isaac Hoffer, a Representative from Penn- Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill. sylvania; born on a farm near Middletown, Dauphin County, Bibliography: Anderson, Jerry M. "Paul H. Douglas: Insurgent Senate Pa., December 19, 1871; moved to Elizabethtown, Pa., with Spokesman for Humane Causes, 1949-1963." Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University, 1964; Douglas, Paul H. In the Fullness of Time: The his parents in 1880; attended the rural schools, the public Memoirs of Paul H. Douglas. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. schools in Elizabethtown, Pa., and Keystone State Normal School (now State Teachers College), Kutztown, Pa.; worked DOUGLAS, Stephen Arnold, a Representative anda Sena-in the retail clothing business in Middletown and Harris- tor from Illinois; born in Brandon, Rutland County, Vt.,burg, Pa.; also interested in banking and other businesses; April 23, 1813; educated in the common schools and complet- member of the Harrisburg city council 1924-1927; elected as ed preparatory studies in Brandon Academy; learned thea Republican to the Seventieth and to the four succeeding cabinetmaker's trade; moved to a farm near Clifton Springs,Congresses (March 4, 1927-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful for N.Y.; entered Canandaigua Academy in 1832 and studiedreelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; reengaged law; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1833, and finally settled inin the retail clothing business in Harrisburg, Pa., until his Winchester, Ill., where he taught school and resumed the death May 28, 1941; interment in the East Harrisburg Ceme-- study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1834 andcom- tery. menced practice in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; elected State's attorney for the Morgan circuit in 1835; member, DOVENER, Blackburn Barrett, a Representative from State house of representatives 1836-1837; register of theWest Virginia; born in Tays Valley, Cabell County, Va. (now land office at Springfield in 1837; unsuccessful DemocraticWest Virginia), April 20, 1842; attended the common schools; candidate for election in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress;taught school 1858-1861; at the age of nineteen raised a appointed secretary of State of Illinois during the session ofcompany and served as captain of Company A, Fifteenth the legislature in 1840 and 1841 and at the same session wasRegiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry; became cap- elected as one of the judges of the State supreme court;tain of an Ohio River steamboat in 1867; studied law; was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth,admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in and Thirtieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1843,Wheeling, W.Va.; member of the State house of delegates in until his resignation on March 3, 1847, at the close of the1883 and 1884; unsuccessful Republican candidate for elec- Twenty-ninth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Unitedtion to the Fifty-second Congress; elected as a Republican to States Senate in 1847; reelected in 1853 and again in 1859,the Fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1847, until his death on June 3,(March 4, 1895-March 3, 1907); unsuccessful candidate for 1861; chairman, Committee on Territories (Thirtieth throughrenomination; resumed the practice of law in Wheeling; Thirty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for the nom-lived in retirement at Glen Echo, Md., until his death on ination for President of the United States on the DemocraticMay 9, 1914; interment in Arlington National Cemetery. 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DOW, John Goodchild, a Representative from New York;March 4, 1885, until his death in New York CityDecember born in New York City May 6, 1905; attended the public10, 1886; interment in Calvary Cemetery, LongIsland City, schools of Canton, Mass.; Harvard College, A.B., 1927; Co-N.Y. lumbia University, M.A., 1937, systems analyst for large DOWDY, Charles Wayne, a Representative fromMissis- corporations, 1929-1964; director of civil defense in Grandsippi; born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia,July 27, View, N.Y., 1950-1964; chairman of the Zoning Board of Gulfport Appeals in Grand View, 1964; chairman of the Democratic1943; attended the public schools; graduated from committee in Orangetown, 1957-1962; candidate for theHigh School, Gulfport, Miss., 1961; B.A., Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss., 1965; LL.B., Jackson School of Law,Jackson, State legislature in 1954 and 1956; elected as a Democrat to 1969 and the Eighty-ninth and to the Ninetieth Congresses (JanuaryMiss., 1968; admitted to the Mississippi bar in 3, 1965-January 3, 1969); unsuccessful candidate for reelec-commenced practice in McComb; city judge, McComb, 1970- 1974; mayor, McComb, 1978-1981; elected as a Democrat to tion in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; delegate to Demo-the Ninety-seventh Congress, July 7, 1981, byspecial elec- cratic National Convention, 1968; staff assistant, United Jon States Congress; elected to the Ninety-second Congress (Jan-tion, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of uary 3, 1971-January 3, 1973);unsuccessful candidate forClifton Hinson; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; unsuccessful(July 7, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident ofMcComb, candidate for election in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; Miss. assistant director, New York State comprehensive employ- DOWDY, John Vernard, a Representative from Texas; ment training act program, 1976-1982; founder, Americansborn in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., February11, 1912; Against Nuclear War, 1980; unsuccessful candidate for nomi-spent early years of his youth in Rusk, Tex.;graduated from nation to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; is a resident ofhigh school in Henderson, Tex., in 1928; attended theCollege Albany, N.Y. of Marshall (now East Texas Baptist University)1929-1931, DOWD, Clement, a Representative from North Carolina;then undertook the private study of law and worked as a born at Richland Creek, near Carthage, Moore County,N.C., court reporter 1931-1944; admitted to the bar in1940 and August 27, 1832; attended the common schools; was graduat-began practice in Athens, Tex.; district attorney, thirdjudi- ed from the University of North Carolina atChapel Hill incial district of Texas, 1945-1952; elected as a Democratto 1856; engaged in teaching in 1857 and 1858; studied law; wasthe Eighty-second Congress, by special election,September admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in23, 1952, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationof Tom Charlotte, N.C.; during the Civil War served in the Confeder-Pickett; reelected to the ten succeeding Congressesand ate Army; after the war resumed the practice of law; mayorserved from September 23, 1952, to January 3,1973; was not of Charlotte 1869-187 1; president of the Merchants & Farm-a candidate for reelection in1972 to the Ninety-third Con- ers' National Bank 1871-1874; president of the Commercialgress; is a resident of Athens,Tex. National Bank of Charlotte, N.C., 1874-1880; delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1881; elected as a Democrat DO WELL, Cassius Clay, a Representative fromIowa; to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses(March 4,born on a farm near Summerset, Warren County,Iowa, 1881-March 3, 1885); was not a candidate for renominationFebruary 29, 1864; attended the public schools,Baptist Col- in 1884; State bank examiner in 1885 and 1886; collector oflege at Des Moines, Iowa, and SimpsonCollege, Indianola, internal revenue for the district of North Carolina in 1886Iowa; was graduated from the liberal arts departmentof and 1887; again engaged in the practice of law; died inDrake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in1886 and from its law department in 1887; was admitted to thebar in 1888 and Charlotte, N.C., April 15, 1898; interment in Elmwood Ceme- State tery. commenced practice in Des Moines; member of the house of representatives 1894-1898; served inthe State DOWDELL, James Ferguson, a Representative from Ala-senate 1902-1912; elected as a Republican tothe Sixty-fourth bama; born near Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., Novemberand to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4,1915-Janu- 26, 1818; completed preparatory studies and in 1840 wasary 3, 1935); chairman,Committee on Elections No. 3 (Sixty- graduated from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va.;sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses), Committee onRoads studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced(Sixty-eighth through Seventy-first Congresses);unsuccessful practice in Greenville, Ga.; moved to Chambers County, Ala.,candidate for reelection in 1934 to theSeventy-fourth Con- in 1846 and engaged in agricultural pursuits;unsuccessfulgress; resumed the practice oflaw in Des Moines; elected to candidate for election to the State house of representativesthe Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congressesand served in 1849 and 1851; elected as a Democrat to theThirty-third,from January 3, 1937, until his death inWashington, D.C., Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1853-February 4, 1940; interment in WoodlandCemetery, Des March 3, 1859); during the Civil War served as colonel of the Moines, Iowa. Thirty-seventhRegiment, Alabama VolunteerInfantry, under General Price from 1862 until the close of the war; DOWNEY, Sheridan (son of Stephen WheelerDowney), a president of the East Alabama College at Auburn 1868-1870;Senator from California; born in Laramie, AlbanyCounty, died near Auburn, Lee County, Ala., September 6,1871; Wyo., March 11, 1884; attended the publicschools; was grad- interment in City Cemetery. uated from the law department of the University ofMichi- admitted to the bar the same DOWDNEY, Abraham, a Representative from New York;gan at Ann Arbor in 1907; was year and commenced practice inLaramie, Wyo.; moved to born in Youghal, Ireland, October 31, 1841; immigrated to practice of the United States with his parents, who settled inNew YorkSacramento, Calif., in 1913 and continued the building andlaw; elected as a Democrat to the United StatesSenate in City; attended private schools; engaged in the 1938; reelected in 1944 and served from January3, 1939, contracting business; served in the Civil War ascaptain in ill health; the One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment, NewYorkuntil his resignation November 30, 1950, due to Volunteer Infantry, in 1862 and 1863; chairmanof thewas not a candidate forrenomination in 1950; chairman, Committee on Civil Service (Seventy-eighth andSeventy- public-school trustees of New York City 1882-1885; elected October 25, as a Democrat to the Forty-ninthCongress and served fromninth Congresses); died in San Francisco, Calif., 928 Biographical Directory

1961; body willed to the University of CaliforniaMedicaled the public schools; graduated from Virginia Military In- Center. stitute in 1940 and from the University of Virginia in 1948; Bibliography: DAB; Downey, Sheridan. Onward America. Sacramento: was admitted to the bar in 1948 and commenced the practice Larkin Printing Co., 1983; Downey, Sheridan. They Would Rule the Valley. San Francisco: n.p., 1947. of law in Warwick and Hampton, Va.; served 1942-1946as a troop commander of Mechanized Cavalry with Third United DOWNEY, Stephen Wheeler (father of ),States Army and commanded the first troops in the Third a Delegate from the Territory of Wyoming; born in WesternArmy to invade Germany; former substitute judge of the Port, Allegany County, Md., July 25, 1839; pursuedan aca-municipal court for the city of Warwick; elected asa Demo- demic course; enlisted as a private in Company C, Thirdcrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the eight succeeding Con- Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry, Octo-gresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1977); chairman, Select ber 31, 1861; successively promoted to first lieutenant, lieu-Committee on Assassinations (Ninety-fourth Congress);was tenant colonel, and colonel; studied law; was admitted to thenot a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth bar in Washington, D.C., in 1863; moved to the Territory ofCongress; is a resident of Newport News, Va. Wyoming in 1869 and practiced law in Laramie; prosecuting attorney of Albany County in 1869 and 1870; electeda DOWNS, Le Roy Donnelly, a Representative from Con- member of the Territorial council in 1871, 1875, and 1877;necticut; born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., April 11, treasurer of the Territory 1872-1875; auditor of the Terri- 1900; attended the public schools of his native city; enlisted tory 1877-1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixthon August 27, 1917, and served as a corporal in United Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); declined to beaStates Army, with four months' service in France, being candidate for renomination in 1880; elected a member of thedischarged on December 21, 1918; engaged as anewspaper Territorial house of representatives in 1886 and again inpublisher in South Norwalk, Conn., in 1923; chairman and 1890; trustee of the University of Wyoming at Laramiemember of the Veterans' Home Building Commission 193 1- 189 1-1897 and served as its president; member of the State 1938; city clerk of Norwalk, Conn., 1933-1940; electedas a house of representatives in 1893 and 1895 and servedasDemocrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941- speaker in the latter year; member of the State constitution-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful for reelection in 1942 to the al convention in 1889; again prosecuting attorney of AlbanySeventy-eighth Congress; resumed the newspaper publishing County from 1899 until his death in Denver, Colorado,business; comptroller of the city of Norwalk, Conn., 1943- August 3, 1902; interment in Green Hill Cemetery, Laramie, 1944; War Manpower Director for southwestern Connecticut Albany County, Wyo. 1944-1946; served as regional representative for the Veter- ans' Administration in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsyl- DOWNEY, Thomas Joseph, a Representative from Newvania from 1961 until his death, January 18, 1970, in Nor- York; born in Ozone Park, Queens County, N.Y., January 28,walk, Conn.; interment in Riverside Cemetery. 1949; attended public schools in West Islip, N.Y.; B.S., Cor- nell University, 1970; St. John's University Law School, DOWNS, Solomon Weathersbee, a Senator from Louisi- Brooklyn, N.Y., 1972-1974; J.D., American University, 1979; ana; born in Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1801; pursued served as Suffolk County (N.Y.) legislator, 1972-1974; dele-classical studies and was graduated from the Transylvania gate to Democratic National Convention, 1972; electedas aUniversity, Lexington, Ky., in 1823; studied law; was admit- Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the six succeedingted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Bayou Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1989); is a residentSara, West Feliciana Parish, La.; moved to Ouachita, La., of Amityville, N.Y. and then to New Orleans, La., in 1845, where he engaged in the practice of law; United States attorney for the district of DOWNING, Charles, a Delegate from Florida; born inLouisiana 1845-1847; member of the State constitutional Virginia; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practicedconvention; elected as a Democrat to the United States in St. Augustine, Fla.; member of the legislative council ofSenate and served from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1853; the Territory of Florida in 1837; elected to the Twenty-fifthchairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirtieth Con- and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841);gress),Committee on Private Land Claims(Thirtieth died in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1845. through Thirty-second Congresses); appointed by President DOWNING, Finis Ewing, a Representative from Illinois;Franklin Pierce collector of the port of New Orleans in 1853; born in Virginia, Cass County, Ill., August 24, 1846; attendeddied in Crab Orchard Springs, Lincoln County, Ky., August public and private schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits in14, 1854; interment in Old City Cemetery, Monroe, Ouachita Virginia, Ill., and Butler, Mo., 1864-1880; member of theParish, La. board of aldermen, Virginia, Ill., 1876-1878; mayor 1878- DOWSE, Edward, a Representative from Massachusetts; 1880; clerk of the circuit court of Cass County 1880-1892;born in Charlestown, Mass., October 22, 1756; moved to studied law; was admitted to the bar in December 1887 andDedham, Mass.; after the Revolution was a shipmaster and commenced practice at Virginia, Ill.; engaged in the newspa-engaged in the East Indian and China carrying trade; elect- per business 189 1-1897; secretary of the State senate in 1892ed to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, and 1893; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-until May 26, 1820, when he resigned; died in Dedham, elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4,Mass., September 3, 1828; interment in the Old Cemetery. 1895, to June 5, 1896, when he was succeeded by John I. Rinaker, who contested his election; unsuccessful candidate DOX, Peter Myndert (grandson of John Nicholas), a Rep- for renomination in 1896; unsuccessful Democratic candidateresentative from Alabama; born in Geneva, Ontario County, for secretary of state of Illinois in 1896; resumed the practiceN.Y., September 11, 1813; attended Geneva Academy and of law in Virginia, Ill., and also engaged in the real-estatewas graduated from Hobart College at Geneva in 1833; stud- business; died in Virginia, Ill., March 8, 1936; interment inied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Walnut Ridge Cemetery. Geneva, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1842; judge of the Ontario County Courts from November 1855 until his DOWNING, Thomas Neims, a Representative from Vir-resignation on March 18, 1856; moved to Alabama in the ginia; born in Newport News, Va., February 1, 1919; attend-same year and settled in Madison County; engaged in agri- Biographies 929 cultural pursuits; member of the State constitutional con-elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress tofill the vention in 1865; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first andvacancy caused by the death ofJohn W. Rainey; reelected to Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873); re-the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-firstCongresses tired from public life; died in Huntsville, Madison County,and served from November 6, 1923, to March 3,1931; was Ala., April 2, 1891; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery. not a candidate for renomination in 1930;in 1931 again became a member of the Chicago city counciland served DOXEY, Charles Taylor, a Representative from Indiana;until his death in Chicago, Ill., January 29, 1935; interment born in Tippecanoe County, md., July 13, 1841; moved with his mother to Minnesota in 1855 and worked on a farm;in Mount Olivet Cemetery. later moved to Fairbury, Ill., where he attended the public DRAKE, Charles Daniel, a Senator from Missouri;born in schools; moved to Anderson, md.; entered the service as firstCincinnati, Ohio, April 11, 1811; attended St. Joseph'sCol- sergeant of Company A, Nineteenth Regiment, Indiana Vol-lege, Bardstown, Ky., in 1823 and 1824, andPatridge's Mili- unteer Infantry, in July 1861; promoted to second lieuten-tary Academy, Middletown, Conn., in1824 and 1825; ap- ant, subsequently resigned, and then became captainofpointed midshipman in the United States Navy in 1825and Company K, Sixteenth Indiana Infantry; engaged in theserved four years, when he resigned; studied law; wasadmit- manufacture of staves and headings; member of the Stateted to the bar in Cincinnati in 1833; moved to St. Louis,Mo., senate in 1876; member of the board of directors in thefirstin 1834 and continued the practice of law;member, State natural-gas companies of Anderson; elected as a Republicanhouse of representatives 1859-1860; member of theState to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancycaused byconstitutional convention in 1865; elected as a Republican to the death of Godlove S. Orth and served from January 17 tothe United States Senate and served from March 4,1867, to March 3, 1883; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 toDecember 19, 1870, when he resigned to accept a judicial the Forty-ninth Congress; resumed former businessactivi-position; chairman, Committee on Education(Forty-first ties; died in Anderson, md., April 30, 1898; intermentinCongress); appointed chief justice of the Court of Claims Maplewood Cemetery. 1870-1885, when he retired; died in Washington, D.C., April interred in DOXEY, Wall, a Representative and a Senator from Mis-1, 1892; remains were cremated and the ashes sissippi; born in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Miss.,Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. August 8, 1892; attended the public schools; was graduated Bibliography: DAB; March, David. "The Life and Times of Charles from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1913 and Daniel Drake." PhD; dissertation, University of Missouri, 1949. from its law department in 1914; was admitted to the barin DRAKE, John Reuben, a Representative from NewYork; 1914 and commenced practice in Holly Springs, Miss.; pros-born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y.,November ecuting attorney of Marshall County, Miss., 1915-1923; dis-28, 1782; completed preparatory studies;engaged in mercan- trict attorney for the third judicial district of Mississippitile and agricultural pursuits; supervisor ofthe town of 1923-1929; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first and toOwego in 1813; first judge of Broome County1815-1823; the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,member of the State assembly 1817-1819; elected as aRe- 1929, until September 28, 1941; elected as a Democrat to thepublican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4,1817-March 3, United States Senate on September 23, 1941, to fill the1819); judge of the court of common pleas forTioga County vacancy caused by the death of Pat Harrisonand served1833-1838; member of the State assembly in 1834;president from September 29, 1941, to January 3, 1943; unsuccessfulof Owego village 184 1-1845; died in Owego,Tioga County, candidate for renomination to the United States Senate inN.Y., on March 21, 1857; interment in EvergreenCemetery. 1942; elected Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate 1943-1947; engaged as a hearing examiner with the United DRANE, Herbert Jackson, a Representative fromFlorida; States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1947;born in Franklin, Simpson County, Ky., June20, 1863; at- resumed the practice of law in Holly Springs, Miss., until histended the public schools of Louisville, Ky., andBrevards retirement in 1948; died in Memphis, Tenn., March 2,1962; Academy at Franklin, KY.; moved to Macon,Ga., in 1881, interment in Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss and to Lakeland (of which he was one of the founders),Polk County, Fla., in November 1883; engaged inthe real-estate DOYLE, Clyde Gilman, a Representative from California;and insurance business, railway construction,and in the born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., July 11, 1887;growing of citrus fruits; mayor ofLakeland 1888-1892; attended public schools in Oakland, Calif., Seattle, Wash., 1896-1899; chief en- thecounty commissioner of Polk County Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif.; was graduated from grossing clerk of the State house ofrepresentatives 1889- College of Law of the University of Southern California at representatives 1903- 1916 and 1901; member of the State house of Los Angeles in 1917; was admitted to the bar in 1905; served in the State senate 1913-1917, beingits presi- commenced practice in Long Beach, Calif.; member and the Sixty- president of the Board of Freeholders, Long Beach, Calif., indent from 1913 to 1915; elected as a Democrat to fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses(March 4, 19 17- 1921 and 1922; member of the California State Boardof renomination in Education; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Con-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for 1932; member of the Federal Power Commission1933-1937; gress (January 3, 1945-January3, 1947); unsuccessful candi- property date for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress;electedresumed the real estate and insurance businesses, management, and the growing of citrus fruits;died in Lake-- to the Eighty-first and to the sevensucceeding Congresses Roselawn Ceme- and served from January 3, 1949, until his death inArling-land, Fla., on August 11, 1947; interment in ton, Va., March 14, 1963. tery. DRAPER, Joseph, a Representative from Virginia; born in DOYLE, Thomas Aloysius, a Representative from Illinois; December born in Chicago, Ill., January 9, 1886;attended the publicDraper Valley, Wythe (now Pulaski) County, Va., schools of his native city; engaged in the real-estateand25, 1794; attended private schools; studiedlaw; was admitted automobile busi-to the bar in 1818 and commencedpractice in Wytheville, insurance business and, after 1926, in the of 1812; ness; member of the Chicagocity council 1914-1918; memberWythe County, Va.; served as a private in the War commission-member of the State senate 1828-1830; elected as aJacksoni- of the State house of representatives 19 18-1923; fill the vacancy caused by er on the Chicago Board ofLocal Improvements in 1923;an to the Twenty-first Congress to 930 Biographical Directory

the death of Alexander Smyth and served from December6, ber 1742; pursued classical studies; attended Westminister 1830, to March 3, 1831; unsuccessfully contested the electionSchool and Balliol College, Oxford, England; returned to of Charles C. Johnston to the Twenty-second Congress;sub-South Carolina in 1764; studied law and was admitted to the sequently elected to the Twenty-second Congress to fill thebar; visited England again in 1770 and was appointed by vacancy caused by the death of Charles C. Johnston andKing George III privy councilor for the Province of South served from December 6, 1832, to March 3, 1833;was not a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of lawCarolina; while on his way home was appointed assistant until his death in Wytheville, Va., June 10, 1834; intermentjudge, but took such an active part in the pre-Revolutionary in a private cemetery known as Oglesbies Cemetery, Drapersmovement that he was deprived of both positions; president Valley, Va. of the council of safety in 1775, and in 1776 was chief justice; Member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and served DRAPER, William Franklin, a Representative from Mas-until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., on September 3, 1779; sachusetts; born in Lowell, Mass., April 9, 1842; attendedinterment in Christ Church Cemetery. public, private, and high schools; studied mechanical engi- Bibliography: DAB; Dabney, William M, and Marion Dargan. William neering and cotton manufacturing; enlisted asa private in Henry Drayton and the American Revolution. Albuquerque, N.M.: Universi- the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infan- ty of New Mexico Press, 1962. Dabney, William M. "Drayton and Laurens try, on September 9, 1861; promoted through the ranks to inthe Continental Congress." South Carolina Historièal Magazine 60 lieutenant colonel; brevetted colonel and brigadier general of (April 1959): 74-82. Volunteers; became a manufacturer of cotton machinery at Hopedale, Worcester County, and patented many improve- DREIER, David Timothy, a Representative from Califor- ments; delegate to the Republican National Convention innia; born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., July 5, 1952; 1876; colonel on the staff of Governor Long from 1880 toattended the Principia Middle and Upper Schools in St. 1883; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-Louis, Mo.; B.A., Claremont Men's College, Claremont, Calif., fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897); chairman, 1975; M.A., Claremont Graduate School, 1976; director,cor- Committee on Patents (Fifty-fourth Congress); was notaporate relations, Claremont McKenna College, 1975-1979; candidate for renomination in 1896; president of the Draperdelegate, California State Republican conventions, 1978- Co. upon its incorporation in 1896; Ambassador and Minister1980; delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1976-1980; Plenipotentiary to Italy 1897-1899; died in Washington, D.C.,vice president, Dreier Development Co., Kansas City, Mo.; on January 28, 1910; interment in Village Cemetery, Hope-unsuccessful candidate in 1978 for election to the Ninety- dale, Mass. sixth Congress; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sev- Bibliography: DAB. enth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, DRAPER, William Henry, a Representative from New1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of La Verne, Calif. York; born in Rochdale, Worcester County, Mass., June 24, 1841; moved with his parents to Troy, N.Y., in 1847; attend- DRESSER, Solomon Robert, a Representative from Penn- ed the public schools until 1856; engaged in mercantile sylvania; born in Litchfield, Hilisdale County, Mich., Febru- pur-ary 1, 1842; attended the common schools and Hillsdale Col- suits; trustee of the village of Lansingburgh for tenyears; commissioner of jurors for Rensselaer County 1896-1900;lege; engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1865; became an elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the fiveinventor of oil and gas well equipment; moved to Pennsylva- succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1913);was nia in 1872 and engaged in the production of oil and gas; not a candidate for reelection in 1912; engaged in themanu-founder and president of the S.R. Dresser Manufacturing facture of cordage and twine and was president of the W.H.Co.; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty- Draper & Sons (Inc.); died in Troy, N.Y., December 7, 1921;ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); was not a interment in Oakwood Cemetery. candidate for renomination in 1906; resumed former busi- ness pursuits; died in Bradford, McKean County, Pa., Janu- DRAYTON, William, a Representative from South Caroli- na; born in St. Augustine, Fla., December 30, 1776; attendedary 21, 1911; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. preparatory schools in England; returned to the United DREW, Ira Walton, a Representative from Pennsylvania; States in 1790 and settled in Charleston, S.C.; studied law;born in Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vt., August 31, 1878; was admitted to the bar December 12, 1797, and commencedattended the public schools and Hardwick Academy; appren- practice in Charleston; member of the State house ofrepre-ticed as a printer, becoming a journeyman in 1899; newspa- sentatives 1806-1808; entered the United States Armyasper reporter in Burlington, Vt., 1899-1906; reporter and lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Infantry March 12, 1812;news editor in Boston, Mass., 1906-1908; was graduated from became colonel of the Eighteenth Infantry July 25, 1812; inspector general August 1, 1814, and served throughout thePhiladelphia (Pa.) College of Osteopathy in 1911 and began War of 1812; resumed the practice of law in Charleston;the practice of osteopathy in Philadelphia the same year; recorder of Charleston 1819-1824; elected to the Nineteenthmember of the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Osteop- Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joelathy 1912-1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth R. Poinsett; reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth,Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses and served from candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Con- May 17, 1825, to March 3, 1833; chairman, Committee ongress; member of the board of trustees, Philadelphia College Military Affairs (Twentieth through Twenty-second Con-of Osteopathy; resumed the practice of osteopathy in Phila- gresses); declined the appointment of Secretary of War indelphia where he died February 12, 1972; interment in the Cabinet of President Jackson and also as Minister toWhitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville, Pa. England; opposed nullification in 1830; moved to Philadel- phia, Pa., in August 1833; president of the Bank of the DREW, Irving Webster, a Senator from New Hampshire; United States in 1840 and 1841; died in Philadelphia, Pa.,born in Colebrook, Coos County, N.H., January 8, 1845; at- May 24, 1846; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery. tended Kimball Union Academy and was graduated from Bibliography: DAB. Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1870; moved to Lan- caster, N.H., where he studied law; was admitted to the bar DRAYTON, William Henry, a Delegate from South Caroli-in 1871 and commenced practice in Lancaster; appointed na; born at Drayton Hall, on Ashley River, S.C., in Septem-major of the New Hampshire National Guard in 1876 and Biographies 931 served three years; member, State senate 1883-1884; left the DRINAN, Robert Frederick, a Representative fromMassa- Democratic Party in 1896 and became a member of thechusetts; born in Boston, Mass., November 15,1920; attended Republican Party; delegate to the State constitutional con-the public schools of Hyde Park, Mass.; A.B.,M.A., Boston ventions in 1902 and 1912; engaged in banking and theCollege, 1942; entered the Jesuit Order,1942, and was or- railroad business; appointed as a Republican to the Uniteddained a Catholic priest, 1953; LL.B., LL.M., Georgetown States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofUniversity Law Center, Washington, D.C., 1950; S.T.L.(licen- Jacob H. Gallinger and served from September 2, to Novem-tiate in sacred theology), Gregorian University,Rome, Italy, ber 5, 1918, when a successor was elected; was not a candi-1954; studied in Florence, Italy, 1954-1955; admitted tothe date for election; retired from active business pursuits; diedMassachusetts bar in 1956 and commencedpractice in in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., April 10, 1922; intermentBoston; dean, Boston College Law School, 1956-1970;profes- in Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, Coos County, N.H.sor of family law and church-staterelations; visiting profes- sor, University of Texas LawSchool, 1966-1967; vice presi- DREWRY, Patrick Henry, a Representative from Virgin- and ia; born in Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., May 24,1875; dent, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1961-1964; author attended the public schools, Petersburg High School, andeditor; lecturer on church-state relations, AndoverNewton McCabe's University School; was graduated from Randolph-Theological Seminary, Newton, Mass., 1966, 1968; chairman, Macon College, Ashland, Va., in 1896; studied law at theAdvisory Committee for Massachusetts to UnitedStates University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was admitted toCommission on Civil Rights, 1962-1971; member,Governor's the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Petersburg;di- commission to study conflict of interests, 1962;Griswold rector of the Petersburg Savings & American TrustCo.; commission to study judicial salaries, 1962; andMassachu- member of the State senate 1912-1920; delegate tothesetts Attorney General's Committee onCivil Rights and Democratic State conventions in 1912, 1916, 1920, and 1924;Civil Liberties; delegate to Massachusetts StateDemocratic delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916;convention, 1972; delegate to Democratic NationalConven- chairman of the Economy and Efficiency Commission of Vir-tion, 1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-secondand to ginia 19 16-1918; chairman of the State auditing committeethe four succeeding Congresses (January 3,1971-January 3, 1916-1920; chairman of the State advisory board in 1919;1981); was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 tothe member of the Democratic National Congressional Commit- Ninety-seventh Congress; is a resident of Washington, D.C. tee 1923-1927; member of the Board of Visitorsto the Bibliography: Lapomarda, Vincent A. "A Jesuit Runs for Congress:The United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1925; elected Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J. and His 1970 Campaign."Journal of Church as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixthCongress to fill the vacancy and State 15 (Spring 1973): 205-22. caused by the death of Walter A. Watson; reelected to the DRISCOLL, Daniel Angelus, a Representative from New Sixty-seventh and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses andYork; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.,March 6, 1875; served from April 27, 1920, until his death in Petersburg,attended the public schools and Central HighSchool; en- Va., December 21, 1947; interment in Blandford Cemetery.gaged in the undertaking business with hisfather, and also DRIGGS, Edmund Hope, a Representative from Newin other business enterprises; elected as aDemocrat to the York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 2, 1865; attended theSixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses(March 4, public schools and Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn; became1909-March 3, 1917); was an unsuccessful candidatefor re- engaged in the casualty-insurance business; elected as aelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress;resumed under- Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancytaking business in Buffalo, N.Y.; served aspostmaster of caused by the resignation of Francis H. Wilson; reelected toBuffalo from February 15, 1934, until February28, 1947; the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from December 6, 1897,president of the Phoenix Brewery Corp. ofBuffalo, N.Y.; to March 3, 1901; unsuccessful candidate for reelectionindied in Buffalo, N.Y., June 5, 1955; intermentin Holy Cross 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; resumed the casualty- Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y. insurance business and also engaged in safety engineering; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 27, 1946; interment in DRISCOLL, Denis Joseph, a Representative fromPenn- Cypress Hills Cemetery. sylvania; born in North Lawrence, St. LawrenceCounty, N.Y., March 27, 1871; attended the publicschools, Lawrence- DRIGGS, John Fletcher, a Representative from Michigan;ville (N.Y.) Academy, and State Teachers'College, Potsdam, born in Kinderhook, N.Y., March 8, 1813; completed prepãr- N.Y.; taught school in Potsdam, N.Y., in1888 and 1889 and atory studies; moved with his parents to Tarrytown,N.Y., inin St. Marys, Elk County, Pa., in 1890and 1891; principal of 1825; moved to New York City in 1827; apprentice, journey-public schools, St. Marys, 1892-1897; studiedlaw; was admit- man, and master mechanic in thetrade of sash, door, andted to the bar on April 22, 1898, and on the sameday blind manufacturing 1829-1856; superintendent of the Newenlisted as a private in the Sixteenth Regiment,Pennsylva- York penitentiary and public institutions on Blackwells been called for engaged in thenia National Guard, which on that day had Island in 1844; moved to Michigan in 1856; service in the Spanish-American War; afterthe war com- real-estate business and salt manufacturing; presidentof themenced the practice of law in St. Marys;member of the common council of East Saginaw,Mich., in 1858; member of chairman and 1860; wasDemocratic State committee 1899-1922, serving as the State house of representatives in 1859 in 1905; chief burgess of St. Marys 1903-1906;president of tendered an appointment as colonel during theCivil War; the Democrat- 29, 1864; St. Marys School Board 1911-1936; delegate to organized the Twenty-ninth Michigan Infantry July ic National Conventions in 1916 and1920; United States elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth,Thirty-ninth, Pennsylvania in 1920 3, 1869); un- attorney for the western district of and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March and 1921; elected as a Democrat to theSeventy-fourth Con- successful candidate for election in 1870 to the Forty-second 3, 1937); unsuccessful candi- Congress; one of the committee appointed to accompanythegress (January 3, 1935-January for interment;date for reelection in 1936 to theSeventy-fifth Congress; body of President Lincoln to Springfield, Ill., appointed chairman of the Pennsylvania PublicUtility Com- injured by a fall on the ice in the winter of1875-1876, as a from which result of which he died in East Saginaw, Mich.,Decembermission for a ten-year term on April 1, 1937, Saginaw, Mich.;position he resigned to accept an appointment onMarch 2, 17, 1877; interment in Brady Hill Cemetery, District of reinterment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. 1940, by the United States Court for the Southern 932 Biographical Directory

New York, as one of two trustees in the reorganizationofsaic-Clifton 19 16-1963; became president of the Union Build- the bankrupt Associated Gas and Electric Corporation,anding and Investment Co., in 1909; knightedas an Officer of served until August 1946; died in St. Marys, Pa., January18, the Order of Orange-Nassau by Queen Juliana for services 1958; interment in St. Marys Catholic Cemetery. rendered in the great flood of 1953; resided in Clifton, N.J., DRISCOLL, Michael Edward,a Representative from Newand Lake Wales, Fla., until his death in Lake Wales Janu- York; born in Syracuse, N.Y., February 9, 1851;moved withary 11, 1963; interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, his parents to the town of Camilus, OnondagaCounty, inN.J. 1852; attended the district schools, Monro CollegiateInsti- tute, in Elbridge, Onondaga County, and DRUM, Augustus, a Representative from Pennsylvania; was graduated fromborn in Greensburg, Pa., November 26, 1815; received pri- Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1877; studiedlaw; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice invate instruction and attended Greensburg Academy;was Syracuse, N.Y., the same year; appointedone of five commis-graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington and Jef- sioners to draft a uniform charter for second-class cities inferson), Canonsburg, Pa.; studied law;was admitted to the the State; appointed attorney for the State superintendentofbar in 1836 and commenced practice in Greensburg; member insurance in 1905; member of the Taft party that visitedtheof the State senate in 1852 and 1853; held several local Philippine Islands and Asian countries in 1905; chairman ofoffices; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress the Republican State Convention in 1906; electedas a Re-(March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for publican to the Fifty-sixth and to the six succeeding Con-reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; resumed gresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1913); chairman, Committeethe practice of law in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, on Elections No. 3 (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congress-Pa., and died there September 15, 1858; interment in St. es); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to theClair Cemetery. Sixty-third Congress; engaged in the practice of law, travel- DRYDEN, John Fairfield, a Senator from New Jersey; ing, and lecturing on his travels; died in Syracuse, N.Y.,born in Temple, Franklin County, Maine, August 7, 1839; January 19, 1929; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. moved to Massachusetts in 1846 with his parents, who set- DRIVER, William Joshua, a Representative from Arkan-tled in Worcester; attended Yale College; founded the Pru- sas; born near Osceola, Mississippi County, Ark., March 2,dential Insurance Co. of America in Newark, N.J., in 1875, 1873; attended the public schools; studied law;was admittedbecoming its first secretary and in 1881 its president, and to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Osceola, Ark.;served in the latter position until 1911; one of the founders member of the State house of representatives 1897-1899;of the Fidelity Trust Co.; involved in the establishment and judge of the second judicial circuit of Arkansas 1911-1918;management of various street railways, banks, and other

member of the State constitutional convention in 1918; dele-- financial enterprises in New Jersey, New York, and Penn- gate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932; electedsylvania; elected as a Republican to the United States as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the eight succeed-Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William J. ing Congresses (March 4, l921-January 3, 1939);unsuccess-Sewell and served from January 29, 1902, to March 3, 1907; ful candidate for renomination in 1938; resumed thepracticewas a candidate for reelection, but withdrew because of a of law and also engaged in the banking business inOsceola,deadlock in the legislature; chairman, Committee on Rela- Ark., until his death there on October 1, 1948;interment intions with Canada (Fifty-seventh Congress), Committeeon Violet Cemetery. Enrolled Bills (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses); re-- DROMGOOLE, George Coke (uncle of Alexander Drom-sumed his former business pursuits; died in Newark, N.J., goole Sims), a Representative from Virginia; born in November 24, 1911; interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Law- Bibliography: DAB; Reynolds, Robert D., Jr. "The 1906 Campaign to renceville, Brunswick County, Va., May 15, 1797; completed Sway Muckraking Periodicals." Journalism Quarterly 56 (Autumn 1979): preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar 513-20, 589. and practiced; member of the State house of representatives 1823-1826; member of the State senate 1826-1835; delegate DUANE, James, a Delegate from New York; born in New to the State constitutional convention in 1829; electedas aYork City February 6, 1733; completed preparatory studies; Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelectedas astudied law; was admitted to the bar August 3, 1754; clerk of Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congressesthe chancery court in 1762; attorney general of New York in (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841); declined to bea candidate for1767; boundary commissioner in 1768 and 1784; State Indian reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; electedtocommissioner in 1774; delegate to the provincial convention the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congressesin 1775; member of the Revolutionary Committee of One and served from March 4, 1843, until his deathon his estateHundred in 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1774- in Brunswick County, Va., April 27, 1847; interment in the1783; member of the Provincial Congress in 1776 and 1777; family burying ground south of the Meherrin River. served in the State senate 1782-1785 and 1788-1790; chosen DRUKKER, Dow Henry, a Representative from Newa member of the Annapolis Commercial Convention in 1786, Jersey; born in Sneek, Holland, February 7, 1872; immigrat-but did not attend; first mayor of New York City 1784-1789; ed to the United States with his parents, who settled indelegate to the State convention which ratified the Federal Grand Rapids, Mich., the same year; attended the publicConstitution in 1788; United States district judge for the schools of Grand Rapids, Mich.; moved to New Jersey indistrict of New York 1789-1794; believed to have died in 1897 and settled in Passaic; businessman and banker;either New York City or in Duanesburg, Schenectady member of the Passaic County Board of Chosen FreeholdersCounty, N.Y., February 1,1797; interment under Christ Church in Duanesburg. 1906-1913, serving as director 1908-1912; elected asa Repub- lican to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused Bibliography: DAB. by the death of Robert Gunn Bremner; reelected to the DUBOIS, Fred Thomas, a Delegate and a Senator from Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served fromIdaho; born in Palestine, Crawford County, Ill., May 29, April 7, 1914, to March 3, 1919; was not a candidate for1851; attended the public schools, and was graduated from renomination in 1918; publisher of the Herald-News of Pas-Yale College in 1872; secretary of the Board of Railway and Biographies 933

Warehouse Commissioners of Illinois 1875-1876; moved to DUELL, Rodoiphus Holland, a Representative from New Idaho Territory in 1880 and engaged in business; UnitedYork; born in Warren, Herkimer County, N.Y., December States marshal of Idaho 1882-1886; elected as a Republican20, 1824; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was Delegate from the Territory of Idaho to the Fiftieth andadmitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Fifty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, to JulyFabius, N.Y.; moved to Cortland, N.Y., in 1847; district attor- 3, 1890; elected as a Republican to the United States Senateney of Cortland County 1850-1855; judge of Cortland County and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1897; unsuccess-1855-1859; assessor of internal revenue for the twenty-third ful Silver Republican candidate for reelection to the Uniteddistrict of New York from 1869 to 1871; elected as a Republi- States Senate in 1896; chairman, Committee on Public Landscan to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventhCongresses (Fifty-fourth Congress); elected as a Silver Republican to the(March 4, 1859-March 3,1863); chairman, Committee on United States Senate and served from March 4, 1901, toRevolutionary Claims (Thirty-seventh Congress); resumed March 3, 1907; shortly after his election to the Senate as a Silver Republican he became a Democrat; took up his resi-the practice of law in Cortland; elected to the Forty-second dence in Washington, D.C.; appointed civilian member of theand Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); Board of Ordnance and Fortifications 19 18-1920; appointedchairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings by President Calvin Coolidge to International Joint Commis-(Forty-third Congress); appointed by President Grant United sion created to prevent disputes regarding the use of theStates Commissioner of Patents on October 1, 1875, and boundary waters between the United States and Canadaserved until January 30, 1877; resumed the practice of law 1924-1930; died in Washington, D.C., February 14, 1930; in-in Cortland, N.Y., where he died February 11, 1891; inter- terment in Grove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho. ment in Cortland Rural Cemetery. Bibliography: Cook, Rufus 0. "The Political Suicide of Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 60 (October 1969):193-98; DUER, William(grandfather of William Duer [1805- Graff, Leo W., Jr. "The Senatorial Career of Fred T. Dubois of Idaho,1879]), a Delegate from New York; born in Devonshire, Eng- 1890-1907." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Idaho, 1968. land, March 18, 1747; completed preparatory studies and DU BOSE, Dudley Mclver, a Representative from Geor-attended Eton College (England); in 1765 became aide-de- gia; born in Shelby County, Tenn., October 28, 1834; attend-camp to Lord Clive, Governor General of India; immigrated ed the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and was graduat-to America in 1768 and settled in Fort Miller, N.Y.; appoint- ed from the Lebanon (Tenn.) Law School in 1856; was admit-ed justice of the peace on July 1, 1773; first judge of Char- ted to the bar in 1857 and commenced the practice of law inlotte (now Washington) County; built the first saw and grist Memphis, Tenn.; moved to Augusta, Ga., in 1860; served inmills at Fort Miller, and later erected a snuff mill and a the Confederate Army during the Civil War as colonel of thepowder mill; was prominent in the Revolutionary movement; Fifteenth Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, and subse-member of the Provincial Congress in 1776 and 1777; served quently became brigadier general in the Western Army;in the State senate in 1777; appointed judge of the court of moved to Washington, Wilkes County, Ga.; elected as a Dem-common pleas in 1777 and reappointed in 1778; moved to ocrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3,Fishkill, N.Y., and later to what is now Paterson, N.J., 1873); resumed the practice of law; died in Washington, Ga.,where he erected the first cotton mill; Member of the Conti- March 2, 1883; interment in Rest Haven Cemetery. nental Congress in 1777 and 1778; moved to New York City DUDLEY, Charles Edward, a Senator from New York;in 1783; served as a member of the State assembly in 1786; born in Johnston Hall, Staffordshire, England, May 23, 1780;assistant secretary of the treasury department 1789-1790; immigrated to the United States with his mother, who set-died in New York City April 18, 1799; interment in the tled in Newport, R.I., in 1794; entered a counting room asfamily vault under the old church of St. Thomas; reinter- clerk; moved to Albany, N.Y., where he engaged in thement in Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y. mercantile business; member of the State senate 1820-1825; Bibliography: Jones, Robert F. "The Public Career of William Duer: mayor of Albany 1821-1824, 1828-1829; elected to the United Rebel,FederalistPolitician,Entrepreneur and Speculator1775-1792." States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofPh.D. dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 1967. Martin Van Buren and served from January 15, 1829, to DUER, William (grandson of William Duer [1747-1799]), a March 3, 1833; became interested in astronomical science;Representative from New York; born in New York City May died in Albany, N.Y., January 23, 1841; interment in the25, 1805; completed preparatory studies and was graduated Rural Cemetery. from Columbia College, New York City, in 1824; studied law; Bibliography: DAB. was admitted to the bar in 1824 and commencedpractice in DUDLEY, Edward Bishop, a Representative from NorthNew York City; unsuccessful candidate for the State assem- Carolina; born near Jacksonville, Onslow County, N.C., De-bly in 1832; moved to New Orleans, La., in 1832, where he cember 15, 1789; attended the local academy; member of thecontinued the practice of law; moved to Oswego, N.Y., in State house of commons 1811 and 1813; served in the State1836 and continued the practice of law; member of the New senate in 1814; during the War of 1812, served as lieutenantYork State assembly in 1840 and 1841; unsuccessful candi- colonel of the Onslow Regiment of Volunteers; member ofdate in 1842 for election to the Twenty-eighth Congress; the State house of commons from Wilmington in 1816 anddelegate to the Whig National Convention in 1844; district 1817; elected to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancyattorney of Oswego County 1845-1847; elected as a Whig to caused by the death of Gabriel Holmes and served fromthe Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847- November 10, 1829, to March 3, 1831; declined to be a candi-March 3, 1851); appointed by President Fillmore as consul to date for reelection in 1830; again a member of the StateValparaiso, Chile, on March 18, 1851, and served until May house of commons in 1834 and 1835; organized the Wilming-23, 1853; settled in San Francisco, Calif., in 1854 and prac- ton & Weldon Railroad Co. and was its first president; Gov-ticed his profession; served as clerk of San Francisco County ernor of North Carolina 1837-184 1, beingthe first Governor elected by popular vote instead of by the legislature; re-in 1858 and 1859; returned to Staten Island, N.Y., in 1859 sumed his former railroad pursuits; died in Wilmington,and lived in retirement until his death in New Brighton, N.C., October 30, 1855; interment in Oak Dale Cemetery.Richmond County, N.Y., August 25, 1879; interment in Bibliography: DAB. 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DUFF, James Henderson, a Senator from Pennsylvania; DUGRO, Philip Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Mansfield (now Carnegie), Allegheny County, Pa.,born in New York City October 3, 1855; attended the public January 21, 1883; was graduated from Princeton Universityschools and was graduated from the school of arts of Colum- in 1904; student at the University of Pennsylvania 1904-bia College, New York City, in 1876 and from the law de- 1906; graduated from the law school of the University ofpartment of the same institution in 1878; was admitted to Pittsburgh in 1907; was admitted to the bar the same yearthe bar in the latter year and commenced practice in New and commenced the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pa.; attor-York City; member of the State assembly in 1879; elected as ney general of Pennsylvania 1943-1947; Governor of Penn-a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881- sylvania 1947-1951; member of the Pennsylvania PardonMarch 3, 1883); was not a candidate for reelection; resumed Board; elected as a Republican to the United States Senatethe practice of law in New York City and also interested in in 1950 for the term commencing January 3,1951, andthe real-estate business; declined the office of State commis- served until January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for re-sioner of immigration in 1885; judge of the superior court of election in 1956; engaged in the practice of law in Washing-New York County from 1887 to 1896, when the superior ton, D.C., until his death there December 20, 1969; intermentcourt was merged into the supreme court; associate justice of in Chartiers Cemetery, Carnegie, Pa. the New York Supreme Court from 1896 until his death in DUFFEY, Warren Joseph, a Representative from Ohio;New York City March 1, 1920; interment in Woodlawn Cem- born in Toledo, Ohio, January 24, 1886; attended the publicetery. schools; was graduated from St. John's University, Toledo, Ohio, in 1908 and from the law department of the Universi- DUKE, Richard Thomas Walker, a Representative from ty of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1911; was admitted to theVirginia; born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., bar the same year and commenced the practice of law inJune 6, 1822; attended private schools; was graduated from Toledo, Ohio; served in the State house of representatives inthe Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., in 1844; was 1913 and 1914; member of the Toledo City Council in 1917graduated from the law department of the University of and 1918; served as chairman of the Lucas County Demo-Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., in 1850; elected Common- cratic central committee 1919-1932; delegate to the Demo-wealth attorney for the county of Albemarle in 1858 and cratic National Convention in 1932; elected as a Democrat tocontinued in that office until 1869; during the Civil War the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses and servedentered the Confederate Army; became colonel of the Forty- from March 4, 1933, until his death; unsuccessful candidatesixth Regiment, Virginia Infantry; elected as a Conservative for renomination in 1936; died in Toledo, Ohio, July 7, 1936;to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the interment in Calvary Cemetery. death of Robert Ridgway; reelected to the Forty-second Con- gress and served from November 8, 1870, to March 3, 1873; DUFFY, Francis Ryan, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wis., June 23, 1888;member of the State house of delegates in 1879 and 1880; attended the public schools; was graduated from the Univer-died at his country estate, "Sunny Side," near Charlottes- sity of Wisconsin at Madison, in 1910 and from its lawville, Albemarle County, Va., on July 2, 1898; interment in department in 1912; was admitted to the bar in 1912 andMaplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va. commenced practice in Fond du Lac, Wis.; during the First DULLES, John Foster, a Senator from New York; born in World War served in the United States Army 1917-1919,Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888; attended the public attaining the rank of major; resumed the practice of law inschools of Watertown, N.Y.; was graduated from Princeton Fond du Lac, Wis.; elected as a Democrat to the UnitedUniversity in 1908; attended the Sorbonne, Paris, in 1908 States Senate and served from March 4, 1933, to January 3,and 1909; graduated from the law school of George Washing- 1939; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938; againton University, Washington, D.C., in 1911; was admitted to resumed the practice of law before becoming United Statesthe bar and commenced the practice of law in New York, district judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin, servingN.Y., in 1911; special agent for Department of State in Cen- from 1939 to 1949, when he qualified as a United Statestral America in 1917; during the First World War served as circuit judge of the court of appeals for the seventh circuit,a captain and a major in the United States Army Intelli- becoming chief judge in 1954 and served until 1959; retiredgence Service 1917-1918; assistant to chairman, War Trade as a full-time member of the court in 1966 and assumed theBoard 1918; counsel to American Commission to Negotiate status of senior judge and continued to hear cases for severalPeace 1918-1919; member of Reparations Commission and more years; died in Milwaukee, Wis., August 16, 1979; inter-Supreme Economic Council 1919; legal adviser, Polish Plan ment in Calvary Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis. of Financial Stabilization 1927; American representative, DUFFY, James Patrick Bernard, a Representative fromBerlin Debt Conferences 1933; member, United States dele- New York; born in Rochester, N.Y., November 25, 1878;gation, San Francisco Conference on World Organization attended private schools; was graduated from Georgetown1945; adviser to Secretary of State at Council of Foreign University, Washington, D.C., in 1901 and from the lawMinisters in London 1945, Moscow and London 1947, and department of Harvard University in 1904; was admitted toParis 1949; representative to the General Assembly of the the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Rochester, N.Y.;United Nations 1946-1949 and chairman of the United member of the Rochester (N.Y.) School Board 1905-1932;States delegation in Paris 1948; trustee of Rockefeller Foun- member of the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Controldation; chairman of the board, Carnegie Endowment for Board in 1933 and 1934; elected as a Democrat to the Seven-International Peace; member of the New York State Bank- ty-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); unsuc-ing Board 1946-1949; appointed as a Republican to the cessful candidate for renomination in 1936; appointed byUnited States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- Governor Lehman justice of the supreme court of the Statenation of Robert F. Wagner and served from July 7, 1949, to of New York, seventh judicial district, for term expiringNovember 8, 1949, when a duly elected successor qualified; December 31, 1937; member of the State Probation Commis-unsuccessful candidate for election to the vacancy; United sion 1938-1944; resumed the practice of law; died in Roches-States representative to the Fifth General Assembly of the ter, N.Y., January 8,1969; interment in Holy SepulchreUnited Nations 1950; consultant to the Secretary of State Cemetery. 1951-1952; appointed Secretary of State by President Dwight Biographies 935

D. Eisenhower 1953-1959; died in Washington, D.C., May 24,1855); retired to his sugar plantation in the parish of St. 1959; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer,Bernard and resided there until his death on March 18, Va. 1861. Bibliography: DAB; Guhin, Michael A. : A Statesman and His Time. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972; Hoopes, Tow- DUNCAN, Alexander, a Representative from Ohio; born in send. The Devil and John Foster Dulles. Boston: Little Brown, 1973. Bottle Hill (now Madison), Morris County, N.J., in 1788; studied and practiced medicine; moved to Ohio and settled in DULSKI, Thaddeus Joseph, a Representative from NewCincinnati; member of the State house of representatives in York; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 27,1828, 1829, 1831, and 1832; served in the State senate 1832- 1915; attended parochial school, Buffalo Technical High1834; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty- School, Canisius College, Buffalo, N.Y. and the University ofsixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); unsuccess- Buffalo; with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury De-ful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh partment, 1940-1947; veteran of the Second World War; ac-Congress; elected to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, countant and tax consultant; special agent in the Price Sta-1843-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate in 1844 for reelec- bilization Administration 1951-1953; in 1953 was electedtion to the Twenty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of Walden district councilman for two terms and in 1957 washis profession; died in Madisonville (now a part of Cincin- elected councilman-at-large of the city of Buffalo for a four-nati), Hamilton County, Ohio, March 23, 1853; interment in year term; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Con-Laurel Cemetery. gress; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1959, until his resignation December DUNCAN, Daniel, a Representative from Ohio; born in 31, 1974; chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv-Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., July 22, 1806; com- ice (Ninetieth through Ninety-third Congresses); was not apleted preparatory studies; attended Jefferson College, Can- candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Con-onsburg, Pa., in 1825; moved to Newark, Ohio, in 1828; en- gress; is a resident of Buffalo, N.Y. gaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1843; unsuccessful Whig candidate for DUMONT, Ebenezer, a Representative from Indiana; bornelection to the State senate in 1844; elected as a Whig to the in Vevay, md., November 23, 1814; pursued classical studies;Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was an studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty- tice in Vevay; member of the State house of representativesfirst Congress; died in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 1849; in 1838; treasurer of Vevay 1839-1845; lieutenant colonel ofinterment in the Newark Graveyard, Newark, Ohio. Volunteers in the Mexican War; member of the State house of representatives in 1850 and 1853; colonel of the Seventh DUNCAN, Garnett, a Representative from Kentucky. See Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War;DUNCAN, William Garnett. promoted to brigadier general of Volunteers September 3, 1861, and served until February 28, 1863, when he resigned; DUNCAN, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress and re-born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1756; attended the common elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (Marchschools and Princeton College; first prothonotary of Adams 4, 1863-March 3, 1867); chairman, Committee on District ofCounty; during the Revolutionary War was appointed on Columbia (Thirty-eighth Congress), Committee on Expendi-November 3, 1776, a lieutenant in Colonel Hazen's regiment, tures in the Department of the Interior (Thirty-ninth Con-and on March 25, 1778, was promoted to captain; elected to gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1866; ap-the Seventeenth Congress but resigned before Congress as- pointed by President Grant Governor of Idaho Territory, butsembled; died in Mercer County, Pa., June 24, 1844. died in Indianapolis, md., April 16, 1871, before taking the DUNCAN, James Henry, a Representative from Massachu- oath of office; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. setts; born in Haverhill, Mass., December 5, 1793; attended DUNBAR, James Whitson, a Representative from Indiana;Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and was graduated born in New Albany, Floyd County, md., October 17, 1860;from Harvard University in 1812; studied law; was admitted attended the public schools and was graduated from Newto the bar in 1815 and commenced practice inHaverhill; an Albany High School in 1878; engaged in mercantile pursuits;active militia officer, and attained the rank of colonel; presi- manager of public utilities in New Albany and Jefferson-dent of the Essex Agricultural Society; member of the State ville; secretary-treasurer of the Western Gas Associationhouse of representatives in 1827, 1837, 1838, and again in 1894-1906; secretary of the American Gas Institute 1906-1857; served in the State senate 1828-1831; delegate to the 1909; president of the Indiana Gas Association 1908-1910Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1839; ap- and secretary 1914-1919; elected as a Republican to thepointed commissioner in bankruptcy in 1841; elected as a Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 19 19-Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses March 3, 1923); was not a candidate for reelection in 1922;(March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); engaged in the real-estate elected to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-Marchbusiness; died in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., February 8, 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the1869; interment in Linwood Cemetery. Seventy-second Congress; resumed his former business pur- DUNCAN, John James, a Representative from Tennessee; suits; died in New Albany, md., May 19, 1943; interment inborn in Huntsville, Scott County, Tenn., March 24, 1919; Fairview Cemetery. attended the public schools in Huntsville, Tenn.; University DUNBAR, William, a Representative from Louisiana; bornof Tennessee in Knoxville, B.S., 1942; served in the United in Virginia in 1805; completed preparatory studies; moved toStates Army from May 1942 to December 1945; Cumberland Alexandria, Va., and engaged in the practice of law in the University, LL.B., 1947; was admitted to the bar in 1947 and early thirties; moved to Louisiana in 1852; appointed associ-commenced the practice of law in Knoxville, Tenn.; assistant ate justice of the supreme court of Louisiana to fill theattorney general, Knoxville, 1947-1956, and directorof law, vacancy caused by the death of Judge Prestonand served1956-1959; mayor of Knoxville, 1959-1965; State commander, from September 1, 1852, to May 4, 1853; elected as a Demo-American Legion, 1954; delegate, Republican National Con- crat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3,ventions, 1960, 1968 and 1984; elected as a Republican to the 936 Biographical Directory

Eighty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses andto the Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth, and Ninety-sixth Con- served from January 3, 1965, until his death in Knoxvilleongresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful can- June 21, 1988; was a resident of Knoxville, Tenn. didate for renomination in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Con- DUNCAN, Joseph, a Representative from Illinois; born ingress; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., February 22, 1794; pursued clas-198 1-1985; member, Northwest Power Planning Council, sical studies; during the War of 1812 was commissioned1986 to present, and served as chairman in 1987; is a resi- ensign in the Seventeenth Infantry; promoted to first lieu-dent of Yachats, Oreg. tenant in the Forty-sixth Infantry July 16, 1814, and re- DUNCAN, William Addison, a Representative from Penn- turned to the Seventeenth Infantry July 16, 1814; received,sylvania; born in Cashtown, Franklin Township, Adams by resolution of Congress, February 13, 1835, the testimonialCounty, Pa., February 2, 1836; attended the public schools; of a sword for his part in the defense of Fort Stephenson,was graduated from Franklin and Marshall College, at Lan- Ohio; moved to Illinois in 1818 and settled in Kaskaskia,caster, in 1857; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 later in Jackson County; engaged in agricultural pursuits;and commenced practice in Gettysburg, Pa.; elected district justice of the peace in Jackson County 1821-1823; appointedattorney in 1862 and 1868; elected as a Democrat to the major general of State militia in 1822 and commanded Illi-Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until nois troops in the Black Hawk War in 1831; member of thehis death; had been reelected to the Forty-ninth Congress; State senate 1824-1826; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twen-died in Gettysburg, Pa., November 14, 1884; interment in tieth and to the three succeeding Congresses and servedEvergreen Cemetery. from March 4, 1827, until September 21, 1834, when he resigned, having been elected Governor of Illinois; moved to DUNCAN, William Garnett, a Representative from Ken- Jacksonville, Ill., in 1829; Governor of Illinois 1834-1838;tucky; born in Louisville, Ky., March 2, 1800; completed unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1842; lived in retire-- preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in ment until his death in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.,1821; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 and January 15, 1844; interment in Diamond Grove Cemetery.commenced practice in Louisville; elected as a Whig to the Bibliography: DAB. Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); declined DUNCAN, Richard Meloan, a Representative from Mis-to be a candidate for renomination in 1848; moved to Louisi- souri; born near Edgerton, Platte County, Mo., November 10,ana and settled in New Orleans in 1850, where he continued 1889; attended the public schools; was graduated from Chris-the practice of law; retired from active law practice in 1860 tian Brothers College, St. Joseph, Mo., in 1909; deputy cir-and traveled in Europe; resided for a while in Paris, France; cuit clerk of Buchanan County, Mo., 1911-1917; studied law;returned to the United States in 1875 and resided in Louis- was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice inville, Ky., until his death in that city on May 25, 1875; St. Joseph, Mo.; city counselor of St. Joseph, 1926-1930; dele-interment in Cave. Hill Cemetery. gate to 1932 Democratic Convention; elected as a Democrat DUNGAN, James Irvine, a Representative from Ohio; born to the Seventy-third and to the four succeeding Congressesin Canonsburg, Washington County, Pa., May 29, 1844; at- (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943); chairman of Democratictended the common schools; received an academic education Caucus for the Seventy-seventh Congress; unsuccessful can-at the local academy at Denmark, Iowa, and at the college didate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress;at Washington, Iowa; studied law; was admitted to the bar appointed judge of the United States District Court for thein1868 and commenced practice in Jackson, Jackson Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri on July 8, 1943,County, Ohio; during the Civil War served as color sergeant and served until June 30, 1965; continued to serve activelyin the Nineteenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; su- under senior (retired) status; resided in Kansas City, Mo.,perintendent of schools of Jackson, Ohio, and city and where he died August 1, 1974; interment in Memorial Parkcounty school examiner in 1867 and 1868; mayor of Jackson Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo. in 1869; member of the State senate 1877-1879; delegate to DUNCAN, Robert Blackford,a Representative fromthe Democratic National Convention in 1880; elected as a Oregon; born in Normal, McLean County, Ill., December 4,Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891- 1920; was raised in Bloomington, Ill., and attended publicMarch 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 schools there; served in the Merchant Marine; worked in theto the Fifty-third Congress; attorney in the Interior Depart- placer gold fields of Alaska, with a seed corn company inment 1893-1895; returned to Jackson, Ohio, and resumed the Illinois, and with a bank in Chicago; student at University ofpractice of law; city solicitor in 1913; engaged in the practice Alaska at College, Alaska, in 1939 and 1940; graduated fromof his profession until his death in Jackson, Ohio, on Dec. 28, Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, B.A., 1942; 1931; interment in Fairmont Cemetery. took University of California correspondence courses in 1940; DUNHAM, Cyrus Livingston, a Representative from Indi- graduated from University of Michigan Law School, Annana; born in Dryden, Tompkins County, N.Y., January 16, Arbor, LL.B., 1948; served in the United States Naval Air1817; attended the common schools; taught school; studied Force, 1942-1945, and retired as a lieutenant commander inlaw and was admitted to the bar; moved to Salem, Washing- the Naval Reserve; was admitted to the bar in October 1948ton County, Ind., in 1841 and commenced practice; elected and commenced the practice of law in Medford, Oreg.; nomi-prosecuting attorney of Washington County in 1845; member nated in 1954 as a write-in candidate for the State legisla-of the State house of representatives in 1846 and 1847; elect- ture but declined for business reasons; elected to the Stateed as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and house of representatives in 1956; was reelected in 1958 andThirty-third Congresses (March 4,1849-March 3,1855); 1960 and served as speaker 1959-1962; elected as a Democratchairman, Committee on Roads and Canals (Thirty-third to the Eighty-eighth and to the Eighty-ninth CongressesCongress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate inthe Thirty-fourth Congress; appointed by Governor Willard 1966 for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress; unsuccessfulsecretary of state and served in 1859 and 1860; served in the candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1968Union Army as colonel of the Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana and 1972; resumed the practice of law; elected as a DemocratVolunteer Infantry, 1861-1863; resumed the practice of law Biographies 937 in New Albany, Floyd County, md.; elected a member of theCircuit Court of Tennessee from 1840 to 1849, when he re- State house of representatives in 1864 and 1865; moved tosigned and resumed the practice of law; member of the State Jeffersonville, md., in 1871; judge of Clark County Criminalsenate in 1851, 1853, and 1857; served in the State house of Court 1871-1874; resumed the practice of law; died in Jeffer-representatives1857-1859; died near Memphis, Shelby sonville, Clark County, md., November 21, 1877; intermentCounty, Tenn., November 16, 1872; interment in Elmwood in Walnut Ridge Cemetery. Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. DUNHAM, Ransom Williams, a Representative from Illi- DUNN, Aubert Culberson, a Representative from Missis- nois; born in Savoy, Berkshire County, Mass., March 21,sipi; born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss., November 1838; attended the common schools and the high school in20, 1896; attended the public schools, the University of Mis- Springfield, Mass., engaged as a clerk for a life insurancesissippi at Oxford, and the University of Alabama at Tusca- company 1855-1857; moved to Chicago in 1857;became aloosa; reporter on the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1917; served in grain and provision commission merchant; president of thethe United States Navy from December 7, 1917, to June 16, Board of Trade of Chicago in 1882; elected as a Republican1919; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1924 and to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congressescommenced practice in Meridian, Miss.; district attorney for (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1889); retired from active businessthe tenth judicial district of Mississippi 193 1-1934; elected as pursuits; died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., ona Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress(January 3, August 19, 1896, while en route to attend the centennial1935-January 3, 1937); was not a candidate for renomination celebration of his native town, Savoy; interment in Mountin 1936; served as expert to the United States Senate Com- Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. mittee on Finance in 1938 and as attorney for the Social DUNLAP, George Washington, a Representative fromSecurity Board in 1939; resumed the practice of law; special Kentucky; born at Walnut Hills, near Lexington, Fayettetrial attorney, United States Attorney General's office, 1952- County, Ky., February 22, 1813; pursued preparatory studies;1953; circuit judge, Tenth Judicial District, Mississippi, 1966; was graduated from Transylvania University,Lexington,was a resident of Mobile, Ala.until his death there on Ky., in 1834; studied law; was admitted to the bar andJanuary 4, 1987; interment in Magnolia Cemetery. commenced practice in Lancaster, Ky.; commissioner of the DUNN, George Grundy, a Representative from Indiana; circuit court 1843-1874; member of the State house of repre-born in Washington County, Ky., December 20, 1812; moved sentatives in 1853; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-sev-to Monroe County, md.; completed preparatory studiesand enth Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); chairman,attended the Indiana University at Bloomington; moved to Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the NavyBedford, Lawrence County, md., in 1833, where he taught (Thirty-seventh Congress); member of the border State con-school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and vention in 1861; one of the managers appointed by thecommenced practice in Bedford, md.; prosecuting attorney of House of Representatives in 1862 to conduct the impeach-Lawrence County in 1842; elected as a Whig to theThirtieth ment proceedings against West H. Humphreys, UnitedCongress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); unsuccessful candi- States judge for the several districts of Tennessee; resumeddate for reelection in 1848; served in the State senatefrom the practice of law; died in Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky.,1850 until 1852, when he resigned; elected as a Republican on June 6, 1880; interment in Lancaster Cemetery. to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March3, 1857); DUNLAP, Robert Pinckney,aRepresentative fromwas not a candidate forrenomination in 1856; died in Bed- Maine; born in Brunswick, Maine, August 17, 1794; educatedford, md., September 4, 1857; interment in Green Hill Ceme- - by private tutors; was graduated from Bowdoin College,tery. Brunswick, Maine, in 1815; studied law; was admitted to the DUNN, George Hedford, a Representative from Indiana; bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Brunswick; member Law- of the State house of representatives 1821-1823; president ofborn in New York City, November 15, 1794; moved to the board of overseers of Bowdoin College from 1821 untilrenceburg, Dearborn County, md., in 1817; studied law; was his death; member of the State militia, and was delegated toadmitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in receive General Lafayette when he visited in Maine in 1824;Lawrenceburg; member of the State house of representatives served in the State senate 1824-1828 and 1831-1833; presi-in 1828, 1832, and 1833; promoter of the first railway in dent of the State senate for four years; executive councilorIndiana; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty- 1829-1833; Governor of Maine 1834-1838; elected as a Demo- fourth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Con- crat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congressesgress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839);unsuccessful candidate (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); chairman, Committee onfor reelection; resumed the practice of law; State treasurer Public Expenditures (Twenty-ninth Congress); collector of184 1-1844; judge of Dearborn County, md.; president of the customs in Portland, Maine, in 1848 and 1849; postmaster ofCincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad at the time of his death Brunswick 1853-1857; died in Brunswick, Maine, October 20,in Lawrenceburg, md., January 12, 1854; interment in New 1859; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Town Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. DUNN, James Whitney, a Representative from Michigan; DUNLAP, William Claiborne, a Representative from Ten-born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 21, 1943; attend- nessee; born in Knoxville, Tenn., February25, 1798; attend-ed the public schools; B.A., Michigan State University, East ed the Ebenezer Academy and Maryville College, Maryville, Lansing, 1967; president, Dunn & Fairmont, builder and Tenn., 1813-1817; studied law; was admitted to the bar anddeveloper; delegate, Michigan State Republican convention, commenced practice in Knoxville in 1819; served in the1982; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress Indian campaign in 1818 and 1819; moved to Bolivar, Harde- (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate man County, Tenn., in 1828; held acommission in thefor reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; is a United States Volunteers in 1830; elected as a Jacksonian toresident of East Lansing, Mich. the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in DUNN, John Thomas, a Representative from New Jersey; 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; judge of the Eleventhborn in Tipperary, Ireland, June 4, 1838; immigrated to the 938 Biographical Directory

United States with his father, who settled in New Jersey inDecember 12, 1814; attended school in the first schoolhouse 1845; completed elementary studies at home; engaged inin Hanover; was graduated from Indiana State College in business in 1862; elected a member of the board of aldermen1832 and from Yale College in 1835; studied law; was admit- of Elizabeth in 1878; member of the State house of assemblyted to the bar in 1837 and practiced; member of the State 1879-1882 and speaker of the house in 1882; studied law;washouse of representatives in 1848; delegate to the State consti- admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice intutional convention in 1850; elected as a Republican to the Elizabeth, N.J.; again elected a member of the city council;Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859- elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4,March 3, 1863); chairman, Committee on Patents (Thirty- 1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inseventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress; served in the Union law; died in Elizabeth, N.J., February 22, 1907; interment inArmy as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General McClellan Mount Olivet Cemetery, Newark, N.J. from June 19, 1861, to August 1861, in the campaign in DUNN, Matthew Anthony, a Representative from Pennsyl-western Virginia; major and judge advocate of Volunteers, vania; born in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pa., August 15,Department of the Missouri, from March 13, 1863, to July 6, 1886; attended the public schools in Pittsburgh and Meyers-1864; appointed lieutenant colonel and Assistant Judge Ad- dale; by accidents, lost the sight of his left eye at the age ofvocate General of the United States Army June 22, 1864, twelve and that of his right eye at the age of twenty; attend-and brigadier general and Judge Advocate General Decem- ed the school for the blind in Pittsburgh and was graduatedber 1, 1875; brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865; from Overbrook (Philadelphia) School for the Blind in 1909;retired January 22, 1881; died at his summer residence, engaged in the sale of periodicals and newspapers 1907 and"Maplewood," Dunn Loring, Fairfax County, Va., July 24, 1908, and in the insurance brokerage business 1920-1924;1887; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. member of the State house of representatives 1926-1932; Bibliography: DAB. elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3,1941); DUNNELL, Mark Hill, a Representative from Minnesota; chairman, Committee on the Census (Seventy-sixth Con-born in Buxton, York County, Maine, July 2, 1823; complet- gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1940 due toed preparatory studies, and was graduated from Waterville ill health and retired from active business; died in Pitts-College (now Colby University), Waterville, Maine, in 1849; burgh, Pa., February 13, 1942; interment in Homewood Cem- for five years was principal of Norway and Hebron Acade- etery. mies; member of the Maine house of representatives in 1854; DUNN, Poindexter, a Representative from Arkansas; bornserved in the State senate in 1855; State superintendent of near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 3, 1834; movedcommon schools in 1855 and 1857-1859; delegate to the Re- with his father to Limestone County, Ala., in 1837; attendedpublican National Convention in 1856; studied law; was ad- the country schools, and was graduated from Jackson Col- mitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Port- lege, Columbia, Tenn., in 1854; studied law; moved to St.land, Maine, in 1860; entered the Union Army as colonel of Francis County, Ark., in 1856; elected to the State house ofthe Fifth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, May 6, 1861; representatives in 1858; engaged in cotton growing untilmustered out August 31, 1861; United States consul at Vera 1861; served as a captain in the Confederate Army duringCruz, Mexico, in 1861 and 1862; moved to Minnesota and the Civil War; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and com-settled in Winona in 1865, and in 1867, in Owatonna; menced the practice of law in Forrest City, Ark.; elected as amember of the Minnesota house of representatives in 1867; Democrat to the Forty-sixth and to the four succeeding Con-State superintendent of public instruction from April 2, gresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1889); chairman, Committee1867, to August 1870, when he resigned; elected as a Repub- on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Fiftieth Congress); waslican to the Forty-second and to the five succeeding Con- not a candidate for renomination in 1888; moved to Losgresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candi- Angeles, Calif., in 1888 and continued the practice of law;date for Speaker of the Forty-seventh Congress; was not a appointed a special commissioner for the prevention ofcandidate for renomination in 1882; unsuccessful candidate frauds on the customs revenue, New York City, in 1893;for election to the United States Senate in 1883; elected to moved to Baton Rouge, La., in 1895 and engaged in thethe Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); un- construction of railroads;settledin Texarkana, Bowiesuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty- County, Tex., in 1905, and died there on October 12, 1914;second Congress; delegate to the Republican National Con- interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. vention in 1892; one of the founders and a member of the DUNN, Thomas Byrne, a Representative from New York;board of trustees of Pillsbury Academy; died in Owatonna, born in Providence, R.I., March 16, 1853; moved with hisSteele County, Minn., August 9, 1904; interment in Forest parents to Rochester, N.Y., in 1858; attended the publicHill Cemetery. schools and the De Graff Military Institute of Rochester; DUNPHY, Edward John, a Representative from New engaged in the manufacture of perfumes and extracts; presi-York; born in New York City May 12, 1856; attended the dent of the chamber of commerce in 1905 and 1906; memberpublic schools and St. Francis Xavier College, New York of the State senate in 1907; chief commissioner for New York to the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, James-City; was graduated from Mount St. Mary's College, Emmits- town, Va., in 1907; State treasurer in 1908; elected as aburg, Md., in 1876; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Republican to the Sixty-third and to the four succeeding1878 and commenced practice in New York City; connected Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1923); chairman, Com-with the law department of the New York Central & mittee on Roads (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses);Hudson River Railroad Co.; elected as a Democrat to the was not a candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighthFifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, Congress; retired to private life; died in Rochester, N.Y., 1889-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on Expenditures July 2, 1924; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. in the Department of Justice (Fifty-third Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1894; continued the practice of DUNN; William McKee, a Representative from Indiana;law in New York City until his death there on July 29, 1926; born in Hanover, Jefferson County, Territory of Indiana,interment in Calvary Cemetery. 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DUNWELL, Charles Tappan, a Representative from Newmining, street railways, steel manufacturing, explosives, York; born in Newark, Wayne County, N.Y., February 13,hotels, office buildings, and road building; moved to Central 1852; moved with his parents to Lyons, Wayne County, N.Y.,City, Ky., in 1883 and was engaged as a mining engineer; in 1854; attended the Lyons Union School; entered Cornellmoved to Johnstown, Pa., in 1893 and engaged in steel man- University, Ithaca, N.Y., in the class of 1873; at the close ofufacturing; moved to Wilmington, Del., in 1900; retired from his junior year entered Columbia College Law School in thebusiness activities in 1915; member of the Republican Na- city of New York, and was graduated in 1874; was admittedtional Committee 1908-1930; appointed as a Republican to to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in New Yorkthe United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the City; general agent for the New York Life Insurance Co., inresignation of Josiah 0. Wolcott and served from July 7, 1889; unsuccessful candidate for comptroller of the city of1921, to November 7, 1922; unsuccessful candidate for elec- Brooklyn in 1890; member of the New York Republicantion to this vacancy and also for election to the full term; State committee in 1891 and 1892; elected as a Republican toelected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1924 the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses andand served from March 4, 1925, until his resignation on served from March 4, 1903, until his death in Brooklyn,December 9, 1928; died in Wilmington, Del., November 11, N.Y., June 12, 1908; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. 1930; was cremated and committed to a grave in the family du PONT, Henry Algernon (cousin of Thomas Coleman duburial ground near Christ Church in Christiana Hundred. Pont), a Senator from Delaware; born at Eleutherean Mills, Bibliography: DAB; Rae, John B. "Coleman du Pont and his Road." New Castle County, Del., July 30, 1838; attended private Delaware History 16 (Spring-Summer 1975): 171-83. schools; attended the University of Pennsylvania in Phila- DUPRE, Henry Garland, a Representative from Louisi- delphia in 1855; was graduated from the United States Mili-ana; born in Opelousas, St. LandryParish, La., July 28, tary Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1861; served in the1873; attended the public schools, and was graduated from United States Army until 1875; during the Civil War servedTulane University, New Orleans, La., in 1892; was subse- in the Union Army, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel;quently graduated from the law school of the same universi- awarded a Congressional medal of honor for his handling ofty; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New the retreat at the battle of Cedar Creek; was president andOrleans in 1895; assistant city attorney of New Orleans general manager of the Wilmington & Northern Railroad1900-19 10; member of the State house of representatives Co. 1879-1899; retired from active business and engaged in1900-1910 and served as speaker 1908-1910; chairman of the agricultural pursuits; elected on June 13, 1906, as a Republi-Democratic State convention in 1908; elected as a Democrat can to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in theto the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the term beginning March 4, 1905, caused by the failure of thedeath of Samuel L. Gillmore; reelected to the Sixty-second legislature to elect; reelected in 1911 and served until Marchand to the six succeeding Congresses and served from No- 3, 1917; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916; chair-vember 8, 1910, until his death in Washington, D.C., Febru- man, Committee on Expenditures in the War Departmentary 21, 1924; interment in the CatholicCemetery, Opelousas, (Sixty-first and Sixty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Mili- tary Affairs (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Trans-La. portation and Sale of Meat Products (Sixty-third Congress); DURAND, George Harman, a Representative from Michi- retired from public life and engaged in literary pursuits;gan; born in Cobleskill, SchoharieCounty, N.Y., February died at Winterthur, near Wilmington, Del., December 31,21, 1838; attended the common schools and Genesee Wesley- 1926; interment in the du Pont Cemetery, Christiana Hun-an Seminary at Lima, N.Y.;moved to Oxford, Oakland dred, New Castle County, Del. County, Mich., in 1856; taught school; studied law; wasad- Bibliography: DAB; Johnson, William G.'The Senatorial Career ofmitted to the bar and commenced practice at Flint, Genesee Henry Algernon du Pont." Delaware History 13 (April 1969): 234-51. County, Mich., in 1858; member of the board of education; du PONT, Pierre Samuel, IV, a Representative from Dela-member of the board of aldermen 1862-1867; mayor of Flint ware; born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., Januaryin 1873 and 1874; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth 22, 1935; educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.,Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candi- 1948-1952; B.S.E., Princeton University, 1952-1956; LL.B.,date for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; re- Harvard Law School, 1963; active duty as United Statessumed the practice of his profession; appointed temporarily Naval Reserve Officer, Seabees, 1957-1960; admitted to thejustice of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1892; president of Delaware bar in 1964 and commenced practice in Wilming-the State board of law examiners for many years; appointed ton; employed by E.I. du Pont Co., Wilmington, Del., 1963-special assistant United States attorney in Chinese and 1970; member, Delaware and National Republican Financeopium smuggling cases in Oregon and served from 1893 to Committees; State representative from Delaware's twelfth 1896; died in Flint, Mich., June 8, 1903; interment in Glen- district, 1968-197 1; delegate to Delaware State Republicanwood Cemetery. convention, 1966; elected as a Republican to the Ninety- DURBIN, Richard Joseph, a Representative from Illinois; second and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3,born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., November 21, 1971-January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection in1944; graduated from Assumption High School, East St. 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress but was elected GovernorLouis, 1962; B.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign of Delaware; reelected in 1981 and served from January 18, Service, Washington, D.C., 1966; J.D., Georgetown University 1977, to January 15, 1985; unsuccessful candidate for theLaw Center, 1969; admitted to the Illinois bar, 1969 and Republican nomination to the U.S. Presidency in 1988; is acommenced practice in Springfield; aide to Illinois Lieuten- resident of Rockland, Del. ant Governor , 1969-1972; legal counsel, Illinois du PONT, Thomas Coleman (cousin of Henry Algernon duState senate judiciary committee, 1972-1982; Democratic Pont), a Senator from Delaware; born in Louisville, Ky.,nominee for State senate, 1976; Democratic nominee for lieu- December 11, 1863; attended the public schools, Urbana Uni-tenant governor of Illinois, 1978; associate professor, South- versity, Urbana, Ohio, Chauncy Hall School, Boston Mass.,ern Illinois University School of Medicine,Springfield, 1978- and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.;1983; delegate, Illinois State Democratic convention, 1978; engaged in engineering, later being interested in coaldelegate, Democratic Mid-Term Meeting, 1978; elected as a 940 Biographical Directory

Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the two succeeding(March 4, 1821-March 3, 1825); unsuccessful candidate for Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1989); isa residentreelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress and for elec- of Springfield, Ill. tion in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; again a member of DURBOROW, Allan Cathcart, Jr., a Representative fromthe State house of representatives 1826-1829 and served as Illinois; born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 10, 1857; movedspeaker 1827-1829; declined to be a candidate for reelection; to Indiana in 1862 with his parents, who settled in Williams-resumed the practice of law; elected associate justice of the port, Warren County; attended the public schools; enteredState supreme court in 1833; chief justice of the State su- Wabash College, Crawfordsville, md., in the fall of 1872;waspreme court from June 1835 until his death in Tiverton, graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1877;Newport County, R.I., July 26, 1847; interment in the family after residing in Indianapolis moved to Chicago in 1880 andburying ground at Quaket Neck, near Tiverton, R.I. in 1887 became business manager of the Western Electri- Bibliography: DAB. cian, a trade magazine; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty- DURFEE, Nathaniel Briggs, a Representative from Rhode second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3,Island; born in Tiverton, R.I., September 29, 1812; completed 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894; engagedpreparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the insurance business; unsuccessful candidate for elec-conducted a fruit orchard; member of the Rhode Island tion in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; died in Chicago,house of representatives for eleven years; elected as a candi- Ill., March 10, 1908; interment in Graceland Cemetery. date of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress DURELL, Daniel Meserve, a Representative from Newand as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, Hampshire; born in Lee, N.H., July 20, 1769; was graduated1855-March 3, 1859); resumed his former pursuits; was serv- from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1794; studieding as county clerk at the time of his death in Tiverton, law; was admitted to the bar in 1797 and commenced prac-Newport County, R.I., on November 9, 1872; interment in tice in Dover, N.H.; elected as a Republican to the Tenththe family burial ground near Tiverton, RI. Congress (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1809); member of the State house of representatives in 1816; chief justice of the DURGAN, George Richard, a Representative from Indi- district court of common pleas 18 16-1821; United States at-ana; born in Westpoint, Tippecanoe County, md., January torney for the district of New Hampshire 1830-1834; re-20, 1872; attended the village school in Westpoint; moved to sumed the practice of law; died in Dover, Strafford County,La Fayette, md., in 1892 and was employed as a clerk and N.H., April 29, 1841; interment in Pine Hill Cemetery. later as a traveling salesman; engaged in mercantile pur-

suits; mayor of La Fayette 1904-1913 and 1917-1925; dele-- DURENBERGER, David Ferdinand, a Senator from Min-gate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912; elected nesota; born in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn., August 19,as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933- 1934; attended the public schools in Collegeville, Minn.;January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in graduated, St. John's Prep School, Collegeville, 1951; grad-1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; resumed mercantile uated, St. John's University 1955 and University of Minneso-pursuits; appointed to the Indiana Public Service Commis- ta Law School 1959; admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1959sion in 1941 and moved to Indianapolis, md.; died in Indian- and commenced practice in St. Paul; served in the Unitedapolis January 13, 1942; interment in Springvale Cemetery, States Army 1956-1963; elected as a Republican to theLa Fayette, md. United States Senate, November 7, 1978, to complete the unexpired term of Hubert H. Humphrey for the term ending DURHAM, Carl Thomas, a Representative from North January 3, 1983; assumed office November 8, 1978; reelectedCarolina; born in Bingham Township, Orange County, at in 1982 for the term ending January 3, 1989; chairman,White Cross, N.C., August 28, 1892; attended the public Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-ninth Congress).schools of Orange County, Mandale Private School, Saxapa- haw, N.C., and the University of North Carolina at Chapel DUREY, Cyrus, a Representative from New York; born inHill; pharmacist at Chapel Hill 19 12-1938; served as a phar- Caroga, Fulton County, N.Y. May 16, 1864; attended themacist's mate in the United States Navy,1917-1918; common schools and Johnstown Academy; was supervisor'smember of the city council of Chapel Hill, N.C., 1924-1932, clerk; supervisor of Caroga in 1889 and 1890; engaged in theand of the Orange County Board of Commissioners 1932- lumber and real-estate business; appointed postmaster of1938; member of the school board of Chapel Hill, N.C., 1924- Johnstown on August 19, 1898, and served until February1938; trustee of the University of North Carolina; elected. as 28, 1907; member of the Republican State committee 1904-a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the ten succeeding 1906; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-firstCongresses (January 3, 1939-January 3,1961); chairman, Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful can-Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (Eighty-second and didate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress;Eighty-fifth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomina- appointed on March 20, 1911, collector of internal revenue,tion in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; in 1964 retired fourteenth district of New York, and served until Septemberand resided in Chapel Hifi, N.C.; died in Durham, N.C., 30, 1914; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in April 29, 1974; interment in Antioch Baptist Church Ceme-- 1912 and 1920; again appointed collector of internal revenuetery, Chapel Hill, N.C. on September 30, 1921, and served until his death at Albany, N.Y., January 4, 1933; interment in North Bush Cemetery, DURHAM, Milton Jameson, a Representative from Ken- near Johnstown, N.Y. tucky; born near Perryville, Mercer County (now Boyle County), Ky., May 16, 1824; attended the common schools; DURFEE, Job, a Representative from Rhode Island; bornwas graduated from Indiana Asbury (now De Páuw) Univer- in Tiverton, R.I., September 20, 1790; attended the commonsity, Greencastle, md., in 1844; taught school for several schools and was graduated from Brown University, Provi-years; was graduated from the Louisville (Ky.) Law School in dence, R.I., in 1813; studied law; was admitted to the bar at1850; was admitted to the bar in the same year and com- Newport, R.I., in 1817 and commenced practice in Tiverton; menced practice in Danville, Boyle County, KY.; circuit judge member of the State house of representatives 1816-1820;of the eighth judicial district in 1861 and 1862; elected as a elected to the Seventeenth and Eighteenth CongressesDemocrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Biographies 941

Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); chairman, Com- DUVAL, Isaac Harding, a Representative from West Vir- mittee on Revision of the Laws (Forty-fourth Congress); un-ginia; born in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va. (now West successful candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed theVirginia), September 1, 1824; attended the common schools; practice of law in Danville, Ky.; appointed First Comptrolleras a youth he went to Fort Smith, Ark., and joined anelder of the Treasury of the United States on March 20, 1885, andbrother, who was conducting a trading post; became a scout served until the office was discontinued on April 22, 1889;on the Western Plains; crossed the Plains in1849 for the moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1890 and engaged in banking;gold fields of California; was a member of the Lopez expedi- appointed deputy clerk, Internal Revenue Service, at Lexing-tion to Cuba in an attempt to aid the Cubans in gaining ton, Ky., in 1901 and served until his death in that city onnational independence; returned to Virginia in 1853 and February 12, 1911; interment in Belleview Cemetery, Dan-engaged in mercantile pursuits at Wellsburg; during the vile, Ky. Civil War was commissioned major of the First Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, June 1, 1861; successively DURKEE, Charles, a Representative and a Senator frompromoted to colonel of the Ninth Regiment, brigadier gener- Wisconsin; born in Royalton, Windsor County, Vt., Decem-al, and brevet major general; member of the State senate ber 10, 1805; attended the common schools and the Burling-1867-1869; adjutant general of West Virginia, 1867-1869; ton (Vt.) Academy; engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to Wisconsin in 1836 and was one of the founders of Southport,elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, now Kenosha; engaged in agricultural pursuits andlumber-1869-March 3, 1871); declined to be candidate for renomina- ing; member, Territorial legislature 1836-1838, 1847-1848;tion in 1870; United States assessor of internal revenue in elected as a Free-Soiler to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second1871 and 1872; collector of internal revenue for the first Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); delegate to thedistrict of West Virginia 1872-1884; member of the State World's Peace Convention in Paris; elected as a Republicanhouse of delegates 1887-1889; died in Wellsburg, W.Va., July to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1855,10, 1902; interment in Brooke Cemetery. to March 3, 1861; Governor of Utah Territory from 1865 DUVAL, William Pope, a Representative from Kentucky; until failing health compelled him to resign; died in Omaha,born in Mount Comfort, near Richmond, Va., in 1784; com- Nebr., January 14, 1870; interment in Green Ridge Ceme-pleted preparatory studies; moved to Kentucky; studied law; tery, Kenosha, Wis. was admitted to the bar about 1804 and practiced;during DURKIN, John Anthony, a Senator from New Hampshire;the Indian hostilities of 1812 commanded a company of born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., March 29,mounted Volunteers; elected as a Republican to the Thir- 1936; attended public schools; graduated from Holy Crossteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); resumed the College, Worcester, 1959 and Georgetown University Lawpractice of law in Bardstown, Ky.; appointed on May 18, Center, Washington, D.C., 1965; served in the United States1821, United States judge, east Florida district; Governor of Navy 1959-1961; admitted to New Hampshire and Massa-the Territory of Florida under Presidents Monroe, Adams, chusetts bars in 1966 and commenced practice in Concord,and Jackson, serving from April 17, 1822, to 1834; appointed N.H.; served in office of New Hampshire attorney generalon November 4, 1841, law agent in Florida;moved to Texas 1966-1968; New Hampshire assistant attorney general 1967-in 1848; was the original of "Ralph Ringwood" of Washing- 1968; New Hampshire insurance commissioner 1968-1973;ton Irving and "Nimrod Wildfire" of James K. Paulding; was a candidate for election in 1974 to the United Statesdied in Washington, D.C., March 19, 1854; interment in the Senate for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1975;Congressional Cemetery. due to the contested election, the Senate declared the seat Bibliography: DAB. vacant as of August 8, 1975; elected as a Democrat, by DUVALL, Gabriel, a Representative from Maryland; born special election, September 16, 1975, to fill the vacancy, andin Prince Georges County, Md., December 6, 1752; completed served from September 18, 1975, until his resignation De-preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar cember 29, 1980; unsuccessful candidate for reelection inand practiced; member of the Governor's council in 1783 and 1980; resumed the practice of law in New Hampshire; is a1784; elected to the Third Congress to fill the vacancy caused resident of Manchester, N.H. by the resignation of John F. Mercer; reelected as a Republi- Bibliography: Tibbetts, Don. The Closest US. Senate Race in History: can to the Fourth Congress and servedfrom November 11, Durkin v. Wyman. Manchester, NIL: J.W. Cummings Enterprises, 1976. 1794, to March 28, 1796, when he resigned; appointed chief DURNO, Edwin Russell, a Representative from Oregon;justice of the general court of Maryland on April 2, 1796, born on a farm in Linn County, near Albany, Oreg., Januaryand resigned in 1802; appointed First Comptroller of the 26, 1899; attended public schools in Silverton, Oreg.; Univer-Treasury December 15, 1802, and served until his resigna- sity of Oregon at Eugene, B.S., 1921; Harvard Universitytion November 18, 1811; elected judge of the court of appeals Medical School, M.D., 1927; entered practice of medicine inof Maryland on January 16, 1806, but declined to serve; Boston, Mass.; taught school and was high school athleticappointed by President James Madison on November 15, coach 1921-1923; during the First World War served in the1811, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Army as a sergeant of Infantry; served in theUnited States and served until his resignation on January Second World War as a major in the Medical Corps, First15, 1835, because of deafness; died near Glenn Dale, in Auxiliary Surgical Group, 1942-1945; awarded Purple HeartPrince Georges County, Md., on March 6, 1844; interment in Medal; served on Oregon Board of Medical Examiners, 1947-the Marcus Duvall estate "Wigwam" family burial ground 1958; practiced medicine in Medford, Oreg.; member of thenear Glenn Dale, Md. State senate in 1958-1960; delegate to Republican National Conventions in 1960 and 1964; elected as a Republican to the DWIGHT, Henry Williams, a Representative from Massa- Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1963);chusetts; born in Stockbridge, Mass., February 26, 1788; at- was not a candidate in 1962 for reelectionbut was an unsuc-tended Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; studied law; cessful candidate for nomination to the United Stateswas admitted to the Massachusettsbar in 1809 and com- Senate; resided in Medford, Oreg., until his death there No-menced practice in Stockbridge; during the War of 1812 vember 20, 1976; entombment in the International Order ofserved as aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel on the staff Oddfellows Mausoleum. of General Whiton; member of the State house of represent- 942 Biographical Directory

atives in 1818; elected to the Seventeenth and to the fourhe returned to New York City; died in New York City, June succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1831);was12, 1846; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. not a candidate for renomination in 1830 to the Twenty- Bibliography: DAB. second Congress; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1834; interested in the breeding of pure- DWIGHT, Thomas, a Representative from Massachusetts; bred sheep and cattle; died in New York City February 21,born in Springfield, Mass., October 29, 1758; pursued prepar- 1845;intermentinStockbridge Cemetery,Stockbridge, atory studies; was graduated from Harvard College in 1778; Berskshire County, Mass. studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac- tice in Springfield, Mass.; member of the State house of DWIGHT, Jeremiah Wilbur (fatherof John Wilburrepresentatives in 1794 and 1795; served in the State senate Dwight), a Representative from New York; born in Cincinna-1796-1803; elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress tus, Cortland County, N.Y., April 17, 1819; moved with his(March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805); selectman of the town of parents in 1830 to Caroline, and in 1836 to Dryden, Tomp-Springfield 1806-1809 and in 1811; member of the Gover- kins County, N.Y.; attended the district schools and thenor's council in 1808 and 1809; retired from political life and Burhan's School in Dryden; engaged in mercantile pursuits,engaged in the practice of his profession in Springfield, farming, real-estate business, and in the manufacture andHampden County, until his death January 2, 1819; inter- sale of lumber; chairman of the board of supervisors of thement in Peabody Cemetery. town of Dryden in 1857 and 1858; member of the State assembly in 1860 and 1861; appointed by Governor Morgan a DWINELL, Justin, a Representative from New York; born member of the senatorial district war committee in 1861;in Shaftsbury, Vt., October 28, 1785; attended a local private delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868,school and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; was grad- 1872, 1876, 1880, and 1884; director, member of the executiveuated from Yale College in 1808; studied law; was admitted committee, and vice president of the Southern Central Rail- to the bar in 1811 and commenced practice in Cazenovia, road for many years; elected as a Republican to the Forty-N.Y., the same year; member of the State assembly in 1821 fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4,and 1822; elected to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); declined to be a candidate for renomi-1823-March 3, 1825); was not a candidate for renomination; nation in 1882; resumed former business activities; died inresumed the practice of law; judge of the common pleas Dryden, Tompkins County, N.Y., November 26, 1885; inter-court of Madison County, N.Y., 1828-1833; district attorney ment in Green Hills Cemetery. of Madison County 1837-1845; died in Cazenovia, Madison County, N.Y., September 17, 1850; interment in Evergreen DWIGHT, John Wilbur (son of Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight), Cemetery. a Representative from New York; born in Dryden, Tompkins County, N.Y., May 24, 1859; attended the public schools; DWORSHAK, Henry Clarence, a Representative and a pursued further studies at New Haven, Conn., in prepara-Senator from Idaho; born in Duluth, Minn., August 29, 1894; tion for entering Yale College, but abandoned this plan toattended the public schools; worked at the printing trade engage in the lumber business at Clinton, Iowa, in 1879;1909-1918; during the First World War served overseas as a shortly thereafter moved to northern Wisconsin, where hesergeant in the Fourth Antiaircraft Machine Gun Battalion continued in the lumber business and also engaged in farm-1918-1919; manager of printers' supply business in Duluth, ing; returned to Dryden, N.Y., in 1884; upon the death of hisMinn., 1920-1924; editor and publisher of the Burley Bulle- father in 1885 became president of the Dwight Farm & Landtin in Burley, Idaho, 1924-1944; elected as a Republican to Co.; delegate to the Republican National Conventions inthe Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses 1888, 1892, 1900, 1904, and 1920; elected as a Republican to and served from January 3, 1939, to November 5, 1946, when the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by thehe resigned; elected as a Republican to the United States resignation of George W. Ray; reelected to the Fifty-eighthSenate on November 5, 1946, to fill the vacancy caused by and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from No-the death of John Thomas and served from November 6, vember 2, 1902, to March 3, 1913; majority whip (Sixty-first1946, to January 3, 1949; unsuccessful candidate for reelec- Congress), minority whip (Sixty-second Congress); retiredtion in 1948; appointed to the United States Senate and and resided in Washington, D.C.; became president of thesubsequently elected as a Republican to fill the vacancy Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Co. in 1913, in which capacitycaused by the death of Bert H. Miller; reelected in 1954 and he served until his death in Washington, D.C., January 19, again in 1960 and served from October 14, 1949, until his 1928; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. death in Washington, D.C., July 23, 1962; interment in Ar- lington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Va. DWIGHT, Theodore (cousin of ), a Representa- Bibliography: U.S. Congress. Memorial Services for Henry Clarence Dwor- tive from Connecticut; born in Northampton, Mass., Decem- shak. 87th Cong., 2nd sess., 1962. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing ber 15, 1764; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was Office, 1963. admitted to the bar in 1787 and began practice in Haddam, DWYER, Bernard James, a Representative from New Conn.; moved to Hartford, Conn., in 1791 and continued theJersey; born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., Janu- practice of law; editor of the Hartford Courant and of theary 24, 1921; attended the public schools; attended Rutgers Connecticut Mirror; member of the State council 1909-1815;University, Newark, N.J.; served in the United States Navy, elected as a Federalist to the Ninth Congress to fill the1940-1945; insurance broker; member, Edison (N.J.) Town- vacancy caused by the resignation of John Cotton Smith andship Council, 1958-1969; mayor, Edison, 1969-1973; served in served from December 1, 1806, to March 3, 1807; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1806; secretary of thethe New Jersey senate, 1974-1980; elected as a Democrat to Hartford Convention in 1814; moved to Albany, N.Y., inthe Ninety-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses 1815; published the Albany Daily Advertiser 1815-1817;(January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Edison, moved to New York City in 1817 and established the NewN.J. York Daily Advertiser, with which he was connected until DWYER, Florence Price, a Representative from New the great fire of 1835; returned to Hartford, Conn., andJersey; born Florence Louise Price, July 4, 1902, in Reading, resided there until about three years before his death, whenBerks County, Pa.; attended the public schools in Reading, Biographies 943

Pa., and Toledo, Ohio; special courses at Rutgers Lawas assistant from 1762 to 1784; appointedcomptroller of the School; State legislation chairman of New Jersey Businessport of New London in 1764; delegate to the Stamp-Act and Professional Women; moved to Elizabeth, Union County,Congress in 1765; judge of the superior court 1766-1793, and N.J.; delegate to the Republican National Convention inserved as chief judge from 1789 until 1793; Member of the 1944; member of the State house of assembly 1950-1956;Continental Congress 1774-1779 and 1782-1783; member of United States Advisory Commission on Intergovernmentalthe committee of safety in 1775; retired from public lifein Relations, 1959-1973; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-1793; died in Windham, Conn., May 13, 1807; interment in fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3,Windham Cemetery. 1957-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection in Bibliography: DAB; Willingham, William F Connecticut Revolutionary: 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; retired and resided inEliphalet Dyer. Hartford: American Revolutionary Bicentennial Commission Elrzabeth, N.J., where she died February 29, 1976; interment of Connecticut, 1977. in St. Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia, N.J. DYER, Leonidas Carstarphen (nephew of David Patterson DYAL, Kenneth Warren, a Representative from Califor-Dyer), a Representative from Missouri; born near Warren- nia; born in Bisbee, Cochise County, Ariz., July 9, 1910;ton, Warren County, Mo., June 11,1871; attended the attended the public schools of San Bernardino and Colton,common schools, Central Wesleyan College,Warrenton, Mo., Calif.; moved to San Bernardino, Calif., in 1917; secretary toand Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; studied law; was San Bernardino, County Board of Supervisors, 1941-1943;admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in St. served as a lieutenant commander in the United StatesLouis, Mo.; served in the Spanish-American War; was a Naval Reserve, 1943-1946; postmaster of San Bernardino,member of the staff of Governor Hadley of Missouri, with 1947-1954; insurance company executive, 1954-1961; memberthe rank of colonel; commander in chief of the Spanish War of board of directors of Los Angeles Airways, Inc., 1956-1964;Veterans in 1915 and 1916; elected as a Republican to the elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (JanuarySixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); pre- 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelec-sented credentials as a Member-elect to the Sixty-third Con- tion in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; regional director, Sangress and served from March 4, 1913, to June19, 1914, when Francisco, Calif., Post Office Department, 1966-1969; Region-he was succeeded by Michael J.Gill, who contested his al Programs Coordinator, United States Post Office Depart- election; elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeed- ment, 1969-1971; resided in Oakland, Calif., until his deathing Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful there May 12,1978; interment in Montecito Cemetery,candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Con- Colton, Calif. gress and for election in 1934 to theSeventy-fourth Congress and in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the prac- DYER, David Patterson (uncle of Leonidas Carstarphentice of law; died in St. Louis, Mo., December 15, 1957;inter- Dyer), a Representative from Missouri; born in Henryment in Oak Grove Cemetery. County, Va., February 12, 1838; moved with his parents to Lincoln County, Mo., in 1841; completed preparatory studies; DYMALLY, Mervyn Malcolm, a Representative from Cali- studied law in Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo., and wasfornia; born in Cedros, Trinidad, British West Indies,May admitted to the bar in March 1859; elected prosecuting attor- 12,1926; attended Cedros Government School, Trinidad; ney for the third judicial circuit in 1860;during the Civilgraduated from St. Benedict and Naparima Secondary, San War served as a private in Captain Hardin's company, PikeFernando, Trinidad, 1944; B.A., California State University, County Regiment, Missouri Home Guard, and as lieutenantLos Angeles, 1954; M.A., California State University,Sacra- colonel and colonel in the Forty-ninth Regiment, Missourimento, 1969; Ph.D., United States InternationalUniversity, Volunteer Infantry; member of the State house of represent- San Diego, 1978; president, Mervyn M. Dymally Co.,Inc., atives 1862-1865; secretary of the State senate in 1866; dele- 1979-1981; teacher; lecturer; served in the California State gate to the Republican National Convention in 1868; electedlegislature, 1963-1966; State senator, 1967-1975; Lieutenant as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress(March 4, 1869-Governor, California, 1975-1979; elected as a Democrat to March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870the Ninety-seventh and to the three succeedingCongresses to the Forty-second Congress; resumed the practice of his(January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Compton, profession in St. Louis, Mo.; unsuccessful Republican candi-Calif. date for Governor in 1880; appointed by President Theodore DYSON, Royden Patrick, a Representative from Mary- Roosevelt United States attorney for the eastern district ofland; born in Great Mills, St. Mary's County, Md., November Missouri and served from March 9, 1902, to March 31, 1907; 15, 1948; attended private schools; graduatedfrom Great served as United States judge for the eastern district ofMills High School, 1966; attended the University ofMary- Missouri from April 1, 1907, to November 3, 1919, when heland, College Park, and the University of Baltimore, 1968, retired; died in St. Louis, Mo., April 29, 1924; interment in1969, and 1970; legislative assistant, United StatesHouse of Bellefontaine Cemetery. Representatives, 1973-1974; elected to the Maryland house DYER, Eliphalet, a Delegate from Connecticut; born inof delegates, 1975-1980; delegate, 1978 DemocraticNational Windham, Conn., September 14, 1721; pursued preparatoryIssues Conference; unsuccessful candidate forelection in studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1740; served1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to as town clerk; appointed captainin the militia in 1745;the Ninety-seventh and to the three succeedingCongresses studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1746 and commenced(January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Great practice in Windham; justice of the peace in 1746; elected aMills, Md. deputy to the general assembly in 1747, 1749, 1752, and 1753; was active in the project of establishing aConnecticut colony in the Susquehanna Valley, and served as agent of theSus- E quehanna Co. in London in 1763; in 1755, during the French and Indian War, was appointed a lieutenant colonel inthe EAGAN, John Joseph, a Representative from New Jersey; Connecticut Regiment; again a member of the general as-born in Hoboken, N.J., January 22, 1872; was graduated sembly 1756-1784, serving as deputy from 1756 to 1762 andfrom public, parochial, and private schools; in 1894founded 944 Biographical Directory

and was president of the Eagan Schools of Business in Hobo-1987; unsuccessful Democratic vice-presidential candidate ken, Union Hill, and Hackensack, N.J., and Brooklyn, N.Y.;1972; lawyer; is a resident of St. Louis, Mo. first vice president of the Merchants & Manufacturers' Bibliography: Eagleton, Thomas. Our Constitution and What It Means. Trust Co.; collector of taxes of Union, N.J., 1896-1899; elect- New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987; Eagleton, Thomas. War and Presirkntial ed as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeed- Power. New York: Liveright, 1974. ing Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921); delegate to the Democratic National Convention at San Francisco in EAMES, Benjamin Tucker, a Representative from Rhode 1920; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to theIsland; born in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., June 4, Sixty-seventh Congress; again elected to the Sixty-eighth1818; attended the common schools of Providence, R.I., and Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candi-academies in Massachusetts and Connecticut; employed as a date for renomination in 1924; resumed his former businessbookkeeper for several years; was graduated from Yale Col- pursuits; member and president of the Board of Education,lege in 1843; engaged as a teacher in the academy at North Weehawken, N.J., 1932-1940; appointed collector of taxesAttleboro, studying law at the same time; was admitted to and custodian of school moneys of Weehawken in 1940; col-the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Providence, R.I.; lector of taxes 1941-1955; resided in Weehawken, N.J., untilrecording and reading clerk of the State house of representa- his death in Paramus, N.J., June 13, 1956; interment intives 1845-1850; member of the State senate 1854-1857, 1863, Rosendale Cemetery, Tillson, N.Y. and again in 1864; one of the commissioners on the revision of the public laws of the State of Rhode Island in 1857; EAGER, Samuel Watkins, a Representative from Newserved in the State house of representatives in 1859, 1860, York; born in Neelytown, Orange County, N.Y., on April 8,1868, and 1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second 1789; attended Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, N.Y.,and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1871- and was graduated from Princeton College in 1809; studiedMarch 3,1879); chairman, Committee on Private Land law; was admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced prac- Claims (Forty-third Congress); was not a candidate for re-- tice in Newburgh, N.Y.; moved to Montgomery, N.Y., innomination; again a member of the State house of represent- 1826, and continued the practice of his profession; elected toatives 1879-1881; again served in the State senate in 1884 the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by theand 1885; died in East Greenwich, R.I., October 6, 1901; resignation of Hector Craig and served from November 2,interment in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I. 1830, to March 3, 1831; was not a candidate at the election held the same day for the Twenty-second Congress; returned EARHART, Daniel Scofield, a Representative from Ohio; to Newburgh in 1836 and engaged in literary pursuits; diedborn in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May, 28 1907; in Newburgh, N.Y., December 23, 1860; interment in St.attended the public schools, and the College of Engineering George Cemetery. of Ohio State University at Columbus; was graduated from the College of Law of Ohio State University in 1928; was EAGLE, Joe Henry, a Representative from Texas; born inadmitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., January 23, 1870;wasin Columbus, Ohio; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy- graduated from the local high school in 1883 and obtainedafourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of teacher's certificate in 1884; was also graduated from BurrittCharles V. Truax and served from November 3, 1936, to College, Spencer, Tenn., in 1887; moved to Texas; taughtJanuary 3, 1937; was not a candidate for election in 1936 to school 1887-1893 and served as superintendent of the citythe Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; schools of Vernon, Tex., 1889-1891; studied law; was admit-member of the Officers' Reserve Corps 1928-1941; ordered to ted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Wichitaactive service in the Infantry with rank of captain on May Falls, Tex.; city attorney of Wichita Falls in 1894 and 1895;26, 1941; transferred to the Army Air Forces with rank of moved to Houston in 1895 and continued the practice of law;major; promoted to lieutenant colonel and was relieved of elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the threeactive duty on February 24, 1946; commissioned lieutenant succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921);wascolonel in the Ohio Air National Guard in 1948; recalled to not a candidate for renomination in 1920; elected on Janu-active Federal military service September 2,1951, and ary 28, 1933, to both the Seventy-second and Seventy-thirdserved until September 7,1953, as commanding officer, Congresses to fill the vacancies caused by the death ofdeputy commander, and operations officer of the One Hun- Daniel E. Garrett, who had been reelected in 1932; reelecteddred and Fifty-fifth Tactical Control Group, United States to the Seventy-fourth Congress and served from January 28,Air Force, building up NATO tactical air control facilities in 1933, to January 3, 1937; was not a candidate for renomina-western Europe; resumed the practice of law; resided in tion in 1936, but was an unsuccessful candidate for theColumbus, Ohio, where he died January 2, 1976; cremated; Democratic nomination for United States Senator; resumed ashes interred in Green Lawn Cemetery. the practice of his profession; was a resident of Houston, Tex., until his death January 10, 1963; interment in Forest EARLE, Elias (uncle of and John Baylis Park (Lawndale) Cemetery. Earle and great-grandfather of John Laurens Manning Irby and Joseph Haynsworth Earle), a Representative from South EAGLETON, Thomas Francis, a Senator from Missouri;Carolina; born in Frederick County, Va., June 19, 1762; at- born in St. Louis, Mo., September 4, 1929; enlisted in thetended private school; moved to Greenville County, S.C., in United States Navy and served from 1948 to 1949; graduat-September 1787; was one of the earliest ironmasters of the ed, 1950; graduated, Harvard Law SchoolSouth, and prospected and negotiated in the iron region of 1953; elected circuit attorney of St. Louis, Mo., 1956; electedGeorgia; member of South Carolina house of representatives, attorney general of Missouri 1960; elected lieutenant gover- 1794-1797; member of the State senate in 1800; elected as a nor of Missouri 1964; elected as a Democrat to the UnitedRepublican to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805-March 3, States Senate in 1968 for the six-year term commencing1807); elected to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses January 3, 1969; subsequently appointed December 28, 1968,(March 4, 1811-March 3, 1815); again elected to the Fif- to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward V.teenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, Long for the term ending January 3, 1969; reelected in 19741821); died in Centerville, S.C., May 19, 1823; interment in and 1980, and served from December 28, 1968, to January 3, Old Earle Cemetery, Buncombe Road, Greenville, S.C. 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EARLE, John Baylis (nephew of and cousin ofton County, N.Y., October 5, 1787; moved with his parents to Samuel Earle), a Representative from South Carolina; bornOnondaga Valley in 1793; nine months later moved to Onon- on the North Carolina side of the North Pacolet River, neardaga County and resided in Skaneateles until 1804; attended Landrum, Spartanburg County, S.C., October 23,1766; the public schools and Fairfield Academy for two years; moved to South Carolina; completed preparatory studies;studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced served as a drummer boy and soldier during the Revolution-practice in Salina (which in 1848 became a part of Syracuse), ary War; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Re-Onondaga County; adjutant in the Army during the War of publican to the Eighth Congress (March 4, 1803-March 3,1812 at Oswego; resumed the practice of law at Onondaga

1805); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1804; re-- Hifi, N.Y., in 1814; postmaster of Onondaga Hill in 1816; sumed agricultural pursuits; adjutant and inspector generaljustice of the peace 1816-1820; master in chancery for six of South Carolina for sixteen years; served throughout theyears; appointed first judge of OnondagaCounty and served War of 1812; member of the nullification convention of 1832from 1823 until his resignation in 1831; superintendent of and 1833; died in Anderson County, S.C., February 8, 1863; the Onondaga Salt Springs 1881-1836, with residence in Syr- interment in the cemetery on his plantation, "Silver Glade,"acuse, N.Y.; resigned, and engaged in the millingbusiness in in Anderson County, S.C. Jordan; returned to Syracuse, N.Y., in 1838; elected as a EARLE, Joseph Haynsworth (great-grandson of EliasDemocrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839- Earle, cousin of John Laurens Manning Irby, and nephew ofMarch 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 William Lowndes Yancey), a Senator from South Carolina;to the Twenty-seventh Congress; retired to private life, being born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., April 30, 1847;blind for many years; died in Mottville, Onondaga County, attended private schools in Sumter, S.C.; at the outbreak ofN.Y., August 26, 1872; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Syr- the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army; graduatedacuse, N.Y. from Furman University, Greenville, S.C., in 1867; taught school for two years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in EARLY, Joseph Daniel, a Representative from Massachu- 1870 and commenced practice in Anderson, S.C.; returned tosetts; born in Worcester, Mass., Worcester County, January Sumter, S.C., in 1875 and continued the practice of law; also31, 1933; attended parochial schools in Worcester; B.S., Col- interested in the logging business and in agricultural pur-lege of the Holy Cross, Worcester, 1955; served in United suits; member, State house of representatives 1878-1882;States Navy, 1955-1957; taught high school in Shrewsbury member, State senate 1882-1886; attorney general of Southand Spencer, Mass., 1959-1963; served six terms in Massa- Carolina 1886-1890; declined the nomination for Governor inchusetts house of representatives, 1963-1974; delegate to 1888; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1890; returnedMassachusetts State Democratic conventions,1964-1970; to Greenville in 1892; elected circuit judge in 1894; elected as elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the six a Democrat to the United States Senate andserved fromsucceeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1989); is March 4, 1897, until his death in Greenville, S.C., May 20,a resident of Worcester, Mass. 1897; interment in Christ Churchyard. Bibliography: U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Char- EARLY, Peter, a Representative from Georgia; born near acter of Joseph H. Earle. 55th Cong., 2nd sess.,1898. Washington, D.C.: Madison, Madison County, Va., June 20, 1773; attended the Government Printing Office, 1898. Lexington Academy (later Washington College) in Rock- bridge County; was graduated from Princeton College in EARLE, Samuel (nephew of Elias Earle and cousin of1792; studied law in Philadelphia, Pa.; was admitted to the John Baylis Earle), a Representative from South Carolina;bar and commenced practice in Wilkes County, Ga., in 1796; born in Frederick County, Va., November 28, 1760; moved to South Carolina in 1774; participated in the Revolutionarymoved to Greene County in 1801 and continued the practice War, entering the service as an ensign in 1777 and leavingof law; elected as a Republican to the Seventh Congress to as captain of a company of rangers in 1782;member of theifil the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Milledge; State house of representatives 1784-1788; delegate to thereelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served State convention that ratified the Federal Constitution Mayfrom January 10, 1803, to March 3, 1807; one of the manag- 12, 1788; delegate to the State constitutional convention iners appointed by the House ofRepresentatives in January 1790; elected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress (March1804 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against John 4, 1795-March 3, 1797); died in Pendleton District, S.C., No-Pickering, judge of the United States District Court for New vember 24, 1833; interment in Beaverdam Cemetery, OconeeHampshire, and in December of the same year against County, S.C. Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; declined to be a candidate for reelection; first EARLL, Jonas, Jr. (cousin of Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll), ajudge of the superior court of the Ocmulgee circuit 1807- Representative from New York; born in 1786; resided in1813; Governor of Georgia 1813-1815; elected to the State Onondaga County, N.Y., and attended the common schools;senate in 1815 and served until his death near Scull Shoals, sheriff of Onondaga County 1815-1819; member of the StateGreene County, Ga., August 15, 1817; interment on the west assembly in 1820 and 1821; served in the State senate from January 1823 to January 1827; elected to the Twentiethbank of the Oconee River near his mansion; reinterment in Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-firstCity Cemetery, Greensboro, Ga. Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); chairman, Commit- Bibliography: DAB. tee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Twenty- EARNSHAW, Manuel, a Resident Commissioner from the

first Congress); elected a canal commissioner and servedPhilippine Islands; born in Cavite, Philippine Islands, No-- from January 1832 to February 1840; postmaster of Syra-vember 19, 1862; attended the Ateneo de Manila and the cuse, N.Y., from June 26, 1840, until March 10,1842; againNauti School, Manila, Philippine Islands; became engaged in elected a canal commissioner and served from February 8,engineering and in the drydocking business in 1884; founder, 1842, until his death in Syracuse, N.Y., October 28, 1846;president, and general manager of the Earnshaw Slipways & interment in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Onondaga Hill, Onon-Engineering Co.; elected as an Independent candidate a Resi- daga County, N.Y. dent Commissioner to the United States and served from EARLL, Nehemiah Hezekiah (cousin of Jonas Earll, Jr.), aMarch 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917; was not a candidate for Representative from New York; born in Whitehall, Washing-renomination in 1916; discontinued his former business pur- 946 Biographical Directory suits in 1921 and lived in retirement with residence inschools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and Cavite; died in Manila, Philippine Islands, February 13,practiced in Green Bay, Wis.; moved to Platteville, Wis., the 1936; interment in Cementerio del Norte. same year and continued the practice of law; secretary of EARTHMAN, Harold Henderson, a Representative fromthe legislative council of Wisconsin Territory 1843-1846; dis- Tennessee; born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn.,trict attorney of Grant County; elected as a Democrat to the April 13, 1900; attended the public schools, Webb School atThirty-second and Thirty-Third Congresses (March 4, 1851- Bell Buckle, Tenn., Southern Methodist University at Dallas,March 3, 1855); declined to be a candidate for renomination Tex., and the University of Texas at Austin; during the Firstin 1854; resumed the practice of law; died in Platteville, World War served in the United States Army as a privateGrant County, Wis., February 2, 1856; interment in Forest and was assigned to the Student's Army Training Corps; Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. moved to Nashville, Tenn., and engaged in the banking busi- EASTMAN, Ira Allen (nephew of Nehemiah Eastman), a ness 1921-1925; was admitted to the bar in 1926 and com-Representative from New Hampshire; born in Gilmanton, menced the practice of law in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; alsoN.H., January 1, 1809; attended the local schools; was grad- engaged in agricultural pursuits; resumed the study of law and was graduated from the law department of Cumberlanduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1829; stud- University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1927; served in the Stateied law; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced house of representatives in 1931 and 1932; judge of Ruther-practice in Troy, N.H.; returned to Gilmanton in 1834 and ford County, Tenn., 1942-1945; associate administrator ofcontinued the practice of law; clerk of the State house of war bonds for the State of Tennessee 1940-1946; elected as arepresentatives in 1835; member of the State house of repre- Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-sentatives 1836-1838, and served as speaker in 1837 and January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1838; register of probate from 1836 to 1839; elected as a 1946; resumed the practice of law; owner of Earthman En-Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congress- terprises; was a resident of Murfreesboro, Tenn., until hises (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee on death there on February 26, 1987; interment in EvergreenRevisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-seventh Congress); Cemetery. was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; judge of the court of common pleas 1844-1849; associate judge of the EAST, John Porter, a Senator from North Carolina; bornsupreme court 1849-1855; judge of the superior judicial court in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., May 5, 1931; attendedfrom 1855 to 1859; chosen trustee of Dartmouth College in the public schools; graduated, Eariham College, Richmond,1859; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in md., 1953; graduated, University of Illinois Law School,1863 and for United States Senator in 1866; resumed the Urbana, 1959; earned graduate degrees from the Universitypractice of law; died in Manchester, N.H., March 21, 1881; of Florida, Gainesville, 1962 and 1964; served in the Unitedinterment in Valley Cemetery. States Marine Corps 1953-1955; admitted to the Florida bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Naples; professor, East EASTMAN, Nehemiah (uncle of Ira Allen Eastman), a Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., 1964-1980; elected as aRepresentative from New Hampshire; born in Gilmanton, Republican to the United States Senate in 1980 and servedBelknap County, N.H., June 16, 1782; attended the local from January 3, 1981, until his death by suicide, June 29,academy in Gilmanton; studied law; was admitted to the bar 1986, in Greenville, N.C.; interment in Arlington Nationalin 1807 and practiced in Farmington, N.H.; member of the Cemetery, Arlington, Va. State house of representatives in 1813; served in the State senate 1820-1825; elected to the Nineteenth Congress (March EASTLAND, James Oliver, a Senator from Mississippi;4, 1825-March 3, 1827); resumed the practice of law; died in born in Doddsville, Sunflower County, Miss., November 28,Farmington, N.H., January 11, 1856; interment in Farming- 1904; moved with his parents to Forest, Miss., in 1905; at-ton Cemetery. tended the public schools, the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and the EASTON, Rufus, a Delegate from the Territory of Missou- University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; studied law; was ad- ri; born in Litchfield, Conn., May 4, 1774; completed an mitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in Forest,academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and Miss.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, Statecommenced practice in Rome, N.Y.; started west and settled house of representatives 1928-1932; moved to Ruleville, in Vincennes, Indiana Territory, in 1804; moved to St. Louis, Miss., in 1934; appointed as a Democrat to the United StatesMo. (then the District of Louisiana), and was appointed Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Pat Harri-judge of the District of Louisiana in 1805; appointed the first son and served from June 30, 1941, to September 28, 1941;postmaster of St. Louis and served from January 1, 1805, to was not a candidate for election to the vacancy; elected as aJanuary 1, 1815; elected a Delegate from the Territory of Democrat to the United States Senate in 1942; reelected inMissouri on September 17, 1814, and served until August 5, 1948, 1954, 1960, 1966, and again in 1972 and served from1816; unsuccessfully contested the election of John Scott for January 3, 1943, until his resignation December 27, 1978;the succeeding term; upon the organization of the State was not a candidate for reelection in 1978; served as Presi-government in 1821 was appointed attorney general and dent pro tempore of the Senate during the Ninety-secondserved until 1826; engaged in the practice of law and in the through the Ninety-fifth Congresses; chairman, Committeereal estate business; died in St. Charles, Mo., July 5, 1834; on the Judiciary (Eighty-fourth through Ninety-fifth Con-interment in Lindenwood College, Cemetery. gresses; was a resident of Doddsville, Miss., until his death EATON, Charles Aubrey (uncle of William Robb Eaton), a February 19, 1986; interment in Forest Cemetery, Forest,Representative from New Jersey; born in Nova Scotia March Miss. 29, 1868; attended the public schools; was graduated from Bibliography: Schlauch, Wolfgang. "Representative William Colmer and Senator James 0. Eastland and the Reconstruction of Germany, 1945.", Nova Scotia, in 1890 and from Newton Journal of Mississippi History 34 (August 1972): 193-213. Theological Institution, Newton Center, Mass.,in1893; pastor in Natick, Mass., 1892-1895, Toronto, Canada, 1895- EASTMAN, Ben C., a Representative from Wisconsin;1901, and Cleveland, Ohio, 1901-1909; moved to Watchung, born in Strong, Maine, October 24, 1812; attended the publicSomerset County, N.J., in 1909; pastor of the Madison Biographies 947

Avenue Church, New York City, 1909-1919; sociologicalcommenced practice in Denver, Cob.; served as deputy dis- editor of the Toronto Globe, Toronto, Canada, 1896-1901;trict attorney of the second judicial district 1909-1913; associate editor, Westminster, Toronto, Canada, 1899-1901;member of the State senate 1915-1918 and 1923-1926; elect- head of the national service section of the United Statesed as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation from Novem-Congresses (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful can- ber 1917 to January 1919; editor of Leslie's Weekly in 1919didate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and 1920; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and toand for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; the thirteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-Januaryresumed the practice of law in Denver, Cob., until his death 3, 1953); chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Eightieththere on December 16, 1942; interment in Fairmount Ceme- Congress), Select Committee on Foreign Aid (Eightieth Con-tery. gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952; died in Washington, D.C., January 23, 1953; interment in Hillside EATON, William Wallace, a Senator and a Representative Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J. from Connecticut; born in Tolland, Conn., October 11, 1816; Bibliography: DAB. educated in the common schools and by private instruction; moved to Columbia, S.C., and engaged in mercantile pur- EATON, John Henry, a Senator from Tennessee; bornsuits; returned to Tolland, Conn.; studied law; was admitted near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, N.C., June 18, 1790;to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice; clerk of courts of attended the common schools and the University of NorthTolland County 1846-1847; member, State house of repre- Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1803 and 1804; studied law; wassentatives 1847-1848, 1853, 1863, 1868, 1870-1871, 1873-1874; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Franklin,served as speaker in 1853 and 1873; member, State senate Tenn.; member, State house of representatives 1815-1816;1859; moved to Hartford, Conn., in 1851; clerk of courts of appointed in 1818 and subsequently elected as a RepublicanHartford County 1851 and 1854; city attorney 1857-1858; to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by theunsuccessful Democratic candidate for United States Sena- resignation of George W. Campbell and served from Septem-tor in 1860; chief judge of the city court of Hartford 1863- ber 5,1818, to March 3, 1821; elected to the Senate in1864, 1867-1872; appointed as a Democrat to the United September 1821, and again in 1826 and served from Septem-States Senate to if! the vacancy caused by the death of ber 27, 1821, until March 9, 1829, when he resigned to acceptWilliam A. Buckingham and served from February 5, 1875, a Cabinet position; chairman, Committee on District ofCo- March lumbia (Twentieth Congress); appointed Secretary of War byto March 3, 1875; elected for the full term beginning President Andrew Jackson and served from 1829 to 1831,4, 1875, and served until March 3, 1881; chairman, Commit- when he resigned; Governor, Territory of Florida 1834-1836;tee on Foreign Relations (Forty-sixth Congress); elected as a Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to SpainDemocrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883- 1836-1840; died in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1856;March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. resumed the practice of law; died in Hartford, Conn., Sep- Bibliography: DAB; Eaton, John Henry. The Life of Andrew Jackson. tember 21, 1898; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery. 1824. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1971; Lawrence, Frank, ed. The Life EBERHARTER, Herman Peter, a Representative from of Andrew Jackson, John Reid, and John Eaton. University: University ofPennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 29, 1892; attend- Alabama Press, 1974. ed Holy Trinity parish school, Morehead School and Fifth EATON, Lewis, a Representative from New York; born inAvenue High School; during the First World War served in that State; sheriff of Schenectady County in 1821 and 1822;the United States Army as a private in the TwentiethInfan- resided in Duanesburg; elected to the Eighteenth Congresstry and was commissioned as a secznd lieutenant; wasgrad- (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825); member of the State senateuated from Duquesne University Law School, Pittsburgh, 1829-1832. Pa., in 1925; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; was a member of the EATON, Thomas Marion, a Representative from Califor-Officers' Reserve Corps with rank of captain; member of the nia; born on a farm near Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill.,State house of representatives in 1935 and 1936; elected as a August 3, 1896; attended the public schools; was graduated succeeding from the State Normal School, Normal, Ill., in 1917; servedDemocrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the ten as principal of a grade school, Clinton, Ill., in 1917 and1918;Congresses and served from January 3, 1937, until his death; during the First World War served in the United Stateshad been renominated to the Eighty-sixth Congress; died in Navy as an ensign; moved to Long Beach, Calif., in 1921 andArlington, Va., September 9,1958; interment in Mount engaged in the automobile sales business; elected to the cityCarmel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. council in 1934; reelected in 1936, and was unanimously ECHOLS, Leonard Sidney, a Representative from West chosen mayor by the council; elected as a Republican to the Virginia; born in Madison, Boone County, W.Va., October 30, Seventy-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1939,1871; attended the public schools; was graduated from the until his death in Long Beach, Calif., September 16, 1939;commercial department of the University of Kentucky at interment in Sunnyside Mausoleum. Lexington in 1894, from the Concord State Normal School, EATON, William Robb (nephew of ),Athens, W.Va., in 1898, and from the law department of the a Representative from Colorado; born inPugwash, ProvinceSouthern Normal University, Huntingdon, Tenn., in 1900; of Nova Scotia, Canada, December 17, 1877; immigrated towas admitted to the bar in 1900 and commencedpractice in the United States with his parents who settled in Boston,Point Pleasant, W.Va., in 1903; prosecuting attorney of Mass., in 1878, and in Denver, Cob., in 1881; attended publicMason County 1904-1909; assistant State tax commissioner and private schools; employed as a bank clerk 1889-1901;for West Virginia 1909-1919; elected as a Republican to the engaged as a jobber and wholesaler and in the warehouseSixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 19 19- business 1901-1909; served in Troop B, First Squadron Cav-March 3, 1923); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in alry, National Guard of Colorado, 1898-1904; was graduated the Department of Navy (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Con- from the law department of the University of Denver atgresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Denver in 1909; was admitted to the bar the same year andSixty-eighth Congress and for election in 1924 to the Sixty- 948 Biographical Directory

ninth Congress; member of the committee on appeals andzine, 1937-1938; LL.B., University of Texas, 1939; served in review of the United States Treasury Department from MayU.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1944; Southwestern Director of 1, 1923, to September 15, 1924; delegate to the RepublicanOffice of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1944-1945; State convention in 1924; postmaster at Charleston, W.Va.,was a practicing attorney until he entered Congress in 1967; 1925-1928; resumed the practice of law; served as referee inserved in the Texas house of representatives, 1958-1966; bankruptcy and as special master in the United States Dis-elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the six suc- trict Court, Charleston, W.Va.; died in Charleston, W.Va.,ceeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1981); unsuc- May 9, 1946; interment in Sunset Memorial Park, Southcessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-sev- Charleston, W.Va. enth Congress; is a resident of Houston, Tex. ECKART, Dennis Edward, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 6, 1950; ECKLEY, Ephraim Ralph, a Representative from Ohio; attended private schools in Euclid, Ohio; B.A., Xavier Uni-born near Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 9, versity, Cincinnati, 1971; LL.B., Cleveland State University,1811; moved with his parents to Hayesville, Ohio, in 1816; Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 1974; admitted to theattended the common schools and was graduated from Ver- Ohio bar in 1974 and commenced practice in Cleveland;million Institute, Hayesville, Ohio; moved to Carrollton, Car- served in the Ohio house of representatives, 1975-1980; elect-roll County, Ohio, in 1833 and taught school; studied law; ed as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the threewas admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); isCarrollton; member of the State senate 1843-1846, 1849, and a resident of Mentor, Ohio. 1850; unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1851; served in the State house of representatives ECKERT, Charles Richard, a Representative from Penn- 1853-1857; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1853 to the sylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., Janu-United States Senate; delegate to the first Republican Na- ary 20, 1868; attended the public schools, Piersol's Academytional Convention at Philadelphia in 1856; during the Civil at West Bridgewater, Pa., and Geneva College at BeaverWar served in the Union Army as colonel of the Twenty- Falls, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1894 andsixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and also of the commenced practice in Beaver, Pa., the same year; delegateEighteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; brevetted to the Democratic National Convention in 1928; elected as abrigadier general; elected as a Republican to the Thirty- Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresseseighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate1863-March 3, 1869); was not a candidate for renomination for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; memberin 1868; resumed the practice of law in Carroilton, Carroll of board of directors of Beaver Trust Co.; resumed the prac-County, Ohio, where he died March 27, 1908; interment in tice of law until his death as the result of an automobileGrand View Cemetery. accident in Rochester, Pa., October 26, 1959; interment in Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, Pa. ECTON, Zales Nelson, a Senator from Montana; born in Weldon, McCone County, Iowa, April 1, 1898; moved to Gal- ECKERT, Fred J., a Representative from New York; bornlatin County, Mont., in 1907; attended the public schools of in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., May 6, 1941; was grad-Gallatin County, Montana State College at Bozeman, and uated from North Texas State University, Denton, Tex., inthe University of Chicago Law School; rancher with inter- 1964 and took postgraduate courses at New York University,ests in grain and livestock 1921-1946; member, State house New York City, and at the New School for Social Research,of representatives 1933-1937; member, State senate 1937- New York City, 1965-1966; supervisor of the town of Greece, N.Y., 1970-1972; member of the State senate 1972-1982;1946; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in president of the advertising agency Eckert-Hogan-Newell,1946, and served from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1953; Inc., Rochester, N.Y., 1973-1984; United States Ambassadorunsuccessful candidate forreelectionin1952; resumed to Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and Kiribati, 1982-1984; elected as aranching activities; died at Bozeman, Mont., March 3, 1961; Republican to the Ninety-ninth Congress (January 3, 1985-interment in Sunset Hills Cemetery. January 3, 1987); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelec- EDDY, Frank Marion, a Representative from Minnesota; tion in 1986; United States ambassador to the United Na-born in Pleasant Grove, Olmsted County, Minn., April 1, tions Agencies for Food and Agriculture, 1987-1988; presi-1856; with his parents moved to Iowa in 1860, returned in dent of Eckert Associates; is a resident of Arlington, Va.1863 to Olmsted County, Minn., and settled near Elmira, ECKERT, George Nicholas, a Representative from Penn- and in 1867 moved to Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.; sylvania; born in Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pa., July 4,attended the common -schools; taught school in a rural dis- 1802; was graduated from the medical department of thetrict; employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. as a University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1824 and com-land examiner in 1881 and 1882; moved to Glenwood, Minn., menced practice in Reading, Pa.; one of the organizers ofand served as clerk of the district court of Pope County Berks County Medical Society in 1824; moved to Pine Grove,1884-1893; was the first Representative from Minnesota who Schuylkill County, Pa., and engaged in the coal and ironwas a native of that State; elected as a Republican to the trade; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4,Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 1847-March 3, 1849); appointed Director of the United States4, 1895-March 3, 1903); chairman, Committee on Mines and Mint at Philadelphia by President Millard Fillmore andMining (Fifty-seventh Congress); declined to be a candidate served from June 1851 to June 6, 1853; died in Philadelphia,for renomination in 1902; editor and owner of the Sauk Pa., on June 28, 1865; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.Centre Herald 1901-1907; engaged in writing and lecturing 1907-19 15; member of the Minnesota Immigration Bureau in ECKHARDT, Robert Christian (grandnephew of Rudolph1916; became engaged in journalism in St. Paul; employed as Kleberg, nephew of Harry McLeary Wurzbach, cousin ofa clerk in the automobile department in the office of the Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr.), a Representative from Texas;secretary of state of Minnesota in 1918, in which capacity he born in Austin, Tex., July 16, 1913; B.A., University ofserved until his death in St. Paul, Minn., January 13, 1929; Texas, 1935; editor, Texas Ranger, University of Texas maga-interment in Greenwood Cemetery,- Sauk Centre, Minn. 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EDDY, Norman, a Representative from Indiana; born in EDGAR, Robert William, a Representative fromPennsyl- Scipio, N.Y., December 10,1810; attended the commonvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 29, 1943;attended schools, and was graduated from the medical department ofpublic schools in Springfield, Pa.; B.A., Lycoming College, the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1835;Williamsport, Pa., 1965; Master of Divinity, Drew University moved to Indiana, settled in Mishawaka, and practiced medi-Theological School, Madison, N.J., 1968; certificate in pasto- cine until 1847; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1847ral psychiatry, Hahnemann Medical College andHospital, and commenced practice in South Bend, md.; member of thePhiladelphia, Pa., 1969; ordained a United Methodist minis- State senate in 1850; held several local offices; elected as ater, 1968; served as United Protestant Chaplainof Drexel Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-University in Philadelphia, 1971-1974; elected as a Democrat March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Ninety-fourth and to the fivesucceeding Congresses to the Thirty-fourth Congress; appointed byPresident Pierce(January 3, 1975-January 3, 1987); was not acandidate for attorney general of the Territory of Minnesota in 1855;colo- reelection in 1986, but was an unsuccessfulcandidate for the nel of the Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry duringUnited States Senate; special assistant to Rep. WilliamH. the Civil War; collector of internal revenue 1865-1870; secre-Gray, III, 1988; is a resident of Annandale, Va. tary of state of Indiana 1870-1872; died in Indianapolis, md., EDGE, Walter Evans, a Senator from New Jersey;born in January 28, 1872; interment in the City Cemetery, SouthPhiladelphia, Pa., November 20, 1873; moved with his par- Bend, md. ents to Pleasantville, N.J., in 1877; attendedthe public EDDY, Samuel, a Representative from Rhode Island; bornschools; employed in a printing office in Atlantic City,N.J., in Johnston, near Providence, R.I., March 31, 1769; complet-1890-1894; newspaper owner and publisher; journal clerk of ed preparatory studies; was graduated from Brown Universi-the State senate 1897-1899; during theSpanish-American ty, Providence, R.I., in 1787; studied law; wasadmitted toWar served as a second lieutenant; secretary of the State the bar in 1790 and practiced a short time inProvidence;senate 1901-1904; member, State house ofassembly 1910; clerk of the Rhode Island Supreme Court 1790-1793; secre-- member, State senate 1911-1916, serving aspresident in tary of state 1798-1819; elected to theSixteenth, Seven- 1915; Governor of New Jersey 1917-1919, when he resigned, teenth, and Eighteenth Congresses (March 4, 1819-March 3,having been elected United States Senator; elected as aRe- 1825); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 tothepublican to the United States Senate in 1918;reelected in Nineteenth Congress and for election in 1828 to the Twenty-1924 and served from March 4, 1919, until his resignation on first Congress; associate justice of the State supreme court inNovember 21, 1929, to accept a diplomatic post;chairman, 1826 and 1827, and served as chief justice 1827-1835; died in Committee on Coast and Insular Survey (Sixty-sixthCon- Providence, R.I., February 3, 1839; interment in North Endgress), Committee on Interoceanic Canals(Sixty-seventh Cemetery. through Seventy-first Congresses), Committee on PostOffice Ambassa- EDELSTEIN, Morris Michael, a Representative from Newand Post Roads (Sixty-eighth Congress); appointed dor to France by President Herbert Hoover1929-1933; again York; born in Meseritz, Poland, February 5, 1888; at threeGovernor of New Jersey 1944-1947; died in NewYork City, years of age immigrated to the United Stateswith his par- Cemetery, Down- ents, who settled in New York City; attended the publicOctober 29, 1956; interment in Northbrook ingtown, Pa. schools and Cooper Union College in New York City; was Bibliography: DAB; Edge, Walter. A Jerseyman's Journal,Fifty Years of graduated from the Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence American Business and Politics.Princeton: Princeton University Press, University, New York City, in 1909; was admitted to the bar in 1910 and commenced the practice of law in New York 1948. City; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to EDGERTON, Alfred Peck (brother of JosephKetchum fill the vacancy caused by the death of William I. Sirovich;Edgerton), a Representative from Ohio; bornin Plattsburg, reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress and served fromN.Y., January 11,1813; was graduated from Plattsburg February 6, 1940, until his death on June 4, 1941, in theAcademy; engaged in newspaper work for abrief period, and cloakroom of the House of Representatives, Washington,later in commercial pursuits in NewYork City; moved to D.C., after completing the delivery of a speech on the floorofHicksville, Ohio, in 1837; manager of theAmerican Land Maspeth,Co., and engaged in opening newland for settlement in the House; interment in Mount Zion Cemetery, 1837-1852; member of Long Island, N.Y. northwestern Ohio, near Hicksville, the State senate in 1845 and 1846; elected as aDemocrat to EDEN, John Rice, a Representative from Illinois; borninthe Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses(March 4, Bath County, Ky., February 1, 1826; moved with his parents1851-March 3,1855); chairman, Committee on Claims to Indiana; attended the public schools; studiedlaw; was(Thirty-third Congress); financial agent of the Boardof State admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practiceinFund Commissioners of Ohio in 1853, withresidence in New Sullivan, Ill.; prosecuting attorney for the seventeenthjudi-York City; moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., in1857; general cial district of Illinois 1856-1860; elected as a Democrattomanager of the Wabash & ErieCanal 1859-1868; unsuccess- the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3,1865); ful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohioin 1868; chair- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-man of the United States CivilService Commission in 1885; ninth Congress; unsuccessful Democratic nomineefor Gover- died in Hicksville, Defiance County,Ohio, May 14, 1897; nor of Illinois in 1868; elected tothe Forty-third, Forty-interment in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne,Ind. fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March3, Bibliography: DAB. 1879); chairman, Committee on War Claims(Forty-fourth for re- EDGERTON, Alonzo Jay, a Senator from Minnesota;born and Forty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate pursued prepar- nomination in 1878; resumed the practice of law in Sullivan,in Rome, Oneida County, N.Y., June 7, 1827; (March 4, 1885-atory studies; was graduated fromWesleyan University, Ill.; elected to the Forty-ninth Congress Mantorville, Minn., in March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for renominationinMiddletown, Conn., in 1850; settled in died in Sullivan,1855; studied law; was admitted to the bar in1855 and 1886; again engaged in the practice of law; of Moultrie County, Ill., June 9, 1909; intermentin Greenhillcommenced practice in Mantorville; prosecuting attorney Dodge County; member, State senate1858-1859; during the Cemetery. 950 Biographical Directory

Civil War served in the Tenth MinnesotaVolunteer Regi- EDMANDS, John Wiley, a Representative from Massachu- ment 1862-1867 and was brevetted brigadier general;rail-setts; born in Boston, Mass., March 1, 1809; completedpre- road commissioner 187 1-1875; member, Statesenate 1877-paratory studies, and was graduated from the English High 1879; moved to Kasson, Minn., in 1878; appointedas a Re-School at Boston; interested in woolen mills in Dedham, publican to the United States Senate to fill thevacancyMass., and the Pacific Mills Co. in Lawrence, Mass.; elected caused by the resignation of andservedas a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853- from March 12 to October 30, 1881, whena successor wasMarch 3, 1855); declined to be a candidate for renomination elected; appointed chief justice of the Territorial Supremein 1854; treasurer of the Pacific Mills at Lawrence in 1855; Court of Dakota; upon the admission of South Dakota as apresidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1868; died in State into the Union was made United States judgeof thatNewton, Mass., on January 31, 1877; interment in Mount district; served as president of the constitutional conventionAuburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. of South Dakota; died at Sioux Falls, S.Dak.,on August 9, 1896; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Mantorville,Minn. EDMISTON, Andrew, a Representative from West Virgin- EDGERTON, Joseph Ketchum (brother of Alfred Peckia; born in Weston, Lewis County, W.Va., November 13, Edgerton), a Representative from Indiana; born in Ver-1892; attended the Friends' Select School, Washington, D.C., gennes, Addison County, Vt., February 16, 1818; attendedKentucky Military Institute at Lyndon, and the University the public schools of Clinton County, N.Y.; studied law inof West Virginia at Morgantown; engaged in agricultural Plattsburg (N.Y.) Academy; was admitted to the bar andpursuits 1915-1917 and in the manufacture of glass at commenced practice in New York City in 1839; moved toWeston, W.Va., since 1925; served overseasas a second lieu- Fort Wayne, md., in 1844 and continued the practice of law;tenant with the Thirty-ninth Infantry, Fourth Division, director of the Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Co. in 18541917-1919; awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the and later its president; president of the Grand Rapids &Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Distinguished Indiana Railroad Co. in 1855; director of the Ohio & IndianaService Medal of West Virginia; editor of the Weston (W.Va.) Railroad Co. in 1856; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-Democrat 1920-1935; mayor of Weston, W.Va., 1924-1926; eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessfuldelegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1928 candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Con- and 1952; State chairman of the Democratic executivecom- gress; died in Boston, Mass., August 25, 1893; interment inmittee 1928-1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, md. Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lynn S. Homer; reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the three EDGERTON, Sidney, a Representative from Ohio; born insucceeding Congresses and served from November 28, 1933, Cazenovia, N.Y., August 17,1818; attended the countryto January 3, 1943; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in schools and the academy at Lima, N.Y., where hewas later1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; resumed his former an instructor; moved to Ohio in 1844; taught in the academybusiness pursuits; appointed State director of War Manpow- at Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1844; studied law;was graduateder for West Virginia on June 28, 1943, and served until his from the Cincinnati Law School in 1845;was admitted to theresignation on June 30, 1945, to return to private business; bar and commenced practice in Akron, Ohio, in 1846;dele-died in Weston, W.Va., August 28, 1966; interment in Mach- gate to the convention that formed the Free-Soil Party inpelah Cemetery. 1848; prosecuting attorney of Summit County 1852-1856;del- egate to the first Republican National Convention in 1856; EDMOND, William, a Representative from Connecticut; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-sev-born in Woodbury, Conn., September 28, 1755; attended the enth Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863);was not acommon schools and was graduated from Yale College in candidate for renomination in 1862; served as colonel of the1778; served in the Revolutionary Army; studied law; was Squirrel Hunters during the Civil War; appointed Unitedadmitted to the bar in 1780 and commenced practice in States judge for the Territory of Idaho in 1863; Governor ofNewtown, Conn.; member of the State house of representa- Montana Territory in 1865 and 1866; resumed the practice oftives 1791-1797, 1801, and 1802; served in the State senate law in Akron, Ohio, where he died July 19, 1900; interment1797-1799; elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress to in Tailmadge Cemetery, Talimadge, Ohio. fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Davenport; Bibliography: DAB. reelected to the Sixth Congress and served from November 13, 1797, to March 3, 1801; declined to be a candidate for EDIE, John Rufus, a Representative from Pennsylvania;renomination in 1800; resumed the practice of law in New- born in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., January 14, 1814;town; associate judge of the State supreme court 1805-1819; attended the public schools, Emmitsburg (Md.) College, andretired to private life and continued the practice of law; died the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.;in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., on August 1, 1838; principal of the Gettysburg schools for severalyears; studiedinterment in Newtown Cemetery. law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commencedprac- tice in Somerset, Pa.; member of the State senate in 1845 EDMONDS, George Washington, a Representative from and 1846; appointed deputy attorney general in 1847 andPennsylvania; born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., served until 1850; district attorney 1850-1854; electedas aFebruary 22, 1864; attended the public schools and Central Whig tothe Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth CongressesHigh School; was graduated from the Philadelphia College of (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate forPharmacy in 1887 and practiced pharmacy for several years; renomination in 1858; commissioned a major of the Fif-engaged in the coal business; member of the common council teenth Regiment, United States Infantry, May 14, 1861;pro-of Philadelphia 1896-1902; elected as a Republican to the moted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1863 and servedSixty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, with the Fifteenth and Eighth Regiments, United States1913-March 3, 1925); chairman, Committee on Claims (Sixty- Infantry, until January 1871, when he was honorably dis-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses); unsuccessful candi- charged; brevetted colonel September 1, 1864; resumed thedate for renomination in 1924; engaged in the wholesale coal practice of law in Somerset, Pa., and died there August 27,and lumber business; elected manager of the Port of Phila- 1888; interment in Union Cemetery. delphia Ocean Traffic Bureau in September 1927 and served Biographies 951 until 1933; again elected to the Seventy-third CongressElectoral Commission to decide the contests in various (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate forStates in the presidential election of 1876; resumed the prac- reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; resumedtice of law in Philadelphia, Pa.; subsequently moved to Pasa- the wholesale coal business in Philadelphia, Pa.; died indena, Calif., where he died February 27, 1919; interment in Philadelphia on September 28, 1939; interment in WestGreen Mount Cemetery, Burlington, Vt. Laurel Hill Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; Adler,Selig. The Senatorial Career of George Franklin Edmunds, 1866-1891." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois, EDMONDSON, Edmond Augustus (brother of James H. 1934; Welch, Richard E., Jr. "George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Edmondson), a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Mus- Half-Breed." Vermont History 36 (Spring 1968): 64-73. kogee, Okia., April 7, 1919; attended the public schools; grad- uated from Muskogee Junior College in 1938 and from the EDMUNDS, Paul Carrington, a Representative from Vir- University of Oklahoma in 1940; special agent with the Fed-ginia; born at "Springwood," the country estate, near Hali- eral Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C., 1940-1943;fax Court House, Halifax County, Va., November 1, 1836; attended Georgetown University Law School; interruptedstudied under a private teacher; was graduated from the studies there and served in the United States Navy 1943-University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855, and from 1946 with service in the South Pacific and discharged as athe law department of the College of William and Mary, lieutenant; United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1970;re- Williamsburg, Va., in 1857; was admitted to the bar the turned to Georgetown University and graduated in 1947;same year and commenced practice in JeffersonCity, Mo.; was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C., and Oklahomareturned to Virginia in 1859 and engaged in agricultural the same year and commenced practice in Muskogee, Okla.;pursuits on his farm in Halifax County; served as first lieu- county attorney of Muskogee County, Okla.; delegate, Demo-tenant, Company A, Montague's battalion, in the Confeder- cratic National Convention, 1968; elected as a Democrat toate Army during the Civil War; member of the Virginia the Eighty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (Jan-State senate 1881-1888; delegate to the Democratic National uary 3, 1953-January 3, 1973); was not acandidate in 1972Convention in 1884; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for electionFifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4,1889- to the United States Senate in 1972 and 1974; unsuccessfulMarch 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in candidate for nomination to the United States Senate inthe Department of Agriculture (Fifty-second and Fifty-third 1978; is a resident of Muskogee, Okla. Congresses); declined to be a candidate for renomination in EDMONDSON, James Howard (brother of Edmond A. Ed- 1894; died in Houston, Halifax County, Va., March 12, 1899; mondson), a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Muskogee,interment in St. John's Churchyard, Halifax, Va. Okla., September 27, 1925; attended the public schools; during the Second World War enlisted in the United States EDMUNDSON, Henry Alonzo, a Representative from Vir- Army Air Corps 1943-1945; graduated from the law depart-ginia; born in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Va., June ment of the University of Oklahoma at Norman 1948; was 14, 1814; attended private schools, and was graduatedfrom admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in Musko-Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; studiedlaw; was gee the same year; moved to Tulsa in 1953 and waschiefadmitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in prosecutor in the Tulsa County attorney's office; unsuccess-Salem, Va.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-firstand to ful candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in 1953; electedthe five succeeding Congresses (March 4,1849-March 3, Tulsa County attorney in 1954 and reelected in 1956; Gover-1861); chairman, Committee on Expenditures onPublic nor of Oklahoma 1959-1963, when he resigned and was im-Buildings (Thirty-third Congress); served in the Confederate mediately appointed as a Democrat to the United StatesArmy as lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-fourth Virginia Regi- Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert S.ment until 1862, when he was assigned to thecommand of Kerr and served from January 7, 1963, to November 3, 1964;the Twenty-seventh Virginia Cavalry; at the closeof hostil- unsuccessful candidate for nomination to fill the vacancy inities he resumed the practice of law, and subsequently,in 1964; returned to Oklahoma City and resumed the practice1880, engaged in agricultural pursuits; died at hishome, of law; died in Edmond, Okla., November 17, 1971; interment"Falling Waters," Shawsville, Montgomery County, Va., De- in Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okia. cember 16, 1890; interment in Fotheringay Cemetery, Mont- Bibliography: Davis, Billy J. "J. Howard Edmondson: A Political Biogra- gomery County, Va. phy." Ph.D. dissertation, Texas Tech University, 1980. EDSALL, Joseph E., a Representative from New Jersey; EDMUNDS, George Franklin, a Senator from Vermont; N.J., in born in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vt., February 1, 1828;born in Rudeville, near Hamburg, Sussex County, 1789; attended the common schools; engaged inmercantile attended the common schools and was privately tutored; served as studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commencedpursuits; operated a distillery and a tannery; practice in Burlington, Vt.; member, State house of repre-county clerk; member of the New Jersey houseof assembly; sentatives1854-1859,servingthreeyearsasspeaker;served as judge of the court of common pleas; elected as a member, State senate, serving as its presiding officer in 1861 Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses and 1862; appointed on April 3, 1866, and elected on October(March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); died in Hamburg, N.J., in 24, 1866, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill1865; interment in the Baptist Burying Ground. the vacancy caused by the death of Solomon Foote; reelected EDWARDS, Benjamin (father of ), a Rep- in 1868, 1874, 1880, and 1886 and served from April 3, 1866, until his resignation, effective November 1, 1891; served asresentative from Maryland; born in Stafford County, Va., August 12, 1753; attended the common schools;engaged in President pro tempore of the Senate during the Forty-sev-agricultural and mercantile pursuits in Montgomery County, enth and Forty-eighth Congresses; chairman, Committee onMd.; member of the State house of delegates forseveral Pensions (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses), Commit- convention which ratified the tee on the Judiciary (Forty-second through Fifty-secondCon-years; delegate to the State gresses, except the Forty-sixth), Committee onPrivate LandFederal Constitution in 1788; elected to the Third Congress Claims (Forty-sixth Congress), Committee on Foreign Rela-to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationof Uriah For- tions (Forty-seventh Congress); appointed a member of therest and served from January 2 to March 3, 1795;moved to 952 Biographical Directory

Todd County, Ky.; died in Eklton, Ky., November 13, 1829;gress; died in London, Ky., September 19, 1938; interment in interment on his estate at Elkton, Ky. Pine Grove Cemetery. EDWARDS, Caidwell, a Representative from Montana; EDWARDS, Edward Irving, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, N.Y., January 8, 1841;born in Jersey City, N.J., Decenber 1, 1863; attended the was educated in the district schools; salesman and bookkeep- er in dry-goods stores for several years; moved to Bozeman,Jersey City public schools and Iew York University, New Territory of Montana, in 1864 and became engaged in agri-York City; studied law; engaged in banking and in the gen- cultural pursuits; member of the State house of representa-eral contracting business; president and chairman of the tives 1901-1905; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-seventhboard of directors of the First National Bank of Jersey City; Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903); was not a candidatecomptroller of the treasury of New Jersey 1911-1917; for renomination in 1902; at the expiration of his termre-member, State senate 1918-1920; Governor of New Jersey turned to his ranch in Montana; died in Sag Harbor, N.Y., 1920-1923; elected as a Democrat to the United States July 23, 1922; interment in Oakland Cemetery. Senate and served from March 4, 1923, to March 3, 1929; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928; died in Jersey EDWARDS, Charles Gordon, a Representative from Geor-City, N.J., January 26, 1931; interment in New York Bay gia; born in Daisy, Tattnall (now Evans) County, Ga., July 2,Cemetery. 1878; attended the public schools, Gordon Institute, Barnes- Bibliography: Stickle, Warren E. "Edward I. Edwards and the Urban ville, Ga., and Florida State College at Lake City;was grad- Coalition of 1919." New Jersey Histo,y 90 (Summer 1972): 83-96. uated from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1898; was admitted to the bar the same year EDWARDS, Edwin Washington (husbandof Elaine and commenced practice in Reidsville; moved to SavannahSchwartzenburg Edwards), a Representative from Louisiana; in 1900 and continued the practice of law; also interested inborn in Avoyelles Parish near Marksville, La., August 7, agricultural pursuits; served as a sergeant in the Savannah1927; attended the public schools; volunteered in the Naval Volunteer Guards, Company B, Coast Artillery, in 1902 andAir Corps at age seventeen and served from May 1945 to 1903 and as a second lieutenant in the Oglethorpe LightApril 1946; Louisiana State University, LL.B., January 1949, Infantry of the First Georgia Regiment of Infantry in 1903converted to J.D., 1969; was admitted to the bar in 1949 and and 1904; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and to thebegan the practice of law in Crowley, Acadia Parish, La.; four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1917); elected to the Crowley city council in 1954 and was reelected did not seek reelection in 1916; resumed the practice of lawin 1958; elected to the State senate in December 1964 and in Savannah, Ga.; president of the Savannah Board of Traderesigned October 1, 1965, having been elected to Congress; in 1919 and 1920; trustee of the Southern Methodist College,elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress, by spe- McRae, Ga.; member of the Harbor Commission of Savan-cial election, October 2, 1965, to fill the vacancy caused by nah, Ga., 1920-1924; elected to the Sixty-ninth and to thethe death of T. Ashton Thompson; reelected to the three three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1925,succeeding Congresses and served from October 18, 1965, until his death in Atlanta, Ga., July 13, 1931; interment inuntil his resignation May 9, 1972, to become Governor of Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. Louisiana; reelected in November 1975 and served until EDWARDS, Don, a Representative from California; bornMarch 10, 1980; again elected Governor on October 22, 1983, in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., January 6, 1915;and served from March 12, 1984-March 14, 1988; was an attended the public schools of San Jose; Stanford University,unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1987; is a resident of B.A., 1936; attended Stanford University Law School andCrowley, La. was admitted to the bar in 1940; special agent, Federal EDWARDS, Elaine Schwartzenburg (wife of Edwin Wash- Bureau of Investigation, 1940 and 1941; served in the United States Navy as naval intelligence and gunnery officer, 1942-ington Edwards), a Senator from Louisiana; born Elaine Lu- 1945; president, Valley Title Co., of Santa Clara County,cille Schwartzenburg in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, La., 1951-1975; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1964 March 8, 1929; attended public schools; appointed to the and 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and toUnited States Senate by her husband, Governor Edwin W. the twelve succeeding Congresses (Janaury 3, 1963-JanuaryEdwards, August 1, 1972, as a Democrat to fill the vacancy 3, 1989); is a resident of San Jose, Calif. caused by the death of Allen J. Ellender, and served from August 1, 1972, until her resignation November 13, 1972; is a EDWARDS, Don Calvin, a Representative from Kentucky;resident of Baton Rouge, La. born in Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa, on July 13, 1861; moved to Erie, Neosho County, Kans., with his parents in EDWARDS, Francis Smith, a Representative from New 1869; attended the common schools of Iowa and Kansas, andYork; born in Windsor, Broome County, N.Y., May 28, 1817; Campbell University, Holton, Kans.; engaged in banking andcompleted preparatory studies; attended Hamilton (N.Y.) in the insurance business in Erie, Kans., in 1883; moved toCollege (now Colgate University), but did not graduate; stud- London, Laurel County, Ky., in 1892 and engaged in theied law; was admitted to the bar in New York City May 20, manufacture of staves and in the wholesale lumber business; 1840, and practiced in Sherburne and Albany; moved to president of the National Bank of London, Ky.; clerk andFredonia in 1851 and continued the practice of law; appoint- master commissioner of the Laurel circuit court from 1898ed master and examiner in chancery for Chenango County to 1904; chairman of' the Kentucky State Republican conven-in 1842; appointed special county surrogate of Chautauqua tion in 1908; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth,County in 1853, and served until November 1, 1855; elected Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3,as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth 1911); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Depart-Congress and served from March 4, 1855, to February 28, ment of State (Sixty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate1857, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate for reelec- for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumedtion in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; settled in Dunkirk, the lumber and banking business in London, KY.; delegate toN.Y., in 1859, and resumed the practice of his profession; the Republican National Convention in 1912; unsuccessfulcity attorney for nine years; retired from the practice of law candidate for nomination in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Con-in 1892; elected police justice in 1895 and served until ten Biographies 953 days before his death; died in Dunkirk, N.Y., on May 20,house of representatives in 1845 and 1846;moved to Califor- 1899; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y. nia, and in 1849 was elected an alcalde;returned to Indiana in 1852; member of the State senate in1853; moved to EDWARDS, Henry Waggaman (son of Pierpont Edwards),Chariton, Iowa, in 1855; member of the Iowaconstitutional a Representative and a Senatorfrom Connecticut; born inconvention; served in the State house of representatives New Haven, Conn., in October 1779; was graduated from the1856-1860, the last two years as speaker of the house;found- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1797;er in 1857 of the Patriot, a newspaper;appointed lieutenant studied law at the Litchfield Law School; was admitted tocolonel May 21, 1861, on the staff of the Governorof Iowa; the bar and commenced practice in New Haven, Conn.; elect-colonel of the Eighteenth Regiment, Iowa VolunteerInfan- ed to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March4, try, August 8, 1862; brigadier general of VolunteersSeptem- 1819-March 3, 1823); appointed in 1823 to the United States Smith, Elijahber 26, 1864; at the close of the war settled in Fort Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ark.; appointed by President Johnson asUnited States as- Boardman; subsequently elected and served from October 8, served from August 15, 1866, 1823, to March 3, 1827; member, State senate 1827-1829;sessor of internal revenue and to May 31, 1869; presented credentials ofelection as a Liber- member, State house of representatives 1830, and served as served from speaker; elected Governor of Connecticut in 1833; unsuccess-al Republican to the Forty-second Congress and March 4, 1871, to February 9, 1872, when he wassucceeded ful candidate for reelection in 1834, but was againelected not a Governor in 1835, 1836, and 1837; resumed the practiceofby Thomas Boles, who contested the election; was candidate for renomination; settled in Washington, D.C.,and law; died in New Haven, Conn., on July 22, 1847; interment National in Grove Street Cemetery. died there April 8, 1894; interment in Arlington Bibliography: DAB. Cemetery. EDWARDS, Jack, a Representative from Alabama. (See EDWARDS, John Cummins, a Representative from Mis- EDWARDS, William Jackson). souri; born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky.,June 24, 1804; completed preparatory studies and was graduatedfrom EDWARDS, John, a Senator from Kentucky; born in Staf-Black's College, Kentucky; studied law; was admitted tothe ford County, Va., in 1748; attended the commonschools; bar in 1825 and practiced in Murfreesboro, Tenn.,and later moved to Fayette County, Ky. (then a part ofVirginia), inin Jefferson City, Mo.; secretary of state ofMissouri 1830- 1780; member, Virginia house of delegates 1781-1783,1785, 1835 and in 1837; district judge of Cole County, Mo.,1832- 1786; delegate to the convention called to defme the limits of representatives in 1836; the1837; member of the State house of the proposed State of Kentucky 1785-1788; member of judge of the State supreme court 1837-1839;elected as a convention of 1792 that framed the State constitution of (March 4, 1841- Kentucky; upon the admission of Kentucky as a State intoDemocrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress March 3, 1843); did not seek renomination,having become a the Union was elected to the United States Senate andcandidate for the gubernatorial office; Governorof Missouri served from June 18, 1792, to March 3, 1795; member, State continued house of representatives 1795; member, State senate1796- 1844-1848; moved to Stockton, Calif., in 1849 and the practice of his profession; mayor ofStockton in 1851; 1800; died on his plantation near Paris, Bourbon County, and the real- Ky., in 1837; interment in the family cemetery near Paris,engaged in cattle raising, mercantile pursuits, estate business; died in Stockton,Calif., October 14, 1888; Ky. Bibliography: DAB. interment in the Rural Cemetery. EDWARDS, John, a Representative from New York; born EDWARDS, Marvin Henry (Mickey), aRepresentative in Beekmans precinct, Dutchess County, near Poughkeepsie,from Oklahoma; born in Cleveland, CuyahogaCounty, Ohio, N.Y., on August 6, 1781; attended the common schools; slier-July 12, 1937; attended the public schools;B.A., University 1ff of Montgomery County and keeper of JohnstownJailof Oklahoma, 1958; J.D., OklahomaCity University Law 1806-1812; moved to Fulton County and settled in the villageSchool, 1969; admitted to the Oklahomabar in 1970 and of Ephratah; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Con-commenced practice in Oklahoma City; newspaperreporter gress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839);engaged in the mercan-and editor, 1958-1963; engaged inadvertising and public tile business and also interested in manufacturingpursuits;relations, 1963-1968; magazine editor,1968-1973; author; died in Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., December28, 1850;special legislative consultant, Republican SteeringCommit- interment in Johnstown Cemetery. tee, Washington, D.C., 1973-1974;instructor of law and jour- nalism, Oklahoma City University, 1976;elected as a Repub- EDWARDS, John (granduncle of John Edwards Leonard),lican to the Ninety-fifth and to the fivesucceeding Congress- a Representative fromPennsylvania; born in Ivy Mills, Dela- 1989); is a resident of Oklaho- studied law; was a1mitted to thees (January 3, 1977-January 3, ware County, Pa., in 1786; ma City, Okla. bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chester,Delaware County, Pa.; deputy attorney general for Delaware Countyin EDWARDS, Ninian (son of Benjamin Edwards), aSenator 1811; moved to West Chester in 1825 and shortlythereafterfrom Illinois; born at "MountPleasant," Montgomery engaged in the manufacture of iron and laterof nails nearCounty, Md., March 17, 1775; attendedprivate schools; was Glen Mills, Delaware County; elected as anAnti-Masonic graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.,in 1792; candidate to the Twenty-sixth Congress and reelected as astudied law; moved to Bardstown, Ky., in1795; member, Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4,1839-MarchState house of representatives 1796-1797; wasadmitted to 3, 1843); resumed his former manufacturingpursuits; diedthe bar in 1798 and commenced practice inRusseliville, Ky.; on his estate near Glen MillsJune 26, 1843; interment injudge of the general court of Kentucky1803; judge of the the Friends' (Hicksite) Cemetery of theMiddletown Meetingcircuit court 1804; judge of the court ofappeals 1806; chief House, Middletown Township, Delaware County,Pa. justice of the State 1808; Governor of theTerritory of Illinois 1809-1818; upon the admission of Illinois as aState into the EDWARDS, John, a Representative from Arkansas;born United States in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., October24, 1805; re-Union was elected as a Republican to the admitted toSenate and served from December 3,1818, to March 4, 1824, ceived a limited schooling; studied law and was in 1824, but the bar; moved to Indiana, where heserved in the Statewhen he resigned; appointed Minister to Mexico 954 Biographical Directory

while en route was recalled to testify beforea select commit-and president of the city council; professor in the Ohio Medi- tee of the House of Representatives appointed to investigatecal College, Cincinnati, Ohio; moved to Madison, Wis., and charges made by him against William H. Crawford, Secre-thence to Dubuque, Iowa; during the Civil War served as tary of the Treasury; resumed the practice of law; interestedsurgeon in the Third Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; in saw and grist mills and engaged in mercantile pursuits;returned to Lancaster, Ohio, about 1870 and resumed the Governor of Illinois 1826-1831; died in Belleville, Ill.,on July 20, 1833; interment in that city; reinterment in 1855 in Oakpractice of medicine; moved to Wheeling, W.Va., in 1875 and Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. continued the practice of his profession; died in Wheeling, Bibliography: DAB; Bakalis, Michael John. 'Ninian Edwards and Terri- W.Va., February 5, 1876; interment in Mount Wood Ceme- torial Politics in Illinois: 1775-18 18." Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern Uni- tery. versity, 1966; Wixon, Richard L. "Ninian Edwards: A Founding Father of EDWARDS, Weldon Nathaniel, a Representative from Illinois." Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University, 1983. North Carolina; born in Gaston, Northampton County, N.C., EDWARDS, Pierpont (father of Henry Waggaman Ed-January 25, 1788; attended Warrenton Academy; studied wards), a Delegate from Connecticut; born in Northampton,law; was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commencedprac- Mass., April 8, 1750; was graduated from Princeton Collegetice in Warrenton, N.C.; member of the State house of repre- in 1768; studied law; was admitted to the bar and begansentatives in 1814 and 1815; elected as a Republican to the practice in New Haven, Conn., in 1771; served in the Revolu-Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- tionary Army; Member of the Continental Congress in 1788;nation of ; reelected to the Fifteenth and to member of the State house of representatives in 1789 andthe four succeeding Congresses and served from February 7, 1790 and served as speaker; appointed United States district1816, to March 3, 1827; chairman, Committee on Expendi- judge for the district of Connecticut in 1806; member of thetures in the Department of the Treasury (Eighteenth Con- ratification convention in 1788 and of the constitutionalcon- gress), Committee on Public Expenditures (Nineteenth Con- vention which framed the constitution of Connecticut ingress); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1826; 1818; died in Bridgeport, Conn., April 5, 1826; interment inreturned to his plantation; member of the State senate 1833- Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. 1844; member of the State constitutional convention in 1835; Bibliography: DAB. again elected to the State senate in 1850 and chosen its EDWARDS, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania;president; president of the State secession convention in born in Chester Township, Delaware County, Pa., March 12,1861; died in Warren County, N.C., December 18, 1873; inter- 1785; attended the common schools; studied law;was admit-ment in a private cemetery at his home, "Poplar Mount," ted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice in Chester;about twelve miles from Warrenton, Warren County, N.C. served in the War of 1812; member of the State house of Bibliography: DAB. representatives 1814-1816; elected to the Sixteenth and to EDWARDS, William Jackson (Jack), a Representative the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1819-March 3,from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., 1827); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Depart- September20,1928;attendedthepublicschoolsof ment of Navy (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses);re-Homewood, Ala.; served in the United States Marine Corps sumed the practice of his profession in Chester; inspectorof(corporal) July 1946 to July 1948 and (sergeant) September customs 1838-1842; died in Chester, Pa., November 21, 1850; interment in Chester Rural Cemetery. 1950 to September 1951; attended the United States Naval School (academy and college preparatory) in 1947 and 1948; EDWARDS, Thomas McKey, a Representative from NewUniversity of Alabama, B.S., 1952, and from the law school Hampshire; born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., Decem-of the same university, LL.B., 1954; was admitted to the bar ber 16, 1795; tutored privately; was graduated from Dart-the same year and began practice in Mobile, Ala.; instructor mouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1813; studied law;wasin business law in 1954; member of Transportation Advisory admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice inCommittee to Mobile City Planning Commission, 1960-1963; Keene, N.H.; postmaster of Keene from June 30, 1818, todelegate, Alabama Republican State convention, 1970; elect- July 23, 1829; served in the State house of representatives ined as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the nine 1834, 1836, 1838, and 1839; abandoned his law practice insucceeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1985); 1845 and superintended the constuction of the Cheshire Rail-did not seek reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress; re- road, serving as its first president; also servedas presidentsumed the practice of law; nominated by President Reagan of a bank and a fire-insurance company; electedas a Repub-to Metropolitian Washington Airports Authority, 1987; is a lican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congressesresident of Point Clear, Ala. (March 4, 1859-March 3,1863); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress;re- EDWARDS, William Posey, a Representative from Geor- sumed his former business pursuits; died in Keene, N.H.,gia; born near Talbotton, Talbot County, Ga., November 9, May 1, 1875; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. 1835; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Collinsworth Institute, Talbotton, Ga., in 1856; studied law; EDWARDS, Thomas Owen, a Representative from Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in born in Williamsburg, md., March 29, 1810; completedpre-Butler, Ga.; member of the State constitutional convention paratory studies; studied medicine at the University ofin 1857 and 1858; served during the Civil War in the Confed- Maryland, Baltimore, Md.; moved to Lancaster, Ohio, inerate Army as captain of Company F, Twenty-seventh Geor- 1836 and engaged in the practice of medicine; electedas agia Volunteer Infantry; subsequently promoted to colonel of Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3,the regiment; upon the readmission of Georgia to represen- 1849); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to thetation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress Thirty-firstCongress;attended formerPresident Johnand served from July 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869; presented Quincy Adams, who was then a Congressman, when he suf-credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress, fered a fatal stroke in the Hall of the House of Representa-but was not permitted to qualify; resumed the practice of his tives; served as inspector of marine hospitals; moved to Cin-profession at Butler, Ga., and died there June 28, 1900; cinnati, Ohio, and engaged in the drug business; memberinterment in the Methodist Cemetery. 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EFNER, Valentine, a Representative from New York; EGGLESTON, Joseph (uncle of William Segar Archer), a born in Blenheim Hill, near Blenheim, Schoharie County,Representative from Virginia; born in Middlesex County, N.Y., May 5, 1776; completed preparatory studies; engagedVa., November 24, 1754; when four years old was taken to in agricultural pursuits; commissioned as major in the Warhis father's plantation "Egglestetton," near AmeliaCourt of 1812; member of the State assembly in 1829; elected as aHouse, Va.; studied under private teachers; wasgraduated Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in March 3, 1837); resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Blen-1776; captain and major in Lee's Lighthorse Cavalry inthe heim Hill, N.Y., November 20, 1865; interment in BlenheimRevolutionary Army; member of the State house of delegates Hill Cemetery. 1785-1788 and 1791-1799; elected a member of the Virginia Privy Council on November 7, 1787; elected as a Republican EGBERT, Albert Gallatin, a Representative from Pennsyl-to the Fifth Congress to fill the vacancy causedby the vania; born near Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pa., on Aprilresignation of William B. Giles; reelected to the Sixth Con- 13, 1828; attended the public schools and Austinburg Acade- March 3, 1801; my, Ohio; was graduated from themedical department ofgress and served from December 3, 1798, to the Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856was not a candidate for renominationin 1800; engaged in and commenced the practice of medicine in Clintonville, Pa.;agricultural pursuits; justice of the peace from 1801 until his moved to Cherrytree, Pa., and practiced his profession untildeath in Amelia County, Va., February 13, 1811; interment 1861, when he retired in order to devote his entire time toin the Old Grubhill Church Cemetery, near Amelia Court the production of oil and to agricultural pursuits; servedHouse, Amelia County, Va. during the Civil War as a volunteer surgeon; elected as a EIdER, Edward Clayton, a Representative from Iowa; Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4,1875-born on a farm near Noble, Washington County, Iowa,De- March 3, 1877); chairman, Committee on Mileage (Forty-cember 16, 1878; attended the public schools, Washington fourth Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomina-(Iowa) Academy, and Morgan Park (Ill.) Academy; wasgrad- tion in 1876; resumed his former business pursuits; died inuated from the University of Chicago, in 1904; studied law; Franklin, Venango County, Pa., March 28, 1896; intermentwas admitted to the bar in 1906 andcommenced practice in in Franklin Cemetery. Washington, Iowa; served as assistant registrar of the Uni- EGBERT, Joseph, a Representative from New York; bornversity of Chicago 1907-1909; moved to Burlington, Iowa, in near Bull Head, Staten Island, N.Y., April 10, 1807;attended1909 and served as assistant attorney for a railroad company the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elect-1909-1918; returned to Washington, Iowa, in 1918 and con- ed as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4,tinued the practice of law; delegate to the DemocraticNa- 1841-March 3, 1843); was not a candidate for renominationtional Convention in 1932; elected as a Democrat to the in 1842; resumed agricultural pursuits; supervisor of South-Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses field, Richmond County, in 1855 and 1856; county clerk ofand served from March 4, 1933, to December 2,1938, when Richmond County in 1869; died at his home near New Dorp,he resigned to accept a Presidential appointment; was re- N.Y., July 7, 1888; interment in the Moravian Cemetery,nominated in 1938 but later withdrew and was not acandi- New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. date for reelection; appointed by President FranklinD Roos- evelt on December 2, 1938, as a commissioner ofthe Securi- EGE, George, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born and 1748; attend-ties and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., near Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pa., March 9, served until February 2, 1942, being chairman of theCom- ed the common schools; engaged in land and iron interests;mission at the time; appointed chief justice of theDistrict member of the State house of representatives in 1783; ap- Columbia on pointed one of the first associate judges of Berks CountyCourt of the United States for the District of February 2, 1942, in which capacity he serveduntil his under the constitution in 1790, and served from 1791 until interment 1818, when he resigned; resumed his extensive business in-death in Alexandria, Va., on November 29, 1944; terests; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress to fillin Woodlawn Cemetery, Washington, Iowa. the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Hiester; EICKHOFF, Anthony, a Representative from New York; reelected to the Fifth Congress and served from December 8,born in Westphalia, Prussia, September 11, 1827;taught 1796, until October 1797, when he resigned; resumed busi-school in Prussia; immigrated to the United States in1847; ness interests; built and operatedSchuylkill County Forge,settled in St. Louis, Mo. where he studied law; became an near Port Clinton, Pa., in1804; died at his residence,editor; edited papers in St. Louis, Dubuque,Louisville, and "Charming Forge," Marion Township, Berks County, Pa.,finally in New York in 1852; appointed commissarygeneral December 14, 1829; interment in Zion's Church Cemetery,of subsistence for the State of New York in 1863;member of Womelsdorf, Pa. the State assembly in 1864; city coroner in 1874;elected as a EGGLESTON, Benjamin, a Representative from Ohio;Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4,1877-March born in Corinth, Saratoga County, N.Y., January 3, 1816;3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1878 to the completed preparatory studies; moved with his parents toForty-sixth Congress; Fifth Auditor in the United States Hocking County, Ohio, in 1831; moved to Cleveland andTreasury Department from August 1, 1885, to May 17,1889; worked on a canal boat, later becoming an owner of boatsappointed fire commissioner in New York City in 1889; reap- and interested in several companies; settled in Cincinnatiinpointed in 1891; at the time of his death he was auditorof 1845 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; presiding officerofthe fire department; died in New York CityNovember 5, the city council of Cincinnati; delegate to the Republican1901; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. National Convention in 1860; member of the State senate 1862-1865; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninthand EILBERG, Joshua, a Representative from Pennsylvania; Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869); unsuc-born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 12, 1921; graduatedfrom cessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-firstWharton School, University of Pennsylvania, andTemple Congress; again served in the State senate in 1880and 1881;University School of Law; during the Second World War resumed mercantile pursuits; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb- served in the United States Naval Reserve; practicing attor- ruary 9, 1888; interment in SpringGrove Cemetery. ney in Philadelphia since 1948; assistantdistrict attorney, 956 Biographical Directory

city of Philadelphia, 1952-1954; elected to generalassemblyal convention in 1861 and signed the ordinance of secession; of Pennsylvania in 1954 andevery two years thereafterelected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth through 1966; majority leader of Pennsylvania house of rep-Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881); unsuccessfulcan- resentatives, 1965-1966; delegate Democratic National Con-didate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; ventions, 1960, 1964, and 1968; Democratic ward leader, fifty-resumed the practice of law in Mansfield, De Soto Parish, fourth ward, city of Philadelphia; electedas a Democrat toLa., where he died July 4, 1885; interment in Mansfield the Ninetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses(Janu- ary 3, l967-January 3, 1979); unsuccessful candidate for re-Cemetery. election in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; isa resident of ELBERT, Samuel, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Philadelphia, Pa. Prince William Parish, S.C., in 1740; engaged in mercantile EINSTEIN, Edwin, a Representative from New York;business in Savannah, Ga.; captain of a grenadier company born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 18, 1842; moved with hisin 1774; member of the council on safety in 1775; lieutenant parents to New York City in 1846; worked as clerk inacolonel in 1776 and later the same year made a colonel ofa store; received a collegiate training in the College of the Citybattalion of Continental troops; commanded a brigade under of New York, and entered Union College, but did not gradu-General Ashe at the battle of Briar Creek, S.C.; taken pris- ate; engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected as a Republicanoner but was exchanged and took part in the battle of York- to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881);town; promoted to brigadier general in 1783; electedas a was not a candidate for renomination in 1880; unsuccessfulDelegate to the Continental Congress January 9, 1784, but Republican candidate for mayor of New York City in 1892;declined to serve; Governor of Georgia in 1785 and appointed dock commissioner of New York City in 1895;was promi-major general of militia; died in Savannah, Ga., November 1, nently identified with a number of investment companies 1788. and woolen factories; died in New York City January 24, Bibliography: DAB; Jones, Charles Colcock, Jr. The Life and Services of 1905; interment in Shearith Israel Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. the Honorable Maj. Gen. 1887. Reprint. New York: W. Abbatt, 1911. EKWALL, William Alexander, a Representative from ELDER, James Walter, a Representative from Louisiana; Oregon; born in Ludington, Mason County, Mich., June 14,born in Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Tex., October 5, 1882; 1887; moved to Kiamathon, Calif., with his parents in 1893,attended the public schools, and Baylor University, Waco, and to Portland, Oreg., in 1906; attended the public schools;Tex., 1895-1901; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1903 was graduated in 1912 from the Oregon Law School at Port-and commenced practice in Farmerville, Union Parish, La.; land; was admitted to the bar the same year and commencedmayor of Farmerville, La.; moved to Monroe, Ouachita practice in Portland, Oreg.; during the First World WarParish, and continued the practice of his profession; member served in the United States Army as a private in the Infan-of the State senate 1908-1912; elected as a Democrat to the try, Central Officers Training School, in 1918; municipalSixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuc- judge of Portland 1922-1927; judge of the circuitcourt,cessful candidate for renomination in 1914; returned to the fourth judicial district (Multnomah County), department 8,practice of law in Farmerville, La., until January 1, 1925; from 1927 until elected to Congress; electedas a Republicanmoved to Ruston, La., and continued the practice of law to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3,until his death on December 16, 1941; interment in Green- 1937); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936to thewood Cemetery. Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law at Port- land, Oreg., 1937-1942; delegate to the Republican National ELDREDGE, Charles Augustus, a Representative from Convention in 1940; appointed judge of the United StatesWisconsin; born in Bridport, Vt., February 27, 1820; moved Customs Court, New York City on February 13, 1942, andwith his parents to Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., in served until his death in Portland, Oreg., October 16, 1956;1825; attended the common schools; studied law; was admit- interment in Portland Memorial Cemetery. ted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Canton, ELA, Jacob Hart, a Representative from New Hampshire;N.Y.; moved to Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1848 and continued the born in Rochester, N.H., July 18, 1820; attended the villagepractice of his profession; member of the State senate 1854- school in Rochester; at fourteen years of agewas appren-1856; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and to the ticed in a woolen manufactory and subsequently learned thefive succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1875); printer's trade; member of the State house of representa-unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874; resumed tives in 1857 and 1858; United States marshal from Julythe practice of law; died in Fond du Lac, Wis., October 26, 1861 to October 1866; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth1896; interment in Rienzi Cemetery. and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871); ELDREDGE, Nathaniel Buel, a Representative from chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department ofMichigan; born in Auburn, N.Y., March 28, 1813; attended the Interior (Forty-first Congress); appointed by Presidentthe common schools; attended Fairfield Medical College; en- Grant as Fifth Auditor of the Treasury on January 1, 1872,gaged in the practice of medicine in Commerce, Oakland and served until June 2, 1881; on June 3, 1881,was appoint- ed Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office DepartmentCounty, Mich.; clerk of the Michigan senate in 1845; member and served in that position until his death in Washington,of the State house of representatives in 1848; judge of pro- D.C., on August 21, 1884; interment in North Side Cemetery,bate 1852-1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar and Rochester, N.H. commenced practice in 1854; held several minor offices; en- rolled as captain of Company G, Seventh Regiment, Michi- ELAM, Joseph Barton, a Representative from Louisiana;gan Volunteers, June 19, 1861; was honorably discharged as born near Hope, Hempstead County, Ark., June 12, 1821;a lieutenant colonel January 7,1863; elected sheriff of moved with his father to Natchitoches, La., in 1826; studiedLenawee County in 1874; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced prac-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, tice in Alexandria, La.; moved to the parish of De Soto in1887); chairman, Committee on Pensions (Forty-ninth Con- 1851; member and speaker of the State house of representa-gress); died in Adrian, Mich., on November 27, 1893; inter- tives 1851-1861; elected a delegate to the State constitution-ment in Oakwood Cemetery. 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ELIOT, Samuel Atkins (great-grandfather of Thomas Hop- ELIZALDE, Joaquin Miguel, a Resident Commissioner kinson Eliot), a Representative from Massachusetts; born infrom the Commonwealth of the Philippines; born in Manila, Boston, Mass., March 5, 1798; attended the Boston LatinPhilippine Islands, August 2, 1896; attended St. Joseph's School; was graduated from Harvard University in 1817 andCollege at London, England, and Dr. Schmidt's Institute at from the divinity school in 1820; member of the State houseSt. Gallen, Switzerland; industrialist and financier; economic of representatives 1834-1837; mayor of Boston 1837-1839;adviser to President Manuel L. Quezon in 1937 and 1938; served in the State senate in 1843-1844; elected as a Whig tomember of the National Economic Council 1937-1941 and the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the1952 and 1953, and of the Joint Preparatory Committee on resignation of Robert C. Winthrop and served from AugustPhilippine Affairs in 1936 and 1937; member of the Council 22, 1850, to March 3, 1851; declined to be a candidate forof State 1936-1941 and 1952 and 1953; served as major, renomination in 1850; treasurer of Harvard University 1842-Cavalry reserve, Philippine Army; appointed as a Resident 1853; died in Cambridge, Mass., January 29, 1862; intermentCommissioner to the United States on September 29, 1938, in Mount Auburn Cemetery. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Quintin Bibliography: DAB. Paredes and served until his resignation on August 9, 1944; ELIOT, Thomas Dawes, a Representative from Massachu-member of the war cabinet of President Manuel L. Quezon setts; born in Boston, Mass., March 20, 1808; attended the1941-1944; member of the board of governors of the Interna- public schools of Washington, D.C., and was graduated fromtional Monetary Fund and of the International Bank for Columbian College (now George Washington University), inReconstruction and Development 1946-1950; appointed Am- that city, in 1825; was admitted to the bar in 1831 andbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic commenced practice in New Bedford, Mass.; member of theof the Philippines to the United States on July 6, 1946, in State house of representatives in 1839; served in the Statewhich capacity he served until January 1952; Minister of senate in 1846; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Con-Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines 1952 and gress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zeno1953; economic adviser to the Philippine Mission at the Scudder and served from April 17, 1854, to March 3, 1855; United Nations, with rank of Ambassador, 1956-1965; was a declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854; delegate resident of Moreland Farms, Adamstown, Md.; died in Wash- to the Free-Soil Convention in Worcester, Mass., in 1855;ington, D.C., February 9, 1965; interment in St. Joseph's declined to be a candidate for nomination by the RepublicanCemetery, Carroilton Manor, Md. Party for attorney general of Massachusetts in 1857; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and to the four succeed- ELKINS, Davis (son of and grand- ing Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1869); chairman,son of Henry Gassaway Davis), a Senator from West Virgin- Committee on the Freedmen's Bureau (Thirty-ninth and For-ia; born in Washington, D.C., January 24, 1876; attended the tieth Congresses), Committee on Commerce (Fortieth Con-Lawrenceville (N.J.) School, Phillips Academy, Andover, gress); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868;Mass., and Harvard University; during the war with Spain resumed the practice of law in New Bedford, Mass., whereenlisted as a private in the First West Virginia Volunteer he died on June 14, 1870; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.Infantry, becoming assistant adjutant general in 1898; indus- trialist with interests in railroads, banking, utilities, and ELIOT, Thomas Hopkinson (great-grandson of Samuelcoal mining; appointed as a Republican to the United States Atkins Eliot), a Representative from Massachusetts; born inSenate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Cambridge, Mass., June 14, 1907; attended Browne and Nich- ols School; was graduated from Harvard University in 1928;Stephen B. Elkins, and served from January 9 to January student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, in31, 1911, when a successor was elected; during the First 1928 and 1929; was graduated from the law school of Har-World War served in the United States Army in France vard University in 1932; was admitted to the bar in 1933 and19 17-1918; elected as a Republican to the United States commenced practice in Buffalo, N.Y.; served as assistantSenate and served from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1925; solicitor in the United States Department of Labor 1933-was not a candidate for renominationin 1924; chairman, 1935; general counsel for the Social Security Board 1935-Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce 1938; lecturer on government at Harvard University in 1937(Sixty-sixth Congress); owner of the Washington & Old Do- and 1938; regional director of the Wage and Hour Divisionminion Railroad Company 1936-1956; died in Richmond, Va., in the Department of Labor in 1939 and 1940; unsuccessfulon January 5,1959; interment in Maplewood Cemetery, candidate for election in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress;Elkins, W.Va. elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress (Jan- ELKINS, Stephen Benton (father of Davis Elkins), a Dele- uary 3, 1941-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942 and for nomination in 1944 to thegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a Senator from Seventy-ninth Congress; director of the British Division,West Virginia; born in Perry County, Ohio, September 26, Office of War Information, London, England, and special1841; moved with his parents to Westport, Mo.; attended the assistant to the United States Ambassador, 1943; chairmanpublic schools and was graduated from the law department of the appeals committee, National War Labor Board, 1943-of the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1860; during 1944; served with the Office of Strategic Services in 1944;the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army as a captain in served as chief counsel, Division of Power, Department ofthe Kansas Militia; moved to the Territory of New Mexico in the Interior, from November 1944 to November 1945; en- 1864; was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced prac- gaged in the practice of law in Boston, Mass., 1945-1950;tice in Messila, N.Mex.; member, Territorial house of repre- professor of political science, Washington University, St.sentatives 1864-1865; district attorney for the Territory of Louis, Mo., 1952, and of constitutional law 1958; dean ofNew Mexico 1866-1867; attorney general of the Territory Washington University College of Liberal Arts, 1961-1962,1867; United States district attorney for the Territory 1867- and chancellor, 1962-1971; vice chairman, United States1870; elected as a Republican Delegate to the Forty-third Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,1963-1967; and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); president, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1971-was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; moved to 1977; teacher, Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School,Elkins, W.Va., which he founded, around 1890; extensive 1977-1985; is a resident of Cambridge, Mass. interests in developing natural resources and industry in 958 Biographical Directory

West Virginia; appointed Secretary of War by Presidentpursuits; member of the State house of representatives 1894- 1891-1893; elected as a Republican to 1896; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1895; the United States Senate in February 1895; reelected in 1901elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth and to the three and 1907 and served from March 4, 1895, until his death insucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1913); unsuc- Washington, D.C., January 4, 1911; chairman, Committeeoncessful candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed his agri- the Geological Survey (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-ninth Congress-cultural pursuits; died in Asheville, N.C., October 24, 1917; es),Committee onInterstate Commerce (Fifty-seventhinterment in the family burial ground near Sellers, S.C. through Sixty-first Congresses); interment in Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va. ELLERY, Christopher (nephew of William Ellery), a Sen- Bibliography: DAB; Lambert, Oscar. Stephen Benton Elkins. Pittsburgh: ator from Rhode Island; born in Newport, R.I., November 1, University of Pittsburgh Press,1955; Williams, John Alexander. "New 1768; was graduated from Yale College in 1787; studied law; York's First Senator From West Virginia: How Stephen B. Elkins Found awas admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New- New Political Home." West Virginia History 31 (January 1970): 73-87. port; clerk of the superior court of Newport County 1794- ELLENBOGEN, Henry, a Representative from Pennsylva- 1798; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to nia; born in Vienna, Austria, April 3, 1900; attended thefill the vacancy caused by the resignation of and Vienna public schools and the University of Vienna Lawserved from May 6, 1801, to March 3, 1805; unsuccessful School, Austria; immigrated to the United States and settledcandidate for reelection in 1804; appointed by President in Pittsburgh, Pa.; A.B., Duquesne University, Pittsburgh,Thomas Jefferson as United States commissioner of loans at Pa., 1921 and J.D., 1924; was admitted to the bar in 1926 andProvidence, R.I., in 1806; appointed collector of customs at commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; appointed as arbitra-Newport 1820-1834; died in Middletown, R.I., on December tor and public panel chairman by the National War Labor2, 1840; interment in Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I. Board and the Third Regional War Labor Board in cases involving labor disputes; writer of articles on economic, ELLERY, William (uncle of ), a Dele- social, and legal problems; elected as a Democrat to thegate from Rhode Island; born in Newport, R.I., on December Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses22, 1727; taught by private teachers; was graduated from and served from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1938, when heHarvard College in 1747; naval officer of Rhode Island in resigned, having been elected judge of the common pleas1754; clerk of the court of common pleas of Newport County court of Allegheny County, Pa.; reelected in November 1947in 1768 and 1769; studied law; was admitted to the bar in and again in 1957 and served as presiding judge, 1963-1966;1770 and commenced practice in Newport, R.I.; elected a was a resident of Miami, Fla., until his death there July 4,Member of the Continental Congress to fill the vacancy 1985; interment in West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalomcaused by the death of Samuel Ward and served from May Congregation, Squirrel Hill, Pa. 14, 1776, to 1785; one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; chosen to the newly constituted board of ad- ELLENDER, Allen Joseph, a Senator from Louisiana;miralty in 1779; appointed chief justice of Rhode Island in born in Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, La., September 24, 1785; appointed by the Continental Congress commissioner 1890; attended the public and private schools; graduatedof the Continental Loan Office in 1786; collector of the port from St. Aloysius College, New Orleans, La., in 1909 andof Newport from 1790 until his death in Newport, R.I., Feb- from the law department of Tulane University, New Orle-ruary 15, 1820; interment in the Common Cemetery. ans, La., 1913; was admitted to the bar in 1913 and com- Bibliography: DAB. menced practice in Houma, La.; city attorney of Houma 1913-1915; district attorney of Terrebonne Parish 1915-1916; ELLETT, Henry Thomas, a Representative from Missis- during the First World War served as a sergeant in thesippi; born in Salem, N.J., March 8, 1812; attended the Latin Artillery Corps, United States Army 1917-1918; delegate toSchool in Salem and Princeton College; studied law; was the constitutional convention of Louisiana in 1921; Demo-admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in cratic national committeeman from Louisiana 1939-1940;Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J.; moved to Port Gibson, member, State house of representatives 1924-1936, servingClaiborne County, Miss., in 1837 and continued the practice as floor leader 1928-1932 and as speaker 1932-1936; electedof law; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1936; reelectedto fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jefferson in 1942, 1948, 1954, 1960, and again in 1966 and served from Davis and served from January 26 to March 3, 1847; de- January 3, 1937, until his death on July 27, 1972; served asclined to be a candidate for reelection in 1846; resumed the President pro tempore of the Senate during the Ninety-practice of law; member of the State senate 1853-1865; second Congress; chairman, Committee on Claims (Seventy-member of the State secession convention in 1861, and eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses), Committee on Agri- member of the committee that framed and reported the culture and Forestry (Eighty-second and Eighty-fourthordinance of secession of Mississippi; appointed Postmaster through Ninety-first Congresses), Committee on Appropria- General of the Confederacy in February 1861 but declined; tions (Ninety-second Congress); died at the Bethesda Navalelected judge of the State supreme court on October 2, 1865, Hospital, Bethesda, Md.; interment in Magnolia Cemetery,and served until January 1868, when he resigned; moved to Houma, La. Memphis, Tenn., in 1868 and resumed the practice of law; Bibliography: Becnel, Thomas. "Fulbright of Arkansas v. Ellender ofelected chancellor of the twelfth division of Tennessee in Louisiana: The Politics of Sugar and Rice, 1937-1974." Arkansas Historical 1886; died while delivering an address of welcome to Presi- Quarterly 43 (Winter 1984): 289-303; U.S. Congress. Memorial Services. dent in Memphis, Tenn., October 15, 1887; 92nd Cong., 2nd sess., 1972. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, interment in Elmwood Cemetery. 1974. ELLETT, Tazewell, a Representative from Virginia; born ELLERBE, James Edwin, a Representative from Southin Richmond, Va., January 1, 1856; attended private schools Carolina; born in Sellers, Marion County, S.C., January 12,in Richmond; graduated from the Virginia Military Institute 1867; attended Pine Hill Academy and the University ofat Lexington in 1876; studied law; was graduated from the South Carolina at Columbia; was graduated from WoffordUniversity of Virginia at Charlottsville in 1878 and immedi- College, Spartanburg, S.C., in 1887; engaged in agriculturalately commenced practice in Richmond; member of the Biographies 959 board of visitors of the Virginia Military Institute; elected as ELLIOTT, Douglas Hemphill, a Representative from a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 3, 1921; at- March 3, 1897); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelectiontended the schools of Philadelphia, Pa., and graduated from in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice ofHaverford School in 1938; attended the University of Virgin- law in Richmond, Va., and New York City; died in Summer-ia at Charlottesville 1938-1940; served in the United States yule, S.C., May 19, 1914; interment in Hollywood Cemetery,Navy from 1941 until discharged as a chief petty officer in Richmond, Va. 1945; worked for insurance companies, 1945-1952; director of ELLICOTT, Benjamin, a Representative from New York;public relations of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., born at Ellicotts Mills, Md., April 17, 1765; accompanied his1950-1952; vice president of Wilson College, Chambersburg, brothers in 1789 to upper Canada on the survey to deter-Pa., 1952-1960; elected in November 1956 to the State senate mine the western boundary of the State of New York; em-and served until elected to Congress; elected as a Republican ployed as a surveyor and draftsman for the Holland Landto the Eighty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by Co. in New York and Pennsylvania; one of the first judges ofthe death of Richard M. Simpson and served from April 26, the court of common pleas of Genesee County, N.Y., in 1803,1960, until his death in Horse Valley, Franklin County, Pa., with residence in Batavia; elected as a Republican to theJune 19, 1960; interment in Falling Spring Presbyterian Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819); unsuc-Church Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pa. cessful candidate for election in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress; retired from active life, and in 1826 moved to ELLIOTT, James, a Representative from Vermont; born Williamsville, Erie County, N.Y., where he died Decemberin Gloucester, Mass., August 18, 1775; during his early years 10, 1827; interment in the graveyard at Williamsville; rein-worked on a farm and clerked in a store; moved to Guilford, terment in Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y., in 1849. Vt., in 1790; served as a sergeant in the Indian war of 1793 in Ohio; published several works of poems and essays in ELLIOTT, Alfred James, a Representative from Califor-1798; clerk of the State house of representatives 1801-1803; nia; born in Guinda, Yolo County, Calif., June 1,1895; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced moved with his parents to Winters, Calif., in 1901 and topractice in Brattleboro, Vt.; elected as a Federalist to the Tulare, Calif., in 1910; attended the public schools; engagedEighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses (March 4, 1803-March in farming and livestock raising; owned and published a3, 1809); published a newspaper in Philadelphia, Pa., on his newspaper; chairman of the board of supervisOrs of Tulare County 1933-1937; served on the California State Safetyretirement from Congress; served in the War of 1812 for a Council in 1936; member of the California Supervisor Asso-short time as captain; resumed the practice of law in Bratt- ciation of the State welfare board in 1935 and 1936; electedleboro, Vt.; clerk of the Windham County Court 1817-1835; as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress, byspecial elec-member of the State house of representatives in 1818 and tion May 4, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of1819; moved to Newlane, Vt.; register of the probate court Henry E. Stubbs; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses1822-1834; again served in the State house of representa- and served from May 4, 1937, to January 3, 1949; was not atives in 1837 and 1838; State's attorney of Windham County candidate for renomination in 1948 to the Eighty-first Con- 1837-1839; died in Newfane, Vt., November 10, 1839; inter- gress; was president of Tulare Daily News; farmer and live-ment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt. stock breeder; retired in 1965 and resided in Tulare, Calif., Bibliography: Huddleston, Eugene L. "Indians and Literature of the until his death there January 17, 1973; interment in TulareFederalist Era: The Case of James Elliott." New England Quarterly 44 Cemetery. (June 1971): 221-37. ELLIOTT, Carl Atwood, a Representative from Alabama; ELLIOTT, James Thomas, a Representative from Arkan- born in Vina, Franklin County, Ala., December 20, 1913;sas; born in Columbus, Monroe County,Ga., April 22, 1823; attended the public schools of Franklin County; was graduat-attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to ed from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1933the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Camden, Ark.; and from its law school in 1936; was admitted to the bar thechosen president of the Mississippi, Ouachita & Red River same year and commenced the practice of law inRussell-Railroad in 1858; circuit judge of the sixth judicial district of ville, Ala.; in December 1936 moved to Jasper, Ala., andArkansas from October 2, 1865, to September 15, 1866; estab- continued the practice of law; served as judge of Recorderslished and edited the South Arkansas Journal in 1867; elect- Court, Jasper, Ala., in 1942 and 1946; city attorney at vari-ed as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacan- ous times for Dora, Parrish, Cordova, Carbon Hill,andcy caused by the death of JamesHinds and served from Oakman, Ala.; served with the Seventy-ninth Division,January 13, 1869, to March 3, 1869; unsuccessful candidate Three Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry, United Statesfor reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress; elected to Army, 1942-1944; member of Alabama State Democratic Ex-the State senate in 1870; appointed judge of the ninth judi- ecutive Committee 1942-1950; elected as a Democrat to thecial district in 1872 and served until the adoption of the Eighty-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses (JanuaryState constitution in 1874; died in Camden, Ouachita County 3, 1949-January 3,1965); chairman, Select Committee onArk., on July 28, 1875; interment in Oakland Cemetery. Government Research (Eighty-eighth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Con- ELLIOTT, John, a Senator from Georgia; born in St. gress; member of the bar of the District of ColumbiasinceJohns Parish, now Liberty County, Ga., October 24, 1773; 1965; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nominationcompleted preparatory studies; was graduated from Yale for Governor of Alabama in 1966; served on President's Li-College in 1794; studied law; was admitted to the bar and brary Commission 1967-1968; chairman, Public Evaluationcommenced practice in Sunbury, Liberty County, Ga., in Committee, Office of State Technical Services, United States1797; held several local offices; elected to the United States Department of Commerce, 1967-1968; member, CommerceSenate and served from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1825; Technical Advisory Board, United States Department ofdied in Sunbury, Ga., August 9, 1827; interment in Old Commerce, 1968-1970; resumed the practice of law until hisMidway Cemetery in Liberty County. retirement in 1986; owns and operates an editing and pub- Bibliography: Mellichamp, Josephine. "John Elliott." In Senators From lishing business; is a resident of Jasper, Ala. Georgia. pp. 91-92. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers, Inc., 1976. 960 Biographical Directory

ELLIOTT, John Milton, a Representative from Kentucky;and served as speaker; unsuccessful candidate for election as born on the banks of Clinch River in Scott County, Va., Mayattorney general of South Carolina in 1876; moved to New 20, 1820; moved to Morgan County (now Elliott County), Ky.,Orleans, La., in 1881 and practiced law until his death there and attended the common schools; was graduated fromon. August 9, 1884; interment in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2. Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va., in 1841; studied law; Bibliography: Lamson, Peggy. The Glorious Failure: Black Congressman was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Robert Brown Elliott and the Reconstruction in South Carolina. New Prestonsburg, Floyd County, KY.; member of the State house York: W.W. Norton, 1973. of representatives in 1847; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third,Thirty-fourth, ELLIOTT, William, a Representative from South Caroli- andThirty-fifthCongressesna; born in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., September 3, (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committeeon Public Expenditures (Thirty-fifth Congress); was nota candi-1838; attended Beaufort College and Harvard University; date for renomination in 1858; resumed the practice of law;studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, again a member of the State house of representatives inand was admitted to the bar in Charleston, S.C., in 1861; 1861; elected a Representative from Kentucky to the Firstupon the outbreak of the Civil War entered the Confederate and Second Confederate Congresses; circuit judge 1868-1874;Army as a lieutenant and served throughout the war, attain- judge of the court of appeals 1876-1879; assassinated ating the rank of lieutenant colonel; at the close of the war Frankfort, Ky., March 26, 1879; interment in the State Cem-commenced the practice of law in Beaufort, S.C.; member of etery at Frankfort. the State house of representatives in 1866; intendant of Beaufort in 1866; delegate to the Democratic National Con- ELLIOTT, Mortimer Fitzland, a Representative fromvention in 1876; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for elec- Pennsylvania; born in Cherry Flats, near Welisboro, Tiogation in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress; elected as a Demo- County, Pa., September 24,1839; attended the commoncrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); schools, Welisboro Academy, and Alfred University, Alleghe-presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-first ny County, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860Congress and served from March 4, 1889, until September and commenced practice in Wellsboro; member of the con-23, 1890, when he was succeeded by Thomas E. Miller, who vention to revise the constitution of Pennsylvania in 1873;contested the election; elected to the Fifty-second Congress elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March(March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate for 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionrenomination in 1892; presented credentials as a Member- in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice ofelect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, law; general solicitor for the Standard Oil Co. in New York1895, until June 4, 1896, when he was succeeded by George City; died in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pa., August 5, 1920;W. Murray, who contested the election; elected to the Fifty- interment in Wellsboro Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa. fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, ELLIOTT, Richard Nash, a Representative from Indiana;1897-March 3, 1903); was not a candidate for renomination born near Connersville, Fayette County, md., April 25, 1873;in 1902, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to attended the common schools; taught school three years;the United States Senate; appointed by President Theodore studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1896 and commencedRoosevelt in 1906 as commissioner of the United States to practice in Connersville, md.; county attorney of Fayettemark the graves of Confederate dead in the North and County 1897-1906; member of the State house of representa-served in this capacity until his death in Beaufort, S.C., on tives 1905-1909; city attorney of Connersville 1905-1909; del-December 7, 1907; interment in St. Helena Churchyard. egate to the Republican National Convention in 1916; chair- ELLIS, Caleb, a Representative from New Hampshire; man of the Republican State convention in 1930; elected as aborn in Walpole, Mass., April 16, 1767; was graduated from Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancyHarvard University in 1793; studied law and was admitted caused by the death of Daniel W. Comstock; reelected to theto the bar; moved to Newport, N.H., and then to Claremont; Sixty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses and servedmember of the New Hampshire house of representatives in from June 26, 1917, to March 3, 1931; chairman, Committee1803; elected as a Federalist to the Ninth Congress (March 4, on Expenditures in the Department of State (Sixty-sixth and1805-March 3, 1807); member of the Governor's council 1809 Sixty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Elections No. 3and 1810; served in the State senate in 1811; presidential (Sixty-eighth Congress), Committee on Public Buildings andelector on the Clinton and Ingersoll ticket in 1812; appointed Grounds (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses); un-judge of the superior court of New Hampshire in 1813, successful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-which office he held until his death in Claremont, N.H., May second Congress; served as assistant comptroller general of6, 1816; interment in Broad Street Cemetery. the United States from March 6, 1931, to April 30, 1943, when he retired; resided in Washington, D.C., until his death ELLIS, Chesselden, a Representative from New York; on March 21, 1948; interment in Dale Cemetery, Conners-born in New Windsor, Vt., in 1808; completed preparatory ville, md. studies and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1823; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1829 ELLIOTT, Robert Brown, a Representative from Southand commenced practice in Waterford, N.Y.; elected pros- Carolina; born in Boston, Mass., August 11, 1842; attendedecuting attorney of Saratoga County, N.Y., and served from High Holborn Academy, London, England, in 1853, and was April 25, 1837, until September 11, 1843; elected as a Demo-- graduated from Eton College, England, in 1859; studied law;crat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Columbia, S.C.;1845); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the member of the State constitutional convention in 1868;Twenty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Wa- member of the State house of representatives from July 6,terford; moved to New York City in 1845 and continued the 1868, to October 23, 1870; assistant adjutant general of Southpractice of his profession until his death there on May 10, Carolina 1869-1871; elected as a Republican to the Forty-1854; interment in Albany Cemetery, Albany, N.Y. second and Forty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1871, until his resignation, effective November 1, 1874; again ELLIS, Clyde Taylor, a Representative from Arkansas; a member of the State house of representatives 1874-1876,born on a farm near Garfield, Benton County, Ark., Decem- Biographies 961 ber 21, 1908; attended the public schools of Fayetteville,tion in 1884; resumed the practice of his profession in Wash- Ark.; University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, B.S., and at-ington, D.C., where he died April 25, 1889; interment in the tended the school of law at the same university; attendedEllis family cemetery at "Ingleside," near Amite, Tangipa- George Washington University Law School and Americanhoa Parish, La. University in Washington, D.C.; teacher in the rural schools ELLIS, Hubert Summers, a Representative from West at Garfield, Ark., in 1927 and 1928; superintendent ofVirginia; born in Hurricane, Putnam County, W.Va., July 6, schools at Garfield, Ark., 1929-1934; was admitted to the bar1887; attended the public schools and Marshall College, Hun- in 1933 and commenced practice at Bentonville, Ark.; servedtington, W.Va.; engaged in banking and as a salesman 1910- in the State house of representatives, 1933-1935; member of1917 and in the general insurance business in 1920; served the State senate, 1935-1939; delegate, Democrat National Hundred and Fifti- Convention, 1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixthoverseas as a first lieutenant in the One Congress; reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress (Janu-eth Field Artillery, Forty-second Division, 1917-1919; elected ary 3, 1939-January 3, 1943); was not a candidate forreelec-as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth,Seventy-ninth, and tion in 1942 but was an unsuccessful candidate for theEightieth Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1949); un- Democratic nomination for United States Senator; served assuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first combat officer in the United States Navy, 1943-1945; generalCongress, and for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Con- manager of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Associa-gress; appointed West Virginia director for theFederal tion, Washington, D.C., from January 1943 until retirementHousing Administration February 2, 1954, and resigned Feb- in September 1967; appointed as special consultant to theruary 10, 1958; died in Huntington, W.Va.,December 3, Secretary of Agriculture, January 1968 to January 1969; 1959; interment in Woodmere Cemetery. special area development assistantto Senator John L. ELLIS, Powhatan, a Senator from Mississippi; born at McClellan from February 1971 until 1977; returned to the"Red Hill," Amherst County, Va., January 17, 1790; was staff of the Secretary of Agriculture and was employed theregraduated from Washington Academy (now Washington and until his retirement in August 1979; resided in Chevy Chase,Lee University), Lexington, Va., in 1809; attended Dickinson Md.; died in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1980; intermentCollege, Carlisle, Pa., in 1809 and 1810; studied law at Wil- in Arlington National Cemetery. liam and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., in 1813 and 1814; ELLIS, Edgar Clarence, a Representative from Missouri;was admitted to the bar and commencedpractice in Lynch- born in Vermontville, Eaton County, Mich., October 2, 1854;burg, Va.; moved to Natchez, Miss., in 1816 and continued attended Olivet (Mich.) College, and was graduated fromthe practice of law; judge of the State supreme court 1823- Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., in 1881; instructor in1825; appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacan- Latin at Carleton College in 1881 and 1882; superintendentcy caused by the resignation of DavidHolmes and served of the public schools at Fergus Falls, Minn., 1882-1885; stud-from September 28, 1825, to January 28, 1826, when a suc- ied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice incessor was elected and qualified;unsuccessful candidate for Beloit, Kans., in 1885; moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1888election to fill the vacancy; elected to the United States and continued the practice of his profession; elected as aSenate and served from March 4, 1827, to July 16,1832, Republican to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresseswhen he resigned to accept a judicial position; judge ofthe (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate forUnited States court for the district of Mississippi1832-1836; reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed theappointed by President Andrew Jackson Chargé d'Affaires of practice of law in Kansas City, Mo.; appointed a member ofthe United States to Mexico and served from January to the Missouri Waterway Commission and served in 1911 andDecember 1836, when he closed the legation; appointed by 1912; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-President Martin Van Buren United States Minister Pleni- March 3, 1923); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922potentiary to Mexico 1839-1842; moved to Richmond, Va., to the Sixty-eighth Congress; elected to the Sixty-ninth Con-where he died on March 18, 1863; interment in Shockoe gress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927); unsuccessfulcandidateCemetery. for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress; elected to Bibliography: DAB; Cobb, Edwin L. "Powhatan Ellis of Mississippi: A the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931); Reappraisal." Journal of Mississippi History 30 (May 1968): 91-110. unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy- second Congress; retired from law practice and political life; ELLIS, William Cox, a Representative from Pennsylva- died in St. Petersburg, Fla., March 15, 1947; remains werenia; born in Fort Muncy, Pa., May 5, 1787; attended the cremated and the ashes interred in Kansas City, Mo. public schools, and was graduated from the Friends' School near Pennsdale, Lycoming County, Pa.,in 1803; deputy sur- ELLIS, Ezekiel John, a Representative from Louisiana;veyor general 1803-18 10; cashierof the Union and Northum- born in Covington, St. Tammany Parish, La., October 15,berland County Bank 1810-18 18; studied law; was admitted 1840; attended private schools in Covington and Clinton, La.,to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice in Muncy,Pa.; and Centenary College, Jackson, La., 1855-1858; was grad-elected in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress, but resigned uated from the law department of the Louisiana State Uni-before the Congress assembled; unsuccessful candidate for versity at Pineville (now at Baton Rouge), La., in 1861;reelection to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation; during the Civil War joined the Confederate Army and waselected to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, commissioned a first lieutenant; was promoted to captain in1825); member of the State house of representatives in 1825 the Sixteenth Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, and served twoand 1826; became affiliated with the Republican Party in years, when he was captured and held as aprisoner of war1856; resumed the practice of law in Muncy, Pa., and died on Johnsons Island in Lake Erie untilthe end of the war;there December 13, 1871; interment in Muncy Cemetery. was admitted to the bar of Louisianain 1866 and com- menced practice in Covington, La.; member of the State ELLIS, William Russell, a Representative from Oregon; senate 1866-1870; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourthborn near Waveland, Montgomery County, md., April 23, and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March1850; moved with his parents to Guthrie County, Iowa, in 3, 1885); chairman, Committee on Mississippi Levees (Forty-1855; attended the district schools and the Iowa StateAgri- fourth Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomina-cultural College at Ames; was graduated from the law de- 962 Biographical Directory

partment of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1874;wasMd.; member of the State senate 1946-1950; died in Balti- admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Panora,more, Md., August 20, 1960, interment in Hebrew Friendship Iowa; mayor of Panora for one term; moved to Hamburg, Cemetery. Iowa, where he continued the practice of law, and alsoen- gaged in newspaper work; served two years as city attorney; ELLMAKER, Amos, a Representative from Pennsylvania; mayor of Hamburg in 1880 and 1881; moved to Heppner,born at "Walnut Bottom" farm, Leacock Township, Lancas- Oreg., in 1884; superintendent of schools of Morrow Countyter County, Pa., February 2, 1787; attended the common in 1885 and 1886; district attorney of the seventh judicialschools; was graduated from Princeton College; studied law district of Oregon 1886-1892; elected as a Republican to thein Lancaster, Pa., and Litchfield, Conn.; was admitted to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4,bar and commenced practice in Harrisburg, Pa.; deputy at- 1893-March 3, 1899); chairman, Committee on Expenditurestorney general for Dauphin County 1809-1815; member of in the Department of Justice (Fifty-fourth Congress), Com-the State house of representatives in 1813 and 1814; elected mittee on Irrigation of Arid Lands (Fifty-fifth Congress);to the Fourteenth Congress, but did not qualify, having been unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898; circuitappointed and commissioned president judge of the twelfth judge of the sixth judicial district of Oregon from July 10,judicial district on July 3, 1815, and served until his resigna- 1900, to July 1, 1906; moved to Pendleton in 1901 andprac-tion on December 21, 1816; attorney general of Pennsylvania ticed law; elected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses1816-1819; moved to Lancaster, Pa., in 1821 and resumed the (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate forpractice of law; again attorney general of the State in 1828 renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law in Pendle-and 1829; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the ton, Oreg.; in July 1914 moved to Portland, Oreg., where heUnited States on the Anti-Masonic ticket in 1832 and for the died January 18, 1915; interment in a mausoleum in Port-United States Senate in 1833; continued the practice of law land Crematorium. until his death in Lancaster, Pa., November 28, 1851; inter- ELLIS, William Thomas, a Representative from Ken-ment in St. James' Episcopal Churchyard. tucky; born near Knottsville, Daviess County, Ky., on July ELLSBERRY, William Wallace, a Representative from 24, 1845; attended the common schools; enlisted in 1861, atOhio; born in New Hope, Brown County, Ohio, December 18, the age of sixteen, in the First Kentucky Confederate Caval- 1833; attended the public schools of Brown County and a ry, which became a part of the celebrated Orphan Brigade,private academy in Clermont County; taught school two and served with his regiment continuously until April 21,years; began the study of medicine with his father; attended 1865; attended Pleasant Valley Seminary, Daviess County;medical lectures and was graduated from the Cincinnati principal of Mount Etna Academy, Ohio County, in 1867 andCollege of Medicine and Surgery, and later from the Ohio 1868; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1868;wasMedical College; engaged in the practice of his profession at graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1870 andcom-Georgetown, Ohio, until his election to Congress; county menced practice in Owensboro, Ky., the same year; electedauditor; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in county attorney in 1870 and 1874; unsuccessful candidate for1880; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; electedas a Demo-(March 4, 1885-March 3,1887); was not a candidate for crat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congress-renomination in 1886; resumed the practice of medicine es (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee onuntil his death in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, Septem- Revision of the Laws (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congress-ber 7, 1894; interment in Confidence Cemetery. es); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; ELLS WORTH, Charles Clinton, a Representative from resumed the practice of law; also engaged in literarypur-Michigan; born in West Berkshire, Franklin County, Vt., suits; died in Owensboro, Ky., January 8, 1925; interment inJanuary 29, 1824; attended the common schools of West Elmwood Cemetery. Berkshire and the academy at Bakersfield, Vt.; taught school in Vermont one winter; moved to Howell, Livingston ELLISON, Andrew, a Representative from Ohio; born inCounty, Mich.; taught school one term; studied law; was West Union, Adams County, Ohio, in 1812; attended theadmitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar inHowell, Mich.; prosecuting attorney of Livingston County in Adams County, Ohio, in August 1835 and commenced prac-1849; moved to Montcalm County and settled in Greenville tice in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, the same year;in 1851; served as the first president of the village; member elected prosecuting attorney of Brown County and servedof the State house of representatives 1852-1854; prosecuting from 1840 to 1843; member of the State house of representa-attorney of Montcalm County in 1853; served in the Union tives in 1846; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-thirdArmy as paymaster with the rank of major in 1862; elected Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candi- as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877- date for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress;March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for renomination in resumed the practice of law; died about 1860. 1878; resumed the practice of law; died in Greenville, Mich., ELLISON, Daniel, a Representative from Maryland; bornJune 25, 1899; interment in Forest Home Cemetery. in Russia, February 14, 1886; as an infant, was brought to ELLSWORTH, Franklin Fowler, a Representative from the United States by his parents; attended the public schoolsMinnesota; born in St. James, Watonwan County, Minn., of Baltimore, Md.; was graduated from Johns Hopkins Uni-July 10, 1879; attended the grade and high schools; enlisted versity, Baltimore, Md., in 1907 and from the law depart-as a private in Company H, Twelfth Regiment, Minnesota ment of the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1909;Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish-American War; at- was admitted to the bar the same year and commencedtended the law department of the University of Minnesota practice in Baltimore, Md.; served as a member of the Balti-at Minneapolis; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and com- more city council 1923-1942; elected as a Republican to themenced practice in St. James, Minn.; city attorney of St. Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945);James in 1904 and 1905; prosecuting attorney of Watonwan unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-County 1905-1909; elected as a Republican to the Sixty- ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Baltimore,fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, Biographies 963

1915-March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for renominationceeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1967); was in 1920, having become a gubernatorial candidate; unsuc-not a candidate in 1966 for reelection but was an unsuccess- cessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1920 andful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; 1924; moved to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1921 and resumed theNational Political Director of the Presidential Campaign in practice of his profession; died in Minneapolis, Minn., De-1968; special assistant to President Nixon, 1969; Permanent cember 23, 1942; interment in Lakewood Cemetery. Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with rank of Ambassador, 1969-197 1; general ELLS WORTH, Mathew Harris, a Representative frompartner in Lazard Freres and Co. of New York City; Assist- Oregon; born in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash.,ant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), September 17, 1899; moved with his parents to Eugene and1974-1975; nominated by President Ford to be Deputy Secre- later to Wendling, Oreg.; attended the public schools; servedtary of Defense and served in that capacity from December in the Student Army Training Corps during the First World1975 until January 1977; vice chairman of the council, Inter- War; was graduated in journalism from the University ofnational Institute for Strategic Studies, London, 1977 to Oregon at Eugene in 1922; advertising manager of a newspa- per in Eugene, Oreg., in 1923; engaged in thelumber busi-present; president of a private investment and consulting ness 1923-1925; manager of a lumber-industry publicationfirm in Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Comus, Md. 1926-1928; associate professor in journalism at the Universi- ELLS WORTH, Samuel Stewart, a Representative from ty of Oregon in 1928 and 1929; publisher and part owner ofNew York; born in Pownal, Vt., October 13, 1790; attended the Roseburg (Oreg.) News-Review since 1929; served by ap-the common schools; moved to Penn Yan, N.Y., in 1819 and pointment in the State senate in 1941; elected as a Republi-engaged in mercantile pursuits; supervisor of Mio, Yates can to the Seventy-eighth and to the sixsucceeding Con-County, 1824-1828; judge of Yates County 1824-1829; served gresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1957);unsuccessful can-in the State assembly in 1840; elected as a Democrat to the didate for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress;Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); died appointed by President Eisenhower as chairman of the Civilin Penn Yan, N.Y., June 4, 1863; interment in Lake View Service Commission for a two-year term and served fromCemetery. April 18, 1957, to February 28, 1959; resumed newspaper business profession; real estate broker; moved to Albuquer- ELLSWORTH, William Wolcott (son of Oliver Ellsworth), que, N.Mex., in 1975 and lived there until hisdeath ona Representative from Connecticut;born in Windsor, Conn., February 7, 1986; interment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. November 10, 1791; completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1810; studied law in Litch- ELLSWORTH, Oliver (father of William Wolcott Ells-field, Conn.; was admitted to the bar in 1813 and practiced; worth), a Delegate and a Senator from Connecticut; born inappointed professor of law at Trinity College, Hartford, Windsor, Conn., April 29, 1745; pursued preparatory studies;Conn., in 1827, which position he held until his death; elect- attended Yale College and was graduated from the Collegeed to the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1766; studiedCongresses and served from March 4, 1829, to July 8,1834, law; was admitted to the bar in 1771 and commenced prac-when he resigned; Governor of Connecticut 1838-1842; judge tice in Windsor; moved to Hartford, Conn., in 1775; member,of the State supreme court from 1847 to 1861, when,by the State general assembly 1773-1776; appointed State attorneyconstitutional provision relative to age, he was retired; twice in 1777; Member of the Continental Congress 1778-1783; from 1780 to 1785 was a member of the Governor's council;declined to accept the nomination to the United States judge of the Connecticut Superior Court 1785-1789; delegateSenate; retired from public life; died in Hartford, Conn., to the convention that framed the federal Constitution inJanuary 15, 1868; interment in the Old North Cemetery. 1787; elected to the United States Senate; reelected and Bibliography: DAB. served from March 4,1789, to March 8,1796, when he ELLWOOD, Reuben, a Representative from Illinois; born resigned to accept a judicial appointment; appointed Chiefin Minden, Montgomery County, N.Y., February21, 1821; Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1796 andattended the public schools and Cherry Valley Seminary, served until 1800 when he retired; appointed Envoy Extraor-New York;manufacturerofagriculturalimplements; dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France to negotiate amember of the New York State assembly in 1851; moved to treaty 1799; returned to the United States in 1801; again aSycamore, Ill., about 1854; resumed manufacturing interests member of the Governor's council 1801-1807; died in Wind-and engaged in the hardware business; elected as a Republi- sor, Conn., November 26, 1807; interment in theOld Ceme-can to the Forty-eighthand Forty-ninth Congresses and tery. served from March 4, 1883, until his death, before the assem- Bibliography: DAB; Brown, William. The Life of Oliver Ellsworth. 1905.bling of the Forty-ninth Congress, in Sycamore, Ill.,July 1, Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970; Lettieri, Ronald John. Connecti- 1885; interment in Elmwood Cemetery. cut's Young Man of the Revolution: Oliver Ellsworth. Hartford: American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut, 1978. ELLZEY, Lawrence Russell, a Representative from Mis- ELLS WORTH, RobertFred,aRepresentativefromsissippi; born on a farm near Wesson, Copiah County, Miss., Kansas; born in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kans., June 11,March 20, 1891; attended the rural schools and was graduat- ed from Mississippi College at Clinton, A.B., 1912; attended 1926; attended the Lawrence, Kans., schools; graduated withthe University of Chicago in 1927; engaged as a teacherin a B.S. degree from the Universityof Kansas in 1945 and vol- received J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Schoolthe consolidated county schools of Mississippi 1912-1917; of Law in 1949; served as an officer in the United Statesunteered as a private in the Quartermaster Corps on Decem- ber 13, 1917, and served overseas nine months beforebeing Navy 1944-1946, and again during the 1950- served 1953; teacher at the University of Kansas School of Business discharged as a first lieutenant on February 20, 1919; 1954-1955; admitted to the Kansas and Massachusetts bar inas superintendent of education ofLincoln County, Miss., 1949 and commenced practice in Springfield, Mass.; assistant1920-1922; teacher in the agricultural high school Wesson, to vice chairman, Federal Maritime Board in 1953and 1954;Miss.,1922-1928; served as president of Copiah-Lincoln private law practice in Lawrence, Kans., 1955-1960; electedJunior College, Wesson, Miss., 1928-1932; elected as a Demo- as a Republican to theEighty-seventh and to the two suc- crat to the Seventy-second Congress, by special election, 964 Biographical Directory

March 15, 1932, to if! the vacancy caused by the death offrom New Jersey; born in Bridgeton, N.J., February 3, 1793; Percy E. Quin; reelected to the Seventy-third Congress andattended the private schools and was graduated from the served from March 15, 1932, to January 3, 1935; unsuccessfulUniversity of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; during the War candidate for renomination in 1934 to the Seventy-fourthof 1812 served in the militia as a lieutenant of artillery, and Congress; engaged in the life insurance business; executivewas promoted to the rank of brigade major and inspector; secretary for the Mississippi Salvage Campaign in 1942 andstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced 1943; resided in Jackson, Miss., where he died December 7,practice in Bridgeton, N.J.; prosecuting attorney for the 1977; interment in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Miss. State in 1824; member of the State general assembly 1820- ELMENDORF, Lucas Conrad, a Representative from1823, serving the last year as speaker; prosecutor of the New York; born in Kingston, N.Y., in 1758; was graduatedpleas for Cumberland County in 1824; United States district from Princeton College in 1782; studied law; was admitted toattorney for the district of New Jersey 1824-1829; elected as the bar in 1785 and practiced; unsuccessful candidate ina Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843- 1794 for election to the Fourth Congress; elected as a Repub-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Elections (Twenty- lican to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses (March 4,eighth Congress); unsuccessful for reelection in 1844 to the 1797-March 3, 1803); declined to be a candidate for renomi-Twenty-ninth Congress; attorney general of New Jersey nation in 1802; member of the State assembly in 1804 and1850-1852; justice of the State supreme court from 1852 until 1805; served in the State senate 1814-1817; first judge of the 1869 when he retired; died in Bridgeton, N.J., on March 11, court of common pleas (now county court) of Ulster County1883; interment in Bridgeton Cemetery. and served from 1815 to 1821; surrogate of Ulster County Bibliography: DAB. 1835-1840; died in Kingston, N.Y., August 17, 1843; inter- ELMER, William Price, a Representative from Missouri; ment in the crypt of the First Dutch Church. born in Robertsville, Franklin County, Mo., March 2, 1871; ELMER, Ebenezer (brother of Jonathan Elmer and fatherattended the public schools and Wingo Law School, Salem, of Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer), a RepresentativeMo.; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced prac- from New Jersey; born in Cedarville, Cumberland County,tice in Salem, Mo.; prosecuting attorney for Dent County, N.J., August 23, 1752; pursued an academic course; studiedMo., in 1895 and 1896 and again in 1905 and 1906; member medicine and practiced in Cedarville; served in the Revolu-of the State house of representatives in 1903, 1904, 1921, tionary Army as ensign, lieutenant, surgeon's mate, and1922, and 1929-1933, serving as temporary speaker and floor

regimental surgeon; practiced medicine in Bridgeton, N.J.,leader in 1929; city attorney of Salem, Mo., 1920-1930; dele-- 1783-1789; member of the State general assembly 1789-1795,gate or alternate to the Republican National Conventions in serving as speaker in 1791 and 1795; elected as a Republican 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920; chairman of the Republican to the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Congresses (March 4,county committee 1908-1944; member of the 1929 commis- 1801-March 3, 1807); was not a candidate for renominationsion to revise Missouri laws; unsuccessful candidate for Lieu- in 1806; member of the State council in 1807, and wastenant Governor in 1940; elected as a Republican to the chosen vice president of that body; collector of customs ofSeventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); Bridgeton from 1808 until 1817, when he resigned; reap-unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy- pointed in 1822 and served until 1832, when he againre-ninth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican signed; served in the War of 1812; adjutant general of thenomination for United States Senator in 1946; resumed the New Jersey Militia and brigadier general of the Cumberlandpractice of law; director of First National Bank of Salem; brigade; vice president of Burlington College 1808-18 17 andmember of board of curators of University of Missouri 1949- 1822-1832; retired from public life; died in Bridgeton, N.J.,1955; died in Salem, Mo., May 11, 1956; interment in Cedar on October 18, 1843; interment in the Presbyterian Ceme-Grove Cemetery. tery. Bibliography: DAB. ELMORE, Franklin Harper, a Representative and a Sena- tor from South Carolina; born in Laurens District, S.C., Oc- ELMER, Jonathan (brother of Ebenezer Elmer and uncletober 15, 1799; was graduated from the South Carolina Col- of Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer), a Delegate and alege at Columbia in 1819; studied law; was admitted to the Senator from New Jersey; born in Cedarville, Cumberlandbar in 1821 and commenced practice in Walterboro, S.C.; County, N.J., November 29, 1745; completed preparatorysolicitor for the southern circuit 1822-1836; colonel on the studies; was graduated from the first medical class of thestaff of the Governor 1824-1826; elected as a State Rights University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1769 andDemocrat to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy practiced in Bridgeton, N.J.; high sheriff of Cumberlandcaused by the resignation of James H. Hammond; reelected County 1772; was chosen captain of a light infantry companyto the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from December 10, 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1777-1778, 1781-1836, to March 3, 1839; president of the Bank of the State of 1783, and 1787-1788; member, State council 1780, 1784;South Carolina 1839-1850; declined appointment by Presi- trustee of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Univer-dent James Polk as Minister to Great Britain; appointed as sity) 1782-1795; surrogate of Cumberland County 1784-1802;a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy president of the State medical society 1787; elected to thecaused by the death of John C. Calhoun and served from United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, toApril 11, 1850, until his death in Washington, D.C., May 29, March 3, 1791; appointed presiding judge of the county court1850; interment in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Colum- of common pleas in 1802 and served until his resignation inbia, S.C. 1804; appointed to the same office in the winter of 1813, but, Bibliography: DAB; Birney, James. Correspondence Between the Honora. in February 1814, declined to serve further because of im-ble F.H Elmore and James C. Birney. 1838. Reprint. New York: Arno paired health; died in Bridgeton, N.J., September 3, 1817; Press, 1969. interment in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. ELSAESSER, Edward Julius, a Representative from New York; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., March 10, 1904; ELMER, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus (son of Ebenezerattended the public schools; was graduated from the law Elmer and nephew of Jonathan Elmer), a Representativedepartment of the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., in Biographies 965

1926; was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced prac-resumed the practice of law in Elvins, Mo.; delegatethe to tice in Buffalo, N.Y.; Republican State committeeman 1937-Republican National Convention in 1912; chairman of the 1945; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth andState Republican committee 1912-1914; moved toBonne Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1949); un-Terre, Mo., in 1917 and continued the practice of law; successful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-firstmember and chairman of the committee on rules and order Congress; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to theof business for the Missouri constitutional conventionin Eighty-second Congress in 1950; resumed the practice of law;1922 and 1923; moved to Pharr, Hidalgo County, Tex., in was a resident of Williamsville, N.Y., until his deaththere1936; unsuccessful candidate to the United States Senatein on January 7, 1983; interment in WihiamsvilleCemetery.1940; died at McAllen, Tex., January 14, 1943; remains cre-- ELSTON, Charles Henry, a Representative from Ohio;mated. born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, August 1, 1891; ELY, Alfred, a Representative from New York; born in attended the public schools of Marietta and Cincinnati,Lyme, New London County, Conn., February 15, 1815; at- Ohio; Y.M.C.A. Law School, Cincinnati, Ohio, LL.B., 1914;tended the common schools and Bacon Academy at Coiches- was admitted to the bar the same yearand commencedter, Conn.; moved to Rochester, N.Y., in 1835; studiedlaw; practice in Cincinnati, Ohio; assistant prosecuting attorneywas admitted to the bar in 1841 andcommenced practice in of Hamilton County, Ohio, 1915-1922; member of the facultyRochester; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and of the Y.M.C.A. Law school 1916-1936; during the FirstThirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863); World War served as an aviation cadet in the aviation serv-chairman, Committee on Invalid Pensions (Thirty-seventh ice of the United States Army; member of the HamiltonCongress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; County Charter Commission; elected as a Republican to thewhile witnessing the Battle of Bull Run was taken a prison- Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (Januaryer by the Confederates, andimprisoned in Richmond for 3, 1939-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomina-nearly six months; resumed the practice of law; died in tion in 1952; resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio;Rochester, N.Y., May 18, 1892; interment in the Ely vault in was a resident of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,where he died Sep-Mount Hope Cemetery. tember 25, 1980; interment in Lauderdale Memorial Gar- dens, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ELY, Frederick David, a Representative from Massachu- setts; born in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Mass.,September ELSTON, John Arthur, a Representative from California;24, 1838; attended Day's Academy, Wrentham, and wasgrad- born in Woodland, Yolo County, Calif., February 10, 1874;uated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1859; stud- attended the public schools; was graduated from Hesperianied law; was admitted to the bar and commencedpractice at College, Woodland, Calif., in 1892 and the University of Cali-Dedham, Mass., in 1862; trial justice 1867-1885; memberof fornia at Berkeley in 1897; engaged in educational work;the State house of representatives in 1873;served in the studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commencedState senate in 1878 and 1879; member of theschool commit- practice in Berkeley, Calif.; executive secretary to the Gover-tee of Dedham 1882-1894; elected as aRepublican to the nor of California 1903-1907; memberof the board of trusteesForty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3,1887); unsuc- of the State Institution for the Deaf and Blind 1911-1914;cessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to theFiftieth Con- elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-fourth Congress andgress; resumed the practiceof law; justice of the municipal reelected as a Republican to the three succeeding Congressescourt of Boston 1888-1914; died in Dedham, Mass.,August 6, and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in Washing-1921; interment in Old Parish Cemetery. ton, D.C., December 15, 1921; chairman, Committee on Mile- age (Sixty-sixth Congress); remains werecremated and the ELY, John, a Representative from New York; bornin ashes placed in the California Crematorium at Oakland.Saybrook, Conn., October 8,1774; completed preparatory studies; studied medicine, and practiced in Coxsackie,N.Y.; ELTSE, Ralph Roscoe, a Representative from California;member of the State assembly in 1806 and 1812; oneof the born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, September 13,organizers of the New York State and Greene CountyMedi- 1885; attended the public schools; was graduated from Penncal Societies in 1807 and also of the AlbanyFemale Acade- College; Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1909 and from Haverford (Pa.)my; elected as a Democrat tothe Twenty-sixth Congress College in 1910; moved to Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif.,(March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); resumed the practiceof med- in 1912; attended the law department of the University of interment in California at Berkeley; was admitted to the bar in 1915 andicine; died in Coxsackie, N.Y., August 20, 1849; commenced practice in Berkeley, Calif.; member of the Re-Old Coxsackie Cemetery. publican State committee 1932-1935; delegate to theRepub- ELY, Smith, Jr., a Representative from NewYork; born in lican State conventions in 1932, 1934, and 1940; elected as aHanover, Morris County, N.J., April 17, 1825;completed pre-- Republican to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-paratory studies; was graduated from the NewYork Univer- January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for reelectioninsity Law School, New York City, in 1846; wasadmitted to 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress and for election in1940 the bar the same year, but never practiced hisprofession; to the Seventy-seventh Congress;resumed the practice ofengaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City;served as law; resided in Berkeley, Calif., where hedied March 18,school commissioner 1856-1860; served in the Statesenate in 1971; entombment in Sunset Mausoleum. 1858 and 1859; county supervisor in 1860-1870;commissioner inof public instruction in 1867; elected as a Democratto the ELVINS, Politte, a Representative from Missouri; born Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); was French Village, St. Francois County, Mo., March 16, 1878; 1872; elected to the attended the public schools; was graduated fromCarletonnot a candidate for renomination in College, Farmington, Mo., in 1897 and from the lawdepart-Forty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1875, to in 1899; wasDecember 11, 1876, when he resigned; chairman,Committee ment of the University of Missouri at Columbia of the Treasury (Forty- admitted to the bar the same year and commencedpracticeon Expenditures in the Department Sixty-firstfourth Congress); mayor of New York City in1877 and 1878; in Elvins, Mo.; elected as a Republican to the served until Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911);unsuccessful candi-appointed commissioner of parks in 1895 and date for reelection in 1910 to theSixty-second Congress;1897, when he retired from public life; died in Livingston, 966 Biographical Directory

Essex County, N.J., July 1, 1911; interment ina private EMERSON, Norvell William, a Representative from Mis- cemetery on his farm at Livingston. souri; born in St. Louis, Jefferson County, Mo., January 1, ELY, William, a Representative from Massachusetts; born1938; raised in Jefferson County and attended public schools in Longmeadow, Mass., August 14, 1765; completedprepara-in Hillsboro; served as a page in the United States House of tory studies; was graduated from Yale College in 1787; stud-Representatives in the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Con- ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1791 and commencedgresses; graduated from United States Capitol Page School, practice in Springfield, Mass.; member of the State house ofWashington, D.C., 1955; B.A., Westminster College, Fulton, representatives 1801-1803; elected as a Federalist to theMo., 1959; attended University of Missouri Law School, Co- Ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1805-lumbia, 1960; LL.B., University of Baltimore, Baltimore, March 3, 1815); again a member of the State house ofrepre-Md., 1964; served in the United States Air Force Reserve, sentatives in 1815 and 1816; died in Springfield, Mass., Octo-captain, 1964 to present; special assistant to United States ber 9, 1817, and was buried there. Representative Robert F. Ellsworth, 1961-1965; administra- tive assistant to United States Representative and Senator EMBREE, Elisha, a Representative from Indiana; born inCharles McC. Mathias, Jr., 1965-1970; director, government Lincoln County, Ky., September 28, 1801; moved to Indianarelations, Fairchild Industries, 1970-1973; director, public af- in 1811 with his father, who settled in Knox (now Gibson)fairs, Interstate Natural Gas Association, 1974-1975; execu- County, near where Princeton was subsequently located;re-tive assistant to chairman, Federal Election Commission,, ceived limited schooling; engaged in agricultural pursuits;1975; director, federal relations, TRW, Inc., 1975-1979; presi- studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenceddent, N. William Emerson and Associates, government rela- practice in Princeton, Gibson County, md.; circuit judge fortions consultants, 1979-1980; elected as a Republican to the the fourth circuit of Indiana 1835-1845; was nominatedasNinety-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (Jan- the Whig candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1849, butuary 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Cape Girar- declined, preferring to run for Congress;, elected asa Whig todeau, Mo. the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849);un- successful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first EMERY, David Farnham, a Representative from Maine; Congress; resumed the practice of law and also interested inborn in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, September 1, 1948; farming; died in Princeton, md., February 28, 1863; inter-attended public schools; B.S., Worcester (Mass.) Polytechnic ment in Warnock Cemetery. Institute, 1970; served as representative in Maine Legisla- EMERICH, Martin, a Representative from Illinois; born inture, 1970-1974; chairman, Rockland Republican city com- Baltimore, Md., April 27, 1846; attended the public schools;mittee, 1972; delegate to Maine State Republican convention, engaged in the importing business; appointed ward commis-1972; delegate to Republican National Convention, 1972; sioner of the poor of Baltimore in 1870; member of the Stateelected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the house of delegates 1881-1883; aide-de-camp to Gov. William three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, T. Hamilton 1880-1884, and to Gov. Elihu E. Jackson 1884-1983); was not a candidate in 1982 for reelection but was an 1887; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1887 and engaged inmercan-unsuccessful candidate to the United States Senate; deputy tile pursuits until 1896, when he engaged in the manufac-director, United States Arms Control and Disarmament ture of bricks; member of the Board of Commissioners ofAgency, 1983-1988; consultant; is a resident of Rockland, Cook County 1892-1894; assessor of South Chicago 1897;Maine. elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, EMOTT, James, a Representative from New York; born in 1903-March 3, 1905); was not a candidate for renominationPoughkeepsie, N.Y., March 9, 1771; completed preparatory in 1904; retired in 1907; died while on a visit in New Yorkstudies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1790 and City September 27, 1922; interment in Rosehill Cemetery, commenced practice in Ballson Center, N.Y.; land commis- Chicago, Ill. sioner to settle disputes of titles to military reservations in EMERSON, Henry Ivory, a Representative from Ohio;Onondaga County in 1797; moved to Albany, N.Y., in 1800; born in Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine, March 15, 1871;member of the State assembly from Albany County in 1804, moved with his parents to Lewiston, Maine, where he at-and served as speaker; elected as a Federalist to the Elev- tended the public schools and studied law; moved to Cleve-enth and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1813); land, Ohio, in 1892 and was graduated from the Cincinnatimember of the State assembly from Dutchess County 1814- Law School in 1893; was admitted to the bar thesame year1817, and served as speaker the first year; judge of the court and commenced practice in Cleveland, Ohio; member of theof common pleas of Dutchess County from April 8, 1817, to Cleveland City Council in 1902 and 1903; electedas a Repub-February 3, 1823; appointed judge for the second judicial lican to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Con-circuit February 21, 1827, and held that office until Febru- gresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candi-ary 1831, when he retired; died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess date for renomination in 1920; resumed the practice of law;County, N.Y., April 7,1850; interment in Poughkeepsie died in East Cleveland, Ohio, October 28, 1953; interment inRural Cemetery. Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. Bibliography: DAB. EMERSON, Louis Woodard, a Representative from New EMRIE, Jonas Reece, a Representative from Ohio; born in York; born in Warrensburg, Warren County, N.Y., July 25,Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, April 25, 1812; pursued 1857; attended the district school and was graduated frompreparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar Warrensburg Academy; engaged in the lumber, banking,and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Ohio; editor and pub- and manufacturing business; delegate to the Republican Na-lisher of the Hilisboro Gazette 1839-1848 and 1854-1856; tional Conventions in 1888, 1892, and 1896; member of theleader in organizing the Hillsboro Female College; appointed State senate 1890-1893; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-postmaster of Hillsboro April 8, 1839, and served until Feb- sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3,ruary 23, 1841; member of the State senate in 1847 and 1848; 1903); resumed former business activities in Warrensburg,first probate judge of Highland County 1851-1854; elected as N.Y., and died there June 10, 1924; interment in the Citya Republican to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855- Cemetery. March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 Biographies 967 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; moved to Mound City, Pulaskicandidate for renomination in 1958, having become a candi- County, Ill., in 1857; engaged in mercantile pursuits, con-date for United States Senator; elected as a Democrat tothe ducted a newspaper, and practiced law; police magistrate ofUnited States Senate in 1958 and served from January 3, the city in 1858; township treasurer of schools; master in1959, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 30, 1964; chancery of Pulaski County, Ill.; died in Mound City, Ill.,interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Calif. June 5, 1869; interment in Beech Grove Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; Sayles, Stephen. "Clair Engle and the Politics of California Reclamation, 1943-1960." Ph.D. dissertation, University of New ENGEL, Albert Joseph, a Representative from Michigan; Mexico, 1978. born in New Washington, Crawford County, Ohio, January ENGLEBRIGHT, Harry Lane (son of William F. Engle- 1,1888; attended the public schools in Grand Traverse County, Mich., and the Central Y.M.C.A., Chicago, Ill.; wasbright), a Representative from California; born in Nevada graduated from the law department of Northwestern Uni-City, Nevada County, Calif., January 2, 1884; attended the versity, Evanston, Ill., in 1910; was admitted to the bar thepublic schools; attended the University of California at same year and commenced practice in Lake City,Mich.;Berkeley; was graduated as a mining engineer, and followed prosecuting attorney of Missaukee County, Mich., in 1916,his profession; mineral inspector for the field division of the 1917, 1919, and 1920; during the First World War served as aGeneral Land Office, and also engineer for the State Conser- first lieutenant in the War Department, Washington, D.C.,vation Commission of California 1911-1914; actively connect- later being promoted to captain and served overseas fored with various mining enterprises in California; elected as twenty-three months, 1917-1919; served in the State senatea Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress tofill the vacancy in 1921, 1922, and 1927-1932; elected as a Republican to thecaused by the death of John E. Raker; reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (Jan-Seventieth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and uary 3, 1935-January 3, 1951); was not a candidatefor re-served from August 31, 1926, until his death; minority whip nomination in 1950 but was an unsuccessful candidate for(Seventy-third through Seventy-eighth Congresses); died in the Republican gubernatorial nomination; operated a 1,400-Bethesda, Md., May 13, 1943; interment in Pine Grove Ceme- acre tree plantation near Lake City, Mich.; diedin Grandtery, Nevada City, Calif. Rapids, Mich., December 2, 1959; interment in Lake City ENGLEBRIGHT, William Fellows (father of Harry Lane Cemetery, Lake City, Mich. Englebright), a Representative from California; born in New ENGLAND, Edward Theodore, a Representative fromBedford, Mass., November 23, 1855; moved with his parents West Virginia; born in Gay, Jackson County, W.Va., Septem-to Vallejo, Calif.; attended private and publicschools; en- ber 29, 1869; attended the public schools; was graduatedtered the service of the United States at the navy yard, from the Concord Normal School, Athens, W.Va., in 1892;Mare Island, as joiner's apprentice and completed his studies taught school for several years; was graduated from the lawin engineering; established himself in Nevada City, Calif., as department of Southern Normal University, Huntingdon,a mining engineer; memberof the Nevada City Board of Tenn., in 1898; was admitted to the bar the same year aadEducation; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Con- commenced practice in Oceana, W.Va.; moved to Logan,gress to fill the vacancy caused by theresignation of James W.Va., in 1901 and continued the practice of law; electedN. Gillett; reelected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-firstCongress- mayor of Logan in 1903; member of the State senate 1908-es and served from November6, 1906, to March 3, 1911; 19 16; elected president of the State senate in 1915 and byunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty- virtue of this office was Lieutenant Governor in 1915 andsecond Congress; resumed his occupation as a mining engi- 1916; presided over the first meeting of all Lieutenant Gov-neer; died in Oakland, Calif.,February 10, 1915; interment ernors of the United States at Rhea Springs, Tenn., in 1915;in Pine Grove Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif. elected attorney general of the State and served from 1917 ENGLISH, Glenn Lee, Jr., a Representative from Oklaho- to 1925; represented the State of West Virginia before the Okla., November 30, Supreme Court of the United States in the Virginia debtma; born in Cordell, Washita County, controversy; elected president of the Attorney Generals' As-1940; attended public schools; B.A., Southwestern State Col- lege, Weatherford, OkIa., 1960-1964; served asstaff sergeant sociation of the United States at Minneapolis, Minn., in oil 1923; was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nom-in United States Army Reserves, 1965-1971; engaged in ination for Governor in 1924; elected as a Republican to theand gas leasing; served as chief assistant to the majority caucus of the California assemblyin the United States Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929); unsuc- of cessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-firstHouse of Representatives, 1965-1968; executive director Congress; resumed the practice of law in Charleston, W.Va.;the Oklahoma State Democratic Party, 1969-1973; elected as died in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 9, 1934; interment ina Democrat to the Ninety-fourthand to the six succeeding Sunset Memorial Park, Charleston, W.Va. Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Cordell, Okia. ENGLE, Clair, a Representative and a Senator from Cali- fornia; born in Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif., September ENGLISH, James Edward, a Representative and a Sena- 21, 1911; attended the public schools; was graduated fromtor from Connecticut; born in New Haven, Conn.,March 13, Chico (Calif.) State College in 1930 and from the University1812; attended the common schools; engaged in the lumber of California Hastings College of Law in 1933; was admittedbusiness, banking, and manufacturing; member, New Haven to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice in Corning,board of selectmen 1847-1861; member, common council Calif.; district attorney of Tehama County, Calif., 1934-1942; 1848-1849; member, State house of representatives 1855; member, State senate 1943; elected as a Democrat to themember, State senate 1856-1858; unsuccessful candidate for Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by thelieutenant governor 1860; elected as a Democrat to the death of Harry L. Englebright; reelected to the Seventy-Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861- ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (August 31, 1943-March 3, 1865); was not a candidate for renomination in January 3, 1959); chairman, Committee on War Claims (Sev-1864; unsuccessful candidate for election as Governorin enty-ninth Congress), Committee on Interior and Insular Af-1866; elected Governor of Connecticut in 1867, 1868, and fairs (Eighty-fourth and Eighty-fifth Congresses); was not a1870; member, State house of representatives1872; unsuc- 968 Biographical Directory

cessful candidate for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Con- ENGLISH, William Hayden (father of William Eastin gress; appointed as a Democrat to the United States SenateEnglish), a Representative from Indiana; born in Lexington, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry andScott County, md., August 27, 1822; pursued classical studies served from November 27, 1875, to May 17 1876, whenaat Hanover (md.) College; studied law; was admitted to the successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate for election inbar in 1846 and commenced practice at Lexington, md.; 1876 to fill the vacancy; resumed his manufacturing andprincipal clerk of the State house of representatives in 1843; commercial activities; died in New Haven, Conn., on Marchclerk in the United States Treasury Department at Wash- 2, 1890; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. ington, D.C., 1844-1848; secretary of the Indiana State con- Bibliography: DAB. stitutional convention in 1850; member of the State house of ENGLISH, Thomas Dunn, a Representative from Newrepresentatives in 1851 and 1852 and served as speaker; Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 29, 1819; attendedelected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three the Friends' Academy, Burlington, N.J., and was graduatedsucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1861); chair- from the medical department of the University of Pennsyl- man, Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-fifth vania at Philadelphia in 1839; studied law; was admitted toCongress); Regent of the Smithsonian Institution 1853-1861; the Philadelphia bar in 1842, but mainly pursued journal-moved to Indianapolis, md., at the end of his congressional ism; wrote the song Ben Bolt in 1843, and was the author ofterm; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the many poems, ballads, and lyrics; moved to Virginia in 1852;United States on the Democratic ticket in 1880; author of moved to New York City in 1857, and to Newark, N.J.,aseveral books; died at his home in Indianapolis, md., Febru- year later; member of the State house of assembly in 1863ary 7, 1896; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. and 1864; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Bibliography: DAB; Schimmel, Elliott L. "William H. English and the Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); chair- Politicsof Self-Deception,1845-1861." Ph.D. dissertation,Florida State man, Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Fifty-third University, 1986. Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed his former literary pur- ENLOE, Benjamin Augustine, a Representative from Ten- suits in Newark, N.J., until his death on April 1, 1902;nessee; born near Clarksburg, Carroll County, Tenn., Janu- interment in Fairmont Cemetery. ary 18, 1848; attended the public schools, Bethel College, Bibliography: DAB. McKenzie, Tenn., and the Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; while a student at the latter institution in 1869 was ENGLISH, Warren Barkley, a Representative from Cali-elected a member of the State house of representatives; re- fornia; born in Charles Town, Va. (now West Virginia), Mayelected under the new constitution in 1870; was graduated 1, 1840; attended the public schools and Charles Town Acad-from the law department of Cumberland University in 1872; emy until June 1861; served in the Confederate Army;was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in moved to Oakland, Calif., and attended the California Mili-Jackson, Tenn.; delegate to the Democratic National Conven- tary Academy; elected a member of the board of supervisorstion in 1872; appointed a commissioner by Governor Marks of Contra Costa County in 1877 and served fouryears; elect-in 1878 to negotiate a settlement of the State debt; served on ed State senator in 1882; delegate to the Democratic Nation-the State executive committee 1878-1880; delegate to the al Convention in 1884; successfully contested asa DemocratDemocratic National Convention in 1880; edited the Jackson the election of Samuel G. Hilborn to the Fifty-third CongressTribune and Sun 1874-1886; elected as a Democrat to the and took his seat April 4, 1894, serving until March 3, 1895;Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-1887-March 3,1895); chairman, Committee on Education fourth Congress; engaged in the real estate business in Oak-(Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candi- land, Calif.; in 1905 moved to Sonoma County, Calif., wheredate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; he engaged in viticulture; died in Santa Rosa, Calif., Janu-edited the Daily Sun at Nashville, Tenn., for two years; ary 9, 1913; interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Oak-moved to Louisville, Ky., and edited the Louisville Dispatch land, Calif. for two years; secretary of the State fair commission and ENGLISH, William Eastin (son of William Hayden Eng-director of exhibits from Tennessee at St. Louis World's Fair lish), a Representative from Indiana; born at "Englishtonin 1903; elected railroad commissioner of Tennessee and Park," near Lexington, Scott County, md., November 3,served from 1904 until his death in Nashville, Tenn., July 8, 1850; moved to Indianapolis in 1865; attended public and 1922; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. private schools; was graduated from the law department of ENOCHS, William Henry, a Representative from Ohio; the Northwestern Christian (now Butler) University at Indi-born near Middleburg, Noble County, Ohio, March 29, 1842; anapolis in 1873; was admitted to the bar the same year andattended the common schools and Ohio University at practiced in Indianapolis until 1882; member of the StateAthens; enlisted as a private in Company B, Second Regi- house of representatives in 1880; successfully contested as ament, Ohio Infantry, April 17, 1861; also served with West Democrat the election of Stanton J. Peelle to the Forty-Virginia Infantry and promoted to colonel; brevetted briga- eighth Congress and served from May 22, 1884, to March 3,dier general of Volunteers March 13, 1865; was graduated 1885; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884from the Cincinnati Law School in 1866; was admitted to the and resumed his former business pursuits at Indianapolis;bar and commenced practice in Ironton, Ohio; member of delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871; elected and 1896, and chairman of the committee on rules and order of business in the former; left the Democratic Party in 1900as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congress- and became active in the Republican Party; served as cap-es and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Ironton, tain and aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Joseph WheelerLawrence County, Ohio, July 13, 1893; interment in Arling- in the Spanish-American War; delegate to the Republicanton National Cemetery. National Convention in 1912; elected a member of the State EPES, James Fletcher (cousin of Sydney Parham Epes), a senate in 1916; reelected in 1920 and again in 1924 andRepresentativefromVirginia;bornnearBlackstone, served until his death in Indianapolis, md., April 29, 1926;Nottoway County, Va., May 23,1842; attended private interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; Biographies 969 during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army in ERDMAN,ConstantineJacob(grandsonofJacob Company E, Third Virginia Cavalry; was graduated from theErdman), a Representative from Pennsylvania; bornin law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexing-Upper Saucon Township, near Allentown, Lehigh County, ton, Va., in 1867; was admitted to the bar the same year andPa., September 4, 1846; attended the common schoolsof the commenced practice at Nottoway Court House, Va.; alsodistrict and a classical school in Quakerstown, Pa.; was grad- engaged in agricultural pursuits; prosecuting attorney foruated from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., in 1865; Nottoway County 1870-1883; elected as a Democrat to thestudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and practiced Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-in Allentown, Pa.; elected district attorney in 1874; adjutant March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination inof the Fourth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, 1894; retired to his plantation, "The Old Place," near Black-during the riots at Reading in 1877; elected as a Democrat to stone, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his deaththe Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893- there August 24, 1910; interment in Lake View Cemetery,March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for reelection in 1896; Blackstone, Va. resumed the practice of law in Allentown; trustee of Muh- lenberg College at Allentown; president of the Coplay EPES, Sydney Parham (cousin of James Fletcher EpesCement Manufacturing Co., the Allentown & Coopersburg and William Bacon Oliver), a Representative from Virginia;Turnpike Co., and the Allen Fire Insurance Co. for many born near Nottoway Court House, Nottoway County, Va.,years; died in Allentown, Pa., January 15,1911; interment in August 20, 1865; moved with his parents to Kentucky andFairview Cemetery. settled near Franklin, KY.; attended the public schools; re- turned to Virginia in 1884 and edited and published a Demo- ERDMAN, Jacob(grandfatherof Constantine Jacob cratic newspaper at Blackstone, Va.; member of the house ofErdman), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Coo- delegates in 1891 and 1892; register of the Virginia landpersburg, Lehigh County, Pa., February 22, 1801; attended office 1895-1897; presented credentials as a Member-elect tothe common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1897, untilmember of the State house of representatives 1834-1836; March 23, 1898, when he was succeeded by Robert T. Thorp,elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March who contested the election; elected as a Democrat to the4, 1845-March 3, 1847); unsuccessful candidate for reelection Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899, untilin 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; elected associate judge of his death in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1900; interment inLehigh County Court November 9, 1866, and served until his Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Va. death in Coopersburg, Pa., July 20, 1867; interment in Blue Church Cemetery near Coopersburg, Pa. EPPES, John Wayles, a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at Eppington, Chesterfield County, Va., ERDREICH, Ben, a Representative from Alabama; born April 19, 1773; attended the University of Pennsylvania atin Birmingham, Ala., December 9, 1938; attended Jefferson Philadelphia; was graduated from Hampden-Sydney CollegeCounty public schools; B.A., Yale University, 1960;J.D., Uni- in Virginia in 1786; studied law; was admitted to the bar inversity of Alabama School of Law, 1968; editor-in-chief,Ala- 1794 and commenced practice in Richmond, Va.; member,bama Law Review; United States Army active dutyservice State house of delegates 180 1-1803; elected as a Republicanas first lieutenant,1963-1965; admitted to Alabama bar, to the Eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March1963; practiced law in Birmingham for eight years; elected to 4, 1803-March 3, 1811); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionAlabama house of representatives, 1970; elected as one of to the Twelfth Congress; chairman, Committee on Ways andthe three Jefferson County commissioners,1974, and reelect- Means (Eleventh Congress); engaged in agricultural pursuits;ed in 1978; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighthand elected to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3,to the two succeeding Congresses (January3, 1983-January 1815); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Four-3, 1989); is a resident of Birmingham, Ala. teenth Congress; chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Thirteenth Congress); elected to the United States Senate ERICKSON, John Edward, a Senator from Montana; born in Stoughton, Dane County, Wis., March 14, 1863;moved and served from March 4, 1817, until December 4, 1819, Kans., when he resigned because of ill health; chairman, Commit-with his parents to Eureka, Greenwood County, tee on Finance (Fifteenth Congress); retired to his estate,where he attended the public schools; graduated fromWash- "Millbrooke," in Buckingham County, Va., where he diedburn College, Topeka, Kans., in 1890; studied law; was ad- September 13, 1823; interment in the private cemetery ofmitted to the bar in 1891 at Eureka, Kans., andcommenced the Eppes family at Millbrook, near Curdsville, Va. practice in Choteau, Teton County, Mont., in 1893; county attorney of Teton County 1897-1905; judge of theeleventh Bibliography; DAB. judicial district of Montana 1905-19 15; resumed thepractice ERDAHL, Arlen Ingoif, a Representative from Minnesota;of law at Kalispell, Mont., in 1916; Governor of Montana born in Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minn., February 27,1925-1933; appointed as a Democrat to the United States 1931; attended the Faribault County public schools; B.A., St.Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofThomas J. Olaf College, Northfield, 1953; served in United StatesWalsh and served from March 13, 1933, until November6, Army, 1954-1956; M.P.A., Harvard University, 1966; farmer;1934, when a successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate served in the Minnesota house of representatives, 1963-1970;for nomination in 1934 to fill the vacancy;resumed the Congressional Fellow, Washington, D.C., 1967-1968; Minne-practice of law in Helena, Mont., where he died on May25, sota Secretary of State, 1970-1974; Minnesota Public Service1946; interment in Conrad Memorial Cemetery,Kalispell, Commission, 1975-1978; delegate to Minnesota State Repub- Mont. lican conventions, 1963-1964; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3, ERK, Edmund Frederick, a Representative from Pennsyl- 1979-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionvania; born in Allegheny City (now North Side,Pittsburgh), in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; country director,Pa., April 17, 1872; attended the public schools;engaged United States Peace Corps, Jamaica, 1983-1985; associateextensively in newspaper work in Pittsburgh, Pa.; served as director, United States Peace Corps, 1986 to present;is asecretary to Congressman Stephen G. Porter1911-1919 and Foreign Affairs of the United resident of Annandale, Va. as clerk of the Committee on 970 Biographical Directory

States House of Representatives from June 1, 1919, to No- ERRETT, Russell, a Representative from Pennsylvania; vember 3, 1930; secretary of the American delegation to theborn in New York City, November 10, 1817; moved to Pitts- League of Nations Conference at Geneva in 1924 and 1925;burgh, Pa., in 1829; engaged in newspaper work; elected elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress to fillcomptroller of Pittsburgh in 1860; served as clerk of the the vacancy caused by the death of Stephen G. Porter, at thePennsylvania senate in 1860, 1861, and 1872-1876; during same time being elected to the Seventy-second Congress, andthe Civil War was appointed additional paymaster in the served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933;unsuccess-United States Army in 1861 and served until mustered out ful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-thirdin 1866; member of the State senate in 1867; appointed Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Con-assessor of internal revenue in 1869, and served until 1873; gress; secretary to Congressman Michael J. Muldowney fromelected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and March 4, 1933, to January 2, 1935; also an author andcom- piler; clerk to United States Senator James J. Davis of Penn-Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3,1883); sylvania from 1939 to 1945; resided in Bethesda, Md., untilchairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings his death there, December 14, 1953; interment in St. John's(Forty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelec- Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. tion in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; appointed by President Arthur as United States pension agent at Pitts- ERLENBORN, John Neal, a Representative from Illinois;burgh in 1883 and served in this capacity until May 1887; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 8, 1927; grad-died in Carnegie, Pa., April 7, 1891; interment in Chartiers uated from Immaculate Conception High School in ElmhurstCemetery. in 1944; served in the United States Navy 1944-1946; attend- ed Notre Dame, Indiana State Teachers College, the Univer- ERTEL, Allen Edward, a Representative from Pennsylva- sity of Illinois, and Loyola of Chicago; graduated Loyola ofnia; born in Williainsport, Lycoming County, Pa., November Chicago Law School in 1949; was admitted to the bar in 19507, 1937; attended the public schools; B.A., Dartmouth Col- and engaged in the practice of law in Elmhurst; assistantlege, 1958; M.S., Thayer School of Engineering and Amos State's attorney, Du Page County, 1950-1952; member of theTuck School of Business Administration, 1959; LL.B., Yale Illinois house of representatives, 1957-1965; elected asa Re-University School of Law, 1965; admitted to the Pennsylva- publican to the Eighty-ninth and to the nine succeedingnia bar in 1965 and commenced practice in Williamsport; Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1985); did not seekserved in the United States Navy, 1959-1962; clerked for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress; is a resident ofChief Judge Caleb M. Wright, Federal District Court of Dela- Fairfax, Va. ware, 1965-1966; Lycoming County district attorney, 1968- 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention 1972; ERMENTROUT, Daniel, a Representative from Pennsyl- vania; born in Reading, Pa., January 24, 1837; attended theelected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth, Ninety-sixth, and public and classical schools, Franklin and Marshall College,Ninety-seventh Congresses (January3,1977-January 3, Lancaster, Pa., and Elmwood Institute, Norristown, Pa.;1983); was not a candidate for reelection in 1982, but was an studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commencedunsuccessful candidate for governor of Pennsylvania; re- practice in Reading, Pa.; elected district attorney in 1862 forsumed the practice of law in Williamsport; unsuccessful can- three years; solicitor for the city of Reading 1867-1870;didate for attorney general of Pennsylvania in 1984; is a member of the board of school control of Reading 1868-1876;resident of Montoursville, Pa. delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868 and ERVIN, James, a Representative from South Carolina; 1880; chairman of the standing committee of Berks Countyborn in Williamsburg District, S.C., October 17, 1778; was in 1869, 1872, and 1873; member of the State senate 1873-graduated from Rhode Island College (now Brown Universi- 1880; appointed in October 1877 by Governor Hartranftas aty), Providence, R.I., in 1797; studied law; was admitted to member of the Pennsylvania Statuary Commission; electedthe bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Peedee, S.C.; as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and to the three succeed-member of the State house of representatives 1800-1804; ing Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1889); unsuccessfulsolicitor of the northern judicial circuit 1804-18 16; trustee of candidate for renomination in 1888; delegate to the Demo-- South Carolina College 1809-18 17; again a member of the cratic State conventions 1895-1899; elected to the Fifty-fifthState house of representatives in 1810 and 1811; elected as a and Fifty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1897,Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the until his death in Reading, Pa., on September 17, 1899;Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); declined interment in Charles Evans Cemetery. to be a candidate for renomination in 1820; engaged in agri- ERNST, Richard Pretlow, a Senator from Kentucky; borncultural pursuits; member of the State senate 1826-1829; in Covington, Ky., February 28, 1858; attended the publicserved as a delegate to the State convention in 1832; died in schools; graduated from Chickerings Academy, Cincinnati,Darlington, S.C., July 7, 1841; interment at his home. Ohio, in 1874, from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1878, ERVIN, Joseph Wilson (brother of Samuel James Ervrn, and from the law school of the University of Cincinnati inJr.), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Morgan- 1880; was admitted to the bar in 1880 and practiced inton, Burke County, N.C., March 3, 1901; attended the public Covington and Cincinnati; member of the Covington cityschools; was graduated from the University of North Caroli- council 1888-1892; unsuccessful candidate for election to thena at Chapel Hill in 1921 and from its law school in 1923; Fifty-fifth Congress; elected as a Republican to the Unitedwas admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in States Senate in 1920 and served from March 4, 1921, toCharlotte, N.C.; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth March 3, 1927; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926; chairman, Committee on Revision of the Laws (Sixty-seventhCongress and served from January 3, 1945, until his death in Congress), Committee on Patents (Sixty-eighth and Sixty-Washington, D.C., December 25, 1945; interment in Forest ninth Congresses), Committee on Privileges and ElectionsHill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C. (Sixty-ninth Congress); resumed the practice of law in Cin- ERVIN, Samuel James, Jr. (brother of Joseph Wilson cinnati, Ohio; also engaged in banking in Covington, KY.;Ervin), a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., on April 13,born in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., September 27, 1896; 1934; interment in Highland Cemetery, Covington, Ky. attended the public schools; graduated from the University Biographies 971 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1917 and from the lawdirector of public affairs, U.S. Steel Corporation,1977-1980; school of Harvard University in 1922; during the First Worlddirector of programs and seminars, American Enterprise In- War served in France with the First Division 1917-1919;stitute, 1981 to present; is a resident of Ann Arbor, Mich. admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice in ESHLEMAN, Edwin Duing, a Representative from Penn- Morganton, N.C., in 1922; member, North Carolina generalsylvania; born in Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pa., Decem- assembly 1923, 1925, 1931; judge of the Burke County crimi-ber 4, 1920; Franklin and Marshall College, B.S., 1942;grad- nal court 1935-1937; judge of the North Carolina superioruate work in political science at Temple University;lieuten- court 1937-1943; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninthant, United States Coast Guard in the Second WorldWar; Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of hispublic school teacher; member, Pennsylvania State house of brother, Joseph W. Ervin, and served from January 22, 1946,representatives, 1954-1966; elected as a Republican to the to January 3, 1947; was not a candidate for renomination inNinetieth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1946; resumed the practice of law; associate justice of the1967-January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection in North Carolina supreme court 1948-1954; appointed as a1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; was a resident of Lancas- Democrat on June 5, 1954, and subsequently elected to the in United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the deathter, Pa., until his death there January 10, 1985; interment of Clyde R. Hoey for the term ending January 3, 1957;Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Manor Township, Millers- reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968 and served fromville, Pa. June 5, 1954, until his resignation December 31, 1974; was ESLICK, Edward Everett (husband of Willa McCord not a candidate for reelection in 1974; chairman, CommitteeEslick), a Representative from Tennessee; born near Pulaski, on Government Operations (Ninety-secondand Ninety-thirdGiles County, Tenn., April 19, 1872; attended the public Congresses), Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Ac- schools and Bethel College, Russeliville, KY.; studied law; tivities (Ninety-third Congress); resumed the practice of lawwas admitted to the bar in 1893 andcommenced practice in and engaged in literary pursuits in Morganton, N.C.; died inPulaski; also engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits; Winston-Salem, N.C., on April 23, 1985; interment in theserved as Government appeal agent for Giles County during Forest Hill Cemetery in Morganton, N.C. the First World War; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty- Bibliography: Clancy, Paul. Just A Country Lawyer: A Biography of Sen. ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses andserved ator Sam Ervin. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974, Ervin, Sam. from March 4, 1925, until his death in the Capitol, atWash- Preserving the Constitution: An Autobiography of Senator Sam Ervin. Char- ington, D.C., on June 14, 1932, while addressing the House of lottesville, Va.: Mitchie Co., 1984. Representatives; interment in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulas- ESCH, John Jacob, a Representative from Wisconsin;ki, Tenn. born near Norwalk, Monroe County, Wis., March 20, 1861; moved with his parents to Milwaukee in 1865 and thence to ESLICK, Willa McCord Blake (wife of Edward Everett Sparta, Wis., in 1871; attended the public schools; was grad-Eslick), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Fayette- uated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1882ville, Lincoln County, Tenn., September 8, 1878;attended and from its law department in 1887; was admitted to theprivate schools, Dick White College and Milton College,Fay- bar in 1887 and commenced practice at La Crosse, Wis.;etteville, Tenn., Winthrop Model School andPeabody Col- assistant principal of Sparta High School 1883-1886; citylege, Nashville, Tenn., and Metropolitan Collegeof Music treasurer of Sparta in 1885; was commissioned acting judgeand Synthetic School of Music, New York City; memberof advocate general with the rank of colonel by Gov. W.H.the State Democratic committee; elected as aDemocrat to Upham in January 1894 and held the position for two years;the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancycaused by delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1894 andthe death of her husband, Edward E. Eslick, andserved from 1896; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to theAugust 4, 1932, to March 3, 1933; was not eligiblefor reelec- ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1921);tion to the Seventy-third Congress, not havingqualified for chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commercenomination as required by the State law; died inPulaski, (Sixty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-Tenn., February 18, 1961; interment in MaplewoodCeme- tion in 1920; appointed as a member of the Interstate Com-tery. merce Commission on March 11, 1921; elected chairman on ESPY, Albert Michael, a Representative fromMississippi; January 1, 1927, and served until May 31, 1928; resumed theborn in Yazoo City, Miss., November 30, 1953; B.A.,Howard practice of law in Washington, D.C., until he retired in 1938;University, Washington, D.C., 1975; J.D., Universityof Santa returned to La Crosse, Wis., where he died on April 27, 1941; Clara Law School, California, 1978; attorney with Central interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mississippi Legal Services, 1978-1980; assistant secretary of Bibliography: DAB. state, chief, Mississippi Legal Services, 1978-1980;assistant ESCH, Marvin Lionel, a Representative from Michigan;secretary of Public Lands Division, 1980-1984;assistant born in Flinton, Cambria County, Pa., August 4, 1927; re-State attorney general, 1984-1985; elected as a Democrat to ceived primary and secondary education in Akron, Ohio, andthe One Hundredth Congress (January 3, 1987-January3, Jackson, Mich.; graduated from the University of Michigan 1989); is a resident of Yazoo City, Miss. with A.B. and M.A. degrees in 1950 and 1951, and, in 1957, a Ph.D. degree in speech and education; served in the Mari- ESSEN, Frederick, a Representative from Missouri; born time Service and United States Army; fourteen years on thenear Pond, St. Louis County, Mo.,April 22, 1863; attended staff at Wayne State University as associate professor ofthe public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits;recorder speech, and lecturer in the University of Michigan-Wayneof deeds of St. Louis County 1894-1902; engaged in newspa- State University Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations;per business at Clayton, Mo.,becoming the owner of two member of the State of Michigan Legislature, 1965-1966;papers which he combined under the nameof the Watch- elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the fourman-Advocate; delegate to the Republican National Conven- succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1977);tions in 1904, 1908, and 1912; member of the board of educa- elected as was not a candidate in 1976 forreelection but was an unsuc-tion of Clayton and served as president 1909-19 19; cessful candidate for election to the United States Senate;a Republican to the Sixty-fifthCongress to fill the vacancy 972 Biographical Directory

caused by the death of Jacob E. Meeker and served from1817; elected to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825- November 5, 1918, until March 3, 1919;was not a candidateMarch 3, 1827); judge of the fifteenth judicial circuit from for renomination in 1918; resumednewspaper activities; also1831 until 1852, when he resigned; retired to a farm in interested in banking; died in Creve Coeur, Mo., August 18,Oldham County, Ky., where he died July 14, 1853. 1946; interment in Bethel Cemetery, Pond, Mo. ESTOPINAL, Albert, a Representative from Louisiana; ESTABROOK, Experience, a Delegate from the Territoryborn in St. Bernard Parish, La., January 30, 1845; attended of Nebraska; born in Lebanon, N.H., April 30, 1813; movedthe public and private schools; left school in January 1862 to with his parents to Clarence, Erie County, N.Y., in 1822;enlist in the Confederate Army and served in Company G, attended the public schools and Dickinson College, Carlisle,Twenty-eighth Regiment, Louisiana Infantry; made sergeant Pa.; was graduated from the Chambersburg (Pa.) Lawof Company G, Twenty-second Louisiana Heavy Artillery, School; was admitted to the bar in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1839;and served throughout the Civil War; engaged in the com- worked as a clerk at the navy yard in Brooklyn and latermission business at New Orleans for several years but most commenced the practice of law in Buffalo; moved to Geneva,of his life was spent at his home, "Kenilworth Plantation," Wis., in 1840 and continued the practice of law; delegate tonear New Orleans; sheriff of St. Bernard Parish 1872-1876; the second State constitutional convention in 1848; membermember of the State house of representatives 1876-1880; of the State house of representatives in 1851; attorneygener- al of Wisconsin in 1852 and 1853; appointed by Presidentmember of the constitutional conventions in 1879 and 1898; Pierce attorney general of the Territory of Nebraska andserved in the State senate 1880-1900; Lieutenant Governor served from 1855 to 1859; presented credentialsas a Dele-1900-1904; chairman of the Democratic State central com- gate-elect to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served frommittee in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Con- March 4, 1859, to May 18, 1860, when he was succeeded bygress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Adolph Samuel G. Daily, who contested his election; appointed byMeyers; reelected to the Sixty-first and to the five succeed- the Governor to codify the Nebraska State laws in 1866;ing Congresses and served from November 3, 1908, until his prosecuting attorney for Douglas County in 1867 and 1868;death in New Orleans, La., April 28, 1919; interment in St. member of the State constitutional convention in 1871; diedLouis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La. in Omaha, Nebr., March 26, 1894; interment in Forest Lawn ESTY, Constantine Canaris, a Representative from Mas- Cemetery. sachusetts; born in Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass., ESTEP, Harry Allison, a Representative from Pennsylva-December 26, 1824; attended the local academies of Framing- nia; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., February 1, 1884; attended theham and Leicester; was graduated from Yale College in public schools in Marion, md., and Purdue University, La-1845; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced fayette, md.; was graduated from the law department of thepractice in Framingham, Mass., in 1847; served in the State University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1913;was ad-senate in 1857 and 1858; member of the State house of mitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Pitts-representatives in 1867; appointed assessor of internal reve-- burgh, Pa.; assistant district attorney of Allegheny County,nue by President Lincoln in 1862 and served until he was Pa., 1917-1927; elected as a Republican to the Seventieth,removed for political reasons by President Johnson in 1866; Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses (March4, reappointed by him in 1867; resigned in 1872; elected as a 1927-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inRepublican to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; resumed the practice ofcaused by the resignation of George M. Brooks and served law until his retirement in 1964; died in Oakland, Pitts-from December 2, 1872, to March 3, 1873; was not a candi- burgh, Pa., February 28, 1968; interment in Allegheny Ceme-date for renomination in 1872; continued the practice of his tery. profession in Framingham, Mass., until his death there De- ESTERLY, Charles Joseph, a Representative from Penn-cember 27, 1912; interment in Edgell Grove Cemetery. sylvania; born in Reading, Pa., February 8, 1888; attended ETHERIDGE, Emerson, a Representative from Tennes- the public schools; employed with an electric company untilsee; born in Currituck, N.C., September 28, 1819; moved with 1916 and later in the sales department of a knitting mill;his parents to Tennessee in 1831; completed preparatory also engaged in the breeding of cattle and Berk-studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and shire hogs; served as president and director ofa water com-commenced practice in Dresden, Tenn.; member of the State pany, and as a director of a knitting mill and bottle-stopperhouse of representatives 1845-1847; elected as a Whig to the company; member of the board of school directors of Wyo-Thirty-third Congress and reelected as a candidate of the missing, Pa., 19 14-1920; committeeman of Wyomissing Bor-American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, ough 1917-1921; delegate to the Republican National Con-1853-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in vention in 1920; member of the Republican State committee1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; elected as an Opposition 1922-1924; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Con- Party candidate to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859- gress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927); declined to be a candi-March 3,1861); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs date for renomination in 1926; again elected to the Seventy-(Thirty-sixth Congress); Clerk of the House of Representa- first Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931); was notatives 1861-1863; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in candidate for renomination in 1930; resumed former busi-1867; member of the State senate in 1869 and 1870; surveyor ness interests; died in Wernersville, Pa., September 3, 1940;of customs in Memphis 1891-1894; died in Dresden, Tenn., interment in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. October 21, 1902; interment in Mount Vernon Cemetery, ESTIL, Benjamin, a Representative from Virginia; bornnear Sharon, Tenn. in Hansonville (now Russell County), Va., March 13, 1780; Bibliography: BeIz, Herman. "Etheridge Conspiracy of 1863: A Projected received an academic education, and attended Washington Conservative Coup." Journal of Southern History 36 (November 1970): 549- Academy (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, 67. Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced EUSTIS, George, Jr. (brother of James Biddle Eustis), a practice in Abingdon, Va.; prosecuting attorney for Washing-Representative from Louisiana; born in New Orleans, La., ton County; member of the State house of delegates 1814-September 28, 1828; was graduated from Jefferson College, Biographies 973

Convent, La., and from the law department of Harvard Uni-tended the public schools; was a civil engineer's assistant; versity; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inattended the local academy at Elkton; studied law; was ad- New Orleans; elected as the American Party candidate tomitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in his the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4,native city; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, 1855-March 3, 1859); secretary to and was takenand Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1853); prisoner with him from the British mail steamerTrentinengaged in the practice of his profession until his death in 1861; secretary of the Confederate mission at Paris; re-Elkton, Md., December 5, 1888; interment in Elkton Presby- mained in Paris after the close of the war; commissioned byterian Cemetery. Elihu B. Washburne, United States Minister at Paris, to negotiate a postal treaty with the French Government; died EVANS, Alvin, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Cannes, France, March 15, 1872; interment in Oak Hillin Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pa., October 4, 1845; attend- Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ed the public schools and the Iron City Business College, Bibliography: DAB; Tregle, Joseph G. "George Eustis, Jr., Non-MythicPittsburgh, Pa.; engaged in lumbering; during the Civil War Southerner." Louisiana History 16 (Fall 1975): 383-90. served in a volunteer company organized to repel the expect- EUSTIS, James Biddle (brother of George Eustis, Jr.), aed invasion of Pennsylvania by the Confederates under Gen- Senator from Louisiana; born in New Orleans, La., Augusteral Lee; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1873 and 27, 1834; pursued classical studies; graduated from the Har-commenced practice in Ebensburg, Pa.; later practiced in the vard Law School in 1854; was admitted to the bar in 1856superior and supreme courts of the State and in the Federal and commenced practice in New Orleans; served as judgecourts; served one term as burgess of Ebensburg Borough; advocate during the Civil War in the Confederate Army;solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Cambria County resumed the practice of law in New Orleans; elected afor several years; one of the incorporators and president of member of the State house of representatives prior to thethe board of directors of the First National Bank of Ebens- reconstruction acts; one of the committee sent to Washing-burg; for a number of years served on the school board and ton to confer with President Andrew Johnson on Louisianain the common council of his native town; elected as a affairs;member, Statehouse of representatives1872; Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses member, State senate 1874-1878; elected as a Democrat to(March 4, 1901-March 3, 1905); declined to be a candidate for the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the termrenomination in 1904; resumed the practice of his profession; commencing March 4, 1873, caused by the action of thedied in Ebensburg, Pa., June 19, 1906; interment in Lloyd Senate in declining to seat certain claimants and servedCemetery. from January 12, 1876, to March 3, 1879; unsuccessful candi- date for reelection; professor of civil law at the University of EVANS, Billy Lee, a Representative from Georgia; born in Louisiana 1877-1884; again elected as a Democrat to theTifton, Tift County, Ga., November 10, 1941; attended the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1885, to public schools; A.B., 1963, LL.B., 1965, University of Georgia; March 3, 1891; was not a candidate for reelection; practiced admitted to the Georgia bar in 1965 and commenced practice law in Washington, D.C., in 1891; Ambassador Extraordinaryin Macon; member, Georgia house of representatives, 1969- and Plenipotentiary to France 1893-1897; settled in New1976; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth, Ninety-sixth, York City; died in Newport, R.I., on September 9, 1899;and Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, interment in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. 1983); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1982 to Bibliography: DAB. the Ninety-eighth Congress; vice president of a governmen- EUSTIS, William, a Representative from Massachusetts;tal relations consulting firm in Washington, D.C.; is a resi- born in Cambridge, Mass., June 10, 1753; attended thedent of Vienna, Va. Boston public schools and was graduated from Harvard Col- EVANS, Charles Robley, a Representative from Nevada; lege in 1772; studied medicine and served in the Revolution-born in Breckenridge, Sangamon County, Ill., August 9, ary Army as surgeon; resumed practice in Boston; was a1866; attended the common schools; engaged in mining in surgeon in the expedition sent to suppress Shays' RebellionManhattan, Nev., in 1905; moved to Goldfield, Esmeralda in 1786 and 1787; member of the State house of representa-County, Nev., in 1908 and continued mining operations; dele- tives 1788-1794; elected as a Republican to the Seventh andgate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908; elected Eighth Congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1805); one of the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919- managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1804as a Democrat to the to conduct the impeachment proceedings against John Pick-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 ering, judge of the United States District Court for Newto the Sixty-seventh Congress; guide at the UnitedStates Hampshire; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1804 toCapitol from 1934 until his retirement in 1948; died in Kear- the Ninth Congress; appointed Secretary of War in the Cabi-ney, Nebr., November 30, 1954;interment in Waco Ceme- net of President Madison and served from 1807 to 1812;tery, Waco, Nebr. appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentia- EVANS, Cooper, a Representative from Iowa.SeeEVANS, ry to the Netherlands and served fromDecember 19,, 1814, to Thomas Cooper. May 5, 1818; elected to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of ;reelect- EVANS, Daniel Jackson, a Senator from Washington; ed to the Seventeenth Congress and served from August 21,born in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 16, 1925; grad- 1820, to March 3, 1823; chairman, Committee on Militaryuated, University of Washington, Seattle, 1948, and received Affairs (Seventeenth Congress); did not seek renominationa graduate degree from that universityin 1949; served in but was elected Governor of Massachusetts and served fromthe United States Navy 1943-1946; returned to duty 1951- May 31, 1823, until his death in Boston, Mass., February 6,1953; civil engineer and contractor; member, Washington 1825; interment in the Old Burying Ground, Lexington,State house of representatives 1956-1965; Governor 1965- Mass. 1977; president, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Wash., Bibliography: DAB. 1977-1983; appointed by the Governor, September 8, 1983, to EVANS, Alexander, a Representative from Maryland;the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the born in Elkton, Cecil County, Md., September 13, 1818; at-death of Henry M. Jackson, and subsequently elected by 974 Biographical Directory special election as a Republican on November 8, 1983, totion, effective March 3, 1841; chairman, Committee on Ex- complete the term ending January 3, 1989. penditures in the Department of the Treasury (Twenty-sixth EVANS, David Ellicott, a Representative from New York;Congress); elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and born in Ellicotts Upper Mills, Md., March 19, 1788; attendedserved from March 4, 1841, until March 3, 1847; unsuccessful the common schools; moved to New York in 1803 and settledcandidate for reelection in 1846; chairman, Committee on in Batavia; employed as a clerk and afterward as anac- Manufactures (Twenty-seventh Congress), Committee on Fi- counting clerk with the Holland Land Co.; member of thenance (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses), Com- State senate 18 19-1822; member of the council of appoint-mittee on Territories (Twenty-eighth Congress); resumed the ment in 1820 and 1821; elected to the Twentieth Congress practice of law in Portland, Maine; member of the commis- and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation May 2,sion to ascertain claims against Mexico in 1849 and 1850; 1827, before the assembling of Congress; appointed residentelected attorney general of Maine in 1850, 1854, and 1856; agent of the Holland Land Co., in 1827 and served until hisdied in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, April 6, 1867; resignation in 1837; also engaged in banking; delegate to theinterment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine. convention held at Albany, N.Y., in 1827 to advocatea pro- Bibliography: DAB. tective tariff; retired from active business pursuits in 1837 to EVANS, Henry Clay, a Representative from Tennessee; devote his attention to his extensive land interests; died inborn in Juniata County, Pa., June 18, 1843; moved to Wis- Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., May 17, 1850; interment inconsin in 1844, with his parents, who settled in Platteville, Batavia Cemetery. Grant County; attended the common schools and a business EVANS, David Reid, a Representative from South Caroli-school in Madison; was graduated from a business training na; born in Westminster, England, February 20, 1769; immi-school at Chicago in 1861; enlisted on May 6, 1864, as a grated to the United States in 1784 with his father, whocorporal in Company A, Forty-first Regiment, Wisconsin settled in South Carolina; attended Mount Zion College;Volunteer Infantry and served until September 24, 1864; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1796 and commencedsettled in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1870 and engaged in the practice in Winnsboro; member of the State house of repre- manufacture of freight cars; elected mayor in 1881, serving sentatives 1802-1805; solicitor of the middle judicial circuittwo terms; organized the public-school system of Chattanoo- 1804-1811; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Con- ga and served as first school commissioner; elected as a gress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); declined to be a candi-Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March date for reelection and returned to his plantation; member3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the of the State senate 1818-1826; first president of the FairfieldFifty-second Congress; First Assistant Postmaster General Bible Society; died in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C., 1891-1893; elected Governor of Tennessee in 1894 on the face March 8, 1843; interment at a private residence in Winns-of the returns, but a legislative recount rejected certain boro. votes and declared his Democratic opponent, Peter Turney, elected; appointed Commissioner of Pensions April 1, 1897, EVANS, David Walter, a Representative from Indiana;and served until May 13, 1902, when he resigned to enter born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, md., August 17, 1946;the diplomatic service; appointed United States consul gen- attended public schools in Shoals, md.; A B, Indiana Univer-eral to London, England, May 9, 1902, retiring in 1905; sity, 1967; postgraduate work at Indiana University, 1967-chosen commissioner of health and education of Chattanoo- 1969, Butler University, 1969-1971; teacher of social studies ga in 1911; died in Chattanooga, Tenn., December 12, 1921; and science, 1968-1974; delegate to Democratic Nationalinterment in Forest Hill Cemetery, St. Elmo, Chattanooga, Mid-term Convention, 1974; elected as a Democrat to theTenn. Ninety-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (Janu- Bibliography: DAB; Seehorn, John B. "The Life and Public Career of ary 3, 1975-January 3,1983); unsuccessful candidate for Henry Clay Evans." Master's thesis, University of Tennessee, 1970. nomination in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress from the tenth congressional district of Indiana; legislative consultant EVANS, Hiram Kinsman, a Representative from Iowa; in Washington, D.C.; is a resident of McLean, Va. born in Walnut Township, Wayne County, Iowa, March 17, 1863; attended the country schools and Seymour and Aller- EVANS, Frank Edward, a Representative from Colorado;ton (Iowa) High Schools; was graduated from the law depart- born in Pueblo, Cob., September 6, 1923; attended publicment of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1886; was schools in Colorado Springs; entered Pomona College, Clare-admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in mont, Calif., in 1941; interrupted education in 1943 to serveHoldrege, Nebr.; moved to Seymour, Iowa, in 1887, and to in the United States Navy as a patrol pilot, 1943-1946; Uni- Corydon, Iowa, in 1889 and continued the practice of law; versity of Denver, B.A., 1948, and from the law school, LL.B.,prosecuting attorney for Wayne County 189 1-1895; member 1950; was admitted to the bar in 1950 and began the practiceof the State house of representatives in 1896 and 1897; of law in Pueblo; member of the State house of representa-member of the board of regents of the University of Iowa tives, 1961-1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth1897-1904; mayor of Corydon 1901-1903; judge of the third and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-Janu-judicial district of Iowa from 1904 until 1923, when he re- ary 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to thesigned; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress Ninety-sixth Congress; is a resident of Beulah, Cob. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Horace M. EVANS, George, a Representative and a Senator fromTowner and served from June 4, 1923, to March 3, 1925; Maine; born in Halbowell, Maine, January 12, 1797; wasdeclined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924; re-- graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1815;sumed the practice of law in Corydon, Iowa; appointed by studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Gardi-the Governor of Iowa as a member of the State board of ner, Maine; member, State house of representatives andparole on July 1, 1927, and served to July 1, 1933; died in served as speaker in 1829; elected to the Twenty-first Con-Corydon, Iowa, July 9, 1941; interment in Corydon Ceme-- gress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pelegtery. Sprague; reelected to the Twenty-second and five succeeding EVANS, Isaac Newton, a Representative from Pennsylva- Congresses and served from July 20, 1829, until his resigna-nia; born near Westchester, Chester County, Pa., July 29, Biographies 975

1827; attended the common schools; was graduated from thein 1832; resumed his former business pursuits; died in Paoli, medical department of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine,Pa., October 2, 1846; interment in the cemetery of the Great in 1851 and from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, inValley Baptist Church, New Centerville, Pa. 1852; commenced the practice of medicine in Johnsville, Bucks County, Pa., in 1852; moved to Hatboro, Montgomery EVANS, Josiah James, a Senator from South Carolina; County, Pa., in 1856 and continued the practice of medicine;born in Marlboro District, S.C., November 27, 1786; graduat- president of the Hatboro National Bank; elected as a Repub-ed from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1808; studied lican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3,law; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Marlboro 1879); was not a candidate for renomination; elected to theDistrict in 1811; member, State house of representatives Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-1812-1813; moved to Darlington District in 1816; member, March 3, 1887); declined to be a candidate for renomination;State house of representatives; State solicitor for the north- engaged in the practice of medicine, the real estate business,ern district of South Carolina 18 16-1829; judge of the circuit and banking; died in Hatboro, Pa., December 3, 1901; inter-court 1829-1835; judge of the State supreme court 1829-1852; ment in Friends Cemetery, Horsham, Montgomery County,elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and Pa. served from March 4, 1853, until his death in Washington, D.C., May 6, 1858; chairman, Committee to Audit and Con- EVANS, James La Fayette, a Representative from Indi-trol the Contingent Expense (Thirty-third through Thirty- ana; born in Clayville, Harrison County, Ky., March 27,fifthCongresses),Committee on Revolutionary Claims 1825; attended the public schools; moved to Indiana, with his(Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses); interment in a parents, who settled in Hancock County in 1837; moved toprivate cemetery at his ancestral home at Society Hill, Dar- Marion, md., in 1845 and engaged in mercantile pursuits;lington County, S.C. moved to Hamilton County, md.; settled in Noblesville in 1850 and continued mercantile pursuits; also engaged in the EVANS, Lane Allen, a Representative from Illinois; born grain-elevator business and in the pork-packing business;in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill., August 4, 1951; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifthattended Sacred Heart School, Rock Island; graduated from Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); was not a candi-Alleman High School, Rock Island, 1969; B.A., Augustana date for renomination in 1878; resumed the grain-elevatorCollege, Rock Island, 1974; J.D., Georgetown University Law business; died in Noblesville, md., May 28, 1903; intermentCenter, Washington,D.C.,1977;served, United States in Crownland Cemetery. Marine Corps, 1969-1971; admitted to the Illinois bar, 1978, EVANS, John, a Delegate from Delaware; member of theand commenced practice in Rock Island; elected as a Demo- Delaware Assembly in 1774, 1775, and 1776; deputy to thecrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the two succeeding Con- convention to formulate the State constitution in 1776; elect-gresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1989); is a resident of ed as a Delegate to the Continental Congress on NovemberRock Island, Ill. 10, 1776, but declined to serve on account of ill health; his EVANS, Lemuel Dale, a Representative from Texas; born credentials were presented December 2, 1776, and he wasin Tennessee January 8, 1810; studied law and was admitted permitted to withdraw April 4, 1777, without having beento the bar; moved to Marshall, Tex., in 1843 and engaged in present; justice of the State supreme court in 1777. the practice of law; member of the State convention that EVANS, John Morgan, a Representative from Montana;annexed the State of Texas to the Union in 1845; elected as born in Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo., January 7, 1863; attend- the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth ed the common schools, the United States Military Acade- Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candi- my, West Point, N.Y., in 1884 and 1885, and was graduateddate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; col- from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1887; studiedlector of internal revenue in 1867; member of the reconstruc- law; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced prac-tion convention in 1868; chief justice of the supreme court in tice in Missoula, Mont.; judge of the police court 1889-1894;1870 and 1871; associate justice and presiding judge from register of the United States land office 1894-1898; mayor of1872 to 1873, when he resigned; United States marshal for Missoula under the first city commission government estab-the eastern judicial district of Texas in 1875; died in Wash- lished in the State in 1911 and 1912; elected as a Democratington, D.C., on July 1, 1877; interment in the Congressional to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding CongressesCemetery. (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for EVANS, Lynden, a Representative from Illinois; born in reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law in Missoula, Mont.; elected to the Sixty-La Salle, La Salle County, Ill., June 28, 1858; attended the eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,public schools and was graduated from Knox College, Gales- 1923-March 3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Public Landsburg, Ill., in 1882; taught in the schools of La Salle and (Seventy-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for re-Evanston, Ill.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1885 nomination in 1932; retired from active practice and residedand commenced practice at Chicago, Ill.; lecturer on corpora- in Washington, D.C., until his death March 12, 1946; inter-tion law in the John Marshall Law School in 1907 and 1908; ment in Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Mont. elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for reelection EVANS, Joshua, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania;in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; resumed the practice of born in Paoli, Chester County, Pa., January 20, 1777; attend-law in Chicago, Ill., until his death there on May 6, 1926; ed the common schools; hotel keeper and also engaged ininterment in Graceland Cemetery.

agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of repre-- sentatives in 1820; appointed the first postmaster of Paoli EVANS, Marcellus Hugh, a Representative from New December 9, 1826, and served until February 13, 1830; presi-York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 22, 1884; attended dent of the Tredyffrin Township school board 1836-1846;St. John the Baptist School and St. James Academy, Brook- brigadier general of State militia; elected as a Jacksonian tolyn, N.Y.; was graduated from the law department of Ford- the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4,ham University in 1910; was admitted to the bar in 1910 and 1829-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for renominationcommenced practice in Brooklyn; member of the State as- 976 Biographical Directory sembly 1922-1926; served in the State senate 1927-1934;ist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1797-March elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth,3, 1801); one of the managers appointed by the House of and Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3,Representatives in 1798 to conduct the impeachment pro- 1941); unsuccessful candidate in 1940 for renomination as aceedings against William Blount, a Senator from Tennessee; Democrat and for election as a Republican to the Seventy-moved to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1802; seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law; died inmember of the State house of representatives in 1805 and Brooklyn, N.Y., November 21, 1953; interment in Calvary 1806. Cemetery, Long Island City, N.Y. EVANS, Thomas Beverley, Jr., a Representative from EVANS, Melvin Herbert, a Delegate from the Virgin Is-Delaware; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., No- lands; born in Christiansted, St. Croix, V.1., August 7, 1917; attended the public schools; B.S., Howard University, Wash-vember 5, 1931; attended the public schools of Old Hickory, ington, D.C., 1940; M.D., Howard University College of Medi- Tenn., and Seaford, Del., 1936-1943; graduated from Wood- cine, 1944; M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, Calif.,berry Forest School, Orange, Va., 1947; B.A., 1953, LL.B., 1967; Virgin Islands Health Commissioner, 1959-1967; pri-1956, University of Virginia; admitted to Virginia bar in vate practice of medicine, 1967-1969; appointed Governor of1956; engaged in insurance and mortgage brokerage busi- Virgin Islands, and served from 1969 until 1971; first electedness, Wilmington, Del., 1957-1968; served in Delaware Na- Governor of Virgin Islands in 1970 and served from 1971tional Guard, 1956-1960; clerk to chief justice of Delaware until 1975; Republican National Committeeman for UnitedSurpreme Court, 1955; director, Delaware State Develop- States, Virgin Islands, 1976-1980; delegate, Republican Na-ment Department, 1969-1970; co-chairman and chief operat- tional Conventions, 1972 and 1976; elected as a Republican ing officer, Republican National Committee, 197 1-1973; dele- to the Ninety-sixth Congress (January 3, 1979-January 3,gate to Republican National Conventions, 1972, 1976, 1980; 1981); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to theelected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth, Ninety-sixth, and Ninety-seventh Congress; United States ambassador to Trini-Ninety-seventh Congresses (January3,1977-January 3, dad and Tobago, December 1, 1981, until his death; was a1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the resident of Christiansted, St. Croix, V.1., until his deathNinety-eighth Congress; member of law firm of Manatt, there on November 27, 1984; interment in ChristianstedPhelps, Rothenberg & Evans in Washington, D.C.; is a resi- Cemetery. dent of Wilmington, Del. EVANS, Nathan, a Representative from Ohio; born in Bel- EVANS, Thomas Cooper, a Representative from Iowa; mont County, Ohio, June 24, 1804; county clerk of Belmontborn in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, May 26, 1924; County in 1827 and 1828; taught school; studied law; wasattended the public schools; attended St. Andrews Universi- admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice inty, Scotland, 1948; B.S., Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Hillsboro, Ohio; moved to Cambridge, Ohio, in 1832; mayor1949, and M.S., 1955; graduated from Oak Ridge School of of Cambridge in 1841; prosecuting attorney of GuernseyReactor Technology, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 1956; served in the County 1842-1846; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth andUnited States Army, Infantry, 1943-1946; Corps of Engi- Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); wasneers, lieutenant colonel, 1949-1965; engineer and farmer; not a candidate for renomination in 1850; resumed the prac- tice of law in Cambridge; again mayor of Cambridge 1855-president, Evans Farms, Inc., 1965-1980; Grundy County 1857; judge of the court of common pleas 1859-1864; resumedBoard of Property Tax Review, 1968-1974; served in the the practice of law; died in Cambridge, Ohio, September 27,Iowa house of representatives, 1975-1979; delegate, Iowa 1879; interment in South Cemetery. State Republican conventions, 1966-1978; elected as a Re-- publican to the Ninety-seventh and to the two succeeding EVANS, Robert Emory, a Representative from Nebraska;Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1987); was not a born in Coalmont, Huntingdon County, Pa., July 15, 1856;candidate for reelection in 1986; is a resident of Grundy attended the public schools, the State normal school at Mil-Center, Iowa. lersville, Pa., and the Indiana (Pa.) Normal School; employed in Colorado as a machinist 1877-1883; was graduated from EVANS, Walter (nephew of Burwell Clark Ritter), a Rep-- the law department of the University of Michigan at Annresentative from Kentucky; born near , Barren Arbor in 1886; was admitted to the bar and practiced; movedCounty, Ky., September 18, 1842; attended the public schools to Dakota City, Nebr., in 1887; superintendent of Winnebagonear Harrodsburg, KY.; moved to Hopkinsville, Christian Industrial School 1889-189 1; prosecuting attorney of DakotaCounty; deputy county clerk in 1859; served as a captain in County in 1895; resigned to become judge of the eighth judi-the Union Army 1861-1863; served as deputy and later as cial district, in which capacity he served from 1895 to 1899;chief clerk of the circuit court; studied law; was admitted to delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912;the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Hopkinsville; president of the Nebraska State Bar Association in 1919;delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh1872, 1880, and 1884; elected to the State house of represent- Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful can- atives in 1871 and to the State senate in 1873; moved to didate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress;Louisville, Ky., in 1874 and continued the practice of law; resumed the practice of law in Dakota City, Nebr.; electedunsuccessful candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth judge of the supreme court from the third district of Nebras-Congress; Republican nominee for Governor in 1879; ap- ka in 1924; moved to Lincoln, Nebr., where he died July 8,pointed by President Arthur as Commissioner of Internal 1925; interment in Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Revenue May 21, 1883, and served until April 20, 1885, when Iowa. he returned to Louisville and resumed the practice of law; EVANS, Thomas, a Representative from Virginia; born inelected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Accomac County, Va.; attended the public schools and Wil-Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful can- liam and Mary College at Williamsburg; studied law anddidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress; was admitted to the bar; member of the State house ofappointed by President McKinley judge of the District Court delegates in 1780, 1781, and 1794-1796; elected as a Federal-of the United States for the District of Kentucky March 4, Biographies 977

1899, and served until his death at his home in Louisville,theology and was ordained pastor of the Brattle Street Uni- Ky., December 30, 1923; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.tarian Church, Boston, in 1814; professor of Greek literature Bibliography: DAB. at Harvard University 1815-1826; overseer of Harvard Uni- versity 1827-1847, 1849-1854, and 1862-1865; elected to the EVANS, William Elmer, a Representative from California;Nineteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, born near London, Laurel County, Ky., December 14, 1877; 1825-March 3, 1835); declined to be a candidate for renomi- attended the public schools and Sue Bennett Memorial Col-nation in 1834; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs lege, London, KY.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in(Twentieth Congress); Governor of Massachusetts 1836-1840; 1902 and commenced practice in London, KY.; moved toappointed United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Glendale, Calif., in 1910 and engaged in the practice of law and in banking; city attorney of Glendale, Calif, 1911-1921;Plenipotentiary to Great Britain 1a41-1845; declined a diplo- delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924;matic commission to China in 1843; president of Harvard elected as a Republican to the Seventieth and to the threeUniversity 1846-1849; appointed Secretary of State by Presi- succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1927-January 3, 1935); un-dent Millard Fillmore to fill the vacancy caused by the successful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-death of and served from November 6, 1852, fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law, real estateto March 3, 1853; elected as a Whig to the United States development, and ranching until his death in Los Angeles,Senate and served from March 4, 1853, until his resignation, Calif., November 12, 1959; interment in Forest Lawn Ceme-effective June 1, 1854; unsuccessful candidate for vice presi- tery, Glendale, Calif. dent of the United States in 1860 on the Constitutional- Union ticket; died in Boston, Mass., January 15, 1865; inter- EVARTS, William Maxwell (grandson of Roger Sherman), ment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. a Senator from New York; born in Boston, Mass., February Bibliography: DAB; Frothingham, Paul. Edward Everett: Orator and 6, 1818; attended the Boston Latin School and graduated Statesman. 1925. Reprint. New York: Kennikat Press, 1971; Horn, Stuart from Yale College in 1837; studied at Harvard Law School; J. "Edward Everett and American Nationalism." Ph.D. dissertation, City was admitted to the bar in New York City in1841 and University of New York, 1913. practiced law; assistant United States district attorney 1849- EVERETT, Horace, a Representative from Vermont; born 1853; unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Unitedin Foxboro, Mass., July 17, 1779; was graduated from Brown States Senate in 1861; member of the State constitutionalUniversity, Providence, R.I., in 1797; studied law; was admit- convention 1867-1868; appointed Attorney General of theted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Windsor, United States by President Andrew Johnson 1868-1869;Vt.; prosecuting attorney for Windsor County 1813-1818; chief counsel for President Johnson in the impeachmentmember of the State house of representatives in 1819, 1820, proceedings in 1868; counsel for the United States before the 1822, 1824, and again in 1834; delegate to the State constitu- tribunal of arbitration on the Alabama claims at Geneva,tional convention in1828;elected to the Twenty-first, Switzerland,in1872; counsel for President RutherfordTwenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses, and reelected Hayes, in behalf of the Republican Party, before the Elector-as a Whig to the Twenty-fourththrough Twenty-seventh al Commission in 1876; appointed Secretary of State of theCongresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1843); died in Windsor, United States by President Hayes 1877-1881; delegate to theVt., January 30, 1851; interment in Old South Burying International Monetary Conference at Paris 1881; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served fromGround. March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1891; chairman, Committee on EVERETT, Robert Ashton, a Representative from Tennes- the Library (Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses); retired fromsee; born on a farm near Union City,Obion County, Tenn., public life due to ill health; died in New York City, FebruaryFebruary 24, 1915; attended the public schools in Obion 28, 1901; interment in Ascutney Cemetery, Windsor, Vt. County; was graduated from Murray (Ky.) State College in Bibliography: DAB; Barrows, Chester. William M. Evarts: Lawyer, Diplo- 1936; elected a member of Obion County Court in 1936 and mat, Statesman. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1941;in 1938 was elected circuit court clerk of Obion County; Dyer, Brainerd. "The Public Career of William M. Evarts." Ph.D. disserta- served in the United States Army 1942-1945; administrative tion, Harvard University, 1932. assistant to Senator Tom Stewart 1945-1949; administrative EVELEIGH, Nicholas, a Delegate from South Carolina;assistant to Gov. Gordon Browning 1950-1952; executive sec- born in Charleston, S.C., about 1748; moved with his parentsretary of Tennessee County Services Association1954-1958; to Bristol, England, about 1755; was educated in England;elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth Congress to fill the returned to Charleston, S.C., in 1774; during the Revolution-vacancy caused by the death of Jere Cooper;reelected to the ary War was appointed captain in the SecondSouth Caroli-Eighty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses; served na Regiment (Continentals) June 17, 1775; engaged in thefrom February 1, 1958, until his death in Nashville, Tenn., battle with the British fleet and forces at Fort Moultrie onJanuary 26, 1969; interment in East View Cemetery, Union June 28,1776; was promoted to colonel and appointedCity, Tenn. deputy adjutant general for South Carolina and Georgia on EVERETT, Robert William, a Representative from Geor- April 3, 1778; resigned August 24, 1778; engaged in agricul-gia; born near Hayneville, Houston County, Ga., March 3, tural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives1839; attended the village schools and Hayneville Academy; in 1781; Member of the Continental Congress in 1781 andwas graduated from Mercer University,Macon, Ga., in 1859; 1782; member of the State legislative council in 1783; ap-taught school in Polk and Houston Counties for two years; pointed First Comptroller of the United States Treasury onentered the Confederate Army as a sergeant in Captain September 11, 1789, and served until his death in Philadel-Gartrell's company, Gen. N.B. Forrest's escort squadron, and phia, Pa., April 16, 1791; interment probably in Philadel-served until the close of the Civil War; again engaged in phia. teaching school in Houston County and also in Cedartown,

EVERETT, Edward (father of ), a Repre-- Ga., until 1872, when he abandoned the profession for agri- sentative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dor-cultural pursuits; commissioner of roads and revenue of Polk chester, Mass., April 11, 1794; graduated from Harvard Uni-County 1875-1880; member of the Board of Education of versity in 1811; tutor in that university 1812-1814; studiedPolk County 1880-1891 and served as president of the board 978 Biographical Directory

1882-1891; member of the State house of representativesthree succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, 1882-1885; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Con-until his death in Spartanburg, S.C., October 20, 1884; chair- gress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate forman, Committee on Territories (Forty-eighth Congress); in- renomination in 1892; resumed agricultural pursuits; again aterment in Magnolia Street Cemetery. member of the State house of representatives in 1898 and 1899; lived in retirement until his death in Rockmart, Polk EVINS, Joseph Landon, a Representative from Tennessee; County, Ga., on February 27, 1915; interment in Cedartownborn on a farm near Blend, DeKalb County, Tenn., October Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga. 24, 1910; attended the public schools; was graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1933 and from EVERETT, William (son of Edward Everett), a Represent-Cumberland University School of Law, Lebanon, Tenn., in ative from Massachusetts; born in Watertown, Middlesex1934; postgraduate student of law at George Washington County, Mass., October 10, 1839; attended the public schoolsUniversity, Washington, D.C., 1938-1940; was admitted to of Cambridge and Boston; was graduated from Harvard Uni-the bar in 1934 and commenced practice in Smithville, versity in 1859, from Trinity College, Cambridge University,Tenn.; attorney for Federal Trade Commission in Washing- England, in 1863, and from the law department of Harvardton, D.C., 1935-1938; assistant secretary of the Federal Trade University in 1865; was admitted to the bar in 1866; studiedCommission 1938-1940; served in the United States Army on for the ministry, and was licensed to preach in 1872 by thethe staff of the Judge Advocate General, War Department, Suffolk Association of Unitarian Ministers; tutor in Harvardfrom March 1942 until discharged as a major in March 1946; University 1870-1873; assistant professor of Latin 1873-1877; master of Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass., 1878-1893; elect-resumed the practice of law in Smithville, Tenn.; chairman ed as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill theof the DeKalb County Democratic Executive Committee in vacancy caused by the resignation of and1946; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the served from April 25, 1893, to March 3, 1895; was not afourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, candidate for renomination in 1894; unsuccessful candidate 1977);chairman, Select Committee on Small Business for Governor of Massachusetts in 1897; master of school at(Eighty-eighth through Ninety-third Congresses), Committee Quincy, Mass., where he died February 16, 1910; intermenton Small Business (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candi- date for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; was in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. a resident of Smithville, Tenn., until his death March 31, EVERHART, James Bowen (son of William Everhart), a1984, in Nashville, Tenn.; interment in Smithville Town Representative from Pennsylvania; born in the Boot, nearCemetery, Smithville, Tenn. West Chester, West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Bibliography: Graves, Susan B. Evins of Tennessee, Twenty-five Years in Pa., July 26, 1821; attended Bolmar's Academy, West Ches- Congress. New Yçrk: Popular Library, 1971. ter, Pa., and was graduated from Princeton College in 1842; EWART, Hamilton Glover, a Representative from North studied law at Harvard University and in Philadelphia, Pa.;Carolina; born in Columbia, Richiand County, S.C., October was admitted to the bar in 1845; went abroad and spent two23, 1849; attended private schools; moved to Hendersonville, years in study at the Universities of Berlin and Edinburgh; Henderson County, N.C., with his parents in 1862; was grad- returned to West Chester, Pa., and engaged in the practiceuated from the literary and law departments of the Univer- of law; during the Civil War served in Company B, Tenthsity of South Carolina at Columbia; was admitted to the bar Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia; member of the State senatein 1870 and commenced practice in Hendersonville, N.C.; from 1876 to 1882; elected as a Republican to the Forty-delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876; eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3,elected mayor of Hendersonville in 1877; member of the 1887); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886;re- sumed the practice of law; died in West Chester, Pa., AugustState house of representatives 1887-1889, 1895-1897, and 23, 1888; interment in Oakland Cemetery, near West Ches-1911-1913; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress ter. (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress and for elec- EVERHART, William (father of James Bowen Everhart),tion in 1904; resumed the practice of law in Hendersonville, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born inChesterN.C.; judge of the criminal court in 1895; judge of the circuit County, Pa., May 17, 1785; attended the common schools andcourt in 1897; served as judge of the United States District became a civil engineer; served in the War of 1812 as cap-Court for the Western District of North Carolina from July tain of a company of riflemen; was the only passenger saved16, 1898, to March 4, 1899, and April 14, 1899, to June 7, from the packet ship Albion, wrecked off the coast of Ireland 1900; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1916 and continued the prac- in 1822; upon his return to Pennsylvania he platted a largetice of law; died in Chicago, Ill., April 28, 1918; interment in addition to the city of West Chester; was elected as a WhigOakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, N.C. to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination; engaged in mercantile EWING, Andrew (brother of Edwin Hickman Ewing), a pursuits; died in West Chester, Pa., October 30, 1868; inter-Representative from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Tenn., ment in Oakland Cemetery. June 17, 1813; completed preparatory studies, and was grad- uated from the University of Nashville in 1832; studied law; EVINS, John Hamilton, a Representative from Southwas admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Carolina; born in Spartanburg District, S.C., July 18, 1830;Nashville, Tenn.; chosen trustee of the University of Nash- attended the common schools and was graduated from Southville in 1833, and served in that office until his death; elect- Carolina College at Columbia in 1853; studied law; was ad-ed as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, mitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Spar-1849-March 3, 1851); declined to be a candidate for renomi- tanburg, S.C.; entered the Confederate Army as a lieutenantnation in 1850; resumed the practice of law in Nashville; and served until the close of the Civil War, attaining thedelegate to the Democratic National Convention at Balti- rank of lieutenant colonel; resumed the practice of law inmore in 1860; during the Civil War served as judge of Gen. Spartanburg; member of the State house of representatives,Braxton Bragg's military court; died in Atlanta, Ga., June 1862-1864; delegate to the Democratic National Convention16, 1864; interment in Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, in 1876; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to theTenn. Biographies 979

EWING, Edwin Hickman (brother of Andrew Ewing), aunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836; chairman, Representative from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Tenn.,Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-fourth Congress); ap- December 2, 1809; completed preparatory studies, and waspointed Secretary of the Treasury by President William graduated from the University of Nashville in 1827; studiedHenry Harrison and served from March 5 to September 13, law; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced prac-1841; appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Za- tice in Nashville; became a trustee of the University ofchary Taylor 1849-1850; appointed to the United States Nashville in 1831, and served until his death; member of theSenate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of State house of representatives in 1841 and 1842; elected as aThomas Corwin and served from July 20, 1850, to March 3, Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3,1851; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United 1847); was not a candidate for renomination; resumed theStates Senate in 1851; resumed the practice of law in Lan- practice of law in Nashville; after the Civil War was ap-caster; delegate to the peace convention held in Washington, pointed president of the University of Nashville; died inD.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 24, 1902; interment in Murfrees-impending war; appointed Secretary of War by President boro City Cemetery. Andrew Johnson in February 1868, but the Senate refused EWING, John, a Representative from Indiana; born into confirm the appointment; died in Lancaster, Ohio, Octo- Cork, Ireland, May 19, 1789; immigrated to the Unitedber 26, 1871; interment in St. Mary's Cemetery. States with his parents, who settled in Baltimore, Md.; at- Bibliography: DAB; Miller, Paul. ", Last of the Whigs." tended the public schools; moved to Vincennes, md., in 1813 Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, 1933; Zsoldos, Sylvia. "Thomas and engaged in commercial pursuits; established the Wabash Ewing, Sr., A Political Biography." PhD dissertation, University of Dela- Telegraph; associate judge of the circuit court of Knox ware, 1933. County from 1816 to 1820, when he resigned; unsuccessful EWING, Thomas (son of Thomas Ewing [1789-1871]), a candidate for the State senate in 1816 and 1821; appointedRepresentative from Ohio; born in Lancaster, Fairfield lieutenant colonel of the State militia in 1825; member ofCounty, Ohio, August 7, 1829; pursued preparatory studies; the State senate 1825-1833; elected to the Twenty-third Con-private secretary to President Taylor in 1849 and 1850; was gress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); elected as a Whig tograduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1854; the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839);studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-practice in Cincinnati, Ohio; moved to Leavenworth, Kans., sixth Congress; again a member of the State senate 1842-in 1856; member of the Leavenworth constitutional conven- 1844; retired from public life and active business pursuits;tion of 1858; delegate to the peace convention held in Wash- died in Vincennes, md., April 6, 1858; interment in the Cityington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent Cemetery. the impending war; chief justice of the supreme court of EWING, John Hoge, a Representative from Pennsylvania;Kansas in 1861 and 1862, when he resigned; recruited the born near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., October 5, 1796;Eleventh Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and was attended the common schools and was graduated fromcommissioned its colonel on September 15, 1862; brigadier Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Wash-general of Volunteers March 13, 1863; brevetted major gen- ington, Pa., in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar ineral of Volunteers; practiced law in Washington, D.C., until 1818 and commenced practice in Washington, Pa.; engaged1871, when he returned to Lancaster, Ohio; member of the in agricultural pursuits; trustee of Washington College 1834-Ohio State constitutional convention in 1873 and 1874; elect- 1887 and of Washington Female Seminary 1846-1887;ed as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Con- member of the State house of representatives in 1835 andgresses (March 4, 1877-March 3,1881); declined to be a 1836; served in the State senate 1838-1842; elected as a Whigcandidate for renomination in 1880; unsuccessful candidate to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3,for Governor of Ohio in 1879; moved to New York City in 1847); resumed agricultural pursuits; delegate to the Repub-1881, where he engaged in the practice of law until his death lican National Convention in 1860; died in Washington, Pa.,there on January 21, 1896; interment in Oakland Cemetery, June 9, 1887; interment in Washington Cemetery. Yonkers, N.Y. Bibliography: DAB; Taylor, David G. "The Business and Political Career EWING, Presley Underwood, a Representative from Ken-of Thomas Ewing, Jr.: A Study of Frustrated Ambition." Ph.D. disserta- tucky; born in Russeilville, Ky., September 1, 1822; attended tion, University of Kansas, 1970. the public schools; completed preparatory studies; was grad- uated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1840 and from EWING, William Lee Davidson, a Senator from Illinois; the law school of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.,born in Paris, Ky., August 31, 1795; pursued academic stud- in1843; studied theology at the Baptist Seminary aties; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced Newton, Mass., in 1845 and 1846; returned to Kentucky andpractice in Shawneetown, Ill.; appointed by President James practiced law in Russellville; member of the State house ofMonroe receiver of the land office at Vandalia, Ill., in 1820; representatives in 1848 and 1849; elected as a Whig to thebrigadier general of State militia; colonel of the "Spy Battal- Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses and served fromion" during the Black Hawk War; clerk of the State house of March 4, 1851, until his death in the town of Mammothrepresentatives 1826-1828; member, State house of repre- Cave, Ky., September 27, 1854; interment in Maple Grovesentatives1830, and served as speaker; member, State Cemetery, Russellville, Ky. senate 1832-1834, and was chosen president pro tempore in EWING, Thomas (father of Thomas Ewing [1829-1896]), a1832; acting lieutenant governor 1833; Governor of Illinois in Senator from Ohio; born near West Liberty, Ohio County,1834 for only fifteen days; appointed to the United States Va. (now West Virginia), December 28, 1789; moved to OhioSenate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Elias K. with his parents in 1792; pursued preparatory studies; grad- Kane and served from December 30, 1835, to March 3, 1837; uated from Ohio University at Athens in 1816; studied law;unsuccessful candidate for election in 1837; member, State was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practiceinhouse of representatives in 1838 and 1840 and at both ses- Lancaster, Ohio; elected as a Whig to the United Statessions was chosen speaker; clerk of the State house of repre- Senate and served from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1837;sentatives in 1842; appointed auditor of public accounts 1843; 980 Biographical Directory

died in Springfield, Ill., March 25, 1846; final intermentmd., the same year and commenced practice; unsuccessful probably in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1893; EXON, J. James, a Senator from Nebraska; born inappointed a member of the United States and British Joint Geddes, Charles Mix County, S.Dak., August 9, 1921; attend-High Commission which met in Quebec in 1898 for the ad- ed the publicschools; attended University of Omaha,justment of Canadian questions; elected as a Republican to Omaha, Nebr., 1939-1941; United States Army Signal Corpsthe United States Senate in 1896; reelected in 1902 and 1942-1945; United States Army Reserve 1945-1949; branchserved from March 4, 1897, until his resignation March 3, manager of a financial corporation; founder and president of1905, having been elected Vice President of the United an office equipment firm 1953-197 1; Governor of NebraskaStates; chairman, Committee on Immigration (Fifty-fifth 1971-1979; elected as a Democrat to the United StatesCongress), Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds Senate in 1978 for the six-year term commencing January 3,(Fifty-sixth through Fifty-eighth Congresses); elected Vice 1979; reelected in 1984 for the term ending January 3, 1991.President of the United States in 1904 on the Republican ticket with Theodore Roosevelt and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for Vice F President of the United States on the Republican ticket with Charles E. Hughes for President in 1916; resumed the prac- FADDIS, Charles Isiah, a Representative from Pennsylva-tice of law in Indianapolis, md., where he died June 4, 1918; nia; born in Loudonville, Ashland County, Ohio, June 13,interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. 1890; moved with his parents to Waynesburg, Green County, Bibliography: DAB; Gould, Lewis L., ed. "Charles Warren Fairbanks and Pa., in 1891; attended the public schools and Waynesburg the Republican National Convention of 1900: A Memoir." Indiana Maga- (Pa.) College; was graduated from the agricultural depart- zine of History 77 (December 1981): 358-72; Rissler, Herbert J. "Charles ment of Pennsylvania State College at State College in 1915; Warren Fairbanks: Conservative Hoosier." Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana Uni- served as a sergeant in the Tenth Infantry, Pennsylvania versity, 1961. National Guard, on the Mexican border in 1916; served FAIRCHILD, Benjamin Lewis, a Representative from during the First World War with the Forty-seventh Regi-New York; born in Sweden (near Rochester), Monroe ment, United States Infantry, and the Fourth AmmunitionCounty, N.Y., January 5, 1863; attended the public schools of Train; rose to rank of lieutenant colonel of Infantry; servedWashington, D.C., and a business college; was graduated in the Army of Occupation in Germany; awarded the Purplefrom the law department of Columbian (now George Wash- Heart Medal; engaged in the general contracting business inington) University. at Washington, D.C., in 1885; was admit- Waynesburg, Pa., 1919-1926; attended United States Armyted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in New York Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth,City; employed in the draftsman division of the United Kans., in 1930; broker of oil and gas properties 1926-1933;States Patent Office 1877-1879; clerk in the Bureau of En- elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the fourgraving and Printing 1879-1885; elected as a Republican 'to succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, untilthe Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); his resignation on December 4, 1942, to enter the Unitedunsuccessfully contested the election of William L Ward to States Army; unsuccessful candidate for renomination inthe Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in New 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; during the SecondYork City; elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, World War was a colonel in the United States Army; award-1917-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in ed the Purple Heart and Bronze Star; engaged in raising1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; again elected to the Sixty- Hereford cattle, producing oil and gas, and operating coalseventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccess- mines; died in Matzatlan, Mexico, April 1, 1972; intermentful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Con- in Rosemont Cemetery, Rogersville, Pa. gress, but was subsequently elected to that Congress to fill FAIR, James Graham, a Senator from Nevada; born nearthe vacancy caused by the death of James V. Ganly; reelect- Belfast, County Tyrone, Ireland, December 3, 1831; immi-ed to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from November 6, grated to the United States in 1843 with his parents, who1923, to March 3, 1927; unsuccessful candidate for reelection settled in Illinois; received a thorough business training;in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress; resumed the practice of moved to California in 1849 and engaged in gold mininglaw in New York City; died in Peiham Manor, N.Y., October until 1860, when he moved to Virginia City, Nov.; in part-25, 1946; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. nership with associates engaged in lucrative gold and silver mining; also engaged in the real estate business in San FAIRCHILD, George Winthrop, a Representative from Francisco and was interested in various manufactures onNew York; born in Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y., May 6, the Pacific coast; elected as a Democrat to the United States1854; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural Senate and served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887;pursuits and apprenticed as a printer; owner of the Oneonta unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886; resumed hisHerald Publishing Co. 1890-1912; also interested in banking business interests in San Francisco, Calif., where he died onand in the manufacture of time recorders; elected as a Re- December 28, 1894; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery. publican to the Sixtieth and to the five succeeding Congress- Bibliography: DAB; Baur, John E. "The Senator's Happy Thought: Sena- es (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1919); elected vice president of tor James G. Fair and the Chiricahaua Apaches." American West 10 (Jan- the International Peace Conference; appointed by President uary 1973): 35-39, 62-63; Lewis, Oscar. Silver Kings: The Lives and TimesTaft on August 10, 1910, as special commissioner to the First of Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien. New York: Knopf, 1947. Centenary of Mexico at Mexico City, with the rank of Minis- ter; resumed his former business pursuits; president and FAIRBANKS, Charles Warren, a Senator from Indianadirector of the White Plains Development Co., White Plains, and a Vice President of the United States; born near Union-N.Y.; died in New York City December 31, 1924; interment ville Center, Union county, Ohio, May 11, 1852; attended thein Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta, N.Y. common schools and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity, Delaware, Ohio, in 1872; agent of the FAIRFIELD, John, a Representative and a Senator from in Pittsburgh, Pa., and in Cleveland, Ohio; studied law; wasMaine; born in Saco, York County, Maine, January 30, 1797; admitted to the Ohio bar in 1874; moved to Indianapolis,attended the Saco schools, Thornton Academy, and Bowdoin Biographies 981

College, Brunswick, Maine; engaged in trade; studied law;the ship-brokerage business in New York City1915-1919; was admitted to the bar in 1826 andcommenced practice inmoved to Fort Worth, Tex., in 1919 and engaged inroad- Biddleford and Saco, Maine; appointed a trustee of Thorntonconstruction contracting; moved to Farmington, N.Mex., in Academy in 1826 and served as president of the board of1925 and engaged in the oil and gas industry; died inWing- trustees 1845-1847; appointed reporter of the State supremedale, Dutchess County, N.Y., July 1, 1928; intermentin Sau- court in 1832; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fourthgatuck Cemetery, Saugatuck, Mich. and Twenty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1835, born in elected FALL, Albert Bacon, a Senator from New Mexico; to December 24, 1838, when he resigned, having been Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., November 26, 1861;attend- Governor; Governor of Maine 1839-1843, when he resigned,ed the country schools; taught school; studied law; wasad- having been elected Senator; elected as a Democrat to the Las United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-mitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice at Cruces, N.Mex.; made a specialty of Mexicanlaw; became nation of Reuel Williams; reelected, and served from March and 3, 1843, until his death on December 24, 1847; chairman,interested in mines, lumber, land, railroads, farming, Committee on Naval Affairs (Twenty-ninth and Thirtiethstock raising; member, Territorial house ofrepresentatives Congresses); died in Washington, D.C.; interment in Laurel1891-1892; appointed judge of the third judicial district 1893; 1893; Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine. associate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico Bibliography: DAB; Fairfield, John. The Letters of John Fairfield.Territorial attorney general in 1897 and again in1907; Edited by Arthur B. Staples. Lewiston, Maine: Lewiston Journal Company, member of the Territorial council 1897; served as captain of 1922. Company H in the First Territorial Infantry duringthe Spanish-American War; upon the admission of New Mexico FAIRFIELD, Louis William, a Representative from Indi- elected in 1912 as a Republi- ana; born in a log cabin nearWapakoneta, Auglaize County,as a State into the Union was 1866 can to the United States Senatefor the term ending March Ohio, October 15, 1858; moved to Allen County, Ohio, in 3, 1913; reelected in June 1912, but as the Governordid not and resided on a farm near Lima; attended the public 1913; schools; moved to Middle Point, Van Wert County, Ohio, insign the credentials, was again elected in January thereelected in 1918, and served from March 27, 1912,until 1872; taught school for six months, and then attended posi- Ohio Northern University at Ada in 1876; continuedteach-March 4, 1921, when h resigned to accept a Cabinet ing and attending school until 1888; editor of theHardintion; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in theDepart- County Republican at Kenton, Ohio, in 1881and 1882;ment of Commerce and Labor (Sixty-secondCongress), Com- taught school in Middle Point in 1883 and 1884; moved tomittee on Geological Survey (Sixty-fifthCongress), Commit- tee on Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico,and the Virgin Islands Angola, Steuben County, md., in 1885, being selected to by assist in the building of Tn-State College, Angola, md.; vice(Sixty-sixth Congress); appointed Secretary of the Interior president of and teacher at Tn-State College 1885-1917; un-President Warren Harding and served fromMarch 1921, successful candidate for the State senate in 1912; elected asuntil March 1923, when he resigned; resumedhis former a Republican to the Sixty-fifthand to the three succeedingbusiness pursuits in Three Rivers, N.Mex.;died in El Paso, Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1925); chairman, Com-Tex., November 30, 1944; interment in EvergreenCemetery. mittee on Insular Affairs (Sixty-eighth Congress); unsuccess- Bibliography: DAB; Fall, Albert. The Memoirs of Albert B.Fall. Edited by David Stratton. El Paso, Tex.: Texas Western,1966; Ravage, Marcus. ful candidate for renomination in 1924; occasionally engaged Franklin, 1974. as a lecturer and resided inAngola, md.; died in Joilet, Ill., The Story of the Teapot Dome. New York: B. while on a visit, February 20, 1930; interment in Circle Hill FALLON, George Hyde, a Representative fromMaryland; Cemetery, Angola, md. born in Baltimore, Md., July 24, 1902;attended the pblic schools, Calvert Business College, andJohns Hopkins Uni- FAISON, John Miller, a Representative from North Caro- advertising sign busi- lina; born near Faison, Duplin County, N.C., April 17,1862; versity, Baltimore, Md.; engaged in the attended Faison Male Academy, and was graduated fromness; chairman of the DemocraticState central committee of Baltimore, Md., in 1938; member of theBaltimore city coun- Davidson College, North Carolina, in 1883; studied medicine Seventy-ninth at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville;completed acil 1939-1944; elected as a Democrat to the postgraduate medical course at New York Polyclinic in 1885,Congress and to the twelve succeedingCongresses (January and commenced practice at Faison, N.C., the same year;also3, 1945-January 3, 1971); chairman,Committee on Public andWorks (Eighty-ninth through Ninety-firstCongresses); un- engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State Ninety- county Democratic executive committee 1898-1906;membersuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to the of the North Carolina Jamestown Exposition Commission;second Congress; resided in Baltimore,Md., where he died elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-thirdMarch 21, 1980; interment in Greenmount Cemetery. Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915); was not acandi- FANNIN, Paul Jones, a Senator from Arizona;born in date for reelection in 1914; died in Faison, N.C.,April 21,Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., January 29,1907; moved to 1915; interment in Faison Cemetery. Phoenix, AnLz., in October 1907; attended theUniversity of FALCONER, Jacob Alexander, a Representative fromArizona; graduated from Stanford University;businessman Washington; born in Ontario, Canada, January 26,1869; involved in petroleum and equipment distributionin the moved with his parents to Saugatuck, Mich., in 1873;attend-Southwest and Mexico; elected Governorof Arizona in 1958 ed the public schools; moved to Washburn, Wis.; wasgrad-and reelected in 1960 and 1962; chairman,Western Gover- uated from Beloit (Wis.) Academy in 1890 andlater tooknors Conference; member,Executive Committee of Council college work at Beloit College; moved to Everett,Wash., inof State Governors, National Civil DefenseAdvisory Council; 1894; engaged in the lumber business; mayor of Everettinelected as a Republican to the United States Senatein 1964; 1897 and 1898; member of the State house of representativesreelected in 1970 and served from January 3, 1965, toJanu- 1904-1908, serving as speaker during the 1907session;ary 3, 1977; was not a candidatefor reelection in 1976; is a member of the State senate 1909-19 12; elected as aProgres-resident of Phoenix, Ariz. sive to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4,1913-March 3, United FARAN, James John, a Representative fromOhio; born in 1915); unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for 1808; attended the States Senator on the Progressive ticket in1914; engaged inCincinnati, Ohio, on December 29, 982 Biographical Directory

common schools, and was graduated from Miami University,Brunswick, Maine, in 1836; studied law; was admitted to the Oxford, Ohio, in 1831; studied law;was admitted to the barbar and commenced practice in Newcastle; member of the in 1833 and commenced practice in Cincinnati; electedas aState house of representatives in 1843 and 1851-1853; elected Democrat a member of the State house ofrepresentativesas a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853- 1835-1839 and served as speaker in 1838 and 1839; served inMarch 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 the State senate 1839-1843, and was its presidingofficer 1841-1843; associate editor and proprietor of the Cincinnatito the Thirty-fourth Congress; member of the State senate in Enquirer 1844-1881; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-1856; died in Newcastle, Maine, April 3, 1880; interment ina ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3,tomb on the family estate. 1849);chairman, Committee onPublicBuildings and FARLEY, James Indus, a Representative from Indiana; Grounds (Twenty-ninth Congress); was nota candidate forborn on a farm near Hamilton, Steuben County, md.,on renomination in 1848; appointed by Governor Medillone ofFebruary 24, 1871; attended the public schools and Tn-State the commissioners to supervise the erection of the StateCollege, Angola, md., and Simpson College, Indlianola, Iowa; capitol in 1854; mayor of Cincinnati 1855-1857; appointed bytaught in the public schools of Steuben and De Kalb Coun- President Buchanan postmaster of Cincinnati June 4, 1855,ties, md., 1890-1894; worked for the Auburn Automobile Co. and served until October 21, 1859; delegate to the Democrat-as sales manager, vice president, and president of the com- ic National Convention at Baltimore in 1860; engaged inpany, 1906-1926; delegate to the Democratic National Con- newspaper work until shortly before his death; died in Cin-vention in 1928; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, cinnati, Ohio, December 12, 1892; interment in Spring GroveSeventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March4, Cemetery. 1933-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for reelection Bibliography: DAB. in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; engaged in agricultur- FARBSTEIN, Leonard, a Representative from New York;al pursuits; died in Bryn Mawr, Pa., on June 16, 1948; inter- born in New York City October 12, 1902; attended public ment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Auburn, md. schools and graduated from High School of Commerce; stud- ied at City College of New York and Hebrew Union Teach- FARLEY, , a Senator from California; ers College; graduated from New York University Lawborn in Albemarle County, Va., August 6, 1829; attended the common schools; moved when quite young to Missouri and School in 1924; was admitted to the bar in 1925 andcom- menced the practice of law in New York City; member of thethen to California in 1850 and settled in Jackson; studied State assembly 1932-1956; during the First World Warlaw; was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced prac- served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve; vice chair-tice in Amador County; member, State assembly 1855-1856 man of East River Day Camp, a philanthropic organization;and served as speaker in the latter year; member, State elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and to the sixsenate 1869-1876, and served as president pro tempore 1871- succeeding Congresses (January 3, l957-January 3, 1971);1872; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to theserved from March 4, 1879, until March 3, 1885; was not a Ninety-second Congress; is a resident of New York City.candidate for renomination in 1884; resumed the practice of law; died in Jackson, Amador County, Calif., on January 22, FARIS, George Washington, a Representative from Indi-1886; interment in the City Cemetery. ana; born near Rensselaer, Jasper County, md., June 9, 1854; attended the public schools;was graduated from FARLEY, Michael Francis, a Representative from New Asbury (now De Pauw) University, Greencastle,md., inYork; born in Birr, Ireland, March 1, 1863; immigrated to 1877; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1877andthe United States in 1881 and settled in Brooklyn, N.Y.; commenced practice in Indianapolis, md.; moved to Terreattended the public schools of New York City; engaged in Haute, md., in 1880 and continued the practice of law;un-the liquor business; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty- successful Republican candidate for judge of the circuit courtfourth Congress (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful in 1884; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3,engaged in his former business pursuits until his death in 1901); chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Fifty-fifthandNew York City October 8, 1921; interment in Calvary Ceme- Fifty-sixth Congresses); declined to be a candidate forre-tery. nomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law in Terre Haute, md., and shortly thereafter moved to Washington, FARLIN, Dudley, a Representative from New York; born D.C., and continued the practice of law until his death inin Norwich, New London County, Conn., September 2, 1777; that city on April 17, 1914; interment in Highland Lawnmoved to Dutchess County, N.Y., in early youth, and later to Cemetery, Terre Haute, md. Warren County; engaged in the lumber and grain business; supervisor of the town of Warrensburg 1818-1820, 1827, and FARLEE, Isaac Gray, a Representative from New Jersey;1828; sheriff of Warren County in 1821, 1822, and again in born at White House, Hunterdon County, N.J., May 18, 1787;1828; member of the State assembly in 1824; electedas a attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuitsJacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835- in Flemington; member of the State general assembly inMarch 3, 1837); resumed his former business pursuits; died 1819, 1821, 1828, and 1830; clerk of Hunterdon County 1830-in Warrensburg, Warren County, N.Y., on September 26, 1840; brigadier general of the State militia; elected to the 1837; interment in Warrensburg Cemetery. Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845);un- successful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the Twenty- FARNSLEY, Charles Rowland Peaslee, a Representative ninth Congress; member of the State senate 1847-1849; judgefrom Kentucky; born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., of the court of common pleas 1852-1855; died in Flemington,March 28, 1907; attended Male High School, Louisville; Uni- N.J., January 12, 1855; interment in Presbyterian Cemetery.versity of Louisville, A.B., 1930, and LL.B., 1942; was admit- ted to the bar in 1930 and began practice in Louisville; FARLEY, Ephraim Wilder, a Representative from Maine;served in the State house of representatives, 1936-1940; born in Newcastle, Maine, August 29, 1817; attended themayor of Louisville, 1948-1953; delegate to Democratic Na- common schools and was graduated from Bowdoin College,tional Convention, 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Biographies 983

Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967);Academy; immigrated to the United States when a boy and was not a candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetiethsettled in Buffalo, N.Y.; was a printer, editor, andpublishet Congress; served as publisher and president of Lost Causefor thirty-three years; president of the International Typo- Press; is a resident of Glenview, Ky. graphical Union 1860-1862; enlisted in the Union Army August 9, 1862, as a private in Company B, Eighty-ninth FARNSWORTH, John Franklin, a Representative fromRegiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and promoted to Illinois; born in Eaton, Canada, March 27, 1820; completed preparatory studies; settled in Ann Arbor, Mich.; studiedmajor; served as judge advocate and as inspector in the law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced prac-Fourth Army Corps; was awarded the Congressional Medal tice at St. Charles, Ill.; moved to Chicago, Ill.; elected as aof Honor for action at the battlefield of Stone River, Tenn.; Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congressesreturned to Buffalo, N.Y., and resumed business activities; (March 4, 1857-March 3,1861); was not a candidate forelected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and renomination in 1860; served in the Union Army during theFifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891); chair- Civil War; commissioned colonel of the Eighth Regiment,man, Committee on Merchant Marineand Fisheries (Fifty- Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, September 18, 1861; brigadierfirst Congress); was not a candidate for renomination to the general of Volunteers December 5, 1862; resigned March 4,Fifty-second Congress; member of the United States Indus- 1863, to take up his duties as Congressman; elected to thetrial Commission 1898-1902; retired from public life and Thirty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (Marchactive business pursuits; died in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 24, 4, 1863-March 3, 1873); chairman, Committee on Post Office1918; interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. and Post Roads (Fortieth through Forty-second Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed FARR, Evarts Worcester, a Representative from New the practice of law in Chicago, Ill.; moved to Washington,Hampshire; born in Littleton, Grafton County, N.H., October D.C., in 1880 and continued the practice of law until his10, 1840; attended the common schools and Dartmouth Col- death on July 14, 1897; interment in North Cemetery, St.lege, Hanover, N.H.; during the Civil War entered the Union Charles, Ill. Army as first lieutenant of Company G, Second Regiment, Bibliography: DAB. New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and served as major in the Eleventh Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry; FARNUM, Billie Sunday, a Representative from Michi-assistant assessor of internal revenue 1865-1869; studied gan; born in Saginaw, Mich., April 11,1916; raised in a farm community at Watrousville, Mich.; graduated from Vassarlaw; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced prac- (Mich.) High School in 1933; continued education in thetice in Littleton; assessor of internal revenue 1869-1873; so- Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1935 and took special edu-licitor for Grafton County 1873-1879; member of the execu- cational courses; was employed in the motorcar industry intive council of New Hampshire in 1876; elected as aRepubli- Pontiac, Mich., 1936-1952; engaged in union activities rang-can to the Forty-sixth andForty-seventh Congresses and ing from shop steward to international representative forserved from March 4, 1879, until his death inLittleton, United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations,N.H., November 30, 1880; interment in Glenwood Cemetery. 1942-1952; administrative aide to Senator Blair Moody, FARR, John Richard, a Representative fromPennsylva- 1952-1954; assistant secretary of State of Michigan, 1955-nia; born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa.,July 18, 1957; deputy secretary of State of Michigan, 1957-1960; audi- 1857; attended the public schools, School of theLackawanna, tor general of Michigan, 1961-1965; delegate, DemocraticScranton, Pa., and Phillips Academy, Andover,Mass.; was National Conventions, 1956, 1960, and 1964; elected as agraduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.; newsboy, Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-printer, and publisher; active in the real estatebusiness; January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in of 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; deputy chairman, Democrat-served four years on the Scranton School Board; member the State house of representatives in 1891, 1893,1895, 1897, icNational Committee, 1967-1968; member, Waterford Board of Education, 1969-1970; owned a financial and man-and 1899, serving as speaker of the 1899 session; unsuccess- agement consulting firm; elected secretary of the Michiganful candidate for election in 1908 to the Sixty-firstCongress; State senate in 1975 and served in that capacity until hiselected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and tothe three death November 18, 1979, in Lansing, Mich.; entombment insucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1919); suc- Deepdale Memorial Park Mausoleum. cessfully contested the election of Patrick McLane tothe Sixty-sixth Congress and served from February 25 toMarch FARQUHAR, John Hanson, a Representative from Indi-3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for renominationin 1920 to ana; born in Union Bridge, Carroll County,Md., Decemberthe Sixty-seventh Congress; resumed the real estatebusiness 20, 1818; attended the public schools; moved to Indiana within Scranton, Pa.; unsuccessful candidate for theRepublican his parents, who settled in Richmond in 1833; employed asnomination in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congressand in an assistant engineer on the WhiteRiver Canal until 1840;1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; died in Scranton, Pa., on studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac-December 11, 1933; interment in Shady Lane Cemetery, tice in Brookville, md.; secretary of the State senate in 1842Chinchilla (near Scranton), Lackawanna County, Pa. and 1843; chief clerk of the State house of representatives in 1844; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to the FARRELLY, John Wilson (son of Patrick Farrelly), a Thirty-third Congress; served as captain in the NineteenthRepresentative from Pennsylvania; born in Meadville, Craw- Infantry of the Regular Army in the Civil War; elected as aford County, Pa., July 7, 1809; received a limited schooling; Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-was graduated from AlleghenyCollege at Meadville in 1826; March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomination instudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced 1866; moved to Indianapolis in 1870 and engaged in banking;practice in Meadville; member of the State senatein 1828; appointed secretary of state by Gov. Conrad Baker; died inserved in the State house of representatives in 1837;again a Indianapolis, md., October 1, 1873; interment in Crown Hillmember of the State senate 1838-1842; elected as a Whig to Cemetery. the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849);chair- FARQUHAR, John McCreath, a Representative from Newman, Committee on Patents (ThirtiethCongress); was not a York; born near Ayr, Scotland, April 17, 1832; attendedAyrcandidate for renomination in 1848; appointed Sixth Auditor 984 Biographical Directory

of the Treasury by President Taylor and served fromNo-Eighty-fifth Congress; publisher, president and director, vember 5, 1849, until April 9, 1853, when he resigned;en-Honolulu Star Bulletin, 1946-1963; director and chairman, gaged in the practice of law in Meadville, Pa., until hisHonolulu Lithograph Company, Ltd., 1945-1963; president, death, December 20, 1860; interment in.Greendale Cemetery. Hawaiian Broadcasting System, Ltd., 1960-1963; director, FARRELLY, Patrick (father of John Wilson Farrelly),aOffice of Territories, Department of the Interior, District of Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Ireland in 1770,Columbia, 1969; was a resident of Honolulu, Hawaii until where he completed his education; immigrated to the Unitedher death there July 21, 1984; ashes interred at Oahu Ceme- States in 1798; studied law; was admitted to the bar July 11,tery, Honolulu, Hawaii. 1803, and commenced practice in Meadville, Pa.; member of FARROW, Samuel, a Representative from South Carolina; the State house of representatives in 1811 and 1812; servedborn in Virginia in 1759; moved to South Carolina with his in the War of 1812 as a major of militia; elected to thefather's family, who settled in Spartanburg District in 1765; Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Congresses andserved in the Revolutionary War; studied law; was admitted served from March 4, 1821, until his death in Meadville,to the bar in 1793 and commenced practice in Spartanburg, Crawford County, Pa., January 12, 1826; interment in Green- dale Cemetery. S.C.;also engaged in agriculturalpursuits near Cross Anchor; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1810-1812; FARRINGTON, James, a Representative from New Hamp-elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March shire; born in Conway, Carroll County, N.H., October 1,4, 1813-March 3, 1815); was not a candidate for renomina- 1791; attended the common schools; was graduated fromtion in 1814; resumed the practice of law; also engaged in

Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Maine, in 1814; studied medi-agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of repre-- cine and engaged in practice in Rochester, N.H., in 1818;sentatives 1816-1819 and 1822-1823; died in Columbia, S.C., member of the State house of representatives 1828-1831;November 18 1824; interment in the family burial ground served in the State senate in 1836; elected as a Democrat toon his plantation, near the battlefield of Musgrove Mill, the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839);Spartanburg County, S.C. appointed one of the trustees of the New Hampshire Insane FARWELL, Charles Benjamin, a Representative and a Asylum in 1845; resumed the practice of medicine;was oneSenator from Illinois; born in Painted Post, Steuben County, of the organizers of the Rochester Bank, and servedas presi-N.Y., July 1, 1823; attended Elmira Academy; moved to Illi- dent until his death in Rochester, N.H., October 29, 1859;nois in 1838 and settled in Mount Morris; employed in gov- interment in the Old Cemetery. ernment surveying and in farming until 1844, when he en- FARRINGTON, Joseph Rider (husband of Mary Elizabethgaged in the real estate business and banking in Chicago; Pruett Farrington), a Delegate from the ;clerk of Cook County 1853-1861; engaged in the wholesale born in Washington, D.C., October 15, 1897, and while stilldry goods business; member of the State board of equaliza- an infant moved with his parents to Hawaii; attended Puna-tion in 1867; chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Cook hou Academy, Honolulu, and the University of Wisconsin atCounty in 1868; national-bank examiner in 1869; elected as a Madison; left college at the close of his junioryear in JuneRepublican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses 1918 and enlisted in the United States Army; commissioned(March 4, 1871-March 3,1875); chairman, Committee on a second lieutenant of Field Artillery in September and wasManufactures (Forty-third Congress); presented credentials discharged in December 1918; returned to the University ofas a Representative-elect to the Forty-fourth Congress and Wisconsin and graduated in 1919; reporter on the staff of theserved from March 4, 1875, until May 6, 1876, when he was Public Ledger in Philadelphia in 1919 and in Washington,succeeded by John V. Le Moyne, who contested his election;

D.C., 1920-1923; returned to Honolulu to become associateddeclined to be a candidate for renomination in 1876; re-- with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., and was president andsumed mercantile pursuits; elected to the Forty-seventh Con- general manager from 1939 until his death; secretary to thegress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); declined to be a candi- Hawaii Legislative Commission in 1933; member of the Ter-date for renomination in 1882; elected as a Republican to the ritorial senate 1934-1942; elected as a Republicana DelegateUnited States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death to the Seventy-eighth and to the five succeeding Congressesof John A. Logan and served from January 19, 1887, until and served from January 3, 1943, until his death in Wash-March 3, 1891; was not a candidate for reelection in 1891; ington, D.C., June 19, 1954; interment in Nuuanu Cemetery,chairman, Committee on Expenditures of Public Money (Fif- Honolulu, Hawaii. tieth Congress), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Fifty-first Con- Bibliography: DAB. gress); resumed mercantile pursuits; died in Lake Forest, Ill., FARRINGTON, Mary Elizabeth Pruett (wife of JosephSeptember 23, 1903; interment in Rosehill Cemetery, Chica- Rider Farrington), a Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii; go, Ill. born in Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 1898; attended Tokyo Foreign Bibliography: DAB. School and grammar schools of Nashville, Tenn., El Paso, FARWELL, Nathan Allen (cousin of Owen Lovejoy), a Tex., Los Angeles, calif., and Hollywood (Calif.) High School;Senator from Maine; born in Unity, Waldo County, Maine, graduated from Ward-Belmont Junior College, Nashville,on February 24, 1812; attended the common schools; taught Tenn., in 1916 and from the University of Wisconsin inschool 1832-1833; moved to East Thomaston, Maine, in 1834 Madison in 1918; graduate work at the University of Hawaii;and engaged in the manufacture of lime and in ship build- newspaper correspondent 19 18-1957; president of League ofing; subsequently became a master mariner and trader; stud- Republican Women in Washington, D.C., 1946-1948; presi-ied law; moved to Rockland, Maine, where he founded the dent of National Federation of Women's Republican ClubsRockland Marine Insurance Co., and served as president; 1949-1953; delegate to the Republican National Conventionmember, State senate 1853-1854, 1861-1862, the last year as in 1952; elected as a Republican a Delegate to the Eighty-presiding officer; member, State house of representatives third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her 1860, 1863-1864; appointed and subsequently elected as a husband, Joseph Rider Farrington; reelected to the Eighty-Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy fourth Congress and served from July 31, 1954, to January 3,caused by the resignation of William Pitt Fessenden and 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 to theserved from October 27, 1864, to March 3, 1865; was not a Biographies 985 candidate for reelection in 1865; resumed his activities in therison collector of customs of the port of NewYork, and insurance business; delegate to the Southern Loyalists Con-served from August 1 to September 15, 1891; delegate tothe vention at Philadelphia in 1866; died in Rockland, Maine,State constitutional convention in 1904; elected tothe Fifty- December 9, 1893; interment in Achorn Cemetery. ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4,1905- March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionin 1910 FARWELL, Sewall Spaulding, a Representative fromto the Sixty-second Congress; chairmanof the Republican Iowa; born in Keene, Coshocton County, Ohio, April 26,1834;advisory convention in 1918; engaged in thebanking and attended the common schools and an academy in Cleveland,lumber business in Elmira, N.Y.; died in Vancouver,British Ohio; moved to Iowa in 1852 and engaged in agriculturalColumbia, on April 21, 1924, while returning from abusiness pursuits; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army in Wood- in 1862 as captain of Company H, Thirty-first Regiment,trip to Japan and the Philippine Islands; interment Iowa Volunteer Infantry; promoted to major in 1864, andlawn Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y. served until the close of the war; member of the State senate Bibliography: DAB. 1865-1869; assessor of internal revenue 1869-1873; collector FAULKNER, Charles James (father of Charles James of internal revenue 1875-1881; elected as a Republican toFaulkner [1847-19291), a Representative from Virginiaand the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3,1883); from West Virginia; born in Martinsburg, Va.(now West unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-Virginia), July 6, 1806; was graduated from GeorgetownUni- eighth Congress; president of the Monticello State Bank;versity, Washington, D.C., in 1822; studied law; wasadmitted died in Monticello, Iowa, September 21, 1909; intermentinto the bar in 1829 and practiced; memberof the Virginia Oakwood Cemetery. house of delegates 1829-1834, 1848, and 1849;commissioner FARY, John G., a Representative from Illinois, born inof Virginia on the disputed boundaries betweenthat State Chicago, Ill., April 11, 1911; attended St. Peterand Pauland Maryland; member of the State senate from1838 to Polish Roman Catholic School, Holy Trinity HighSchool,1842, when he resigned; member of the Stateconstitutional Loyola University, Real Estate School of Illinois,and Mid-convention in 1850; elected from Virginia as a Whig tothe west Institute; member of Illinois generalassembly 1955-Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses and as a Demo- 1975; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress,crat to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses(March by special election, July 8, 1975, to fill the vacancy causedby4, 1851-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee onMilitary the death of John Kluczynski; reelected to the threesucceed-Affairs (Thirty-fifth Congress); appointed UnitedStates Min- ing Congresses and served from July 8, 1975, to January3, ister to France by President Buchanan in1859; returned to 1983; was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination inthe United States in August 1861 and wasdetained as a 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; returned to Chicagoprisoner of state on charges of negotiating armssales for the where he resided until his death June 7, 1984. Confederacy while in Paris; released in December1861 and negotiated his own exchange for Alfred Ely, a congressman FASCELL, Dante B., a Representative from Florida; born prisoner by the Confed- in Bridgehampton, Long Island, Suffolk County, N.Y.,Marchfrom New York who had been taken 9, 1917; moved with his parents to Miami, Fla., in1925; erates at Bull Run; during the CivilWar entered the Confed- graduated from Ponce de Leon High School, Coral Gables,erate Army and was assistant adjutantgeneral on the staff Fla., in 1933; from the law school of the University ofof Gen. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson;engaged in railroad Miami, J D, 1938; was admitted to the bar in 1938 andenterprises; member o the State constitutionalconvention commenced the practice of law in Miami; during the Secondof West Virginia in 1872; elected as aDemocrat from West World War entered the Federal service with the FloridaVirginia to the Forty-fourth Congress (March4, 1875-March National Guard on January 6, 1941; commissioned a second3, 1877); resumed the practice of law;died on the family lieutenant May 23, 1942; served in the African, Sicilian,andestate, "Boydville," near Martinsburg,W.Va., November 1, Italian campaigns, and separated from the service as a cap-1884; interment in the family lot on the estate. tain January 20, 1946; legal attaché to the State legislative Bibliography: DAB; McVeigh, Donald R. "Charles JamesFaulkner: Re- delegation from Dade County 1947-1950; member of the luctant Rebel." Ph.D. dissertation, West VirginiaUniversity, 1955. State house of representatives 1950-1954; appointedby the FAULKNER, Charles James (son of Charles JamesFaulk- President to represent the United States at the Twenty- from West Virginia; born on the elect-ner [1806-1884]), a Senator fourth General Assembly of the United Nations, 1969; family estate, "Boydville," near Martinsburg, Va.(now West ed as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the sixteen his father, who succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1989);Virginia), September 21, 1847; accompanied chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs(Ninety-eighthwas United States Ministerto France, to that country in through One Hundredth Congresses); is a resident ofMiami,1859; attended school in Paris and Switzerland;returned to the United States in 1861; during theCivil War entered the Fla. Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1862;served with FASSETT, Jacob Sloat, a Representative from New York;the cadets in the Battle of New Market;graduated from the born in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., November13, 1853; law department of the University of Virginiaat Charlottes- attended the public schools and was graduated fromtheville in 1868; admitted to the bar in 1868and commenced University of Rochester in 1875; studied law; was admittedpractice in Martinsburg, W.Va.; electedjudge of the thir- to the bar in 1878 and commencedpractice in Elmira; dis-teenth judicial circuit in 1880; elected as aDemocrat to the trict attorney of Chemung County in 1878 and1879; proprie- 1893 and served studentUnited States Senate in 1887; reelected in tor of the Elmira Daily Advertiser 1879-1896; was a from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1899;chairman, Committee in Heidelberg University, Germany;returned to Elmira, Congress); appointed a member of N.Y., in 1882 and resumed the practice of law;member ofon Territories (Fifty-third tem-the International Joint High Commissionof the United the State senate 1884-1891 and served as president pro States and Great Britain in 1898;retired from public life pore 1889-189 1; delegate to theRepublican National Conven- in Martinsburg, tion in 1880, 1892 and 1916; secretary ofthe Republicanand devoted his time to the practice of law forW.Va., and Washington, D.C., and to themanagement of his National Committee 1888-1892; unsuccessful candidate Martins- Governor of New York in 1891; appointed byPresident Har-agricultural interests; died at "Boydville," near 986 Biographical Directory

burg, W.Va., January 13, 1929; interment in theOld Nor-the Illinois Commission on Children 1967-1977; unsuccessful bourne Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va. candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court in 1976; electedas Bibliography: DAB. a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Con- FAUNTROY, Walter Edward, a Delegate from theDistrictgresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1989); is a resident of of Columbia; born in Washington, D.C., February6, 1933;Naperville, Ill. attended Washington (D.C.) public schools; B.A., Virginia FAY, Francis Ball, a Representative from Massachusetts; Union University, Richmond, Va., 1955; B.D., YaleUniversi- ty Divinity School, 1958; pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church,born in Southboro, Worcester County, Mass., June 12, 1793; received a limited education; engaged in mercantile pursuits; 1959 to present; founder and director, Model InnerCity Community Organization, 1966-1972; director, Washingtonpostmaster of Southboro from September 15, 1817, to March Bureau, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 29, 1832; deputy sheriff of Worcester County 1824-1830; 1960-member of the Massachusetts General Court in 1830 and 1971; vice chairman, District of Columbia City Council,1967- 1969; vice chairman, White House Conferenceto Fulfill1831; moved to Chelsea, which he represented in the Massa- These Rights, 1966; national coordinator, Poor People's Cam-chusetts General Court from 1834 to 1836 and in 1840; paign, 1969; chairman, board of directors, Martin Lutherserved in the State senate 1843-1845 and again in 1848; King, Jr., Center for Social Change, Atlanta, Ga., 1969toelected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the present; member, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,vacancy caused by the death of Robert Rantoul, Jr., and 1961-1971; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1972;served from December 13, 1852, to March 3, 1853; was nota elected as a Democrat a Delegate to the Ninety-second Con-candidate for the Thirty-third Congress; mayor of Chelsea in gress, by special election, March 23, 1971; reelected to the1857; founded the public library in Southboro, Mass.; settled eight succeeding Congresses (March 23, l971-January3, in Lancaster in 1858; founded the State reform school in 1989); is a resident of Washington, D.C. Lancaster; again a member of the State senate in 1868; died in South Lancaster, Mass., October 6, 1876; interment in FAUST, Charles Lee, a Representative from Missouri;Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Mass. born near Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, April 24, 1879; moved with his parents to a farm near Highland, Doniphan FAY, James Herbert, a Representative from New York; County, Kans.; attended the public schools and Highlandborn in New York City April 29, 1899; attended the public University; engaged in teaching in a country schoolnearschools and De La Salle Institute; during the First World Highland 1898-1900; was graduated from the law depart-War served overseas as a private first class, with the Sixty- ment of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1903,wasninth Regiment, One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Infantry, and admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced thewas discharged October 11, 1919; awarded the Purple Heart practice of his profession in St. Joseph, Mo.; city counselorofMedal; was graduated from Brooklyn (N.Y.) Law School in St. Joseph 1915-1919; elected asa Republican to the Sixty-1929; served as deputy and acting commissioner of hospitals seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and servedof New York City 1929-1934; chief field deputy, United from March 4, 1921, until his death; chairman, CommitteeStates Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1935-1938; electedas a on the Census (Sixty-eighth Congress); had been reelected toDemocrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939- the Seventy-first Congress; died December 17, 1928,at theJanuary 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in United States Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C.; interment1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; elected to the Seven- in Highland Cemetery, Highland, Kans. ty-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); was not a candidate for renomination in 1944; engaged in the FAVROT, George Kent, a Representative from Louisiana;advertising and insurance business in New York City until born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La.,Novem- his death September 10, 1948; interment in Pinelawn Na- ber 26, 1868; attended the public schools andwas graduatedtional Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.Y. from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge in 1888 and from the law department of Tulane University, NewOrle- FAY, John, a Representative from New York; born in ans, La., in 1890; was admitted to the bar in 1890 andHardwick, Worcester County, Mass., February 10, 1773; at- commenced practice in Baton Rouge, La.; servedas districttended the common schools for a period of only six months; attorney of the twenty-second judicial district of Louisianamoved to New York with his parents, who settled in Mont- 1892-1896; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896; del-gomery County, and later in Galway, Saratoga County; egate at large to the State constitutional convention in 1898;moved to Northampton, Fulton County, in 1804; became a again served as district attorney 1900-1904; district judgeland surveyor and later engaged in agricultural pursuits, 1904-1906; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congressmilling, and manufacturing; held various local offices and (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate forwas postmaster of Northampton several years; member of renomination in 1908; member of the State house ofrepre-the State assembly in 1808, 1809, and 1812; elected to the sentatives 1912-1916; resumed the practice of law in BatonSixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); resumed Rouge; elected to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Con-his former activities; served as sheriff of Jefferson County gresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candi-from 1828 to 1831; presidential elector on the Democratic date for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress;re-ticket in 1844; died in Northampton, N.Y., June 21, 1855; turned to the practice of law in Baton Rouge; elected judgeinterment in the Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery. of division B of the nineteenth judicial district court in 1926 and served until his death in Baton Rouge December 26, FAZIO, Victor Herbert, Jr., a Representative from Califor- 1934; interment in Roselawn Memorial Park. nia; born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., October 11, 1942; graduated from Williston Academy, Easthampton, FAWELL, Harris W., a Representative from Illinois; bornMass., 1961; B.A., Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1965; in West Chicago, Du Page County, Ill., March 25, 1929; at-graduate work, California State University, Sacramento, tended public schools; attended North Central College, Na-1969-1972; congressional and legislative consultant, 1966- perville, Ill., 1947-1949; LL.B., Chicago-Kent College of Law,1975; co-founder, California Journal magazine, 1970; Sacra- Chicago, Ill., 1952; admitted to the bar and practiced lawmento County Charter Commission, 1972-1974; Sacramento 1954-1984; member of the Illinois senate 1963-1977 and ofCounty Planning Commission, 1975; served in the California Biographies 987

State assembly, 1975-1978; delegate to California State1932-1936; appointed as a Democrat to the UnitedStates Democratic conventions, 1976-1978; delegate to DemocraticSenate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofJohn H. National Conventions, 1980 and 1984; elected as a DemocratOverton and served from May 18, 1948, toDecember 30, to the Ninety-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses1948; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy in1948; (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Westresumed the oil and gas business in Monroe andShreveport, Shreveport, Sacramento, Calif. La.; was a resident of West Monroe, La.; died in La., March 16, 1965; interment in HasleyCemetery, West FEARING, Paul, a Delegate from the Territory NorthwestMonroe, La. of the River Ohio; born in Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass., February 28, 1762; prepared for college by tutors; was FEELY, John Joseph, a Representative from Illinois;born graduated from Harvard University in 1785; studied law inon a farm near Wilmington,Will County, Ill., August 1, Windham, Conn., and was admitted to the bar in 1787;1875; attended the public schools; was graduated fromNiag- moved to the in May 1788 and engagedara (N.Y.) University in 1895and from the law department in the practice of law at Fort Harmer, now a partof Mariet-of Yale University in 1897; was admitted to thebar in ta, Ohio; appointed United States counselfor WashingtonConnecticut in 1897; moved to ChicagoIll., in 1898 and County in 1788; probate judge in 1797; member of theTerri-engaged in the practice of law; elected as a Democrat tothe torial legislature 1799-1801; elected as aFederalist a Dele-Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903); was gate to the Seventh Congress (March 4,1801-March 3, 1803);not a candidate for renomination in 1902;engaged in the was not a candidate for renominationin 1802; resumed thepractice of his profession until his death in Chicago,Ill., practice of law and engaged in fruit and stockraising; ap-February 15, 1905; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, pointed associate judge of the court of commonpleas in 1810Joilet, Ill. and served seven years; appointed master inchancery in 1822; FEIGHAN, Edward Farrell (nephew of Michael A.Fei- 1814; died at his home near Marietta, Ohio, August 21, Cuya- interment in Harmer Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio. ghan), a Representative from Ohio; born in Lakewood, Bibliography: Bloom, Jo Tice. "The Congressional Delegates from the hoga County, Ohio, October 22, 1947; attendedschools in Northwest Territory, 1799-1803." The Old Northwest 3 (March 1977):3-21. Cleveland, Ohio and Notre Dame International HighSchool, Rome, Italy; B.A., Loyola University, NewOrleans, La., FEATHERSTON, Winfield Scott, a Representative from1969; J.D., Cleveland Marshall College of Law atCleveland Mississippi; born near Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, bar, 1978 and movedState University, 1978; admitted to the Ohio Tenn., August 8, 1820; completed preparatory studies; commenced practice in Cleveland, 1979; elected,Ohio house to Mississippi and settled in Houston;studied law; was ad- Cuyahoga commission- mitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Hous-of representatives, 1973-1979; elected, Thirtieth ander, 1979-1982; delegate, OhioState Democratic convention, ton, Miss.; elected as a Democrat to the 1978; delegate, Democratic National Convention,1980; elect- Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); un-ed as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighthand to the two suc- successful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty- 3, 1989); is a second Congress; resumed the practice of law at Houston,ceeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January Miss.; moved to Holly Springs in 1856; served in the Confed-resident of Lakewocd, Ohio. erate Army during the Civil War; commissionedbrigadier FEIGHAN, Michael Aloysius (uncle of EdwardFarrell general March 4, 1862; paroled in Greensboro, N.C., May 1,Feighan), a Representative from Ohio; bornin Lakewood, 1865; unsuccessful candidate for United States SenatorinCuyahoga County, Ohio, February 16, 1905;attended the 1865; member of the State house of representatives in1876 public and parochial schools; wasgraduated from St. Igna- and 1880; delegate to the Democratic National Convention intius High School and attended JohnCarroll University, 1880; member of the State constitutional convention in1890; Cleveland, Ohio, for two years; A.B., PrincetonUniversity, died in Holly Springs, Miss., May 28, 1891; interment inHill1927 and LL.B., Harvard Law School,1931; was admitted to Crest Cemetery. the bar in 1931 and commenced practicein Cleveland, Ohio; Bibliography: DAB. member of the Ohio house of representatives1937-1940, serving as Democratic floor leader in1939 and 1940; dele- FEATHERSTONE, Lewis Porter, a Representative from 1944, 1948, 1952, Arkansas; born in Oxford, Lafayette County, Miss., July28, gate, Democratic National Conventions, department1956, and 1968; elected as a Democrat tothe Seventy-eighth 1851; attended the common schools and the law (January 3, 1943- of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; engagedinand to the thirteen succeeding Congresses St.January 3, 1971); chairman, Joint Committee onImmigra- planting in Shelby County, Tenn., 1872-1881; moved to and Ninetieth Con- Francis County, Ark., and continued as a planter;member oftion and Nationality Policy (Eighty-ninth 1888; electedgresses); unsuccessful candidate forrenomination in 1970 to the State house of representatives in 1887 and of Washington, president of the State Wheel (a farmers' organization)inthe Ninety-second Congress; is a resident 1887 and reelected in 1888; successfully contested as aLabor D.C. Party candidate the election of William H.Cate to the Fifty- FELCH, Alpheus, a Senator from Michigan;born in Lim- first Congress and served from March 5, 1890,until March 3,erick, York County, Maine, September 28,1804; prepared for 1891; unsuccessful candidate on the UnionLabor ticket forcollege in Phillips Academy, Exeter, N.H.,and was graduat- reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; engagedined from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine,in 1827; studied railroad building and in development of iron resourcesoflaw; was admitted to the bar andpracticed in Houlton, Texas; was commissioned captain in the FirstRegiment,Maine, from 1830 to 1833; moved to Monroe,Mich., in 1833 United States Volunteers (Immune), in 1898; diedin Long-and continued the practice of law; member,State house of view, Tex., March 14, 1922; interment inMission Cemetery,representatives 1835-1837; State bank commissioner1838- San Antonio, Tex. 1839; state auditor general 1842;appointed associate justice of the Michigan supreme court in 1842 andserved until his FEAZEL, William Crosson, a Senator from Louisiana; Governor born near Farmerville, Union Parish, La.,June 10, 1895;resignation in 1845, having been elected Governor; independent oilof Michigan 1846-1847; elected as aDemocrat to the United attended the public schools; engaged as an from March 4, and gas producer; member, State houseof representativesStates Senate in February 1847 and served 988 Biographical Directory

1847, to March 3, 1853; chairman, Committee to AuditandPort Hudson, La., July 9, 1863, and released June 10, 1865; Control the Contingent Expense (Thirtieth Congress),Com- returned to Camden, Ark., and resumed the practice of law; mittee on Public Land (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Con-member of the State senate in 1866 and 1867; moved to New gresses); president of the commission to settle Spanish andYork City in 1868 and continued the practice of law; assist- Mexican war claims 1853-1856; died in Ann Arbor,Mich., ant district attorney 1869-1872 and 1885-1887; elected dis- June 13, 1896; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. trict attorney and served from 1888 to 1890; elected asa Bibliography: DAB. Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and FELDER, John Myers, a Representative from South Caro-served from March 4, 1891, until his resignation, effective lina; born in Orangeburg District, S.C., July 7, 1782;wasDecember 31, 1893; district attorney of New York City from graduated from Yale College in 1804; studied law in theJanuary 1, 1894, until his death in New York City December Litchfield (Conn.) Law School; was admitted to the bar in7, 1896; interment in . 1808 and commenced practice in Orangeburg, S.C.; majorof drafted militia in the War of 1812; electeda trustee of South FELTON, Charles Norton, a Representative anda Sena- Carolina College in 1812; member of the State house oftor from California; born in Buffalo, N.Y., January 1, 1832; representatives 1812-1816 and 1822-1824; served in the Stateattended Syracuse (N.Y.) Academy; studied law; was admit- senate 1816-1820; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-ted to the bar but never practiced; moved to California in second Congress and as a Nullifier to the Twenty-third Con-1849; engaged in mercantile pursuits and afterward in bank- gress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835); declined to be a candi-ing; sheriff of Yuba County 1853; subsequently tax collector; date for renomination in 1834; engaged extensively in agri-appointed treasurer of the United States Mint at San Fran- cultural pursuits and in the lumber business; member of thecisco and Assistant Treasurer of the United States 1868- State senate from 1840 until his death in Union Point, Ga.,1877; member, State assembly 1878-1882; electedas a Repub- September 1, 1851; interment in the family burial groundonlican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, his former plantation, "Midway," near Orangeburg, S.C. 1885-March 3, 1889); was not a candidate for renomination; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill FELL, John, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Newthe vacancy caused by the death of George Hearst and York City, February 5, 1721; attended the public schools;served from March 19, 1891, to March 3, 1893; was not a engaged in overseas commerce and also in agriculturalpur-candidate for reelection; State prison director 1903-1907; suits; moved to Bergen County, N.J.; appointed judge of thedied at his home in Menlo Park, Calif., September 13, 1914; court of common pleas on September 30, 1766, and servedinterment in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Lawndale, San Mateo until October 1, 1774; member of the Provincial CongressCounty, Calif which met in Trenton in May, June, and August 1775; chair- man of the committee of safety of Bergen County, N.J.; FELTON, Rebecca Latimer (wifeof William Harrell member of the provincial council in 1776; captured by the Felton), a Senator from Georgia; born near Decatur, De Kaib British and held as a political prisoner from April 23, 1777,County, Ga., June 10, 1835; attended the common schools until January 1778, when he was released; Member of theand graduated from the Madison Female College in 1852; Continental Congress 1778-1780; member of the Statecoun-moved to Bartow County, Ga., in 1854; taught school; writer, cil in 1782 and 1783; moved to New York City in 1793, andlecturer, and reformer with special interest in agricultural subsequently to Coldenham, N.Y., where he resided with hisand women's issues; served as secretary to her husband son John until his death on May 15, 1798; interment in while he was a Member of Congress 1875-1881; appointed by Colden Cemetery. the Governor as a Democrat to the United States Senate on Bibliography: DAB; Fell, John. Delegate from New Jersey; The Journal October 3, 1922, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of of John Fell. Edited by Donald W. Whisenhunt. Port Washington, N.Y.: Thomas E. Watson and served just two days, November 21 Kennikat Press, 1973. and 22, 1922, a successor having been elected; was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy; the first woman to FELLOWS, Frank, a Representative from Maine; born inoccupy a seat in the United States Senate; the Senator who, Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, on November 7, 1889;having served one day, served the shortest term; and the attended the public schools, East Maine Conference Semi-oldest Senator, at age eighty-seven, at the time of first nary, Bucksport, Maine, and the University of Maine atswearing-in; engaged as a writer and lecturer and resided in Orono; was graduated from the University of Maine LawCartersville, Ga., until her death in Atlanta, Ga., January School; was admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced24, 1930; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga. practice in Portland, Maine; clerk of the United States Dis- Bibliography: DAB; Felton, Rebecca L. My Memories of Georgia Politics. trict Court of Maine 1917-1920; elected as a Republican to Atlanta: The Index Printing Co., 1911; Talmadge, John E. Rebecca Latimer the Seventy-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses Felton: Nine Stormy Decades. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1960. and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in Bangor, Maine, August 27, 1951; interment in Silver Lake Cemetery, FELTON, William Harrell (husband of Rebecca Latimer Bucksport, Maine. Felton), a Representative from Georgia; born near Lexing- ton, Oglethorpe County, Ga., June 19, 1823; attended the FELLOWS, John R., a Representative from New York;common and primary schools; was graduated from the Uni- born in Troy, N.Y., July 29, 1832; moved to Saratoga County,versity of Georgia at Athens in 1843 and from the Medical N.Y., with his parents, who settled near Mechanicville; at-College of Georgia at Augusta in 1844; practiced medicine, tended the country schools; moved to Camden, Ark., in 1850;taught school, and also engaged in agricultural pursuits studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commencednear Cartersville, Ga.; member of the State house of repre- practice in Camden; presidential elector on the Constitution- sentatives from Cass (now Bartow) County in 1851; ordained al-Union ticket of Bell and Everett in 1860; delegate to theas a Methodist minister in 1857; served as a surgeon during State secession convention in 1861; delegate to the Demo-the Civil War; elected as an Independent Democrat to the cratic National Convention in 1868; entered the ConfederateForty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Congresses (March Army in the First Arkansas Regiment; after the Battle of4, 1875-March 3, 1881); unsuccessful candidate for reelection Shiloh was assigned to staff duties as assistant adjutant andin 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; resumed his activity inspector general at Viksburg; captured at the surrender ofas a minister and again followed agricultural pursuits; again Biographies 989 served in the State house of representatives 1884-1890; FENNER, James, a Senator from Rhode Island; born in trustee from the State at large for the University of GeorgiaProvidence, R.I., January 22, 1771; received a classical edu- 1886-1892; died in Cartersville, Ga., September 24, 1909; in-cation and graduated from Brown University, Providence, terment in Oak Hill Cemetery. R.I., in 1789; elected as a Republican to the United States Bibliography: DAB; Jones, George L. "William H Felton and the Inde- Senate and served from March 4, 1805, to September1807, pendent Democratic Movement in Georgia, 1870-1890." Ph.D. dissertation, when he resigned to become Governor; Governor of Rhode University of Georgia, 1971; Roberts, William P "The Public Career of Dr. Island 1807-1811, 1824-1831, 1843-1845; delegate to the State William Harrell Felton." Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina, constitutional convention in 1842 and served as president; 1953. retired to his estate, "What Cheer," near Providence,R.I.; FENERTY, Clare Gerald, a Representative from Pennsyl-resided there until his death on April 17, 1846; interment in vania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 25, 1895; attended theNorth Burial Ground, Providence, R.I. parochial schools; was graduated from St. Joseph's College, Bibliography: DAB. Philadelphia, Pa., in 1916 and from the law department of FENTON, Ivor David, a Representative from Pennsylva- the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1921;nia; born in Mahanoy City (Buck Mountain),Schuylkill during the First World War served in the United StatesCounty, Pa., August 3, 1889; attended the public schools,and Navy in 1917 and 1918; reentered the naval service as aBucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.; was graduated from lieutenant, senior grade, in 1933; was admitted to the bar inJefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1912; served 1921 and commenced practice in Philadelphia, Pa.; memberan internship at Ashland (Pa.)State Hospital in 1912 and of the law faculty at the Wharton School, University of1913; commenced the practice of medicine in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, 1924-1929; member of the Philadelphia Board Medical of Law Examiners 1928-1940; assistant district attorney atPa., in 1914; enlisted in the United States Army Philadelphia, Pa., 1928-1935; elected as a Republican to theCorps and was commissioned a lieutenant August8, 1917, Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937);rising later to the rank of captain; served twenty months unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-(eleven overseas) with the Three Hundred and Fifteenth fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; appointed judgeInfrantry, Seventy-ninth Division; returned to Mahanoy City of Common Pleas Court No. 5 of Philadelphia in Novemberto resume his medical practice; elected as a Republican to 1939 and was elected for a ten-year term in November 1941;the Seventy-sixty and to the eleven succeeding Congresses reelected in November 1951 and served until his death in(January 3, 1939-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful candidate Philadelphia, Pa., July 1, 1952; interment in Holy Sepulchrefor reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress;medical Cemetery, Wyndmoor, Montgomery County, Pa. advisor to secretary of welfare, State of Pennsylvania,and medical consultant to State General Hospital, State of Penn.. FENN, Edward Hart, a Representative from Connecticut;sylvania, from March 1964 to January 1968, whenhe re- born in Hartford, Conn., September 12, 1856; attended pri- tired; was a resident of Mahanoy City, Pa., until hisdeath in vate schools, Hartford High School, and Yale University; Sunbury, Pa., October 23, 1986; interment in GermanProtes- associated with the Hartford Post and the Hartford Couranttant Cemetery, Mahonoy Township. as reporter, city editor, State editor, andspecial and editori- al writer; reported sessions of the Connecticut legislature FENTON, Lucien Jerome, a Representative fromOhio; from 1878 to 1908; member of the State house of representa-born in Winchester, Ohio, May 7, 1844;attended the public tives in 1907 and 1915; served in the State senate in 1909schools, Lebanon Normal School, and OhioUniversity at and 1911; fish and game commissioner 1912-1916; served fiveAthens; enlisted as a private in CompanyI, Ninety-first years in the First Regiment of the ConnecticutNationalRegiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August11, 1862; dis- Guard; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and tocharged because of wounds on May 29, 1865;taught school the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3,from 1865 to 1881; unsuccessful candidate forclerk of the 1931); chairman, Committee on the Census (Sixty-ninthcourts of Adams County in 1880; clerk in theUnited States through Seventy-first Congresses); was not a candidate forTreasury Department, Washington, D.C.,1881-1884;re- renomination in 1930; retired from public life and lived inturned to Ohio and organized the Winchester Bank in1884; Washington, D.C., and Wethersfield, Conn.; died in Washing-appointed a trustee of the Ohio University at Athens by ton, D.C., February 23, 1939; interment in Spring GroveGovernor McKinley in 1892; delegate to theRepublican Na- Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. tional Convention in 1892; elected as a Republican tothe FENN, Stephen Southmyd, a Delegate from the TerritoryFifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March of Idaho; born in Watertown, Conn., March 28, 1820; moved3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for renominationin 1898; with his parents to Niagara County, N.Y., in 1824; attendedresumed banking in Winchester, Ohio; presidentof the Win- the public schools; moved in 1841 to Jackson County, Iowa,chester School Board 19 12-1922; presidentof the Adams where he held several local offices; moved to CaliforniainCounty School Board 19 18-1922; died inWinchester, Ohio, 1850 and engaged in mining and ranching; studied law; wasJune 28, 1922; interment in Winchester Cemetery. admitted to the bar in 1862 and commenced practice in that of the FENTON, Reuben Eaton, a Representative and a Senator part of Washington Territory which became a part from New York; born in Carroll, Chautauqua County,N.Y., Territory of Idaho upon its organization in 1863;also en- studies; studied law; gaged in mining; member of the Idaho Territorialcouncilon July 4, 1819; completed preparatory inengaged in mercantile pursuits; supervisor of Carroll 1846- 1864-1867; district attorney for the first judicial district 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-thirdCongress 1869; member of the Territorial house of representatives in(March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidatefor 1872 and served as speaker of the house; engaged in agricul- the tural pursuits; successfully contested as a Democratthe elec-reelection in 1854; elected to the Thirty-fifth and to Congress;three succeeding Congresses and served fromMarch 4, 1857, tion of Thomas W. Bennett to the Forty-fourth until his resignation, effective December 20, 1864,having reelected to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from June of New York 23, 1876, to March 3, 1879; was not a candidate forrenomi-been elected Governor of New York; Governor nation in 1878; continued his former pursuitsuntil July1865-1868; elected as a Republican to the UnitedStates intermentSenate and served from March 4, 1869, toMarch 3, 1875; 1891; died in Blackfoot, Idaho, on April 13, 1892; Contingent. in Asylum Cemetery. chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the 990 Biographical Directory

Expense (Forty-second Congress), Committeeon Manufac-January 3, 1955; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in tures (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Territories1954; chairman, Republican Policy Committee (Eighty-third (Forty-second Congress); appointed chairman of the UnitedCongress); Ambassador to the Philippines 1955-1956; judge States commission to the International Monetary Conferenceof the United States Court of Military Appeals at Washing- held at Paris in 1878; engaged in banking; died in James-ton, D.C., 1956-1971; served as senior judge on the United town, N.Y., on August 25, 1885; interment in Lakeview Cem-States Court of Military Appeals 1971-1976; resident of etery. Grosse Point, Mich., until his death on December 17, 1982; Bibliography: DAB; McMahon, Helen. "Reuben Eaton Fenton." Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, 1939. interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. FENWICK, Millicent Hammond, a Representative from FERGUSON, Phillip Colgan, a Representative from Okla- New Jersey; born in New York City, February 25, 1910;homa; born in Wellington, Sumner County, Kans., August attended Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Va., 1923-1925; at-15, 1903; attended the public schools; was graduated from tended Columbia University and New School for Social Re-the University of Kansas at Lawrence, A.B., 1926; moved to search in New York City, 1933, 1942; held position of associ-Oklahoma and settled on a ranch near Woodward, Wood- ate editorin New York publicationsfirm,1938-1952; ward County, in 1926; engaged in agricultural pursuits and member, board of education, Bernardsville (N.J.), 1938-1947,cattle raising; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Borough Council, 1958-1964; member, New Jersey Com-and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935- mittee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1958-1974;January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in member, New Jersey general assembly, 1970-1973; servedas1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress and for election in director of New Jersey Consumer Affairs, 1973-1974; elected1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; resumed his former pur- as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the three suc-suits; commissioned a major in the United States Marine ceeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1983);wasCorps in the Second World War and served from March 2, not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth1942, to August 1,1944; received the Silver Star Medal; Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election tounsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Oklaho- the United States Senate; United States representative, withma in 1958; engaged in cattle ranching; was director of the rank of ambassador, to the United Nations Agencies forBank of Woodward and cattleman; resided in Woodward, Food and Agriculture, June 13, 1983, to March 1987; isaOkla., until his death in Tiajuana, Mex., August 8, 1978; resident of Bernardsville, N.J. cremated; ashes scattered on the Pacific Ocean at San Diego, FERDON, John William, a Representative from New Calif. York; born in Piermont, Rockland County, N.Y., December FERGUSSON, Harvey Butler, a Delegate from the Terri- 13, 1826; was graduated from Rutgers College, New Bruns-tory of New Mexico and a Representative from New Mexico; wick, N.J., in 1847; studied law; was admitted to the bar andborn near Pickensville, Pickens County, Ala., September 9, practiced; member of the State assembly in 1855; served in1848; attended the public schools of Alabama; was graduated the State senate in 1856 and 1857; delegate to the Republi-from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in can National Convention in 1864 and 1876; elected as a1873 and from the law department of that university in Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-1874; taught in the Academy, Winches- March 3, 1881); died in Monmouth Beach, N.J., on August 5,ter, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced the 1884; interment in private cemetery on the Ferdon estate inpractice of law in Wheeling, W.Va.; moved to White Oaks, Piermont, N.Y. Lincoln County, N.Mex., in1882, and to Albuquerque, FERGUSON, Fenner, a Delegate from the Territory ofN.Mex., in 1883; engaged in the practice of law; special Nebraska; born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, N.Y., AprilUnited States attorney in 1893 and 1894; member of the 25, 1814; attended the common schools; studied law;wasDemocratic National Committee 1896-1904; elected as a admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice inDemocrat a Delegate to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, Albany, N.Y.; moved to Albion, Mich., in 1846 and continued1897-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in the practice of law; served successively as master in chan-1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress and for election in 1902 to cery, district attorney, and member of the State house ofthe Fifty-eighth Congress; upon the admission of New representatives 1854-1859; appointed by President PierceasMexico as a State into the Union was elected to the Sixty- chief justice of the Territory of Nebraska in 1854; moved tosecond Congress; reelected to the Sixty-third Congress and Bellevue, Nebr., in October 1854; organized the first districtserved from January 8, 1912, to March 3, 1915; unsuccessful and supreme courts of Nebraska; assisted the first Territori-candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; al legislature in drafting the first code of laws enacted fordied in Albuquerque, N.Mex., June 10, 1915. the government of the Territory; resigned as chief justice, Bibliography:Roberts,CalvinA."H.B.Fergusson,1848-1915: New having been elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Con- Mexico Spokesman for Political Reform." New Mexico Historical Review 57 gress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for (July 1982): 237-55. renomination in 1858; died in Bellevue, Nebr., on October 11, 1859; interment in Bellevue Cemetery. FERNALD, Bert Manfred, a Senator from Maine; born in West Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, April 3, 1858; FERGUSON, Homer, a Senator from Michigan; born inattended the public schools, Hebron Academy, and a busi- Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pa., February 25,ness and preparatory school in Boston; taught school; elected 1889; attended the public schools and the University of Pitts-supervisor of schools in 1878; engaged in the canning, dairy, burgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.; graduated from the University ofand telephone businesses; member, State house of represent- Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1913; was admitted to the bar theatives 1896-1898; member, State senate 1898-1902; Governor same year and commenced practice in Detroit, Mich.; circuitof Maine 1909-1911; elected as a Republican to the United judge of the circuit court for Wayne County, Mich., 1929-States Senate in 1916 to fill the vacancy caused by the death 1942; professor of law at Detroit (Mich.) College of Law 1929-of Edwin C. Burleigh; reelected in 1918 and 1924 and served 1939; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate infrom September 12, 1916, until his death in West Poland, 1942; reelected in 1948 and served from January 3, 1943, toMaine, August 23, 1926; chairman, Committee on Public Biographies 991

Buildings and Grounds (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-ninth Con-to the United States House of Representatives; senator,Com- gresses); interment in Highland Cemetery. monwealth of Puerto Rico, 1965-1969; died in San Juan, P.R., January 19, 1974; interment in National Cemetery,Old FERNANDEZ, Antonio Manuel, a Representative fromSan Juan, P.R. New Mexico; born in Springer, Colfax County, N.Mex., Janu- ary 17, 1902; attended the public schools,and Highlands FERRARO, Geraldine Anne, a Representative from New University, Las Vegas, N.Mex.; received law training atYork; born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., August 26, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; court reporter for1935; attended Mount St. Mary's School, Newburgh; graduat- the eighth judicial district of New Mexico 1925-1930; wased from Marymount School, Tarrytown, 1952; B.A., Mary- admitted to the bar in 1931 and commenced practice inmount College, 1956; J.D., Fordham University School of Raton, Colfax County, N.Mex.; assistant district attorney ofLaw, New York City, 1960; admitted to the New York barin the eighth judicial district in 1933; practiced law in Santa1961 and commenced practice in New York City; assistant Fe, N.Mex., in 1934; served in the State house of representa-district attorney, Queens County, 1974-1978; elected as a tives in 1935; chief tax attorney for the State Tax Commis-Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the two succeeding sion in 1935 and 1936; first assistant attorney general 1937-Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985); was not a 194 1; member of the first New Mexico Public Service Com-candidate for reelection in 1984 but was the unsuccessful mission in 1941 and 1942; elected as a Democrat to theDemocratic candidate for Vice President of the United Seventy-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses andStates; is a resident of Forest Hills, N.Y. served from January 3, 1943, until his death; chairman, Committee on Memorials (Seventy-ninth Congress); had been FERRELL, Thomas Merrill, a Representative from New reelected on November 6, 1956, to the Eighty-fifth Congress;Jersey; born in Glassboro, Gloucester County, N.J., June 20, died in Albuquerque, N.Mex., November 7, 1956; interment1844; attended the common schools and completed an aca- in Rosario Catholic Cemetery, Santa Fe. demic course; elected a member of the township committee in 1872 and 1873; president of Hollow Ware Glassworkers' FERNANDEZ, Joachim Octave, a Representative fromAssociation 1878-1883; member of the school board 1885- Louisiana; born in New Orleans, La., August 14, 1896; at-1890, serving as its president in 1887; member of the State tended the public schools and Cecil Barrois School in Newhouse of assembly in 1879 and 1880; member of the State Orleans, La.; demurrage and storage tariff expert from 1921;senate in 1880 and 1881; elected as a Democrat to theForty- delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1921;eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful member of the State house of representatives 1924-1928;candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress; served in the State senate 1928-1930; elected as a Democratemployed as a glassware salesman; died in Glassboro,N.J., to the Seventy-second and to the four succeeding CongressesOctober 20, 1916; interment in MethodistEpiscopal Ceme- (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress;tery. called to active duty as a lieutenant commander in the FERRIS, Charles Goadsby, a Representative fromNew United States Naval Reserve on January 8, 1941, and servedYork; born at "The Homestead," Throgs Neck, theBronx, until placed on the inactive duty list on September 30, 1943;N.Y., about 1796; received a limited education;studied law; appointed collector of internal revenue for the district ofwas admitted to the bar andpracticed in New York City; Louisiana in September 1943 and served until October 1946;member of the board of aldermen in 1832 and1833; elected engaged in the general tax business and as a tax consultant;as a Jacksonian to theTwenty-third Congress to fill the in 1951 employed as revenue examiner for department ofvacancy caused by the resignationof Dudley Selden and revenue, State of Louisiana, and head of income taxsection; served from December 1, 1834, to March 3, 1835; elected as a resided in New Orleans, La., where he died August 8, 1978;Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress(March 4, 1841- interment in Metairie Cemetery. March 3, 1843); was largely instrumental in securing an telegraph FERNOS-ISERN, Antonio, a Resident Commissioner fromappropriation through Congress to build the first Puerto Rico; born in San Lorenzo, P.R., May 10, 1895; at-line; died in New York City June 4, 1848. tended elementary and high schools in Puerto Rico and FERRIS, Scott, a Representative from Oklahoma;born in Pennsylvania State Normal School at Bloomsburg; was grad-Neosho, Newton County, Mo., November 3, 1877;attended uated from the University of Maryland, College of Physi-the public schools and was graduated from NewtonCounty cians and Surgeons and School of Medicine, in May 1915;High School in 1897 and from the Kansas City School ofLaw engaged in the practice of medicine in Caguas, P.R., 19 16-in 1901; was admitted to the bar in 1901 andcommenced 19 18; health officer of the city of San Juan in 1919; assistantpractice in Lawton, Okia., the same year; memberof the commissioner of health of Puerto Rico in 1920, 1921, andState house of representatives in 1904 and 1905; uponthe 1923-1931; commissioner of health of Puerto Rico 1931-1933admission of Oklahoma as a State into the Union waselect- and 1942-1946; professor at the Public Health School ofed as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress;reelected to the Tropical Medicine of Puerto Rico 193 1-1935; resumed theSixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served private practice of medicine in San Juan, P.R., 1933-1942;from November 16, 1907, until March 3,1921; chairman, unsuccessful candidate as a Popular Democrat for ResidentCommittee on Public Lands (Sixty-second throughSixty-fifth Commissioner in 1940; director of civilian defense, metropoli-Congresses); did not seek renomination as a Representative, tan area of Puerto Rico, in 1942; Acting Governorof Puerto delegate to Rico at various times from 1943 to 1946; appointed as abut was an unsuccessful candidate for Senator; the Democratic National Conventions in 1912and 1916; Popular Democrat Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to oil business the United States House of Representatives tofill the vacan-moved to New York City and engaged in the 3, 1949, caused by the resig-1921-1924; returned to Oklahoma in 1925; Democratic na- cy in the term ending January tional committeeman from Oklahoma 1924-1940;resumed nation of Jesus T. Pinero; elected in 1948 for a four-year and also in term commencing January 3, 1949; reelectedin 1952, 1956,the practice of law; engaged in the oil business and again in 1960, and served from September 11,1946, toagricultural pursuits; thed in Oklahoma City, Okla., June 8, January 3, 1965; was not a candidate for reelectionin 19641945; interment in Rosehill Cemetery. 992 Biographical Directory

FERRIS, Woodbridge Nathan, a Senator from Michigan;1866; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, born in Spencer, Tioga County, N.Y., January 6, 1853; at-and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871); tended the academies of Spencer, Candor, and Oswego, N.Y.,reelected to the Forty-second Congress, but resigned, having the Oswego (N.Y.) Normal Training School 1870-1873, andbeen elected Senator; elected to the United States Senate in the medical department of the University of Michigan at1871, reelected in 1877 and served from March 4, 1871, to Ann Arbor in 1873 and 1874; principal and superintendantMarch 3, 1883; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882; of various schools in Illinois 1874-1884; settled in Big Rapids,served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Mich., where he established the Ferris Industrial School in 1884 and served as president until his death; president of theForty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses; chairman, Commit- Big Rapids Savings Bank; unsuccessful Democratic candidatetee on Rules (Forty-third through Forty-fifth Congresses), for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress and for Gov-Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Forty-fifth and ernor of Michigan in 1904; Governor of Michigan 1913-1916;Forty-seventh Congresses); presided over the high court of unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1920; electedas aimpeachment of Secretary of War William Belknap and over Democrat to the United States Senate in 1922 and servedthe sixteen joint meetings of the Senate and House of Repre- from March 4, 1923, until his death in Washington, D.C.,sentatives during the Hayes-Tilden presidential electoral March 23, 1928; interment in Highland View Cemetery, Bigcontest in 1877; died in Grand Haven, Mich., October 13, Rapids, Mich. 1896; interment in Lake Forest Cemetery. 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FERRISS, Orange, a Representative from New York; born FESS, Simeon Davison, a Representative and a Senator at Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., November 26, 1814;from Ohio; born on a farm near Harrod, Allen County, Ohio, completed preparatory studies; attended the University ofDecember 11, 1861; attended the country schools; graduated Vermont at Burlington; studied law; was admitted to the barfrom the Ohio Northern University at Ada in 1889; taught in 1840 and commenced practice in Glens Falls, N.Y.; justiceAmerican history at Ohio Northern University 1889-1896, of the peace 1838-1841 and 1845-1848; inspector of publicgraduated from its law department in 1894, dean of the law schools in 1839 and 1840; corporation clerk 1839-1842;department 1896-1900, and vice president of the university county judge and surrogate of Warren County 1851-1863;1900-1902; graduate student and lecturer at the University elected as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Con-of Chicago 1902-1907; president of Antioch College, Yellow gresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871); chairman, CommitteeSprings, Ohio, 1907-1917; editor and author; delegate to the on Mines and Mining (Forty-first Congress); was not a candi-State constitutional convention in 1912; elected as a Republi- date for renomination in 1870; appointed by President Grantcan to the Sixty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses as commissioner of southern claims and served from 1871 to(March 4, 1913-March 3,1923); chairman, Committee on 1877; Second Auditor of the Treasury from May 12, 1880,Education (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses); did not until his resignation on June 19, 1885; retired to Glens Falls,seek renomination, having become a candidate for Senator; N.Y., where he died April 11, 1894; interment in Glens Fallschairman of the Republican National Congressional Commit- Cemetery. tee 1918-1922; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1922; reelected in 1928 and served from March 4, FERRY, Orris Sanford, a Representative anda Senator1923, to January 3, 1935; unsuccessful candidate for reelec- from Connecticut; born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn.,tion in 1934; Republican whip 1929-1933; chairman, Commit- August 15, 1823; pursued preparatory studies and graduatedtee on the Library (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-second Con- from Yale College in 1844; studied law; was admitted to thegresses); chairman of the Republican National Committee bar in 1846 and practiced; appointed judge of probate in1930-1932; engaged in literary pursuits; died in Washington, 1849; member, State senate 1855-1856; prosecuting attorneyD.C., December 23, 1936; interment in Glen Forest Cemetery, for Fairfield County 1856-1859; unsuccessful candidate forYellow Springs, Ohio. election in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; electedas a Bibliography: DAB; Nethers, John. Simeon D. Fess: Educator and Politi- Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859- cian. Brooklyn: Pageant-Poseidon, 1973. March 3, 1861); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-seventh Congress; entered the Union Army in 1861as FESSENDEN, Samuel Clement(brotherof Thomas colonel of the Fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infan-Amory Deblois Fessenden and William Pitt Fessenden), a try; brigadier general of United States Volunteers 1862-Representative from Maine; born in New Gloucester, Cum- 1865; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate inborland County, Maine, March 7, 1815; pursued classical 1866; reelected in 1873 by a combination of Liberal Republi-studies and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Bruns- cans and Democrats and served from March 4, 1867, untilwick, Maine, in 1834 and from Bangor (Maine) Theological his death in Norwalk, Conn., November 21, 1875; chairman,Seminary in 1837; was ordained and installed as pastor of Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expensethe Second Congregational Church, Thomaston, Maine, (Forty-first Congress), Committee on Patents (Forty-second1837-1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com- through Forty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Pensionsmenced practice in 1858; judge of the Rockland municipal (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Education and Laborcourt; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Con- (Forty-fourth Congress); interment in Norwalk Cemetery. gress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); was not a candidate for Bibliography: DAB; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for Orris Sanford renomination in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress; examin- Ferry.44th Cong.,1stsess.,1875-1876. Washington, D.C.: Government er in the United States Patent Office 1865-1879; United Printing Office, 1876. States consul at St. John, New Brunswick, 1879-1881; died FERRY, Thomas White, a Representative and a Senatorin Stamford, Conn., on April 18, 1882; interment in Wood- from Michigan; born in the old mission house of the Astorland Cemetery. Fur Co. on Mackinac Island, Mich., June 10, 1827; moved FESSENDEN, Thomas Amory Deblois (brother of Samuel with his parents to Grand Haven, Mich.; attended the publicClement Fessenden and William Pitt Fessenden), a Repre- schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member, Statesentative from Maine; born in Portland, Maine, January 23, house of representatives 1850-1852; member, State senate1826; attended North Yarmouth Academy and Dartmouth 1856; delegate to the Loyalist Convention at Philadelphia inCollege, Hanover, N.H.; was graduated from Bowdoin Col- Biographies 993 lege, Brunswick, Maine, in 1845; studied law; was admittedprison inspector 1802-1810; United States Commissioner of to the bar in April 1848 and commenced practice in Mechan-Loans in 1804; director of the Manhattan Bank 1804-1814, ic Falls, Maine; moved to Auburn, Maine, in 1850 and con- and president in 1814; served as alderman in 1813 and1814; tinued the practice of law; delegate to the Republican Na-died in Fishkill, N.Y., July 16, 1828; interment in Reformed tional Convention in 1856 and 1868; member of the StateDutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, Dutchess County, N.Y. house of representatives in 1860 and 1868; prosecuting attor- Bibliography: DAB; Mellichamp, Josephine. "William Few, Jr." In Sena- ney for Androscoggin County in 1861 and1862; elected as a tors From Georgia. pp. 15-22. Huntsville, Ala.: The StrodePublishers, Inc., Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacan- 1976. cy caused by the resignation of Charles W. Waltonand FICKLIN, Orlando Bell, a Representative from Illinois; served from December 1, 1862, to March 3, 1863; was not aborn in Scott County, Ky., December 16, 1808; attended the candidate for renomination in 1862; resumed the practice ofcommon schools; was graduated fromTransylvania Law law; died in Auburn, Maine, September 28, 1868; intermentSchool, Lexington, Ky., in 1830; was admitted to the bar in in Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine. 1830 and commenced practice in Mount Carmel, Ill.; served FESSENDEN, William Pitt (brother of Samuel Clementin the Black Hawk War as quartermaster in 1832; colonelof Fessenden and Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden), a Repre-the militia of Wabash County in 1833; State's attorney for sentative and a Senator from Maine; born in Boscawen,the Wabash circuit in 1835; member of the State houseof Merrimack County, N.H., October 16, 1806; attended therepresentatives in 1835, 1838, and 1842; moved to Charles- common schools; graduated from BowdoinCollege, Bruns-ton, Ill., in 1837; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth, wick, Maine, in 1827; studied law; was admitted to the bar inTwenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1843- 1827 and practiced in Bridgeton, Bangor, and Portland,March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings Maine; member, State house of representatives in 1832 andand Grounds (Twenty-ninth Congress); elected to the Thirty- 1840; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congresssecond Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); chairman, (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); declined to be a candidate forCommittee on District of Columbia (Thirty-second Congress); reelection in 1842; member, State house of representativesresumed the practice of law in Charleston; delegate to the 1845--1846; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to theDemocratic National Convention in 1856, at Charleston, S.C., Thirty-second Congress; member, State house of representa-in 1860, and at Chicago in 1864; delegate to the State consti- tives 1853-1854; elected as a Whig to the United Statestutional convention in 1869 and 1870; again served in the Senate to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4,State house of representatives in 1878; died in Charleston, 1853, caused by the failure of the legislature to elect; reelect-Ill., May 5, 1886; interment in Mound Cemetery. ed in 1859 as a Republican and served from February 10, FIEDLER, Bobbi, a Representative from California; born 1854, to July 1, 1864, when he resigned to accept a CabinetRoberta Frances Horowitz in Santa Monica, LosAngeles appointment; chairman, Committee on Finance (Thirty-sev-County, Calif., April 22, 1937; attended the publicschools; enth through Thirty-ninth Congresses); appointed Secretaryattended Santa Monica Technical School, 1955-1957;attend- of the Treasury by President Abraham Lincoln 186 1-1865;ed Santa Monica City College, 1955-1959; businesswoman; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington,member, Los Angeles (City) Board of Education,1977-1980; D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impendingdelegate, California State Republican conventions,1977- war; again elected to the United States Senate as aRepubli- 1980 and until his death in Port-1987; delegate, Republican National Convention, can and served from March 4, 1865, 1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventhand to land, Maine, September 8, 1869; chairman, Committee onthe two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January3, Public Buildings and Grounds (Fortieth Congress), Commit- 1987); was not a candidate for reelection in 1986, but was an tee on Appropriations (Forty-first Congress), Committee onunsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the the Library (Forty-first Congress); interment in EvergreenUnited States Senate; is a resident of Northridge, Calif. Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; Fessenden, Francis. Life and Public Services of Wil- FIEDLER, William Henry Frederick, a Representative liam Pitt Fessenden. 1907. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970; Jelli- from New Jersey; born in New York City, August25, 1847; son, Charles. Fessenden of Maine: Civil War Senator.Syracuse: Syracuse moved to New Jersey with his parents, who settledin University Press, 1962. Newark; attended the public and high schools;apprenticed FEW, William, a Delegate and a Senator from Georgia;to the hat-finishing trade at the age offifteen; employed as born near Baltimore, Md., June 8, 1748; moved with hisclerk and engaged in the retail hat and laterin the men's parents to Orange County, N.C., in 1758; completed prepara-clothing business; elected an alderman of Newarkin 1876 tory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com-and 1878; member of the State house of assemblyin 1878 menced practice in Augusta, Ga., in 1776; member, Stateand 1879; mayor of Newark 1880-1882;unsuccessful candi- house of representatives 1777, 1779, 1783, 1793; memberofdate for reelection in 1881; again a member ofthe State the State executive council in 1777 and 1778; engaged in thehouse of assembly in 1882; elected as a Democrat tothe expedition for the subjugation of east Florida in 1778; presid-Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuc- ing judge of the Richmond County court and surveyor gener-cessful candidate for reelection; appointed postmasterof al in 1778; served as lieutenant colonel of the RichmondNewark, N.J., March 29, 1886, and served until October1, County Militia in 1779; Member of the Continental Congress1889; resumed his former business pursuits until 1905,when 1780-1782 and 1786-1788; original trustee for establishinghe engaged in the real estate business and inbanking; un- the University of Georgia in 1785; delegate to the conventionsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1904; died in Newark, which framed the Federal Constitution in 1787; delegate toN.J., January 1, 1919; interment in FairmountCemetery. the Georgia convention that ratified the Federal Constitu- and served FIELD, David Dudley, a Representative from New York; tion in 1788; elected to the United States Senate February 13, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1793; unsuccessfulcandi-born in Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., date for election to the United States Senate in 1795; judge 1805; educated by private tutors; was graduated from Wil- moved to Newliams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1825;studied law in of the circuit court of Georgia 1794-1797; the bar York City in 1799; member, State assembly 1802-1805;StateAlbany, N.Y., and New York City; was admitted to 994 Biographical Directory

in 1828 and commenced practice in New York City;author FIELD, Walbridge Abner, a Representative from Massa- of many works on political, civil, and criminal procedure;chusetts; born in North Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., unsuccessful candidate for election to the State assembly inApril 26, 1833; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Han- 1841; member of the commission on legal practice andproce-over, N.H., in 1855; tutor at Dartmouth College in 1856, dure 1847-1850; member of a State commission toprepare a1857, and 1859; studied law in Boston in 1858 and at the political, penal, and civil code 1857-1865; member oftheHarvard Law School in 1859; was admitted to the bar in peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an1860 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; member of effort to devise means to prevent the impendingwar; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacan-the school committee of Boston in 1863 and 1864; served in cy caused by the resignation of Smith Ely, Jr., and servedthe common council 1865-1867; appointed assistant attorney from January 11 to March 3, 1877; resumed thepractice ofof the United States in 1865, serving in this capacity until law; died in New York City April 13, 1894; intermentinApril 1869, when he was appointed Assistant Attorney (len- Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass. eral of the United States, holding this office until August Bibliography: DAB; Field, Henry M. The Life of David Dudley Field. 1870, when he resigned; resumed the practice of law in New York: Scribner's Sons, 1898. Boston; presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1877, to FIELD, Moses Whelock, a Representative from Michigan; born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 10,March 28, 1878, when he was succeeded by , 1828; moved with his parents to Cato, Cayuga County, N.Y.;who contested his election; elected as a Republican to the attended the public schools, and was graduated from theForty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); declined academy in Victor, N.Y.; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1844to be a candidate for renomination in 1880; appointed by and engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; alder-Governor Long to the bench of the supreme judicial court on man of Detroit 1863-1865; elected as a Republican to theFebruary 21, 1881; promoted to the position of chief justice Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875);unsuc-on September 4, 1890, and served until his death in Boston, cessful for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress;July 15, 1899; interment in Forest Hills Cemetery, West instrumental in organizing the Independent GreenbackRoxbury, Mass. Party, having called the national convention at Indianapolis, Bibliography: DAB. md., May 17, 1876; regent of the University of Michigan in FIELDER, George Bragg, a Representative from New 1888; lived on his farm, "Linden Lawn," in the township ofJersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., July 24, 1842; attended Hamtramck, a suburb of Detroit, where he died March 14, private and public schools in his native town, and was grad- 1889; interment in Woodmere Cemetery. uated from the Dickinson Lyceum in Jersey City and from FIELD, Richard Stockton (grandson of Richard StocktonSelleck's Academy, Norwalk, Conn.; engaged in banking, [1730-1781] and son of Richard Stockton [1764-1828]),a Sen-and, in company with his father, built the New Jersey ator from New Jersey; born at White Hall, BurlingtonSouthern and New York, New Hampshire & Willimantic County, N.J., December 31, 1803; moved to Princeton withRailroads; enlisted as a private in the Union Army in 1862 his mother in 1810; pursued an academiccourse and grad-and served throughout the Civil War, being promoted to uated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Uni-sergeant major and lieutenant; elected register of Hudson versity) in 1821; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825County in 1884, and reelected in 1889; elected as a Democrat and commenced practice in Salem, N.J.; moved to Princeton,to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); N.J., in 1832; member, State house of assembly 1837;attor-declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894; elected ney general of the State 1838-1841; member of the Statecounty register for a third time in 1895; died in Windham, constitutional convention in 1844; professor at the PrincetonN.Y., August 14, 1906; interment in Bay View Cemetery, Law School in 1847; appointed as a Republican to the UnitedJersey City, N.J. States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John R. Thomson and served from November 21, 1862, to January FIELDS, Jack Milton, Jr., a Representative from Texas; 14, 1863, when a successor was elected;was not a candidateborn in Humble, Harris County, Tex., February 3, 1952; for election in 1863; appointed by President Abraham Lin-attended the public schools; B.A., Baylor University, Waco, coln judge of the United States District Court for the Dis-Tex., 1974, and J.D., 1977; admitted to the Texas bar in 1977 trict of New Jersey 1863-1870; died in Princeton, N.J., Mayand commenced practice in Humble; vice president, family- 25, 1870; interment in Princeton Cemetery. owned business, 1977-1980; elected as a Republican to the Bibliography: DAB. Ninety-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (Jan- FIELD, Scott, a Representative from Texas; born inuary 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Humble, Tex. Canton, Madison County, Miss., January 26, 1847; attended FIELDS, William Craig, a Representative from New the McKee School in Madison County; during the Civil WarYork; born in New York City February 13, 1804; attended enlisted in the Confederate Army as a member of thethe common schools; moved to Laurens, Otsego County, Harvey Scouts; later served in Maj. Gen. W.H. Jackson'sN.Y., in 1836 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and in division, Forrest's corps; after the war resumed his studies,1847 engaged in the manufacture of cotton and linen goods; and was graduated from the University of Virginia at Char-justice of the peace for sixteen years; clerk of Otsego County lottesville in 1868; taught school for two years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1872; moved to Calvert, Tex., in1852-1855; supervisor of Otsego County in 1865 and 1866; 1872 and practiced law; prosecuting attorney of Robertsonelected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, County 1878-1882; served in the State senate 1887-1891;1867-March 3, 1869); retired from public life; died in Laur- delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892;ens, Otsego County, N.Y., October 27, 1882; interment in elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninthLaurens Cemetery. Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); was not a candi- FIELDS, William Jason, a Representative from Kentucky; date for reelection in 1906; resumed the practice of law untilborn in Willard, Carter County, Ky., December 29, 1874; 1913, when he engaged in extensive agricultural pursuits;attended the public schools, and the University of Kentucky died in Calvert, Tex., December 20, 1931; interment in Cal- at Lexington; studied law; engaged in agricultural pursuits vert Cemetery. and also in the real estate business at Olive Hill, Ky.; elect- Biographies 995 ed as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the six succeed-attended the public schools and St. Joseph's College; studied ing Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, to Decemberlaw; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced prac- 11, 1923, when he resigned, having been elected Governor;tice in Somerset, Ohio; unsuccessful candidate for election in Governor of Kentucky from December 1923 to December1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; member of the State 1927; returned to Olive Hill and was admitted to the bar insenate in 1851; delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1927; Commonwealth's attorney for the thirty-seventh judi-1852; again a member of the State senate in 1861; elected as cial district of Kentucky from July 1, 1932, to January 1,a Democrat to the Thirty-eighthand Thirty-ninth Congress- 1935; appointed a member of the State Workmen's Compen-es (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867);unsuccessful Democratic sation Board January 20, 1936, and served until his retire-candidate for judge of the supreme court of Ohio in 1868; ment on August 8, 1944; co-owner of an insurance agencyelected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congress to fill the 1940-1945; died in Grayson, Ky., October 21, 1954; intermentvacancy caused by the resignation ofHugh J. Jewett and in Olive Hill Cemetery, Olive Hill, Ky. served from December 7, 1874, to March 3, 1875; resumed FIESINGER, William Louis, a Representative from Ohio;the practice of law; died in Somerset, Ohio, January25, born in Willard, Huron County, Ohio, October 25, 1877; edu-1901; interment in Holy Trinity Cemetery. cated in the public schools of Norwalk, Ohio; was graduated FINDLAY, James (brother of John Findlay and William from the law department of Baldwin-Wallace University, Berea, Ohio, in 1901; was admitted to the bar the same yearFindlay), a Representative from Ohio; born in Mercersburg, and commenced practice in Sandusky, Ohio; served as cityFranklin County, Pa., October 12, 1770; attended the public solicitor of Sandusky 1903-1909; judge of the common pleasschools; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1793; studied law; was theadmitted to the bar and practiced; member of the Territorial court of Erie County 1925-1931; elected as a Democrat to of public Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congress- legislative council in 1798; United States receiver es (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1937);unsuccessful candidatemoneys at Cincinnati in 1800; United Statesmarshal of Ohio for renomination in 1936; resumed the practice of law inin 1802; member of the State house of representatives in Sandusky, Ohio; died in Cleveland, Ohio, September 11,1803; mayor of Cincinnati in 1805 and 1806, and again in 1953; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio. 1810 and 1811; served in the War of 1812 as colonel ofthe Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; elected to the Nineteenth FILLMORE, Millard, a Representative from New York,and Twentieth Congresses and elected as a Jacksonian to Vice President and 13th President of the United States; bornthe Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March4, in Locke Township (now Summerhill), Cayuga County, N.Y.,1825-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for renomination January 7, 1800; reared on a farm; largely self-taught; ap-in 1832; unsuccessful Democratic candidate forGovernor of prenticed to a clothier; taught school in Buffalo while study- 28, 1835; ing law; was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commencedOhio in 1834; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, December practice in East Aurora, N.Y.; moved to Buffalo, N.Y., ininterment in Spring Grove Cemetery. 1830; member, State assembly 1829-1831; elected as a Whig Bibliography: DAB. to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3,1835); FINDLAY, John (brother of James Findlay and William elected to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-sev-Findlay), a Representative from Pennsylvania; bornin Mer- enth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843); declined tocersburg, Franklin County, Pa., March 31, 1766;received a be a candidate for renomination in 1842; unsuccessful Whiglimited schooling; prothonotary 1809-182 1; served ascaptain candidate for Governor in 1844; State comptroller 1847-1849;in the War of 1812; moved to Chambersburg,Pa.; register elected Vice President of the United States on the Whigand recorder of deeds; clerk of the orphans' court;clerk of ticket headed by Zachary Taylor in 1848, and was inaugurat-the court of quarter sessions 1809-18 18; elected tothe Seven- ed March 4, 1849; became President upon the death of Presi-teenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation dent Taylor and served from July 10, 1850, to March 3, 1853;of James Duncan; reelected to the Eighteenthand Nine- unsuccessful candidate for the Whig nomination for presi-teenth Congresses and served from October 9,1821, to dent in 1852; unsuccessful candidate for president on theMarch 3, 1827; was not a candidate forrenomination in National American ticket in 1856; commanded a corps of1826; appointed postmaster of Chambersburg, Pa.,March 20, home guards during the Civil War; traveled extensively; died 1829, and held the office until his death thereNovember 5, in Buffalo, N.Y., March 8, 1874; interment in Forest Lawn1838; interment in Falling Spring PresbyterianChurch Cem- Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; Grayson, Benson Lee. The Unknown President: Theetery at Charnbersburg. Administration of President Millard Fillmore. Washington, D.C.: University FINDLAY, John Van Lear, a Representative fromMary- Press of America, 1981; Rayback, Robert J. Millard Fillmore: Biographyof land; born at Mount Tammany, near Williamsport,Washing- a President. Buffalo: Buffalo Historical Society,1959. ton County, Md., December 21, 1839; wasprivately tutored FINCH, Isaac, a Representative from New York; born inand pursued classical studies; was graduatedfrom Princeton Stillwater, Saratoga County, N.Y., October 13, 1783;movedCollege in 1858; member of the State house of delegatesin with his parents to Peru, Clinton County, N.Y., in 1787;1861 and 1862; studied law; was admitted to thebar and attended the public schools; studied law, but did not engagecommenced practice in Baltimore, Md., in 1869; collector of in extensive practice; settled near Jay, Essex County, N.Y.,internal revenue for the third district of Maryland atBalti- and became interested in agricultural pursuits;served asmore in 1865 and 1866; appointedcity solicitor for Baltimore major in the Twenty-sixth Regiment of Infantry duringthein 1876 and served two years; elected as a Democratto the War of 1812; member of the State assembly 1822-1824; elect-Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883- ed to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4,1829-March 3,March 3, 1887); resumed the practice of law; appointed a 1831); was not a candidate for renomination in 1830; re-member of the Venezuelan Claims Commission in1889; sumed agricultural pursuits; died in Jay, N.Y., June23, nominated as arbitrator on the Chilean Claims Commission 1845; interment in Central Cemetery. in 1893, but the Senate rejected the nomination;died in FINCK, William Edward, a Representative from Ohio;Baltimore, Md., April 19, 1907; interment in Greenmount born in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, September1, 1822;Cemetery. 996 Biographical Directory

FINDLAY, William (brother of James Findlay and Johncommon pleas for St. Lawrence County from 1824 until his Findlay), a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Mercers-resignation in March 1839; elected as a Democrat to the burg, Franklin County, Pa., June 20, 1768; attended theTwenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); again public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; servedasjudge of the court of common pleas from February 16, 1843, brigade inspector in the State militia; studied law;was ad-until the court was abolished in 1847; unsuccessful candidate mitted to the bar and commenced practice in Franklinton,for judge of the State supreme court in 1847 and again in Pa.; member, State house of representatives 1797, 1804-1807;1849; member of the State senate in 1848; resumed the prac- State treasurer 1807-1817; Governor of Pennsylvania 1817-tice of law; died in Ogdensburg, N.Y., January 4, 1867; inter- 1820; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill thement in Ogdensburg Cemetery. vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1821, caused by FINE, Sidney Asher, a Representative from New York; the failure of the legislature to elect and served from Decem-born in New York City, September 14, 1903; attended public ber 10, 1821, to March 3, 1827; was not a candidate forschools; was graduated from College of the City of New York reelection in 1826; chairman, Committee on Agriculturein 1923 and from the law school of Columbia University in (Nineteenth Congress); Director of the United States Mint1926; was admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced prac- 1827-184 1, when he resigned on account of illness; died intice in New York City; member of the State assembly in Harrisburg, Pa., November 12, 1846; interment in Harris-1945 and 1946 and the State senate 1947-1950; electedas a burg Cemetery. Democrat to the Eighty-second, Eighty-third, and Eighty- FINDLEY, Paul, a Representative from Ilinois; born infourth Congresses and served from January 3, 1951, until his Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., June 23, 1921; attendedresignation January 2,1956; New York State Supreme the public schools of Jacksonville, Ill.; B.A., Illinois CollegeCourt, 1956-1975; resided in New York City until his death at Jacksonville, 1943; served in the United States Navy inthere on April 23, 1982; interment at Old Montefiore Ceme- the Pacific as a lieutenant (jg.) from 1943 to 1946; presidenttery, Queens, N.Y. of the Pike Press, Inc., Pittsfield, Ill.; unsuccessful candidate FINERTY, John Frederick, a Representative from Illinois; for the Republican nomination for State senator in 1952;born in Gaiway, Ireland, September 10, 1846; completed pre- member, United States delegation, North Atlantic Assembly,paratory studies; immigrated to the United States in 1864; 1965-1970; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventhenlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and served and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-Janu- in the Ninety-ninth Regiment, New York State Militia; cor- ary 3, 1983); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection inrespondent for the Chicago Times in the Sioux War of 1876, 1982; appointed to the Board for International Food andin the Northern Indian (Sioux) War of 1879, in the Ute Agricultural Development, 1983; is a resident of Jackson-campaign of 1879, and afterward in the Apache campaign of ville, Ill. 1881; correspondent in Washington during the sessions of Bibliography: Findley, Paul. The Federal Farm Fable. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1968; Findley, Paul. They Dare to Speak Out: the Forty-sixth Congress 1879-1881; established the Citizen, People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby. Westport, Conn.: Lawrence a weekly newspaper, in Chicago in 1882; elected as an Inde-- Hill, 1985. pendent Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); member of the board of local improve- FINDLEY, William, a Representative from Pennsylvania;ments 1906-1908; died in Chicago, Ill., June 10, 1908; inter- born in Ireland in 1741 or 1742; attended the parish schools;ment in Calvary Cemetery. - immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1762; enlisted as a private, rose to the rank ofcap- FINKELNBURG, Gustavus Adoiphus, a Representative tain, and served during the Revolution; moved to Westmore-from Missouri; born near Cologne, Germany, April 6, 1837; land County, Pa.; tailor; member of the council of censors inimmigrated to the United States in 1848 with his parents, 1783; member of the general assembly 1785 and 1786;who settled in St. Charles, Mo.; attended St. Charles College, member of the State supreme executive council 1789 andMissouri, and was graduated from the Cincinnati (Ohio) Law 1790; served in the State house of representatives 1790 andSchool in 1859; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and com- 1791; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1790;menced practice in St. Louis, Mo.; served in the Union Army elected to the Second Congress; reelected to the Third Con-during the Civil War; member of the State house of repre- gress and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth and Fifthsentatives 1864-1868, and served as speaker pro tempore in Congresses (March 4, 1791-March 3, 1799); engaged in agri-1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress and cultural pursuits; was in opposition to the Governmentas a Liberal Republican to the Forty-second Congress (March during the Whisky Insurrection in 1794 and wrote a book4, 1869-March 3, 1873); appointed United States judge for defending his course; again a member of the State senatethe eastern district of Missouri in 1905, and served until 1799-1802; elected to the Eighth and to the six succeedingMarch 31, 1907, when he resigned; died in Denver, Cob., Congresses (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1817); chairman, Com- May 18, 1908; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. mittee on Elections (Eighth through Twelfth Congresses); Louis, Mo. died near Greensburg, Pa., on April 4, 1821; interment in Unity Meeting House Cemetery, near Latrobe, Pa. FINLEY, Charles (son of Hugh Franklin Finley), a Repre-- Bibliography: DAB; Findley, William. History of the Insurrection in the sentative from Kentucky; born in Williamsburg, Whitley Four Western Counties of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Samuel HarrisonCounty, Ky., March 26, 1865; attended the common and Smith, 1796. subscription schools, and Milligan College, Milligan, Tenn.; engaged in business as a coal operator, banker, and publish- FINE, John, a Representative from New York; born iner; member of the State house of representatives 1894-1896; New York City August 26, 1794; received private instruc-delegate to the Republican State convention in 1895; served tions; was graduated from Columbia College at New Yorkas secretary of state of Kentucky 1896-1900; chairman of the City in 1809; studied law in the Litchfield (Conn.) LawRepublican executive committee of the Eleventh Kentucky School; was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commencedCongressional District 1912-1928; elected as a Republican to practice in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y.; treasur-the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the er of St. Lawrence County 1821-1833; judge of the court ofresignation of John M. Robsion; reelected to the Seventy- Biographies 997 second Congress and served from February 15, 1930, to1853-1861; appointed judge of the Confederate States court March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for renomination infor the district of Florida in 1861; resigned and volunteered 1932; retired from business activities; died in Williamsburg,as a private in the ConfederateArmy in March 1862, and Ky., March 18, 1941; interment in Highland Cemetery, Wil-was successively promoted to therank of brigadier general liamsburg, Ky. November 16, 1863; settled in Lake City, Fla., in 1865, and continued the practice of law; moved to Jacksonville, Fla., in FINLEY, David Edward, a Representative from South1871; successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Carolina; born in Trenton, Phillips County, Ark., FebruaryJosiah J. Walls to the Forty-fourth Congress and served 28, 1861; attended the public schools of Rock Hill and Ebene-from April 19, 1876, to March 3, 1877; successfully contested zer, S.C., and was graduated from thelaw department ofthe election of Horatio Bisbee, Jr., to the Forty-fifth Con- South Carolina College (now the University of South Caroli- 20 to March 3, 1879; pre- na) at Columbia in 1885; was admitted to the bar in 1886gress and served from February and commenced practice in York, S.C.; member of the Statesented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-Seventh house of representatives 1890-1891; served in the StateCongress and served from March 4, 1881, to June 1, 1882, senate 1892-1896; trustee of the University of South Caroli-when he was succeeded by Horatio Bisbee, Jr., who contest- na 1890-1896; elected as a Democrat tothe Fifty-sixth and toed his election; presented credentials on December 5, 1887, the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,as a Senator-designate to the UnitedStates Senate for the 1899, until his death; had been reelected to the Sixty-fifthterm commencing March 4, 1887, but was not permitted to Congress; died in Charlotte, N.C., on January 26, 1917; inter-qualify for the reason that the appointment was made before ment in Rose Hill Cemetery, York, S.C. the vacancy occurred; died in Lake City, Fla., November 6, 1904; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla. FINLEY, Ebenezer Byron (nephew of Stephen Ross Harris), a Representative from Ohio; born in Orrville, FINNEGAN, Edward Rowan, a Representative from Illi- Wayne County, Ohio, July 31, 1833; attended the publicnois; born in Chicago, Ill., June 5, 1905; attended the St. schools; studied law at Bucyrus, Ohio, from 1859 until theRitas, Northwestern, and DePaulus schools, Loyola Universi- outbreak of the Civil War; was active in recruiting Companyty, and Northwestern University School of Law; DePaulUni- K, Twenty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which heversity School of Law, LL.B., 1930; commenced the practice served as a first lieutenant; resumed the study of law inof law in Chicago Ill., in 1931; assistant State's attorney, 1862; was admitted to the bar in 1862 and commenced prac-Cook County; assistant corporation counsel, city of Chicago; tice in Bucyrus, Ohio; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination for municipal fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3,court judge in Chicago in 1939; elected as a Democrat tothe 1881); chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Forty-Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Congresses and served sixth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination infrom January 3, 1961, until his resignation, December6, 1880; adjutant general of Ohio in 1884; served as circuit1964; had been renominated for the Eighty-ninthCongress judge of the third circuit of Ohio; resumed the practice ofbut withdrew, having been appointed judge, Circuit Courtof law in Bucyrus, Ohio, where he died August 22, 1916; inter-Cook County, III., December 7, 1964, and served in this posi- ment in Oakwood Cemetery. tion until his death, February 2, 1971, in Chicago,Ill.; inter- FINLEY, Hugh Franklin (father of Charles Finley), a Rep-ment in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill. resentative from Kentucky; born at Tyes Ferry, Whitley FINNEY, Darwin Abel, a Representative from Pennsylva- County, Ky., January18,1833; attended the commonnia; born in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vt.,August 11, schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law; was1814; attended the public schools and was graduatedfrom admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice inthe military academy at Rutland, Vt.; movedwith his par- Williamsburg, Ky.; member of the State house of representa-ents to Meadville, Pa.; clerk in a law officein Kingsbury, tives from 1861 to August 1862, when he resigned; electedN.Y., in 1834 and 1835; was graduated fromAllegheny Col- Commonwealth attorney in 1862, and served until 1866,lege, Meadville, Pa., in 1840; studied law; wasadmitted to when he resigned; again elected in 1867, and reelected inthe bar in 1842 and commenced practice inMeadville, Pa.; 1868 for six years; unsuccessful candidate for election inmember of the State senate 1856-1861; elected as aRepubli- 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; served in the State senatecan to the Fortieth Congress andserved from March 4, 1867, in 1875 and 1876, when he resigned; appointed in 1876 byuntil his death at Brussels, Belgium, August 25, 1868; inter- President Grant as United States district attorney for Ken-ment in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa. tucky, and served until 1877; resumed the practice of law; judge of the fifteenth judicial circuit 1880-1886; elected as a FINO, Paul Albert, a Representative from New York; Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (Marchborn in New York City December 15, 1913;attended the 4; 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-public schools; graduated from St. John's UniversitySchool tion in 1890; resumed the practice of law and alsoengagedof Law, New York City, 1937; was admitted to theNew York in the coal mining business; died in Williamsburg, Ky., Octo-State bar in 1938 and began practice in New YorkCity; ber 16, 1909; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. served as an assistant attorney general in the State govern- ment from March 1943 to December 1944; memberof the FINLEY, Jesse Johnson, a Representative from Florida; member of the 18, State senate from January 1945 to May 1950; born near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., November 1950, 1812; pursued an academic course; captain of mounted vol-New York City Civil Service Commission from June 1, to December 31, 1952; elected as aRepublican to the Eighty- unteers in the Seminole War in 1836; studiedlaw and was served admitted to the bar in 1838; moved to Mississippi County,third and to the seven succeeding Congresses and thefrom January 3, 1953, until his resignation December31, Ark., in 1840 and practiced his profession; served in having State senate in 1841; moved to Memphis, Tenn. in 1842,and1968, to become a New York Supreme Court Justice continued the practice of law; mayor of Memphis in1845; been elected November 5, 1968, and assumed duties January moved to Mariana, Fla., in November 1846; elected to the1, 1969; delegate to the Republican State convention1940- State senate of Florida in 1850; presidential elector onthe1966, and to the Republican National Convention in1960, Whig ticket in 1852; judge of the western circuit ofFlorida1964, and 1968; is a resident of Atlantic Beach, N.Y. 998 Biographical Directory

FISCHER, Israel Frederick, a Representative from NewFish, Jr. [1926- ]), a Representative from New York; born in York; born in New York City August 17, 1858; movedtoGarrison, Putnam County, N.Y., December 7, 1888; attended Brooklyn in September 1887; attended the public schools andSt. Marks School; was graduated from Harvard University Cooper Institute, New York City; employedas a clerk in ain 1910; elected as a Progressive to the New York State law office; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 andassembly, 1914-1916; commissioned on July 15, 1917, captain commenced practice in New York City; member of theexec- utive committee of the Republican State committee 1888-of Company K, Fifteenth New York National Guard (col- 1890; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-ored), which subsequently became the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth Infantry; was discharged as a major on May 14, fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful1919; decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the American candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress;Silver Star and also cited in War Department general appointed on May 2,1899, by President McKinley asa member of the United States Board of General Appraisersorders; colonel in the Officers' Reserve Corps; delegate, Re- (now the United States Customs Court); appointed chief jus-publican National Convention, 1928; elected as a Republican tice of that court by President Coolidge on April 16, 1927,to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the and served until his retirement on March 31, 1933; delegateresignation of ; reelected to the Sixty-seventh to the International Customs Congress held in New Yorkand to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from City in 1903; died in New York City March 16, 1940; inter-November 2, 1920, to January 3, 1945; unsuccessful candi- ment in Maimonides Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. date for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; author; is a resident of New York City. FISH, Hamilton (father of [1849-1936], Bibliography: Hanks, Richard K. "Hamilton Fish and American Isola- grandfather of Hamilton Fish [1888- ], and great-grandfa- tionism, 1920-1944." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Riverside, ther of Hamilton Fish, Jr. [1926-1),a Representative and a 1971. Senator from New York; born in New York City August 3, 1808; attended Doctor Bancel's French School, New York FISH, Hamilton, Jr. (son of Hamilton Fish [1888-], grand- City; graduated from Columbia College, New York City, inson of Hamilton Fish [1849-1936] and Alfred Clark Chapin, 1827; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 andgreat-grandson of Hamilton Fish [1808-1893], and a descend- practiced in New York City; commissioner of deeds for theant of Lewis Morris), a Representative from New York; born city and county of New York 1832-1833; elected asa Whig toin Washington, D.C., June 3, 1926; graduate of Kent School, the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845);Kent, Conn.; Harvard College, A.B., 1949; New York Univer- unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-ninthsity School of Law, LL.B., 1957; attended John F. Kennedy Congress; resumed the practice of law; lieutenantgovernorSchool of Public Administration; admitted to New York bar; of New York 1848-1849; Governor of New York 1849-1850;enlisted in United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946; served elected to the United States Senate and served from Marchin Ireland as vice counsul, United States Foreign Service, 4, 1851, to March 3, 1857; was not a candidate for reelection;1951-1953; attorney for the New York assembly judiciary president general of the Society of the Cincinnati from 1854committee, Albany, N.Y., 1961; delegate, Republican Nation- until his death; appointed by President Abraham Lincolnasal Convention, 1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety- one of the board of commissioners for the relief and ex-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, change of Union prisoners of war in the South; president of1969-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Millbrook, N.Y. the New-York Historical Society 1867-1869; appointed by President Ulysses Grant as Secretary of State 1869-1877; FISHBURNE, (cousin of Maury Maverick), a resumed the practice of law and managed his large realRepresentative from Virginia; born near Charlottesville, Al- estate holdings in New York City; died in Garrison, N.Y.,bemarle County, Va., March 8,1868; attended Pantop's September 7, 1893; interment in the cemetery of St. Philip'sAcademy, near Charlottesville, Va., and Washington and Church-in-the-Highlands, Garrison, N.Y. Lee University, Lexington, Va.; taught at Fishburne Mili- Bibliography: DAB; Nevins, Allan. Hamilton Fish: The Inner History oftary Academy, Waynesboro, Va., in 1886 and 1887; was grad- the Grant Administration. New York: F. Ungar Publishing Company, 1957. uated from the law department of the University of Virginia FISH, Hamilton (son of Hamilton Fish [1808-1893], fatherat Charlottesville in 1890; was admitted to the bar the same of Hamilton Fish [1888- ], and grandfather of Hamiltonyear and commenced practice in Charlottesville; also en- gaged in agricultural pursuits; served in the State house of Fish, Jr. [1926-1),a Representative from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., April 17, 1849; attended private schools in thisdelegates 1895-1897; member of the Virginia State Library country and in Switzerland, and was graduated from Colum-Board 1904-1913; appointed judge of the eighth judicial cir- bia College, New York City, in 1869; private secretary to hiscuit in 1913; subsequently elected by the legislature and father, who was Secretary of State in the Cabinet of Presi-served from 1913 until his resignation in 1930; elected as a dent Grant, 1869-1871; was graduated from Columbia LawDemocrat to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 193 1- School in 1873; was admitted to the bar the same year andMarch 3, 1933); was not a candidate for renomination in commenced practice in New York City; member of the State1932; resumed the practice of law; died in Ivy Depot, near assembly 1874-1896, serving as speaker in 1895 and 1896;Charlottesville, June 24, 1937; interment in Riverview Ceme- appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 as assist-tery, Charlottesville, Va. ant treasurer of the United States at New York City; reap- pointed in 1907 and served until October 1908, when he FISHER, Charles, a Representative from North Carolina; resigned; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congressborn near Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., October 20, 1789; (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate foreducated by private tutors in Raleigh, N.C.; studied law; was reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; retired fromadmitted to the bar but did not practice to any extent; public life and active pursuits and resided in Garrison, N.Y.;member of the State senate in 1818; elected as a Republican died while on a visit in Aiken, S.C., January 15, 1936; inter-to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the ment in the cemetery of St. Philip's Church-in-the-High-death of George Mumford; reelected to the Sixteenth Con- lands, Garrison, N.Y. gress and served from February 11, 1819, to March 3, 1821; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1820; member FISH, Hamilton (son of Hamilton Fish [1849-1936], grand-of the State house of commons 1821-1836 and served as son of Hamilton Fish [1808-1893], and father of Hamiltonspeaker in 1831 and 1832; member of the State constitution- Biographies 999 al convention in 1835; elected to the Twenty-sixth CongressCounty 1865-1868; burgess of the borough of Huntingdon (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); was not a candidate for 1874-1876; member of the State senate 1876-1879; elected as renomination in 1840; unsuccessful candidate for election ina Republican to the Forty-sixth andForty-seventh Congress- 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress; died in Hilisboro, Miss.,es (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman,Committee on while on a visit, May 7, 1849. Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Forty-seventhCongress); declined to be a candidate for renomination; resumed his FISHER, David, a Representative from Ohio; born in Som-former business pursuits; appointed by Governor Beaver a erset County, Pa., December 3, 1794; moved with his parentsmember of the board of managers of Huntingdon Reformato- to Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, in 1799; pursuedry in 1888; died in Punxsutawney, Pa.,May 8, 1890; inter- preparatory studies; was a lay preacher and newspaper con-ment in River View Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pa. tributor; member of the State house of representatives in 1834; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1844; editor FISHER, Hubert Frederick, a Representative from Ten- and proprietor of a newspaper in Wilmington, Ohio, in 1846; nessee; born in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Fla.,October 6, elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-1877; attended the common schools and was graduated from March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for renomination inthe University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1898; took a post- 1848; while in Congress he occupied a seat next to Johngraduate course at Princeton University in 1900 and 1901; Quincy Adams, who fell into his arms when stricken withstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced paralysis; returned to Cincinnati, Ohio; city magistrate inpractice in Memphis, Tenn.; delegate to the Democratic Na- 1849 and 1850; resumed newspaper activities; died neartional Convention in 1912; member of the State senate in Mount Holly, Ohio, May 7, 1886; interment in Wesleyan1913 and 1914; United States attorney for the western dis- Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. trict of Tennessee 1914-19 17; elected as a Democrat to the FISHER, George, a Representative from New York; bornSixty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, in Franklin, Mass., March 17, 1788; attended the common1917-March 3, 1931); was not a candidate for renomination schools and Brown University, Providence, R.I.; studied law;in 1930; due to deafness retired from active legal and politi- was admitted to the bar in Oswego County,N.Y., in 1816cal activities and moved to Germantown, Tenn., where he and commenced practice in Oswego, N.Y.; appointed inspec-engaged in nursery pursuits; died June 16, 1941, while on a tor of schools in 1818; trustee of the village of Oswego invisit in New York City; interment in Old Gray Cemetery, 1828 and 1833; presented credentials as a Member-elect toKnoxville, Tenn. the Twenty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1829, to FISHER, John, a Representative from New York; born in February 5,1830, when the seat was awarded to SilasLondonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., March 13,1806; Wright, Jr., who contested the election; trustee of schools inattended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pur- 1830; continued the practice of law in Oswego, N.Y., untilsuits; managed an iron manufacturingestablishment in 1833; took his family to France, where he spent five yearsHamilton, Canada, 1836-1856; member of the citycouncil of for the education of his children; returned to Oswego andHamilton 1848 and 1849 and served as mayor in 1850; re- engaged in real estate operations; served as president of theturned to New York State and settled in Batavia in 1856; Northwestern Insurance Co. for several years; moved to Newacted as State commissioner in the erection of theinstitu- York City about 1856 and died there March 26, 1861. tion for the blind in Batavia 1866-1868;president of a fire FISHER, George Purnell, a Representative from Dela-insurance company; elected as a Republican tothe Forty- ware; born in Milford, Sussex County, Del.,October 13, 1817;first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871);unsuccessful attended the public schools of Kent County and Mount St.candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-secondCon- Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md.; was graduated from Dick-gress; engaged in the fireinsurance business; died in Bata- inson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1838; studied law; was admit-via, N.Y., on March 28, 1882; interment inBatavia Ceme- ted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Dover,tery. Del.; member of the State house of representatives in 1843 FISHER, Joseph Lyman, a Representative from Virginia; and 1844; secretary of state in 1846; confidential clerk toborn in Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I., January11, Secretary Clayton in the Department of State at Washington1914; attended public schools; B.S., Bowdoin College, Bruns- in 1849; appointed by President Taylor a commissioner towick, Maine, 1935; Ph.D., economics,Harvard University, adjudicate claims against Brazil, and served from 1850 to1947; M.A., education, George WashingtonUniversity, Wash- 1852; attorney general of Delaware 1857-1860; elected as aington, D.C., 1951; planning technician, NationalResource Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-Planning Board, 1939-1942; economist, United States De- March 3, 1863); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862partment of State, 1942-1943; teacher and lecturer atvari- to the Thirty-eighth Congress; appointed byPresident Lin- of theous universities; served in theUnited States Army, 1943- coln on March 11, 1863, a judge of the Supreme Court 1946; senior economist, Council of Economic Advisors,1947- District of Columbia, which position he resigned when ap-1953; president, Resources for the Future, Inc.,1953-1974; pointed district attorney for the District of Columbia, serv- and ing until 1875; returned to Dover; appointed byPresidentelected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth Harrison on May 31, 1889, First Auditor of the TreasuryNinety-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); Department and served until March 23, 1893; died in Wash-unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety- ington, D.C., February 10, 1899; interment in OakHill Ceme-seventh Congress; Virginia secretary of human resources, Del. 1982-1986; professor of political economy, George Mason tery; reinterment in the Methodist Cemetery, Dover, University, 1986 to present; is a resident of Arlington,Va. Bibliography: DAB. FISHER, Horatio Gates, a Representative from Pennsyl- FISHER, Ovie Clark, a Representative from Texas;born vania; born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa.,Aprilnear Junction, Kimble County,Tex., November 22, 1903; 21, 1838; attended public and private schools; wasgraduatedattended the public schools at Junction, Tex., the University from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in July 1855;engaged inof Colorado at Boulder, and the University ofTexas at memberAustin; LL.B, J.D., Baylor University LawSchool, Waco, mining, shipping, and the wholesale coal business; and of the borough council 1862-1865; auditor ofHuntingdonTex., 1929; was admitted to the bar the same year 1000 Biographical Directory

commenced practice in San Angelo Tex.; engaged in ranch-Captain Livingston's company; studied medicine and prac- ing business; author; county attorney of Tom Green County,ticed in Duanesburg and Salem, N.Y.; justice of thepeace Tex., 1931-1935; member of the State house ofrepresenta-1799-18 10; president of the Washington County Medical So- tives 1935-1937; district attorney, fifty-first judicial district,ciety 1806-1826; county judge 1810-1821; elected as a Feder- 1937-1943; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth andalist to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1813); to the fifteen succeeding Congresses and served from Janu- declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1812; re-- ary 3, 1943, until his resignation December 31, 1974; chair-sumed the practice of medicine; died in Salem, N.Y., August man, Committee on Elections No. 3 (Seventy-ninth Con-24, 1843; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. gress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Bibliography: DAB. Ninety-fourth Congress; is a resident of San Angelo, Tex. FITCH, Ashbel Parmelee, a Representative from New FISHER, Spencer Oliver, a Representative from Michi-York; born in Moores, Clinton County, N.Y., October 8, 1848; gan; born in Camden, Hillsdale County, Mich., February 3,attended the public schools of New York, Williston Semi- 1843; attended the public schools and Albion and Hillsdalenary, East Hampton, Mass., the Universities of Jena and Colleges in Michigan; engaged in lumbering and banking inBerlin, Germany, and Columbia College Law School in New West Bay City, Mich.; mayor of West Bay City 1881-1884;York City; was admitted to the bar in November 1869 and delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884;commenced practice in New York City; elected as a Republi- elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Con-can to the Fiftieth Congress and as a Democrat to the Fifty- gresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candi-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses and served date for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress;re- from March 4, 1887, until December 26, 1893, when he re-- sumed his former business pursuits in Bay City, Mich.,signed; chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Fifty- where he died June 1, 1919; interment in Elmlawn Ceme-second Congress), Committee on Election of President, Vice tery. President, and Representatives (Fifty-third Congress); comp- FISK, James, a Representative and a Senator from Ver-troller of New York City 1893-1897; president of the Trust mont; born in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Mass., Octo-Company of America in 1899; died in New York City on May ber 4, 1763; self-educated; served in the Revolutionary War4, 1904; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. 1779-1782; member, Massachusetts general assembly 1785; FITCH, Graham Newell (grandfather of ), a entered the Universalist ministry and preached occasionally;Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born in LeRoy, moved to Barre, Vt., in 1798; studied law;was admitted toGenesee County, N.Y., December 5, 1809; attended Middle- the bar and commenced practice in Barre; member, Ver-bury Academy and Geneva (N.Y.) College; studied medicine mont house of representatives 1800-1805, 1809-1810, 1815;and completed his medical course at the College of Physi- judge of the Orange County Court 1802-1809, 1816; selectedcians and Surgeons; commenced practice in Logansport, Ind., as the member from Orange County to locate the capital inin 1834; member, State house of representatives in 1836 and 1803; chairman of the committee that endeavored to geta1839; professor of anatomy at the Rush Medical College, settlement of the northern boundary with Canada in 1804;Chicago, Ill., 1844-1848 and at the Indianapolis (md.) Medi- elected as a Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congressescal College in 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1809); unsuccessful candidate forand Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); reelection to the Eleventh Congress; elected as a Republicanwas not a candidate for renomination in 1852; resumed the to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses (March 4, 1811-practice of medicine; elected to the United States Senate to March 3,1815); chairman, Committee on Elections (Thir-ifil a vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1855, and teenth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fourteenth Congress; appointed United States judge forserved from February 4, 1857, to March 3, 1861; was not a the Territory of Indiana in 1812, but declined; judge of thecandidate for reelection in 1860; chairman, Committee on supreme court of Vermont 1815-1816; elected as a Republi-Printing (Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses); raised can to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused bythe Forty-sixthRegiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the resignation of Dudley Chase and served from Novemberduring the Civil War and served as its colonel 1861-1862, 4, 1817, to January 8, 1818, when he resigned; collector ofwhen he resigned because of injuries received in action; customs for the district of Vermont 1818-1826; moved toresumed the practice of medicine in Logansport, md.; died in Swanton, Vt., in 1819, and died there November 17, 1844;Logansport, md., November 29, 1892; interment in Mount interment in Church Street Cemetery. Hope Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. FITCH, Thomas, a Representative from Nevada; born in FISK, Jonathan, a Representative from New York; bornNew York City January 27,1838; attended the public in Amherst, N.H., September 26, 1778; attended the publicschools; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1855, and to Milwaukee, schools; taught school; moved to Newburgh, N.Y., in 1800;Wis., in 1856; employed as a clerk; local editor of the Mil- studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commencedwaukee Free Democrat in 1859 and 1860; moved to Califor- practice in Newburgh; elected as a Republican to the Elev-nia in 1860; editor of the San Francisco Times and Placer- enth Congress (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1811); elected to theville Republican; studied law; was admitted to the bar and Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses and served frompracticed; member of the California asembly in 1862 and March 4, 1813, until March 1815, when he resigned to accept1863; moved to Nevada in June 1863; elected a member of the position of United States attorney for the southern dis-the convention which framed the State constitution in 1864; trict of New York, to which he was appointed by PresidentUnion nominee for Territorial Delegate to Congress in 1864; Madison and which position he held until June 30, 1819;district attorney of Washoe County in 1865 and 1866; elected resumed the practice of law; died in Newburgh, N.Y., Julyas a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869- 13, 1832; interment in Old Town Cemetery. March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; continued the practice of law; FITCH, Asa, a Representative from New York; born inmoved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1909 and was employed as a Groton, Conn., November 10, 1765; received a limited school- writer on the Times; died in Decoto, Calif., November 12, ing; during the Revolutionary War served as a sergeant in1923; interment in Cypress Cemetery. Biographies 1001

FITE, Samuel McClary, a Representative from Tennessee;a Representative from Massachusetts;born in Boston, Mass., born near Alexandria, Smith County, Tenn., June 12, 1816;February 11, 1863; was graduated from the Eliot Grammar attended the common and private schools and was graduatedSchool and from the Boston Latin School; attended Harvard from Clinton College, Tennessee; studied law in Lebanon;Medical School for one year; held a position in the Boston was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Carth-customhouse from 1886 to 1891; member of the Boston age, Tenn.; member of the State senate in 1850;presidentialCommon Council in 1892; member of the State senate in elector on the Whig ticket in 1852; judge of the sixth judicial1893 and 1894; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth, district 1858-1861; resumed the practice of law in Carthage,Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March Tenn.; appointed on July 24, 1869, judge of the sixth judicial3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900; district to fill a vacancy; elected to the same office on Janu-mayor of Boston in 1906, 1907, and 1910-1914;engaged in ary 8, 1870, and served until 1874; elected as a Democrat tothe insurance and investment business; also owner of a the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by theweekly newspaper; chairman of the Massachusetts delega- death of John W. Head and served from March 4, 1875, untiltion to the Democratic National Convention in 1912; unsuc- his death, at Hot Springs, Ark., October 23, 1875, before thecessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in assembling of Congress; interment in Carthage Cemetery,1916; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in Mount Olivet Cemetery,the Sixty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1919, Nashville, Tenn., in 1908. until October 23, 1919, when he was succeeded by Peter F. FITHIAN, Floyd James, a Representative from Indiana;Tague, who contested his election; resumed his newspaper born in Vesta, Johnson County, Nebr., November 3, 1928;activities and also engaged as an investment banker; unsuc- attended public schools; B.A., Peru (Nebr.) State College,cessful candidate for Governor in 1922; member of the Port

1951; M.A., University of Nebraska, 1955; Ph.D., Americanof Boston Authority 1934-1948; died in Boston, Mass., Octo-- History, same university, 1964; high school teacher and col-ber 2, 1950; interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Rox- lege professor; engaged in agricultural pursuits; lieutenant, bury, Boston, Mass. United States Navy, 1951-1955; commander, United States Bibliography: DAB; Fraser, James W. "Mayor John F. Fitzgerald and Navy Reserve, 1955-1971; unsuccessful candidate for Con- Boston's Schools, 1905-1913." Historical Journal of Massachusetts 12 (June gress in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress;elected as a 1984): 117-30; Goodwin, Doris Kearns The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys. Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the three succeeding New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. - Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1983); was not a FITZGERALD, John Joseph, a Representative from New candidate in 1982 for reelection but was an unsuccessfulYork; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 10, 1872; attended the candidate for election to the United States Senate; adminis- trative assistant for Senator Paul Simon; is a resident- ofpublic schools, La Salle Military Academy (formerly Sacred Heart Academy), and was graduated from ManhattanCol- Annandale, Va. lege, New York City, in 1891; studied law in the New York FITHIAN, George Washington, a Representative from Illi-Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced nois; born near Willow Hill, Jasper County, Ill., July 4, 1854;practice in New York City; delegate to the DemocraticNa- attended the common schools; learned the printer's trade intional Conventions from 1900 to 1928; trustee of Manhattan Mount Carmel, Ill.; studied law; was admitted to the bar inCollege in New York City; elected as a Democrat tothe 1875 and commenced practice in Newton, Jasper County, Ill.;Fifty-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served prosecuting attorney of Jasper County 1876-1884; elected asfrom March 4, 1899, until December 31, 1917, whenhe re- a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second,and Fifty-thirdsigned to resume the practice of law; chairman, Committee Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); chairman, Com-on Appropriations (Sixty-secondthrough Sixty-fifth Con- mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Fifty-third Con-gresses); appointed county judge of Kings County in March gress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the1932, elected in November 1932, and served until his retire- Fifty-fourth Congress; railroad and warehouse commissioner practice of of Illinois 1895-1897; resumed the practice of law and en-ment on December 31, 1942; resumed the private gaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising in Newton,law; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 13, 1952; interment in St. Ill.; was also the owner of an extensive cotton plantationJohn's Cemetery, Middle Village, N.Y. near Falcon, Miss.; died in Memphis, Tenn.,January 21, FITZGERALD, Roy Gerald, a Representative from Ohio; 1921; interment in Riverside Cemetery, Newton, Ill. born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., August25, 1875; FITZGERALD, Frank Thomas, a Representative frommoved to Ohio in 1890 with his parents, who settled in New York; born in New York City May 4, 1857; was graduat-Dayton; attended the public schools; studied law; was admit- ed from the College of St. Francis Xavier, New York City,ted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice inDayton, from St. Mary's College, Niagara Falls, N.Y., in 1876, andOhio; during the First World War served as captain in the from the Columbia Law School, New York City, in 1878; wasThree Hundred and Twenty-ninth Infantry, Headquarters admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practiceCompany, American Expeditionary Forces, 19 17-1919; com- in New York City in 1879; elected as a Democrat to themissioned lieutenant colonel of Infantry, United States Fifty-first Congress; served from March 4, 1889, until No-Army Reserve Corps, in 1928; delegate to conferences of the vember 4, 1889, when he resigned, having been elected regis-Interparliamentary Union at Paris, Berlin, Geneva, and ter of New York County and held that office until1892; London; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1893; elect-the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, ed surrogate of New York County in 1892 for a term of1931); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Depart- fourteen years; reelected in 1906 and served in this capacityment of Commerce (Sixty-eighth Congress), Committee on until his death in New York City November 25, 1907; inter-Revision of the Laws (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congress- ment Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, N.Y. es); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to theSev- FITZGERALD, John Francis (grandfather of John Fitz-enty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law; was a gerald Kennedy, Edward Moore Kennedy, and Robert Fran-resident of Dayton, Ohio, until his death there on November cis Kennedy and great-grandfather of Joseph P. Kennedy II),16, 1962; interment in Woodland Cemetery. 1002 BiOgraphical Directory

FITZGERALD, Thomas, a Senator from Michigan; bornRevision of the Laws (Sixty-ninth Congress), Committee on in Germantown, Herkimer County, N.Y., April 10, 1796;pur-Invalid Pensions (Seventieth Congress); was not a candidate sued an academic course; served and was severely woundedfor renomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress;re- in the War of 1812 in the Fifth Regiment, New York Militia;sumed the practice of medicine in Greenville, Ohio, where taught school in Marcellus, N.Y.; in 1819 moved to Boon-he died on January 12, 1939; interment in Greenville Ceme- yule, Warrick County, md., where he taught school; studiedtery. law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commencedprac- tice in Boonville; member, State house of representatives FITZGIBBONS, John, a Representative from New York; 1821; appointed keeper of the lighthouse at the mouth of theborn in Glenmore, Oneida County, N.Y., July 10, 1868; St. Joseph River 1832; moved to St. Joseph, Mich.; clerk ofmoved to Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., in 1870; attended Berrien County 1834; regent of the University of Michiganthe public schools; employed as a railway trainman in 1885; in 1837; appointed bank commissioner 1838; elected to theserved as legislative representative of the Brotherhood of State house of representatives in 1839; unsuccessful candi-Railroad Trainmen of New York State 1896-19 14 and again date for lieutenant governor in 1839; appointedas a Demo-from February 1915 until January 1, 1933; served as referee crat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy causedfor the New York State Labor Bureau in 1914 and 1915; by the resignation of and served from June 8,alderman of Oswego in 1908 and 1909; mayor of Oswego in 1848, until March 3, 1849; moved to Niles, Mich., in 1851;1910, 1911, and 1918-1921; delegate to the Democratic Na- probate judge of Berrien County 1852-1855; died in Niles,tional Conventions in 1920, 1924, and 1932; electedas a Mich., March 25, 1855; interment in Silverbrook Cemetery.Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933- Bibliography: DAB. January 3, 1935); was not a candidate for renomination in FITZGERALD, William, a Representative from Tennes-1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; engagedas legislative see; born at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Md., August 6,representative for the Railroad Brotherhoods in Albany, 1799; educated in England; studied law; was admitted to theN.Y., until his death in a Buffalo, N.Y., hospital on August bar at Dover, Stewart County, Tenn., in 1821; clerk of the4, 1941; interment in St. Peter's Cemetery, Oswego, N.Y. circuit court of Stewart County 1822-1825; member of the FITZHENRY, Louis, a Representative from Illinois; born Tennessee Legislature in 1825-1827; served as attorneygen-in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., June 13, 1870; attend- eral of the sixteenth judicial circuit of Tennessee in 1826;ed the public and high schools of Bloomington; engaged in elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congressjournalism; was graduated from the law department of Illi- (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); unsuccessful candidate fornois Wesleyan University at Bloomington in 1897; was ad- reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; moved tomitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Bloom- Paris, Tenn.; served as judge of the ninth judicial circuit ofington, Ill.; city attorney of Bloomington 1907-1911; unsuc- Tennessee 1845-1861; died at Paris, Tenn., in March 1864;cessful candidate for election in 1910 to the Sixty-second interment in Fitzgerald Cemetery, near Paris, Tenn. Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress FITZGERALD, William Joseph, a Representative from(March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for Connecticut; born in Norwich, New London County, Conn.,reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the March 2, 1887; attended St. Patrick's Parochial School inpractice of law in Bloomington; unsuccessful candidate for Norwich, Conn.; employed in a foundryas a molder andelection as a justice of the State supreme court in 1915; later served as superintendent 1904-1930; servedon theappointed United States district judge for the southern dis- State commission to investigate widows' aid in 1916; membertrict of Illinois July 1, 1918, serving until October 3, 1933, of the State senate 193 1-1935; deputy State commissioner ofwhen he was appointed a judge of the United States Circuit labor 1931-1936; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh District, in which capacity Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939); unsuccessfulhe served until his death in Normal, Ill., November 18, 1935; candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Con-interment in Bloomington Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. gress; mayor of Norwich, Conn., in 1940 and 1941; elected to FITZHUGH, William, a Delegate from Virginia; born in the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3,Eagles Nest, King George County, Va., August 24, 1741; 1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to thepursued classical studies with private teachers; engaged in Seventy-eighth Congress; appointed on March 1, 1943,asagricultural pursuits; member of the State house of dele- area director and later as State director of the War Man-gates in 1776 and 1777; Member of the Continental Congress power Commission of Connecticut and served until Octoberin 1779; again a member of the State house of delegates in 1, 1945; appointed State director of the United States Em-1780, 1781, 1787, and 1788; served in the State senate 1781- ployment Service and served until his resignation in Janu-1785; died in Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Va., June 6, ary 1947; died at Norwich, Conn., May 6, 1947; interment in1809; interment in the private cemetery on the Ravensworth St. Joseph's Cemetery. estate. FITZGERALD, William Thomas, a Representative from FITZPATRICK, Benjamin, a Senator from Alabama; born Ohio; born in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, October 13,in Greene County, Ga., June 30, 1802; left an orphan, hewas 1858; attended the rural schools and the Greenville Hightaken by his brother to Alabama in 1815; attended the School; member of the National Guard of Ohio 1875-1882,public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and saw service during the Newark riots in 1877; was grad-and commenced practice in Montgomery, Ala.; solicitor of uated from the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio,the Montgomery circuit 1822-1823; moved to his plantation in 1887; taught in the Greenville High School 1886-1889;in Autauga County in 1829 and engaged in planting; Gover- was graduated from the medical department of the Universi-nor of Alabama 1841-1845; appointed as a Democrat to the ty of Wooster, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1891 and commenced prac-United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death tice in Greenville in 1891; member of the board of educationof Dixon H. Lewis and served from November 25, 1848, to 1906-1914; mayor of Greenville 1921-1925; electedas a Re-November 30, 1849, when a successor was elected; again publican to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congressesappointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1929); chairman, Committee onUnited States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- Biographies 1003 nation of William R. King and served from January 14,to the Fourth Congress; president of the PhiladelphiaCham- 1853, to March 3, 1855; chairman, Committee on Printingber of Commerce; trustee of the University of Pennsylvania; (Thirty-thirdCongress), Committee on EngrossedBillsfounder and director of the Bank of North America; died in (Thirty-third Congress); elected to the United States SenatePhiladelphia, Pa., on August 26, 1811; interment in St. as a Democrat to fill the vacancy in the termcommencingMary's Roman Catholic Churchyard. March 4, 1855, caused by the failure of the legislature to Bibliography: DAB. elect and served from November 26, 1855, until January 21, FJARE, Orvin Benonie, a Representative from Montana; 1861, when he withdrew; served as President pro tempore ofborn on a ranch near Big Timber, Sweet Grass County, the Senate during the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Con-Mont., April 16, 1918; attended public schools; employed as a gresses; nominated for Vice President of theUnited Statesclerk in a clothing store at Big Timber, Mont., and later on the Democratic ticket with Stephen A. Douglasin 1860,became part owner; enlisted as a private in the United but declined; president of the constitutional convention ofStates Army in 1940; commissioned a second lieutenant of Alabama in 1865; died on his plantation near Wetumpka,Artillery in 1942; served as a pilot in the South Pacific and Ala., November 21, 1869; interment in Oakwood Cemetery,was discharged as a captain in 1946;member of the Mon- Montgomery, Ala. tana Public Welfare Commission 1952-1954; member of Bibliography: DAB. board of trustees of Big Timber Public Schools 1951-1954; FITZPATRICK, James Martin, a Representative fromelected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth Congress (Janu- New York; born in West Stockbridge, Berkshire County,ary 3, 1955-January 3, 1957);unsuccessful candidate for re- Mass., June 27, 1869; attended the public schools; worked inelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; member of the iron-ore mines in West Stockbridge, Mass.; moved toState house of representatives in 1959; engaged in the life New York City in 1891 and worked in the various depart-insurance business; unsuccessful candidate for election to ments of the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company and thethe United States Senate in 1960; advertising director, Mon- Interborough Rapid Transit Company until 1925, when hetana State Highway Departrn'nt, 1962-1969; director of became engaged in the real estate business; served as aMontana Federal Housing Administration 1970-1979; is a commissioner of street openings in New York City in 1919; resident of Big Timber, Mont. member of the broad of aldermen of New York City 1919- 1927; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth and to the FLACK, William Henry, a Representative from New eight succeeding Congresses (March 4,1927-January3, York; born in Franklin Falls, Franklin County, N.Y., March 1945); was not a candidate for renomination in 1944; died in22, 1861; attended the public schools; became interested in New York City April 10, 1949; interment in St. Raymond'slumbering and tanning; supervisor of the town of Waverly Cemetery. for seven years and chairman of the board for two years; county clerk of Franklin County in 1897, andreelected in FITZPATRICK, Morgan Cassius, a Representative from1900; chairman of the Republican county committee1898- Tennessee; born near Carthage, Smith County, Tenn., Octo- 1902; served as trustee of the village of Malone andelected ber 29, 1868; attended the common schools and Lebanonpresident of said village in 1902; elected as a Republican to (Ohio) University in 1887; was graduated from the law de- the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses andserved from partment of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., inMarch 4, 1903, until his death in Malone, N.Y., February2, 1891; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Hartsville, Tenn.; edited a newspaper at Harts-1907; interment in Morningside Cemetery. ville; member of the State house of representatives 1895- FLAGLER, Thomas Thorn, a Representative from New 1899, serving as speaker in 1897; State superintendent ofYork; born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y., Octo- public instruction 1899-1903; chairman of the Democraticber 12, 1811; attended the common schools; learnedthe State executive committee; elected as a Democrat to theprinter's trade and became one of the owners and publishers Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905); wasof the Chenango Republican, Oxford, N.Y.;moved to Lock- not a candidate for renomination in 1904; resumed the prac-port in 1836 and published the Niagara Courieruntil 1842, tice of law; died in Nashville, Tenn., June 25, 1908; inter-when he engaged in the hardware business; member ofthe ment in Gallatin Cemetery, Gallatin, Tenn. State assembly in 1842 and 1843; treasurerof Niagara Bibliography: DAB. County 1849-1852; elected as a Whig to theThirty-third and FITZPATRICK, Thomas Young, a Representative fromThirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); was not a candidate for renomination in 1856;resumed former Kentucky; born near Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Ky., Sep- in tember 20, 1850; attended the common schools; studied law;business pursuits; again a member of the State assembly was admitted to the bar in 1877 andpracticed; county judge1860; member of the State constitutional convention in 1867 and 1868; organized and became president of theHolly Man- in 1874 and 1875; member of the State house of representa- head of tives in 1876 and 1877; county attorney 1880-1884; elected asufacturing Co. in 1859, and for many years was the a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth andFifty-sixth Congresseseight such organizations; died in Lockport, N.Y., on Septem- (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); died in Frankfort, Ky., Janu-ber 6, 1897; interment in Glenwood Cemetery. ary 21, 1906; interment in FrankfortCemetery. FLAHERTY, Lawrence James, a Representative from FITZSIMONS, Thomas, a Delegate and a RepresentativeCalifornia; born in San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif., from Pennsylvania; born in Ireland in 1741; immigrated toJuly 4, 1878; moved with his parents to SanFrancisco in the United States and entered a counting-house in Philadel-1888; attended the public schools; learned the tradeof phia, Pa., as clerk; commanded a company of volunteercement mason; member of the board of policecommissioners home guards during the Revolutionary War; Member oftheof San Francisco 1911-1915; served in the State senate1915- Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783; member of the State1922; president of the San Francisco Building Trades 192 1- house of representatives in 1786 and 1787; delegate to the1926; appointed United States surveyor of customsfor the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787; elected toport of San Francisco on November 1, 1921, andserved until the First, Second, and Third Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1925, when he resigned, having been elected to March 3, 1795); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1794 Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninthCon- 1004 Biographical Directory gress and served from March 4, 1925, until his death in New FLANDERS, Alvan, a Delegate from the Territory of York City, June 13, 1926; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery,Washington; born in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, N.H., near San Mateo, Calif. August 2, 1825; attended the public schools; learned the FLAHERTY, Thomas Aloysius, a Representative frommachinist trade in Boston; moved to Humboldt County, Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., December 21, 1898;Calif., in 1851, and there engaged in the lumber business attended the public schools and Northeastern Universityuntil 1858, when he moved to San Francisco; one of the Law School, Boston, Mass.; served as a private in the Unitedfounders and proprietors of the San Francisco Daily Times; States Army in 1918; employed with the United States Vet-member of the State house of representatives in 1861; officer erans' Administration at Boston, Mass., 1920-1934; memberof the United States branch mint in 1861; moved to the of the State house of representatives 1935-1937; electedas aTerritory of Washington in 1863 and engaged in mercantile Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill thevacancypursuits in Wallula; first postmaster of Wãllula 1865-1867; caused by the resignation of John P. Higgins; reelected toelected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, theSeventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and1867-March 3, 1869); was not a candidate for renomination served from December 14, 1937, to January 3, 1943;was not a candidate for renomination in 1942; served as transit com-in 1868; appointed by President Grant as Governor of the missioner of the city of Boston 1943-1945; chairman of theTerritory of Washington on April 5, 1869, and served until Department of Public Utilities of Massachusetts 1946-1953, 1870; moved to San Francisco, Calif., at the expiration of his serving as commissioner 1953-1955; chairman, Board ofterm and died there March 14, 1884; interment in Laurel Review, Assessing Department, city of Boston, 1956-1960;Hill Cemetery. real estate broker and appraiser; was a resident of Charles- town, Mass., where he died April 27, 1965; interment in Holy FLANDERS, Benjamin Franklin, a Representative from Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass. Louisiana; born in Bristol, Grafton County, N.H., January 26, 1816; attended New Hampton (N.H.) Academy, and was FLAKE, Floyd Harold, a Representative from New York;graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1842; born in Los Angeles, Calif., January 30, 1945; attendedmoved to New Orleans in 1843; studied law, but never prac- public schools in Houston, Tex.; B.A., Wilberforce Universi-ticed; edited the New Orleans Tropic in 1845; elected alder- ty, Wilberforce, Ohio, 1970; attended Northeastern Universi-man of New Orleans in 1847; superintendent of public ty, Boston, Mass., 1974-1976, and St. John's University, Ja-schools in 1850; reelected alderman in 1852; assisted in orga- maica, N.Y., 1980-1984; pastor of Allen A.M.E. Church, Ja-nizing the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Rail- maica, N.Y., 1976-1986; unsuccessful candidate in 1986 for the vacancy in the Ninety-ninth Congress caused by theroad Co.; secretary and treasurer of the company 1852-1861; death of Joseph P. Addabbo; elected as a Democrat to theappointed city treasurer by General Butler July 20, 1862, One Hundredth Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1989); and served until December 10 of the same year; elected as a is a resident of Rosedale, N.Y. Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from December 3, 1862, to March 3, 1863; was not a candidate for FLANAGAN, De Witt Clinton, a Representative from Newrenomination in 1862; mustered into the Federal military Jersey; born in New York City December 28, 1870; attendedservice July 13, 1863, at New Orleans as captain of Company the Callison and Woodbridge private schools and ColumbiaC, Fifth Regiment of Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, and College, New York City; pursued a commercial career, beingserved until August 12, 1863; appointed in 1863 special agent interested in a number of industrial enterprises; electedas a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancyof the Treasury Department for the southern district, com- caused by the death of Joshua S. Salmon and served fromprising the States of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, June 18, 1902, to March 3, 1903; delegate to the Democraticand western Florida; unsuccessful candidate for election as National Convention in 1904; organized the Boston, CapeGovernor of Louisiana in 1864; first president of the First Cod & New York Canal Co., which built and operated theNational Bank of New Orleans in 1864; reappointed special Cape Cod Canal; engaged in the agricultural and civic devel-Treasury agent in 1866; Military Governor of Louisiana in opment of Baldwin County, Ala.; died in Utica, N.Y., Janu-1867 and 1868; mayor of New Orleans 1870-1872; Assistant ary 15, 1946; interment in the family mausoleum, WoodlawnTreasurer of the United States at New Orleans 1873-1882; Cemetery, New York City. unsuccessful Republican candidate for State treasurer in 1888; died on his estate, "Ben Alva," near Youngsville, La- FLANAGAN, James Winright, a Senator from Texas; bornfayette Parish, La., March 13, 1896; interment in Metairie in Gordonsville, Orange County, Va., September 5,1805; attended the common schools and received private instruc- Cemetery, New Orleans, La. tion; moved to Cloverport, Ky., in 1816, and engaged in FLANDERS, Ralph Edward, a Senator from Vermont; mercantile pursuits; justice of the peace 1823-1833; studiedborn in Barnet, Caledonia County, Vt., September 28, 1880; law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and practiced in themoved with his parents to Pawtucket, R.L, in 1886; attended Breckenridge County circuit 1833-1843; moved to Hender-the public schools at Pawtucket, Lincoln, and Central Falls, son, Rusk County, Tex., in 1843 and continued the practice of law; also engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits;R.I.; engaged as a machinist apprentice at Providence, R.I., member, State house of representatives 1851-1852; member,in 1897 and remained in the machine tool industry until his State senate 1855-1856; member of the State constitutionaldeath; moved to Springfield, Vt., in 1910; president of the conventions in 1866 and 1868; elected lieutenant governor ofFederal Reserve Board of Boston 1944-1946; appointed as a Texas in 1869 and served until his resignation in 1870 toRepublican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in become Senator; upon the readmission of Texas to represen-the term ending January 3, 1947, caused by the resignation tation was elected as a Republican to the United Statesof Warren R. Austin; elected in 1946 and again in 1952 and Senate and served from March 30, 1870, to March 3, 1875;served from November 1, 1946, to January 3, 1959; was not a chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Forty-thirdcandidate for renomination in 1958; inventor of important Congress); died in Longview, Gregg County, Tex., Septemberdevelopments in the machine tool industry; author of several 28, 1887; interment in the family burying ground in Eastbooks and articles on technical and sociological subjects; died Henderson, Tex. in Springfield, Vt., February 19, 1970; cremated in Spring- Biographies 1005 field, Mass., February 23, 1970; ashes deposited in Summerattorney for Lamoille County 1896-1898; townclerk and Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt. treasurer of Morrisville, Vt., 1896-1900; member of theState Bibliography: Flanders, Ralph E. Senator From Vermont. Boston: Little, house of representatives 1900-1902; secretary of state and

Brown, 1961; Griffith, Robert. "Ralph Flanders and the Censure of Senatorinsurance commissioner of Vermont 1902-1908; again secre-- Joseph McCarthy." Vermont History 39 (Winter 1971): 5-20. tary of state 19 17-1919; elected as a Republican to theSixty- FLANNAGAN, John William, Jr., a Representative fromeighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); was not a Virginia; born on a farm near Trevilians, Louisa County,candidate for renomination in 1924; resumed the practice of Va., February 20, 1885; attended the public schools and waslaw; also engaged in banking; died in Morrisville, Vt., Janu- graduated from the law department of Washington and Leeary 28, 1938; interment in Pleasant ViewCemetery. University, Lexington, Va., in 1907; was admitted to the bar FLEGER, Anthony Alfred, a Representative from Ohio; the same year and commenced practice in Appalachia, Wiseborn in Austria-Hungary October 21, 1900; in 1903 immigrat- County, Va.;- served as Commonwealth's attorney for Bu-ed to the United States with his parents, who settled in chanan County, Va., in 1916 and 1917; moved to Clintwood,Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; attended the public Va., in 1917, and to Bristol, Va., in 1925, and continued theschools and was graduated from John Marshall School of practice of law; also engaged in banking 1917-1930; congres-Law, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1926; was admitted to the bar the sional adviser to the first session of the Food and Agricul- Cleveland, Ohio; ture Organization of the United Nations at Quebec in 1945;same year and commenced practice in elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the eightmoved to Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and continued the succeeding Congresses (March 4,1931-January 3,1949); practice of law; served as justice of the peace in Parma, chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Seventy-eighth andOhio, 1930-1932; elected a member of the State house of Seventy-ninth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomi-representatives in 1932 and served from January 1, 1933, to nation in 1948; resumed the practice of law in Bristol, Va.,December 31, 1933, when he resigned, having been elected until his death there April 27, 1955; interment in Mountainmayor of Parma; served as mayor from January1, 1934, to View Cemetery. December 31, 1935; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy- fifth Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939); unsuccess- FLANNERY, John Harold, a Representative from Penn-ful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth sylvania; born in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa., April 19,Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh 1898; attended the public schools; was graduated from Wyo-Congress; resumed the practice of law in Cleveland, Ohio; ming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., in 1917 and from Dickinsonserved as special assistant to the Attorney General, Wash- School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., in 1920; during the First Worldington, D.C., from March 3, 1941, to July 9, 1950, and as an War served as a private in the United States Army and wasattorney in the Department of Justice from July 10,1950, to honorably discharged on December 14, 1918; was admitted toMay 9, 1953; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, the bar in 1921 and commenced practice in Pittston, Pa.;D.C., and resided in Oxon Hill, Md.; died in Alexandria (Va.) solicitor for Pittston City, Pa., 1926-1930; served as assistantHospital July 16, 1963; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, district attorney of Luzerne County, Pa., 1932-1936; elected Brook Park, Ohio. as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth,and Sev- enty-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, 1937, FLEMING, William, a Delegate from Virginia; born in until his resignation on January 3, 1942, to become judge ofCumberland County, Va., July 6, 1736; was graduated from the common pleas court of Luzerne County, Pa.; reelected inthe College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.,in 1951 for a ten-year term and served until his death; delegate1763; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; to the Democratic National Conventions in 1944 and in 1960;member of the provincial house of burgesses 1772-1775; dele- died in Bethesda, Md., June 3, 1961; interment in Mountgate to the Revolutionary conventions in 1775and 1776; Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Pittston, Pa. member of the Cumberland County committee in 1776; FLEEGER, George Washington, a Representative fromserved in the house of delegates 1776-1778; Member of the Pennsylvania; born in Concord Township, Butler County,Continental Congress in 1779; judge of the general court in Pa., March 13, 1839; attended the common schools and West1788; elected a member of the first supreme court ofappeals Sunbury Academy; enlisted in the Union Army on June 10,in 1789 and served in this capacity until his death; became 1861, as a private in Company C, Eleventh Regiment, Penn- president of the court in 1809; died at his country home, sylvania Reserves, and was commissioned a first lieutenant"Summerville," Chesterfield County, Va., February 15, 1824; in June 1862; brevetted captain, and served until March 13,interment in the family cemetery on his estate. 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and Bibliography: DAB. commenced practice in Butler; member of the State house of FLEMING, William Bennett, a Representative from Geor- representatives in 1871 and 1872; chairman of the Republi- gia; born on a plantation near Flemington, LibertyCounty, can State central committee; delegate to theRepublicanGa., October 29, 1803; attended the common schools and was State conventions in 1882 and 1890; elected as a Republicangraduated from Yale College in 1825; studied law; was ad- to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887);mitted to the bar, and practiced in Savannah, Ga.; judge of resumed the practice of law in Butler, Pa., and died therethe superior court of Chatham County, Ga., 1847-1849 and June 25, 1894; interment in the North Cemetery. 1853-1868, resumed the practice of law in Savannah record FLEETWOOD, Frederick Gleed, a Representative fromer of the city of Savannah from1868 until the office was Vermont; born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vt., Sep-abolished; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress tember 27, 1868; attended the common schools of St. Johns-to fill the vacancy caused by the death of JulianHartridge bury, and was graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy inand served from February 10, 1879, to March 3, 1879; was 1886; also attended the University of Vermont at Burlingtonnot a candidate for renomination; again judge of thesuperi- and was graduated from Harvard University in 1891; secre-or court from 1879 until 1881, when heresigned on account tary of the commission on revision of Vermont statutesinof ill health; retired to Walthourville, Liberty County,Ga., 1893 and 1894; studied law; was admitted to the bar andand died there August 19, 1886; interment in Laurel Grove commenced practice in Morrisville, Vt., in 1894; prosecutingCemetery, Savannah, Ga. 1006 Biographical Directory

FLEMING, William Henry, a Representative from Geor-pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Dart- gia; born in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., October 18,mouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1808; taught in the acade- 1856; attended Summerville Academy and Academy of Rich-my at Chesterfield, N.H.; studied law; was admitted to the mond County; was graduated from the University of Georgiabar in December 1811 and commenced practice at Lyndon, at Athens in 1874; superintendent of the public schools ofVt., in 1812; member of the State house of representatives Augusta and Richmond County, Ga., from 1877 to 1880,1819-1824, and served one term as speaker; prosecuting at- when he resigned; studied law; was admitted to the bar intorney of Caledonia County, Vt., 1820-1829; member of the 1880 and commenced practice in Augusta, Ga.; member ofState constitutional convention in 1822; was graduated from the State house of representatives 1888-1896, and servedas speaker of the house in 1894 and 1895; president of the Statethe University of Vermont at Burlington in 1825; elected as bar association in 1894 and 1895; elected as a Democrat toa Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses the Fifty-fifth,Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses(March 4, 1837-March 3,1841); chairman, Committee on (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate forPatents (Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses); unsuc- renomination in 1902; resumed the practice of law and en-cessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-sev- gaged in literary pursuits; died in Augusta, Ga., June 9,enth Congress; adjutant general on the staff of Governor 1944; interment in Summerville Cemetery. Van Ness; died in Lyndon, Vt., October 19, 1842; interment in Lyndon Town Cemetery. FLETCHER, Charles Kimball, a Representative from California; born in San Diego, Calif., December 15, 1902; FLETCHER, Loren, a Representative from Minnesota; attended the public schools; was graduated from Stanfordborn in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine, April 10, University of California in 1924; also attended Pembroke1833; attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Semi- College, Oxford University, England, in 1934; engaged in thenary, Kents Hill, Maine; moved to Bangor in 1853; was a savings and loan business; served as a lieutenant with thestonecutter, clerk in a store, and an employee of a lumber United States Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1945; elected as acompany; moved to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1856 and engaged Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-Janu-in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits, largely in the ary 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to manufacture of lumber and flour; member of the board of the Eighty-first Congress; president and manager of thedirectors of the First National Bank upon its establishment Home Federal Savings & Loan Association from 1934 untilin 1864; member of the State house of representatives 1872- 1959 when he became chairman of the board of directors;1886 and served as speaker from 1880 to 1886; elected as a member of California Commission on Correctional FacilitiesRepublican to the Fifty-third and to the four succeeding and Services, 1955-1957; was a resident of San Diego, Calif.,Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1903); chairman, Com- until his death there September 29, 1985; cremated and themittee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Fifty-seventh ashes scattered off the cOast of Del Mar, Calif. Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to FLETCHER, Duncan Upshaw, a Senator from Florida;the Fifty-eighth Congress; elected to the Fifty-ninth Con- born near Americus, Sumter County, Ga., January 6, 1859;gress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); declined to be a candi- moved with his parents to Monroe County in 1860; attendeddate for reelection; retired from active business; died in At- the common schools and Gordon Institute, Barnesville, Ga.;lanta, Ga., April 15, 1919; interment in Lakewood Cemetery, graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., inMinneapolis, Minn. 1880; studied law at the same institution; admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Fla.; FLETCHER, Richard, a Representative from Massachu- member, city council 1887; member, State house of repre-setts; born in Cavendish, Windsor County, Vt., January 8, sentatives 1893; mayor of Jacksonville 1893-1895, 1901-1903; 1788; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Dart- chairman of the board of public instruction of Duval Countymouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1806; taught school at 1900-1907; president of the Gulf Coast Inland WaterwaysSalisbury, N.H., 1806-1808; studied law; was admitted to the Association in 1908, and, later, of the Mississippi to Atlanticbar and commenced practice at Salisbury, N.H., in 1809; Waterway Association; appointed and subsequently electedmoved to Boston, Mass., in 1819; elected as a Whig to the as a Democrat to the United States Senate for the termTwenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839); was commencing March 4, 1909; reelected in 1914, 1920, 1926,not a candidate for renomination in 1838 to the Twenty- and 1932 and served from March 4, 1909, until his death onsixth Congress; judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts June 17, 1936; chairman, Committee on Printing (Sixty-third1848-1853; died in Boston, Mass., on June 21, 1869, inter- and Sixty-fourthCongresses), Committee on Commercement Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifthCongresses), Committee on Bibliography: DAB. Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Sixty-sixth Con- gress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Seventy-third FLETCHER, Thomas, a Representative from Kentucky; and Seventy-fourth Congresses); president of the Southernborn in Westmoreland County, Pa., October 21, 1779; settled Commercial Congress 1912-1918; appointed by Presidentin Montgomery County, KY.; member of the State house of Woodrow Wilson in 1913 as chairman of the United Statesrepresentatives in 1803, 1805, and 1806; served in the War of commission to investigate European land-mortgage banks,1812 as major of Kentucky Volunteers under General Harri- cooperative rural credit unions, and the betterment of ruralson; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to conditions in Europe; delegate to the International Highfill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Clark Commission at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1916; died inand served from December 2, 1816, to March 3, 1817; de- Washington, D.C.; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Jack-clined to be a candidate for renomination in 1816; again sonville, Fla. elected a member of the State house of representatives and Bibliography: DAB; Flynt, Wayne. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, Dixie's Re- served in 1817, 1820, 1821, 1823, and 1825; died near Sharps- luctant Progressive. Tallahassee: Florida State University Press, 1971; U.S.burg, Bath County, Ky.; interment in a private burial Congress. Memorial Addresses. 75th Cong.,1stsess.,1937. Washington, ground near Sharpsburg, Ky. D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1938. FLETCHER, Thomas Brooks, a Representative from FLETCHER, Isaac, a Representative from Vermont; bornOhio; born in Mechanicstown, Carroll County, Ohio, October in Dunstable, Middlesex County, Mass., November 22, 1784;10, 1879; attended the public schools, a private school at Biographies 1007

Augusta, Ohio, and the Richard School of Dramatic Art in FLOOD, Daniel John, a Representative from Pennsylva- Cleveland; was graduated from Mount Union College, Alli-nia; born in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa., November 26, ance, Ohio, in 1900; editor of the Daily Leader, Alliance,1903; attended the public schools of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Ohio, 1903-1905; served on the staff of the Morning News,St. Augustine, Fla.; was graduated from Syracuse (N.Y.) Uni- Canton, Ohio, from 1905 to 1906; became a Redpath lecturerversity in 1924; attended Harvard Law School and was grad- in 1906; editor and publisher of the Daily Tribune at Marion,uated from Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., in 1929; Ohio, 1910-1922; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninthwas admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced practice in and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1929);Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; attorney for the Home Owners' Loan Cor- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-poration in 1934 and 1935; deputy attorney general for the first Congress; elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth,Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and counsel for the Penn- and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3,sylvania Liquor Control Board 1935-1939; director of the 1939); chairman, Committee on Election of President, ViceState Bureau of Public Assistance Disbursements and execu- President, and Representatives (Seventy-fourth and Seventy-tive assistant to the State treasurer 194 1-1944; elected as a fifth Congresses), Committee on the Census (Seventy-fifthDemocrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945- Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 toJanuary 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1942 to the1946 to the Eightieth Congress; resumed the practice of law; Seventy-eighth Congress; resumed lecturing and chautauquaelected to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses work; died in Washington, D.C., July 1, 1945; interment in(January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); unsuccessful candidate Mechanicstown Cemetery, Mechanicstown, Ohio. for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; again FLICK, James Patton, a Representative from Iowa; bornresumed the practice of law; elected to the Eighty-fourth and in Bakerstown, Allegheny County, Pa., August 28, 1845;to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from Janu- moved with his parents to Wapello County, Iowa, in 1852ary 3, 1955, until his resignation January 31, 1980; is a and to Taylor County in 1857; attended the common schools;resident of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. enlisted in Company K, Fourth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, as a private soldier and served from April 3, 1862, FLOOD, Henry De La Warr (brother of Joel West Flood to September 4, 1864; recorder of Taylor County in 1869 andand uncle of Harry Flood Byrd), a Representative from Vir- 1870; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 andginia; born in "Eldon," Appomattox County, Va., September commenced practice in Bedford, Iowa; member of the State2, 1865; attended the public schools of Appomattox and Rich- house of representatives in 1878 and 1879; district attorneymond, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., and of the third judicial district of Iowa 1880-1886; elected as athe University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; Republican to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresseswas admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in (March 4, 1889-March 3,1893); was not a candidate forAppomattox, Va.; member of the State house of delegates renomination in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed1887-1891; served in the State senate 1891-1903; elected the practice of his profession in Bedford, Iowa, until hisprosecuting attorney for Appomattox County in 1891, 1895, death there on February 25, 1929; interment in Bedfordand 1899; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Fifty- Cemetery. fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh FLINT, Frank Putnam, a Senator from California; born inand to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from North Reading, Middlesex County, Mass., July 15, 1862;March 4, 1901, until his death; chairman, Committee on moved with his parents to San Francisco, Calif., in 1869;Foreign Affairs (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses), attended the public schools; moved to Los Angeles in 1887;Committee on Territories (Sixty-second Congress); author of deputy United States marshal 1888-1892; appointed clerk inthe resolution declaring a state of war to exist between the the district attorney's office in 1892; studied law, was admit-United States and the Imperial German Government and ted to the bar in 1892, and commenced practice in Loswith the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Government; died in Angeles; assistant United States attorney 1892-1893; judgeWashington, D.C., December 8, 1921; interment in a mauso- of the superior court of Los Angeles County 1895-1897;leum on the courthouse green at Appomattox, Va. United States district attorney for the southern district of Bibliography: Kaufman, Burton Ira. "Henry De La Warr Flood: A Case California 1897-1901; elected as a Republican to the United Study of Organization Politics in An Era of Reform." Ph.D. dissertation, States Senate and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, Rice University, 1966. 1911; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Commit- FLOOD, Joel West (brother of Henry De La Warr Flood tee on Geological Survey (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congress-and uncle of Harry Flood Byrd), a Representative from Vir- es), Committee on Interoceanic Canals (Sixty-first Congress);ginia; born near Appomattox, Appomattox County, Va., resumed the practice of law in Los Angeles, Calif.; alsoAugust 2, 1894; attended the public schools, Washington and engaged in banking; appointed a member of the State landLee University, Lexington, Va., the University of Virginia at settlement board in 1917; reappointed in 1926; died FebruaryCharlottesville, and Oxford University; studied law; was ad- 11, 1929, on board a steamer while on a world tour; inter-mitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Appo- ment in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Glendale, Calif. mattox, Va.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; served FLIPPO, Ronnie Gene, a Representative from Alabama; from March 29, 1918, until his discharge July 18, 1919, as a born in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., August 15, 1937;private in Company A, Three Hundred and Fifth Engineers, attended the public schools of Florence; B.S., Florence StateEightieth Division; served as colonel on the staff of Gov. E. University (later known as University of North Alabama),Lee Trinkle of Virginia 1922-1926; elected Commonwealth 1965; M.A., University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), 1966; CPA,attorney of Appomattox County in 1919 and served until partner,Flippo & Robbins,Florence,Ala.,1972-1976; November 8, 1932, having been elected to Congress; special member, Alabama house of representatives, 1971-1975; Stateassistant to the attorney general of Virginia from April 1, senate, 1975-1976; delegate to Democratic National Conven-1928, to July 1, 1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy- tion, 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and tosecond Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3,Henry St. George Tucker and served from November 8, 1932, 1989); is a resident of Florence, Ala. to March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for election to the 1008 Biographical Directory

Seventy-third Congress; resumed the practice of law andfor Governor of New Jersey in 1977 and unsuccessful candi- agricultural pursuits; delegate to the Democratic Nationaldate for Governor in 1981; elected as a Democrat to the Convention in 1936; appointed assistant United States attor-Ninety-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January ney for the western district of Virginia and served from3, 1975-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Pine Hill, N.J. June 1, 1939, to January 28, 1940; elected as a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Virginia in January 1940, in which FLOURNOY, Thomas Stanhope, a Representative from capacity he served until his death in Richmond, Va., AprilVirginia; born in Prince Edward County, Va., December 15, 27, 1964; interment in the Flood Mausoleum, Appomattox1811; was educated at Hampden-Sidney (Va.) College; en- Courthouse Square. gaged as a private teacher; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Halifax, Va., in 1834; elected FLOOD, Thomas Schmeck, a Representative from New York; born in Lodi, Seneca County, N.Y., April 12, 1844;as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March attended the common schools and Elmira Free Academy;3, 1849); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the studied medicine, but did not practice; engaged in the drugThirty-first Congress and for election in 1850 to the Thirty- business; moved to Pennsylvania and founded the town ofsecond Congress; unsuccessful candidate of the American Dubois; first postmaster of Dubois; returned to Elmira, N.Y.; Party for Governor in 1855; member of the secession conven- member of the Board of Aldermen of Elmira in 1882 andtion in 1861 at Richmond; entered the Confederate Army, 1883; president of the Chemung County Agricultural Societyraised a company of Cavalry, and served as captain; promot- in 1884 and 1885; engaged in agricultural pursuits and lum- ed to colonel of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry; again an unsuc- bering; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-firstcessful candidate for Governor in 1863; after the war settled Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); chairman, Com-in Danville, Va., and practiced law; delegate to the Demo- mittee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Fifty-first Con-cratic National Convention in 1876; died at his home in gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1890; en- Halifax County, Va., March 12, 1883; interment in the gaged in the real estate business; died, while on a visit, infamily plot on his estate. Pittsburgh, Pa., on October 28, 1908; interment in Woodlawn FLOWER, Roswell Pettibone, a Representative from New Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y. York; born in Theresa, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 7, FLORENCE, Elias, a Representative from Ohio; born in1835; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Fauquier County, Va., February 15,1797; attended thethe Theresa High School in 1851; engaged in mercantile and public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved tomanufacturing pursuits in 1851; assistant postmaster of Wa- Ohio and settled in Circieville, Pickaway County; member oftertown, N.Y., 1854-1860; moved to New York City in 1869 the State house of representatives in 1829, 1830, 1834, andand engaged in banking; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- 1840; served in the State senate in 1835; elected as a Whig toseventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845);tion of Levi P. Morton and served from November 8, 1881, to member of the State constitutional convention in 1850; re-March 3, 1883; elected to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second sumed agricultural pursuits; died in Muhlenberg Township,Congresses and served from March 4, 1889, to September 16, Pickaway County, Ohio, November 21, 1880; interment in1891, when he resigned; elected Governor of New York in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio. 1891 and served until 1895; died in Eastport, N.Y., May 12, FLORENCE, Thomas Birch, a Representative from Penn-1899; interment in Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y. sylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 26, 1812; attend- Bibliography: DAB. ed the public schools; learned the hatter's trade and engaged FLOWERS, Walter, a Representative from Alabama; born in that business in 1833; engaged in the newspaper business;in Greenville, Butler County, Ala., April 12, 1933; educated unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1846 toin public schools of Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama, A.B., the Thirtieth Congress and in 1848 to the Thirty-first Con-1955, and LL.B., 1957; Rotary Foundation Fellow at Univer- gress; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and to thesity of London, England, 1957-1958 (graduate student in four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1861); international law); commissioned as a Reserve officer, Mili- after leaving Congress edited and published the Constitu-tary Intelligence, Army, 1955; served on active duty as lieu- tional Union in Washington, D.C., and subsequently becametenant, 1958-1959; was admitted to the bar in 1957 and the proprietor of the Sunday Gazette; unsuccessful candidate in his old district for election in 1868 to the Forty-firstcommenced practice in Alabama; elected as a Democrat to Congress and in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; died inthe Ninety-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (Janu- Washington, D.C., July 3,1875; interment in Monumentary 3, 1969-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate in 1978 for Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. reelection to the United States House of Representatives but Bibliography: DAB. was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; businessman; was a resident of McLean, Va., FLORIO, James Joseph, a Representative from Newuntil his death there April 12, 1984; interment in Arlington Jersey; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., August 29, 1937; attendedNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. the public elementary schools in Brooklyn; received high school equivalency diploma from State of New Jersey; B.A., FLOYD, Charles Albert, a Representative from New Trenton (N.J.) State College, 1962; graduate work, ColumbiaYork; born in Smithtown, Suffolk County, N.Y., in 1791; University, New York, 1962-1963; J.D., Rutgers Universityattended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pur- Law School, 1967; admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1967suits; county clerk in 1820 and 1821; studied law; was admit- and commenced practice in Camden; served in United Statested to the bar and practiced; district attorney in 1830; Navy, 1955-1958, ensign; lieutenant commander, Unitedmember of the State assembly in 1836 and 1838; president of States Navy Reserve, 1958-1975; assistant city attorney forthe board of trustees of Huntington 1837-1840; elected as a Camden City Legal Department, 1967-1971; solicitor for theDemocrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841- New Jersey towns of Runnemede, Wood-Lynne, and Somer- March 3, 1843); county judge of Suffolk County 1843-1865; dale, 1969-1974; assemblyman, New Jersey State Legisla- supervisor of the town of Huntington 1843-1865; resumed ture, 1970-1974; unsuccessful candidate for the nominationagricultural pursuits; died in Commack, Long Island, N.Y., Biographies 1009

February 20, 1873; interment in the Methodist Church Cem-and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, etery. 1843); returned to Mastic, Long Island, about 1842; member of the State senate in 1848 and 1849; elected to the Thirty- FLOYD, John, a Representative from Georgia; born insecond Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); chairman, Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., October 3, 1769; learned theCommittee on Agriculture (Thirty-second Congress); joined carpenter's trade; moved in 1791 with his father to Camdenthe Republican Party upon its formation in 1856; retired County, Ga., and engaged in boat building; served in thefrom public life; died in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., October 5, War of 1812 as brigadier general in the First (Floyd's) Bri-1881; interment in the family cemetery. gade of Georgia Militia from August 30, 1813, to March 8, 1814, and from October 17, 1814, to March 10, 1815, having FLOYD, William (grandfather of John Gelston Floyd), a participatedin expeditions against the Creek Indians;Delegate and a Representative from New York; born in member of the State house of representatives 1820-1827;Brookhaven, Long Island, N.Y., December 17, 1734; pursued elected to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3,an academic course; served as major general inthe State 1829); died near Jefferson, Ga., June 24, 1839. militia; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776 and FLOYD, John, a Representative from Virginia; born at1779-1783; signed the Declaration of Independence; served in Floyds Station, near the present city of Louisville, Jeffersonthe State senate in 1777 and 1778; again served in the State County, Ky. (then a part of Virginia), April 24, 1783; pursuedsenate 1784-1788; elected to the First Congress (March 4, an academic course; attended Dickinson College, Carlisle,1789-March 3, 1791); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in Pa., and was graduated from the medical department of the1790 to the Second Congress; moved in 1794 to Westernville, University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1806; settledOneida County; delegate to the State constitutional conven- in Lexington, Va., the same year, and soon thereafter movedtion in 1801; again a member of the State senate in 1808; to Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Va., where he prac-died in Westernville, N.Y., August 4,1821; interment in ticed his profession; justice of the peace in 1807; major ofWesternville Cemetery. Virginia State Militia 1807-1812; served as surgeon with Bibliography: DAB. rank of major in the War of 1812; subsequently became FLYE, Edwin, a Representative from Maine; born in New- brigadier general of militia; member of the State house ofcastle, Lincoln County, Maine, March 4, 1817; attended the delegates in 1814 and 1815; elected as a Republican to thecommon schools and Lincoln Academy, Newcastle,Maine; Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the five succeeding Con-engaged in mercantile pursuits and shipbuilding; member of gresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1829); was not a candidatethe State house of representatives in 1858; served for many for renomination in 1828; Governor of Virginia 1830-1834; Bank of Damaris- received the electoral vote of South Carolina for President inyears as president of the First National 1833; died near Sweetsprings, Monroe County, Va. (nowcotta, Maine; during the Civil War served as paymaster with West Virginia), August 17, 1837; interment in an unmarkedthe rank of major in the Union Army; delegate to the Re- grave in the cemetery at Sweetsprings. publican National Convention at Cincinnati in 1876; elected Bibliography: DAB; Ambler, Charles Henry. The Life and Diary of John as a Republican to the Forty-fourthCongress to fill the Floyd, Governor of Virginia, An Apostle of Secession, and the Father of vacancy caused by the resignation of JamesG. Blame and the Oregon Country. Richmond: Richmond Press, 1918. served from December 4, 1876, to March 3, 1877; was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed shipbuilding FLOYD, John Charles, a Representative from Arkansas;and also engaged in banking; died while on a visit to the born in Sparta, White County, Tenn., April 14, 1858; movedhome of his daughter at Ashland, Ky., July 12, 1886; inter- to Benton County, Ark., in 1869 with his parents, who set- tled near Bentonville; attended the common and highment in Congregational Cemetery, Newcastle, Maine. schools, and was graduated from the Arkansas Industrial FLYNN, Dennis Thomas, a Delegate from the Territory of University (later the University of Arkansas) at FayettevilleOklahoma; born in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa., Febru- in 1879; taught school at Springdale, Ark., in 1880 and 1881;ary 13, 1861; moved with hismother to Buffalo, N.Y., in studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced1863; became an orphan when three years of age; was raised practice in Yellville, Ark.; served in the State house of rep-in a Catholic orphanage where he remained until 1880; at- resentatives 1889-1891; prosecuting attorney of the four-tended the common schools and Canisius College, Buffalo, teenth judicial circuit 1890-1894; elected as a Democrat toN.Y.; moved to Riverside, Iowa, where he establishedand the Fifty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congressesedited the Riverside Leader; studied law; was admitted to (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1915); one of the managers appoint-the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Kiowa, Barber ed by the House of Representatives in 1912 to conduct theCounty, Kans.; publisher of the Kiowa Herald; first postmas- impeachment proceedings against Robert W. Archbald, judgeter of New Kiowa (later Kiowa), and served fromDecember of the United States Commerce Court; was not a candidate5, 1884, to July 17, 1885; city attorney 1886-1889; moved to for renomination in 1914; resumed the practice of law inOklahoma; postmaster of Guthrie from April 4, 1889, to Yeliville, Ark.; unsuccessful candidate for nomination asDecember 20, 1892; unsuccessful candidate for election in Governor of Arkansas in 1920; died in Yellville, Ark., No-1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; elected as a Republican to vember 4, 1930; interment in Layton Cemetery. the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893- FLOYD, John Geiston (grandson of William Floyd), aMarch 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 Representative from New York; born in Mastic, near Mor-to the Fifty-fifth Congress; elected to the Fifty-sixth and iches, Long Island, N.Y., February 5, 1806; attended theFifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1903); was common schools, and was graduated from HamiltonCollege,nominated but declined to be a candidate for reelection in Clinton, N.Y., in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the bar1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of in 1825 and commenced practice in Utica, N.Y.; clerk andlaw in Oklahoma City, Okia., in 1904; unsuccessful Republi- prosecuting attorney of Utica, N.Y., 1829-1833; founded thecan candidate for election to theUnited States Senate in Utica Democrat (later the Observer-Dispatch) in 1836; ap-1908; delegate to the Republican National Convention in pointed judge of Suffolk County; member of the State assem- 1912; died in Oklahoma City, Okla., June 19, 1939; interment bly 1839-1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixthin Fairlawn Cemetery. 1010 Biographical Directory

FLYNN, Gerald Thomas, a Representative from Wiscon-Guard of Pennsylvania; member of the State house of repre- sin; born on a farm in Racine County near Racine, Wis.,sentatives 1893-1897; served in the State senate 1901-1905; October 7, 1910; attended a rural grade school and Racinewater supply commissioner of Pennsylvania 1912-1914; elect- (Wis.) High School; graduated from Marquette Law School ined as a Republican to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty- 1933; was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced thesecond Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1913); unsuccess- practice of law in Racine, Wis.; delegate to Democratic Na-ful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Con- tional Conventions in 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960;gress; elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding member of the Wisconsin State senate 1950-1954; electedasCongresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923); chairman, Com- a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959-mittee on War Claims (Sixty-sixth Congress), Committee on January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inDistrict of Columbia (Sixty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress and for election in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law;candidate for renomination in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Con- is a resident of Racine, Wis. gress and for nomination in 1924, 1926, 1928, and 1930, and also in 1932 for the unexpired term of Edward M. Beers in FLYNN, Joseph Vincent, a Representative from Newthe Seventy-second Congress; resumed business activities in York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 2, 1883; attendedLewisburg, Pa.; served as deputy secretary of the Common- the public schools and the Boys' High School of Brooklyn;wealth in 1928 and 1929; elected to the Seventy-third, Seven- was graduated from the College of the City of New York inty-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from 1904 and from the Brooklyn Law School of St. LawrenceMarch 4, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., March University in 1906; was admitted to the bar in the latter27, 1937; interment in Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pa. year and commenced the practice of law in New York City; Bibliography: Baumgartner, DonaldJ."Benjamin K.Focht: Union elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth County Politician." D.Ed. dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1975. Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919); was nota candi- FOELKER, Otto Godfrey, a Representative from New date for renomination in 1918; resumed the practice of lawYork; born in the city of Mainz, Germany, December 29, in New York City; delegate to the Democratic State conven-1875; immigrated to the United States in 1888 with his tions in 1925 and 1927; resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., until hisparents, who settled in Troy, N.Y.; attended the public death there February 6, 1940; interment in Calvary Ceme-schools; moved to Brooklyn in December 1895; studied law in tery, Long Island City, N.Y. the New York Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1908 FLYNT, John James, Jr., a Representative from Georgia;and commenced practice in Brooklyn; member of the State born in Griffin, Spalding County, Ga., November 8, 1914;assembly in 1905 and 1906; served in the State senate in attended the public schools and Georgia Military Academy1907 and 1908; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Con- (now the Woodward Academy); A.B., University of Georgiagress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles T. at Athens, 1936; served as second lieutenant in Sixth Caval-Dunwell; reelected to the Sixty-first Congress and served ry, United States Army, in 1936 and 1937; attended Emoryfrom November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1911; declined to be a University Law School in 1937 and 1938, and graduatedcandidate for renomination in 1910; moved to California and from George Washington University Law School, Washing-resumed the practice of law in Oakland, Calif., where he ton, D.C., 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1938 andcom- died on January 18, 1943; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. menced the practice of law in Griffin, Ga.; again served in FOERDERER, Robert Hermann, a Representative from the United States Army from March 22, 1941, until dis-Pennsylvania; born in Frankenhausen, Germany, May 16, charged as a lieutenant colonel December 12, 1945;was awarded the Bronze Star Medal; colonel in the Army Re- 1860, while his parents were sojourning in Europe; attended serve; assistant United States attorney for northern districtpublic and private schools in Philadelphia, Pa.; engaged in of Georgia 1939-1941 and in 1945 and 1946; member of thethe manufacture of leather and in various other business State house of representatives in 1947 and 1948; solicitorenterprises; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and general for Griffin Judicial Circuit from January 1, 1949, toFifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until November 2, 1954; president, Georgia Bar Association, 1953-his death in Torresdale, Pa., July 26, 1903; interment in 1954; delegate, Georgia State Democratic conventions, 1946,South Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, and 1966; delegate, Democratic Na- FOGARTY, John Edward, a Representative from Rhode tional Conventions, 1960 and 1968; elected as a Democrat toIsland; born in Providence, R.I., March 23, 1913; attended La the Eighty-third Congress, November 2, 1954, by special elec-Salle Academy and Providence College; apprenticed as a tion to fill the vacancy caused by the death of A. Sidneybricklayer in 1930; moved to Harmony, R.I., and was em- Camp and at the same time was elected to the Eighty-fourthployed as a bricklayer; served as president of Bricklayers Congress; reelected to the eleven succeeding Congresses andUnion No. 1 of Rhode Island; elected as a Democrat to the served from November 2, 1954, to January 3, 1979; chair-Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses and served man, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Ninety-from January 3, 1941, until his resignation on December 7, fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses); was not a candidate for1944, to enlist in the United States Navy; reelected to the reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; resumed theSeventy-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and practice of law and farming operations; engaged in bankingserved from February 7, 1945, until his death in Washing- and real estate; is a resident of Griffin, Ga. ton, D.C., on January 10, 1967; interment in St. Ann's Ceme- FOCHT, Benjamin Kurtz, a Representative from Pennsyl-tery, Cranston, R.I. vania; born in New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa., March 12, Bibliography: Healey, James S. John E. Fogarty: Political Leadership for 1863; attended the public schools, Bucknell University, Library Development. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974. Lewisburg, Pa., Pennsylvania State College at State College, FOGG, George Gilman, a Senator from New Hampshire; and Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa.; establishedborn in Meredith Center, Belknap County, N.H., May 26, the Lewisburg (Pa.) Saturday News in 1881, serving as editor1813; pursued classical studies and graduated from Dart- and publisher until his death; delegate to the Republicanmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1839; studied law at Mere- State convention in 1889; served as an officer of the Nationaldith and at the Harvard Law School; was admitted to the Biographies 1011 bar in 1842 and commenced practice at Gilmanton Ironington Law School, J.D., 1957; was admitted to the bar in Works, N.H.; moved to Concord in 1846; member, State1957 and began the practice of law in Spokane, Wash.; ap- house of representatives 1846; secretary of State of Newpointed deputy prosecuting attorney, Spokane County, in Hampshire 1846; newspaper publisher 1847-1861; reporter of1958; instructor in constitutional law, Gonzaga University the State supreme court 1856-1860; secretary of the Republi-Law School, 1958-1959; appointed assistant attorney general, can National Executive Committee in 1860; appointed byState of Washington, in 1960; assistant chief clerk and spe- President Abraham Lincoln as Minister Resident to Switzer-cial counsel of the Committee on Interior and Insular Af- land 1861-1865; appointed as a Republican to the Unitedfairs of the United States Senate, 1961-1963; elected as a States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofDemocrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Daniel Clark and served from August 31, 1866, to March 3,Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3,1989); chairman, 1867; was not a candidate for election to the Senate in 1866;Committee on Agriculture (Ninety-fourth through Ninety- editor of the Concord Daily Monitor; died in Concord, N.H., sixth Congresses); majority whip (Ninety-seventh through October 5, 1881; interment in Blossom Hill Cemetery. Ninety-ninth Congresses), majority leader (One Hundredth Bibliography: DAB. Congress); is a resident of Spokane, Wash. FOGLIETTA, Thomas Michael, a Representative from FOLGER, Alonzo Dillard(brother of John Hamlin Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 3, 1928;Folger), a Representative from North Carolina; born in attended the public schools; graduated from South CatholicDobson, Surry County, N.C., July 9, 1888; attended the High School, Philadelphia, 1945; B.A., St. Joseph's College,public schools; was graduated from the University of North Philadelphia, 1949; J.D., Temple University School of Law,Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1912 and from its law department Philadelphia, 1952; admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1953in 1914; was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced and commenced practice in Philadelphia; city councilman,practice in Dobson, N.C.; moved to Mount Airy, N.C., and Philadelphia, 1955-1975; regional director, United States De-continued the practice of law; also interested in banking; partment of Labor, 1976; elected as an Independent to thetrustee of the University of North Carolina 1932-1938; Ninety-seventh Congress and as a Democrat to the threeserved as judge of the State superior court in 1937, resigning succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); isafter two months' service to become a Democratic national a resident of Philadelphia, Pa. committeeman; member of the Democratic National Com- FOLEY, James Bradford, a Representative from Indiana;mittee 1936-1941; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth born near Dover, Mason County, Ky., October 18, 1807; re-and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, ceived a limited schooling; employed on a flatboat on the1939, until his death in an automobile accident in Mount Mississippi River in 1823; moved to Greensburg, md., inAiry, N.C., April 30, 1941; interment in Dobson Cemetery, 1834; engaged in mercantile pursuits 1834-1837, and after-Dobson, N.C. wards in farming; treasurer of Decatur County 184 1-1843; member of the State constitutional convention in 1850; ap- FOLGER, John Hamlin (brother of Alonzo D. Folger), a pointed commander of the Fourth Brigade of State militia inRepresentative from North Carolina; born in Rockford, 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth CongressSurry County, N.C., December 18, 1880; attended the public (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); resumed agricultural pur-schools, Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C., and studied law suits in Decatur County; died in Greensburg, md., Decemberat the University of North Carolina at ChapelHill; was 5, 1886; interment in South Park Cemetery. admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Dobson, Surry County, N.C.; mayor of Mount Airy, N.C., FOLEY, John Robert, a Representative from Maryland;1908-19 12; member of the State house of representatives in born in Wabasha, Minn., October 16, 1917; graduated from1927 and 1928; served in the State senate in 1931 and1932; St. Felix High School in Wabasha in 1935 and St. Thomasdelegate to the Democratic State conventions 1924-1940;del- College, St. Paul, Minn., in 1940; entered the United Statesegate to the Democratic National Conventions in1932 and Army July 15, 1941; served overseas in Australia, New1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress Guinea, and the Philippine Islands with the Four Hundredin a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death and Seventy-third Quartermaster Group from Novemberof his brother, Alonzo D. Folger; reelected to theSeventy- 1943 to November 1945; discharged in February 1946 witheighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served rank of major; graduated from Georgetown University Lawfrom June 14, 1941, to January 3, 1949; was not a candidate School, Washington, D.C., in 1947 and from Catholic Univer-for renomination in 1948; resumed the practice of lawuntil sity Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1950; was admitted tohis retirement in 1959; was a resident of Mount Airy, N.C.; the District of Columbia bar in 1947 and commenced thedied in Clemmons, N.C., July 19, 1963; interment inOakdale practice of law; admitted to the Maryland bar in 1953; in-Cemetery, Mount Airy, N.C. structor of administrative law, Catholic University Law Bibliography: Christian, Ralph J. "The Folger-Chatham Congressional School, 1953-1957; elected judge of the Orphan's (Probate) Primary of 1946." North Carolina Historical Review 53 (January 1976): 25- Court, Montgomery County, Md., in November 1954 for a 54. four-year term and served until December 1958; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the Eighty-fifth Con- FOLGER, Walter, Jr., a Representative from Massachu- gress in 1956; elected as a Democrat tothe Eighty-sixthsetts; born in Nantucket, Mass., June 12, 1765;attended the Congress (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1961); unsuccessfulpublic schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and candidate for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Con-practiced; member of the State senate 1809-18 15 and in gress and for election in 1962 to theEighty-eighth Congress;1822; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and Mary-reelected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, land; is a resident of Kensington, Md. 1821); resumed the practice of law; died in Nantucket, Mass., September 8, 1849; interment in Friends Burying Ground. FOLEY, Thomas Stephen, a Representative from Wash- Bibliography: DAB. ington; born in Spokane, Wash., March 6, 1929;graduated from Gonzaga High School in 1946, from the University of FOLLETF, John Fassett, a Representative from Ohio; Washington, A.B., 1951, and from the University of Wash-born near Enosburg, Franklin County, Vt., February18, 1012 Biographical Directory

1831; moved to Ohio in 1837 with his parents, who settled in1833, to May 9, 1834, when he resigned to become Governor Licking County; pursued classical studies, andwas graduat-of Connecticut; Governor of Connecticut in 1834-1835; unsuc- ed from Marietta (Ohio) College in 1855; taught school twocessful Whig candidate for Governor in 1836; died in Chesh- years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1858 andire, Conn., on September 15, 1846; interment in Hillside practiced; member of the State house of representativesCemetery. 1866-1868; served as speaker in 1868; moved to Cincinnati in Bibliography: DAB. 1868 and engaged in the practice of law; elected asa Demo- crat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, FOOT, Solomon, a Representative and a Senator from 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to theVermont; born in Cornwall, Addison County, Vt., November Forty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; unsuc- 19,1802; pursued classical studies, and graduated from cessful candidate for election in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Con-Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1826; taught school 1826-1831; gress; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 15, 1902; interment instudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced Spring Grove Cemetery. practice in Rutland, Vt.; member, State house of representa- FOLSOM, Nathaniel, a Delegate from New Hampshire;tives 1833, 1836-1838, serving as speaker the last two ses- born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., September 18,sions; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1726; attended the public schools; served in the French and1836; prosecuting attorney 1836-1842; elected as a Whig to Indian Wars as a captain in Colonel Blanchard's regiment;the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, successively major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of the1843-March 3, 1847); elected as a Whig to the United States Fourth Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, which he com-Senate in 1850; reelected as a Republican in 1856 and 1862, manded at the beginning of the Revolutionary War; briga-and served from March 4, 1851, until his death on March 28, dier general, of the New Hampshire troops sent to Massachu-1866; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during setts and served during the siege of Boston; appointed majorthe Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congress- general and planned the details of troops sent from Newes; chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds Hampshire to Ticonderoga; Member of the Continental Con- (Thirty-seventh through Thirty-ninth Congresses); died in gress in 1774 and 1777-1780; executive councilor in 1778; aWashington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Cham- delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1783, serv-ber of the United States Senate; interment in Evergreen ing as its president; chief justice of the court of commonCemetery, Rutland, Vt. pleas; died in Exeter, N.H., on May 26, 1790; interment in Bibliography: DAB; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for Solomon Winter Street Cemetery. Foot. 39th Cong., 1st sess., 1865. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Bibliography: DAB. Office, 1865. FONG, Hiram Leong, a Senator from Hawaii; born in FOOTE, Charles Augustus, a Representative from New Honolulu, Hawaii, October 15, 1906; attended public schools;York; born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., April 15, graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1930 and Har-1785; attended private schools in Newburgh and Kingston, vard Law School in 1935; was admitted to the bar in 1935N.Y., and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, and commenced the practice of law in Honolulu; deputyN.Y., in 1805; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1808 attorney for city and county of Honolulu 1935-1938; duringand practiced in New York City and later in Delhi, Dela- the Second World War served as judge advocate of the Sev-ware County, N.Y.; colonel in the New York State Militia, enth Fighter Command of the Seventh Air Force with rankSixth Division; trustee of Delaware Academy; president of of major 1942-1945; member of the Territorial legislaturethe village of Delhi; elected to the Eighteenth Congress 1938-1954, serving four years as vice speaker and sixyears(March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825); resumed the practice of law as speaker; vice president of the Territorial Constitutionalin Delhi, N.Y., where he died August 1, 1828; interment in Convention in 1950; chairman of the board and president ofthe private burying ground at "Arbor Hill," the estate of his several insurance and financial institutions; engaged infather. banana farming in Honolulu; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1959 upon the admission of Hawaii FOOTE, Ellsworth Bishop, a Representative from Con- as a State; reelected in 1964 and again i,n 1970 and servednecticut; born in North Branford, New Haven County, from August 21, 1959, to January 3, 1977; was not a candi-Conn., January 12, 1898; attended the public schools; was date for reelection in 1976;is a resident of Honolulu,graduated from Yale Business College in 1916 and from Hawaii. Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., in Bibliography: Chou, Michaelyn P. "The Education of a Senator: Hiram 1923; was admitted to the bar in 1924 and commenced prac- L. Fong 1906-1954." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii, 1980. tice in New Haven, Conn.; corporation counsel of North Branford 1924-1946; special assistant to the attorney gener- FOOT, Samuel Augustus, a Representative and a Senatoral, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., February 1925 from Connecticut; born in Cheshire, Conn., November 8,to July 1926; chairman of the board of finance of North 1780; pursued an academic course; graduated from Yale Col-Branford 1934-1946; judge of probate, North Branford Dis- lege in 1797; attended the Litchfield Law School; discontin-trict, 1938-1946; acting judge of probate, New Haven Probate ued law studies because of ill health and engaged in theCourt, November 1944 to July 1945; attorney for the county shipping trade at New Haven; returned to Cheshire in 1813of New Haven 1942-1946; again from 1949 to 1960; elected as and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State housea Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947- of representatives 1817-18 18; elected to the Sixteenth Con-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in gress (March. 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); member, State house of1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; corporation counsel for representatives 1821-1823, 1825-1826, and served as speakertown of North Branford; resumed the practice of law; died in 1825-1826; elected to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4,Guilford, Conn., January 18, 1977; interment in Bare Plain 1823-March 3, 1825); elected to the United States Senate andCemetery, North Branford, Conn. served from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1833; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832; chairman, Committee on FOOTE, Henry Stuart, a Senator from Mississippi; born Pensions (Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses); elect-in Fauquier County, Va., February 28, 1804; pursued classi- ed to the Twenty-third Congress, and served from March 4,cal studies; graduated from Washington College (now Wash- Biographies 1013 ington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., in 1819; studiedwas admitted to the bar in 1874 andcommenced practice in law; was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced prac-Cleveland; prosecuting attorney for the city ofCleveland tice in Tuscumbia, Ala., in 1825; moved to Mississippi in1875-1877; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty- 1826 and practiced law in Jackson, Natchez, Vicksburg, andninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4,1883-March 3, Raymond; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate1889); was not a candidate for reelection; resumed the prac- and served from March 4, 1847, until January 8, 1852, whentice of law in Cleveland, Ohio; judge of the court of common he resigned to become Governor; chairman, Committee onpleas from January 1911 until his death in Cleveland,Ohio, Foreign Relations (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congress- June 28, 1921; interment in Lake View Cemetery. es); Governor of Mississippi 1852-1854; moved to California in 1854; returned to Vicksburg, Miss., in 1858; member of FORAND, Aime Joseph, a Representative from Rhode the Southern convention held at Knoxville in 1859; moved toIsland; born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., May23, Tennessee and settled near Nashville; elected to the First1895; attended the public and parochial schools, Magnus and Second Confederate Congresses; afterwards moved toCommercial School, Providence, R.I., and Columbia Universi- Washington, D.C., and practiced law; appointed by Presidentty, New York City; served in France as sergeant,first class, Rutherford Hayes superintendent of the mint at New Orle-from May 1918 to July 1919, in the Motor TransportCorps; ans 1878-1880; author; died in Nashville,Tenn., on May 20,newspaper reporter at Pawtucket and Woonsocket,R.I., 1880; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. 1924-1930; member of the State house of representatives Bibliography: DAB; Foote, Henry S. Casket of Reminiscences. 1874. Re- 1923-1926; served as secretary to Representative Jeremiah print. New York: Negro University Press, 1968; Gonzales, John E."The E. O'Connell in 1929 and 1930 and to RepresentativeFrancis Public Career of Henry Stuart Foote: 1804-1880." Ph.D. dissertation, Uni- B. Condon 1930-1935; chief of the Rhode Island Statedivi- versity of North Carolina, 1957. sion of soldiers' relief and commandant of the RhodeIsland FOOTE, Samuel Augustus, a Representative and a Sena-Soldiers' Home in 1935 and 1936; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1937-January3, tor from Connecticut. (See FOOT, Samuel Augustus.) 1939); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the FOOTE, Wallace Turner, Jr., a Representative from NewSeventy-sixth Congress; elected to the Seventy-seventh and York; born in Port Henry, Essex County, N.Y., April 7, 1864; to the nine succeeding Congresses (January3, 1941-January attended the Port Henry Union SchoOl and Williston Semi-3, 1961); was not a candidate for renomination in1960 to the nary, Easthampton, Mass.,and was graduated as a civilEighty-seventh Congress; founder and first president,Na- engineer from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in1885; tional Council of Senior Citizens, 1961-1972; resided in Boca assistant superintendent of the Cedar Point Furnace in PortRaton, Fla., until his death there January 18,1972; inter- Henry 1885-1887; attended Columbia Law School, New Yorkment in Boca Raton Mausoleum. City; was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced prac- tice in Port Henry; elected as a Republican to the Fifty- FORBES, James, a Delegate from Maryland;born near fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3,Benedict, Charles County, Md., about 1731; appointedjustice

1899); was not a candidate for renomination in 1898; re-- of the peace of Charles County, Md.,April 1, 1777; tax sumed the practice of law and also engaged in mining; diedcommissioner of Charles County and alsomember of the in New York City December 17, 1910; interment in UnionState general assembly in 1777; Memberof the Continental Cemetery, Port Henry, N.Y. Congress 1778-1780; died in Philadelphia,Pa., March 25, Church. FORAKER, Joseph Benson, a Senator from Ohio; born1780; interment in the yard surrounding Christ near Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio, onJuly 5, 1846; FORD, Aaron Lane, a Representative fromMississippi; pursued preparatory studies; during the Civil War served inborn in Potts Camp, Marshall County,Miss., December 21, the Eighty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, attain-1903; attended public schools in Mississippiand the law ing the rank of brevet captain; graduated from Cornell Uni-department of Cumberland University, Lebanon,Tenn.; was versity, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1869; studied law; was admitted toadmitted to the bar in 1927 and commencedpractice in the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio;Aberdeen, Miss.; moved to Ackerman, Miss.,the same year judge of the superior court of Cincinnati 1879-1882; unsuc-and continued the practice of law; district attorneyof the cessful Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio in 1883;fifth circuit court district 1932-1934; elected as aDemocrat Governor of Ohio 1885-1889; unsuccessful candidate for Gov-to the Seventy-fourth and to the threesucceeding Congresses ernor in 1889; elected in 1896 as aRepublican to the United(January 3, 1935-January 3, 1943);unsuccessful candidate States Senate; reelected in 1902 and served fromMarch 4,for renomination in 1942 to theSeventy-eighth Congress; 1897, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelectiondelegate to the Interparliamentary UnionConference at The in 1908; chairman, Committee to Examine Branchesof theHague, Netherlands, in 1938; resumed thepractice of law in Civil Service (Fifty-fifth Congress), Committee onPacific Is-Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Miss.; was aresident of lands and Puerto Rico (Fifty-sixth through SixtiethCon- Jackson, Miss., until his death there July 8,1983; interment gresses); resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio,in Rosedale Cemetery, Cuthbert, Ga. where he died May 10, 1917; interment in Spring Grove Indiana; born in Cemetery. FORD, George, a Representative from Bibliography: DAB; Foraker, Joseph B. Notes of a Busy Life.2 vols. South Bend, St. Joseph County, md., January11, 1846; at- Cincinnati: Stewart and Kidd Co., 1916; Walters, Everett. Joseph Benson tended the common schools; engaged in thecooper's trade in Foraker: An Uncompromising Republican. Columbus: Ohio HistoryPress, early youth; entered the law department of theUniversity of 1948. Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated fromthat insti- the bar and FORAN, Martin Ambrose, a Representative from Ohio;tution in 1869; was immediately admitted to November 11,commenced practice in South Bend, md.; prosecuting attor- born in Choconut, Susquehanna County, Pa., in 1873 and 1875-1884; elected as a 1844; attended the public schools and St.Joseph's College;ney of St. Joseph County servedDemocrat to the Forty-ninth Congress(March 4, 1885-March taught school three years; spent two years in Ireland; reelection in 1866 to as a private in the Fourth Regiment,Pennsylvania Volun-3, 1887); declined to be a candidate for 1865; member of thethe Fiftieth Congress; became thehead of the legal depart- teer Cavalry, from April 1864 to July subsequently resumed State constitutional convention of Ohio in 1873;studied law;ment of an implement concern, but 1014 Biographical Directory

the private practice of his profession in South Bend,md.;Monica, Calif., in 1919 and engaged in the real estate busi- elected judge of the superior court of St. Joseph Countyinness; member of the planning commission, Santa Monica, 1914; died in South Bend, md.,on August 30, 1917; inter-Calif., 1923-1927; county supervisor of Los Angeles County, ment in Riverview Cemetery. Calif., 1936-1939; elected as a Republican to the Seventy- FORD, Gerald Rudolph, Jr., a Representative from Michi-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1939-Jan- gan, Vice President, and thirty-eighth President of theuary 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 United States; born in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebr., Julyto the Seventy-eighth Congress; resumed the real estate 14, 1913; moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., 1914 andattendedbusiness; was a resident of Pacific Palisades, Calif.; died in the public schools; graduated, University of MichiganatSanta Monica, Calif., November 27, 1965; interment in Ann Arbor, 1935, and from Yale University LawSchoolWoodlawn Cemetery. 1941; was admitted to the bar in 1941 and commencedprac- tice in Grand Rapids, Mich.; during the Second World War FORD, Melbourne Haddock, a Representative from served in the United States Navy from 1942 until dischargedMichigan; born in Salem, Washtenaw County, Mich., June as a lieutenant commander in 1946; elected as a Republican30, 1849; moved to Lansing with his parents in 1859; attend- to the Eighty-first Congress; reelected to the twelve succeed-ed the common schools and the Michigan State College of ing Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until hisAgriculture at East Lansing; enlisted in the United States resignation from the United States House of RepresentativesNavy in 1864, and in 1867 was appointeda midshipman at December 6, 1973, to become the fortieth Vice President ofthe United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.; resigned the United States; minority leader (Eighty-ninth throughthe following year and returned to Lansing; moved to Grand Ninety-third Congresses); first Vice President to be nominat-Rapids in 1873 and was engaged as official stenographer of ed by the President and confirmed by the Congresspursuantseveral municipal, State, and Federal courts; studied law to the twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of theand was admitted to the bar in 1878; member of the State United States; sworn in as the thirty-eighth President of thehouse of representatives in 1885 and 1886; electedas a Dem- United States, August 9, 1974, when President Richard M.ocrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); Nixon resigned and served until January 20, 1977;unsuc- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty- cessful candidate for election in 1976; isa resident of Palmfirst Congress; commenced the practice of law at Grand Springs, Calif. Rapids in 1889; chairman of the Democratic Stateconven- Bibliography: Ford, Gerald R. A Time to Heal: The Autobiography oftion in 1890; elected to the Fifty-second Congress and served Gerald R. Ford. New York: Harper and Row, 1979; TerHorst, Jerald F.from March 4, 1891, until his death in Grand Rapids, Mich., and the Future of the Presidency. New York: TheThird Press, 1974. April 20, 1891; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. FORD, Harold Eugene, a Representative from Tennessee; FORD, Nicholas, a Representative from Missouri; born in born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., May 20, 1945; Wicklow, Ireland, June 21, 1833; attended the village school at-and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland; immigrated to the tended the elementary and secondary schools ofMemphis, Tenn.; B.S., Tennessee State University, Nashville, United States in 1848 with his parents, who settled in Chica- 1967; go, Ill.; moved to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859 and later to Colora- graduate work, Tennessee State University, 1968; A.A.,mor- tuary science, John Gupton College, 1969; M.B.A., Howard do and Montana, in which States he engaged in mining; University, 1982; worked as a mortician; member., Tennesseereturned to Missouri and settled in Rochester, Andrew house of representatives, 1971-1974; delegate to TennesseeCounty, and engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected a State Democratic convention, 1972; delegate to Democraticmember of the State house of representatives in 1875; elect- National Convention, 1972; electedas a Democrat to theed as a Greenbacker (National Party) to the Forty-sixth and Ninety-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (JanuaryForty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); un- 3, 1975-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Memphis, Tenn.successful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty- eighth Congress and for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second FORD, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; bornCongress; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., May 4, 1783;at-Missouri in 1884; moved to Virginia City, Nev.; member of tended the common schools; moved to New York City inthe first city council; retired from active business and moved 1797 and to Lindsley Town (later Lindley), Steuben County,to Miltonvale, Kans., where he died June 18, 1897; interment N.Y., in 1803; moved to Tioga County, Pa.; member of thein the Catholic Cemetery, Aurora, Cloud County, Kans. State house of representatives in 1824 and 1825; electedas a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congress- FORD, Thomas Francis, a Representative from California; es (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833); operated a sawmill and aborn in St. Louis, Mo., February 18, 1873; attended public gristmill at Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pa., until his deathand private schools; served in the United States Postal Serv- at that place on August 18, 1859; interment in the old Linds-ice 1896-1903; studied law at Toledo, Ohio; engaged in news- ley family cemetery at Lindley, N.Y. paper work in Washington, Idaho, California, and Washing- ton, D.C., 1913-1929; magazine and literary editor in Los FORD, Leland Merritt, a Representative from California;Angeles 1919-1929; lecturer on international trade at the born in Eureka, Eureka County, Nev., March 8, 1893; attend- University of Southern California at Los Angeles in 1920 ed the public schools; also took various courses at the Uni-and 1921; publicity director of the Los Angeles water and versity of Arizona at Tucson, Virginia Polytechnic Institutepower department 1920-193 1; member of the Los Angeles at Blackburg, Sheldon Science of Business, Chicago, Ill., andCity Council 1931-1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seven- the University of Southern California at Los Angeles;sur-ty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, veyor for Southern Sierras Power Co., in 1909 and 1910;1933-January 3, 1945); was not a candidate for renomination employee of the Southern Pacific Railroad in California inin 1944; assumed the management of his rental properties; 1911 and in New York in 1912 and 1913; moved to Losdied in South Pasadena, Calif., December 26, 1958; interment Angeles, Calif., in 1915 and was employed by the Unionin Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. Pacific Railroad; moved to Lynchburg, Va., and engaged in Bibliography: Ford, L.C., and Thomas F. Ford. The Foreign Trade of the farming and livestock breeding 1915-1919; moved to Santa United States. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Biographies 1015

FORD, Wendell Hampton, a Senator from Kentucky; born1899-March 3, 1923); chairman, Committee on Expenditures near Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky., September 8,1924; in the Department of the Navy (Fifty-ninth Congress),Com- attended the public schools of Daviess County; attended themittee on Ways and Means (Sixty-sixth andSixty-seventh University of Kentucky 1942-1943; graduated, MarylandCongresses); co-sponsor of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff of School of Insurance 1947; engaged in insurance business in1922; declined to be a candidate for renomination in1922; Kentucky; served in the United States Army 1944-1946;delegate to the Republican National Convention in1908; Kentucky National Guard 1942-1962; chief assistant to Ken- returned to the lumber business in Saginaw, Mich.; also tucky Governor 1959-1961; member, State senate 1965-1967;interested in banking and agricultural pursuits; died in Sagi- lieutenant governor 1967-1971; Governor of Kentucky 197 1-naw, Mich., on January 8, 1932; intermentin St. Andrew's 1974; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate inCemetery. November 1974 for the term commencing January 3, 1975; Bibliography: DAB; Russell, John A. Joseph Warren Fordney: An Ameri- subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 28, 1974, can Legislator. Boston: The Stratford Co., 1928. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Marlow W. FOREMAN, Edgar Franklin, a Representative from Texas Cook for the term ending January 3, 1975; reelected in 1980and New Mexico; born inPortales, Roosevelt County, and again in 1986 for the term ending January 3, 1993;N.Mex., December 22, 1933; attended the public schools of chairman, Committee on Aeronautical and Space SciencesPortales and Eastern New Mexico University at Portales, (Ninety-fifth Congress), Democratic Senatorial Campaign1952-1953; B.S., New Mexico State University, 1955; served Committee (Ninety-fifth through Ninety-seventh Congress-in the United States Navy, 1956-1957, and also in the es),Select Committee to Study the Committee SystemUnited States Naval Reserve and United States Air Force (Ninety-eighth Congress), Committee on Rules and Adminis- Reserve; president, Valley Transit Mix, Atlas Land Co., and tration (One-hundreth Congress). Foreman Oil, Inc.; resident of Odessa, Tex.; delegate, Repub- FORD, William David, a Representative from Michigan;lican National Conventions, 1964 and 1968; elected as a Re- born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 6, 1927; at-publican from Texas to the Eighty-eighth Congress (January tended Henry Ford Trade School, Melvindale High School,3, 1963-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate forreelec- Nebraska State Teachers College, and Wayne University;tion in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; moved to Las University of Denver, B.A., 1949, and from the law school ofCruces, N.Mex.; elected to the Ninety-first Congressfrom the same university, LL.D., 1951; served in the United StatesNew Mexico (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1971); unsuccessful Navy, 1944-1946, and the United States Air Force Reserve,candidate for reelection in 1970 to the Ninety-second Con- 1950-1958; was admitted to the bar in 1951 and practicedgress; assistant secretary, UnitedStates Department of Inte- law in Taylor, Mich.; justice of the peace, Taylor Township,rior, 1971; assistant secretary, United States Departmentof 1955-1957; city attorney, Melvindale, Mich., 1957-1959; at-Transportation, 1972-1976; president of an executive train- torney, Taylor Township, 1957-1964; delegate, Michigan cos-ing company; is a resident of Dallas, Tex. titutionalconvention, 1961-1962; member of the State senate, 1962-1964; member and officer of the Sixteenth Dis- FORESTER, John B., a Representative from Tennessee; born in McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn.;received a lim- trict Democratic Organization, 1952-1964; delegate, Michi- bar and gan Democratic conventions, 1952-1970, and toDemocraticited schooling; studied law; was admitted to the National Convention, 1968; elected as a Democrat to thepracticed; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Con- gress and reelected as aWhite suppporter to the Twenty- Eighty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (Janu- died August ary 3, 1965-January 3, 1989); chairman, Committee onPostfourth Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); Office and Civil Service (Ninety-seventh through One Hun- 31, 1845. dredth Congresses); is a resident of Taylor, Mich. FORKER, Samuel Carr, a Representative from New FORD, William Donnison, a Representative from NewJersey; born in Mount Holly, Burlington County,N.J., York; born in Herkimer County, N.Y., in 1779; educated atMarch 16, 1821; completed preparatory studies; moved to Bordentown and engaged in banking; director and cashier of Fairfield Seminary, Herkimer County, N.Y.; studied law; the was admitted to the bar in 1809 andcommenced practice inthe Bordentown Banking Co.; elected as a Democrat to Fairfield, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1816 andForty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuc- cessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third 1817; appointed commissioner to perform duties of judge of Bur- the supreme court in 1817; moved to Watertown, JeffersonCongress; again engaged in banking; moved to Delanco, County, N.Y., in 1817 and continued the practice of law;lington County, N.J., in 1890; lived in retirementwith his elected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3,son until his death in EdgewaterPark, Burlington County, 1821); was not a candidate for reelection in 1820 to theN.J., February 10, 1900; interment in MountHolly Ceme- Seventeenth Congress; resumed the practice of his professiontery, Mount Holly, N.J. in Watertown, N.Y.; served as district attorney of Jefferson FORMAN, William St. John, a Representative from Illi- County and also as master of chancery; trustee of the villagenois; born in Natchez, Adams County, Miss., January20, of Watertown in 1827; moved to Sackets Harbor, N.Y., about1847; moved with his father to Nashville,Washington 1830, and died there October 1, 1833; interment in the Vil-County, Ill., in 1851; attended the public schools, andWash- lage Cemetery. ington Seminary, Richview, Ill.; studied law; wasadmitted to FORDNEY, Joseph Warren, a Representative from Michi-the bar in 1870 and commenced practice inNashville, Ill.; Hartford City, Blackford County,mayor 1878-1884; delegate to all Stateand National Demo- gan; born on a farm near the State md., November 5,1853; attended the common schools;cratic Conventions from 1876 to 1896; member of moved to Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., in June 1869 andsenate 1884-1888; elected as a Democrat to theFifty-first, engaged in the lumber industry; afterward became theFifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889- owner of extensive lumber enterprises; vicepresident of theMarch 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on Militia (Fifty-third Saginaw Board of Trade; member of the board of aldermenCongress); moved to East St. Louis, Ill., in 1895;unsuccessful of Saginaw 1896-1900; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-candidate as a Gold Standard Democrat for election as Gov- sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses(March 4,ernor in 1896; resumed thepractice of his profession; ap- 1016 Biographical Directory

pointed by President Cleveland as Commissioner of InternalAlabama; born in Lincointon, Lincoln County, N.C., Novem- Revenue and served from 1895 to 1899; died in Champaign,ber 9, 1823; pursued classical studies, and was graduated Ill., June 10, 1908; interment in Masonic Cemetery,Nash-from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1844; ville, Ill. served in the war with Mexico as a first lieutenant in the FORNANCE, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylva-First Regiment of Alabama Volunteers; studied law; was nia; born in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County,admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Pa., October 18, 1804; attended the public schools and theJacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala.; trustee of the University Old Academy at Lower Merion; studied law; was admitted toof Alabama 1851-1860; member of the State house of repre- the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Norristown, Pa.;sentatives in 1859 and 1860; during the Civil War entered president of the council of the borough of Norristown;the Confederate Army in 1861 as a captain, and was succes- member of the State house of representatives in 1834; elect-sively promoted to major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and ed as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventhbrigadier general; surrendered at Appomattox Court House; Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); was nota candi-member of the State senate in 1865 and 1866; elected asa date for renomination in 1842; resumed the practice of hisDemocrat to the Forty-fourth and to the eight succeeding profession; died in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa.,onCongresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1893); chairman, Com- November 24, 1852; interment in Montgomery Cemetery.mittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury FORNES, Charles Vincent, a Representative from New(Forty-sixth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination York; born on a farm near Williamsville, Erie County, N.Y.,in 1292; appointed by President Cleveland a member of the January 22, 1844; attended the public schools, andwas grad- Commission and served until his uated from Union Academy, Lockport, N.Y., in 1864; moveddeath in Jacksonville, Ala., January 16, 1894; interment in to Buffalo, N.Y., in 1866; taught school in a district schoolthe City Cemetery. and then served as principal of a Buffalo public school for Bibliography: DAB. three years; employed as a clerk for a wholesale woolen FORREST, Thomas, a Representative from Pennsylvania; merchant in Buffalo and later established a similar businessborn in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1747; attended the common for himself; moved to New York City in 1877 and engaged in schools; during the Revolutionary War was commissioned a business as an importer and jobber of woolens; president ofcaptain in Ce!. Thomas Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery Oc- the board of aldermen of New York City 1902-1907; trusteetober 5, 1776, promoted to major March 3, 1777, and lieuten- and director of several banks and corporations; elected asaant colonel December 2, 1778; resigned October 7, 1781; elect- Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Con-ed to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); gresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1913); declined to be achairman, Committee on Agriculture (Sixteenth Congress); candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed his formerelected to the Seventeenth Congress tofill the vacancy business pursuits in New York City; retired from activecaused by the resignation of William Milnor and served business in 1926 and returned to Buffalo, N.Y., where hefrom October 8, 1822, to March 3, 1823; unsuccessful candi- died on May 22, 1929; interment in United German anddate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; died French Roman Catholic Cemetery, Pine Hill, Buffalo, N.Y.in Germantown (now a part of Philadelphia), Pa., March 20, FORNEY, Daniel Munroe (son of Peter Forney and uncle 1825. of William Henry Forney), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Lincointon, Lincoln County, N.C., in FORREST; Uriah, a Delegate and a Representative from May 1784; attended the public schools and the University ofMaryland; born near Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., North Carolina at Chapel Hill; engaged in agricultural in 1756; received a limited schooling; served as a first lieu- pur-tenant, captain, and major in Maryland forces in the Revolu- suits; served as a major in the War of 1812; held severaltionary War; wounded at the Battle of Germantown and lost local offices; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth anda leg at the Battle of Brandywine; Member of the Continen- Fifteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1815, untiltal Congress in 1787; elected to the Third Congress and his resignation in 1818; appointed by President Monroea commissioner to treat with the Creek Indians in 1820; servedserved from March 4, 1793, to November 8, 1794, when he as a member of the State senate 1823-1826; moved to Ala-resigned; commissioned major general of Maryland Militia bama in 1834 and settled in Lowndes County; resumed agri-in 1795; clerk of the circuit court of the District of Columbia cultural pursuits and became interested in various business1800-1805; died at his home, "Rosedale," near Georgetown, enterprises; died in Lowndes County, Ala., October 15, 1847;D.C., July 6, 1805; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Wash- interment in family burying ground, Lowndes County, Ala. ington, D.C. FORNEY, Peter (father of Daniel Munroe Forney and FORRESTER, Elijah Lewis, a Representative from Geor- grandfather of William Henry Forney), a Representativegia; born on a farm near Leesburg, Lee County, Ga., August from North Carolina; born near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, 16, 1896; attended the Leesburg public schools; studied law N.C., April 21, 1756; attended the public schools; servedas aand passed the State bar examination in 1917; during the captain during the Revolutionary War; engaged in the man-First World War served as a private in the United States ufacture of iron; member of the State house of commonsArmy; commenced the practice of law in 1919 in Leesburg, 1794-1796; served in the State senate in 1801 and 1802;Ga.; solicitor, City Court, Leesburg, Ga., 1920-1933; mayor of elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (MarchLeesburg 1922-1931; county attorney of Lee County 1928- 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); declined to be a candidate in 1814 for1937; solicitor general, southwestern judicial circuit, 1937- reelection to the Fourteenth Congress; retired from public1950; delegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1948 life; died at his country home, "Mount Welcome," in Lincolnand 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and to County, N.C., on February 1, 1834; interment in the privatethe six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, burying ground on his estate. 1965); was not a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; returned to Leesburg and resumed FORNEY, William Henry (grandson of Peter Forney andthe practice of law; died in Albany, Ga., March 19, 1970; nephew of Daniel Munroe Forney), a Representative frominterment in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, Ga. 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FORSYTH, John, a Representative and a Senator from1970 until his death; was a resident of Moorestown,N.J., Georgia; born in Fredericksburg, Va., October 22, 1780; grad-until his death there March 29, 1984; cremated;ashes in- uated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Uni-terred at Union Street Friends Cemetery, Medford,N.J. versity) in 1799; moved to Augusta, Ga.; studied law; was FORT, Franklin William, a Representative fromNew admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice; electedJersey; born in Newark, N.J., March 30, 1880;moved in 1888 attorney general of Georgia in 1808; elected as a Republican public to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Congresses,with his parents to East Orange, N.J.; attended the schoolsand Newark Academy; wasgraduatedfrom and served from March 4, 1813, until his resignation, effec-Lawrenceville School in 1897 and from Princeton University tive November 23, 1818; chairman, Committee on Expendi-in 1901; attended New York Law School 1901-1903; was tures in the Department of State (Fifteenth Congress);elect-admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practicein ed to the United States Senate as a Republican on Novem- and 1908; ber 7, 1818, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofNewark; recorder of East Orange, N.J., in 1907 George M. Troup, and served from November 23, 1818, toduring the First World War served as a volunteer on the staff of the United States Foed Administrator,Washington, February 17, 1819, when he resigned to accept a diplomatic in 1919 appointment; Minister to Spain 1819-1823; elected to theD.C., 1917-1919; engaged in the insurance business Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses andat Newark, N.J., and was also interested inbanking; elected served from March 4, 1823, until his resignation, effectiveas a Republican to theSixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy- November 7, 1827; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairsfirst Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1931); was not a (Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses); Governor of Geor-candidate for renomination, but was an unsuccessful candi- gia 1827-1829; again elected to the United States Senate as adate for nomination as United States Senator in1930; served Jacksonian to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofas secretary of the RepublicanNational Committee 1928- John Macpherson Berrien and served from November 9,1930; resumed the practice of law; served as chairmanof the 1829, to June 27, 1834, when he resigned to accept a CabinetFederal Home Loan Bank Board from January1932 to portfolio;chairman, Committee on Commerce (Twenty-March 1933; died on June 20, 1937, in Rochester, Minn.; second Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-interment in Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J. second Congress), Committee on Finance (Twenty-second FORT, Greenbury Lafayette, a Representativefrom Illi- Congress); appointed Secretary of State by President Andrew October 17, andnois; born in French Grant, Scioto County, Ohio, Jackson; reappointed by President Martin Van Buren 1825; moved with his parents to Marshall County,Ill., in served from 1834 to 1841; died in Washington, D.C., OctoberApril 1834; completed preparatory studies and attended 21, 1841; interment in Congressional Cemetery. Rock River Seminary; studied law; was admitted tothe bar Bibliography: DAB; Duckett, Alvin L. John Forsyth: Political Tactician. elected sher- Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1962. in 1847 and commenced, practice in Lacon, Ill.; iff in 1850; clerk of Marshall County in1852; county judge in FORSYTHE, Albert Palaska, a Representative from Illi-1857; was appointed a second lieutenant in theEleventh nois; born in New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio, MayRegiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on April30, 1861; 24, 1830; attended the common schools and Asbury Universi-promoted through the ranks to lieutenant coloneland quar- ty (now De Pauw University), Greencastle, md.;admittedtermaster; brevetted major and lieutenantcolonel of Volun- into the Indiana conference of the Methodist Church as ateers March 13, 1865; member of theState senate in 1866; traveling preacher in 1853 and served eight years; duringelected as a Republican to the Forty-thirdand to the three the Civil War served in the Union Army as first lieutenantsucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March3, 1881); was of Company I, Ninety-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteernot a candidate for renominationin 1880; retired from Infantry; moved to Illinois in 1865 and settled on a farmpublic life; died in Lacon, Ill., January 13,1883; interment in west of Paris, Edgar County; took an active part intheLacon Cemetery. Grange movement and served six years as master of the State Grange of Illinois; elected as a Greenbacker (National FORT, Tomlinson, a Representative fromGeorgia; born in Party) to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3,Warrenton, Warren County, Ga., July 14,1787; completed 1881); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to thepreparatory studies; studied medicine; wasgraduated from Forty-seventh Congress; moved to Kansas in 1882 and en-the Philadelphia Medical College, andcommenced practice gaged in agricultural pursuits near Liberty, Independencein 1810; captain of a volunteer companyin the War of 1812; County; regent of the Kansas State AgriculturalCollegemember of the State house of representatives1818-1826; 1886-1892; moved to Independence, Kans., where he diedelected to the Twentieth Congress (March 4,1827-March 3, September 2, 1906; interment in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty,1829); resumed the practice of medicine inMilledgeville, Ga.; president of the State Bank of Georgia in1832, which posi- Kans. tion he held until his death in Milledgeville,Ga., May 11, FORSYTHE, Edwin Bell, a Representative from New1859; interment in the City Cemetery. 17, Jersey; born in Westtown, Chester County, Pa., January FORWARD, Chauncey (brother of ), a 1916; attended the public schools; secretary, Moorestown, Granby, N.J., Board of Adjustment, 1948-1952; member, MoorestownRepresentative from Pennsylvania; born in Old Township Committee, 1953-1962; mayor of Moorestown,Conn., February 4, 1793; moved with hisfather to Ohio in State1800, and a short time afterward to Greensburg,Pa.; pur- 1957-1962; member, executive board of New Jersey the bar League of Municipalities, 1958-1962; chairmanof Moores-sued classical studies; studied law; was admitted to New Jersey Statein Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1817 and beganpractice in Somerset, town Planning Board, 1962-1963; member, 1820-1822; senate, 1964-1970; delegate, New JerseyConstitutional con-Pa.; member of the State house of representatives Convention,elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancycaused vention, 1966; delegate, Republican National reelected to the 1968; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-firstCongress,by the resignation of Alexander Thomson; November 3, 1970, by special election, to fill the vacancyTwentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian tothe caused by the resignation of William Cahill and at the sameTwenty-first Congress and served from December4, 1826, to reelected to theMarch 3, 1831; appointed prothonotary andrecorder of Som- time elected to the Ninety-second Congress; Somerset County, seven succeeding Congresses, andserved from November 3,erset County in 1831; died in Somerset, 1018 Biographical Directory

Pa., October 19, 1839; interment in Aukeny Square Ceme-and resided in Fitchburg, Mass., until his death there on tery. February 15, 1947; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. FORWARD, Walter (brother of Chauncey Forward),a FOSS, George Edmund (brother of Eugene Noble Foss),a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in East Granby,Representative from Illinois; born in West Berkshire, Frank- Conn., January 24, 1786; attended the common schools;lin County, Vt., July 2, 1863; attended thecommon schools, moved with his father to Aurora, Ohio; settled in Pittsburgh,and was graduated from Harvard University in 1885; attend- Pa., in 1803; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1806ed Columbia Law School and the School of Political Science and commenced practice in Pittsburgh; also served forsever- al years as editor of the Tree of Liberty; elected to thein New York City; was graduated from Union College of Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-Law at Chicago, Ill., in 1889; was admitted to the bar the nation of ; reelected to the Eighteenth Con-same year and commenced the practice of law in Chicago; gress, and served from October 8, 1822, to March 3, 1825;elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nine-succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1913); chair- man, Committee on Naval Affairs (Fifty-sixth through Sixty- teenth Congress; member of the State constitutionalconven- tion in 1837; appointed by President Harrison as First Comp-first Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in troller of the Treasury on April 6, 1841, and served until1912; elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses September 13, 1841, when he was appointed Secretary of the(March 4, 1915-March 3,1919); was not a candidate for Treasury in the Cabinet of President Tyler, which positionrenomination in 1918, but was an unsuccessful candidate for he held until March 1, 1843; resumed the practice of law innomination to the United States Senate; resumed the prac- Pittsburgh; appointed by President Taylor Chargé d'Affairestice of law; unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1932 to to Denmark and served from November 8, 1849, to Octoberthe Seventy-third Congress; died in Chicago, Ill., March 15, 10, 1851; returned to the United States to serveas president1936; interment in Graceland Cemetery. judge of the district court of Allegheny County; died in Pittsburgh, Pa., November 24, 1852; interment in Allegheny FOSTER, A. Lawrence, a Representative from New York; Cemetery. attended the public schools; studied law in Vernon; was Bibliography: DAB. admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Morrisville about 1827; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Con- FOSDICK, Nicoll, a Representative from New York; borngress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee in New London, Conn., November 9, 1785; completedprepar-on Expendituresinthe Departmentof the Treasury atory studies; moved to Norway, N.Y.; presidential electoron(Twenty-seventh Congress); settled permanently in Virginia. the Monroe ticket in 1816; member of the State assembly in 1818 and 1819; elected to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, FOSTER, Abiel, a Delegate and a Representative from 1825-March 3, 1827); returned to New London, Conn., inNew Hampshire; born in Andover, Mass., August 8, 1735; 1843; collector of customs 1849-1853; engaged in mercantilewas graduated from Harvard College in 1756; studied theolo- pursuits; died in New London, Conn., May 7, 1868; intermentgy; was ordained and installed as pastor in Canterbury, in Cedar Grove Cemetery. N.H., in 1761 and served until 1779; deputy to the Provincial Congress at Exeter in 1775; Member of the Continental Con- FOSS, Eugene Noble (brother of ),agress 1783-1785; judge of the court of common pleas of Rock- Representative from Massachusetts;- born in West Berkshire,ingham County 1784-1788; elected to the First Congress near St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., on September 24,(March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); member of the State senate 1858; attended the public schools, Franklin County Academy1791-1794, and served as its president in 1793; elected as a at St. Albans, Vt., and the University of Vermont; settled inFederalist to the Fourth and to the three succeeding Con- Boston, Mass., in 1882; engaged in the manufacture of irongresses (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1803); died in Canterbury, and steel products; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-firstN.H., February 6, 1806; interment in Center Cemetery. Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Bibliography: DAB. C. Lovering and served from March 22, 1910, until his resig- nation, effective January 4, 1911, having been elected Gover- FOSTER, Addison Gardner, a Senator from Washington; nor of Massachusetts, in which capacity he served from 1911born in Belchertown, Hampshire County, Mass., January 28, to 1913; unsuccessful candidate for reelection as Governor in1837; moved to Oswego, Kendall County, Ill., and attended 1912; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits, andman-the common schools; moved to Wabasha County, Minn., and aged his large real estate holdings in Boston, Mass.; died inengaged in the grain and real estate business; auditor and Jamaica Plain (Boston), Mass., September 13, 1939; inter-surveyor of Wabasha County; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in ment in Forest Hill Cemetery. 1873 and engaged in the lumber business; moved to Tacoma, Wash., in 1888 and continued in the lumber business; also FOSS, Frank Herbert, a Representative from Massachu-engaged in coal mine operations and railroad construction; setts; born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, Septemberelected as a Republican to the United States Senate and 20, 1865; attended the public schools, and was graduatedserved from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1905; was not a from Kent Hill (Maine) Seminary in 1886; moved to Fitch-candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Coast and burg, Mass., in 1893; member of a firm engagedas generalInsular Survey (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses), contractors in the construction of industrial plants, and also interested in banking; member of the Fitchburg city councilCommittee on Geological Survey (Fifty-eighth Congress); re-- 1906-1912; water commissioner 1913-1915; mayor of Fitch-sumed the lumber business at Tacoma, Wash.; retired from burg 19 17-1920; member of the Republican State committeeactive business pursuits in 1914 and resided in Tacoma until 1915-1946, and served as chairman 1921-1924; delegate tohis death January 16, 1917; interment in Tacoma Cemetery. the Republican State conventions from 1915 to 1946; elected FOSTER, Charles, a Representative from Ohio; born near as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the four succeed- Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, April 12, 1828; moved with his ing Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1935); unsuccess-father to Rome, now the city of Fostoria, Seneca County, ful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourthOhio; attended the common schools until he was twelve Congress; resumed management in the contracting businessyears old; engaged in the dry goods business and later bank- Biographies 1019 ing; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and to the1839; was reelected for the term beginning March 4,1839, three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1879);but resigned, not wishing to obey instructions givenhim by unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-the Statelegislature;chairman, Committee on Claims sixth Congress; Governor of Ohio 1880-1884; unsuccessful(Twenty-eighth Congress);electedto the United States candidate for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress;Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his succes- Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President Harri-sor, , and servedfrom October 17, 1843, to son from February 25, 1891, to March 3,1893; resumed hisMarch 3, 1845; unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor in former business pursuits; died in Springfield, Ohio, January1845; resumed the practice of law; died in Nashville,Tenn., 9, 1904; interment in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Ohio.September 6, 1854; interment in the City Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. Bibliography: DAB. FOSTER, David Johnson, a Representative from Ver- FOSTER, George Peter, a Representative from Illinois; mont; born in Barnet, Caledonia County, Vt., June 27, 1857;born in Dover, Morris County, N.J., April 3, 1858; moved to attended the public schools of his native city and was grad-Chicago in 1867; attended the public schools and the Univer- uated from the St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy in 1876 andsity of Chicago; was graduated from Union College of Law at from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1880; studiedChicago in 1882; was admitted to the bar the same yearand law; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced prac-commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; justice of the peace for tice in Burlington, Vt.; prosecuting attorney of Chittendenthe town of South Chicago 1891-1899; acting policemagis- County 1886-1890; member of the State senate 1892-1894;trate of the principal police court of the city1893-1899; commissioner of State taxes 1894-1898; chairman of theelected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and board of railroad commissioners 1898-1900; chairman of theFifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1905); un- commission representing the United States at the first Cen-successful candidate for reelection in 1904; resumed the tennial of the Independence of Mexico at Mexico City inpractice of law; assistant corporation counsel of Chicago, Ill., 1910; chairman of the United States delegation to the gener-1912-1922; retired from active pursuits in 1928 and moved to al assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture atWheaton, Ill., where he died November 11, 1928; interment Rome in May 1911; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-in Calvary Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses and served FOSTER, Henry Allen, a Representative and a Senator from March 4, 1901, until his death in Washington, D.C.,from New York; born in Hartford, Conn., May 7,1800; March 21, 1912; chairman, Committee on Expenditures inmoved to Cazenovia, N.Y., when a boy; attended the common the Department of Commerce and Labor (Fifty-ninth and through Sixty-first Congresses), Committee on Foreign Af-schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 commenced practice in Oneida County, N.Y.; surrogate to fairs (Sixty-first Congress); interment in Lakeview Cemetery, of the town Burlington, Vt. Oneida County 1827-183' 1835-1839; supervisor of Rome N.Y., 1829-1830, 1833-1834; member, Statesenate FOSTER, Dwight (brother of ), a Repre-183 1-1834; elected as a Democrat to theTwenty-fifth Con- sentative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Brook-gress (March 4, 1837-March 3,1839); resumed the practice of field, Worcester County, Mass., December 7, 1757; completedlaw in Rome; appointed as a Democrat tothe United States preparatory studies and graduated from Brown University,Senate to fill the vacancy caused by theresignation of Silas Providence, R.I., in 1774; studied law; was admitted to theWright, Jr., and served from November 30, 1844, toJanuary bar in 1778 and commenced practice in Providence, R.I.;27, 1845, when a successor was elected andqualified; judge justice of the peace for Worcester County 1781-1823; specialof the supreme court for the fifth district1864-1872; presi- justice of the court of common pleas 1792; sheriff of Worces- dent of the board of trustees of HamiltonCollege; vice presi- ter County 1792; member, State house of representativesdent of the American Colonization Society; diedin Rome, 1791-1792; elected to the Third and to the three succeedingN.Y., May 11, 1889; interment in Rome Cemetery. Congresses and served from March 4, 1793, to June 6, 1800, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Claims (Fourth FOSTER, Henry Donnel (cousin of JohnCabell Breckin- through Sixth Congresses); delegate to the State constitu-ridge), a Representative from Pennsylvania; bornin Mercer, tional convention in 1799; elected to the United StatesMercer County, Pa., December 19, 1808;pursued classical Senate as a Federalist to fill the vacancy caused by thestudies; was graduated from the College ofMeadville; stud- ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1829 andcommenced resignation of Samuel Dexter and served from June 6, 1800, the to March 2, 1803, when he resigned; chief justiceof the courtpractice in Greensburg, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to of common pleas 1801-1811; member, State house of repre-Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843- sentatives 1808-1809; member of the Governor's councilandMarch 3, 1847); member of the State house ofrepresenta- tives in 1857 and 1858; unsuccessful candidatefor election in held other state and local offices; died in Brookfield, Mass., candidate for April 29, 1823; interment in Brookfield Cemetery. 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; unsuccessful Governor in 1860; unsuccessfully contested the electionof FOSTER, Ephraim Hubbard, a Senator from Tennessee; to the Forty-first Congress; elected tothe born near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., September17, Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuc- 1794; moved to Tennessee with his parents, whosettled nearcessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to theForty-third Nashville, Davidson County, in 1797; completed preparatoryCongress; resumed the practice of law inGreensburg, Pa.; studies and graduated from Cumberland College (laterthemoved to Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pa., in1879 and died University of Nashville) in 1813; studied law; wasadmittedthere October 16, 1880; interment in St. Clair Cemetery, to the bar in 1820 and commencedpractice in Nashville,Greensburg, Pa. to Tenn.; served in the Creek War and was private secretary Ohio; born Gen. Andrew Jackson 1813-1815; member, Statehouse of FOSTER, Israel Moore, a Representative from representatives 1829-1831, 1835-1837, and served as speakerin Athens, Athens County, Ohio, January 12, 1873;attended United Statesthe public schools, and was graduated fromthe Ohio Univer- during that time; appointed as a Whig to the Harvard Law Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationof Felixsity at Athens in 1895; studied law at the Grundy and served from September 17, 1838, toMarch 3,School in 1895 and 1896; was graduated from the Ohio State 1020 Biographical Directory

Law School in 1898 and commenced practice thesame yearto the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, in Athens, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of AthensCounty1919); chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Sixty- 1902-19 10; member and secretary of the board of trusteesofsecond through Sixty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candi- the Ohio University twenty-four years; secretary of the Re-date for reelection in 1918; engaged in the practice of medi- publican State central committee in 1912; electedas a Re-cine until his death in Olney, Ill., October 20, 1919; inter- publican to the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighthment in Haven Hill Cemetery. Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1925); unsuccessfulcan- didate for renomination in 1924; appointeda commissioner FOSTER, Murphy James, a Senator from Louisiana; born of the court of claims April 1, 1925, and served until April1, in Franklin, St. Mary Parish, La., January 12, 1849; attend- 1942, when he retired; died in Washington, D.C., June10, ed a preparatory school at Whites Creek,near Nashville, 1950; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. Tenn., and the Washington and Lee University, Lexington, FOSTER, John Hopkins, a Representative from Indiana;Va., 1867-1868; graduated from Cumberland University, Leb- born in Evansville, Vanderburg County, md., January 31,anon, Tenn., in 1870 and from the law school of the Univer- 1862; attended the common schools of his native cityandsity of Louisiana (now Tulane University) at New Orleans in was graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in1871; was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commencedprac- 1882 and from the law department of Columbian Universitytice in Franklin, La.; elected in 1876 to the state legislature, (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., inbut was prevented from taking his seat; member, State 1884; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced thesenate 1879-1895, and served as president pro tempore 1888- practice of his profession in Evansville, md.; member of the1890; Governor of Louisiana 1892-1900; electedas a Demo- State house of representatives in 1893; judge of the superior crat to the United States Senate in 1901; reelected in 1907 court of Vanderburg County 1896-1905; elected as a Republi-and served from March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1913; chairman, can to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused byCommittee on Transportation and Sale of Meat Products the resignation of James A. Hemenway; reelected to the(Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses); appointed by Presi- Sixtieth Congress and served from May 16, 1905, to March 3,dent Woodrow Wilson collector of the port of New Orleans 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the1914-1921; died at Dixie plantation, near Franklin, La.,on Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law in Evans-June 12, 1921; interment in Franklin Cemetery. ville, md., where he died September 5, 1917; interment in Bibliography: DAB. Oak Hill Cemetery. FOSTER, Nathaniel Greene, a Representative from Geor- FOSTER, Lafayette Sabine, a Senator from Connecticut;gia; born near Madison, Greene (now Morgan) County, Ga., born in Franklin, New London County, Conn., November 22,on August 25, 1809; attended private schools, and was grad- 1806; attended the common schools; receivedpreparatoryuated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1830; instruction and graduated from Brown University, Provi-studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced dence, R.I., in 1828; taught school in Providence andcom-practice in Madison, Ga.; captain of a company in the Semi- menced the study of law in Norwich; took charge ofannole War; elected solicitor general of the Ocmulgee circuit academy at Centerville, Md., and while therewas admittedand served from March 3, 1838, to October 3, 1840, when he to the Maryland bar in 1830; returned to Norwich, Conn.,resigned; member of the State house of representatives in and completed his law studies; was admitted to the barin1840; served in the State senate 1841-1843 and again in 1851 1831 and commenced the practice of law; editor of theRe- and 1852; elected as a candidate of the American Party to publican, a Whig newspaper; member, State house ofrepre-the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); sentatives 1839-1840, 1846-1848, 1854, and served threeaffiliated with the Democratic Party; pastor of the Baptist years as speaker of the house; unsuccessful Whig candidate Church at Madison 1855-1869; elected judge of the Ocmulgee for Governor of Connecticut in 1850 and again in 1851;circuit and served from September 30, 1867, until his resig- mayor of Norwich 1851-1852; elected in 1854 as a Republi-nation in 1868 on account of ill health; died in Madison, Ga., can to the United States Senate; reelected in 1860, andOctober 19, 1869; interment in Madison Cemetery. served from March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1867; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; served as Presidentpro tempore of FOSTER, Stephen Clark, a Representative from Maine; the Senate during the Thirty-ninth Congress; chairman,born in Machias, Maine, December 24, 1799; attended the

Committee on Pensions (Thirty-seventh through Thirty-common schools; learned the blacksmith's trade and subse-- ninth Congresses); professor of law in Yale College in 1869;quently became a shipbuilder; member of the State house of member, State house of representatives 1870, andwas elect-representatives 1834-1837; member of the State senate in ed speaker but resigned to accept a judicial position; associ-1840, and served as president; again elected to the State ate justice of the Connecticut supreme court 1870-1876,house of representatives in 1847; elected as a Republican to when he retired; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for elec-the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857- tion to the Forty-fourth Congress; died in Norwich, Conn.,March 3, 1861); member of the peace convention of 1861 held September 19, 1880; interment in Yantic Cemetery. in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent Bibliography: DAB; Campbell, W.H.W. Memorial Sketch of Lafayette S. the impending war; died in Pembroke, Washington County, Foster, Senator From Connecticut. Boston: Franklin Press, 1881. Maine, October 5, 1872; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. FOSTER, Martin David, a Representative from Illinois; FOSTER, Theodore (brother of Dwight Foster), a Senator born near West Salem, Edwards County, Ill., September 3,from Rhode Island; born in Brookfield, Worcester County, 1861; attended the public schools and Eureka (Ill.) College;Mass., April 29, 1752; pursued classical studies and graduat- was graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincin- ed from Rhode Island College (now Brown University), Provi- nati, Ohio, in 1882 and from the Hahnemann Medical Col-dence, R.I., in 1770; studied law; was admitted to the bar lege, Chicago, Ill., in 1884; commenced the practice of medi-about 1771 and commenced practice in Providence, R.I.; cine in Olney, Richiand County, Ill., in 1884; servedas atown clerk of Providence 1775-1787; member, State house of member of a board of United States examining surgeons inrepresentatives 1776-1782; appointed judge of the court of 1885-1889, and again from 1893 to 1897; mayor of Olney, Ill., admiralty in May 1785; appointed Naval Officer of Customs in 1895 and 1902; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth andfor the district of Providence, R.I., 1790; appointed to the Biographies 1021

United States Senate in 1790; elected in 1791 and again indelegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1924, 1926, 1797 as a Federalist and served from June 7, 1790, to Marchand 1928; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Con- 3, 1803; was not a candidate for reelection in 1802; retiredgress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935);nominated for Gover- from public life and engaged in writing and historical re-nor by the Farmer-Labor Party in 1934, butdeclined; unsuc- search; member, State house of representatives 1812-1816;cessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth trustee of Brown University 1794-1822; died in Providence,Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits; also engaged as an R.I., January 13, 1828; interment in Swan Point Cemetery.author and in farm-organization work; died in Hartford, Bibliography: DAB. Mich., December 13, 1960; interment in Hartford Cemetery. FOSTER, Thomas Flournoy, a Representative from Geor- FOULKROD, William Walker, a Representative from gia; born in Greensboro, Ga., November 23, 1790; pursuedPennsylvania; born in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa., Novem- preparatory studies, and was graduated from Franklin Col-ber 22, 1846; attended public and private schools in Philadel- lege in 1812; studied law at the Litchfield (Ga.) Law School;phia; engaged in the wholesale dry-goods business and the was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practiceinmanufacture of hosiery; president of the Philadelphia Trades Greensboro; member of the State house of representativesLeague; interested in plans for the improvement of the Dela- 1822-1825; elected to the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, andware River and Channel; elected as aRepublican to the Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3,1835); Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served from March 4, chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-third Con-1907, until his death; unsuccessful candidate for reelection gress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to thein 1910; died in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa., November 13, Twenty-fourth Congress; member of the State convention1910; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery. from Greene County in 1833 to reduce membership of the general assembly; moved to Columbus, Muscogee County, FOUNTAIN, Lawrence H., a Representative from North Ga., in 1835 and continued the practice of his profession; Carolina; born in Leggett, Edgecombe County, N.C., April 23, delegate to a convention at Tuscaloosa, Ala., in the interest1913; attended the Edgecombe public schools; University of of Gen. William H. Harrison's candidacy for President of theNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., 1934 and from the law United States; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventhschool of the same university, J.D., 1936; was admitted to Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); died in Columbus,the bar the same year and practiced law in Tarboro, N.C.; Ga., September 14, 1848; interment in Linwood Cemetery.enlsited as a private in the United States Army on March 4, 1942; was promoted through the ranks and released from FOSTER, Wilder De Ayr, a Representative from Michi-service as a major from the Judge Advocate General's Office gan; born in Orange County, N.Y., January 8,1819; attendedon March 4, 1946; lieutenant colonel(ret.), United States the common schools of his native county; moved to MichiganArmy Reserve; reading clerk in the State senate 1936-1941; in 1837, and engaged in the hardware business at Grand member of the State senate 1947-1952; elected as a Demo-- Rapids in 1845; city treasurer and member of the board ofcrat to the Eighty-third and to the fourteen succeedingCon- aldermen; mayor of Grand Rapids in 1854; member of thegresses (January 3, 1953-January 3,1983); was not a candi- State senate in 1855 and 1856; again elected mayor of Granddate for reelection in 1982; is a resident ofTarboro, N.C. Rapids and served in 1865 and 1866; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by FOWLER, Charles Newell, a Representative fromNew the resignation of Thomas White Ferry; reelected to theJersey; born in Lena, Stephenson County, Ill.,November 2, Forty-third Congress and served from December 4, 1871,1852; attended the public schools in Lena, Ill.,and Beloit until his death in Grand Rapids, Mich., September 20, 1873;College, Beloit, Wis.; was graduated from YaleCollege in interment in Fulton Street Cemetery. 1876 and from Chicago Law School in 1878; was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced the practiceof law in Beloit, FOUKE, Philip Bond, a Representative from Illinois; bornKans.; moved to Cranford, N.J., in 1883 and toElizabeth in in Kaskaskia, Ill., January 23, 1818; attended the public1891 and engaged in banking, serving as presidentof a schools and became a civil engineer; established and pub- the Fifty- lished the Belleville Advocate in 1841; studied law; was ad-mortgage company; elected as a Republican to fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses(March 4, mitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Belle- 1895-March 3, 1911); chairman, Committee on Bankingand yule; prosecuting attorney for the Kaskaskia district (secondCurrency (Fifty-seventh through Sixtieth Congresses); unsuc- circuit) 1846-1850; member of the State house of representa-cessful candidate for nomination for election to theUnited tives in 1851; unsuccessfully contested the election of Lyman State com- Trumbull to the Thirty-fourth Congress; elected as a Demo-States Senate in 1910; member of the Republican mittee 1898-1907; resumed banking activities atElizabeth, crat to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh CongressesN.J.; also engaged in literary pursuits andoperated a group (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863); was not a candidate for Orange, renomination in 1862; during the Civil War served as colonelof marble quarries in Vermont; in 1930 moved to of the Thirtieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, andN.J., where he died May 27, 1932; interment in Fairview was wounded at the Battle of Belmont;engaged in the prac-Cemetery, Westfield, N.J. tice of law in Washington, D.C., and died there October3, FOWLER, Hiram Robert, a Representative from Illinois; 1876; interment in Congressional Cemetery. born near Eddyville, Pope County, Ill., February 7,1851; attended the public schools of his native city, and wasgrad- FOULKES, George Ernest, a Representative from Michi- in gan; born in Chicago, Ill., December25, 1878; attended theuated from the Illinois Normal University at Normal public schools of Chicago; was graduated from the law de-1880; studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann partment of Lake Forest University, Chicago, Ill., in1900; Arbor and was graduated in 1884; was admitted to thebar and commencedin 1884 and commenced the practice of his professionin was admitted to the bar the same year 1888- practice in the United States Treasury Department;specialElizabethtown, Ill.; State's attorney of Hardin County agent of the United States Treasury Department incharge1892; served in the State house of representatives 1893-1895; of field service at New York City, El Paso, Tex., St.Paul,member of the State senate 1900-1904; elected as a Demo-- Minn., and Minneapolis, Minn., 1900-1919; moved toHart-crat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses(March 4, ford, Mich., in 1920 and engaged in agricultural pursuits;1911-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1022 Biographical Directory

1914; resumed the practice of law in Elizabethtown,Ill.; burgh, Orange County, N.Y., October 30, 1779; attended the moved to Harrisburg, Ill., in 1915 and continued practiceMontgomery Academy; studied medicine at the Pennsylva- until his death on January 5, 1926; interment in Sunset Hillnia Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., and commenced prac- Cemetery. tice in Hamburg, N.J., in 1800; moved to Franklin, N.J.; FOWLER, John, a Representative from Kentucky; born inmember of the State council in 1827; elected as a Jacksonian Virginia in 1755; attended the common schools; servedasto the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, captain in the Revolutionary War; member of theconven-1833-March 3, 1837); was the discoverer of fowlerite,a rare tion held in Danville, Fayette County, Va. (now Kentucky),mineral named in his honor, and of franklinite, named by in 1787; served in the Virginia house of delegates in 1787;him; owned and developed the zinc mines at Franklin, member of the Virginia convention which ratified the Con-Sussex County; owned and conducted the Franklin Furnace stitution; moved to Lexington, Ky.; electedas a RepublicanIron Works; was a frequent contributor to numerous scientif- to the Fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,ic publications; died in Franklin, N.J., February 20, 1844; 1797-March 3,1807); postmaster of Lexington 1814-1822;interment in North Church Cemetery, Hardyston Township, died in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., August 22, 1840;near Hamburg, N.J. interment in the Old Episcopal Cemetery. FOWLER, Samuel (grandson of Samuel Fowler [1779- FOWLER, John Edgar, a Representative from North1844]), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Port Carolina; born in Honeycutt's Township,near Clinton,Jervis, Orange County, N.Y., March 22, 1851; attended the Sampson County, N.C., September 8,1866; attended theNewton (N.J.) Academy, Princeton College, and Columbia common schools and Wake Forest (N.C.) College; studied lawCollege Law School in New York City; was admitted to the at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;wasbar of New York in 1873 and of New Jersey in 1876 and admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice inpracticed law in Newark and Newton, N.J.; electedas a Clinton, N.C.; trustee of State Normal College for Women,Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses Greensboro, N.C., 1895-1903; member of the State senate in(March 4, 1889-March 3,1893); chairman, Committee on 1895 and 1896; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth Con-Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Fifty-second Congress);was gress (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899); resumed the practice ofnot a candidate for reelection to the Fifty-third Congress; law in Clinton, N.C.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits;resumed the practice of his profession in Ogdensburg, N.J.; member of the State house of representatives in 1905 anddied in Newark, N.J., March 17, 1919; interment in North 1906; died in Clinton, N.C., July 4, 1930; interment in Clin-Church Cemetery, Hardyston Township, near Hamburg, N.J. ton Cemetery. FOWLER, Wyche, Jr., a Representative and a Senator FOWLER, Joseph Smith, a Senator from Tennessee; bornfrom Georgia; born in Atlanta, Ga., October 6, 1940; attend- in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, August 31, 1820;ed the public schools; graduated, Davidson College 1962; attended the common schools and Grove Academy, Steuben-graduated, Emory University School of Law 1969; served as ville, Ohio; graduated from Franklin College, New Athens,a United States Army intelligence officer 1963-1964; chief of Ohio, in 1843; taught school in Shelby County, Ky., in 1844;staff for Representative Charles Weltner 1965-1966; attorney professor of mathematics at Franklin College, Davidson1969-1977; Atlanta board of aldermen 1970-1973; president, County, Tenn., 1845-1849; studied law in Bowling Green,Atlanta city council 1974-1977; elected as a Democrat to the KY.; was admitted to the bar and practiced in TennesseeNinety-fifth Congress on April 6, 1977, by special election, to until 1861; president of Howard Female College, Gallatin, fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew Young; Tenn., 1856-1861; comptroller of Tennessee 1862-1865; activereelected to the four succeeding Congresses (April 6, 1977- in the reconstruction of the State government;upon theJanuary 3, 1987); was not a candidate for reelection to the readmission of the State of Tennessee to representationwasHouse of Representatives in 1986, but was elected as a Dem- elected as a Unionist to the United States Senate and servedocrat to the United States Senate in 1986 for the term from July 24, 1866, to March 3, 1871; was nota candidate forending January 3, 1993. reelection; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Forti- eth Congress); engaged in the practice of law in Washington, FOX, Andrew Fuller, a Representative from Mississippi; D.C., until his death there on April 1, 1902; interment inborn in Reform, Pickens County, Ala., April 26, 1849; moved Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky. to Calhoun County, Miss., with his parents in 1853; attended Bibliography: DAB; Durham, Walter. "How Say You, Senator Fowler?" private schools, and was graduated from Mansfield (Tex.) Tennessee History Quarterly 42 (Sprmg 1983): 39-57. College in 1872; studied law in Grenada, Miss.; was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Calhoun and FOWLER, Orin, a Representative from Massachusetts;Webster Counties; moved to West Point, Miss., in 1883; dele- born in Lebanon, Conn., July 29, 1791; pursued classicalgate to the Democratic National Convention in1888; studies and attended Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.;member of the State senate from 1891 until 1893, when he was graduated from Yale College in 1814; studied theologyresigned to accept the office of United States attorney for and pursued extensive missionary work in the Valley of thethe northern district of Mississippi; resigned the latter office Mississippi; finally settled as a minister in Plainfield, Conn.,on September 1, 1896; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty- in 1820; moved to Fall River, Mass., in 1829, where hewasfifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, installed as pastor of the Congregational Church in 1831;1897-March 3, 1903); was not a candidate for renomination wrote a history of Fall River in 1841; served in the Statein 1902; president of Mississippi State Bar Association in senate in 1848; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and1911; engaged in the practice of law in West Point, Miss., Thirty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1849,until 1914, when he retired; died in West Point, Miss., until his death in Washington, D.C., September 3, 1852; in-August 29, 1926; interment in West Point Cemetery. terment in the , Fall River, Mass. Bibliography: DAB. FOX, John, a Representative from New York; born in Frederickton, New Brunswick, Canada, June 30, 1835; moved FOWLER, Samuel (grandfather of Samuel Fowler [1851-to New York City with his parents in 1840; attended the 1919]), a Representative from New Jersey; born in New-public schools; engaged in mechanical pursuits; employedas Biographies 1023 a master block maker in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1857;Providence, R.I., and graduated from Brown University, member of the board of aldermen and supervisor of NewProvidence, R.I., in 1808; engaged in mercantile pursuits; York City in 1863 and 1864; supervisor of New York Countyattended the Litchfield (Conn.) Law School; was admitted to in 1864; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-firstthe bar but never practiced; member, State house of repre- Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871); declined to be asentatives 1821-1829; member of the board of trustees of candidate for renomination in 1870; member of the StateBrown University 1828-1857; member, State senate 1831, senate 1874-1878; president of the National Democratic Club1842; Governor of Rhode Island 1833-1838; chancellor of 1894-1910; engaged in business as an iron merchant, withBrown University 1841-1854; elected as a Whig to the residence in New York City, where he died January 17,United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- 1914; interment in Calvary Cemetery. nation of William Sprague and served from January 25, 1844, to March 3, 1845; was not a candidate for reelection; FRANCE, Joseph Irvin, a Senator from Maryland; born inchairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-eighth Cameron, Clinton County, Mo., October 11, 1873; attendedCongress); member, State senate 1845-1856; retired from the common schools and Canandaigua Academy, Canandai-public life and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his gua, N.Y.; graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton,N.Y., death at "Spring Green," Warwick, R.I., August 9, 1864; in 1895; attended the University of Leipzig, Germany; wasinterment in North Burial Ground, Providence, R.I. graduated from the medical department of Clark University, Worcester, Mass., in 1897; taught natural science, Jacob Bibliography: DAB. Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md., in 1897; resigned to enter FRANCIS, William Bates, a Representative from Ohio; the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md.,born near Updegraff, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 25, from which he was graduated in 1903; commenced the prac-1860; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted tice of medicine in Baltimore in 1903; member, State senateto the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Martins 1906-1908; engaged in finance in 1908; secretary to the medi-Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio; city solicitor in 1897, 1898, cal and chirurgical faculty of Maryland 1916-1917; elected asand 1900; member of the board of school examiners of Mar- a Republican to the United StatesSenate in 1916 and servedtins Ferry 1903-1908; delegate to the Democratic National from March 4, 1917, until March 3, 1923; unsuccessful candi-Convention in 1904; member of the board of education of date for reelection in 1922; chairman, Committee on PublicMartins Ferry 1908-1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty- Health and National Quarantine(Sixty-fifthCongress); second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, president of the Republic International Corporation;re- 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the sumed the practice of medicine in Port Deposit, CecilSixty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of his profes- County, Md.; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 tosion; chairman of the Ohio State Civil Service 193 1-1935; the United States Senate; died in Port Deposit, Md., Januarysupervisor of properties for aid to aged, until his retirement; 26, 1939; interment in Hopewell Cemetery, near Port Depos-resided in Martins Ferry and later in St. Clairsville, Ohio, it. until his death in Wheeling, W.Va., December 5, 1954; inter- ment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, MountPleasant, Ohio. FRANCHOT, Richard, a Representative from New York; born in Morris, Otsego County, N.Y., June 2, 1816; attended FRANK, Augustus (nephew of William Patterson of New the public schools and the Hartwick and Cherry ValleyYork and George Washington Patterson), a Representative Academies; studied civil engineering at the Polytechnic In-from New York; born in Warsaw, Wyoming County,N.Y., stitute, Troy, N.Y.; served for some years as president of theJuly 17, 1826; attended the common schools; engagedin Albany & Susquehanna Railroad Co.; elected as a Republi-mercantile pursuits; director and vice president of theBuffa- can to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March4, 1861-March 3,lo & New York City Railroad Co.; delegate to the Republican 1863); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; movedNational Convention in 1856; elected as a Republican to the to Schenectady, N.Y.; raised the One Hundred and Twenty-Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, and Thirty-eighth Congresses first Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and was com-(March 4, 1859-March 3,1865); was not a candidate for missioned colonel August 23, 1862; brevetted brigadier gen- renomination in 1864; director of Wyoming County National eral United States Volunteers March 13, 1865; associatedBank in 1865; member of the State constitutional convention with the Central Pacific Railroad Co.; died in Schenectady,in 1867 and 1868; one of the managers of theBuffalo State N.Y., November 23, 1875; interment in Vale Cemetery. Hospital for the Insane at Buffalo, N.Y., 1870-1882; orga- nized the Bank of Warsaw in 1871 and served aspresident FRANCIS George Blinn, a Representative from Newuntil his death; director of the Rochester Trust & Safe De- York; born in Cranston (now a part of Providence), R.I.,posit Co.; State commissioner for the preservation of public August 12, 1883; attended the University School in Provi-parks; member of the board of directors of the Buffalo,Roch- dence, R.I.; was graduated from Brown University, Provi- the State dence, R.I., in 1904 and from the law department of Harvardester & Pittsburgh Railroad; delegate at large to University in 1907; was admitted to the bar in 1907 andconstitutional convention in 1894; died in New York City commenced practice in New York City; elected as a Republi-April 29, 1895; interment in Warsaw Cemetery, Warsaw, can to the Sixty-fifth Congress(March 4, 1917-March 3, N.Y. 1919); was not a candidate for renomination in 1918; re- FRANK, Barney, a Representative from Massachusetts; sumed the practice of law in New York City; was specialborn in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., March31, 1940; assistant United States attorney in Minnesota in 1926andattended the public schools; graduated from Bayonne High 1927; elected a member of the board of water commissionersSchool, 1957; A.B., Harvard University, 1962; graduatework of Tarrytown, N.Y., and served as its president; retired inin political science and teaching fellow in government, same October 1953 and resided at Delray Beach, Fla.; died May 20,university, 1962-1972; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1977; ad- 1967, in Boca Raton, Fla.; interment in Greenwood Ceme-mitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1979 but did not practice; tery, Brooklyn, N.Y. executive assistant to Mayor Kevin White of Boston,1968- FRANCIS, John Brown (grandson of John Brown of1971; administrative assistant to United States Congressman Rhode Island), a Senator from Rhode Island; born inPhila-Michael F. Harrington, 197 1-1972; member, Massachusetts delphia, Pa., May 31, 1791; attended the common schoolsofLegislature, 1973-1980; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety- 1024 Biographical Directory seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3,practice in Leavenworth, Kans.; elected to the State senate 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Newton, Mass. of Kansas in 1861, but due to the outbreak of the Civil War FRANK, Nathan, a Representative from Missouri; born innever served; entered the Confederate Army as a private; Peoria, Ill., February 23, 1852; attended the public schools ofwas promoted to the rank of captain and served throughout Peoria and St. Louis and Washington University, St. Louis,the Civil War; moved to Columbia, Mo., and engaged in Mo.; was graduated from Harvard Law School in 1871;wasagricultural pursuits; moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1868 admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St. Louis inand resumed the practice of law; prosecuting attorney for 1872; unsuccessfully contested the election of John M.Jackson County, Mo., 1871-1875; elected as a Democrat to Glover to the Fiftieth Congress in 1886; electedas a Republi-the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875- can to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3,March 3, 1879); chairman, Committee on Territories (Forty- 1891); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890;fifth Congress); was a candidate for renomination, but with- founder and owner of the St. Louis Star; delegate to thedrew; again engaged in the practice of law in Kansas City, Republican National Convention in 1896; vice president ofMo.; appointed United States consul at Hankow, China, in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1904;un-1885; returned to the United States in 1890 and settled in successful candidate for nomination for United States Sena-Phoenix, Ariz., and engaged in the practice of law; appointed tor in 1910, 1916, and 1928; retired from the active practiceGovernor of the Territory of Arizona and served from April of law; died at St. Louis, Mo., April 5, 1931; interment in18, 1896, to July 29, 1897; died in Phoenix, Ariz., May 18, Mount Sinai Cemetery. 1898; interment in Rosedale Cemetery. FRANKHAUSER, William Horace, a Representative from FRANKLIN, Jesse (brother of Meshack Franklin), a Rep- Michigan; born in Wood County, Ohio, March 5, 1863; moved resentative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in with his parents to Monroe, Mich., in 1875; attended the Orange County, Va., March 24, 1760; moved to North Caroli- public schools, Michigan State Normal School at Ypsilanti,na 1774; served as major during the Revolutionary War; and Oberlin College, Ohio; taught school for severalyears;member, State house of commons 1793-1794, 1797-1798; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commencedmember, State senate 1805-1806; elected to the Fourth Con- practice in Hillsdale, Mich.; city attorney and prosecutor ofgress (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1797); elected as a Republican Hilisdale County 1896-1903; elected as a Republican to theto the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1799, Sixty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1921, untiluntil March 3, 1805; served as President pro tempore of the his death in Battle Creek, Mich., on May 9, 1921; intermentSenate during the Eighth Congress; again elected as a Re- in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale, Mich. publican to the United States Senate in 1806 and served from March 4, 1807, until March 3, 1813; was not a candi- FRANKLIN, Benjamin (uncle of Franklin Davenport),adate for reelection; appointed a commissioner to treat with Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Boston, Mass., Januarythe Chickasaw Indians in 1817; Governor of North Carolina 17, 1706; attended the Boston Grammar Schoolone year; was1820-1821; died in Surry County, N.C., August 31, 1823; in- instructed in elementary branches by a private tutor;em-terment in the old National Park at Guilford battleground, ployed in a tallow chandlery for two years; learned the artnear Greensboro, N.C. of printing, and after working at his trade in Boston, Phila- Bibliography: DAB. delphia, and London established himself in Philadelphiaas a printer and publisher; founded the Pennsylvania Gazette in FRANKLIN, John Rankin, a Representative from Mary- 1728, and in 1732 began the publication of Poor Richard'sland; born near Berlin, Worcester County, Md., May 6, 1820; Almanac; State printer; clerk of the Pennsylvania generalpursued classical studies, and was graduated from Jefferson assembly 1736-1750; postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737;aCollege in 1836; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 member of the provincial assembly 1744-1754; a member ofand commenced practice in Snow Hill, Md.; member of the several Indian commissions; elected a member of the RoyalState house of delegates 1840-1843, and served as speaker Society on account of his scientific discoveries; deputy post-one term; president of the State board of public works in master general of the British North American Colonies1851; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 1753-1774; agent of Pennsylvania in London 1757-1762 and4, 1853-March 3, 1855); again a member of the State house 1764-1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1776;of delegates in 1859; judge of the first judicial circuit of signed the Declaration of Independence; president of theMaryland from 1867 until his death in Snow Hill, Worcester Pennsylvania constitutional convention of 1776; sent asaCounty, Md., January 11, 1878; interment in the churchyard diplomatic commissioner to France by the Continental Con-of Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church. gress and, later, Minister to France 1776-1785; one of the negotiators of the treaty of peace with Great Britain; presi- FRANKLIN, Meshack (brother of Jesse Franklin), a Rep- dent of the executive council of Pennsylvania 1785-1788;resentative from North Carolina; born in Surry County, president of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania;N.C., in 1772; member of the State house of commons in delegate to the Federal Convention in 1787; died in Philadel-1800 and 1801; served in the State senate in 1828, 1829, and phia, Pa., April 17, 1790; interment in Christ Church Burial 1838; elected as a Republican to the Tenth and to the three Ground. succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1815); died Bibliography: DAB; Franklin, Benjamin. The Papers of Benjamin Frank- in Surry County, N.C., December 18, 1839. lin. 25 vols. Edited by Leonard W. Labaree and William B. Willcox. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1959-; Wright, Esmond. Franklin of Phila- FRANKLIN, William Webster, a Representative from Mis- delphia. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard Universitysissippi; born in Greenwood, Miss., December 13, 1941; at- Press, 1986. tended public schools; B.A., Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1963; J.D., University of Mississippi, Oxford, 1966; FRANKLIN, Benjamin Joseph, a Representative fromadmitted to bar; United States Army Judge Advocate Gener- Missouri; born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., in Marchal's Corps, 1966; served in United States Army, major, 1963- 1839; attended private schools, and Bethany College, Betha- 1970; private practice of law, Greenwood, 1970-1972; assist- ny, Va. (now West Virginia), 1849-1851; taught school; stud-ant district attorney, Fourth District, Mississippi, 1972-1978; ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commencedelected circuit judge, Fourth District, Mississippi, 1978-1982; Biographies 1025 elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to thericultural pursuits; died January 11, 1947, in Riverdale, Md.; Ninety-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1987);interment in Park Cemetery, Hoople, N.Dak. was an unsuccessful candidate for reelectionin 1986; re- Bibliography: DAB; Briley,Ronald. "Lynn J.Frasier and Progress sumed the practice of law; is a resident of Greenwood, Miss. Indian Reform: A Plodder in the Ranks of a Ragged Regiment." South Dakota History 7 (Fall 1977): 438-54. FRASER, Donald MacKay, a Representative from Minne- FREAR, James Archibald, a Representative from Wiscon- sota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., Febru-sin; born in Hudson, St. Croix County, Wis., October 24, ary 20, 1924; educated in the public schools;graduated from1861; attended the public schools, and Laurence University, the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1944 while inAppleton, Wis., in 1878; moved with his parents to Washing- Naval R.O.T.C.; served in the Pacific Theater as a radarton, D.C., in 1879; served in the Signal Service, United officer, 1944-1946; graduated in law from the University ofStates Army, 1879-1884; was graduated from the National Minnesota in 1948; was admitted to the bar in 1948 andLaw University, Washington, D.C., in 1884; was admitted to began the practice of law in Minneapolis, Minn.; member ofthe bar the same year and commenced practice in Hudson, the State senate, 1954-1962; elected as a Democratic-Farmer-Wis.; city attorney of Hudson in 1894 and 1895; served Labor candidate to the Eighty-eighth and to the seven suc- eleven years with the Wisconsin National Guard, retiring ceeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1979); waswith the rank of colonel and judge advocate; district attor- not a candidate in 1978 for reelection but was an unsuccess- State ful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate;ney of St. Croix County 1896-1901; member of the assembly in 1903; served in the State senate in 1905; secre-- elected mayor of Minneapolis in 1979 for the two-year termtary of state of Wisconsin 1907-19 13; elected as a Republican commencing January 1980; reelected to a four-year term into the Sixty-third and to the ten succeeding Congresses 1981 and 1985; is a resident of Minneapolis, Minn. (March 4, 1913-January 3, 1935); was not a candidate for FRAZIER, James Beriah (father of James Beriah Frazier,renomination in 1934; resumed the practice of law in Wash- Jr.), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Pikeville, Bledsoeington, D.C., where he died May 28, 1939; interment in Ar- County, Tenn., October 18,1856; attended the commonlington National Cemetery. schools and Franklin College near Nashville, Tenn.; graduat- FREAR, Joseph Allen, Jr., a Senator from Delaware; born ed from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1878;on a farm near Rising Sun, Kent County,Del., March 7, read law in Nashville, Tenn., was admitted to the bar in1903; attended the public schools; graduated from the Uni- 1881, and commenced practice in Chattanooga, Tenn.; Gover-versity of Delaware in 1924; president and owner of a retail nor of Tennessee 1903-1905; elected as a Democrat to thebusiness in Dover, Del.; banker; commissioner of Delaware United States Senate March 21, 1905, to fill the vacancyState College 1936-1941 and Delaware Old Age Welfare caused by the death of William B. Bate and served fromCommission 1938-1948; director, Federal Land Bank Board, March 21, 1905, to March 3, 1911; unsuccessful candidate forBaltimore, Md., 1938-1947, being chairman of the board the reelection in 1910; resumed the practice of law; died in Chat-last two years; president of Kent General Hospital, Dover, tanooga, Tenn., March 28, 1937; interment in Forest HillDel., 1947-1951; during the Second World War served in the Cemetery. United States Army as a major 1944-1946; elected as a Dem- FRAZIER, James Beriah, Jr. (son of James Beriah Fra-ocrat to the United States Senate in 1948; reelectedin 1954 zier), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Chattanooga,and served from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1961; unsuc- Hamilton County, Tenn., June 23, 1890; educated in thecessful candidate for reelection in 1960; appointed to the public schools and Baylor Preparatory School in Chattanoo-Securities and Exchange Commission 1961-1963; resumed ga, Tenn., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville;former business and banking pursuits; is a resident of Dover, was graduated from Chattanooga Collegeof Law in 1914;Del. was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced the practice of law in Chattanooga, Tenn.; during the First World War FREDERICK, Benjamin Todd, a Representative from volunteered for service on April 21, 1917, and was dis-Iowa; born in Fredericktown, Columbiana County, Ohio, Oc- tober 5, 1834; attended the district schools; completed pre-- charged as a major in March 1919; appointed United States busi- attorney for the eastern district of Tennessee on Septemberparatory studies; engaged in the foundry and machine ness Marshalitown, Iowa, 1865-1888; wentto Marysville, 25, 1933, and served until his resignation on April 12, 1948;Calif., in 1857 and engaged in placer mining; returned to elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the sixMarshailtown, Iowa, in 1859; member of the city council of succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1963);Marshalltown 1874-1877; member of the school board three unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the election of Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Chat-terms; successfully contested as a Democrat the tanooga, Tenn., where he died October 30, 1978; interment inJames Wilson to the Forty-eighth Congress and took his seat the last day of that Congress, March 3, 1885; reelected to the Forest Hills Cemetery. Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); was not FRAZIER, Lynn Joseph, a Senator from North Dakota;a candidate for renomination in1886; moved to San Diego, born near Medford, Steele County, Minn., December 21,Calif., in 1887 and engaged in the real estate business; collec- 1874; moved to Dakota Territory (now North Dakota) in 1881tor of internal revenue 1893-1902; died in San Diego,Calif., with his parents, who homesteaded in Pembina County; at-November 3, 1903; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. tended the country schools; graduated from Mayville State Normal School, North Dakota, in 1895, and from the Univer- FREDERICKS, John Donnan, a Representative from sity of North Dakota at Grand Forks in 1901; engaged inCalifornia; born in Burgettstown, Washington County, Pa., agricultural pursuits; Governor of North Dakota 19 17-1921;September 10, 1869; attended the public schools and Wash- elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1922;ington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.; studied law; reelected in 1928 and in 1934 and served from March 4,was admitted to the bar in 1896 andcommenced practice in 1923, to January 3, 1941; unsuccessful candidate for renomi-Los Angeles, Calif.; served as an adjutant in theSeventh nation in 1940; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Sev-Regiment, California Volunteer Infantry, during the Span- entieth through Seventy-second Congresses); resumed his ag-ish-American War in 1898; district attorney of Los Angeles 1026 Biographical Directory

County 1903-19 15; unsuccessful Republican candidate forthe Democratic State central committee and served as chair- Governor of California in 1915; elected asa Republican toman; moved to Colorado and settled in Canon City in 1882; the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by theresumed the practice of his profession; died in Canon City, death of Henry Z. Osborne; reelected to the Sixty-ninth Con-Cob., January 17, 1886; interment in Jackson, Miss. gress and served from May 1, 1923, to March 3, 1927; was not a candidate for renomination in 1926; resumed theprac- FREEMAN, Jonathan (uncle of Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.), a tice of law at Los Angeles where he died August 26, 1945;Representative from New Hampshire; born in Mansfield, interment in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Conn., March 21, 1745; attended the public schools; moved to New Hampshire in 1769 and settled in Hanover; engaged in FREE, Arthur Monroe, a Representative from California; born in San Jose, Calif., January 15, 1879; attended theagricultural pursuits; was town clerk and also justice of the public schools of Santa Clara and the University of thepeace; executive councilor 1789-1797; member of the State Pacific, Stockton, Calif.; was graduated from Stanford Uni-house of representatives 1787-1789; served in the State versity, Palo Alto, Calif., in 1901 and from its law depart-senate 1789-1794; delegate to the Constitutional convention ment in 1903; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and com-of 1791; member of the State council; overseer of Dartmouth menced practice in San Jose; moved to Mountain View andCollege, Hanover, N.H., 1793-1808; treasurer of Dartmouth was city attorney 1904-19 10; district attorney of Santa ClaraCollege for more than forty years; elected as a Federalist to County 1907-19 19; voluntarily retired and resumed the prac-the Fifth and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1797-March 3, tice of law at San Jose; delegate to the Republican State1801); resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Hanover, N.H., conventions in 1914 and from 1920 to 1936; electedas aAugust 20, 1808; interment in Hanover Center Cemetery. Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the five succeeding FREEMAN, Nathaniel, Jr. (nephew of Jonathan Free- Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1933); unsuccessfulcan-man), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Sand- didate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress;wich, Barnstable County, Mass., on May 1, 1766; attended resumed the practice of law in San Jose, Calif., where hethe common schools; was graduated from Harvard Universi- died April 1, 1958; interment in Oak Hill Memorial Park.ty in 1787; studied law; was admitted to the bar about 1791 FREEDLEY, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania;and commenced practice in Sandwich and the Cape Cod born in Norristown, Pa., May 22, 1793; attended the publicdistrict; served as brigade major in the Massachusetts Mili- schools and Norristown Academy; assistant to his father,tia for sixteen years; justice of the peace in 1793; elected as a who operated a brickyard; studied law; was admitted to theFederalist to the Fourth Congress and reelected as a Repub- bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Norristown; alsolican to the Fifth Congress (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1799); became interested in marble and soapstone quarries; electeddied in Sandwich, Mass., August 22, 1800; interment in the as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first CongressesOld Burial Ground. (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); died in Norristown, Mont- FREEMAN, Richard Patrick, a Representative from Con- gomery County, Pa., December 8, 1851. necticut; born in New London, New London County, Conn., FREEMAN, Chapman, a Representative from Pennsylva-April 24, 1869; attended the public schools; was graduated nia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 8, 1832; was educatedfrom Bulkeley High School at New London in 1887, from at public and private schools and was graduated from theNoble and Greenough's Preparatory School, Boston, Mass., Philadelphia High School in 1850; commenced the study ofin 1888, from Harvard University in 1891, and from the law law, but engaged in mercantile pursuits until he entered thedepartment of Yale University in 1894; was admitted to the United States Navy as acting assistant paymaster in 1863;bar in 1894 and commenced practice in New London, Conn.; on account of impaired health resigned in 1864 and resumedspecial agent for the Department of the Interior in the the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 andStates of Oregon and Washington 1896-1898; during the war commenced practice in Philadelphia; one of the commission-with Spain served as regimental sergeant major in the Third ers on behalf of the Centennial from the city of PhiladelphiaRegiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and afterward to Vienna, Austria, in 1873; elected as a Republican to thebecame major and judge advocate of the Connecticut Nation- Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-al Guard; prosecuting attorney of the city of New London March 3, 1879); declined to be a candidate for renomination1898-190 1; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomi- in 1878; died in Strafford, Pa., March 22, 1904. nation to Congress in 1912; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March FREEMAN, James Crawford, a Representative from Geor-4, 1915-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomina- gia; born in Clinton (later Gray), Jones County, Ga., April 1, tion in 1932; resumed the practice of law in New London, 1820; attended the common schools; engaged in agriculturalConn.; died in Newington, Conn., July 8, 1944; interment in pursuits; moved to Griffin, Ga., in 1865 and continued inCedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn. farming operations; engaged in mercantile pursuits and in banking; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress FREER, Romeo Hoyt, a Representative from West Virgin- (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); moved to Atlanta, Ga., andia; born in Bazetta, Trumbull County, Ohio, November 9, again engaged in mercantile pursuits; died in Atlanta, Ga.,1846; attended the common schools of Ashtabula County, September 3, 1885; interment in Oakland Cemetery. Ohio, where his parents had moved when he was three years old; during the Civil War served in the Union Army as a FREEMAN, John D., a Representative from Mississippi;private; settled in Charleston, W.Va., in March 1866; taught born in Cooperstown, N.Y.; attended the common schools;school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and moved to Mississippi and located in Grand Gulf, studied law;practiced;assistantprosecutingattorneyof Kanawha was admitted to the bar and practiced; district attorney;County 1868-187 1; prosecuting attorney of the same county moved to Natchez, Miss.; attorney general of Mississippi1871-1873; appointed commercial agent to San Juan del 1841-1851; author of the first volume of reports of decisionsNorte, Nicaragua, January 15, 1873, and served until Janu- of the Chancery Court of Mississippi published in 1844; elect-ary 1877; moved to Harrisville, Ritchie County, W.Va., in ed as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1882; member of the State house of delegates in 1891; pros- 1851-March 3, 1853); served as attorney general; member ofecuting attorney of Ritchie County 1892-1897; judge of the Biographies 1027 fourth circuit of West Virginia 1896-1899; elected as a Re-Acting Governor of New Jersey ad interim; president of the publican to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3,State board of agriculture 1912-1925; president of the State 1901); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; attorney generalboard of education 1915-19 19; elected as a Republican to the of West Virginia 190 1-1905; appointed postmaster of Harris-United States Senate and served from March 4, 1917, to yule, W.Va., on October 4, 1907, and served until his death,March 3, 1923; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922; May 9, 1913; interment in Harrisville Cemetery. chairman, Committee on Coast Defenses (Sixty-sixth Con- gress); resumed his insurance business until his death in FRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick (father of Theodore Fre-Tucson, Ariz., February 8, 1948; interment in St. Bernard's linghuysen, great-uncle of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuy- sen, and great-great-great-grandfather of Peter Hood Ballan-Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J. tine Frelinghuysen, Jr.), a Delegate and a Senator from New FRELINGHUYSEN, Peter Hood Ballantine, Jr. (cousin of Jersey; born near Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., AprilJoseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, great-grandson of Frederick 13, 1753; graduated from the College of New Jersey (nowT. Frelinghuysen, great-great-nephew of Theodore Frelingh- Princeton University) in 1770; studied law; was admitted touysen, and great-great-great-grandsonof Frederick Frelingh- the bar in 1774 and commenced practice in Somersetuysen), a Representative from New Jersey; born in New County, N.J.; member, provincial congress of New JerseyYork City January 17, 1916; attended St. Mark's School, 1775-1776; served in the Revolutionary War, attaining theSouthboro, Mass.; graduated from Princeton University in rank of colonel; Member of the Continental Congress 1779;1938 and from Yale Law School in 1941; admitted to the bar clerk of the common pleas court, Somerset County 1781-the same year and practiced law in New York City from 1789, when he resigned; member, State general assemblyDecember 1941 to April 1942; served in Office of Naval 1784, 1800-1804; member of the New Jersey convention thatIntelligence from September 1942 to December 1945 and was ratified the Federal Constitution in 1787; member, Statereleased to inactive duty with a commission as lieutenant; council 1790-1792; appointed by President George Washing-took postgraduate work in history at Columbia University in ton brigadier general in 1790 in the campaign against the1946 and 1947; on staff of Foreign Affairs Task Force of the western Indians; elected to the United States Senate andHoover Commission from May to October 1948; engaged in served from March 4, 1793, to November 12, 1796, when heinvestment business in New York City; director of Howard resigned; commissioned major general in 1794 during theSavings Bank, Livingston, N.J.; elected as a Republican to Whiskey Insurrection; died in Millstone, N.J., April 13, 1804;the Eighty-third Congress and to the ten succeeding Con- interment in the Old Cemetery, Weston, N.J. gresses (January 3, 1953-January 3,1975); was not a candi- Bibliography: DAB. date in 1974 for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress;is FRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick Theodore (nephew anda resident of Morristown, N.J. adopted son of Theodore Frelinghuysen, great-nephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen, uncle of Joseph Sherman Frelingh- FRELINGHUYSEN, Theodore (son of Frederick Frelingh- uysen, and great-grandfather of Peter Hood BallantineFre- uysen, uncle and adoptive fatherof Frederick Theodore Fre-- linghuysen, Jr.), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Mill- linghuysen, and great-great-uncle of Peter Hood Ballantine stone, N.J., August 4, 1817; graduated from Rutgers College, Frelinghuysen, Jr.), a Senator from New Jersey; born in New Brunswick, N.J., in 1836; studied law; was admitted toMillstone, N.J., March 28, 1787; pursued classicalstudies the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Newark, N.J.;and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Prince- city attorney of Newark in 1849; member of the city councilton University) in 1804; studied law; wasadmitted to the bar 1850; trustee of Rutgers College 1851-1885; member of thein 1808 and commenced practice in Newark, N.J.;served as peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in ancaptain of Volunteer Militia in the War of 1812; attorney effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; attor-general of New Jersey 1817-1829, when he resigned; de- ney general of New Jersey 1861-1866; appointedand subse-clined the office of justice of the State supreme court in quently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate1826; unsuccessful candidate for election to theUnited to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William WrightStates Senate in 1826; elected to the United States Senate in and served from November 12, 1866, to March 3, 1869; un-1828 and served from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1835; successful candidate for reelection in 1868; appointed Unitedchairman, Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-eighthCon- States Minister to England by President Ulysses Grant ingress); resumed the practice of law in Newark, N.J.; mayor July 1870; confirmed but declined the appointment; againof Newark 1837-1838; chancellor of New York University elected to the United States Senate as a Republican and1839-1850; very active in religious organizations throughout served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877; appointed ahis life; vice president of the American Colonization Society; member of the Electoral Commission in 1877 to decide theunsuccessful Whig candidate for vice president on the ticket contests in various States in the presidential election ofwith Henry Clay in 1844; president of Rutgers College,New 1876; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Com-Brunswick, N.J., from 1850 until his death in New Bruns- mittee on Agriculture (Forty-second through Forty-fourthwick, N.J., April 12, 1862; interment in First Reformed Congresses); resumed the practice of law in Newark, N.J.;Church Cemetery. appointed Secretary of State by President Chester Arthur Bibliography: DAB; Chambers, T.W. Memoir of the Life and Character 1881-1885; died in Newark, N.J., May 20, 1885; interment in of Honorable Theodore Frelinghuysen. New York: Harper and Brothers, Mount Pleasant Cemetery. 1863. Bibliography: DAB. FREMONT, John Charles (son-in-law of Thomas Hart FRELINGHUYSEN, Joseph Sherman (nephew of Freder-Benton), a Senator from California; born in Savannah, Ga., ick Theodore Frelinghuysen and cousin of Peter HoodBal- January 21, 1813; pursued classical studies and attended lantine Frelmghuysen, Jr.), a Senator from New Jersey;Charleston College 1828-1830; instructor in mathematics in born in Raritan, Somerset County, N.J., March 12, 1869;the United States Navy 1833-1835; civil engineer assistant attended the public schools; interested in insurance compa-1838-1839, exploring the territory between the Missouri nies; served in the Spanish American War in 1898 assecondRiver and the northern boundary of the United States; ap- lieutenant, first lieutenant, and ordnance officer; member,pointed second lieutenant of Topographical Engineers of the State senate 1906-1912, serving as president 1909-1910;United States Army 1838; commenced in 1842 explorations 1028 Biographical Directory

and surveys for an overland route from the MississippitoHartford Railroad Co.; member of the Democratic National the Pacific Ocean; major of a battalion of California Volun-Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress teers in 1846; appointed lieutenant colonel of United States(March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); was not a candidate for Mounted Rifles in 1846 and ordered to actas Governor ofrenomination in 1888; resumed his former manufacturing California by Commodore Stockton; General Kearny, Unitedpursuits and corporate connections; died in Seymour, New States Army, revoked this order and placed him underHaven County, Conn., April 14, 1903; interment in Union arrest for mutiny; tried by court martial, found guilty, andCemetery. pardoned by President James Polk, but resigned; settled in California on the Mariposa grant; commissioner torun the FRENCH, Ezra Bartlett, a Representative from Maine; boundary line between United States and Mexico in 1849;born in Landaff, Grafton County, N.H., September 23, 1810; upon the admission of California as a State into the Unionattended the common schools and pursued an academic was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate andcourse; studied law in Bath, N.H., and Plymouth, N.H.; was served from September 9, 1850, to March 3, 1851;unsuccess-admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in ful as the first Republican candidate for president of thePortland and Waldoboro, Maine; moved to Noblesboro (later United States in 1856; appointed major general in theDamariscotta), Maine, and continued practice; member of United States Army by President Abraham Lincoln in Maythe State house of representatives 1838-1840; served in the 1861 and placed in command of the western military district; State senate 1842-1845; secretary of state of Maine 1845- removed in December 1861; appointed to command the1850; bank commissioner; newspaper editor in 1856; assisted mountain department in February 1862 and resigned inin organizing the Republican Party in 1856; elected asa June 1864; again nominated for president in 1864; GovernorRepublican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859- of Arizona Territory 1878-1881; appointed a major generalMarch 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in in the United States Army on the retired list 1890; died in New York City July 13, 1890; interment in Trinity Church1860; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Wash- Cemetery; reinterment in Rocidand Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.,ington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the March 17, 1891. impending war; appointed Second Auditor of the Treasury Bibliography: DAB; Frémont, John C. Memoirs of My Life. Chicago: Bel- August 3, 1861, by President Lincoln, and continued during ford, Clarke and Co., 1887; Nevins, Allan. Fréinont: Pathfinder of the West.the administrations of Presidents Johnson, Grant, and 1928. Reprint. New York: Longmans and Green, 1955. Hayes, serving until his death in Washington, D.C., April 24, 1880; interment in Hillside Cemetery, Damariscotta, Maine. FRENCH, Burton Lee, a Representative from Idaho; born near Delphi, Carroll County, md., August 1, 1875; moved FRENCH, John Robert, a Representative from North with his parents to Kearney, Nebr., in 1880, and thence toCarolina; born in Gilmanton, Belknap County, N.H., May 28, Idaho in 1882; attended the public schools; was graduated1819; received an academic education in Gilmanton and Con- from the University of Idaho at Moscow in 1901; fellow incord, N.H.; learned the printer's trade; publisher and associ- the University of Chicago 190 1-1903; studied law;was admit-ate editor of the New Hampshire Statesman at Concord for ted to the bar and commenced practice in Moscow, Idaho;five years; editor of the Eastern Journal at Biddeford, member of the State house of representatives 1898-1902;Maine, two years; moved to Lake County, Ohio, in 1854; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, andeditor of the Telegraph, the Press, and, in 1856, of the Cleve- Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1909);unsuc-land Morning Leader; member of the State house of repre- cessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-firstsentatives in 1858 and 1859; appointed by Secretary Chase to Congress; elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Con-a position in the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., in gresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915); was not a candidate 1861; appointed by President Lincoln in 1864 a member of for renomination in 1914, but was an unsuccessful candidatethe board of direct-tax commissioners for the State of North for the Republican nomination for United States Senator;Carolina; settled in Edenton, N.C., at the close of the Civil elected to the Sixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Con-War, delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867, gresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1933); chairman, Committeeupon the readmission of the State of North Carolina to on Memorials (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses); un- representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth successful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-Congress and served from July 6, 1868, to March 3, 1869; third Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourthwas not a candidate for renomination in 1868; elected Ser- Congress; delegate to the Interparliamentary Union Conven-geant at Arms of the United States Senate March 22, 1869, tions, at London in 1930, and at Bucharest in 1931; professorand served in that capacity until March 24, 1879; appointed of government at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from 1935secretary of the Ute Commission in July 1880; returned to until his retirement in 1947; appointed by President TrumanWashington, D.C.; moved to Omaha, Nebr., and thence to in 1947 a member of the Federal Loyalty Review Board andBoise City, Idaho, where he was editor of the Boise City Sun served until 1953; died in Hamilton, Ohio, September 12,until his death October 2, 1890; interment in Boise City 1954; interment in Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho. Cemetery. FRENCH, Carlos, a Representative from Connecticut; FRENCH, Richard, a Representative from Kentucky; born born in Humphreysville (later Seymour), Conn., August 6,near Boonesborough, Madison County, Ky., June 20, 1792; 1835; attended the common schools of Seymour and Generalattended private schools; studied law; was admitted to the Russell's Military School, New Haven, Conn.; engaged inbar in 1820 and commenced practice in Winchester, KY.; manufacturing; invented the spiral steel car spring and themember of the State house of representatives 1820-1826; corrugated volute spring; member of the State house of rep-judge of the circuit court in 1829; elected as a Jacksonian to resentatives in 1860 and again in 1868; president and treas-the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); urer of the Fowler Nail Co. from 1869 until his death; viceunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty- president of the H.A. Matthews Manufacturing Co.; directorfifth Congress; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Gover- of the Union Horse Shoe Nail Co. of Chicago, of the Secondnor of Kentucky in 1840; elected as a Democrat to the National Bank of New Haven, of the Colonial Trust Co. ofTwenty-eighth Congress (March 4,1843-March 3,1845); Waterbury, Conn., and of the New York, New Haven &again elected to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847- Biographies 1029

March 3, 1849); resumed the practice of law; died in Coving-the Miltonian, a political journal, with which he was con- ton, Ky., on May 1, 1854; interment in the family burialnected for over twenty years; member of the State house of ground near Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky. representatives 1828-1831; elected as a Whig to the Twenty- eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1843, until his FRENZEL, William Eldridge, a Representative from Min-death in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1844; interment in the nesota; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., July 31,Congressional Cemetery. 1928; educated at the St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, Minn.; B.A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1950; M.A., busi- FRIEDEL, Samuel Nathaniel, a Representative from ness administration, same college, 1951; lieutenant, UnitedMaryland; born in Washington, D.C., April 18, 1898; moved States Naval Reserve, 1951-1954, Korean Theater; president,with his family to Baltimore, Md., when six months of age; Minneapolis Terminal Warehouse Co., 1966-1970; executiveattended the public schools and Strayer Business College; committee, Hennepin County, 1966-1967; elected to Minneso-mailing clerk in a Baltimore store 19 19-1923; founder and ta house of representatives, 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1968; dele-president of Industrial Loan Co., 1926-1956; member of the gate to each Minnesota State Republican convention sinceState house of delegates 1935-1939; member of the city coun- 1963; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and tocil of Baltimore 1939-1952, representing the first and later the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3,the fifth district; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1989); is a resident of Bloomington, Minn. 1964 and 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and FREY, Louis, Jr., a Representative from Florida; born into the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., January 11, 1934; educated 3,1971); chairman, Committee on House Administration in New Jersey public schools; Colgate University, B.A., 1955;(Ninetieth and Ninety-first Congresses), Joint Committee on enlisted in United States Navy, 1955, served in naval avia-the Library (Ninety-first Congress), Joint Committee on tion, honorable discharge, 1958, as lieutenant (jg.); captain,Printing (Ninety-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for United States Naval Reserve (retired); J.D., University ofrenomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress; died in Michigan Law School, 1961; admitted to Florida bar, 1961;Towson, Md., March 21, 1979; interment in the Hebrew practiced law in Orlando, Fla., and served as assistantFriendship Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. county solicitor until 1963; associate, and partner, law firm FRIES, Frank William, a Representative from Illinois; of Gurney, Skolfield & Frey, Winter Park, Fla., 1963-1967;born in Hornsby, Macoupin County, Ill., May 1, 1893; moved acting general counsel, Florida State Turnpike Authority,with his parents to Gillespie, Ill., in 1904; attended the 1966-1967; partner, law firm of Mateer, Frey, Young & Har-public schools; coal miner 1915-1917; during the First World bert, Orlando Fla., 1967; former member, Republican StateWar served as a sergeant in the Thirty-seventh Company, executive committee; former State treasurer of RepublicanOne Hundred and Fifty-third Depot Brigade, United States Party; former chairman, Florida Federation of Young Re-Army, from April 1918 to December 1918; coal mine opera- publicans; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first and totor in 1920 and 1921; engaged in the insurance business the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3,1922-1927; moved to Carlinville, Ill., in 1930 and engaged in 1979); was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to thethe wholesale produce business; sheriff of MacoupinCounty Ninety-sixth Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for1930-1934; member of the State house of representatives the Republican nomination for Governor of Florida; unsuc-1934-1936; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and cessful candidate for Republican nomination to the UnitedSeventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1941); States Senate in 1980; resumed the practice of law in Wash-unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy- ington, D.C.,1979-1987, and in Orlando, Fla.,1987 toseventh Congress; was an arbitrator in the coal industry, present; is a resident of Winter Park, Fla. 1941-1969; was a resident of Gillespie, Ill., until his death on FREY, Oliver Walter, a Representative from Pennsylva-July 17, 1980; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. nia; born near Quakertown, Richland Township, Bucks FRIES, George, a Representative from Ohio; born in County, Pa., September 7, 1887; moved to Ohio with hisPennsylvania in 1799; attended the common schools; studied parents in 1891 and to Allentown, Pa., in 1893; attended themedicine and commenced practice in Hanoverton, Ohio, in public schools of Allentown; was graduated from the College1833; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirti- of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1915; enlisted in be the United States Army and served from April 1917 untileth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); declined to honorably discharged in June 1919; was commissioned a firsta candidate for renominationin 1848; moved to Cincinnati, lieutenant in the Three Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry,Ohio, and resumed the practice of medicine; treasurer of serving overseas in the Seventy-ninth Division; resumed hisHamilton County 1860-1862; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on studies at the University of Pennsylvania and graduatedNovember 13, 1866; interment in the Catholic Cemetery. from its law department in 1920; was admitted to the bar FROEHLICH, Harold Vernon, a Representative from the same year and commenced practice in Allentown, Pa.;Wisconsin; born in Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis., May elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill12, 1932; attended the public schools; B.B.A., Universityof the vacancy caused by the death of Henry W. Watson; re-Wisconsin School of Commerce, Madison, Wis., June 1959; elected to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth CongressesLL.B., University of Wisconsin Law School, January1962; and served from November 7, 1933, to January 3, 1939;served in the United States Navy, 1951-1955; admitted to

unsuccessful for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Con-the Wisconsin bar in 1962 and commenced practice in Apple-- gress; general counsel for the FarmCredit Administration inton; certified public accountant; real estatebroker; State Baltimore, Md., from April 1939 until his death in Allen-representative,1963-1973;assemblyRepublican caucus town, Pa., August 26, 1939; interment in GrandviewCeme-chairman, 1965-1967; assembly speaker, 1967-1971; assembly tery. minority leader, 197 1-1973; delegate, Wisconsin State Repub- FRICK, Henry, a Representative from Pennsylvania; bornlican conventions, 1957-1981; delegate, Republican National in Northumberland, Pa., March 17, 1795; attended thepublicConvention, 1972 and 1976; elected as a Republican to the schools; apprenticed to a printer in Philadelphia; served inNinety-third Congress (January 3, 1973-January 3,1975); the War of 1812; settled in Milton, Pa., in 1816; establishedunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety- 1030 Biographical Directory

fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; unsuccessfulhe was succeeded by Gustavus Sessinghaus, who contested candidate for election in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress;his election; resumed the practice of law; died in St. Louis, appointed as Outagamie County Circuit Judge by the Gover-Mo., February 1, 1900; interment in Calvary Cemetery. nor in 1981 and subsequently elected for a six-year term commencing in 1982; is a resident of Appleton, Wis. FROST, Rufus Smith, a Representative from Massachu- setts; born in Marlboro, Cheshire County, N.H., July 18, FROMENTIN, Eligius, a Senator from Louisiana; born in1826; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1833; attended the public France; pursued classical studies; ordained a Catholic priest;schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; mayor of Chelsea, exercised his ministry at Etampes, France; fled from FranceMass., in 1867 and 1868; member of the State senate in 1871 during the Reign of Terror and immigrated to the Unitedand 1872 and of the Governor's council in 1873 and 1874; States, settling in Pennsylvania; moved to Maryland, wherepresented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the he taught school; studied law; subsequently left the churchForty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1875, until and moved to Louisiana; was admitted to the bar andcom-July 28, 1876, when he was succeeded by Josiah G. Abbott, menced practice in New Orleans; clerk to house of represent-who contested his election; unsuccessful candidate for elec- atives of Orleans Territory 1807-1811; secretary of the Statetion in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; president of the constitutional convention 1812; secretary of the State senateNational Association of Woolen Manufacturers 1877-1884; 1812-1813; elected to the United States Senate as a Republi- can and served from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1819; ap-president of the Boston Board of Trade 1878-1880; president pointed judge of the criminal court of New Orleans in 1821;of the New England Conservatory of Music; one of the appointed United States judge for west Florida and eastfounders of the New England Law and Order League and of Florida westward of the cape in May 1821, but soon re-the Boston Art Club; delegate to the Republican National signed; resumed the practice of law in New Orleans and diedConvention in 1892; died in Chicago, Ill., March 6, 1894; there October 6, 1822. interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Chelsea, Mass. FROST, George, a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in FROTHINGHAM, Louis Adams, a Representative from Newcastle, N.H., April 26, 1720; entered business in KitteryMassachusetts; born in Jamaica Plain, Mass., July 13, 1871; Point, near Portsmouth; followed the sea as captain forattended the public schools and Adams Academy; was grad- twenty years; returned to Newcastle in 1760; moved touated from Harvard University in 1893 and from Harvard Durham, N.H., in 1770; judge of the court of common pleasLaw School in 1896; admitted to the bar in 1896 and com- of Strafford County 1773-1791; served as chief justice severalmenced practice in Boston; second lieutenant, United States years; Member of the Continental Congress 1777-1779; exec-Marine Corps, in the Spanish-American War in1898; utive councilor 1781-1784; died in Durham, N.H., June 21,member of the State house of representatives 1901-1905, and 1796; interment in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, N.H. served as speaker in 1904 and 1905; Lieutenant Governor 1909-19 11; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1911; lec- FROST, Joel, a Representative from New York; born inturer at Harvard University 1913-1916; moved to North Westchester County, N.Y.; attended the public schools;Easton, Mass., in 1916 and continued the practice of law; member, Westchester County Board of Supervisors, 1803;delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916; member of the State assembly 1806-1808; first surrogate ofmajor in the United States Army during the First World Putnam County in 1812, and served in 1813, 1815-1819, 1821,War; member of the commission to visit the soldiers and and 1822; member of the State constitutional convention insailors from Massachusetts in France in 1918; first vice com- 1821; judge, Court of Common Pleas; moved to Schenectady;mander of the Massachusetts branch of the American elected to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3,Legion in 1919; overseer of Harvard University for eighteen 1825); died September 11, 1827; interment in Gilead Ceme-years; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to tery at Carmel, N.Y. the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, FROST, Jonas Martin, a Representative from Texas; born1921, until his death on board the yacht Winsome, at North in Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 1, 1942;Haven, Maine, August 23, 1928; interment in Village Ceme- attended the Fort Worth, Tex., public schools; B.A. and B.J.,tery, North Easton, Mass. University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 1964; J.D., George- FRY, Jacob, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; town University Law Center, Washington, D.C., 1970; servedborn in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pa., June 10, 1802; in United States Army Reserve, 1966-1972; admitted to theattended the public schools; taught school in Trappe, Pa.; Texas bar in 1970 and commenced practice in Dallas; staffclerk of courts of Montgomery County 1830-1833; elected as writer for the Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 1965-1967;a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as law clerk for Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes, 1970-1971;a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835- vice president and board member, Dallas Democratic Forum,March 3, 1839); was not a candidate for renomination in 1976-1977; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1976, 1838; engaged in mercantile business in Trappe,Pa.; 1984 and 1988; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixthmember of the State house of representatives in 1853 and and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-1854; auditor general of Pennsylvania 1857-1860; resumed January 3, 1989); is a resident of Dallas, Tex. mercantile pursuits; died in Trappe, Pa., November 28, 1866; FROST, Richard Graham, a Representative from Missou-interment in Lutheran Cemetery. ri; born in St. Louis, Mo., December 29, 1851; attended St. FRY, Joseph, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; John's College, New York City, the University of London,born in Upper Saucon Township, Northampton(later and the St. Louis (Mo.) Law School; was admitted to the barLehigh) County, Pa., August 4, 1781; attended the rural and practiced in St. Louis, Mo.; unsuccessfully contested as aschools; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Fryburg (later Democrat the election in 1876 of Lyne S. Metcalfe to theCoopersburg), Lehigh County, Pa.; member of the State Forty-fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-house of representatives in 1816 and 1817; served in the sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); presentedState senate 18 17-1821; served in the State militia and at- credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-seventh Congresstained the rank of colonel; elected to the Twentieth Congress and served from March 4, 1881, until March 2, 1883, whenand reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress Biographies 1031

(March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); was not a candidate forcandidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; renomination in 1830; resumed business activities; memberelected to the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927-March 3, of the State constitutional convention in 1837 and 1838; died1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the in Allentown, Pa., August 15, 1860; interment in Union Cem- Seventy-first Congress; elected to the Seventy-second Con- etery. gress (March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933); unsuccessfulcandidate for renomination in 1932; resumed the practice of law; dele- FRYE, William Pierce (grandfather of Wallace Humphreygate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928; perma- White, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Maine;nent chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1936; born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Septemberelected judge of the Springfield Court of Appeals in 1936 and 2, 1830; attended the public schools in Lewiston and graduat-served from January 1, 1937, until his death in Springfield, ed from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1850; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inMo., April 5, 1948; interment in Doniphan Cemetery, Doni- Rockland, Maine, in 1853; returned to Lewiston, Maine, andphan, Mo. practiced law; member, State house of representatives 1861- FULBRIGHT, James William, a Representative and a 1862, 1867; mayor of Lewiston 1866-1867; attorney general ofSenator from Arkansas; born in Sumner, Chariton County, State of Maine 1867-1869; elected as a Republican to theMo., April 9, 1905; moved with his parents to Fayetteville, Forty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses andArk., in 1906; attended the public schools; graduated from served from March 4, 1871, to March 17, 1881, when hethe University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1925, as a resigned, having been elected Senator; elected as a Republi-Rhodes scholar from Oxford University, England, in 1928, can to the United States Senate on March 15, 1881, tofilland from the law department of George Washington Univer- the vacancy caused by the resignation of James G. Blame;sity, Washington, D.C., in 1934; was admitted to the District reelected in 1883, 1889, 1895, 1901, and 1907 and served fromof Columbia bar in 1934; attorney, United States Depart- March 18, 1881, until his death on August 8, 1911; served asment of Justice, Antitrust Division, 1934-1935; instructor in President pro tempore of the Senate during the Fifty-fourthlaw, George Washington University 1935, and lecturer in through the Sixty-second Congresses; chairman Committeelaw, University of Arkansas 1936-1939; president of the Uni- on Rules (Forty-seventh through Forty-ninthCongresses),versity of Arkansas 1939-194 1; also engaged in the newspa- Committee on Commerce (Fiftieth through Sixty-second Con-per business, in the lumber business, in banking,and in gresses, except for the Fifty-third Congress); member of thefarming; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Con- commission which met in Paris in September 1898 to adjust gress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); was not acandidate terms of peace between the United States and Spain; died infor renomination in 1944; elected as a Democrat to the Lewi.ston, Maine, August 8, 1911; interment in RiversideUnited States Senate in 1944; reelected in 1950, 1956, 1962, Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 62nd Cong., 3rd and again in 1968 and served from January 3, 1945, until his sess, 1912-1913. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913. resignation December 31, 1974; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1974; chairman, Committee on Banking and FUGATE, Thomas Bacon, a Representative from Virginia;Currency (Eighty-fourth through Eighty-sixth Congresses), born near Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tenn., April 10, 1899;Committee on Foreign Relations(Eighty-sixth through attended the public schools of Tennessee; student at theNinety-third Congresses); counsel to the law firm of Hogan University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1917 and at theand Hartson, Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Washington, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tenn., in 1918;D.C. moved to Rose Hill, Va., in 1921 and engaged in the mercan- Bibliography: Fuibright, J. William. The Arrogance of Power. New York: tile business; engaged in the hardware business at Ewing, Random House, 1966; Johnson, Haynes B., and Gwertzman, Bernard M. Va.,1936-1940;also engaged inagriculturalpursuits; Fulbright: The Dissenter. Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. member of the Virginia house of delegates 1928-1930; FULKERSON, Abram, a Representative from Virginia; became president of the Peoples Bank of Ewing in 1935,born in Washington County, Va., May 13, 1834; was graduat- director, Virginia-Tennessee Farm Bureau, Inc., in 1936, and 1857; president of Ewing Live Stock Co., Inc., in 1938; member ofed from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in Virginia Board of Public Welfare 1937-1947; delegate to thetaught school in Palmyra, Va., and Rogersville, Tenn., until Democratic National Convention in 1944; member of Consti-the beginning of the Civil War; entered the Confederate tutional Convention of Virginia in 1945; elected as a Demo-service in June 1861 as captain; promoted to major in the crat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (Janu-Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment; lieutenant colonel and ary 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); was not acandidate for re-colonel of the Sixty-third Tennessee Regiment; at the close nomination in 1952; banker and farmer; was a resident ofof the war studied law; was admitted to the bar and com- Ewing, Va., where he died September 22, 1980; interment inmenced practice in Goodson (later Bristol), Va., in 1866; Richmond Cemetery, Ewing, Va. member of the Virginia house of delegates 187 1-1873; served in the State 1877-1879; elected as a Read- FULBRIGHT, James Franklin, a Representative fromjuster Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, Missouri; born near Millersville, Cape Girardeau County,1881-March 3, 1883); was a Democrat, but assisted in orga- Mo., January 24, 1877; attended the public schools and wasnizing the Readjuster Party, after which he returned to the graduated from the State Normal School, Cape Girardeau,Democratic Party; resumed the practice of law after leaving Mo., in 1900; taught school in Cape Girardeau and RipleyCongress; elected to the State house of delegates in 1888; Counties for several years; attended the Washington Lawdelegate to the Democratic National (Gold) Convention in School, St. Louis, Mo., for a short time; was admitted to the1896; died in Bristol, Va., on December 17, 1902; interment bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Doniphan, Mo., inin East Hill Cemetery. 1904; appointed and subsequently elected prosecuting attor- ney of Ripley County in 1906;reelected in 1908 and 1910; FULKERSON, Frank Ballard, a Representative from Mis- member of the State house of representatives 1913-1919,souri; born near Edinburg, Grundy County, Mo., March 5, serving as speaker pro tempore 1915-1919; mayor of Doni-1866; moved with his parents to a farm near Higginsville, han, Mo., 1919-1921; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-Lafayette County, Mo.; attended the common schools and eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessfulwas graduated from WestminsterCollege, Fulton, Mo., in 1032 Biographical Directory

1888; taught school for two years; attended the law depart-1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; elected to the Sixty-fourth ment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; was grad-and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from uated from the law department of the University of MissouriMarch 4, 1915, until his death at a hospital in Rochester, at Columbia in 1892; was admitted to the bar the sameyearMinn., June 25, 1926; chairman, Committee on Invalid Pen- and commenced practice in Warrensburg, Mo.; city attorneysions (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-ninth Congresses); interment of Warrensburg 1893-1895; prosecuting attorney of Johnsonin Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, Ill. County in 1895 and 1896; moved to Holden, Mo., in 1897 and to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1900 and continued the practice of law; FULLER, Claude Albert, a Representative from Arkansas; city attorney of Holden in 1899 and 1900; elected asa Repub-born in Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Ill., January 20, lican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3,1876; in 1885 moved to Arkansas with his parents, who 1907); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to thesettled on a farm near Eureka Springs; attended the public Sixtieth Congress; unsuccessful Republican candidate for at-schools in Eureka Springs, Ark., and Kent College of Law, torney general of Missouri in 1908; unsuccessful candidateChicago, Ill.; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and com- for mayor of St. Joseph, Mo., in 1908; resumed the practicemenced practice in Eureka Springs the same year; city clerk of law in St. Joseph, Mo.; delegate to several Republicanof Eureka Springs 1898-1902; member of the State house of State conventions; delegate to the Republican National Con-representatives 1903-1905; mayor of Eureka Springs 1906- vention in 1908; president of the city police board in 1909;1910 and 1920-1928; prosecuting attorney of the fourth Ar- city counselor in 1913 and 1914; returned to Lafayettekansas judicial district 19 10-1914; president of the Eureka County, Mo., in 1918 and continued the practice of law; alsoSprings School Board 19 16-1928; delegate to all Democratic engaged in agricultural pursuits near Higginsville; prosecut-State conventions 1903-1943; delegate to the Democratic Na- ing attorney of Lafayette County 1921-1925; died near Hig-tional Conventions in 1908, 1912, and others 1924-1960; ginsville, Mo., August 30, 1936; interment in Higginsvilleelected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first and to the four City Cemetery. succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1939); un- FULLER, Alvan Tufts, a Representative from Massachu-successful candidate for renomination in 1938; resumed the setts; born in Boston, Mass., February 27, 1878; attended thepractice of law, also engaged in banking and agricultural public schools; engaged in the bicycle business in 1896;pursuits; died in Eureka Springs, Ark., January 8, 1968; founder and owner of the Packard Motor Car Co. of Boston;interment in I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Bibliography: Seals, Frank Lee.Backwoode Baron; The Life of Claude member of the State house of representatives in 1915; dele- Albert Fuller.Wheaton, Ill.: Morton Publishing Co., 1951. gate to the Republican National Convention in 1916; elected as an Independent Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress FULLER, George, a Representative from Pennsylvania; and reelected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congressborn in Norwich, Conn., November 7, 1802; attended the and served from March 4, 1917, to January 5, 1921; Lieuten-public schools; moved to Pennsylvania and resided in Mon- ant Governor of Massachusetts 192 1-1924; elected Governortrose; engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected as a Democrat of Massachusetts in 1924 and assumed his duties January 7,to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by 1925; reelected in 1926 for the term expiring January 1,the death of Almon H. Read and served from December 2, 1929; chairman of the board of Cadillac-Oldsmobile Co., of1844, to March 3, 1845; editor of the Montrose (Pa.) Demo- Boston; did not accept compensation for services while incrat, the Montrose Gazette, and the Susquehanna Register; public office; died in Boston, Mass., April 30, 1958; remainstreasurer of Susquehanna County; member of the Republi- were cremated and interred in East Cemetery, Rye Beach,can Party during the last twenty-five years of his life; died N.H. in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., on November 24, 1888; interment in Montrose, Pa. FULLER, Benoni Stinson, a Representative from Indiana; born near Boonville, Warrick County, md., November 13, FULLER, Hadwen Carlton, a Representative from New 1825; attended the common schools; taught school in War-York; born in West Monroe, Oswego County, N.Y., August rick County; sheriff of Warrick County in 1856 and 1858;28, 1895; attended the public schools and Central Square served in the State senate in 1862, 1870, and 1872; member(N.Y.) High School; engaged as bank clerk and later as as- of the State house of representatives 1866-1868; electedas asistant cashier of the First National Bank of Central Square, Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth CongressesN.Y., 1912-1918; during the First World War served in the (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate forUnited States Army; organized the State Bank of Parish, renomination in 1878; engaged in agricultural pursuits inN.Y., in 1919 and served as a director; organizer of the Warrick County; died in Boonville, md., April 14, 1903; in-Parish Oil Co., Inc., in 1926, serving as president since 1937; terment in Old Boonville Cemetery. chairman of the Oswego County Republican Committee in FULLER, Charles Eugene, a Representative from Illinois;1942; served in the State assembly in 1942 and 1943; elected born near Belvidere, Boone County, Ill., March 31, 1849;as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted tovacancy caused by the death of Francis D. Culkin; reelected the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Belvidere, Ill.;to the Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses and served city attorney of Belvidere in 1875 and 1876; prosecutingfrom November 2, 1943, to January 3, 1949; unsuccessful attorney for Boone County 1876-1878; served in the Statecandidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; senate 1878-1882; member of the State house of representa-delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1948; tives 1882-1888; again a member of the State senate 1888-resumed his former business pursuits;is a resident of 1892; raised a provisional regiment for the war with SpainParish, N.Y. and was commissioned colonel of the Thirteenth Illinois In- FULLER, Henry Mills, a Representative from Pennsylva- fantry by Governor Tanner; judge of the seventeenth judicialnia; born in Bethany, Wayne County, Pa., January 3, 1820; circuit 1897-1903; vice president of the People's Bank ofpursued classical studies and was graduated from Princeton Bélvidere for many years; elected as a Republican to theCollege in 1839; studied law; was admitted to the bar Janu- Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,ary 3, 1842, and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Lu- 1903-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in zerne County, Pa.; member of the State house of representa- Biographies 1033

Board of tives in 1848 and 1849;elected as a Whig to the Thirty-in 1866 and 1867; member of the West Union second Congress (March 4,1851-March 3, 1853); unsuccessfulEducation for six years; member of the Iowa house of repre-- candidate for reelection in 1852 tothe Thirty-third Congress;sentatives in 1876 and 1877; member of the RepublicanState elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress(March 4, 1855-Marchand congressional committees; elected as a Republican to the 1857); was not a candidate forrenomination in 1856; re-Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, sumed the practice of law;died in Philadelphia, Pa., Decem-1889); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1888; ber 26, 1860; interment inHollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Assistant Attorney General, Spanish Treaty ClaimsCommis- Barre, Pa. sion, 1901-1907; resumed the practice of law inWest Union; died in Washington, D.C., April 23, 1918; intermentin West FULLER, Philo Case, a Representativefrom New York;Union Cemetery, West Union, Iowa. born near Marlboro, Mass.,August 14, 1787; attended the common schools;studied law and was admitted to the bar in FULLER, William Kendall, a Representative from New 1813; served in the War of 1812; privatesecretary to GeneralYork; born in Schenectady, N.Y., November 24,1792; attend- Wadsworth at Geneseo, N.Y.; practicedlaw in Albany, N.Y.;ed the common schools, and was graduated from UnionCol- member of the State assemblyin 1829 and 1830; served inlege in 1810; studied law; was admitted to thebar in 1814 the State senate in 1831 and1832; elected as an Anti-Mason-and commenced practice in Schenectady; adjutant generalof ic candidate to theTwenty-third Congress, reelected as aNew York in 1823; district attorney of MadisonCounty Whig to the Twenty-fourth Congress,and served from March1821-1829; member of the State assembly in 1829 and1830; 1833, until September 2, 1836, whenhe resigned; moved toelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty- Adrian, Mich., in 1836; engagedin banking; president of thefourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837);resumed Erie & Kalamazoo Railroad Co.;member of the State assem-the practice of law; died in Schenectady, N.Y., onNovember bly in 1841 and served asspeaker; unsuccessful Whig candi-11, 1883; interment in Vale Cemetery. date for Governor of Michiganin 1841; returned to Geneseo, N.Y.; appointed Second AssistantPostmaster General in FULLERTON, David (uncle of David FullertonRobison), a 1841; appointed comptroller of theState of New York De-- Representative from Pennsylvania; born in theCumberland November 4, 1851; diedValley, near Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa.,October 4, cember 18, 1850, and served until in the near Geneva,Ontario County, N.Y., August 16, 1855; inter-1772; attended the public schools; served as major ment in Temple Hill Cemetery,Geneseo, Livingston County,War of 1812; settled in Greencastle andengaged in mercan- Congress N.Y. tile pursuits and banking; elected to the Sixteenth and served from March 4, 1819, until May15, 1820, when he FULLER, Thomas James Duncan, aRepresentative fromresigned; was not a candidate for renomination;resumed Maine; born in Hardwick,Caledonia County, Vt., March 17,mercantile pursuits and banking; member ofthe State 1808; attended the common schools;studied law; was admit-senate 1827-1839; died in Greencastle, Pa.,February 1, 1843; ted to the bar and commencedpractice in Calais, Maine;interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-firstand to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3,1857); chair- FULMER, Hampton Pitts (husband ofWilla L. Fulmer), a man, Committee onCommerce (Thirty-third Congress); wasRepresentative from South Carolina; born nearSpringfield, not a candidate forrenomination in 1856; appointed byOrangeburg County, S.C., June 23,1875; attended the public President Buchanan as Second Auditor of theTreasury andschools and was graduated fromMassey's Business College, served from April 15, 1857, to August3, 1861; engaged in theColumbus, Ga., in 1897; engaged in agriculturaland mercan- practice of law before the United StatesSupreme Court andtile pursuits in Norway, S.C.; alsoengaged in banking; the Court of Claims in Washington,D.C.; died, while on amember of the State house of representatives19 17-1920; visit to his son, near Upperville,Fauquier County, Va., Feb-elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventhand to the eleven ruary 13, 1876;interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washing-succeeding Congresses and served from March4, 1921, until ton, D.C. his death; chairman, Committee onAgriculture (Seventy- had been nomi- FULLER, Timothy, a Representative fromMassachusetts;sixth through Seventy-eighth Congresses); Mass., July 11, 1778; re-nated for reelection to the Seventy-ninthCongress; died in born in Chilmark, Dukes County, in Memorial ceived a classical education and wasgraduated from Har-Washington, D.C., October 19, 1944; interment yard University in 1801; taught at LeicesterAcademy; stud-Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C. ied law; was admitted to the barand commenced practice in FULMER, Willa Lybrand (wife of HamptonP. Fulmer), a Boston in 1804; served in the Statesenate 1813-1817; electedRepresentative from South Carolina; bornin Wagener, as a Republican tothe Fifteenth Congress and reelected to Aiken County, S.C., February 3, 1884;attended the Wagener, the three succeeding Congresses(March 4, 1817-March 3,(S.C.) public schools and Greenville(S.C.) Female College; 1825); chairman, Committee onNaval Affairs (Seventeenthelected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighthCongress to fill Congress); member of the State houseof representatives husband, Hampton elected to the Statethe vacancy caused by the death of her 1825-1828; State councilor in 1828; again P. Fulmer, and served fromNovember 7, 1944, to January 3, house of representatives in1831; died in Groton, Middlesex the Seventy-ninth interment in Mount Auburn1945; was not a candidate for election to County, Mass., October 1, 1835; Congress; engaged in agriculturalpursuits until her retire- Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. ment; died May 13, 1968, aboard aship en route to Europe; FULLER, William Elijah, a Representativefrom Iowa;interment in Memorial Park Cemetery,Orangeburg, S.C. born in Howard, Center County,Pa., March 30, 1846; moved Fulton), a Fayette County, Iowa, in FULTON, Andrew Steele (brother of John H. with his parents to West Union, Representative from Virginia; born nearWaynesboro, Au- 1853; attended the commonschools, the Upper Iowa Univer- University of Iowa at Iowagusta County, Va., on September29, 1800; attended the sity at Fayette, and the State common schools andHampden-Sidney College, Hampden- City; was graduated from thelaw department of the latter admitted to the bar the sameSidney, Va.; studied law in Staunton,Va.; was admitted to university in June 1870; was the bar in 1825 and commenced practicein Abingdon, Va., year and commencedpractice in West Union; held a position 1828; elected a member of in the Office of Indian Affairs,Department of the Interior,in 1826; moved to Wytheville in 1034 Biographical Directory

the State house of delegates in 1840 and 1845; prosecutingStates Mission at United Nations, 1960-1969;interment in attorney for Wythe County; elected asa Whig to the Thirti-Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. eth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); chairman,Com- mittee on Invalid Pensions (Thirtieth Congress);was not a FULTON, John Hall (brother of Andrew SteeleFulton), a candidate for renomination in 1848; resumed thepractice ofRepresentative from Virginia; born in AugustaCounty, Va.; law; judge of the fifteenth judicial circuit of Virginia1852-attended the common schools andwas graduated from 1869; died near Austinville, Wythe County, Va.,on Novem-Hampden-Sidney College, Hanipden-Sidney, Va.;studied law; ber 22, 1884; interment in the family cemeteryon Newwas admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Abing- River, near Austinville, Va. don, Va.; member of the State house of delegatesin 1823 and FULTON, Charles William (brother of Elmer Lincoln1824; served in the State senate 1829-1831;elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March4, 1833- Fulton), a Senator from Oregon; born in Lima, Allen County,March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate for reelection Ohio, August 24, 1853; moved to Iowa in 1855with his in 1834 parents, who settled in Magnolia; attended the to the Twenty-fourth Congress; alsowas a candidate for commonelection to the Twenty-fifth Congress at the time schools; moved to Pawnee City, Nebr., in 1870; studiedlaw; of his was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practiced; moved todeath in Abingdon, Washington County, Va.,January 28, 1836; interment in Sinking Spring Cemetery. Oregon and settled in Astoria in 1875; member, Statesenate 1878; city attorney 1880-1882; elected to the Statesenate in FULTON, Richard Harmon, a Representative fromTen- 1890, 1898, and 1902, and was its president in 1893and 1901;nessee; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., January elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and27, 1927; graduated from the public schools ofNashville and served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessfulattended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville;served in candidate for reelection; chairman, Committeeon Canadianthe United States Navy in 1945 and 1946;member, State Relations (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses), Commit-senate, 1958-1960; engaged in business andwas a real estate tee on Claims (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses); resumedbroker; delegate, Democratic National Convention,1964; the practice of law in Portland, Oreg., where he died Janu-elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighthand reelected to ary 27, 1918; interment in Ocean View Cemetery, Astoria,the six succeeding Congresses and served from January Oreg. 3, 1963, until his resignation August 14, 1975;mayor, Metropol- FULTON, Elmer Lincoln (brother of Charles Williamitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County,Tenn., Fulton), a Representative from Oklahoma; born inMagnolia,August 14, 1975, to October 5, 1987; unsuccessfulcandidate Harrison County, Iowa, April 22, 1865; moved to Nebraskafor nomination in 1978 and 1986 in the Tennesseeguberna- in 1870 with his parents, who settled in Pawnee City;attend-torial primary; established private firm ingovernmental re- ed the public schools and Tabor College, Tabor, Iowa;studiedlations; is a resident of Nashville, Tenn. law; was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commencedprac- FULTON, William Savin, a Senator from Arkansas; born tice at Pawnee City, Nebr.; moved to Stillwater, inthe Terri-in Cecil County, Md., June 2, 1795; pursued classical tory of Oklahoma, in 1901 and continued the practice of law; studies and was graduated from Baltimore College in 1813;com- elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress Septembermenced the study of law but during the War of 1812 enlisted 17, 1907, and served from November 16, 1907, whenOklaho-in a company of Volunteers at Fort McHenry; after the ma was admitted as a State into the Union, until March 3, war moved to Tennessee and resumed the study of law;was 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908to theadmitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice in Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of lawin Oklaho-Gallatin, Tenn.; military secretary to General Andrew Jack- ma City, Okia.; appointed assistant attorney general of Okla-son in his Florida campaign in 1818; moved to Alabama in homa in 1919 and served until 1922, when he resignedand1820 and settled in Florence; elected judge of the again resumed the practice of his profession; died in Oklaho- county court in 1822; appointed by President Andrew Jacksonsecre-- ma City, Okla., October 4, 1939; interment in Valhalla Ceme-tary of the Territory of Arkansas in 1829; Governor of Ar- tery, St. Louis, Mo. kansas 1835-1836; upon the admission of Arkansasas a FULTON, James Grove, a Representative from Pennsylva-State was elected as a Democrat to the United States nia; born in Dormont Borough, Allegheny County, Pa.,Senate; reelected in 1840 and served from September18, March 1, 1903; attended the public schools in South Hills1836, until his death in Little Rock, Ark., August 15,1844; and the Fine Arts Department of Carnegie Instituteof Tech- chairman, Committee on Public Buildings (Twenty-fifth and nology, Pittsburgh, Pa.; was graduated from PennsylvaniaTwenty-sixth Congresses); interment in Mount Holly Ceme- State College at State College in 1924 and from Harvardtery. Law School, Doctor of Laws, 1927; was admittedto the bar Bibliography: DAB. in 1928 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.;also FUNK, Benjamin Franklin (father of Frank Hamilton engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the AlleghenyFunk), a Representative from Illinois; born in FunksGrove County Board of Law Examiners 1934-1942; served intheTownship, McLean County, Ill., October 17, 1838; attended State senate in 1939 and 1940; solicitor for Dormont Boroughthe public schools and Wesleyan University in Bloomington; in 1942; publisher of the Mount Lebanon (Pa.) News andleft school in 1862 to enlist in the Sixty-eighth Regiment, several other newspapers; enlisted in the United StatesIllinois Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and served five Naval Reserve in 1942 and served in the South Pacificas amonths during the Civil War; returned to the university and lieutenant until discharged in 1945; in 1944 while still in thefinished the course; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved service was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninthto Bloomington, Ill., in 1869; mayor of Bloomington 187 1- Congress; reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses1876 and 1884-1886; trustee of the asylum for the blindat and served from January 3, 1945, until his death in Wash-Jacksonville; president of the board of trustees of Wesleyan ington, D.C., October 6, 1971; delegated to the United Na-University for twenty years; delegate to the Republican Na- tions Conference on Trade and Employment at Havana intional Convention in 1888; elected as a Republican to the 1947 and 1948, and to the fourteenth General Assembly ofFifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895);unsuc- United Nations in 1959; served as adviser on space to Unitedcessful candidate for renomination in 1894; resumedagricul- Biographies 1035 tural pursuits; died in Bloomington, Iii., February 14, 1909;was graduated from Yale Universityin 1933 and from its interment in Bloomington Cemetery. law school in 1936; was admitted to the Massachusettsbar in 1937 and commenced the practice of law in Springfield, FUNK, Frank Hamilton (son of Benjamin Franklin Funk),Mass., the same year; during the Second World Warserved a Representative from illinois; born inBloomington, McLeanin the United States Navy with service in the Pacific Thea- County, Ill., April 5, 1869; attended the public schools andter; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first andEighty- the Illinois Normal School at Normal, Ill.; was graduatedsecond Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until from the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J., in 1888his resignation September 30, 1952; elected State treasurer and from Yale University in 1891; engaged in agriculturalon November 4, 1952, and serveduntil 1954; unsuccessful pursuits and livestock production in Bloomington,Ill.,candidate for election in 1954 to the United States Senate; member of the illinois Republican State central committeeelected Governor of Massachusetts in 1956; reelected in 1958 1906-1912; member of the State senate 1909-1911; unsuccess- ful candidate of the Progressive Party for Governor of Illi-and served from January 3, 1957, to January 5, 1961; unsuc- nois in 1912; chairman of the Illinois delegation to the Pro-cessful for the Democratic nomination for United States Sen- gressive National Conventions in 1912 and 1916; unsuccess-ator in 1960; assistant district attorney, 1967; chairman, At- ful Progressive nominee for United States Senator in 1913;torney General's Advisory Committee on Narcotics,1969; commissioner on the Illinois Public Utilities Commissionadministrative law judge, United States Occupational Safety 19 14-1921; delegate to the Republican National Conventionand Health Review Commission, 1975 to present; is a resi- in 1920; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-dent of Needham, Mass. eighth, and Sixty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, FURLONG, Robert Grant, a Representative from Pennsyl- 1927); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926; re-vania; born in Roscoe, Washington County, Pa., January 4, tired from public life and active business pursuits; resided at1886; attended the public schools at Roscoe, Pa.; was grad- Bloomington, Ill., until his death there on November 24,uated from State Teachers College, California, Pa., in 1904 1940; interment in Funk's Grove Cemetery, Funk's Grove,and from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in Ill. 1909; taught school at Roscoe, Pa., in 1904 and 1905; prac- FUNSTON, Edward Hogue,aRepresentativefromticed medicine in Donora, Pa., 1910-1968; during the First Kansas; born near New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, Sep-World War served as a first lieutenant with the Two Hun- tember 16, 1836; attended the country schools, Lindle Hilldred and Eightieth Ambulance Company, Twentieth Divi- Academy, New Carlisle, Ohio, and Marietta (Ohio) College;sion; burgess of Donora, Pa., 1922-1926 and in 1941 and taught school; during the Civil War entered the Union Army1942; postmaster of Donora, Pa., 1933-1938; elected as a in 1861 as lieutenant, Sixteenth Ohio Battery; participatedDemocrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943- in the principal engagements along the Mississippi River;January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in mustered out in 1865; located on a prairie farm near Carlyle, 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of Allen County, Kans., in 1867; member of the State house ofmedicine; elected sheriff of Washington County, Pa., in1945, representatives 1873-1876, and served as speaker in 1875;1949, 1953, 1957, and again in 1961 for a four-year term; member of the State senate 1880-1884, and served as presi-retired and resided in Donora, Pa., where he diedMarch 19, dent pro tempore in 1880; elected as a Republican to the1973; interment in Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by thePa. death of Dudley C. Haskell; reelected to the Forty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March FURLOW, Allen John, a Representative from Minnesota; 21, 1884, to March 3, 1893; chairman, Committee on Agricul-born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., November 9, ture(Fifty-firstCongress);presentedcredentialsas a1890; attended the public schools; was graduated fromRoch- Member-elect to the Fifty-third Congress and served fromester High School in 1910; during the First WorldWar March 4, 1893, until August 2, 1894, when he was succeededserved overseas as a pilot in the aviation branch of the by Horace L. Moore, who contested the election; resumedArmy; promoted to first lieutenant; was graduated fromthe agricultural pursuits; died in lola, Kans., on September 10,law department of George Washington University, Washing- 1911; interment in lola Cemetery. ton, D.C., in 1920; was admitted to the bar in1920 and commenced practice in Rochester, Minn.; member of the FUQUA, Don, a Representative from Florida; born inMinnesota State senate 1923-1925; elected as a Republican Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., August 20, 1933; when fourto the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses(March 4, years old moved with his family to afarm in Calhoun1925-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for renomina- County, near Altha, Fla.; attended public schools; student attion in 1928; employed in the legal department of the Cur- the University of Florida at Gainesville, 1951-1953; served intiss-Wright Corporation, Washington, D.C., in 1929 and 1930; the United States Army Medical Corps during the Koreanin 1933 was appointed by the United States Attorney Gener- War, 1953-1955; returned to the University of Florida andal as a special assistant in cases assigned under the petrole- graduated in 1957; engaged in operation of general farm andum code; was in the legal departmentof the Veterans Ad- dairy; member of State house of representatives from Cal-ministration, Washington, D.C., 1934-1937; returned to Roch- houn County, 1958-1962; delegate, Democratic National Con- vention, 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighthester, Minn., and practiced law until his death, January 29, and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-1954; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. January 3, 1987); chairman, Committee on Science and Tech- FUSTER, Jaime B., a Resident Commissioner from Puerto nology (Ninety-sixth through Ninety-ninth Congresses); wasRico; born January 12, 1941, in Guayama, Puerto Rico; at- not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundredth Con-tended parochial schools; B.A., Notre Dame University, 1962; gress; president, Aerospace IndustriesAssociation of Amer-J.D., University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1965; LL.M., ica, 1987 to present; is a resident of Arlington, Va. Columbia University Law School, 1966; Law and Humanities FURCOLO, Foster, a Representative from Massachusetts;Fellow, Harvard University, 1973-1974; professor of law, born in New Haven, Conn., July 29, 1911; attended the1966-1979, and dean of law, 1974-1978, University of Puerto public schools of New Haven, Conn., and Springfield, Mass.;Rico; United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1036 Biographical Directory

1980-1981; president, Catholic University of Puerto Rico,member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1981-1984; elected as a Democrat to the United States House1805 and 1807; served in the State senate in 1813 and 1815; of Representatives November 6, 1984, fora four-year termtreasurer of Kennebec County, Maine, 1810-1831; elected as commencing January 3, 1985; is a resident of San Juan, P.R.a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817- FYAN, Robert Washington, a Representative from Mis-March 3, 1819); member of the Maine executive council in souri; born in Bedford Springs, Bedford County, Pa., March1822 and 1823; died in Augusta, Maine, January 24, 1831; 11, 1835; attended the common schools; studied law;wasinterment in Augusta, Maine. admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in GAHN, Harry Conrad, a Representative from Ohio; born Marshfield, Webster County, Mo.; county attorney in 1859; entered the Union Army in June 1861, serving with Colonelin Elmore, Ottawa County, Ohio, April 26, 1880; attended Hampton's regiment, Webster County Home Guards, thethe public schools; taught school three years; was graduated Twenty-fourth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, andfrom the law department of the University of Michigan at the Forty-sixth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry; cir-Ann Arbor in 1904; was admitted to the bar and commenced cuit attorney in 1865 and 1866; circuit judge of the four-practice in Cleveland, Ohio; attorney for the Cleveland Legal teenth judicial circuit of Missouri from April 1866 to Janu-Aid Society 1909-1911; member of the city council 19 10- ary 1883; member of the State constitutional convention in1921, serving as its president in 1918 and 1919; member of 1875; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congressthe Cleveland River and Harbor Commission 1911-1921; (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); elected to the Fifty-secondtreasurer of the American Association of Port Authorities and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);1912-1919; was in charge of Liberty Loan campaigns in his resumed the practice of law; died in Marshfield, Mo., Julydistrict during the First World War; elected as a Republican 28, 1896; interment in Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo. to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty- eighth Congress and for election in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth G Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; solicitor for Independence, Ohio, 1936-1956; died in Cleveland, Ohio, No- GABALDON, Isauro, a Resident Commissioner from thevember 2, 1962; interment in Elmore Community Cemetery, Philippine Islands; born in San Isidoro, Nueva Ecija, Philip-Elmore, Ohio. pine Islands, December 8, 1875; attended the public schools in Tebar, Spain, and the Colleges Quintanar del Rey and GAILLARD, John (uncle of Theodore Gaillard Hunt), a Villa Nueva de la Jara, Cuenca, Spain; studied law in theSenator from South Carolina; born in St. Stephens District, Universidad Central, Madrid, Spain, and was graduatedS.C., September 5, 1765; educated for the legal profession in from the Universidad Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippine Is-England; member, State house of representatives 1794-1796; lands, in 1900; practiced law from 1903 to 1906; Governor ofmember, State senate 1796-1804, serving as president 1803- the Province of Nueva Ecija in 1906 and 1912-1916; member1804; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in of the Philippine house of representatives 1907-1911; served1804 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pierce in the Philippine senate 1916-1919; electedas a NationalistButler; reelected in 1806, 1812, 1818, and 1824 and served a Resident Commissioner to the United States in 1920; re-from December 6, 1804, until his death on February 26, 1826; elected in 1923 and 1925, and served from March 4, 1920,served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the until his resignation effective July 16, 1928, having beenEleventh and Thirteenth through Nineteenth Congresses; nominated for election to the Philippine house of representa-died in Washington, D.C.; interment in the Congressional tives; had also been elected in 1925 as a member of theCemetery. Philippine house of representatives, but did not qualify, pre- Bibliography: DAB. ferring to continue as Commissioner; died in Manila, Philip- GAINES, John Pollard, a Representative from Kentucky; pine Islands, December 21, 1942; interment in North Ceme-- born m Augusta Va (now West Virginia) September 22, tery in Manila. 1795, moved to Boone County Ky, m early youth, received a GADSDEN, Christopher, a Delegate from South Carolina;thorough English training; studied law; was admitted to the born in Charleston, S.C., February 16, 1723; attended schoolsbar and commenced practice in Walton, Ky.; volunteered for in England; employed in a commercial house in Philadel-service in the War of 1812; represented Boone County for phia, Pa., 1742-1745; delegate to the Stamp Act Congressseveral years in the Kentucky legislature; served in the that met in New York in 1765; Member of the First Conti-Mexican War as major in Gen. Thomas Marshall's Kentucky nental Congress in Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-1776; servedasCavalry Brigade and also as aide-de-camp on the staff of an officer in the Continental Army 1776-1783, and partici-Gen. Winfield Scott; captured at Incarnacion in January pated in the defense of Charleston in 1780; entered the1847 aud was confined for several months in the City of service as colonel and subsequently attained the rank ofMexico; while in captivity was elected as a Whig to the brigadier general; was a framer of the State constitution inThirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); unsuc- 1778; Lieutenant Governor 1778-1780; elected Governor ofcessful candidate for reelection; appointed Governor of South Carolina in 1781, but declined; died in Charleston,Oregon Territory in 1850 and served until the expiration of S.C., September 15, 1805; interment in St. Philip's Church-his term in 1853; resumed agricultural pursuits; died near yard. Salem, Marion County, Oreg., December 9, 1857; interment Bibliography: DAB; Godbold, E. Stanly,Jr., and Robert H. Woody. in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Salem, Oreg. Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution. Knoxville: The Univer- Bibliography: DAB. sity of Tennessee Press, 1982. GAINES, John Wesley, a Representative from Tennessee; GAGE, Joshua, a Representative from Massachusetts;born in Wrencoe, near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., born in Harwich, Mass., on August 7, 1763; completed pre-- August 24, 1860; attended private and public schools, in paratory studies; in 1795 moved to Augusta, Maine (untilwhich he also taught; studied law at home; studied medicine, 1820 a district of Massachusetts); was a master mariner, andand was graduated from the University of Nashville and subsequently became engagedinmercantilepursuits;from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1882; never Biographies 1037 practiced medicine, but the day after graduation resumedes (March 4, 1833-March 3,1837); unsuccessful candidate for the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1884 andrenomination in 1836; moved to Erie, Pa., in 1837;resumed commenced practice in Nashville in 1885; elected as a Demo-the practice of law; elected as a Democrat tothe Twenty- crat to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congressessixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); wasnot a (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful for reelection incandidate for renomination in 1840; again engagedin the 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; practiced law in Nashville,practice of law; elected president judge of the sixthjudicial Tenn., where he died July 4, 1926; interment in Mountdistrict in 1851 and served until his death in Erie,Pa., and Olivet Cemetery. June 15, 1860; interment in Erie Cemetery. GAINES, Joseph bit, a Representative from West Vir- GALE, George (father of Levin Gale), a Representative ginia; born in Washington, D.C., September 3, 1864; movedfrom Maryland; born in Somerset County, Md., June3, 1756; with his parents to Fayette County, W.Va., in 1867; attendedattended the common schools; served during the Revolution- the University of West Virginia at Morgantown and wasary War; member of theMaryland convention which ratified graduated from Princeton College in 1886; was admitted tothe Federal Constitution in 1788; elected to theFirst Con- the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Fayetteville,gress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791);appointed by President W.Va.; appointed United States district attorney for WestWashington on March 4, 1791, supervisor of distilled liquors Virginia by President McKinley in 1897; resigned in 1901;for the district of Maryland; died at "Brookiand,"Cecil elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the fourCounty, Md., January 2, 1815; interment in the familybury- succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1911); chair-ing ground on his estate, man, Committee on Electionof President, Vice President, and Representatives (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Con- GALE, Levin (son of George Gale), a Representative from gresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910; re-Maryland; born in Elkton, Cecil County, Md., April 24, 1784; sumed the practice of law in Charleston, W.Va.;died inattended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to Montgomery, W.Va., April 12, 1951; interment in SpringHillthe bar and practiced in Elkton, Md.; memberof the State Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va. senate in 1816; elected to the Twentieth Congress(March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829); declined to be a candidate for renomi- GAINES, William Embre, a Representative from Virginia;nation in 1828; resumed the practice of law; died inElkton, born near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Va.,Md., December 18, 1834. August 30, 1844; attended the common schools; duringthe Civil War enlisted as a private in Company K, Eighteenth GALE, Richard Pillsbury, a Representative from Minneso- Virginia Regiment (Pickett'sdivision); reenlisted in theta; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County,Minn., October Army of -the Cape Fear, and surrendered with Johnston, 30, 1900; attended the public schools of Minneapolis,Blake near Greensboro, N.C., in April 1865, havingattained theSchool at Hopkins, Minn., Minnesota FarmSchool, and Uni- rank of adjutant of Manly's artillery battalion; studied law;versity of Minnesota at Minneapolis; wasgraduated from was admitted to the bar and practiced; engagedin the tobac-Yale University in 1922; became engaged inagricultural co business and banking atBurkeville, Va.; member of thepursuits and securities in 1923; member of theState house State senate from 1883 to 1887, when he resigned; delegateof representatives in 1939 and 1940;member of the Mound to the Republican National Convention in 1884; mayorof(Minn.) School Board for eight years; trusteeof Blake School Burkeville; delegate to several State conventions; elected asat Hopkins, Minn.; elected as aRepublican to the Seventy- a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress(March 4, 1887-Marchseventh and to the Seventy-eighth Congresses(January 3, 3, 1889); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888;died1941-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate forreelection in Washington, D.C., May 4, 1912; interment in Glenwoodin 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; authorof newspaper Cemetery. articles on social, economic, and politicallife of people in GAITHER, Nathan, a Representative from Kentucky;various foreign countries; returned to agriculturalpursuits and resided at his Wickham Farm nearMound, Minn.; died born near Mocksville, Davie County, N.C., September 15, in Lake- 1788; completed preparatory studies; attended Bardstownin Minneapolis, Minn., December 4, 1973; interment College; studied medicine; was graduated from Jeffersonwood Cemetery. Medical College and began practice in Columbia, KY.; served GALIFIANAKIS, Nick, a Representative from North as assistant surgeon in the Warof 1812; member of the StateCarolina; born in Durham, Durham County, N.C.,July 22, house of representatives 18 15-1818; elected as a Jacksonian1928; attended the public schools; DukeUniversity, A.B., to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March4, 1951, and from the law school of the sameuniversity, LL.B., 1829-March 3, 1833); unsuccessful candidate for reelection1953; active duty in the United States MarineCorps Re- 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; delegate to the Stateserve, October 1953 toApril 1956; admitted to the bar in constitutional convention in 1849; again a member of the1956 and commenced practice in Durham, N.C.;commanding State house of representatives 1855-1857; resumed the prac- N.C., 1960-1962; 12, 1862;officer, Forty-first Rifle Company, Durham, tice of medicine; died in Columbia, Ky., August assistant professor of business law, Duke University,1960- interment in Columbia Cemetery. 1967; member, North Carolina State Legislature,1961-1967; GALBRAITH, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania;elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and tothe two suc- born in Huntingdon, Pa., on August 2, 1794;moved with hisceeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1973); was parents in 1796 to Allegheny Township, HuntingdonCounty,not a candidate in 1972 for reelection to theUnited States Pa., and subsequently, in 1802, to Centre Township,ButlerHouse of Representatives but was an unsuccessfulcandidate County; attended the common schools; served anapprentice-for election to the United States Senate;resumed the prac- ship at the printer's trade; taught school; studiedlaw; wastice of law; is a resident of Durham, N.C. admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practicein in GALLAGHER, Cornelius Edward, a Representative from Butler, Pa.; moved to Franklin, Venango County, Pa., March 1822 and continued the practice of his profession;member ofNew Jersey; born in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., elected as a2, 1921; attended the local schools of Bayonne; wasgraduat- the State house of representatives 1829-1832; N.J., in 1946 Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congress-ed from John Marshall College, Jersey City, 1038 Biographical Directory

and from John Marshall Law School, LL.B., 1948; additional1761; was graduated from the University of Geneva in 1779; studies at New York University in 1948 and 1949; command-immigrated to the United States and settled in Boston, ed an Infantry rifie company in General Patton's ThirdMass., in 1780; served in the Revolutionary Army; instructor Army in Europe and served from September 1941 until dis-of French in Harvard University in 1782; moved to Virginia charged as a captain in November 1946; servedone yearin 1785 and settled in Fayette County (now in Pennsylvania); during the Korean War; was admitted to the bar in 1949 andhis estate becoming a portion of Pennsylvania, he was made commenced the practice of law in Bayonne, N.J.; servedona member of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in faculty of Rutgers University in 1945 and 1946; director of1789; member, State house of representatives 1790-1792; the Broadway National Bank; elected to the Hudson Countyelected to the United States Senate and presented creden- Board of Freeholders in 1953 and resigned in 1956; appoint- ed commissioner of New Jersey Turnpike Authority in 1956;tials as a Senator-elect on February 28, 1793; no action was delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1952,taken during the Second Congress, but when he took his 1956, and 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixthseat, a petition was presented alleging he had not been a and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-Janu-citizen of the United States the term of years required by ary 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972the Constitution and the Senate declared the election void; to the Ninety-third Congress; vice president of Baron/Can-served from December 2, 1793, to February 28, 1794; elected ning International in New York City; is a resident of Colum-to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1795- bia, N.J. March 3, 1801); was not a candidate for renomination in 1800; appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President GALLAGHER, James A., a Representative from Pennsyl-Thomas Jefferson in 1801; reappointed by President James vania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 16, 1869; attendedMadison, and served from 1801 to 1814; appointed one of the the public schools and Pierce Business College, Philadelphia,commissioners to negotiate the Treaty of Ghent in 1814; one Pa., 1891-1893; engaged in merchandise warehousing andof the commissioners which negotiated a commercial conven- transportation since 1886; also engaged in banking; electedtion with Great Britain in 1816; appointed United States as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3,Envoy Extraordinary and MinisterPlenipotentiaryto 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionFrance by President Madison 1815-1823; Minister Plenipo- in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; elected in 1946 to the tentiary to Great Britain 1826-1827; returned to New York Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949);un-City and became president of the National Bank of New successful candidate for renomination in 1948; returned toYork; died in Astoria, N.Y., August 12, 1849; interment in merchandise warehousing and transportation business; died Nicholson Vault, Trinity Churchyard, New York City. in Philadelphia, Pa., December 8, 1957; interment in Holy Bibliography: DAB; Gallatin, Albert. Selected Writings of Albert Galla- Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa. tin. Edited by E. James Ferguson. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1967; Wal- ters, Raymond, Jr. Albert Gallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat. GALLAGHER, Thomas, a Representative from Illinois; New York: Macmillan, 1957. born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., July 6, 1850; moved to Chicago in 1866; attended the public schools; GALLEGLY, Elton W., a Representative from California; learned the trade of iron molder; entered the hat business inborn in Huntington Park, Calif., March 7, 1944; attended Chicago in 1878; director of the Cook County State Savingspublic schools in Cudahy and Huntington Park, Calif.; at- Bank; member of the city council of Chicago 1893-1897;tended Los Angeles State College, 1962-1963; real estate member of the board of education 1897-1903; chairman ofbroker; member, Simi Valley City Council, 1979; mayor, Simi the Democratic central committee of Cook County in 1902;Valley, 1980-1986; chairman, Ventura County Association of president of the Democratic county committee in 1906 andGovernments, 1983; elected as a Republican to the One Hun- 1907 and a member of the executive committee in 1909,dredth Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1989); is a 1911, and 1913; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first andresident of Simi Valley, Calif. to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, GALLEGOS, José Manuel, a Delegate from the Territory 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to theof New Mexico; was born in what is now Rio Arriba County, Sixty-seventh Congress; retired from active pursuits andre- sided in Chicago, Ill.; died February 24, 1930, in San Anto-N.Mex., October 30, 1815; attended parochial schools; studied nio, Tex., while on a visit; interment in St. Boniface Ceme-theology at the College of Durango, Republic of Mexico, and tery, Chicago, Ill. was graduated in 1840; member of the legislative assembly of what was then the Department of New Mexico, Republic GALLAGHER, William James, a Representative fromof Mexico, 1843-1846; member of the first Territorial council

Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.,of the Territory of New Mexico in 1851; elected as a Demo-- May 13, 1875; attended the public schools, and was graduat- crat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, ed from North High School in 1894; engaged as an editorial1855); presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Thirty- employee and proofreader in Minneapolis, Minn., in 1895fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1855, to July 23, and 1896; moved to Spokane, Wash., in 1897 and continued1856, when he was succeeded by Miguel A. Otero, who con- his former pursuits with a labor journal until 1899; returnedtested his election; member of the Territorial house of repre- to Minneapolis, Minn., and engaged as a trucker and clerksentatives 1860-1862 and served as speaker; unsuccessful in freight houses until 1919; employed as a street sweepercandidate for election in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress; for Hennepin County 1919-1927 and for the city of Minne-made a prisoner of war by the Texas Confederate troops in apolis, Minn., from 1927 until his retirement in 1942; was1862; treasurer of the Territory in 1865 and 1866; superin- elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress andtendent of Indian affairs in New Mexico in 1868; elected as a served from January 3, 1945, until his death; had been re-- Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871- nominated to the Eightieth Congress in 1946; died in a hospi-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 tal at Rochester, Minn., August 13, 1946; interment in Crys-to the Forty-third Congress; died in Santa Fe, N.Mex., April tal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. 21, 1875; interment in the Catholic Cemetery. GALLATIN, Albert, a Senator and a Representative from GALLINGER, Jacob Harold, a Representative and a Sen- Pennsylvania; born in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29,ator from New Hampshire; born in Cornwall, Ontario, Biographies 1039

Canada, March 28, 1837; attended the common schools andschools; moved to Ohio and settled in Highland County in completed an academic course; became a printer; studied1830; graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in medicine and was graduated from the Cincinnati (Ohio)1833; attended Princeton Theological Seminary in 1835 and Medical Institute in 1858; studied abroad for two years; re-1836; taught school in Hamilton, Ohio, 1836 and 1837, at turned to the United States and engaged in the practice ofMiami University in 1837 and 1838, and Hanover College, medicine and surgery in Concord, N.H.; member, StateIndiana, in 1839 and 1840; studied law; was admitted to the house of representatives 1872-1873, 1891; member of thebar in 1843 and commenced practice in Chihicothe, Ohio; State constitutional convention in1876; member, Statesecretary of state in 1844; moved to Columbus in 1844; dele- senate 1878-1880; was surgeon general of New Hampshire,gate to the Whig National Convention in 1848; elected as a with the rank of brigadier general 1879-1880; elected as aRepublican to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855- Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth CongressesMarch 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); declined to be a candidate forto the Thirty-fifth Congress and for election in 1858 to the reelection in 1888; elected as a Republican to the UnitedThirty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; during States Senate in 1891; reelected in 1897, 1903, 1909, and 1914, and served from March 4, 1891, until his death inthe Civil War appointed judge advocate of Camp Chase, Franklin, N.H., August 17, 1918; served as President proColumbus, Ohio, by President Lincoln; appointed by Presi- tempore during the Sixty-secondCongress; Republicandent Johnson to investigate conditions in the South during caucus chairman 1913-1918; chairman, Committee on Trans- the period of reconstruction; died in Columbus, Ohio, April portation Routes to the Seaboard (Fifty-second Congress),5, 1872; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery. Committee on Pensions (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Bibliography: DAB. Congresses), Committee on the District of Columbia (Fifty- GALLUP, Albert, a Representative from New York; born seventh through Sixty-second Congresses), Republican Con-in East Berne, Albany County, N.Y., January 30, 1796; re- ference (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses); chair-ceived a limited schooling; studied law; was admitted to the man of the Merchant Marine Commission 1904-1905; inter-bar and practiced in Albany; sheriff of Albany County 1831- ment in Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H. Bibliography: DAB; U.S. Congress. Memorial Services for Jacob Harold 1834; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress Gallinger. 65th Cong., 3rd sess., 1918-1919. Washington, D.C.: Government (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839); unsuccessful candidate for Printing Office, 1919. reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; appointed by President Polk collector of customs at Albany; died in GALLIVAN, James Ambrose, a Representative from Mas-Providence, R.I., November 5, 1851; interment in Swan Point sachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., October 22, 1866; attended the public schools; was graduated from the Boston LatinCemetery. School in 1884 and from Harvard University in 1888; en- GAMBLE, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; gaged in newspaper work in 1888; member of the Stateborn in Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pa., on January 28, house of representatives in 1895 and 1896; served in the1809; attended the common schools and Jersey Shore (Pa.) State senate in 1897 and 1898; street commissioner of BostonAcademy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in December 1900-1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress1833 and commenced practice in Jersey Shore, Pa.; county to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James M.treasurer 1834-1836; resumed the practice of law in Jersey Curley; reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeed-Shore; member of the State house of representatives in 1841 ing Congresses and served from April 7, 1914, until his deathand 1842; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and in Arlington, Mass., April 3, 1928; interment in St. Joseph'sThirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3,1855); Cemetery (West Roxbury), Boston, Mass. president judge of Clearfield County in 1859 and 1860; presi- GALLO, Dean A., a Representative from New Jersey;dent judge of the court of common pleas of Lycoming County born in Hackensack, N.J., November 23, 1935; attended1868-1878; died in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa., Feb- publicschools;realtor;president, Parsippany-Troy Hillsruary 22, 1883; interment in Wildwood Cemetery. Township Council, 1970; director, Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1973-1975; member, New Jersey gener- GAMBLE, John Rankin (brother of Robert Jackson al assembly, 1976-1984; elected as a Republican to theGamble and uncle of Ralph Abernethy Gamble), a Repre-- Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Congresses (January 3,sentative from South Dakota; born in Alabama, Genesee 1985-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Parsippany, N.J. County, N.Y., January 15,1848; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Fox Lake, Wis., in 1862; GALLOWAY, Joseph, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; bornwas graduated from Lawrence University,Appleton, Wis., in at West River, Anne Arundel County, Md., 1731; moved with1872; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1873 and his father to Pennsylvania in 1740; received a liberal school-commenced practice in Yankton, Territroy of Dakota (now ing; studied law; was admitted to the bar and began practiceSouth Dakota); district attorney for Yankton County 1876- in Philadelphia, Pa.; member of the Pennsylvania House of1878; United States attorney for Dakota Territory in 1878; Representatives 1757-1775, and served as speaker 1766-1774;member of the Territorial house of representatives 1877- Member of the Continental Congress in 1774; signed the1879; served in the Territorial council 1881-1885; elected as nonimportation agreement, but was opposed to independencea Republican to the Fifty-second Congressand served from of the Colonies and remained loyal to the King; in DecemberMarch 4, 1891, until his death in Yankton, S.Dak., August 1776 joined the British Army of General Howe in New York;14, 1891, before the assembling of the Congress; interment in moved to England in 1778; the same year the General As- sembly of Pennsylvania convicted him of high treason andYankton Cemetery. confiscated his estates; died in Watford, Herts, England, GAMBLE, Ralph Abernethy (sonof Robert Jackson August 29, 1803. Gamble and nephew of John Rankin Gamble), a Representa- Bibliography: DAB; Boyd, Julian P. Anglo-American Union; Joseph Gal. tive from New York; born in Yankton, S.Dak., May 6, 1885; loway's Plans to Preserve the British Empire, 1774-1788. Philadelphia: Uni-attended the public schools of Yankton, S.Dak., and Wash- versity of Pennsylvania Press, 1941. ington, D.C.; was graduated from Tome Prep School, Port GALLOWAY, Samuel, a Representative from Ohio; bornDeposit, Md., in 1905, from Princeton University, in 1909, in Gettysburg, Pa., March 20, 1811; attended the publicfrom George Washington Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1040 Biographical Directory

1911, and from Columbia University Law School, New Yorkocrat to the United States Senate, February 1, 1971, to fill City, in 1912; was admitted to the bar in 1913 and com-the vacancy caused by the death of Richard B; Russell, and menced practice in New York City; counsel for the town ofserved from February 1, 1971, to November 7, 1972; unsuc- Maniaroneck, N.Y., 1918-1933, and for Larchmont, N.Y.,cessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1972 to 1926-1928; member of the State assembly 1931-1937; electedcomplete the term and for the full six-year term; practices as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill thelaw in Atlanta, Ga.; is a resident of Atlanta, Ga. vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles D. Millard; Bibliography: Mellichamp, Josephine. "David Gainbrell." pp. 285-89. In reelected to the Seventy-sixth and to the eight succeeding Senators from Georgia. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers, Inc. 1976. Congresses and served from November 2, 1937, to January 3, 1957; chairman, Joint Committee on Housing (Eightieth Con- GAMBRILL, Stephen Warfield, a Representative from gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1956; retiredMaryland; born near Savage, Howard County, Md., October and resided in St. Michaels, Md., until his death thereon2, 1873; attended the common schools and Maryland Agricul- March 4, 1959; interment in Hopewell Cemetery, Port Depos- tural College (now the University of Maryland); was grad- it, Md. uated from the law department of Columbian College (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., in 1896; GAMBLE, Robert Jackson (brother of John Rankinwas admitted to the bar in 1897 and practiced in Baltimore, Gamble and father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble), a Repre-Md.; member of the State house of delegates 1920-1922; sentative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Geneseeserved in the State senate in 1924; elected as a Democrat to County, near Akron, Erie County, N.Y., February 7, 1851;the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the moved with his parents to Fox Lake, Wis., in 1862; graduat-death of Sidney E. Mudd; reelected to the Sixty-ninth and to ed from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., in 1874; stud-the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced1924, until his death; had been reelected to the Seventy-sixth practicein Yankton, Territory of Dakota (now SouthCongress; died in Washington, D.C., on December 19, 1938; Dakota); district attorney for the second judicial district ofinterment in Cedar Hill Cemetery. the Territory of Dakota 1880; city attorney of Yankton 1881- 1882; member, Territorial council 1885; elected as a Republi- GAMMAGE, Robert Alton, a Representative from Texas; can to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3,born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., March 13, 1938; at- 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896; electedtended the public schools of Houston; A.A., Del Mar College, to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901);Corpus Christi, Tex., 1958; B.S., University of Corpus Christi, chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings1963; M.A., Sam Houston State University, 1965; J.D., Uni- (Fifty-sixth Congress); elected as a Republican to the Unitedversity of Texas School of Law, Austin, 1969; LL.M., Univer- States Senate in 1901; reelected in 1906, and served fromsity of Virginia School of Law, 1986; admitted to the Texas March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1913; unsuccessful candidate forbar in 1969 and practiced in Houston, 1969-1979; served in renomination in 1912; chairman, Committee on Indian Dep-United States Army, 1959-1960 and United States Navy Re- redations (Fifty-seventh Congress), Committee on Transpor-serve, commander, 1965 to present; teaching fellow, Sam tation Routes to the Seaboard (Fifty-eighth through SixtiethHouston State University, 1963-1965; dean of men, director Congresses), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Sixty-first Con-of student activities, University of Corpus Christi, 1965-1966; gress), Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-second Congress);instructor of government, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, moved to Sioux Falls, S.Dak., in 1915; resumed the practiceTex., 1969-1970; adjunct professor of law, South Texas Col- of law; referee in bankruptcy, southern district of Southlege of Law, Houston, 1971-1973; member, Texas house of Dakota 19 16-1924; member of the National Executive Com-representatives, 1971-1973, senate, 1973-1976; elected as a mittee of the League to Enforce Peace; died in Sioux Falls,Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress (January 3, 1977- S.Dak., September 22, 1924; interment in Yankton Cemetery,January 3, 1979); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in Yankton, S.Dak. 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; assistant attorney general of Texas, 1979-1980; special consultant, U.S. Department of GAMBLE, Roger Lawson, a Representative from Georgia;Energy, 1980; resumed the practice of law in Austin, 1980- born near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., in 1787; complet-1982; elected justice, Texas Court of Appeals, Austin, 1982 to ed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the barpresent; is a resident of Austin, Tex. about 1815 and commenced practice in Louisville, Ga.; cotton planter; served in the War of 1812 as a commissioned officer; GANDY, Harry Luther, a Representative from South member of the State house of representatives in 1814 andDakota; born in Churubusco, Whitley County, md., August 1815; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress13, 1881; attended the public schools; was graduated from (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate forTn-State College, Angola, md., in 1901; moved to Rapid City, reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; elected asS.Dak., in 1907; publisher of the Wasta (S.Dak.) Gazette a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-1910-1918; United States commissioner at Wasta, S.Dak., March 3, 1843); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 18421910-1913; member of the State senate in 1911; appointed by to the Twenty-eighth Congress; judge of the superior court ofPresident Wilson as receiver of public moneys of the United Georgia 1845-1847; died in Augusta, Ga., December 20, 1847;States land office at Rapid City and served from July 16, interment in Old Capitol Cemetery, Louisville, Ga. 1913, to March 3, 1915; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty- fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, GAMBRELL, David Henry, a Senator from Georgia; born1915-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., December 20, 1929; attended 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; engaged in agricultural public schools; graduated Davidson College (N.C.) in 1949pursuits and in the raising of livestock near Wasta, S.Dak., and Harvard Law School in 1952; United States Army Re-- 19 10-1945; executive secretary of the National Coal Associa- serve, First Lieutenant, 1949-1957; admitted to the Georgiation, Washington, D.C., 1923-1930; connected with subsidiary bar in 1951 and commenced practice in Atlanta; director,companies of the Pittston Co., 1930-1937; chairman, Bitumi- National Legal Aid and Defenders Association 1965-1971;nous Coal Producers Board, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1940; as- president, State bar of Georgia 1967-1968; chairman, statesistant to the president, Elk River Coal & Lumber Co. and Democratic Party of Georgia 1970-197 1; appointed as a Dem-Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad Co., Widen, W.Va., from Biographies 1041

1944 until his retirement; died in Los Gatos, Calif., Augustas a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress(March 4, 1891- 15, 1957; interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City,March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 S.Dak. to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed the practice of lawin Troy; commissioner from the State of Ohio to the Louisiana GANLY, James Vincent, a Representative from NewPurchase Exposition in 1904; delegate to all Democratic York; born in New York City September 13, 1878; attendedState conventions from 1892 to 1906; delegate to the Demo- the public schools and Packard Business College; engaged incratic National Convention in 1908; represented the Depart- the oil, real estate, and automobile businesses; member ofment of State on the directorate of El Banco Nacional de the State assembly in 1907; was the first county clerk ofNicaragua y El Ferrocarril del Pacifico de Nicaragua in 1914 Bronx County 1914-1918; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty- sixth Congress (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921); unsuccessfuland 1915; died in Troy, Ohio, February 10, 1916; interment candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Con-in Riverside Cemetery. gress; elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress and served from GARBER, Harvey Cable, a Representative from Ohio; March 4, 1923, until his death in an automobile accident inborn in Hill Grove, Darke County, Ohio, July 6, 1866; moved New York City September 7, 1923, before the convening ofto Greenville, Ohio, with his parents in 1872; attendedthe Congress; interment in St. Raymond's Cemetery, Borough ofpublic schools; manager of the Western Union Telegraph the Bronx, New York City. Co.; superintendent of the Central Union Telephone Co. for GANNETT, Barzillai, a Representative from Massachu-Ohio, and served four years as assistant general solicitor; setts; born in Bridgewater, Mass., June 17, 1764; was grad-member of the State house of representatives 1890-1893; uated from Harvard University in 1785; studied theology,chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1901 and but did not enter the ministry; selectman of Pittston, Mainechairman of the Democratic State executive committee (then a district of Massachusetts), in 1793, 1794, 1796-1798, 1902-1908; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and 1801, and 1802; town clerk in 1794; moderator 1797-1802;Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); was selectman and assessor, Gardiner, Maine, 1803-1808; ap-not a candidate for renomination; moved to Columbus, Ohio, pointed as the first postmaster of Gardiner and served fromin 1910 and served as assistant to the president of the Bell September 30, 1804, to October 1, 1809; moderator 1804-1806,Telephone Co. in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois 19 10-1915; also 1808, 1809, and 1811; member of the Massachusetts house ofstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1921 and commenced representatives in 1805 and 1806; served in the Massachu- practice in Columbus, Ohio; died at his winter home in setts senate in 1807 and 1808; elected as a Republican to theNaples, Fla., March 23, 1938; interment in Greenville Ceme- Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses and served from March 4,tery, Greenville, Ohio. 1809, until his resignation in 1812; died in New York City in GARBER, Jacob Aaron, a Representative from Virginia; 1832. born near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Va., January GANSEVOORT, Leonard, a Delegate from New York;25, 1879; attended the public schools of Rockingham County, born in Albany, N.Y., July 14, 1751; studied law; was admit-and Bridgewater (Va.) College; principal of Brentsville Acad- ted to the bar in 1771 and commenced practice in Albany,emy in 1904 and 1905; wasgraduated from Emerson College, N.Y.; colonel of Light Cavalry in the Revolutionary War;Boston, Mass., in 1907; taught in Well's Memorial Institute, member of the Provincial Congress in 1775 and 1776; presi-Boston, Mass., in 1906 and 1907; secretary of EmersonCol- dent of New York from April 18 to May 14, 1777; clerk oflege in 1907 and 1908; moved to Timberville, Va., in 1908 Albany County in 1777 and 1778; member of the State as-and was employed as a bank cashier until 1924; served as sembly in 1778, 1779, and 1788; member of the commercialtreasurer of Rockingham County 1924-1929; memberof the convention in Annapolis, Md., in 1786; Member of the Conti-State house of delegates 1920-1922; interested in various nental Congress in 1788; served in the State senate 1791-orchard and canning organizations; elected as a Republican 1793; judge of Albany County 1794-1797; member of theto the Seventy-first Congress (March 4,1929-March 3, 1931); council of appointment in 1797; judge of the probate courtunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy- from 1799 until his death in Albany, N.Y., August 26, 1810;second Congress; served as chief of the field and processing- interment in Albany Rural Cemetery. tax divisions, Internal Revenue Office, Richmond, Va.,1931- Bibliography: DAB. 1935; delegate to the Republican National Convention in GANSON, John, a Representative from New York; born in1932; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to the Sev- Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y., January 1, 1818; attended theenty-seventh Congress; served in the State senate 1945-1947; public schools and Le Roy Academy; was graduated fromresumed operation of commercial orchards; died in Harrison- Harvard University in 1839; studied law; was admitted toburg, Va., December 2, 1953; interment in Church of the the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Canandaigua, Brethren Cemetery, Timberville, Va. Ontario County, N.Y.; moved to Buffalo the same year; GARBER, Milton Cline, a Representative from Oklahoma; member of the State senate in 1862 and 1863; elected as aborn in Humboldt, Calif., November 30, 1867; was reared on Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-a farm in Iowa; attended the commonschools, Upper Iowa March 3, 1865); was not a candidate for renomination inUniversity at Fayette 1887-1890, and the law department of 1864; resumed the practice of law at Buffalo, N.Y.; railroadthe University of Iowa at Iowa City 189 1-1893; settled in director; delegate to the Democratic National Convention inOklahoma upon the opening of the Cherokee Strip; was 1864; died in Buffalo, N.Y., September 28, 1874; interment inadmitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced the practice of Forest Lawn Cemetery. law in Guthrie, Okla.; in company with his father and broth- GANTZ, Martin Kissinger, a Representative from Ohio;er founded the town of Garber in1893 and opened up the born in Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, January 28,Garber oil fields; appointed probate judge of Garfield County 1862; attended the common schools and Lebanon (Ohio) Col- in 1902 and subsequently elected in 1904; appointedassoci- lege; was graduated from the Cincinnati Law College inate justice of the supreme court of the Territory ofOklaho-- 1883; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced prac-ma and trial judge of thefifth judicial district in 1906, tice in Troy, Ohio; mayor of the city of Troy in 1889; electedserving in these capacities until Oklahoma became a State; 1042 Biographical Directory elected judge of the twentieth judicial district in 1908 andStates Infantry, with the rank of major; died at Camp served until 1912, when he resigned; resumed the practice ofWheeler, Macon, Ga., January 14, 1918; interment in Arling- law; mayor of Enid, Okia., 1919-192 1; engaged in thenews-ton National Cemetery. paper business and in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Bibliography: Gardner, Augustus Peabody. Some Letters of Augustus Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Peabody Gardner. Edited by Constance Gardner. Boston: Houghton MifThn Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933); unsuccessfulcan- Co., 1920; Gardner, Constance. , Major, United didate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; States National Guard, 1865-1918. Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, died in Alexandria, Minn., September 12, 1948; interment in privately printed, 1919. Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Okla. GARDNER, Edward Joseph, a Representative from Ohio; GARCIA, Robert, a Representative from New York; bornborn in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, August 7, 1898; at- in New York, Bronx County, N.Y., January 9, 1933; attendedtended the parochial schools; was graduated from the Col- the public schools; graduated from Haaren High School,lege of Commerce and Finance of St. Xavier University, Bronx, 1950; attended City College of New York, 1957; Com-Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1920; graduate work at Wharton School munity College of New York, 1957; RCA Institute, 1957;of Business of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadel- served in the United States Army during the Korean Warphia and at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; with the Third Infantry Division, 1950-1953; computer engi-during the First World War served as a private in the neer, 1957-1965; served in the New York assembly, 1965-United States Army in 1918; district controller ofa food 1966; New York senate, 1966-1978; deputy minority leader,distributing company at Philadelphia, Pa., 1920-1924; public 1975-1978; delegate to Democratic National Convention,accountant, Hamilton, Ohio, 1924-1950; president of Hamil- 1976; registered as a Democrat but elected as a Republican-ton city council and vice mayor 1926-1928; member of the Liberal to the Ninety-fifth Congress, by special election, Feb-State house of representatives in 1937, 1938, 1941, and 1942; ruary 14, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationelected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (Janu- of Herman Badillo; reelected to the five succeeding Con-ary 3, 1945-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for re- gresses (February 14, 1978, to January 3, 1989;) resumedelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; continued his prior party affiliation as a Democrat, effective February 21,profession as an accountant; died in Hamilton, Ohio, Decem- 1978; is a resident of Bronx, N.Y. ber 7, 1950; interment in St. Mary's Cemetery. GARD, Warren, a Representative from Ohio; born in GARDNER, Francis, a Representative from New Hamp- Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, July 2, 1873; attended theshire; born in Leominster, Mass., on December 27, 1771; was public schools and was graduated from the Cincinnati Lawgraduated from Harvard University in 1793; studied law; School in 1894; was admitted to the bar in 1894 andcom- was admitted to the bar in Cheshire County, N.H., in 1796 menced practice in Hamilton, Ohio; prosecuting attorney ofand commenced practice at Walpole, N.H.; moved to Keene, Butler County 1898-1903; judge of the court of common pleasN.H., in 1806; solicitor of Cheshire County 1807-1820; elected 1907-19 12; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and toas a Republican to the Tenth Congress (March 4, 1807- the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3,March 3, 1809); was not a candidate for reelection in 1808; 1921); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920;re-died in Roxbury, Mass., June 25, 1835. sumed the practice of law in Hamilton, Ohio, where he died November 1, 1929; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. GARDNER, Frank, a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm in Finley Township, near Scottsburg, Scott GARDENIER, Barent, a Representative from New York;County, md., May 8, 1872; attended the rural schools; was born in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y.; completed preparato-graduated from Borden Institute, Clark County, md., in 1896 ry studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and prac-and from the law department of the University of Indiana at ticed; held several local offices; elected as a Federalist to theBloomington in 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and Tenth and Eleventh Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3,commenced the practice of law in Scottsburg, md.; auditor of 1811); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1810; Scott County 1903-1911; county attorney 1911-1917; member engaged in the practice of law in Ulster and Columbia Coun-of the Democratic county committee and served as chairman ties; district attorney of the first district from March 1813 to1912-1922; served as field examiner for the State board of April 1815; died in Kingston, N.Y., January 10, 1822; inter-accounts 1911-1920; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty- ment beneath the First Reformed Dutch Church of that city.eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, GARDNER, Augustus Peabody (uncle of Henry Cabot1923-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in Lodge, Jr.), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in1928 to the Seventy-first Congress; resumed the practice of Boston, Mass., November 5, 1865; attended St. Paul's School,law in Scottsburg, md.; elected judge of the sixth judicial Concord, N.H., and was graduated from Harvard Universitycircuit of Indiana in 1930; reelected in 1936 and served until in 1886; studied law in Harvard Law School, but never prac-his death in Scottsburg, md., February 1, 1937; interment in ticed, devoting himself to the management of his estate;Scottsburg Cemetery. captain and assistant adjutant general on the staff of Gen. GARDNER, Gideon, a Representative from Massachu- James H. Wilson during theSpanish-American War;setts; born in Nantucket, Mass., May 30, 1759; received a member of the State senate 1900 and 1901; elected as alimited schooling; was a successful shipmaster, and later Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancybecame a shipowner; also engaged in mercantile pursuits; caused by the resignation of William H. Moody; reelected toelected as a Republican to the Eleventh Congress (March 4, the Fifty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and1809-March 3, 1811); resumed his former business pursuits; served from November 3, 1902, until May 15, 1917, when he resigned to enter the Army; chairman, Committee on Indus-was the bearer of a petition from the citizens of Nantucket trial Arts and Expositions (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Con-to Congress for tax relief in 1813; died in Nantucket, Mass., gresses); during the First World War served at GovernorsMarch 22, 1832; interment in Friends Burying Ground. Island and in Macon, Ga., as colonel in the Adjutant Gener- GARDNER, James Carson, a Representative from North al's Department, and later was transferred at his own re-Carolina; born in Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., April 8, quest to the One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment, United 1933; educated in the public schools of Rocky Mount, and Biographies 1043

North Carolina State University at Raleigh, N.C.; served inMaine, with his parents in 1864; attended the common the United States Army, 1953-1955; co-founder and execu-schools, Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., tive vice president of Hardee's Food Systems, Inc., Rockyand Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, Maine; engaged Mount, N.C., 1962-1967; chairman, North Carolina Republi-in the lumber, lime, and creamery business in Rockland, can Party, 1965-1966; elected as a Republican to the Nineti-Maine, and also in agricultural pursuits and in cattle rais- eth Congress (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1969); was not aing; member of the State board of agriculture; master of the candidate for reelection in 1968, but was an unsuccessfulMaine State Grange 1897-1907; unsuccessful candidate for candidate for governor of North Carolina; president, Gard-Governor of Maine in 1908; appointed as chairman of the ner Foods, Inc., Rocky Mount; is a resident of Rocky Mount,board of State assessors 1911, but resigned, having been N.e. appointed Senator; appointed and subsequently elected as a GARDNER, John, a Delegate from Rhode Island; born inDemocrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy South Kingstown, R.I., in 1747; engaged in agricultural pur-caused by the death of William P. Frye and served from suits in Narragansett, R.I.; served in the Revolutionary War;September 23, 1911, until March 3, 1913; unsuccessful candi- captain of the "Kingstown Reds" in 1775 and 1776; repre-date for reelection in 1913; appointed a member of the Inter- sentative to the general assembly by the Paper Money Partynational Joint Commission created to prevent disputes re-- in 1786 and 1787; Member of the Continental Congress ingarding the use of the boundary waters between the United 1789; justice of the peace for South Kingstown in 1791; diedStates and Canada in 1913, and served as chairman of the in South Kingstown, R.I., October 18, 1808. United States section 1914-1923; returned to Rockland, Bibliography: DAB. Maine, and retired; moved to Augusta, Maine, where he died GARDNER, John James, a Representative from NewJuly 24, 1938; interment in Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Jersey; born in Atlantic County, N.J., October 17, 1845; at-Maine. tended the common schools and the law school of the Uni- GARDNER, Sylvester, a Delegate from Rhode Island; born versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1866 and 1867; servedin South Kingstown, R.I., about 1730; admitted a freeman in the Sixth New Jersey Volunteers 1861-1865 and one yearfrom West Greenwich, Kent County, R.I., in 1757; commis- in the United States Veteran Volunteers; engaged in thesioned major for Kings County in 1769 and again 1770; jus- real estate and insurance business; elected alderman of At-tice of the peace for North Kingstown in 1774; deputy from lantic City, N.J., in 1867; mayor of Atlantic City 1868-1872,North Kingstown in 1775, 1776-1778, 1780, and 1781; ap- 1874, and 1875; member of the common council and coronerpointed major in Kings County Militia in 1780; made sixth of Atlantic County in 1876; member of the State senateassistant in 1781 and again in 1782; justice of the court of 1878-1893, serving as its president in 1883; engaged in agri-common pleas for Washington County1781-1788; again cultural pursuits; delegate to the Republican National Con-made assistant in 1783; elected a Delegate to the Continental vention in 1884; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-thirdCongress in 1787, but did not take his seat; deputy from and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-MarchNorth Kingstown in 1790; chief justice of the court of 3, 1913); chairman, Committee on Labor (Fiftieth through R.I., in Sixty-first Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelectioncommon pleas in 1792; died in North Kingstown, in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; resumed agricultural 1803. pursuits; died in Indian Mills, Burlington County, N.J., Feb- GARDNER, Washington, a Representative from Michigan; ruary 7, 1921; interment in Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleas-born in Morrow County, Ohio, February 16, 1845;entered antville, N.J. the Union Army and served in Company D, Sixty-fifth Regi- GARDNER, Joseph, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; bornment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from October 1861 to Decem- in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., in 1752; stud-ber 1865; severely wounded in action at Resaca, Ga.; attend- ied medicine and practiced; raised a company of Volunteersed school at Berea, Ohio, the Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, in 1776 and commanded the Fourth Battalion of militia fromMich., and was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan Universi- Chester County; member of the committee of safety in 1776ty, Delaware, Ohio, in 1870; studied in the school oftheology, and 1777; member of the State assembly 1776-1778 and ofBoston University, in 1870 and 1871; was graduated from the the supreme executive council in 1779; Member of the Conti-Albany Law School in 1876; was admitted to the bar and nental Congress in 1784 and 1785; resumed the practice ofcommenced practice in Grand Rapids, Mich.; entered the medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., 1785-1792, and in Elkton,ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he Md., 1792-1794; died in Elkton, Md., in 1794. served twelve years; commander of the Department of Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1888; professor in GARDNER, Mills, a Representative from Ohio; born inAlbion College 1889-1894; appointed secretary of state of Russeliville, Brown County, Ohio, January 30, 1830; attend-Michigan in March 1894 and served until 1899; elected as a ed the common schools of Highland County and RankinsRepublican to the Fifty-sixth and to the five succeeding Con- Academy at Ripley, Ohio; moved to Fayette County in 1854; Committee studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commencedgresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1911); chairman, practice at Washington Court House, Ohio; prosecuting at-on Expenditures in the Departmentof Commerce and Labor torney of Fayette County 1855-1859; member of the Ohio(Sixty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection State senate in 1862 and 1863; member of the State house ofin 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; commander in chief of representatives in 1866 and 1867; member of the State con-the Grand Army of the Republic in 1913 and 1914; Commis- stitutional convention in 1872; elected as a Republican to thesioner of Pensions from March 22, 1921, to March 4, 1925, Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); was notwhen he resigned; retired from public life and died in a candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practiceAlbion, Mich., March 31, 1928; interment in Riverside Ceme-- of law until his death; died at Washington Court House,tery. Ohio, February 20, 1910; interment in Washington Ceme- GARFIELD, James Abram, a Representative from Ohio tery. and 20th President of the United States; born in Orange, GARDNER, Obadiah, a Senator from Maine; born nearCuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831; attended dis- Port Huron, Mich., September 13, 1852; moved to Union,trict school; at the age of seventeen was driver and helms- 1044 Biographical Directory

man on the Ohio Canal; entered Geauga Seminary, Chester,to take his seat, as Arkansas had not been readmitted to Ohio, in March 1849, and at the close of the fall term taughtrepresentation; Governor of Arkansas 1874-1876; elected as a district school; attended the Eclectic Institute, Hiram,a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1876; reelected in Ohio, 1851-1854; was graduated from Williams College, Wil-1883, and served from March 4, 1877, to March 6, 1885, when liamstown, Mass., in 1858; professor of ancient languageshe resigned to accept a Cabinet post; chairman, Committee and literature in Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio; president ofon Territories (Forty-sixth Congress); appointed Attorney Hiram College 1857-1861; member of the State senate inGeneral by President Grover Cleveland 1885-1889; resumed 1859; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860;the practice of law in Little Rock; died in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War entered the Union Army; commis-January 26, 1899; interment in Mount Holly Cemetery, sioned lieutenant colonel of the Forty-second Regiment, OhioLittle Rock, Ark. Volunteer Infantry, August 21, 1861, and promoted through Bibliography: DAB; Newberry, Farrar. A Life of Mr. Garland of Arkan- the ranks to major general; resigned December 5, 1863; elect- sas. Arkadelhia, Ark.: n.p., 1908; Schlup, Leonard. "Augustus Hill Garland: ed as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the eight Gilded Age Democrat." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 40 (Winter 1981): succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, until 338-46. November 8, 1880, when he resigned, having been elected President of the United States; appointed a member of the GARLAND, David Shepherd, a Representative from Vir- Electoral Commission created by act of Congress approvedginia; born near New Glasgow (now Clifford), Amherst January 29, 1877, to decide the contests in various States inCounty, Va., September 27,1769; pursued an academic the presidential election of 1876; elected to the United Statescourse; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced Senate on January 13, 1880, for the term beginning March 4,practice in Virginia; member of the State house of delegates 1881, but declined to accept on December 23, 1880, having1799-1802 and 1805-1809; served in the State senate 1809- been elected President of the United States on November 4, 1811; elected as a Republican to the Eleventh Congress to fill 1880, to which office he had been nominated on June 8,the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wilson Cary Nicho- 1880, in the Republican National Convention; was inaugu-las and served from January 17, 1810, to March 3, 1811; rated March 4, 1881; on the morning of July 2, 1881, whileagain a member of the State house of delegates in 1814, passing through the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot in Wash-1815, 1819-1826, and 1832-1836; died in Clifford, Va., Octo- ington, D.C., was shot by Charles J. Guiteau; died from theber 7, 1841; interment in the Meredith and Garland families' effects of the wound, in Elberon, N.J., September 19, 1881;graveyard, Clifford, Va. interment in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. GARLAND, James, a Representative from Virginia; born Bibliography: DAB; Garfield, James A. The Diary of James Abram (Jar- field. 2 vols. Edited by Harry James Brown and Frederick D. Williams.at Ivy Depot, Albemarle County, Va., June 6, 1791; pursued East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University, 1967; Peskin, Allan. Gar- preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar field. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1978. and commenced practice in Lovingston, Va.; served in the War of 1812; resumed the practice of law; served in the State GARFIELDE, Selucius, a Delegate from the Territory ofhouse of delegates 1829-183 1; elected as a Jacksonian to the Washington; born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vt., De-Twenty-fourth Congress; reelected as a Democrat to the cember 8, 1822; moved to Gallipolis, Ohio, and later to Paris,Twenty-fifth Congress and as a Conservative to the Twenty- Ky., where he engaged in newspaper work; pursuedan aca-sixth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful demic course; member of the State constitutional conventioncandidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Con- in 1849; immigrated to California in 1851; member of thegress; resumed the practice of law; moved to Lynchburg, Va., State house of representatives in 1852; elected by the legisla-in 1841; Commonwealth attorney for Lynchburg 1849-1872; ture to codify the laws of the State in 1853; studied law; waselected judge of the corporation court in 1841, and served admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Sanuntil December 31, 1882; lived in retirement until his death Francisco, Calif.; returned to Kentucky in 1855; delegate toin Lynchburg, Va., August 8, 1885; interment in Spring Hill the Democratic National Convention in 1856; moved to theCemetery. Territory of Washington in 1857; receiver of public moneys 1857-1860; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in GARLAND, Mahlon Morris, a Representative from Penn- 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; surveyor general of thesylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 4, 1856; moved with Territory of Washington 1866-1869; elected as a Republicanhis parents to Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pa.; attended to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4,the common schools; having learned the trade of puddling 1869-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in and heating, joined the Amalgamated Association of Iron, 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; appointed collector of cus-Steel and Tin Workers, of which he became president; toms for the Puget Sound district in 1873; moved to Seattle,member of the select council of Pittsburgh in 1886 and 1887; Wash., where he engaged in the practice of law; also prac- appointed by President McKinley United States collector of ticed in Washington, D.C.; died in Washington, D.C., Aprilcustoms (then called surveyor of customs) at Pittsburgh on 13, 1881; interment in Glenwood Cemetery. April 7, 1898; reappointed by President Roosevelt in 1902 and 1906 and by President Taft in 1910, and served until GARLAND, Augustus Hill, a Senator from Arkansas; bornMarch 3, 1915; served as vice president of the American in Tipton County, Tenn., June 11, 1832; moved with hisFederation of Labor; member of the Pittsburgh School parents to Hempstead County, Ark., in 1833; attended St.Board; member of the borough council of Edgewood, Pa.; Mary's College and graduated from St. Joseph's College inelected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Kentucky in 1849; studied law; was admitted to the bar inSixty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until 1853 and commenced practice in Washington, Ark.; moved tohis death; chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining Little Rock in 1856; Union delegate to the State convention(Sixty-sixth Congress); had been reelected to the Sixty-sev- that passed the ordinance of secession in 1861; member ofenth Congress; died in Washington, D.C., November 19, 1920; the provisional congress that met in Montgomery, Ala., ininterment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. May 1861 and subsequently of the Confederate Congress and served in both houses; elected to the United States Senate GARLAND, Peter Adams, a Representative from Maine; for the term beginning March 4, 1867, but was not permittedborn in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 16, 1923; attend- Biographies 1045 ed Saco public schools, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.,man, Committee on Banking,Housing and Urban Affairs and graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in(Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses); payload 1945; officer and director of Garland Manufacturing Co.,specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery 1985. Saco, Maine, and Snocraft Co., Norway, Maine; served as an enlisted man in the United States Air Corps from 1943 to GARNER, Alfred Buckwalter, a Representative from 1946; director of New England Council and Associated Indus-Pennsylvania; born in Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pa., tries of Maine, 1955-1957; member of Saco SuperintendingMarch 4, 1873; attended the public schools; studied law; was School Committee, 1952-1954; mayor of Saco, 1956-1959;admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in New England field adviser, Small Business Administration,Ashland, Pa.; member of the State house of representatives 1958-1960; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh1901-1907; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Con- Congress (January 3, 1961-January 3,1963); unsuccessfulgress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); again amember of the candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Con- State house of representatives 1915-19 17; resumed the prac- gress; unsuccessful candidate to the NinetiethCongress intice of law in Ashland, Pa.; taxing officer, auditor general's 1966; municipal town manager, Gorham, Maine, 1967-1969;department, Harrisburg, Pa., from May 1917, until his death marketing director for an engineering firm, 1970-1972; cityin Harrisburg July 30, 1930; interment in Fountain Spring manager, Claremont, N.H., 1972-1973;community manager,Cemetery, Fountain Spring, Pa. Ocean Pines, Ocean City, Md., 1973-1974; town manager, GARNER, John Nance, a Representative from Texas and Searsport, Maine, 1974-1981; city manager, Bath, Maine,a Vice President of the United States; born nearDetroit, 1981 to present; is a resident of Bath, Maine. Red River County, Tex., November 22, 1868; had limited GARLAND, Rice, a Representative from Louisiana; borneducational advantages; studied law, was admitted to the in Lynchburg, Va., about 1795; pursued an academic course;bar in 1890, and commenced practice in Uvalde, Uvalde studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac-County, Tex.; judge of Uvalde County, Tex., 1893-1896; tice; moved to Opelousas, La., in 1820 and continued themember, State house of representatives 1898-1902; elected as practice of his profession; elected to the Twenty-third Con-a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and tothe fourteen succeed- gress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignationof Henrying Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1933); served as A. Bullard; reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-minority floor leader (Seventy-first Congress) and as Speaker fourth Congress and as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth andof the House of Representatives (Seventy-second Congress); Twenty-sixth Congresses and served from April 28, 1834, toreelected to the Seventy-third Congress on November 8, July 21, 1840, when he resigned to accept an appointment as1932, and on the same day was elected Vice President of the judge of the supreme court of Louisiana, in which capacityUnited States on the ticket headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt; he served, with residence in New Orleans, La., until 1846;reelected Vice President in 1936 and served in that office chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department offrom March 4, 1933, to January 20, 1941; retired to private War (Twenty-sixth Congress); moved to Brownsville, Tex., inlife and resided in Uvalde, Tex., until his deaththere on 1846 and continued the practice of law until his death inNovember 7, 1967; interment in Uvalde Cemetery. that city in 1861; interment in a cemetery at Brownsville. Bibliography: James, Marquis. Mr. Garner of Texas. Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, 1939; Timmons, Bascom. Garner of Texas: A Personal History. GARMATZ, Edward Alexander, a Representative from New York: Harper, 1948. Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., February 7, 1903; attend- GARNETT, James Mercer (brother of Robert Selden Gar- ed the public schools and Polytechnic Institute; engaged in Garnett), a the electrical business 1920-1942; associated with the Mary-nett and grandfather of Muscoe Russell Hunter land State Racing Commission 1941-1944; served as policeRepresentative from Virginia; born at "Mount Pleasant," magistrate 1944-1947; elected as a Democrat to the Eighti-near Loretto, Essex County, Va., June8, 1770; studied under private teachers; engaged in planting; member of theState eth Congress, by special election, July 15, 1947, to fill the Republican vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas D'Alesandro;house of delegates in 1800 and 1801; elected as a reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses and servedto the Ninth and Tenth Congresses (March 4,1805-March 3, from July 15, 1947, to January 3, 1973; chairman, Committee 1809); member of the grand jury that indicted Aaron Burr, on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Eighty-ninththroughformer Vice President, for treason in 1807; was not acandi- Ninety-second Congresses); was not a candidate for reelec-date for renomination in 1808; again engaged inplanting, tion in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; employed by theand during the later years of his life conducted a school for International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilotsboys on his plantation; president of the FredericksburgAgri- Union; was a resident of Baltimore, Md., until his deathcultural Society 1817-1837; again a member of the State there on July 22, 1986. house of delegates in 1824 and 1825; member of the anti- tariff conventions of 1821 and 1831; one of the foundersof GARN, Edwin Jacob (Jake), a Senator from Utah; born inthe Virginia State Agricultural Society; vicepresident of the Richfield, Sanpete County, Utah, October 12, 1932; attendedVirginia Colonization Society; delegate to the State constitu- Salt Lake City public schools; graduated, University of Utahtional convention in 1829; died on his estate,"Elmwood," 1955; pursued graduate work at the University of Utahnear Loretto, Va., April 23,1843; interment in the family 1955-1956; engaged in the insurance business 1961-1968;burying ground on his estate. served as aviator in United States Navy 1956-1960; Salt Bibliography: DAB. Lake City commissioner 1968-1972; mayor of Salt Lake City 1971-1974; president, Utah League of Cities and Towns 1972; GARNETT, Muscoe Russell Hunter (grandson of James first vice president, National League of Cities 1974; electedMercer Garnett), a Representative from Virginia; born at as a Republican to the United StatesSenate in November"Elmwood," near Loretto, Essex County, Va., July 25, 1821; tutored at home and was graduated from the University of 1974, for the term commencing January 3, 1975; subsequent- and ly appointed by the Governor,December 21, 1974, to fill theVirginia at Charlottesville (literary department in 1839 vacancy caused by the resignation of WallaceF. Bennett forthe law department in 1842); was admitted tothe bar in the term ending January 3, 1975; reelected in 1980and1842 and commenced the practice of his professionin Lor- again in 1986 for the term ending January 3, 1993; chair-etto, Va.; delegate to the State constitutionalconvention in 1046 Biographical Directory

1850 and 1851; delegate to the Democratic NationalConven- GARRETT, Clyde Leonard, a Representative from Texas; tion in 1852 and 1856; member of the State house ofdele-born on a farm near Gorman, Eastland County, Tex., Decem- gates 1853-1856; member of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia 1855-1859; elected ber 16, 1885; attended the public schools and Hankins' as a Democrat toNormal College in his native city; raised on a farm; worked the Thirty-fourth Congress to fill thevacancy caused by theas a railroad section hand; taught school at Sweetwater, death of Thomas H. Bayly; reelected to the Thirty-fifthand Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from December 1, 1856,Nolan County, Tex., in 1906 and 1907; deputy in the office of to March 3, 1861; delegate to the Virginia secessionconven-the tax collector 1907-1912; county clerk of Eastland County, tion and to the State constitutional convention in 1861;Tex., 1913-1919; engaged in the real estate, insurance, and member from Virginia of the First Confederate Congressbanking businesses 1920-1922; city manager of the city of 1862-1864; died at "Elmwood," near Loretto, Va.,on Febru-Eastland, Tex., in 1922 and 1923; county judge 1929-1936; ary 14, 1864; interment in the family cemetery on his estate.elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Bibliography: DAB. Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1940; administrative officer in GARNETT, Robert Selden (brother of James Mercer Gar- nett and cousin of Charles Fenton Mercer), a Representativethe office of the Secretary of Commerce from January 15, from Virginia; born at "Mount Pleasant,"near Loretto,1941, to May 1, 1942, at which time he became staff special- Essex County, Va., April 26, 1789; attended the College ofist in the Office of War Information and served until Octo- New Jersey (now Princeton University); studied law;wasber 15, 1943; unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomina- admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lloyds, Va.;tion to the Seventy-ninth Congress in 1944; technical assist- member of the State house of delegates in 1816 and 1817;ant, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., and Dallas, elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress andre-Tex., 1949-1950; manager, Veterans Administration regional elected to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1817-office, Waco, Tex., 1951-1956; was an unsuccessful candidate March 3, 1827); was not a candidate for renomination infor Eastland County judgeship in 1958; died in Eastland, 1826; resumed the practice of law in Lloyds; diedon hisTex., December 18, 1959; interment in Eastland Cemetery. estate,"Champlain," near Lloyds, Essex County,Va., August 15, 1840; interment in the family burying groundon GARRETT, Daniel Edward, a Representative from Texas; his estate. born near Springfield, Robertson County, Tenn., April 28, 1869; attended the common schools of his native county; GARNSEY, Daniel Greene, a Representative from Newstudied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac- York; born in Canaan, Columbia County, N.Y., June 17,tice in Springfield, Tenn., in 1893; member of the State 1779; attended private schools; member of the State militiahouse of representatives 1892-1896; elected to the State in 1805; brigade inspector in Saratoga County, N.Y., in 1810 senate in 1902 and again in 1904; moved to Houston, Tex., in and 1811; studied law in Norwich, Chenango County,N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in 1811 and practiced in Rensselaer1905 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Demo-- crat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, and Saratoga Counties; served in the War of 1812as aide-de- camp to major general with rank of major; moved to Pom-1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the fret in 1816 and labored to promote the buildingup of theSixty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice oflaw in Hous- village of Dunkirk; commissioner to perform certaindutieston, Tex.; elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917- of a judge of the supreme court at chambers; surrogate ofMarch 3, 1919); was not a candidate for renomination in Chautauqua County 1813-1831; brigade inspector, Chautau-1918; elected to the Sixty-seventh and to the five succeeding qua County, N.Y., in 1817; district attorney of ChautauquaCongresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death; County from June 11, 1818, to March 4, 1826; electedto thehad been reelected to the Seventy-third Congress; died in Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-MarchWashington, D.C., on December 13,1932; interment in 3, 1829); moved to Michigan in 1831 and settled in the vicini-Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex. ty of Battle Creek; appointed postmaster and Government superintendent of public works near Detroit and Ypsilanti; GARRETT, Finis James, a Representative from Tennes- served with General Scott in the Black Hawk War in 1836;see; born near Ore Springs, Weakley County, Tenn., August moved to Rock Island, Ill.; appointed on March 22, 1841, by26, 1875; attended the common schools and Clinton (Ky.) President ,receiverof publicCollege; was graduated from Bethel College, McKenzie, moneys at the land office in Dixon, Ill., and served untilTenn., in 1897; editor of country newspapers at -Dresden and removed by President Tyler on August 25, 1843; president ofMcKenzie, Tenn., before completing his college course; en- the Harrison celebration in Galena, Ill., July 4, 1840; died ingaged in teaching at Como and Milan, Tenn.; studied law; Gowanda, N.Y., May 11, 1851; interment in Pine Hill Ceme-was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in tery. Dresden, Tenn.; appointed master in chancery September 14, GARRETT, Abraham Ellison, a Representative from Ten- 1900, and served until January 24, 1905; delegate to all nessee; born near Livingston, Overton County, Tenn., MarchDemocratic State conventions from 1896 to 1925; delegate to 6, 1830; attended the public schools and Poplar Springs Col-the Democratic National Convention in 1924; elected as a lege, Kentucky; studied law; was admitted to the bar andDemocrat to the Fifty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding commenced practice in Livingston, Tenn.; also engaged inCongresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1929); chairman, Com- agricultural pursuits; served as lieutenant colonel of themittee on Flood Control (Sixty-fifth Congress); minority First Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry, in the Unionleader (Sixty-eighth through Seventieth Congresses); was not Army during the Civil War; delegate to the State constitu-a candidate for renomination in 1928 but was an unsuccess- tional convention in 1865; member of the State house offul candidate for the Democratic nomination for United representatives in 1865 and 1866; elected as a Democrat toStates Senator; appointed judge of the United States Court the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873);of Customs and Patent Appeals by President Coolidge, unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872; resumed thetaking office on March 5, 1929, and became presiding judge practice of law in Carthage, Tenn., where he died Februaryof the court on December 9, 1937, by appointment of Presi- 14, 1907; interment in Carthage Cemetery. dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, and served until his retirement Biographies 1047

September 15, 1955; died in Washington, D.C., May 25, 1956;representatives in 1933 and 1934; elected as a Republican to interment in Sunset Cemetery, Dresden, Tenn. the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, Bibliography: DAB. 1941); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940; resumed the practice of law; chairman of the board, Hol-Gar GARRISON, Daniel, a Representative from New Jersey;Manufacturing Corporation of Pennsylvania; died in Somers born in Lower Penns Neck Township, near Salem, N.J.,Point, N.J., September 1, 1972; interment in Chelten Hills April 3, 1782; pursued an academic course; engaged in agri- cultural pursuits; member of the State general assemblyCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. 1806-1808; surrogate of Salem County 1809-1823; elected to GARTRELL, Lucius Jeremiah (uncle of Choice Boswell the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses (March 4, 1823-Randell), a Representative from Georgia; born near Wash- March 3, 1827); was not a candidate for renomination inington, Wilkes County, Ga., January 7, 1821; attended pri- 1826; appointed by President Jackson inspector of the reve-vate schools, Randolph-Macon College, and Franklin College, nue and collector of the customs at the port of Bridgeton,Georgia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1842 and N.J., in 1834 and served until 1838; died in Salem, N.J.,practiced in Washington, Ga.; moved to Atlanta, Ga.; elected

February 13, 1851; interment in St. John's Episcopal Ceme-- solicitor general of the northern judicial circuit in 1843; tery. resigned in 1847; member of the State house of representa- GARRISON, George Tankard, a Representative from Vir-tives 1847-1850; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth ginia; born in Accomack County, Va., January 14, 1835; wasand Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1853 andto January 23, 1861, when he retired, giving hisadherence from the law department of the University of Virginia,to the Southern Confederacy; organized the Seventh Regi- Charlottesville, Va., in 1857; was admitted to the bar andment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, of which he was elected commenced practice in Accomac; served as a private in thecolonel; resigned his commission January 3, 1862, having Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of thebeen elected to the Confederate Congress and served until State house of delegates 1861-1863; served in the State1864; appointed in 1864 brigadier general in the Confederate senate 1863-1865; resumed the practice of law and also en-service; resumed the practice of law; member of the State gaged in agricultural pursuits; elected judge of the eighthconstitutional convention in 1877; unsuccessful candidate for Virginia circuit in 1870 and subsequently judge of the seven-governor in 1882; died in Atlanta, Ga., April 7, 1891; inter- teenth circuit; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventhment in Oakland Cemetery. Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); successfully con- Bibliography: DAB. tested the election of Robert M. Mayo to the Forty-eighth GARVIN, William Swan, a Representative from Pennsyl- Congress and served from March 20, 1884, to March 3, 1885;vania; born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., on July 25, 1806; resumed the practice of law; elected judge of the countypursued an academic course; editor of the Western Press, in court of Accomack County, Va.; died at Accomac, Va., No-Mercer, for fifty years; appointed postmaster of Mercer Jan- vember 14, 1889; interment in Edge Hill Cemetery. uary 3, 1837, and served untilJune 12, 1841; elected as a GARROW, Nathaniel, a Representative from New York;Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845- born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., April 25,March 3, 1847); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on 1780; attended the public schools; followed the sea; moved toPublic Buildings (Twenty-ninth Congress); flour inspector in Auburn, N.Y., in 1796; appointed justice of the peace inPittsburgh, Pa.; again appointed postmaster of Mercer April 1809; sheriff of Cayuga County 1815-1819 and 1821-1825;10, 1867, and served until June 23, 1869; engaged injournal- elected to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3,ism; died in Mercer, Pa., February 20, 1883; interment inthe 1829); United States marshal of the northern district of NewCitizens' Cemetery. York from February 1837 to March 1841; died in Auburn, GARY, Frank Boyd, a Senator from South Carolina;born Cayuga County, N.Y., March 3,1841; interment in thein Cokesbury, Abbeville County, S.C., March 9,1860; attend- family burying ground on his estate; reinterment in Forted the Cokesbury Conference School and UnionCollege, Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y. Schenectady, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and GARTH, William Willis, a Representative from Alabama;commenced practice in Abbeville, S.C., in 1881; member, born in Morgan County, Ala., October 28, 1828; pursuedState house of representatives 1890-1900, serving as speaker classical studies in Lagrange, Va., and at Emory and Henry1895-1900; delegate to the State constitutional convention in College, Emory, Va.; studied law at the University of Virgin-1895; member, State house of representatives 1906; elected ia at Charlottesville; was admitted to the Alabama bar andas a Democrat to the UnitedStates Senate to fill the vacan- commenced the practice of law in Huntsville, Ala.; duringcy caused by the death of Asbury C.Latimer and served the Civil War was lieutenant colonel on the staff of Generalfrom March 6, 1908, to March 3, 1909; was not a candidate Longstreet in the Confederate Army; elected as a Democratfor reelection in 1908; member, State house of representa- to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3,1879); tives 1910; elected judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1912 was an unsuccessful candidate forreelection in 1878; re-and served until his death in Charleston, S.C., December 7, sumed the practice of law; died in Huntsville, Ala., on Feb-1922; interment in Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C. ruary 25, 1912; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery. GARY, Julian Vaughan, a Representative from Virginia; GARTNER, Fred Christian, a Representative from Penn-born in Richmond, Va., February 25, 1892; attended the sylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 14, 1896; attendedpublic schools; University of Richmond, B.A., 1912 and from the public schools and Brown Preparatory School in Phila-its law department, B.L., 1915; taught at Blackstone Acade-- delphia; served as a yeoman in the United States Navalmy for Boys in 1912 and 1913; wasadmitted to the bar in Reserve in 1918 and 1919; was graduated from the law de-1915 and commenced practice in Richmond, Va.; during the partment of Temple University, Philadelphia in 1920; wasFirst World War served in the United States Army; counsel admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practiceand executive assistant of the Virginia tax board 19 19-1924; in Philadelphia; member of the State civil service commis-served in the State house of delegates 1926-1933; member of sion at Philadelphia 1928-1932; served in the State house ofthe board of trustees of the University of Richmond; elected 1048 Biographical Directory

as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress, by specialkilled while on a hunting trip along Lake Edward in north- election, March 6, 1945, to fill the vacancy caused by theern Quebec, Canada, September 23,1907; interment in resignation of Dave E. Satterfield, Jr.; reelected to the nineGreendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa. succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1964), and served from March 6, 1945, to January 3, 1965;was not GASTON, William, a Representative from North Carolina a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninthborn in New Bern, N.C., September 19,1778; entered Congress; resumed the practice of law; retired and resided inGeorgetown College, Washington, D.C., at the age of thir- Richmond, Va., where he died September 6, 1973; intermentteen; later returned to his native State and became a stu- in Hollywood Cemetery. dent in the Academy of New Bern; was graduated from Princeton College in 1796; studied law; was admitted to the GASQUE, Allard Henry (husband of Elizabeth Hawleybar in 1798 and commenced practice in New Bern; member Gasque), a Representative from South Carolina; bornon Friendfield plantation, near Hyman, Marion (now Florence)of the State senate in 1800; served in the State house of County, S.C., March 8, 1873; attended the public schools;representatives 1807-1809, and as speaker in 1808; again a worked on a farm and taught in the country schools formember of the State senate in 1812, 1818, and 1819; elected several years; was graduated from the University of Southas a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses Carolina at Columbia in 1901; principal of Waverly Graded(March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); was not a candidate for School, Columbia, S.C., in 1901 and 1902; elected superin-renomination in 1816; again served in the State house of tendent of education of Florence County in 1902 and servedrepresentatives in 1824, 1827, 1828, 1829, and 1831; appoint- by reelection until 1923; president of the county superintend-ed judge of the supreme court of North Carolina in 1833, ents' association of the State in 1911 and 1912 and of theholding the position until his death; member of the State State teachers' association in 1914 and 1915; member of theconstitutional convention in 1835; declined a nomination for Democratic State executive committee 1912-1920; chairmanelection to the United States Senate in 1840; died in Raleigh, of the Democratic county committee 19 19-1923; electedas aN.C., January 23, 1844; interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the seven succeedingNew Bern, NC. Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death Bibliography: DAB; Schauinger, Joseph Herman. William Gaston, Caro- in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1938; chairman, Committee linian. Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing, 1949. on Pensions (Seventy-second through Seventy-fifth Congress- GATES, Seth Merrill, a Representative from New York; es); interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C. born in Winfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., October 10, 1800; GASQUE, Elizabeth Hawley (now Mrs. A.J. Van Exem)moved with his parents to Sheldon, Genesee (now Wyoming) (wife of Allard Henry Gasque), a Representative from SouthCounty, N.Y. in 1806; attended the common schools and Carolina; born Elizabeth Mills Hawley on February 26, 1896,Middleburg Academy, Wyoming, N.Y.; inspector of common near Blythewood, on Rice Creek Plantation, Richlandschools and deputy sheriff of Le Roy about 1825; studied law; County, S.C.; attended private schools, South Carolina Co-was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in educational Institutein Edgefield, and graduated fromLe Roy, N.Y.; supervisor of Le Roy in 1830; member of the Greenville Female College in 1907; moved to Florence, S.C.,State assembly in 1832; declined to be a candidate for reelec- in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congresstion; edited the Le Roy Gazette in 1838; elected as a Whig to to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband,the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, Allard H. Gasque, and served from September 13, 1938, to 1839-March 3, 1843); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; January 3, 1939; was not a candidate for election to themoved to Warsaw, Wyoming County, N.Y., in 1843 and con- Seventy-sixth Congress; active in dramatics; author and lec-tinued the practice of law; also engaged in the lumber trade turer; is a resident of Cedar Tree Plantation, Ridgeway, S.C.and as a hardware and dry-goods merchant; unsuccessful Free-Soil candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in GASSAWAY, Percy Lee, a Representative from Oklaho-1848; secretary of the Wyoming County Insurance Co. 1851- ma; born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., August 30, 1885;1865; appointed postmaster at Warsaw on May 28, 1861, and moved to Fort Sill, Okia. (then Indian Territory), with hisserved until July 9, 1870, when his successor was appointed; parents in 1899; attended the public schools in Fort Sill andvice president of the Genesee County Pioneer Association in Oklahoma City, Okla.; employed as a clerk in a law office;1872; died in Warsaw, N.Y., August 24, 1877; interment in studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1918 and commencedWarsaw Cemetery. practice in Coalgate, Okla.; also engaged in agricultural and ranching pursuits; appointed county judge of Coal County, GATHINGS, Ezekiel Candler, a Representative from Ar- Okia., in 1923, elected in 1924, and served until 1926; districtkansas; born in Prairie, Monroe County, Miss., November 10, judge of the twenty-sixth judicial district 1926-1934; elected1903; attended the public schools and the University of Ala- as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3,bama at Tuscaloosa; was graduated from the law depart- 1935-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-ment of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1929; tion in 1936; resumed the practice of law and also engagedwas admitted to the bar the same year and commenced as a rancher near Coalgate, Coal County, Okla.; died inpractice in Helena, Ark.; moved to West Memphis, Ark., in Coalgate, Okla., May 15, 1937; interment in Coalgate Ceme-1932 and continued the practice of law; served in the State tery. senate 1935-1939; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939- GASTON, Atheiston, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Castile, Wyoming County, N.Y., April 24, 1838;January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 moved with his parents to Crawford County, Pa., in 1854;to the Ninety-first Congress; resumed the practice of law; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pur-served as a member of West Memphis, Ark., Port Authority; suits until 1873, when he became a dealer in and manufac-resided in West Memphis, Ark., where he died May 2, 1979; turer of lumber; mayor of Meadville, Pa., 1891-1895; elected interment m Crittenden Memorial Park Marion Ark as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899- GATLIN, Alfred Moore, a Representative from North March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900Carolina; born in Edenton, N.C., April 20, 1790; pursued to the Fifty-seventh Congress; resumed the lumber business;classical studies at New Bern, N.C., and was graduated from Biographies 1049 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1808;1860; moved to Louisiana and engaged in commercial manu- studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commencedfacturing, and agricultural pursuits; first president ofthe practice in Camden, Camden County, N.C., in the same year; Louisiana Sugar Exchange in New Orleans; elected as a elected to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3,Democrat to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-firstCon- 1825); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to thegresses and served from March 4, 1885,until his death on Nineteenth Congress; moved to the Territory of Florida. his St. Louis plantation, Iberville Parish, La., May 30,1889; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. GAUSE, Lucien Coatsworth, a Representative from Ar- kansas; born near Wilmington, Brunswick County, N.C., De- GAY, Edward James (grandson of Edward JamesGay cember 25, 1836; moved to Lauderdale County, Tenn.; stud-[1816-1889]), a Senator from Louisiana; born on UnionPlan- ied under a private tutor; was graduated from the Universi-tation, Iberville Parish, La., May 5, 1878; attended Pantops ty of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law and was grad-Academy, Charlottesville,Va.,the Lawrenceville(N.J.) uated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; wasSchool, and Princeton University; engaged in sugar produc- admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jacksonport,tion and the cultivation of various agriculturalproducts; Ark., in 1859; during the Civil War entered the Confederatemember, State house of representatives 1904-19 18; elected as service as lieutenant, attaining the rank of colonel; resumeda Democrat to the United StatesSenate to fill the vacancy the practice of law in Jacksonport in 1865; memberof thecaused by the death of Robert F. Broussard and served from State house of representatives in 1866; commissioner to rep-November 6, 1918, to March 3, 1921; declined to be a candi- resent the State government at Washington; unsuccessfullydate for reelection in 1920; chairman, Committee onCoast contested the election of Asa Hodges to the Forty-third Con- and Insular Survey (Sixty-fifth Congress); president of a gress; elected as a Democrat to theForty-fourth and Forty-manufacturing company and of the Lake Long Drainage fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); was not aDistrict, Iberville Parish; died in New Orleans, La., Decem- candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice ofber 1, 1952; interment in Metairie Cemetery. law; died in Jacksonport, Ark., November 5, 1880; interment in the private burying ground near Jacksonport. GAYDOS, Joseph Matthew, a Representative fromPenn sylvania; born in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pa.,July 3, GAVAGAN, Joseph Andrew, a Representative from New1926; attended Duquesne University, 1945-1947; University York; born in New York City August 20, 1892; attended theof Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1951; admitted tothe bar public and parochial schools; was graduated from the lawin 1952 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.;served department of Fordham University, New York City in 1920;in the Pacific theater with the U.S. Navy Reserves,1944- during the First World War enlisted as a private and later1946; Pennsylvania State senate, 1967-1968; deputy attorney the Quartermaster was promoted to second lieutenant in general,Pennsylvania;assistantsolicitorof Allegheny Corps and served from August 20, 1917, to October 13, 1919;County; former general counsel to United MineWorkers of first lieutenant in the Quartermaster Reserve Corps 1920-America, district five; elected as a Democrat tothe Nineti- 1925; was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced prac-eth Congress, November 5, 1968, by special election tofill tice in New York City; member of the State assembly 1923-the vacancy caused by the death of Elmer J.Holland, and at 1929; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress tothe same time elected to the Ninety-first Congress;reelected fill the vacancy caused by the death of Royal H. Weller;to the nine succeeding Congresses,and served from Novem- reelected to the Seventy-second and to the six succeedingber 5, 1968, to January 3, 1989; is a residentof McKeesport, Congresses and served from November 5, 1929, until Decem- ber 30, 1943, when he resigned, having been elected a justicePa. of the New York Supreme Court in November 1943 for a GAYLE, John, a Representative from Alabama;born in fourteen-year term; chairman, Committee on Elections No. 2Sumter District, S.C., September 11, 1792;pursued classical (Seventy-second through Seventy-sixth Congresses), Commit-studies and was graduated from South CarolinaCollege at tee on War Claims (Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighthColumbia in 1813; studied law; was admitted tothe bar and Congresses); reelected in 1957 for a second term as a justice;commenced practice in Mobile, Ala., in 1818;member of the died in Bennington, Vt., October 18, 1968; interment in GateTerritorial council in 1817; solicitor of the firstjudicial dis- of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. trict in 1819; member of the State houseof representatives 1823- GAVIN, Leon Harry, a Representative from Pennsylvania;in 1822 and 1823; judge of the State supreme court 1893;1828; member and speaker of the State house of representa- born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., February 25, 1831-1835; elected as a moved to Oil City, Pa., in 1915; during the First World Wartives in 1829; Governor of Alabama Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4,1847-March 3, served in the United States Army as a sergeant in the Fifty- (Thirti- first Infantry Regiment of the Sixth Division;served on the1849); chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims Stateeth Congress); appointed United States districtjudge of Ala- Defense Council of Venango County; member of the July 21, Board of Appeals of the Selective Service System; executivebama on March 13, 1849; died near Mobile, Ala., secretary of the Oil City Chamber of Commerce; memberof1859; interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. the National Migratory Bird ConservationCommission Bibliography: DAB. 1958-1963; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and GAYLE, June Ward, a Representative fromKentucky; to the ten succeeding Congresses and servedfrom January 3,born in New Liberty, Owen County, Ky.,February 22, 1865; 1943, until his death in Washington, D.C., September15, attended Concord College, New Liberty, Ky.,and George-- 1963; interment in Arlington National Cemetery. town College, Georgetown, Ky.; deputysheriff; member of GAY, Edward James (grandfather of Edward James Gaythe Democratic State central committeeand of the State born in Liber-executive committee; high sheriff of OwenCounty 1892- [1878-19521), a Representative from Louisiana; in 1899; en- ty, Bedford County, Va., February 3, 1816;moved with his1896; unsuccessful candidate for State auditor Louis, Mo., ingaged in banking and in the tobacco business;elected as a parents to Illinois in 1820, and thence to St. Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy 1824; spent several years under a private instructor in Belle-- in 1833caused by the death of Evan E. Settleand served from ville, Ill., and attended Augusta College, Kentucky, his former and 1834; engaged in commercial affairs in St. Louis1838-January 15, 1900, to March 3, 1901; resumed 1050 Biographical Directory

business activities; died in Owenton, Ky.,on August 5, 1942; GEARIN, John McDermeid, a Senator from Oregon; born interment in New Liberty Cemetery, New Liberty, Ky. near Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oreg., August 15, 1851; GAYLORD, James Madison, a Representative from Ohio;attended the country schools, St. Mary's College, San Fran- born in Zanesville, Ohio, May 29, 1811; movedto McConnels-cisco, and graduated from Notre Dame University, Indiana, yule, Ohio, in 1818; attended thecommon schools and thein 1871; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1873 and University of Ohio at Athens; studied law;was admitted tocommenced practice in Portland, Oreg.; member, State house the bar and practiced; appointed clerk of thecourt ofof representatives 1874; city attorney of Portland in 1875; common pleas in 1834; elected to the Thirty-second Congressunsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1878 to (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); at the expiration of histermthe Forty-sixth Congress; district attorney for Multnomah in Congress he was elected probate judge; appointeddeputyCounty 1884-1886; when the celebrated opium fraudswere United States marshal in 1860; elected justice of thepeace inunearthed in 1893 was appointed by President Grover Cleve- 1865, and by successive reelectionswas continued in thatland as special prosecutor for the government for these office until his death in McConnelsville, Ohio, June 14,1874; cases; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate interment in McConnelsville Cemetery. to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Mitchell and served from December 13, 1905, until January 23, 1907, GAZLAY, James William, a Representative from Ohio;when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for elec- born in New York City July 23, 1784; moved with hispar- tion in 1907 to fill the vacancy; resumed the practice of law ents to Dutchess County, N.Y., in1789; attended thein Portland, Oreg., until his death there November 12, 1930; common schools,after which he pursued an academicinterment in Mount Calvary Cemetery. course; studied law in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and practiced; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in GEARY, Thomas J., a Representative from California; 1813 and continued the practice of law; elected to the Eight- born in Boston, Mass., January 18, 1854; moved with his eenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825); unsuccessful parents to San Francisco, Calif., in April 1863; attended the candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress;public schools; studied law at St. Ignatius College; was ad- edited a weekly paper called the Western Tiller in 1826 andmitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Peta- 1827; engaged in literary pursuits; died in Cincinnati, Ohio,luna, Calif., moving to Santa Rosa, Calif., in 1882; district June 8, 1874; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery. attorney of Sonoma County, Calif., in 1883 and 1884; re- GEAR, John Henry, a Representative and a Senator fromsumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Iowa; born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., April 7, 1825;Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- attended the common schools; moved to Galena, Ill., in 1836, tion of John J. De Haven; reelected to the Fifty-second and to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to Burlington in 1843,Fifty-third Congresses and served from December 9, 1890, to where he engaged in mercantile pursuits;mayor of Burling-March 3, 1895; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 ton 1863; member, State house of representatives 187 1-1873,to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; serving as speaker two terms; Governor of Iowa 1878-1881;moved to Nome, Alaska, in 1900, to San Francisco, Calif., in elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Con- 1902, and returned to Santa Rosa, Calif., in 1903, continuing gresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candi-the practice of law; city attorney in 1906; retired from active date for reelection in 1890; appointed by President Benjaminpursuits in 1923; died in Santa Rosa, Calif., July 6, 1929; Harrison as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 1892-1893;interment in Rural Cemetery. elected to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March3, GEBHARD, John, a Representative from New York; born 1895); elected as a Republican to the United States Senate inin Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y., February 22, 1782; 1894; reelected in 1900 and served from March 4, 1895, untilattended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the his death on July 14, 1900, before the start of his secondbar and practiced; surrogate of Schoharie County 1811-1813, term; chairman, Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fifty-and again from 1815 to 1822; elected to the Seventeenth fourth through Fifty-Sixth Congresses); died in Washington,Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); resumed the prac- D.C.; interment in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.tice of law; died in Schoharie, N.Y., January 3, 1854; inter- Bibliography: DAB; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for John Henryment in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery. Gear.58th Cong., 2nd sees.,1900-1901. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901. GEDDES, George Washington, a Representative from GEARHART, Bertrand Wesley, a Representative fromOhio; born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, July 16, California; born in Fresno, Calif., May 31, 1890; attended the1824; attended the common schools; studied law; was admit- publicschools; was graduated from Boones Universityted to the bar in July 1845 and practiced; judge of the court School, Berkeley, Calif., in 1910 and from the law depart-of common pleas of the sixth judicial district in 1856; reelect- ment of the University of Southern California at Los Ange-ed in 1861; again elected in 1868, and served until 1873; les in 1914; was admitted to the California bar in 1913 andresumed the practice of law; unsuccessful Democratic candi- commenced practice in Fresno, Calif., in 1914; servedover-date for judge of the State supreme court in 1872; resumed seas as a second lieutenant in the Six Hundred and Ninththe practice of law in Mansfield; elected as a Democrat to Aero Squadron 1917-1919; assistant district attorney andthe Forty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses district attorney of Fresno County, Calif., 19 17-1923; served(March 4, 1879-March 3,1887); chairman, Committee on as a member of the board of directors of the CaliforniaWar Claims (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses); de- Veterans' Home in 1932; delegate to the California Constitu-clined to be a candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth tional convention in 1933; elected as a Republican to theCongress; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Seventy-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (Janu-Mansfield, Richiand County, Ohio, November 9, 1892; inter- ary 3, 1935-January 3, 1949); was an unsuccessful candidatement in Mansfield Cemetery. for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; resumed GEDDES, James, a Representative from New York; born the practice of law in Fresno, Calif.; died in San Francisco,near Carlisle, Pa., July 22, 1763; attended the public schools; Calif., October 11, 1955; interment in Mountain View Ceme-moved to Onondaga County, N.Y., in 1794, and began the tery, Fresno, Calif. manufacture of salt at Liverpool, N.Y.; justice of the peace Biographies 1051

in 1800; member of the State assembly in 1804; associatepersons camp, May 20,1948; attended Fields Memorial justice of the county court in 1809; judge of the court ofSchool; graduated from Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, common pleas in 1809; elected as a Federalist to the Thir-1966; A.S., Mitchell Junior College, New London, 1968; B.A., teenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); again aUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, 1970; farmer; broker, FM member of the State assembly in 1822; appointed chief engi-Trading Co.; chairman, Bozrah Town Committee, 1973; neer of the Ohio Canal in 1822; engineer on the Chesapeakemember, Connecticut house of representatives, 1974-1978; & Ohio Canal in 1827; died in Geddes, N.Y., August 19, 1838;president, Maria Montessori School of Norwich; elected as a interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the three succeeding Bibliography: DAB. Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident GEELAN, James Patrick, a Representative from Connecti-of Bozrah, Conn. cut; born in New Haven, Conn., August 11, 1901; attended GEKAS, George William, a Representative from Pennsyl- the public schools of New Haven, Conn., and was graduatedvania; born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., April 14, from St. Anthony's College, San Antonio, Tex., in 1922; en-1930; attended public schools in Harrisburg; B.A., Dickinson gaged in the retail cigar business 1922-1941; member of theCollege, Carlisle, Pa., 1952; LL.B. and J.D., Dickinson School State senate in 1939, 1941, and 1943; assistant clerk of theof Law, 1958; admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, 1958, and New Haven City Court 1941-1943; vice president of the New Haven Central Labor Council in 1942; engaged in the insur-commenced practice in Harrisburg; served, United States ance business since 1943; elected as a Democrat to the Sev-Army, corporal, 1953-1955; assistant district attorney, Dau- enty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947); un-phin County, 1960-1966; elected to the Pennsylvania house successful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightiethof representatives, 1966-1974; Pennsylvania senate, 1976- Congress; resumed business pursuits until his retirement in1982; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to 1972; resident of Branford, Conn., until his death in Newthe two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, Haven on August 10, 1982; interment at St. Lawrence Ceme-1989); is a resident of Harrisburg, Pa. tery, West Haven, Conn. GELSTON, David, a Delegate from New York; born in GEHRMANN, Bernard John, a Representative from Wis-Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, N.Y., July 4, 1744; signed consin; born in Gnesen, near Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Ger- the articles of association in 1775; delegate to the Second, many February 13, 1880; attended the common schools inThird, and Fourth Provincial Congresses of New York 1775- Germany; in 1893 immigrated to the United States with his1777; member of the State constitutional convention in 1777; parents, who settled in Chicago, Ill.; employed in a packingelected a member of the State assembly under the constitu- plant in Chicago and later learned the printing trade on ation of 1777, and served from 1777 to 1785; was speaker in German-language daily newspaper; attended night school;1784 and 1785; appointed one of the commissioners on specie moved to Wisconsin and settled on a farm near Neillsville,in 1780; Member of the last Continental Congress in 1789; Clark County, in 1896 and engaged in agricultural pursuits;member of the council of appointment in 1792 and 1793; moved to a farm near Mellen, Ashland County, in 1915;served in the State senate 1791-1794, 1798, and 1802; canal clerk of the school board 1916-1934, town assessor 19 16-commissioner in 1792; surrogate of the county of New York 1921, and chairman of the town board 1921-1932; conducted1787-1801; collector of the port of New York 1801-1820; farmers' institutes throughout the State for the Universityengaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City, where he of Wisconsin College of Agriculture 1920-1933; served in thedied August 21,1828; interment in First Presbyterian State assembly 1927-1938; delegate to the Republican Na-Church Cemetery. tional Convention in 1932; member of the State senate in 1933 and 1934; elected as a Progressive to the Seventy-fourth GENSMAN, Lorraine Michael, a Representative from and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-Oklahoma; born near Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inAugust 26, 1878; attended the district schools, the Garden 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; engaged in work forPlain Graded School, Wichita Commercial College, Lewis the United States Department of Agriculture from JanuaryAcademy, and the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia; 1943 until April 1945; elected to the Wisconsin assembly inprincipal of the Andale (Kans.) schools in 1896 and 1897; was 1946, 1948, 1950, and 1952; elected to the State senate ingraduated from the law department of the University of 1954 for the term ending in January 1957; died in Mellen,Kansas at Lawrence in 1901; was admitted to the bar the Wis., July 12, 1958; interment in Mellen Union Cemetery.same year and commenced practicein Lawrence, Kans.; moved to Lawton, Okia., in 1901; served as referee in bank- GEISSENHAINER, Jacob Augustus, a Representativeruptcy 1902-1907; prosecuting attorney of Comanche County from New Jersey; born in New York City August 28, 1839; attended private schools, and was graduated from Columbiain 1918 and 1919; elected as a Republican to the Sixty- College at New York City in 1858; studied law at Yaleseventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccess- College, and at the New York University, where he wasful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Con- graduated; also a student in the University of Berlin; wasgress and for election in 1936 tothe Seventy-fifth Congress; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Yorkdelegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924; City in 1862; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-engaged in the oil business; resumed the practice of law second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3,until his retirement in 1953; died in Lawton, Okla., May 27, 1895); chairman, Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza-1954; interment in Highland Cemetery. tion (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Naval Affairs GENTRY, Brady Preston, a Representative from Texas; (Fifty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionborn in Colfax, Van Zandt County, Tex., March 25, 1896; in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice ofattended the public schools and East Texas State College, law; died at Mount Pocono, Monroe County, Pa., on July 20,Commerce, Tex.; graduated from Cumberland University, 1917; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia,Lebanon, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and Pa. began practice in Tyler, Tex.; enlisted in the United States GEJDENSON, Samuel, a Representative from Connecti-Army in 1918; served in Europe and rose to the rank of cut; born in Eschwege, Germany, in an American displacedcaptain of Infantry; county attorney of Smith County 1921- 1052 Biographical Directory

1924; county judge of Smith County 1931-1939; chairman of1890; died in Mississippi City, Miss.; interment in Evergreen the Texas State Highway Commission 1939-1945; electedasCemetery, Carrollton, Miss. a Democrat to the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congress- Bibliography: DAB; Peck, Lucy. "The Life and Times of James Z. es (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1957); was not a candidate George." Ph.D. dissertation, Mississippi State University, 1964. for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress;re- sumed the practice of law; died in Houston, Tex., November GEORGE, Melvin Clark, a Representative from Oregon; 9, 1966; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Tex. born near Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, May 13, 1849; moved with his parents over the Old Oregon Trail in 1851 GENTRY, Meredith Poindexter, a Representative fromand settled on a homestead near Lebanon, Linn County, Tennessee; born in Rockingham County, N.C., September 15,Oreg.; attended the country schools, Santiam Academy, and 1809; moved with his parents to Williamson County, Tenn.,Willamette University, Oregon; studied law; was admitted to in 1813; completed preparatory studies; studied law;wasthe bar and commenced practice in Portland, Oreg., in 1875; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Franklin,member of the State senate from Multnomah district 1876- Tenn.; member of the State house of representatives 1835-1880; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and 1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty- Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1885); de-- seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); on ac-clined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884; resumed count of the death of his wife refused to be a candidate forthe practice of law in Portland, Oreg.; judge of the State renomination in 1842; again elected to the Twenty-ninth andcircuit court 1897-1907; appointed by the circuit judges to to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3,superintend the construction of the Burnside Bridge over the 1853); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (ThirtiethWillamette River at Portland; director of the Portland Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1852;public schools for five years; died in Portland, Oreg., Febru- unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Tennessee in 1855; ary 22, 1933; interment in Lone Fir Cemetery. retired to his plantation in Tennessee, where he remained until 1861; member of the First and Second Confederate GEORGE, Myron Virgil, a Representative from Kansas; Congresses 1862-1863; died in Nashville, Tenn., November 2,born in Erie, Neosho County, Kans., January 6, 1900; attend- 1866; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. ed the grade schools and graduated from Labette County High School at Altamont, Kans.; enlisted in April 1917 and GEORGE, Henry, Jr., a Representative from New York;served in the United States Army with rank of corporal born in Sacramento, Calif., November 3, 1862; attended theuntil discharged in May 1919; learned the printing trade on common schools; at the age of sixteen entered a printingthe Altamont Journal, published by his father; owner and office where he was employed for one year; moved with hispublisher of the Edna Sun from 1924-1941; officer with parents to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1880; reporter on the BrooklynKansas State Highway Commission, 1939-1950; elected as a Eagle in 1881; in 1884 accompanied his father as hissecre-Republican to the Eighty-first Congress, November 7, 1950, tary on a lecture tour of Great Britain, at the close of whichin a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death he joined the staff of the London Truth; returned to thisof Herbert A. Meyer and at the same time was elected to the country and joined the staff of the North American Review;Eighty-second Congress; reelected to the three succeeding managing editor of the Standard 1887-189 1; servedas corre-- Congresses, and served from November 7, 1950, to January spondent in Washington, D.C., for a syndicate of Western3, 1959; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the papers in 1891; correspondent in England for the same syn-Eighty-sixth Congress; engaged in public relations in the dicate in 1892; in 1893 became managing editor of the Flori-transportation and construction fields; resided in Parsons, da Citizen at Jacksonville; returned to New York City inKans., until his death there April 11, 1972; interment in 1895; on the death of his father in 1897 was nominated to succeed him as the candidate of the Jefferson Party forMemorial Lawn Cemetery. mayor of New York City, but was unsuccessful; special corre- GEORGE, Newell Adolphus, a Representativefrom spondent in Japan in 1906; elected as a Democrat to theKansas; born in Kansas City, Mo., September 24, 1904; at- Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-tended public schools, Kansas City, Kans., Wentworth Mili- March 3, 1915); was not a candidate for reelection in 1914;tary Academy, Lexington, Mo., Park College, Parkville, Mo., engaged in literary pursuits until his death in Washington,and University of Kansas City School of Law; graduated

D.C., on November 14, 1916; interment in Greenwood Ceme-- from National University, Washington, D.C., in 1935; was tery, Brooklyn, N.Y. admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1935 and to the GEORGE, James Zachariah, a Senator from Mississippi;Kansas bar in 1941; commenced the practice of law in born in Monroe County, Ga., October 20, 1826; moved toKansas City, Kans.; member of the staff of United States Mississippi as a child; attended the old field schools; joinedSenator George McGill of Kansas in 1933 and 1934; regional the Mississippi Rifles in 1846 and served in Mexico untilattorney, Bureau of Employment Security, 194 1-1945, and discharged on account of ill health; studied law; was admit-Federal Security Agency 1947-1953; chief legal counsel, Re- ted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Carrollton,gional War Manpower Commission, during the Second Miss.; reporter of the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1854;World War; first assistant Wyandotte County attorney 1953- member of the Mississippi secession convention and signed1958; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in the ordinance of secession; served in the Confederate Army1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress during the Civil War, attaining the rank of brigadier general(January 3, 1959-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate of State troops; resided in Jackson, Miss., 1872-1887, whenfor reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; ap- he returned to Carroilton; appointed judge of the State su-pointed United States attorney for the district of Kansas preme court in 1879 and was elected chief justice; elected asMarch 28, 1961, and served until June 20, 1968; is a resident a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1880; reelected inof Kansas City, Kans. 1886, and again in 1892, and served from March 4, 1881, GEORGE, Walter Franklin, a Senator from Georgia; born until his death on August 14, 1897; chairman, Committee onon a farm near Preston, Webster County, Ga., January 29, Agriculture and Forestry (Fifty-third Congress); member of1878; attended the common schools; was graduated from the constitutional convention of the State of Mississippi inMercer University, Macon, Ga., in 1900 and from its law Biographies 1053 department in 1901; was admitted to the bar in 1901 andtember 14, 1895; attended the public schools of Bethlehem, commenced practice in Vienna, Ga.; solicitor general of thePa.; moved to Allentown, Pa., in 1914; organizer, and later Cordele judicial circuit 1907-1912 and judge of the superiorpresident, of a fuel and heating supply company; Republican court 19 12-1917; judge of the State court of appeals fromState committeeman in 1936 and 1937; elected as a Republi- January to October 1917, when he resigned; associate justicecan to the Seventy-sixth and to the foursucceeding Con- of the State supreme court 19 17-1922, when he resigned;gresses and served from January 3, 1939,until his death in elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1922 toAllentown, Pa., May 5, 1947; interment in Greenwood Ceme-- fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E. Watson;tery. reelected in 1926, 1932, 1938, 1944, and again in 1950 and served from November 22, 1922, to January 2, 1957; was not GERMAN, Obadiah, a Senator from New York; born in a candidate for renomination in 1956; served as PresidentAmenia, Dutchess County, N.Y., April 22, 1766; attended the pro tempore of the Senate during the Eighty-fourth Con-district schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1792 gress; chairman, Committee on Privileges and Electionsand commenced practice in Norwich, N.Y.; member, State (Seventy-third through Seventy-sixth Congresses), Commit-assembly 1798, 1804-1805, 1807-1809; elected as a Republi- tee on Foreign Relations (Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh,can to the United States Senate and served fromMarch 4, and Eighty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Finance (Sev- 1809, to March 3, 1815; judge of Chenango County 1815-1819; enty-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses and Eighty-appointed commissioner of public works in 1817; member, first and Eighty-second Congresses), Joint Committee on In-State assembly 1819, and served as speaker; afffliated with ternal Revenue Taxation (Eighty-first and Eighty-secondthe Whig Party on its organization; died in Norwich, N.Y., Congresses), Select Committee on Case Influence (Eighty-September 24, 1842; interment in Riverside Cemetery, North fourth Congress), Special Committee on Foreign AssistanceNorwich, N.Y. (Eighty-fourth Congress); President Dwight Eisenhower's special ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- GERNERD, Fred Benjamin, a Representative from Penn- tion until his death; died in Vienna, Ga., August 4, 1957;sylvania; born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., November interment in Vienna Cemetery. 22, 1879; attended the public schools; was graduated from Bibliography: DAB; Mellichamp, Josephine. "Walter George." pp. 230-39.Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., in 1901, from In Senators From Georgia. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers, Inc., the school of political science of Columbia University,New 1976; Zeigler, Luther. "Senator Walter George's 1938 Campaign." Georgia York City, in 1903, and from the law school ofColumbia Historical Quarterly 43 (December 1959): 333-52. University in 1904; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew, a Representative fromcommenced practice in Buffalo, N.Y.; returned to Allentown, Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., January 31, 1941; attendedPa., in 1905; district attorney of Lehigh County 1908-1912; the public schools of St. Louis; B.S., Northwestern Universi-Pennsylvania Republican State committeeman 1912-1920; ty, Evanston, Iii., 1962; J.D., University of Michigan Lawtrustee of Franklin and Marshall College and of CedarCrest School, 1965; admitted to the Missouri bar in 1965 and com-College, Allentown, Pa.; elected as a Republican to theSixty- menced practice in St. Louis; served in Missouri Air Nation-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccess- al Guard, 1965-197 1; Democratic committeeman, Fourteenthful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighthCon- Ward, St. Louis, 1968-1971; alderman, Fourteenth Ward, St.gress; resumed the practiceof law in Allentown, Pa.; dele-- Louis, 1971-1976; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifthgate to the Republican National Conventionin 1928; died in and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-Allentown, Pa., August 7, 1948; interred inTrexlertown January 3, 1989); unsuccessful candidate for the DemocraticCemetery, Trexlertown, Pa. presidential nomination in 1988; is a resident of St. Louis, Mo. GERRY, Elbridge (grandfather of [1813- 18861 and great-grandfather of PeterGoelet Gerry), a Dele-- GERAN, Elmer Hendrickson, a Representative from Newgate and a Representative from Massachusettsand a Vice Jersey; born in Matawan, Monmouth County, N.J., OctoberPresident of the United States; born inMarblehead, Mass., 24, 1875; attended the public schools and Glenwood MilitaryJuly 17, 1744; pursued classical studies and graduatedfrom Academy; was graduated from Peddie Institute, Hightstown,Harvard College in 1762; engaged in commercialpursuits; N.J., in 1895, from Princeton University in 1899, and from 1772-1775; New York Law School in 1901; was admitted to the Newmember,colonialhouseofrepresentatives Jersey bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Jersey City,Member of the Continental Congress 1776-1780 and 1783- N.J.; member of the State house of assembly in 1911 and1785; a signer of the Declaration of Independence;delegate 1912; member of the New Jersey State Water Supply Com-to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphiain 1787; mission 1912-1915; assistant prosecutor of the pleas of Mon-refused to sign the instrument, but subsequently gave it his mouth County 1915-19 17; again a member of the State housesupport; elected to the First and Second Congresses(March of assembly in 1916 and 1917 and served as minority leader;4, 1789-March 3, 1793); sent to France on a diplomaticmis- sheriff of Monmouth County 1917-1920; appointed Unitedsion in 1797; unsuccessful Republican candidatefor Gover- States district attorney for New Jersey by President Wilson nor of Massachusetts in 1801 andagain in 1812; Governor of in 1920; resigned in 1921 and resumed the practice of law in Massachusetts 1810-1811; elected Vice President of the Asbury Park, N.J.; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighthUnited States on the ticket with James Madison in 1812 and Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candi-served from March 4, 1813, until his death in Washington, date for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; re-D.C., on November 23, 1814; interment in theCongressional sumed the practice of his profession until September 22,Cemetery. 1927; in 1927 became associated with the New Jersey Gravel Bibliography: DAB; Billias, George. Elbridge Gerry, Founding Father & Sand Co. at Farmington, and was serving as vice presidentand RepublicanStatesman. New York:McGraw-Hill,1976;Kramer, and treasurer at time of death; died in Marlboro Township, Eugene. "The Public Career of Elbridge Gerry." Ph.D. dissertation,Ohio Morganville, N.J., January 12, 1954; interment in Old Ten- State University, 1955. nent Cemetery, Tennent, N.J. GERRY, Elbridge (grandson of Elbridge Gerry [1744- GERLACH, Charles Lewis, a Representative from Penn-1814]), a Representative from Maine; born in Waterford, sylvania; born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., Sep-Oxford County, Maine, December 6, 1813; pursued an aca- 1054 Biographical Directory

demic course and attended Bridgton Academy; studied law;Island, Ill., August 9, 1912; interment in Chippiannook Cem- was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in etery. Waterford; clerk of the State house of representativesin 1840; appointed United States commissioner in bankruptcy GETTYS, Thomas Smithwick, a Representative from in 1841; prosecuting attorney for Oxford County 1842-1845;South Carolina; born in Rock Hill, York County, S.C. June member of the State house of representatives in 1846; elect- 19, 1912; educated in the Rock Hill public schools; attended ed as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4,Clemson College; Erskine College, A.B., 1933; graduate work 1849-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for renominationat Duke University and Winthrop College; served with the in 1850; moved to Portland, Maine, where he resumed theNavy in the Pacific Theater, 1942-1946; taught and coached practice of law; died in Portland, Maine, April 10, 1886;at Rock Hill High School, 1933-1935; principal at Central interment in Evergreen Cemetery. School, 1935-1941; secretary to Congressman James P. Rich- GERRY, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania;ards, 1942-1951; postmaster, Rock Hill, 1951-1954; studied born near Rising Sun, Cecil County, Md., August 14, 1796;law; was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1958 and pursued an academic course and was graduated from Westpractices law in State and Federal courts, 1954 to present; Nottingham Academy; studied medicine at the University ofpast member and chairman of the board of trustees of Rock Maryland, Baltimore, Md., and commenced practice inHill School District Three, 1953-1960; elected as a Democrat Shrewsbury, Pa., in 1824; elected as to the Eighty-eighth Congress, November 3, 1964, in a spe- a Democrat to thecial election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March4, 1839-March 3,1843); continued the practice of medicineRobert W. Hemphill and at the same time elected to the until 1870, when he retired; died in Shrewsbury, YorkEighty-ninth Congress; reelected to the four succeeding Con- County, Pa., July 19, 1873; interment in Lutheran Cemetery.gresses and served from November 3, 1964, until his resigna- tion December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in GERRY, Peter Goelet (great-grandson of Elbridge Gerry1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; is a resident of Rock [1744-1814]), a Representative and a Senator from RhodeHill, S.C. Island; born in New York City September 18, 1879; attended the public schools; graduated from Harvard University in GETZ, James Lawrence, a Representative from Pennsyl- 1901; studied law; was admitted to the Rhode Island bar invania; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., September 14, 1906; member of the representative council of Newport in1821; pursued an academic course; one of the founders of the 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third CongressReading Gazette in 1840; purchased the Jefferson Democrat (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate forand merged the two papers under the name of the Reading reelection in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the UnitedGazette and Democrat, disposing of his interests in 1868; States Senate in 1916; reelected in 1922 and served fromstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1846 but never March 4, 1917, to March 3, 1929; unsuccessful candidate forpracticed; member of the State house of representatives in renomination in 1928; Democratic whip 19 19-1929; chair-1856 and 1857 and served as speaker of the house during the man, Committee on Railroads (Sixty-fifth Congress); memberlatter year; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth, Forty- of the Democratic National Committee 1932-1936; againfirst, and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1934;1873); was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; again reelected in 1940 and served from January 3, 1935, to Janu-engaged in the newspaper business; city comptroller of Read- ary 3, 1947; was not a candidate for renomination in 1946;ing, Pa., from 1888 until his death in that city December 25, resumed the practice of law; died in Providence, R.I., Octo-1891; interment in Charles Evans Cemetery. ber 31, 1957; interment in St. James Cemetery, Hyde Park, N.Y. GEYER, Henry Sheffie, a Senator from Missouri; born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., December 9, 1790; was GERVAIS, John Lewis, a Delegate from South Carolina;instructed privately; studied law; was admitted to the bar in born of Huguenot parents in Hanover, Germany, circa 1741;1811 and practiced law in Frederick; during the War of 1812 attended schools and colleges in Hanover; immigrated toserved as a first lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment, England and later to the United States, arriving in Charles-Maryland Infantry 1813-1815; settled in St. Louis, Mo., in ton, S.C., on June 27, 1764; merchant, planter, and landown-1815 and resumed the practice of law; member, Territorial er; delegate to the provincial convention and Provincial Con- assembly 1818; delegate to the State constitutional conven- gress in 1775 and 1776; member of the council of safety intion in 1820; member, State house of representatives 1820- 1775, 1776, and 1781; appointed by Congress deputy postmas- 1824 and again in 1834-1835, serving as speaker on two ter general for South Carolina in 1778; served in the Revolu-occasions; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and tionary War, in organizing the Army and in the defense ofserved from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1857; was not a Charleston in 1780; member of the State senate in 1781 andcandidate for reelection; resumed the practice of law in St. 1782 and served as president; Member of the ContinentalLouis; attorney for the defendant slave-owner in the Dred Congress in 1782 and 1783; commissioner of public accountsScott case; died in St. Louis, Mo., March 5, 1859; interment for South Carolina in 1794 and 1795; died in Charleston,in Bellefontaine Cemetery. S.C., August 18, 1798; interment in St. Philip's Churchyard. Bibliography: DAB. GEST, William Harrison, a Representative from Illinois; GEYER, Lee Edward, a Representative from California; born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., January 7, 1838;born in Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kans., September 9, moved with his parents to Rock Island in 1842; was graduat-1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from Baker ed from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1860;University, Baldwin City, Kans., in 1922 and afterwards did studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1862 and commencedpost-graduate work at the University of Wisconsin at Madi- practice in Rock Island, Ill.; elected as a Republican to theson and the University of Southern California at Los Ange- Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3,les; teacher in the rural schools in Nemaha County, Kans., 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the1908-1912; principal of Hamlin (Kans.) High School 1916- Fifty-second Congress; circuit judge of the fourteenth judicial 19 18; during the First World War served as a private in the district of Illinois from June 1897 until his death in RockThird Company, First Battalion, Central Officers' Training Biographies 1055

School, Camp Grant, Ill.; teacher and administrator in highConnecticut Personnel Appeals Board 1955-1958; third se-- schools in Kansas, Arizona, and California,1919-1938;lectman, North Haven, 1955-1957; unsuccessful Democratic member of the State house of representatives 1934-1936;candidate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1936 to the Seventy-elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the ten fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixthsucceeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1981); and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from January 3,chairman, Committee on the Budget (Ninety-fifth and 1939, until his death; delegate to the Democratic NationalNinety-sixth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection Convention at Chicago in 1940; died in Washington, D.C.,in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; is a resident of October 11, 1941; interment in Wetmore Cemetery, Wet-Arlington, Va. more, Kans. GIBBONS, Sam Melville, a Representative from Florida; GHOLSON, James Herbert, a Representative from Virgin-born in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., January 20, 1920; ia; born in Gholsonville, Brunswick County, Va., in 1798;attended the public schools of Tampa; attended the Universi- pursued an academic course and was graduated from Prince-ty of Florida and from the law school of that university ton College in 1820; studied law; was admitted to the barreceived his LL.B. in 1947; was admitted to the bar in 1947 and commenced practice in Percivals, Va.; member of theand began the practice of law in Tampa; served in the State house of delegates 1824-1828 and 1830-1833; elected asUnited States Army with the Five Hundred and First Para- an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March4, chute Infantry, One Hundred and First Airborne Division, 1833-March 3, 1835); served as judge of the circuit court for1941 to 1945, and was released from active duty as a major; the Brunswick circuit for many years; died in Brunswickawarded the Bronze Star; served in the State house of repre-- County, Va., July 2, 1848. sentatives, 1953-1958, and in the State senate, 1959-1962; GHOLSON, Samuel Jameson, a Representative from Mis-delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1964, 1968 and sissippi; born near Richmond, Madison County, Ky., May 19, 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the 1808; moved with his father to Franklin County, Ala., intwelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-Januery 3, 1817; attended the common schools; studied law; was admit-1989); is a resident of Tampa, Fla. ted to the bar at Russellville, Ala., in 1829; moved to Athens, GIBBONS, William, a Delegate from Georgia; born at Monroe County, Miss., and commenced the practice of law;Bear Bluff, S.C., April 8, 1726; studied law in Charleston, member of the State house of representatives in 1835, 1836,S.C.; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Savannah, and 1839; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Con-Ga.; member of the colonial assembly 1760-1762; joined the gress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David Dick-Sons of Liberty in 1774, and on May 11, 1775, was one of the son and served from December 1, 1836, to March 3,1837; party that broke open the magazine in Savannah and re-- presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to themoved 600 pounds of the King's powder; delegate to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from July 18, 1837, untilProvincial Congress of July 1775, and was chosen a member February 5, 1838, when the seat was declared vacant; ap- of the committee of safety on December 11, 1775; member of pointed United States district judge in 1839 and served until the executive council 1777-1781; associate justice ofChat- 1861, when Mississippi seceded from the Union; member ofham County in 1781 and 1782; Member of the Continental the State secession convention in 1861; during the Civil WarCongress in 1784; member of the State house of representa- served in the Confederate Army as a private, captain, colo-tives in 1783, 1785-1789, and 1791-1793, and served asspeak- nel, brigadier general, and major general of State troops; of the State constitu- became brigadier general of the iner in 1783, 1786, and 1787; president June 1863, and was placed in command of a brigade oftional convention in 1789; justice of the inferior court of Cavalry; again a member of the State house of representa-Chatham County 1790-1792; died in Savannah, Ga., Septem- tives in 1865, 1866, and 1878; continued the practice of lawber 27, 1800; interment probably in Colonial Park, formerly in Aberdeen, Miss., until his death there October 16, 1883;called the Old Cemetery, or Christ Church Cemetery. interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. Bibliography: DAB. GIBBS, Florence Reville (wife of Willis Benjamin Gibbs), GHOLSON, Thomas, Jr., a Representative from Virginia;a Representative from Georgia;born in Thomson, McDuffie born in Brunswick, Brunswick County, Va.; pursued an aca-County, Ga., April 4, 1890; attended the public schools; was demic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar andgraduated from Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga.; elected as commenced practice in Brunswick County, Va.; member ofa Democrat to the Seventy-sixthCongress to ifil the vacancy the State house of delegates 1806-1809; elected as a Republi-caused by the death of her husband, Willis Benjamin Gibbs, can to the Tenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused bytheand served from October 1, 1940, to January 3, 1941; was not death of John Claiborne; reelected to the Eleventh and toa candidate for reelection in1940 to the Seventy-seventh the three succeeding Congresses and served from NovemberCongress; retired from public life and resided in Jesup, Ga., 7, 1808, until his death in Brunswick County, Va., July 4,until her death there August 19, 1964; interment in Jesup 1816; chairman, Committee on Claims (Twelfth Congress).Cemetery. GIAIMO, Robert Nicholas, a Representative from Con- GIBBS, Willis Benjamin (husband of Florence Reville necticut; born in New Haven, Conn., October 15, 1919; at-Gibbs), a Representative from Georgia; born in Dupont, tended North Haven public schools; graduated from Ford-Clinch County, Ga., April 15, 1889; attended the public ham College, New York City, in 1941, and University ofschools and Mercer University, Macon, Ga.; was graduated Connecticut in 1943; served in the United States Army fromfrom the Atlanta (Ga.) Law School in 1911; admitted to the 1943 until separated from the service as a first lieutenant inbar and commenced practice in Folkston, Ga., the same 1946; captain, Judge Advocate General Corps, United Statesyear; moved to Jesup, Ga., in 1912 andcontinued the prac- Army Reserve; was admitted to the bar in 1947 and com-tice of law; served as solicitor of the city court of Jesup menced the practice of law in New Haven, Conn.; member of1913-1924, and solicitor general of the Brunswick judicial North Haven Board of Education 1949-1955; assistant clerk,circuit 1925-1939; county attorney for Wayne County, Ga., Probate Court, New Haven, Conn., 1952-1954; chairman,1922-1938; lieutenant colonel on staff of Gov. Clifford 1056 Biographical Directory

Walker in 1924 and 1925; served on the State Board of1924-1927; attended George Washington University Law Control of Eleemosynary Institutions 1931-1937; electedas aSchool, Washington, D.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1926 Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served fromand commenced practice in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1927; State's January 3, 1939, until his death in Washington, D.C.,onattorney of Windham County, Vt., 1929-1933; assistant sec- August 7, 1940; interment in Jesup Cemetery, Jesup, Ga.retary of the Vermont State senate 193 1-1933 and secretary GIBSON, Charles Hopper (cousin of Henry Richard1933-1940; appointed as a Republican to the United States Gibson), a Representative and a Senator from Maryland;Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, born near Centerville, Queen Anne County, Md., January 19,Ernest W. Gibson, and served from June 24, 1940, to Janu- 1842; attended Centerville Academy and the Archer Schoolary 3, 1941; was not a candidate for election to fill the in Harford County; graduated from Washington College,vacancy; during the Second World War served in the South Chestertown, Md.; studied law; was admitted to the bar inPacific and was discharged as a colonel 1941-1945; Governor 1864 and commenced practice in Easton, Md.; appointed byof Vermont 1946-1950, resigned to accept a judicial position; President Andrew Johnson in 1867 collector of internalreve-appointed a United States district judge for the district of nue for the Eastern Shore district, but was not confirmed;Vermont 1950-1969; died in Brattleboro, Vt., November 4, auditor and commissioner in chancery in 1869 and resigned1969; interment in Morningside Cemetery. in 1870 to accept the appointment of State's attorney for Bibliography: Hand, Ernest. "Friends, Neighbors and Political Allies: Re- Talbot County 1871-1875; elected as a Democrat to the flectionson the Gibson-Aiken Connection."Occasional Paper No.11, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, Center for Research on Vermont. Burlington: University of Vermont, 1986. 1885-March 3, 1891); was not a candidate for reelection in 1890; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to GIBSON, Eustace, a Representative from West Virginia; the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by theborn in Culpeper County, Va., October 4, 1842; attended the death of Ephraim K Wilson and served from November 19,common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and 1891, to March 3, 1897; chairman, Committee on Manufac-commenced practice in 1861; enlisted in the Confederate tures (Fifty-third Congress); resumed the practice of law;Army in June 1861 as first lieutenant; promoted to captain died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1900; interment inin 1863 and retired on account of wounds; member of the Chesterfield Cemetery, Centerville, Md. constitutional convention of Virginia in 1867 and 1868; set- tled in Huntington, W.Va., in 1871; member of the State GIBSON, Ernest Willard (fatherof Ernest Williamhouse of delegates in 1877 and 1878, and served as speaker Gibson, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Vermont;in 1877; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and born in Londonderry, Windham County, Vt., December 29,Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); chair- 1872; attended the common schools and Black River Acade-man, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Jus- my, Ludlow, Vt.; graduated from Norwich University, North-tice (Forty-ninth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for re- field, Vt., in 1894; high school principal 1894-1898; attended nomination in 1886 and for nomination in 1888; again re-- the law department of the University of Michigan at Annsumed the practice of law; died in Clifton Forge, Va., on Arbor in 1899; was admitted to the bar the sameyear andDecember 10, 1900; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hun- commenced practice in Brattleboro, Vt.; register of probatetington, W.Va. and deputy clerk of the United Statesdistrictcourt; member, State house of representatives 1906; member, State GIBSON, Henry Richard (cousin of Charles Hopper senate, serving as president pro tempore in 1908; served inGibson), a Representative from Tennessee; born on Kent the Vermont National Guard 1899-1908, retiring as a colo-Island, Queen Annes County, Md., December 24, 1837; at- nel; returned to service in 1915, served during the Mexicantended the common schools on Kent Island and at Bladens- border disputes, two years during the First World War, andburg, Md.; was graduated from Decker's Academy at Bla- served until 1923; State's attorney 1919-1921; secretary ofdensburg in 1858 and from Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., in civil and military affairs for Vermont 1921-1922; chairman 1862; served in the commissary department of the Union of the board of commissioners of Brattleboro, Vt., for eightArmy from March 1863 to July 1865; entered Albany (N.Y.) years; vice president of Norwich University; elected as aLaw School in September 1865; was admitted to the bar in Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancyDecember 1865 and commenced practice in Knoxville, Tenn., caused by the resignation of Porter H. Dale; reelected to thein January 1866; moved to Jacksboro, Campbell County, Sixty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses andTenn., in October 1866; appointed commissioner of claims by served from November 6, 1923, to October 19, 1933, when heGov. William G. Brownlow in 1868; delegate to the State resigned; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the De-constitutional convention in 1870; member of the State partment of the Treasury (Sixty-ninth Congress), Committeesenate, 187 1-1875; member of the State house of representa- on Territories (Seventy-first Congress); appointed as a Re-tives, 1875-1877; returned to Knoxville in 1876; founded the publican to the United States Senate and subsequently elect-Knoxville Republican in 1879 and became its editor; appoint- ed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Porter H. Dale;ed post-office inspector in 1881; became editor of the Knox- reelected in 1938 and served from November 21, 1933, untilville Daily Chronicle in 1882; appointed United States pen- his death in Washington, D.C., June 20, 1940; interment insion agent at Knoxville on June 22, 1883, and served until Morningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt. June 9, 1885; chancellor of the second chancery division of Bibliography:U.S.Congress.Memorial Servicesfor ErnestWillard Tennessee 1886-1894; professor of medical jurisprudence in Gibson. 77th Cong., 1st sess.,1941-1942. Washington, D.C.: Government the Tennessee Medical College 1889-1906; author of "Gib- Printing Office, 1943. son's Suits in Chancery" in 1891; elected as a Republican to GIBSON, Ernest William, Jr. (son of Ernest Willardthe Fifty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses Gibson), a Senator from Vermont; born in Brattleboro,(March 4, 1895-March 3, 1905); declined to be a candidate for Windham County, Vt., March 6, 1901; attended the publicrenomination in 1904; associate editor in 1896 and associate schools; graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vt.,reviser in 1918 of the "Code of Tennessee"; retired from in 1923; active in the Reserves throughout his life; memberpublic life and resided in Washington, D.C., being engaged as of the faculty of New York Military Academy, Cornwall,a writer and author and as a consulting editor of the Ameri- N.Y., 1923-1924; computer in the Coast and Geodetic Surveycan and English Encyclopedia of Law and Practice; died in Biographies 1057

Washington, D.C., May 25, 1938; remains were cremated anded as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1882; re- the ashes deposited in the Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville,elected in 1889 and served from March 4, 1883, until his Tenn. death at Hot Springs, Ark., December 15, 1892; interment Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky. GIBSON, James King, a Representative from Virginia; Bibliography: DAB; McBride, Mary. "Senator Randall Lee Gibson and born in Abingdon, Washington County, Va., February 18, the Establishment of Tulane University." Louisiana History 28 (Summer 1812; attended the common schools; moved to Huntsville, 1987): 245-62; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for Randall Lee Gibson. Limestone County, Ala., in 1833; returned to Abingdon, Va., 53rd Cong., 2nd sess. 1893-1894. Washington, D.C: Government Printing the following year and engaged in mercantile pursuits; Office, 1894. deputy sheriff of Washington County in 1834 and 1835; ap- GIDDINGS, De Witt Clinton, a Representative from pointed postmaster of Abingdon on December 19, 1837, andTexas; born in Susquehanna County, Pa., July 18, 1827; pur- served until July 26, 1849, when a successor was appointed;sued an academic course; studied law in Honesdale, Pa.; was upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representa- tion was elected as a Conservative to the Forty-first Con-admitted to the bar in Texas in 1852 and commenced prac- gress and served from January 28, 1870, toMarch 3, 1871;tice in Brenham, Tex.; served in the Confederate Army declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1870; engagedthroughout the Civil War; member of the State constitution- in agricultural pursuits and banking; died in Abingdon, Va.,al convention in 1866; successfully contested as a Democrat March 30, 1879; interment in Sinking Spring Cemetery. the election of William T. Clark to the Forty-second Con- gress; reelected to the Forty-third Congressand served from GIBSON, John Strickland, a Representative from Geor-May 13, 1872, to March 3, 1875; again elected to the Forty- gia; born near Folkston, Charlton County, Ga., January 3,fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); engaged in the 1893; attended the common schools; studied law by corre-banking business in Brenham, Tex.; delegate to the Demo- spondence from La Salle Extension University, Chicago, Ill.;cratic National Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892; died in was admitted to the bar in 1922 andcommenced practice inBrenham, Tex., on August 19, 1903; interment in Prairie Lea Douglas, Ga., in 1923; solicitor of the city court of Douglas,Cemetery. Ga., 1928-1934; solicitor general Waycross judicial circuit, 1934-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh, GIDDINGS, Joshua Reed, a Representative from Ohio; Seventy-eighth, and Seventy-ninth Congresses (January 3,born in Tioga Point (later Athens), Bradford County, Pa., 1941-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-October 6, 1795; moved with his parents to Canandaigua, tion in 1946; resumed the practice of law; died in Douglas,N.Y., in 1795; received a common-school education; again Ga., October 19, 1960; interment in City Cemetery. moved with his parents to Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1806; completed preparatory studies; served in the War of 1812; GIBSON, Paris, a Senator from Montana; born in Brown-taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Feb- field, Oxford County, Maine, July 1,1830; attended the in Jefferson, Ohio; Fryeburg,ruary 1821 and commenced practice common schools and the Fryeburg Academy, member of the State house of representatives in 1826;elect- Maine; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, ed as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy in 1851; engaged in the real estate business; member, Statecaused by the resignation of Elisha Whittlesey;reelected to house of representatives 1854; settled in Minneapolis, Minn., and served in 1858; built and operated flour and woolen mills; in 1879the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses moved to Fort Benton, Mont.; engaged in sheep raising, coalfrom December 3, 1838, until March 22, 1842, when he re- signed, after a vote of censure had been passed upon himby mining, railroads and water power; founded the city of Great slave Falls, Mont., in 1882 and became the first mayor; delegate tothe House in response to his motion in defense of the the State constitutional convention in 1889; elected to themutineers in the Creole case; subsequently elected to the State senate in 1890; elected as a Democrat to the UnitedTwenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by his States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofown resignation; reelected as a Whig tothe Twenty-eighth William A. Clark and served from March 7, 1901, to Marchthrough Thirtieth Congresses, as a Free-Soil candidate tothe 3, 1905; was not a candidate for reelection; resumed hisThirty-first through Thirty-third Congresses and as a Repub- lican to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congressesand business interests; died in Great Falls, Mont., December 16, chair- 1920; interment in Highland Cemetery. served from December 5, 1842, until March 3, 1859; Bibliography: DAB: man, Committee on Claims(Twenty-seventh and Thirty- fourth Congresses); declined to be a candidate forreelection; GIBSON, Randall Lee, a Representative and a Senatorappointed consul general to the British North American from Louisiana; born September 10, 1832, at Spring Hill,Provinces by President Lincoln on March 25,1861, and near Versailles, Woodford County, KY.; waseducated by aserved until his death; died in Montreal, Canada, May27, private tutor at "Live Oak," his father's plantation in Terre-1864; interment in Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio. bonne Parish, La.; graduated from Yale College in 1853 and Bibliography: DAB; Solberg, Richard W. "Joshua Giddings, Politician from the law department of the University of Louisiana and Idealist." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago, 1952; Stewart, (later Tulane University), New Orleans, La., in 1855; trav-James Brewer. Joshua R. Giddings and the Tactics of Radical Politics. eled in Europe for several years; engaged in planting until Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970. the outbreak of the Civil War; enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 and served until 1864, when he was promoted GIDDINGS, Napoleon Bonaparte, a Delegate from the to brigadier general; after the war was admitted to thebarTerritory of Nebraska; born near Boonsborough, Clark and practiced in New Orleans, La.; resumed agriculturalCounty, Ky., January 2, 1816; moved with his parents to pursuits; served as administrator of the Howard MemorialFayette, Howard County, Mo., in 1828; attended the common Library, trustee of the Peabody Fund, Regent of theSmith-schools; during the Texas war of independence enlisted in sonian Institution, and as president of the board of adminis-the army in 1836 and became sergeant major ofhis regi- trators of Tulane University, New Orleans, La.;unsuccessfulment; when Texas had gained her independencehe was candidate for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress;appointed chief clerk in the auditor's office of the Republic elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and to the threeof Texas; served as acting auditor until his resignationin succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1883); elect-1838; returned to Fayette, Mo., studied law; was admitted to 1058 Biographical Directory

the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Fayette, Mo.;attended the public schools; was a compositor on the Albany commissioned as captain of Company A, Second Regiment,Argus in 1839, and later an associate editor; during the war Missouri Mounted Volunteers, in the Mexican War July 22,with Mexico served as first lieutenant of Company H in Col. 1846, and served until March 3, 1847; edited the Union FlagJ.D. Stevenson's New York Volunteer Regiment; arrived in Franklin County, Mo.; went to California and engaged inwith his company in San Francisco in March 1847; was in gold mining; returned to Missouri, settled in Savannah, andcommand of the detachment and deputy collector of the port practiced law; moved to Nebraska City, Nebr., and continuedof San Francisco in 1847 and 1848, when the regiment was the practice of law; when the Territory of Nebraskawasdisbanded; became founder and editor of the Alta California formed was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Con-in 1849; member of the State constitutional convention in gress and served from January 5, to March 3, 1855; was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; resumed the practice1849; upon the admission of California as a State into the of law in Savannah, Mo.; was commissioned lieutenant colo-Union was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Con- nel of the Fifty-first Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantrygress and served from September 11, 1850, to March 3, 1851; and served from April 11, 1865, to August 31, 1865, when hewas not a candidate for renomination in 1850; killed in a was honorably discharged; died in Savannah, Mo., August 3,duel with Gen. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Calif., 1897; interment in the City Cemetery. August 2, 1852; interment in Lone Mountain (now Laurel Hill) Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif. GIFFORD, Charles Laceille, a Representative from Mas- sachusetts; born in Cotuit, Barnstable County, Mass., March GILBERT, Ezekiel, a Representative from New York; 15, 1871; attended the common schools; taught school inborn in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., March 25, Massachusetts and Connecticut from 1890 to 1900; engaged1756; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Yale in the real estate business in 1900 on Cape Cod and laterCollege in 1778; studied law; was admitted to the bar and became interested in the propagation of oysters and thecommenced practice in Hudson, N.Y.; member of the State raising of cranberries; member of the State house ofrepre-assembly in 1789 and 1790; elected to the Third Congress sentatives in 1912 and 1913; served in the State senate 1914-and reelected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress (March 1919; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress4, 1793-March 3, 1797); resumed the practice of law; againa tofill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Josephmember of the State assembly in 1800 and 1801; clerk of Walsh and on the same day was elected to the Sixty-eighthColumbia County 1813-1815; died in Hudson, N.Y., July 17, Congress; reelected to the Sixty-ninth and to the eleven 1841. succeeding Congresses and served from November 7, 1922, GILBERT, George Gilmore (father of Ralph Waldo Emer- until his death at Cotuit, Mass., August 23, 1947; chairman,son Gilbert), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Tay- Committee on Elections No. 3 (Sixty-ninth and Seventiethlorsville, Spencer County, Ky., December 24, 1849; attended Congresses), Committee on Election of President, Vice Presi-the common schools, Cecilian College in 1868 and 1869, and dent, and Representatives (Seventy-first Congress); inter-Lyndland Institute in Kentucky; taught school; was graduat- ment in Mosswood Cemetery. ed from the law department of the University of Louisville, GIFFORD, Oscar Sherman, a Delegate from the TerritoryKentucky, in 1873; was admitted to the bar and began prac- of Dakota and a Representative from South Dakota; born intice in Taylorsville, Ky., in 1874; prosecuting attorney of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 20, 1842; movedSpencer County 1876-1880; member of the State senate with his parents to Wisconsin, who settled in Rock County,1885-1889; delegate to the Democratic National Convention thence to Brown County, Ill., in 1853; attended thecommonin 1896; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and to the schools and the local academy at Beloit, Wis.; served in thethree succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1907); Union Army as a private in the Elgin (Ill.) Battery 1863-was not a candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1871 andlaw; died in Louisville, Ky., November 9, 1909; interment in commenced practice in Canton, Territory of Dakota (nowCave Hill Cemetery. South Dakota); district attorney for Lincoln County in 1874; mayor of Canton in 1881 and 1882; member of the State GILBERT, Jacob H., a Representative from New York; constitutional convention of South Dakota which convenedborn in New York City June 17, 1920; attended the public at Sioux Falls September 7, 1883; elected as a Republicanaschools; was graduated from St. John's College and from St. Delegate to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (MarchJohn's Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1944 and 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); upon the admission of South Dakotacommenced the practice of law in New York City; appointed as a State into the Union was elected as a Representative toan assistant corporation counsel of the city of New York and the Fifty-first Congress and served from November 2, 1889,served from January 1949 to December 1950; served in the to March 3, 1891; was not a candidate for renomination inState assembly 1951-1954; member of the State senate from 1890; resumed the practice of law in Canton, S.Dak., where1955 to March 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty- he died on January 16, 1913; interment in Forest Hill Ceme-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation tery. of Isidore Dollinger; reelected to the Eighty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses, and served from March 8, GILBERT, Abijah, a Senator from Florida; born in Gil-1960 to January 3, 1971; unsuccessful candidate for renomi- bertsville, Otsego County, N.Y., June 18, 1806; attended Gil-nation in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress; resumed the bertsville Academy, and graduated from Hamilton College,practice of law; resided in the Bronx, N.Y. where he died Clinton, N.Y., in 1822; engaged in mercantile pursuits inFebruary 27, 1981; interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery, New York City 1822-1850; moved to St. Augustine, Fla., inFlushing, N.Y. 1865; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875; retired GILBERT, Newton Whiting, a Representative from Indi- from business and political life; died in Gilbertsville, N.Y.,ana; born in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, May 24, November 23, 1881; interment in Brookside Cemetery. 1862; moved with his parents to Steuben County, md., in 1875; attended the common schools of Ohio and Indiana and GILBERT, Edward, a Representative from California;Ohio State University at Columbus; studied law; was admit- born in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N.Y., about 1819;ted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Angola, Biographies 1059 md.; appointed surveyor of Steuben County, md., in 1886 GILCHRIST, Fred Cramer, a Representative from Iowa; and elected to the office in 1888; member of the State senateborn in California, Washington County, Pa., June 2, 1868; 1896-1900; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana 1900-1904; cap- moved with his parents to Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1871; attend- tain of Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indianaed the public schools; was graduated from State Teachers' Volunteer Infantry, during the war with Spain; elected as aCollege, Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1886; teacher and superintend- Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress and served froment of schools in Laurens and Rolfe, Iowa, 1886-1890; super- March 4, 1905, to November 6, 1906, when he resigned; judge intendent of schools of Pocahontas County, Iowa, 1890-1892; of the court of first instance at Manila, Philippine Islands,was graduated from the law department ofthe State Univer- 1906-1908, by appointment of President Roosevelt; membersity of Iowa at Iowa City in 1893; was admitted to the bar in of the Philippine Commission in 1908 and 1909; president of1893 and commenced practice in Laurens, Iowa; member of the board of regents, Philippine University, in 1908 andthe State house of representatives 1902-1904; president of 1909; served as secretary of public instruction of the Philip-the board of education of Laurens, Iowa, 1905-1928; served pine Islands in 1909; Vice Governor of the Philippine Islandsin the State senate 1923-1931; elected as a Republican to the 1909-1913; moved to New York City in 1916 and resumedSeventy-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (March the practice of law; delegate to the Republican National4, 1931-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for renomi- Convention in 1916; retired in 1937 and moved to Santa Ana,nation in 1944; resumed the practice of law; died in Laurens, Calif. where he died on July 5, 1939; interment in Circle Hill Iowa, March 10, 1950; interment in Laurens Cemetery. Cemetery, Angola, Ind. GILDEA, James Hilary, a Representative from Pennsylva- GILBERT, Ralph Waldo Emerson (son of George Gilmorenia; born in Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pa., October 21, Gilbert), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Taylors-1890; attended the public schools; apprenticed to the print- ville, Spencer County, Ky., January 17, 1882; attended theing trade in 1905; engaged in the newspaper publishing busi- public schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottes-ness since 1910, when he founded the Coaldale(Pa.) Observ- ville; was graduated from the law school of the University ofer; chairman of the Coaldale Relief Society1930-1933, and of Louisville in 1901; was admitted to the bar the same yearthe Panther Valley Miners' Equalization Committee; elected and commenced practice in Shelbyville, Ky.; elected judge ofas a Democrat to the Seventy-fourthand to the Seventy-fifth the Shelby County Court in 1910; reelected in 1914 andCongresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful served until his resignation in 1917; elected as a Democrat tocandidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Con- the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congressesgress, for election in 1940 to theSeventy-seventh Congress, (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate forand in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress; resumed newspa- reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress; member ofper publishing until his retirement in 1972;superintendent, the State house of representatives in 1929; elected to theCoaldale State Hospital, 1962-1965; resumed his career of Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 4, 1933); wasediting, publishing, and printing; was a resident of Arling- not a candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed the prac- in tice of law in Shelbyville, KY.; again served in the Stateton, Va., until his death there on June 5, 1988; interment house of representatives in 1933; elected a member of theSt. Joseph's Cemetery, Summit Hill, Pa. State senate in 1936 and served until his death in Louisville, GILES, William Branch, a Representative and a Senator Ky., July 30, 1939; interment in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shel-from Virginia; born near Amelia Court House, Amelia byville, Ky. County, Va., August 12, 1762; pursued classical studiesand GILBERT, Sylvester, a Representative from Connecticut;graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton born in Hebron, Tolland County, Conn., October 20, 1755;University) in 1781; studied law; was admitted to the bar pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Dart-and practiced in Petersburg, Va., 1784-1789; elected to the mouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1775; studied law; wasFirst Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of admitted to the bar in November 1777 and commenced prac-Theodorick Bland; reelected to the Second and to the three tice in Hebron; member of the State house of representativessucceeding Congresses and served from December 7, 1790, to 1780-1812; State's attorney for Tolland County 1786-1807;October 2, 1798, when he resigned; member, State houseof chief judge of the county court and judge of the probatedelegates 1798-1800; elected as a Republican to the Seventh court 1807-1818; principalof a law school1810-1818;Congress (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1803); appointed to the member of the State senate in 1815 and 1816; elected as aUnited States Senate as a Republican to fill the vacancy in Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancythe term beginning March 4, 1803, caused by the resignation caused by the resignation of Uriel Holmes and served fromof Abraham B. Venable; while holding the office ofSenator- November 16, 1818, to March 3, 1819; resumed the practicedesignate was elected on December 4, 1804, to fill the vacan- of law in Hebron; again judge of the county court 1820-1825;cy in the term beginning March 4,1799, caused by the again a member of the State house of representatives inresignation of Wilson C. Nicholas; was reelected in 1804 and 1826; died in Hebron, Conn., January 2, 1846; interment in 1811 and served from August 11, 1804, to March 3, 1815, Old Cemetery. when he resigned; member, State house of delegates 1816- 1817, 1826-1827; unsuccessful candidate for election to the GILBERT, William Augustus, a Representative from NewUnited States Senate in 1825; Governor of Virginia 1827- York; born in Gilead, Conn., January 25, 1815; moved with1830; was a member of the State constitutional convention his parents to Champion, N.Y.; attended the public schools;in 1829 and 1830; again elected Governor in 1830, butde- studied law; was admitted to the New York bar in 1843 andclined; died on his estate, "Wigwam," near Amelia Court commenced the practice of law in Adams, N.Y.; member ofHouse, Amelia County, Va., December 4, 1830; interment in the State assembly in 1851 and 1852; elected as a Whig toa private cemetery on his estate. the Thirty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1855, Bibliography: DAB; Anderson, Dice. William Branch Giles: A Study in until his resignation February 27, 1857; served as presidentthe Politics of Virginia and the Nation from 1790 to 1831. Gloucester, of Adams village in 1859 and 1860; engaged in the bankingMass.: P. Smith, 1965; Giunta, Mary A. "The Public Life of William business; died in Adams, Jefferson County, N.Y., on May 25, Branch Giles, Republican, 1790-1815." Ph.D. dissertation, Catholic Univer- 1875; interment in the Rural Cemetery. sity, 1980. 1060 Biographical Directory

GILES, William Fell, a Representative from Maryland;served in the State senate 1882-1886, 1904, and 1905; dele- born in Harford County, Md., April 8, 1807; attendeda pri- gate to all Democratic National Conventions in 1884, 1888, vate academy and the Bel Air Academy; studied law;wasand 1892; police commissioner 1888-1897; elected as a Demo- admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice incrat to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses Baltimore, Md.; member of the State house of delegates(March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911); was not a candidate for 1838-1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Con-reelection in 1910; judge of the appeal tax court of the city of gress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); declined to be a candi-Baltimore 1912-1918; died in Baltimore, Md., January 27, date for renomination; United States district judge for the 1918. district of Maryland from July 18, 1853, until his death; officer of the American Colonization Society for more than GILL, Joseph John, a Representative from Ohio; born in thirty years, and for more than twenty years one of theBarnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, September 21,1846; commissioners of the State of Maryland supervising the emi-moved with his parents to Mount Pleasant, Jefferson gration of free blacks to Liberia; died in Baltimore, Md.,County, in 1848; pursued an academic course and was grad- March 21, 1879; interment in Greenmount Cemetery. uated from the law department of the University of Michi- GILFILLAN, CalvinWillard,a Representative fromgan at Ann Arbor in 1868; was admitted to the bar and Pennsylvania; born near East Brook, Mercer (now Lawrence)commenced practice in Jefferson County, Ohio; subsequently County,Pa., February 20,1832; attended the commonengaged in banking and later in manufacturing and iron schools and was graduated from Westminster College, Newmining; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress Wilmington, Pa.; superintendent of schools of Mercer Countyto fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lorenzo Danford; for two terms; clerk of the State house of representatives inreelected to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses 1859; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 andand served from December 4, 1899, until October 31, 1903, commenced practice in Mercer, Pa.; appointed prosecutingwhen he resigned; died in Steubenville, Ohio, May 22, 1920; attorney for Venango County in 1861 and elected in 1862 forinterment in Union Cemetery. three years; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Con- GILL, Michael Joseph, a Representative from Missouri; gress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidateborn in Covington, Kenton County, Ky., December 5, 1864; for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; resumedattended the common schools and Oberlin (Ohio) College; the practice of law, in which he continued until 1873; laterengaged in the glass manufacturing business; executive engaged in banking; delegate to the Republican Nationalmember of the National Bottle Blowers' Association 1892- Convention in 1872; died in Franklin, Pa., December 2, 1901;19 12; member of the State. house of representatives 1892- interment in the Franklin Cemetery. 1896; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in GILFILLAN, John Bachop, a Representative from Minne-1912; successfully contested as a Democrat the election of sota; born in Barnet, Caledonia County, Vt., February 11,Leonidas C. Dyer to the Sixty-third Congress and served 1835; attended the common schools; was graduated from thefrom June 19, 1914, to March 3, 1915; unsuccessful candidate Caledonia County Academy in 1855; moved to Minneapolis, for reelection; served as Government labor conciliator from Minn.; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar inMarch 31 to May 31, 1916, and from July 1 to October 2, July 1860 and commenced practice in Minneapolis, Minn.; 1916; died in St. Louis, Mo., November 1, 1918; interment in member of the board of education 1860-1868; city prosecut-Calvary Cemetery. ing attorney 1861-1864; prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County 1863-1867 and 1869-1873; alderman of the city of GILL, Patrick Francis, a Representative from Missouri; Minneapolis 1865-1869; member of the State senate 1875-born in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., August 16, 1885; regent of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis1868; moved with his widowed mother to St. Louis, Mo., in 1880-1888; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Con-1871; attended the parochial schools and St. Louis Universi- gress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidatety in 1890; engaged in the grocery business; clerk of the for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; resumed thecircuit court 1904-1908; unsuccessful candidate for sheriff in practice of law; died in Minneapolis, Minn., August 19, 1924;1906; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress interment in Lakewood Cemetery. (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); successfully contested the election of Theron E. Catlin to the Sixty-second Congress GILHAMS, Clarence Chauncey, a Representative from In-and served from August 12, 1912, to March 3, 1913; unsuc- diana; born in Brighton, Lagrange County, md., April 11,cessful candidate for renomination; served as mediator in 1860; attended the common schools and the State normalthe Bureau of Mediation and Conciliation, Department of school at Terre Haute, md.; taught school; was employed asLabor, from July 13, 1918, to September 11, 1922; died in St. a salesman; auditor of Lagrange County 1894-1902; engagedLouis, Mo., May 21, 1923; interment in Calvary Cemetery. in the life insurance business; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- GILL, Thomas Ponce, a Representative from Hawaii; nation of Newton W. Gilbert; reelected to the Sixtieth Con-born in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 21,1922; attended the gress and served from November 6, 1906, to March 3, 1909;public schools and graduated from the Roosevelt High unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-School in 1940; attended the University of Hawaii in 1940 first Congress; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1910;and 1941; served in the Hawaii Territorial Guard from De- resumed the life insurance business; died in Lagrange, md.,cember 1941 to October 1942; volunteered for service in the June 5, 1912; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Twenty-fourth Infantry Division in November 1942, fought in New Guinea and in the Philippines and was discharged in GILL, John, Jr., a Representative from Maryland; born inNovember 1945; awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Baltimore, Md., June 9, 1850; attended Hampden-Sidney Col-Heart; graduated from the University of California in 1948 lege, Virginia; was graduated from the University of Mary-and from the University of California Law School in 1951; land at Baltimore in 1870; studied law; was admitted to thewas admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Honolu- bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Baltimore, Md.;lu the same year; Democratic campaign chairman of Oahu member of the State house of delegates 1874-1877; examinerCounty in 1952 and 1954; chairman of Oahu County Demo- of titles in the Baltimore city legal department 1879-1884;cratic Committee, 1954-1958; delegate to the Democratic Na- Biographies 1061 tional Convention in 1960; attorney for the Hawaiian senatehis death in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1805; interment in the 1955 regular session; administrative assistant to thein Congressional Cemetery. speaker of the Hawaiian house of representatives in the GILLESPIE, James Frank, a Representative from Illinois; 1957 regular and special sessions; member of the Thirtieth Territorial Session from the Fifteenth District; member ofborn in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., the first State legislature and served as majority floorApril 18, 1869; attended the graded schools and Concord leader, 1959-1962; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-(W.Va.) Normal School; taught in the public schools at eighth Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1965); was notWhite Sulphur Springs, W.Va., in 1891 and 1892; principal a candidate for renomination in 1964 but was an unsuccess-of White Sulphur Springs High School in 1891; studied law ful candidate for election as United States Senator; director,at Central College, Danville, md.; was admitted to the bar in Hawaii Office of Economic Opportunity, 1965-1966; Lieuten-1892 and commenced practice in Charleston, W.Va.; moved ant Governor of Hawaii, 1966-1970; resumed the practice ofto Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., in 1894 and continued the practice of law; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; law; is a resident of Honolulu, Hawaii. served in the State house of representatives in 1913 and GILLEN, Courtland Craig, a Representative from Indi-1914; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress ana; born in Roachdale, Putnam County, md.,July 3, 1880;(March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for attended the rural schools; was graduated from Fincastlereelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress and for High School in 1897; taught common and high schools forelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the five years 1897-1904; attended De Pauw University atpractice of law in Bloomington, Ill., until his death there on Greencastle, md., 1901-1903; was graduated from the lawNovember 26, 1954; interment in Park Hill Cemetery. department of the University of Indianapolis (Indiana Law School) in 1905; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and com- GILLESPIE, Oscar William, a Representativefrom menced practice in Greencastle, md.; served as county attor-Texas; born near Quitman, Clarke County, Miss., June 20, ney 1909-1914 and as prosecuting attorney of the sixty-1858; attended private schools, and was graduated from fourth judicial circuit in 1917 and 1918; delegate to theMansfield College, Texas, in 1885; studied law; was admitted Democratic State convention in 1924; elected as a Democratto the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Fort Worth, to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3,Tex., assistant attorney of Tarrant county 1886-1888; pros- 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; elect-ecuting attorney of Tarrant County 1890-1894; elected as a ed judge of the sixty-fourth judicial circuit (Putnam CircuitDemocrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Court) in 1934 and served from January 1, 1935, until hisCongresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful can- resignation on April 15, 1939; resumed the private practicedidate for renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law of law; died in Greencastle, md., September 1, 1954; inter-in Fort Worth, Tex., where he died August 23, 1927; inter- ment in Forest Hill Cemetery. ment in Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Tex. GILLESPIE, Dean Milton, a Representative from Colora- GILLET, Charles William, a Representative from New do; born in Salina, Saline County, Kans., May 3, 1884; at-York; born in Addison, Steuben County, N.Y., November 26, tended the public schools and Salina Normal University;1840; attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary engaged in agricultural pursuits and cattle raising in ClayInstitute, Franklin, N.Y.; was graduated from Union College, County, Kans., 1900-1904; moved to Denver, Cob., in 1905Schenectady, N.Y., in 1861; enlisted as a private in the and worked as grocery clerk, sign painter, and salesman;Eighty-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in engaged in the automobile and oil business since 1905; elect-August 1861; promoted to adjutant of the regiment in No- ed as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill thevember 1861; was wounded and honorably discharged for vacancy caused by the death of Lawrence Lewis, reelected tophysical disability in 1863; engaged in the manufacture of the Seventy-ninth Congress, and served from March 7, 1944, sash, doors, and blinds in Addison; appointed postmaster of to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for reelection inAddison on June 15, 1878, and served until July 26, 1886; 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; reengaged in his formerelected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the five business pursuits until his death, while on a business trip, insucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1905); chair- Baltimore, Md., February 2, 1949; interment in Fairmountman, Committee on Expenditures inthe Department of Ag- Cemetery, Denver, Cob. riculture (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), GILLESPIE, Eugene Pierce, a Representative from Penn-Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-eighth sylvania; born in Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., SeptemberCongress); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 24, 1852; attended the public schools, Allegheny College, 1904; died in New York City December 31, 1908; interment Meadville, Pa., and St. Michael's College, Toronto, Canada;in the Rural Cemetery, Addison, N.Y. studied law; was admitted to the bar in August 1874 and GILLET, Ransom Hooker, a Representative from New commenced practice in Greenville, Pa.; elected as a Demo-York; born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y., Janu- crat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3,ary 27, 1800; pursued an academic course;studied law in 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to theCanton, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac- Fifty-third Congress; returned to Greenville, Pa., and contin-tice in Ogdensburg; postmaster of Ogdensburg, N.Y.,1830- ued the practice of law until his death December 16, 1899;1833; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in interment in Shenango Valley Cemetery. 1832 and 1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-third GILLESPIE, James, a Representative from North Caroli-and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, na; born in Kenansville, Duplin County,N.C.; pursued classi-1837); was not a candidate for renomination in 1836; commis- cal studies; member of the State constitutional convention insioner to treat with the New York Indians 1837-1839; ap- 1776; member of the State house of commons 1779-1783;pointed Register of the Treasury and served from April 1, served in the State senate 1784-1786; elected to the Third1845, to May 27, 1847, when he was appointed Solicitor of Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth andthe Treasury, and continued in this office until October 31, Fifth Congresses (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1799); elected to1849; appointed Assistant Attorney General and served from the Eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1803, until1855 to 1858; appointed solicitor of the court of claims and 1062 Biographical Directory served from 1858 to 1861; retired from public life in 1867 anda Free-Soiler to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy engaged in literary pursuits; died in Washington, D.C., Octo-caused by the resignation of and served from ber 24, 1876; interment in Glenwood Cemetery. May 24, 1854, to March 3, 1855; was not a candidate for Bibliography: DAB. reelection in 1854; lecturer on agriculture and temperance; GILLETT, Frederick Huntington, a Representative andatrustee of the State normal school and served as its presi- Senator from Massachusetts; born in Westfield, Hampdendent for many years; aided in the formation of the Republi- County, Mass., October 16, 1851; attended the public schools;can Party in Connecticut and for several years was a silent graduated from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., in 1874partner in the Evening Press, the organ of that party; en- and from the law department of Harvard University in 1877;gaged in the real estate business in Hartford, Conn.; died in was admitted to the bar at Springfield, Mass., in 1877 andHartford, Conn., on September 30, 1879; interment in River- commenced practice in that city; assistant attorney generalside Cemetery, Farmington, Conn. of Massachusetts 1879-1882; member, State house ofrepre- Bibliography: DAB. sentatives 1890-1891; elected as a Republican to the Fifty- GILLETTE, Guy Mark, a Representative and a Senator third and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses; (March 4,from Iowa; born in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, Febru- 1893, to March 3, 1925); Speaker of the House of Representa-ary 3, 1879; attended the public schools; graduated from the taives (Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighth Congress- es); chairman, Committee on Reform in the Civil Servicelaw department of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in (Fifty-sixth through Sixty-first Congresses); was not a candi- 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced prac- date for renomination to the Sixty-ninth Congress; elected astice in Cherokee; during the Spanish-American War served a Republican to the United States Senate in 1924 and servedas a sergeant in the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment, United from March 4, 1925 to March 3, 1931; was not a candidateStates Army 1898; engaged in agricultural pursuits; city at- for renomination in 1930; engaged in literary pursuits; diedtorney of Cherokee 1906-1907; prosecuting attorney of Cher- in Springfield, Mass., July 31, 1935; interment in Pine Hillokee County 1907-1909; member, State senate 1912-1916; Cemetery, Westfield, Mass. during the First World War served as a captain in the Bibliography: DAB. United States Army 1917-1919; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Con- GILLETT, James Norris, a Representative from Califor-gress and served from March 4, 1933, until his resignation nia; born in Viroqua, Vernon County, Wis., September 20,on November 3, 1936, having been elected to the United 1860; moved with his parents to Sparta, Wis., in 1865; at- States Senate; elected as a Democrat to the United States tended the grammar and high schools; studied law;wasSenate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice inLouis Murphy during the term ending January 3, 1939; re- Sparta, Wis.; moved to Eureka, Humboldt County, Calif., inelected in 1938 and served from November 4, 1936, to Janu- 1883 and continued the practice of law; city attorney 1889-ary 3, 1945; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944; 1895; member of the State senate 1897-1899; electedas achairman of the Surplus Property Board 1945; president of Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congressesthe American League for a Free Palestine 1945-1948; again and served from March 4, 1903, to November 4, 1906, whenelected to the United States Senate and served from Janu- he resigned, having been elected Governor; served as Gover-ary 3, 1949, to January 3, 1955; unsuccessful candidate for nor of California 1907-1911; resumed the practice of law inreelection in 1954; counsel with the Senate Post Office and San Francisco, Calif., and resided in Berkeley, Calif., untilCivil Service Committee 1955-1956; counsel with the Senate his death there on April 20, 1937; interment in OaklandJudiciary Committee 1956-196 1; retired and resided in Cher- Columborium, Oakland, Calif. okee, Iowa, until his death there March 3, 1973; interment GILLETTE, Edward Hooker (son of Francis Gillette),ain Oak Knoll Cemetery. Representative from Iowa; born in Bloomfield, Hartford Bibliography: Harrington, Jerry. "Senator Foils the Execu- County, Conn., October 1, 1840; attended the public schoolstion Committee." Palimpsest 62 (November/December 1981): 170-80; U.s. at Hartford, Conn., and the New York State Agricultural Congress. Memorial Addresses.93rd Cong.,1stsess.,1973. Washington, College, Ovid, N.Y.; moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1863 and D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973. engaged in agricultural pursuits, building, and manufactur- GILLETTE, Wilson Darwin, a Representative from Penn- ing; editor of the Iowa Tribune; chairman of the nationalsylvania; born on a farm near Sheshequin, Bradford County, committee of the Greenback Party; delegate to the Green-Pa., July 1, 1880; attended the public schools, Ulster (Pa.) back National Convention at Indianapolis in 1876; elected asHighSchool,andSusquehannaCollegiateInstitute, a Greenbacker (National Party) to the Forty-sixth CongressTowanda, Pa.; engaged in agricultural pursuits, clerked in a (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); unsuccessful candidate forgeneral store and became a dealer of automobiles in 1913; reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; retiredmember of the State house of representatives 1930-1941; from public life and resided on his farm, "Clover Hillselected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress to Place," near Valley Junction, Iowa, where he died Augustfill the vacancy caused by the death of Albert G. Rutherford; 14, 1918; interment in Glendale Cemetery. reelected to the Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding GILLETTE, Francis (father of Edward Hooker Gillette), aCongresses and served from November 4, 1941, until his Senator from Connecticut; born in that portion of Old Wind-death in Towanda, Pa., August 7, 1951; interment in Oak sor now included in the town of Bloomfield, HartfordHill Cemetery. County, Conn., December 14, 1807; moved with his parents GILLIE, George W., a Representative from Indiana; born to Ashfield, Mass.; was graduated from Yale College in 1829;in Berwickshire, Scotland, August 15, 1880; moved to the commenced the study of law, but his health becoming im-United States with his parents, who settled in Kankakee, paired he engaged in agricultural pursuits in Bloomfield;Ill., in 1882 and in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1884; attended the member, State house of representatives 1832, 1836, 1838;public schools, International Business College, Fort Wayne, unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1841 and severalmd., in 1898, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., 1899- times subsequently; chairman of the board of education of1901; was graduated from Ohio State University at Colum- Connecticut 1849-1865; moved to Hartford in 1852; elected asbus in 1907 as doctor of veterinary surgery; meat and dairy Biographies 1063 inspector of Allen County, md., 1908-1914; began the prac-ber 6, 1922; educated in the public schools of Middletown, tice of veterinary medicine in Fort Wayne, md., in 1914;N.Y.; B.S., Wharton School of Business and Finance, Univer- sheriff of Allen County 19 17-1920, 1929-1930, and 1935-1937;sity of Pennsylvania, 1946; LL.B., New York Law School, elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four1950; admitted to the New York bar in 1955 and commenced succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949);practice in Middletown, N.Y.; during the Second World War unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-he served with Twentieth Air Force, Nineteenth Bomb first Congress; engaged in agricultural pursuits; jury com-Group; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal missioner for the Federal courts for the northern district offor thirty-five missions over Japan; appointed assistant at- Indiana; resident of Fort Wayne, md., until his death theretorney general, New York State Department of Law, 1954; on July 3, 1963; interment in Lindenwood Cemetery. attorney, New York Commission on Courts, 1956-1957; coun- GILLIGAN, John Joyce, a Representative from Ohio; bornsel to assembly's Committee on Local Finance, 1956-1964; in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 22, 1921; grad-served in the New York State assembly, 1967-1972; member, uated from St. Xavier High School in 1939, the University ofNew York State Southeastern Water Commission; elected as Notre Dame in 1943, and the University of Cincinnati ina Republican to the Ninety-third and to the sevensucceed- 1947; served as a lieutenant (jg.) in the United States Navaling Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1989); is a resi- Reserve as a destroyer gunnery officer in the Atlantic, Pacif-dent of Middletown, N.Y. ic, and Mediterranean Theaters, 1942-1945; awarded the GILMAN, Charles Jervis (grandnephew of John Taylor Silver Star for gallantry at Okinawa; instructor in literature at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948-1953; memberGilman and ), a Representative from Maine; of the city council of Cincinnati, 1953-1963; candidate forborn in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., February 26, Ohio Congressman-at-Large in 1962; elected as a Democrat1824; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3,pursued classical studies; was graduated from Harvard Law 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to theSchool; was admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced Ninetieth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for United Statespractice in Exeter, N.H.; member of the house of representa- Senate, 1968; Governor of Ohio from January 11, 1971, untiltives of New Hampshire in 1851 and 1852; moved to Bruns- January 13, 1975; administrator, U.S. Agency for Interna-wick, Maine, and continued the practice of law; member of tional Development, 1977-1979; director, Institute for Publicthe house of representatives of Maine in 1854 and 1855; Policy, 1979-1986, and Institute for International Peacemember of the State Whig committee; elected as a Republi- Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1986 to present; is acan to the Thirty-fifth Congress(March 4, 1857-March 3, resident of South Bend, md. 1859); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1858; Bibliography: Larson, David Richard. "Ohio's Fighting Liberal: A Politi- delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860; cal Biography of John J. Gilligan." Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State Univer-interested in introducing waterworks and other public im- sity, 1982. provements; died in Brunswick, Maine, on February 5, 1901; GILLIS, James Lisle, a Representative from Pennsylva-interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. nia; born in Hebron, Washington County, N.Y., October 2, GILMAN, John Taylor (brother of Nicholas Gilman and 1792; attended the public schools; became a tanner; served ingranduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman), a Delegate from New the War of 1812; moved to Ridgway, Pa., in 1822; appointedHampshire; born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., De- associate judge of Jefferson County by Governor Porter;cember 19, 1753; received a limited education; engaged in member of the State house of representatives in 1840 andshipbuilding and also in agricultural pursuits; one of the 1851; one of the judges of Jefferson County in 1842; member of the State senate in 1845; served as a mail agent in SanMinutemen of 1775; selectman in 1777 and 1778; member of Francisco, Calif.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifththe State house of representatives in 1779 and 1781; delegate Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); was an unsuccess-to the convention of the States in Hartford,Conn., in Octo- ful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-sixth Congress inber 1780; Member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1858; appointed agent for the Pawnee Tribe of Indians; died1783; State treasurer in 1791; moderator 1791-1794, 1806, in Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, July 8, 1881; inter-1807, 1809-1811, 1817, 1818, and 1820-1825; Governor of New ment in Forest Home Cemetery. Hampshire 1794-1805; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1805; again a member of the State house of representa- GILLON, Alexander, a Representative from South Caroli-tives in 1810 and 1811; again an unsuccessful candidatefor na; born in Rotterdam, Holland, in 1741;pursued an aca-Governor in 1812; elected Governor and served from 1813 to demic course; immigrated to London, England, and engaged1816; declined to be a candidate for renomination forGover- in commerce; in 1766 settled in Charleston and established anor in 1816; ex officio trustee ofDartmouth College, Hano- large business; delegate to the Second Provincial Congress ofver, N.H., 1794-1805 and 1813-1816,and trustee by election South Carolina in 1775 and 1776; member of the first gener-1817-1819; president of the board of trustees of Phillips al assembly in 1776; was elected captain of the GermanExeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., 1795-1827, and donor of the Fusiliers of Charleston in May 1775; commodore of theproperty upon which the older buildings stand; diedin South Carolina Navy in 1778 and was sent to France toExeter, N.H., August 31, 1828; interment in ExeterCeme- procure vessels; joined the fleet of Spanishvessels in the capture of the Bahama Islands May 8, 1782; elected to thetery. Continental Congress in 1784, but did not attend; delegate to Bibliography: DAB. the State convention which ratified the Federal Constitution GILMAN, Nicholas (brother of John Taylor Gilman and in 1788; elected to the Third Congress and served fromgranduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman), a Delegate, a Repre- March 4, 1793, until his death at his plantation, "Gillon'ssentative, and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Retreat," Orangeburg District, S.C., October 6, 1794; inter-Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., August 3, 1755; pursued ment in the family burial ground at "Gillon's Retreat,"Cal-an academic course; employed as aclerk in his father's houn County, S.C. countinghouse; served in the continental army during the Bibliography: DAB. Revolutionary War; Member of the Continental Congress GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur, a Representative from New1787-1789; member of the Constitutional Convention, 1787- York; born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., Decem- 1789; elected to the First and to the three succeedingCon- 1064 Biographical Directory gresses (March 4, 1789-March 3,1797); declined to be atary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Tyler February candidate for renomination in 1796; chairman, Committee15, 1844, and served until he was killed by the bursting of a on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Fourth Congress); elect-gun on board the U.S.S. Princeton on the , ed in 1805 as a Republican to the United States Senate;near Washington, D.C., February 28, 1844; interment in reelected in 1811 and served from March 4, 1805, until hisMount Air Cemetery, Albermarle County, Va. death in Philadelphia, Pa., May 2, 1814; interment in Exeter Bibliography: DAB. Cemetery, Exeter, N.H. Bibliography: DAB. GILMER, William Franklin (Dixie), a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Mount Airy, Surry County, N.C., GILMER, George Rockingham, a Representative fromJune 7, 1901; moved with his parents to Oklahoma; attended Georgia; born near Lexington, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe)the public schools of Oklahoma City, Okla.; served as a page County, Ga., April 11, 1790; attended a classical school andin the House of Representatives 1911-1919; graduated from an academy at Abbeville, S.C.; taught a private school while studying law; served as first lieutenant in the Forty-thirdthe law school of Oklahoma University at Norman in 1923; Regiment, United States Infantry, from 1813 to 1815 in thewas admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced the practice campaign against the Creek Indians and built a fort on theof law in Oklahoma; member of the State house of repre-- Chattahoochie River near the present city of Atlanta; re-sentatives; moved to Tulsa, Okia., in 1929; assistant county sumed the study of law and began practice in Lexington inattorney of Tulsa County, Okia., 1931-1933; county attorney 1818; member of the State house of representatives in 1818,of Tulsa County 1936-1946; unsuccessful for the Democratic 1819, and 1824; elected to the Seventeenth Congress (Marchnomination for Governor in 1946; elected as a Democrat to 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); resumed the practice of law; trusteethe Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951); of the University of Georgia at Athens 1826-1857; elected tounsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty- the Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by thesecond Congress; State safety commissioner until his death resignation of Edward F. Tatnall and served from October 1, in Oklahoma City, Okla., June 9, 1954; interment in Memori- 1827, to March 3, 1829; reelected to the Twenty-first Con-al Park. gress, but failing to signify his acceptance, the Governor GILMORE, Alfred (son of John Gilmore), a Representative announced a vacancy and ordered a new election; Governorfrom Pennsylvania; born in Butler, Butler County, Pa., June of Georgia 1829-1831; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-9, 1812; attended the public schools, and was graduated from third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3,1835); chairman,Washington College, Washington, Pa., in 1833; studied law; Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-third Congress); presi-was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in dential elector in 1836 and voted for White and Tyler; againButler, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Governor of Georgia 1837-1839; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840; author and historian; died in Lexington,Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); was Ga., November 16, 1859; interment in Presbyterian Ceme-not a candidate for reelection in 1852; resumed the practice tery. of law in Philadelphia, Pa.; moved to Lenox, Mass., in 1866, Bibliography: DAB; Coulter, E. Merton. "The Dispute over George R. and continued the practice of his profession; died while on a Gilmer's Election to Congress in 1828." Georgia Historical Quarterly 52 visit in New York City, June 29, 1890; interment in Lenox (June 1968): 159-86. Cemetery, Lenox, Mass. GILMER, John Adams, a Representative from North GILMORE, Edward, a Representative from Massachu- Carolina; born near Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., No-setts; born in Brockton, Plymouth County, Mass., January 4, vember 4, 1805; attended the public schools and an academy1867; attended the graded schools, the high school, and Mas- in Greensboro, N.C.; taught school; studied law; was admit-sachusetts State University extension classes; engaged in ted to the bar in 1832 and began practice in Greensboro,mercantile pursuits; member of the Democratic State com- N.C.; county solicitor; member of the State senate 1846-1856;mittee 1896-1903; delegate to the Democratic National Con- defeated as the Whig candidate for Governor of North Caro-ventions in 1900 and 1904; president of the Brockton Board lina in 1856; elected as the candidate of the American Partyof Aldermen 1901-1906; member of the State house of repre- to the Thirty-fifth Congress and reelected as a candidate ofsentatives in 1907 and 1908; elected as a Democrat to the the Opposition Party to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4,Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3,1915); post- 1857-March 3,1861); chairman, Committee on Electionsmaster of Brockton 1915-1923; city assessor in 1923 and (Thirty-sixth Congress); member of the Second Confederate1924; died in Boston, Mass., April 10, 1924; interment in Congress in 1864; delegate to the Union National Convention Calvary Cemetery, Brockton, Mass. of Conservatives at Philadelphia in 1866; died in Greensboro, GILMORE, John (father of Alfred Gilmore), a Representa- N.C., May 14, 1868; interment in Presbyterian Church Ceme-- tery. tive from Pennsylvania; born in Somerset County, Pa., Feb- Bibliography: DAB; Crofts, Daniel W. "A Reluctant Unionist; John A. ruary 18, 1780; moved with his parents to Washington, Pa., Gilmer and Lincoln's Cabinet." Civil War History 24 (September 1978): in 1780; attended the common schools; studied law; was ad- 225-49. mitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Wash- ington; moved to Butler, Butler County, Pa., in 1803; ap- GILMER, Thomas Walker, a Representative from Virgin-pointed deputy district attorney for Butler County in 1803; ia; born in Gilmerton, Albemarle County, Va., April 6, 1802;member of the State house of representatives 18 16-1821 and attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted toserved as speaker in 1821; elected as a Jacksonian to the the bar and commenced practice in Charlottesville, Va.;Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829- member of the State house of delegates 1829-1836 and againMarch 3, 1833); elected State treasurer by the legislature of in 1839 and 1840, serving as speaker the last two years;Pennsylvania in 1841; died in Butler, Pa., May 11, 1845; elected Governor of Virginia and served from March 31,interment in North Cemetery. 1840, until his resignation on March 20, 1841; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress and as a Democrat to GILMORE, Samuel Louis, a Representative from Louisi- the Twenty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1841,ana; born in New Orleans, La., July 30, 1859; instructed by until February 16, 1844, when he resigned; appointed Secre-private tutors; was graduated from the Central High School Biographies 1065 of New Orleans in 1874, from Seton Hall College, Southand Nineteenth Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1827); Orange, N.J., in 1877, and from the law department of thewas not a candidate for renomination;resumed the practice University of Louisiana (now Tulane University) at Newof law; died in Pinckneyville, S.C., on March 8, 1836; inter- Orleans in 1879; was admitted to the bar in 1880 and com-ment in the family burial ground. menced practice in New Orleans, La.; assistant city attorney 1888-1896; city attorney from 1896 until March 15, 1909, GITTINS, Robert Henry, a Representative from New when he resigned; delegate to the Democratic National Con-York; born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., December 14, vention in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first1869; attended St. Paul's Academy, Oswego, N.Y.; engaged in Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert C.the lumber, grain, and coal business; was graduated from Davey and served from March 30, 1909, until his death inthe law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Abita Springs, La., on July 18, 1910; interment in MetairieArbor in 1900; was admitted to the bar in the States of Cemetery, New Orleans, La. Michigan and New York in 1900 and commenced the prac- tice of law at Niagara Falls, N.Y., in 1901; member of the GINGERY, Don, a Representative from Pennsylvania;State senate 1911-19 13; delegate to the Democratic National born in Woodland, Clearfield County, Pa., February 19, 1884;Convention in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third moved to Clearfield, Pa., in 1892; attended the public schoolsCongress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candi- of Clearfield, Pa., Mercersburg (Pa.) Academy, and Ohiodate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; Northern University at Ada; was engaged in the hardwareowner and publisher of the Niagara FallsJournal 1914-1918; and mine-supply business from 1902 to 1934; also engaged aspostmaster of Niagara Falls, N.Y., from October 16, 1916, to a civil engineer in 1903; member of the State house of repre-January 21, 1920; resumed the practice of his profession; sentatives in 1915 and 1916; served in the Pennsylvaniaappointed commissioner of the State reservation at Niagara National Guard, in grades from private to captain, 1902-Falls in 1918 and served until 1940; moved to New York City 1906; chairman of the Clearfield County Democratic commit- tee in 1916 and 1917; member of the Democratic State com-in 1923 and continued the practice of law until 1956; resided mittee in 1919 and 1920; member of the official delegationin Sloatsburg, Rockland County, N.Y., until his death De- attending the inauguration of President Manuel Quezon ofcember 25, 1957. the Philippine Republic at Manila, in 1935; elected as a GLASCOCK, John Raglan, a Representative from Califor- Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congressesnia; born in Panola County, Miss., August 25, 1845; in 1856 (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidatemoved to California with his parents, who settled in San for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; associat-Francisco; attended the public schools and was graduated ed with the Bituminous Coal Division, the Coal Mines Ad-from the University of California at Berkeley in 1865; stud- ministration, and the Solid Fuels Administration for War ofied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was the United States Department of the Interior, at Altoona,admitted to the bar by the supreme court of California in Pa., 1939-1946; died in Clearfield, Pa., October 15, 1961;1868 and commenced practice in Oakland, Calif.; admitted to interment in Hillcrest Cemetery. practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in GINGRICH, Newton Leroy, a Representative from Geor-1882; district attorney of Alameda County, Calif., 187 5-1877; gia; born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., June 17, 1943;elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March attended school at various military installations; graduated4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection from Baker High School, Columbus, Ga., 1961; B.A., Emoryin 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress; mayor of Oakland, University, Atlanta, Ga., 1965; M.A., Tulane University,Calif., 1887-1890; resumed the practice of law in Oakland; New Orleans, La., 1968; Ph.D., same university, 1971; teach-died at his country home in Woodside, Calif., November 10, er, West Georgia College, Carroliton, 1970-1978; elected as a1913; interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the four succeedingCalif. Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Jonesboro, Ga. GLASCOCK, Thomas, a Representative from Georgia; born in Augusta, Ga., October 21, 1790; attended the public GINN, Ronald Bryan, a Representative from Georgia;schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com- born in Morgan, Calhoun County, Ga., May 31, 1934; educat-menced practice in Augusta; delegate to the constitutional ed in the public schools of Morgan; Abraham Baldwin Agri-convention in 1798; captain of Volunteers in the War of cultural College, Tifton, Ga., 1951-1953; Georgia Southern1812; served with the rank of brigadier general in the Semi- College, Statesboro, Ga., 1953-1956; teacher; businessman;nole War in 1817; member of the State house of representa- cattle farmer; former administrative assistant to Senatortives 1821, 1823, 1831, 1834, 1839, serving as speaker in1833 Herman E. Talmadge and Representative G. Elliott Hagan;and 1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Con- elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the fourgress to fill the vacancy caused by theresignation of John succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1983);W.A. Sanford; reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth was not a candidate in 1982 for reelection,but was an unsuc-Congress and served from October 5, 1835, to March 3, 1839; cessful candidate for nomination for governor of Georgia;chairman, Committee on Militia (Twenty-fourth and Twenty- chairman of the board of a governmental relations firm infifth Congresses); retired from public life; lived in Decatur, Alexandria, Va.; is a resident of Millen, Ga. Ga. until his death there May 19, 1841; interment in the GIST, Joseph, a Representative from South Carolina; bornCity Cemetery, Augusta, Ga. near the mouth of Fair Forest Creek, Union District,S.C., January 12, 1775; moved to Charleston with his parents in GLASGOW, Hugh, a Representative from Pennsylvania; 1788; attended the common schools; was graduated from theborn in Nottingham, Chester County, Pa., September 8, 1769; College of Charleston; studied law; was admitted to the barattended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pur- in 1799 and began practice in Pinckneyville, S.C., in 1800;suits; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State house of representatives, 1802-1817;judge of York County from July 1, 1800, to March 29, 1813; member of the board of trustees of South Carolina College atelected as a Republican to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Columbia 1809-182 1; elected to the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); died at Peach 1066 Biographical Directory

Bottom, York County, Pa., January 31, 1818; interment inlutionary War; Member of the First, Second, and Third Pro- Slate Ridge Burying Ground. vincial Congresses 1774-1776; served as a member of the GLASS, Carter, a Representative and a Senator from Vir-State assembly in 1786 and 1787; elected to the Third Con- ginia; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., January 4,gress and reelected as a Federalist to the three succeeding 1858; attended private and public schools, newspaper report-Congresses (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1801); member of the er, editor and owner; member, State senate 1899-1903, whenState assembly in 1810; died in Schenectady, N.Y., on Janu- he resigned; delegate to the State constitutional convention ary 6, 1814. in 1901; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress GLENN, John Herschel, Jr., a Senator from Ohio; born in to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Peter J. Otey;Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, July 18, 1921; educated reelected to the Fifty-eighth and to the eight succeedingin the public schools of New Concord, Ohio; graduated, Mus- Congresses and served from November 4, 1902, until Decem-kingum College; served in the United States Marine Corps ber 16, 1918, when he resigned to accept a cabinet position;1942-1965; test pilot; joined the United States space program chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency (Sixty-thirdin 1959, having been selected as one of the original seven through Sixty-fifth Congresses); member of the DemocraticMercury astronauts; in February 1962, became the first National Committee 19 16-1928; appointed Secretary of theAmerican to orbit the Earth; unsuccessful candidate in 1964 Treasury by President Woodrow Wilson and served fromto the United States Senate; elected as a Democrat to the 1918 to 1920 when he resigned, having been appointeda Senator; appointed as a Democrat to the United StatesUnited States Senate in November 1974, for the term com- Senate on November 18, 1919, and subsequently elected tomencing January 3, 1975; subsequently appointed by the fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas S. Martin inGovernor, December 24, 1974, to fill the vacancy caused by the term ending March 3, 1925, but did not qualify untilthe resignation of Howard M. Metzenbaum for the term February 2, 1920, preferring to retain his Cabinet portfolio;ending January 3, 1975; reelected in 1980 and again in 1986 reelected in 1924, 1930, 1936, and again in 1942, and servedfor the term ending January 3, 1993; chairman, Committee from February 2, 1920, until his death on May 28, 1946;on Governmental Affairs (One-hundreth Congress). served as President pro tempore during the Seventy-seventh GLENN, Milton Willits,a Representative from New and Seventy-eighth Congresses; chairman, Committee on Ex-Jersey; born in Atlantic City, N.J., June 18, 1903; attended penditures in the Interior Department (Sixty-sixth Con-the public schools in Atlantic City; attended Georgetown gress), Committee on Appropriations (Seventy-third through University, Washington, D.C., in 1921 and 1922 and graduat- Seventy-ninth Congresses); declined an appointment as Sec-ed from Dickinson Law School, Carlisle, Pa., in 1924; was retary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President Franklinadmitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice in D. Roosevelt; died in Washington, D.C., May 28, 1946; inter- Atlantic City, N.J.; during the Second World War was com- ment in Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va. missioned a lieutenant in the United States Navy and Bibliography: DAB; Koeniger, Alfred C. "Unreconstructed Rebel': The served from November 1943 to June 1946; municipal magis- Political Thought and Senate Career of , 1929-1936." Ph.D. trate in Margate City, N.J., from January 1940 to Ncvember dissertation,Vanderbilt University,1980;Lyle, John 0."The United States Senate Career of Carter Glass, 1920-1933." Ph.D. dissertation, Uni- 1943; Atlantic County Freeholder from June 1946 to January versity of South Carolina, 1974. 1951; lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Re- serve; elected to the State house of assembly for an unex- GLASS, Presley Thornton, a Representative from Tennes-pired term in 1950; reelected in 1951, 1953, and 1955; elected see; born in Houston, Halifax County, Va., October 18, 1824;as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress to fill the va- in 1828 moved with his parents to Weakley County, Tenn.,cancy caused by the death of T. Millet Hand; reelected to where he attended Dresden Academy; elected colonel of mili-the Eighty-sixth, Eighty-seventh, and Eighty-eighth Con- tia when eighteen years of age; studied law; attended onegresses, and served from November 5, 1957, to January 3, course at Lexington (Ky.) Law School; was admitted to the1965; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Ripley, Tenn.; Eighty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in member of the State house of representatives in 1848 andMargate City, N.J., December 14, 1967; interment in West again in 1882; during the Civil War served as commissaryCreek Cemetery, West Creek, N.J. with the rank of major in the Confederate service; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses GLENN, Otis Ferguson, a Senator from Illinois; born in (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate forMattoon, Coles County, 111., August 27, 1879; attended the renomination in 1888; died in Ripley, Tenn., on October 9,public schools; graduated from the law department of the 1902; interment in Maplewood Cemetery. University of Illinois at Urbana in 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Murphysboro, Ill.; GLATFELTER, Samuel Feiser, a Representative fromState's attorney of Jackson County 1906-1908, 1916-1920; Pennsylvania; born near Loganville, Springfield Township,member, State senate 1920-1924; elected as a Republican to York County, Pa., April 7, 1858; attended the public schools,the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the York County Academy, and Pennsylvania College at Gettys-resignation of Frank L Smith and served from December 3, burg, Pa.; engaged in teaching for several years; later1928, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for reelection became a building contractor and also interested in banking;in 1932 and for election in 1936; chairman, Committee on elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4,Privileges and Elections (Seventy-second Congress); resumed 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in the practice of law in Chicago, Ill.; died in Portage Point, 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; resumed his business as anear Onekama, Mich., March 11, 1959; interment in One- building contractor; died in York, Pa., on April 23, 1927;kama Cemetery, Onekama, Mich. interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery. GLENN, Thomas Louis, a Representative from Idaho; GLEN, Henry, a Representative from New York; born inborn near Bardwell, Ballard (now Carlisle) County, Ky., Feb- Schenectady, N.Y., July 13, 1739; appointed clerk of Schenec- ruary 2, 1847; attended the public schools and the Commer- tady County February 27, 1767, and served until March 11,cial College, Evansville, md.; during the Civil War served in 1809; served as a deputy quartermaster general in the Revo- Company F, Second Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (John H. Biographies 1067

Morgan's brigade), Confederate Army; was wounded in1886; engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the mercantile action at Mount Sterling, Ky., June 9, 1864; captured, andbusiness; taught in the public schools of Hot Spring County, imprisoned in Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., untilArk., 1898-1908; studied law; was admitted to the bar in September 9, 1864, when he was paroled; clerk of Ballard1910 and commenced practice in Malvern, Ark.; member of County 1874-1882; member of the State senate 1887-1891;the State house of representatives in 1909 and 1911; delegate studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commencedto several State conventions; served as prosecuting attorney practice in Montpelier, Idaho; elected as a Populist to theof the seventh judicial circuit of Arkansas 1913-1917; elected Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903); wasas a Democrat to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second,and Sev- not a candidate for renomination in 1902; mayor of Montpe-enty-third Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1935); un- her in 1904; served as prosecuting attorney; resumed thesuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; resumed the practice of law in Montpelier, Idaho, where he died Novem-practice of law in Malvern, Ark., until his death April 5, ber 18, 1918; interment in the City Cemetery. 1952; interment in Shadowlawn Cemetery. GLICKMAN, DanielRobert,a Representativefrom GLOVER, John Milton (nephew of John Montgomery Kansas; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., NovemberGlover), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, 24, 1944; attended the public schools of Wichita; B.A., Uni-Mo., June 23, 1852; attended the public schools of his native versity of Michigan, 1966; J.D., George Washington Universi-city and Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; studied law; ty, Washington, D.C., 1969; admitted to the District of Co-was admitted to the bar and commencedpractice in St. lumbia bar in 1969; United States Securities and ExchangeLouis; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Commission, 1969-1970; in 1970 became officer in Glickman, Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); was not a candi- Inc., a family concern specializing in recycling metals; prac- ticed law, Wichita, 1971-1976; elected as a Democrat to thedate for renomination in 1888, having become a candidate Ninety-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (Januaryfor the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, in which he 3, 1977-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Wichita, Kans.was unsuccessful; reengaged in the practice of law inSt. Louis, Mo., until 1909, when he moved to Denver, Cob., and GLONINGER, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania;continued the practice of his profession until incapacitated born in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pa., Septem-by ill health in 1926; died in Pueblo, Cob., October 20, 1929; ber 19, 1758; attended the common schools; served as a sub-interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. altern officer in the Associaters during the Revolutionary War and later was in command of a battalion of militia; GLOVER, John Montgomery (uncle of John Milton upon the organization of Dauphin County was appointed byGlover), a Representative from Missouri; born in Harrods- the supreme executive council a lieutenant May 6, 1785;burg, Mercer County, Ky., September 4, 1822; attended the member of the State house of representatives in 1790; re- public schools in Kentucky; moved to Missouri in 1836 with signed and served in the State senate from 1790 until 1792;his parents, who settled in Knox County, near Newark, and appointed by Governor Mifflin justice of the peace of Dau-continued his schooling; attended Marion and Masonic Col- phin County on September 8, 1790; commissioned as associ-leges, Philadelphia, Mo.; studied law; was admitted to the ate judge August 17, 1791, and upon the formation of Leba-bar and commenced practice in St. Louis, Mo.; moved to non County was commissioned on September 11, 1813, one ofCalifornia in 1850 and continued the practice of his profes- the associate judges for that county; elected as a Federalistsion; returned to Knox County, Mo., in 1855 to take charge to the Thirteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1813,of his father's affairs; during the Civil War served as colonel until August 2, 1813, when he resigned; again appointedof the Third Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, from associate judge of Lebanon County; died in Lebanon, Pa.,September 4, 1861, until February 23, 1864, when he re- January 22, 1836; interment in First Reformed Churchyard.signed on account of impaired health; collector of internal revenue for the third district of Missouri fromDecember 1, GLOSSBRENNER, Adam John, a Representative from1866, until March 3, 1867; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania; born in Hagerstown, Washington County,Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March Md., August 31, 1810; learned the art of printing; publisher4, 1873-March 3, 1879); chairman, Committee on Expendi- of the Western Telegraph in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1827 andtures in the Department of the Treasury (Forty-fifth Con- 1828; moved to York, Pa., in 1829; established the Yorkgress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878; en- County Farmer in 1831; became a partner in the York Ga-gaged in agricultural pursuits; died near Newark, Knox zette in 1835, and continued his connection with that paper until 1860; clerk in the State house of representatives inCounty, Mo., November 15, 1891; interment on his farm near 1836; clerk in the House of Representatives during theNewark, Mo.; reinterment in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses 1843-1847, andIll. in the Department of State at Washington, D.C., in 1848 and GLYNN, James Peter, a Representative from Connecticut; 1849; Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representativesborn in Winsted, Litchfield County, Conn., November 12, 1850-1860; private secretary to President Buchanan in 18601867; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted and 1861; established the Philadelphia Age in 1862, althoughto the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Winsted, residing in York; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninthConn.; town clerk 1892-1902; prosecuting attorney of the and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869); un-town court 1899-1902; postmaster of Winsted 1902-1914; successful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-firstelected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the three Congress; engaged in banking in York, Pa., in 1872; movedsucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923); chair- to Philadelphia in 1880, and was in the employ of the Penn-man, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Depart- sylvania Railroad Co. until his death in that city on Marchment (Sixty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for 1, 1889; interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress; elected to GLOVER, David Delano, a Representative from Arkan-the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses sas; born in Prattsville, Grant County, Ark., January18, and served from March 4, 1925, until his death on a train 1868; attended the public schools of Prattsville and Sheri-near Washington, D.C., March 6, 1930; intermentin the new dan, Ark.; was graduated from Sheridan High School inSt. Joseph's Cemetery, Winsted, Conn. 1068 Biographical Directory

GLYNN, Martin Henry, a Representative from New York;tive committee 1904-1906; elected as a Democrat to the Six- born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., September 27,tieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907- 1871; attended the public schools and was graduated fromMarch 3, 1921); chairman, Committee on Reform in the Civil St. John's College, Fordham, N.Y., in 1894; studied law;wasService (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses); unsuc- admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice incessful candidate for renomination in 1920; engaged in the Albany; engaged in journalistic work on several papers untilpractice of his profession until his death in Dunn, N.C., June he became managing editor and publisher of the Albany9, 1929; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Times-Union; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Con- gress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate GOEBEL, Herman Philip, a Representative from Ohio; for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; viceborn in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 5, 1853; attended the public president of the National Commission of the Louisiana Pur-schools; employed as a messenger boy for a law firm; was chase Exposition 190 1-1905; comptroller of New York Stategraduated from the Cincinnati Law College in 1872; was 1906-1908; elected Lieutenant Governor of New York inadmitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in 1912; became Governor on removal of fromCincinnati; member of the State house of representatives in office October 17, 1913, and served until December 31, 1914;1875 and 1876; judge of the probate court of Hamilton unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor; delegate toCounty 1884-1890; elected as a Republican to the Fifty- and temporary chairman of the Democratic State conven-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, tions in 1912 and 1916; temporary chairman of the Demo-1903-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in cratic National Convention at St. Louis in 1916; appointed a1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; engaged in the practice of member of the Federal Industrial Commission in 1919; diedhis profession until his death in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 4, in Albany, N.Y., December 14, 1924; interment in St. Agnes 1930; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery. Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. GOEKE, John Henry, a Representative from Ohio; born near Minster, AuglRize County, Ohio, October 28, 1869; at- GODDARD, Calvin, a Representative from Connecticut;tended the common schools and was graduated from Pio born in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Mass., July 17, 1768;Nono College, St. Francis, Wis., in 1888; studied law at Cin- attended Plainfield (Conn.) Academy, where he pursued clas-cinnati Law School and was graduated in 1891; was admitted sical studies, and was graduated from Dartmouth College,to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in St. Marys, Hanover, N.H., in 1786; studied law; was admitted to the barOhio; city solicitor of St. Marys 1892-1894; prosecuting attor- in1790 and commenced practice inPlainfield, Conn.;ney of Auglaize County 1894-1900; resumed the practice of member of the State house of representatives 1795-1801;law in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in 1900; also served as a director elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill theof several banks and manufacturing concerns; chairman of vacancy caused by the resignation of Elizur Goodrich; re-the Democratic State convention in 1903; elected as a Demo-- elected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served fromcrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, May 14, 1801, until his resignation in 1805 before the con-1911-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for renomina- vening of the Ninth Congress; again elected to the Statetion in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; delegate to the house of representatives in 1807 and served as a speaker;Democratic National Conventions in 1912, 1920, 1924, and moved to Norwich, Conn., in 1807 and resumed the practice1928; resumed the practice of law in Wapakoneta, Ohio; of his profession; member of the executive council 1808-18 15;moved to Lima, Ohio, in 1921 and continued the practice of presidential elector on the ticket of Clinton and Ingersoll inlaw; died in Lima, Ohio, March 25, 1930; interment in Geth- 1812; delegate to the Hartford Convention in 1814; judge ofsemane Cemetery. the superior court in 1815 and 1818; mayor of Norwich 1814- 1834; died in Norwich, Conn., May 2, 1842; interment in the GOFF, Abe McGregor, a Representative from Idaho; born City Cemetery. in Colfax, Whitman County, Wash., December 21, 1899; at- tended the public schools; during the First World War GODSHALK, William, a Representative from Pennsylva-served as a private in the United States Army; was graduat- nia; born in East Nottingham, Chester County, Pa., Octobered from the College of Law of the University of Idaho in 25, 1817; moved with his parents to Bucks County in 1818;1924; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced attended the common schools and Union Academy, Doyles-practice in Moscow, Idaho; prosecuting attorney of Latah town, Pa.; learned the miller's trade and in 1847 engaged inCounty, Idaho, 1926-1934; special lecturer at the University milling in Doylestown Township; served in the Union Armyof Idaho Law School 1933-1941; president, Idaho State Bar as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-thirdAssociation, 1940; member of the State senate in 1941; called Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, from Octoberto active duty from the Reserves as a major in August 1941 11, 1862, to July 23, 1863; unsuccessful candidate for electionand served until his discharge as a colonel in September to the State senate in 1864; elected associate judge of Bucks1946; was decorated with the Legion of Merit; elected as a County in October 1871 and served five years; elected as aRepublican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-Janu- Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congressesary 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); engaged in milling; died in the Eighty-first Congress; solicitor and later general counsel, New Britain, Bucks County, Pa., February 6, 1891; inter-Post Office Department, 1954-1958; appointed a commission- ment in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Doylestown, Pa.er of the Interstate Commerce Commission January 30, 1958; reappointed in 1959 for term ending December 31, 1966, and GODWIN, Hannibal Lafayette,a Representative fromcontinued to serve until July 31, 1967, when he retired; North Carolina; born on a farm near Dunn, Harrett County,engaged as a writer and lecturer; was a resident of Moscow, N.C., November 3, 1873; attended the common schools and Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, N.C.; stud-Idaho, until his death there November 23, 1984; cremated ied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;and the ashes buried in Moscow Cemetery. was admitted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice in GOFF, Guy Despard (son of Nathan Goff and father of Dunn, N.C.; elected mayor of Dunn in 1897; member of theLouise Goff Reece), a Senator from West Virginia; born in State senate in 1903; member of the Democratic State execu-Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., September 13, 1866; Biographies 1069 attended the common schools and William and Mary Col-(March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); unsuccessfully contested the lege, Williamsburg, Va.; graduated from Kenyon College atelection of Thomas W. Gilmer to the Twenty-eighthCon- Gambier, Ohio, in 1888 and from the law department ofgress; subsequently elected to theTwenty-eighth Congress to Harvard University in 1891; was admitted to the bar thefill the vacancy caused by the resignation of ThomasW. same year and commenced practice in Boston,Mass.; movedGilmer and served from April 25, 1844, to March 4,1845; to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1893 and continued the practiceofwas not a candidate for renominationin 1844; elected to the law; elected prosecuting attorney of Milwaukee County,Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); chairman, Wis., in 1895; appointed by President Robert Taft as UnitedCommittee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Thirtieth States district attorney for the eastern district of WisconsinCongress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1848; 1911-1915; appointed special assistant to the Attorney Gen-unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor in 1859; delegate eral of the United States 1917; during the First World Warto the State constitutional convention in 1861;captain of was commissioned a colonel in the Judge AdvocateGeneral'sHome Guards, Confederate Army, during the Civil War; re- Department, United States Army, and served in France andsumed the practice of law; died on his estate near Liberty, Germany in 1918 and 1919; appointed by President WoodrowBedford County, Va., January 3, 1870; interment in Goggin Wilson as general counsel of the United States ShippingCemetery on the family estate near Bunker Hill, Va. Board in 1920 and later became a member, serving until 1921; appointed an assistant to the Attorney General on GOLD, Thomas Ruggles, a Representative from New several occasions between 1920-1923; returned to Clarks-York; born in Cornwall, Conn., November 4, 1764; pursued burg, W.Va., in 1923; elected as a Republican to the Unitedclassical studies, and was graduated from YaleCollege in States Senate and served from March 4, 1925, to March 3,1786; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced 1931; was not a candidate for renomination in 1930; chair-practice in Goshen, Conn.; settled in Whitesboro, Oneida man, Committee on Expenditures in ExecutiveDepartmentsCounty, N.Y., in 1792; assistant attorney general of New (Seventy-first Congress); resided in Washington, D.C.; died atYork 1797-1801; member of the State senate 1796-1802; un- his winter home in Thomasville, Ga., January 7, 1933; inter-successful candidate for election in 1804 to the Ninth Con- ment in Arlington Cemetery, Fort Myer, Va. gress; served in the State assembly in1808; elected as a Bibliography: Smith, Gerlad Wayne. NathanGoffJr.; A Biography;Federalist to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, with Some Account ofGuyDespardGoffand Brazilla Carroll Reece. 1809-March 3, 1813); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in Charleston, W. Va.: Education Foundation, 1959. 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress; elected to theFourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); was not acandidate GOFF, Nathan (father of Guy Despard Goff and grandfa- of law in ther of Louise Goff Reece), a Representative and a Senatorfor renomination in 1816; resumed the practice from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Whitesboro, N.Y., where he died October 24, 1827; interment Va. (now West Virginia), February 9, 1843; attended thein Grand View Cemetery. Northwestern Academy, Clarksburg, W.Va., and Georgetown GOLDEN, James Stephen, a Representative from Ken- University, Washington, D.C.; studied law and graduatedtucky; born in Barbourville, Knox County, Ky.,September from the University of the City of New York; during the20, 1891; attended the grade schools inBarbourville and Civil War enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 in the Thirdhigh school at Union College, Barbourville, Ky,;University Regiment of Virginia Volunteer Infantry, later became aof Kentucky at Lexington, A.B., 1912 andfrom the law major in the Virginia Volunteer Cavalry; was admitted toschool of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,LL.B., the bar in 1865 and practiced law; member, State house of1916; was admitted to the bar in 1916 andcommenced the delegates 1867-1868; United States attorney for West Virgin-practice of law in Barbourville, Ky., the same year;elected ia 1868-188 1; appointed Secretary of the Navy by Presidentcounty attorney of Knox County, Ky., in1918 and served Rutherford Hayes 1881; reappointed United States attorneyuntil 1922; delegate to Republican NationalConvention in for West Virginia 1881-1882; unsuccessful Republican candi-1952; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and tothe date for election to Congress in 1870 and 1874; unsuccessfultwo succeeding Congresses (January 3,1949-January 3, candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 1876 and 1888;1955); was not a candidate for renomination in 1954 tothe elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, andEighty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1889); was not aPineville, Ky., September 6, 1971; interment inPineville candidate for renomination; United States circuit judge forMemorial Cemetery. the fourth judicial circuit 1892-19 13; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate for the term commencingMarch GOLDER, Benjamin Martin, a Representative from Penn- 4, 1913, but did not immediately take his seat, preferring tosylvania; born in Alliance, near Vineland, Cumberland remain on the bench, and served from April 1, 1913, toCounty, N.J., December 23, 1891; moved withhis parents to March 3, 1919; chairman, Committee ow Conservation ofPhiladelphia, Pa., in 1893; attended the public schoolsand Natural Resources (Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on In-was graduated from the law departmentof the University of dustrial Expositions (Sixty-fifth Congress); died in Clarks-Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1913; was admitted to the burg, W.Va., April 24, 1920; interment in Odd FellowsCeme-bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Philadelphia; enlist- tery. ed in the Naval Aviation Service during theFirst World Bibliography:. Smith, Gerald W. "Nathan Gaff, Jr.: A Biography." Ph.D. War and was honorably discharged as ensign after the armi- dissertation, West Virginia University, 1954. stice; member of the State house of representatives1916- GOGGIN, William Leftwich, a Representative from Vir-1924; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the ginia; born near Bunker Hill, Bedford County, Va., May31, three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933); 1807; attended the country schools and was graduated fromunsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932 and for Tucker's Law School, Winchester, Va.; was admitted to theelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; resumed bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Liberty (nowBed-the practice of law in Philadelphia, Pa.;commissioned a ford), Va.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; memberofcaptain in the United States Army on February 5, 1943, and the State house of delegates in 1836 and 1837;elected as aserved until discharged as a lieutenant colonel July 1, 1945; Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congressesresumed the practice of law and also engaged in the banking 1070 Biographical Directory business; died December 30, 1946, at Philadelphia, Pa.; inter-Congress 1774-1776; member of the council of safety in 1775 ment in Mount Sinai Cemetery. and of the convention of the Province of Maryland, August GOLDFOGLE, Henry Mayer, a Representative from New14, 1776, called to frame a constitution; member of the State York; born in New York City May 23, 1856; attended thesenate in 1777; retired to his estate near Cambridge, Md. public schools and Townsend College; studied law;was ad-where he died on December 22, 1788; interment in Christ mitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in NewEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md. York City; justice of the fifth district court in New York in Bibliography: DAB. 1887 and 1893; judge of the municipal court of New York GOLDSBOROUGH, Robert Henry (great-grandfather of City 1888-1900; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892 and 1896; electedWinder Laird Henry), a Senator from Maryland; born at as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the six succeeding"Myrtle Grove," near Easton, Talbot County, Md., January Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1915); chairman, Com-4, 1779; was educated by private tutors and graduated from mittee on Elections No. 3 (Sixty-second and Sixty-third Con-St. John's College, Annapolis, in 1795; engaged in agricultur- gresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-al pursuits; member, State house of delegates 1804; com- fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses; again elected to the Sixty-manded a troop of horsemen in the Maryland Militia during sixth Congress (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921); unsuccessfulthe War of 1812; elected as a Federalist to the United States candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Con-Senate to ifil the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, gress; resumed the practice of law; appointed president of1813, caused by the failure of the legislature to elect, and the New York City Board of Taxes and Assessments in July served from May 21, 1813, to March 3, 1819; chairman, Com- 1921 and served until his death in New York City, June 1,mittee on Claims (Fifteenth Congress), Committee on Dis- 1929; interment in Union Hills Cemetery, Long Island, N.Y.trict of Columbia (Fifteenth Congress); resumed agricultural pursuits; instrumental in establishing the Easton Gazette in GOLDSBOROUGH, Charles (great-grandfather of Thomas Alan Goldsborough and Winder Laird Henry), a Representa-1817; member, State house of delegates 1825; again elected tive from Maryland; born at "Hunting Creek," near Cam-as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy bridge, Dorchester County, Md., July 15, 1765; pursued ancaused by the resignation of Ezekiel F. Chambers and served academic course, and was graduated from the University offrom January 13, 1835, until his death on October 5, 1836; Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784; studied law;was ad-chairman, Committee on Commerce (Twenty-fourth Con- mitted to the bar in 1790; held several local offices; membergress); died at "Myrtle Grove" near Easton, Md.; interment of the State senate 1791-1795 and 1799-1801; elected asaat "Ashby," the family home in Talbot County, Md. Federalist to the Ninth and to the five succeeding Congress- GOLDSBOROUGH, ThomasAlan es (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1817); Governor of Maryland in (great-great-great- 1818 and 1819; retired from public life in 1820, and residedgrandson of Robert Goldsborough and great-grandson of on his estate near Cambridge, Md.; died at "Shoal Creek,"Charles Goldsborough), a Representative from Maryland; near Cambridge, Md., December 13, 1834; interment inborn in Greensboro, Caroline County, Md., September 16, Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md. 1877; attended the public schools and the local academy at Bibliography: DAB. Greensboro; was graduated from Washington College, Ches- tertown, Md., in 1899 and from the law department of the GOLDSBOROUGH, Phillips Lee, a Senator from Mary-University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1901; was admitted land; born in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., Augustto the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Denton, Md.; 6, 1865; educated in public and private schools; studied law;prosecuting attorney for Caroline County 1904-1908; elected admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice inas a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the nine succeed- Cambridge, Md.; also interested in banking; State's attorney for Dorchester County 1892-1898; comptroller of the treas-ing Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, to April 5, ury of Maryland 1898-1899; collector of internal revenue,1939, when he resigned, having been appointed an associate district of Maryland 1902-19 11; Governor of Maryland 19 12-justice of the District Court of the United States for the 1915; elected as a Republican to the United States SenateDistrict of Columbia and served until his death; Regent of and served from March 4, 1929, to January 3, 1935;was notthe Smithsonian Institution 1932-1939; died in Washington, a candidate for reelection; unsuccessful candidate for nomi-D.C., June 16, 1951; interment in Denton Cemetery, Denton, nation as Governor of Maryland in 1934; member of theMd. Republican National Committee 1932-1936; resumed the Bibliography: DAB. practice of law; appointed a director of the Federal Deposit GOLDTHWAITE, George, a Senator from Alabama; born Insurance Corporation by President Franklin Rooseveltin Boston, Mass., December 10, 1809; attended the public 1935-1946; died in Baltimore, Md., October 22, 1946; inter- schools; studied at the United States Military Academy, ment in the old churchyard of Christ Episcopal Church,West Point, N.Y., 1823-1826; moved to Alabama in 1826; Cambridge, Md. studied law; was admitted to the bar the same year and GOLDSBOROUGH, Robert (great-great-great-grandfathercommenced practice in Monticello, Pike County, Ala.; judge of Thomas Alan Goldsborough), a Delegate from Maryland;of the circuit court 1843-1852; associate justice of the State born at "Horns Point," Dorchester County, Md., December 3,supreme court 1852-1856; appointed chief justice in 1856, but 1733; pursued an academic course; studied law at the Innerresigned, and resumed the practice of law; served as adju- Temple, London, England; was admitted to the bar in 1754tant general of Alabama during the Civil War; elected judge and commenced practice in London; barrister of the Innerof the circuit court in 1868, but was disqualified from serv- Temple, London, 1755-1759; returned to the colonies anding; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and was graduated from the Philadelphia College (now the Uni-served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877; was not a versity of Pennsylvania) in 1760; continued the practice ofcandidate for reelection; retired from public life; died in law at Cambridge, Md.; high sheriff of Dorchester CountyTuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 1879, interment in Oakwood 1761-1765; burgess to the Maryland assembly in 1765; attor-Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala. ney general of Maryland in 1766; Member of the Continental Bibliography: DAB. 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GOLDWATER, Barry Morris (father of Barry Morriselected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March Goldwater, Jr.), a Senator from Arizona, born in Phoenix,4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection Maricopa County, Ariz., January 1, 1909; attended the Phoe-in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; resumed the practice of nix public schools, Staunton Military Academy, and onelaw in Lebanon and Nashville; died in Columbia, S.C., while year at the University of Arizona at Tuscon in 1928; beganon a visit to his daughter, July 11, 1897; interment in Cedar business career in 1929 in family mercantile business; Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn. during the Second World War entered active service in August 1941 in the United States Army Air Corps, serving GOLLADAY, Jacob Shall (brother of Edward Isaac Golla- in the Asiatic Theater in India, and was discharged in No-day), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Lebanon, vember 1945 as a lieutenant colonel with rating as pilot;Wilson County, Tenn., January 19, 1819; attended the public organized the Arizona National Guard 1945-1952; brigadierschools; moved to Nashville, Tenn., in 1838 and thence to general in the Air Force Reserve in 1959 and promoted toKentucky in 1845; member of the State house of representa- major general in 1962; retired in 1967 after thirty-seventives 1851-1853; member of the State senate 1853-1855; years service; member of advisory committee, Indian Affairs,elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress to fill the Department of the Interior 1948-1950; member of the cityvacancy caused by the death of Elijah Hise; reelected to the council of Phoenix 1949-1952; elected as a Republican to theForty-first Congress and served from December 5,1867, until United States Senate in 1952; reelected in 1958, and servedFebruary 28, 1870, when he resigned; resumed the practice from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1965; did not seekof his profession at Allensville, Ky.; died near Russellville, reelection to the Senate in 1964; unsuccessful RepublicanLogan County, Ky., May 20, 1887; interment in Maple Grove nominee for President in 1964; elected to the United StatesCemetery, Russellville, Ky. Senate in 1968; reelected in 1974 and again in 1980, and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1987; did not GONZALEZ, Henry Barbosa, a Representative from seek reelection in 1986; chairman, Select Committee on In-Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., May 3, telligence (Ninety-seventh and Ninety-eighth Congresses),1916, the son of Mexican immigrant parents; attended the Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-ninth Congress); is apublic schools and the University of Texas at Austin; grad- resident of Scottsdale, Ariz. uated from San Antonio College in 1935 and from St. Mary's Bibliography: Goldwater, Barry. Where I Stand. New York: McGraw University School of Law in 1943; operator of language and Hill,1964; Goldwater, Barry. With No Apologies. New York: William business consultant service in San Antonio, 1947-1951; chief Morrow and Co., 1979. probation officer of Bexar County, 1945-1947; member of San GOLDWATER, Barry Morris, Jr. (son of Barry MorrisAntonio city council in 1953 through May 1956; serving as Goldwater), a Representative from California, born in Losmayor pro tempore part of the first term; elected to the Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 15, 1938; attendedState senate in 1956 and reelected in 1960, serving until his grammar school in Phoenix, Ariz., and Staunton Militaryresignation November 3, 1961; elected as a Democrat to the Academy in Virginia; majored in business and marketing atEighty-seventh Congress, November 4, 1961, by special elec- the University of Colorado and Arizona State University,tion to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Paul J. graduating in 1962; stockbroker; elected as a Republican toKilday; reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and the Ninety-first Congress, April 29, 1969, by special electionserved from November 4, 1961, to January 3, 1989; chair- to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ed Reinecke;man, Select Committee on Assassinations(Ninety-fifth Con- reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served fromgress); is a resident of San Antonio, Tex. April 29, 1969, to January 3, 1983; was not a candidate in 1982 for reelection to the United States House of Represent- GOOCH, Daniel Linn, a Representative from Kentucky; atives but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination toborn in Rumsey, McLean County, Ky., October 28, 1853; the United States Senate; works in public relations and theattended a private school; entered the drug business at the import-export business; is a resident of Studio City, Calif.age of seventeen, and subsequently becamepresident of a large wholesale drug and chemical company; elected as a GOLDZIER, Julius, a Representative from Illinois; bornDemocrat to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses in Vienna, Austria, January 20, 1854; attended the public(March 4, 1901-March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for schools of Vienna; immigrated to the United States in 1866renomination in 1904; retired from public life; died in Coy- and settled in New York; studied law and was admitted toington, Ky., April 12, 1913; interment in Woodlawn Ceme- the bar; moved to Chicago in 1872 and commenced the prac-tery, Dayton, Ohio. tice of law; member of the city council of Chicago 1890-1892; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, GOOCH, Daniel Wheelwright, a Representative from Mas- 1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful for reelection in 1894 tosachusetts; born in Wells, York County, Maine, January 8, the Fifty-fourth Congress; practiced law in Chicago, Ill.;1820; attended the public sch1s-añd Phillips Academy, An- again a member of the Chicago city council in 1899; died in dover, Mass., and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Chicago, January 20, 1925; interment in Graceland Ceme-Hanover, N.H., in 1843; studied law; was admitted to the bar tery. and commenced practice in Boston in 1846; member of the GOLLADAY, Edward Isaac (brother of Jacob Shall Golla-Massachusetts house of representatives in 1852; member of day), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Lebanon,the State constitutional convention in 1853; elected as a Wilson County, Tenn., September 9,1830; attended theRepublican to the Thirty-fifth Congress to ifil the vacancy common schools and was graduated from the literary depart-caused by the resignation of Nathaniel P. Banks; reelected ment of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1848to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January and from the law department of the same institution in31, 1858, to September 1, 1865 when he resigned; appointed 1849; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced prac-Navy agent of the port of Boston in 1865; removed by Presi- tice in Lebanon; member of the State house of representa-dent Johnson in 1866; again elected to the Forty-third Con- tives in 1857 and 1858; presidential elector on the Constitu-gress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875);unsuccessful candidate tional-Union ticket of Bell and Everett in 1860; served in thefor reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; pension Confederate Army as a colonel during the entire Civil War;agent in Boston 1876-1886; resumed the practice of law and 1072 Biographical Directory

also engaged in literary pursuits; died in Meirose, Mass.,the State constitutional convention in 1901 and 1902; re November 11, 1891; interment in Wyoming Cemetery. sumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; died in Nor. GOOD, James William, a Representative from Iowa; bornfolk, Va., July 14, 1909; interment in Longwood Cemetery, near Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, September 24, 1866;Bedford, Va. attended the common schools, and was graduated from Coe Bibliography: DAB. College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1892 and from the law de- GOODE, Patrick Gaines, a Representative from Ohio; partment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor inborn in Cornwall parish, Charlotte County, Va., May 10, 1893; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced prac-1798; moved with his parents early in life to Wayne County, tice in Indianapolis, md., the same year; moved to CedarOhio; attended Xenia (Ohio) Academy and the public schools Rapids, Iowa, in 1896 and continued the practice of law;in Philadelphia, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in served as city attorney 1906-1908; elected as a Republican to1821 and practiced in Madison, md., and then in Shelby the Sixty-first and to the six succeeding Congresses andCounty, Ohio; member of the Ohio house of representatives served from March 4, 1909, until his resignation on June 15,1833-1835; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty- 1921; chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Sixty-sixthsixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1837-March and Sixty-seventh Congresses); moved to Evanston, Ill., in3, 1843); was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; was a 1921 and engaged in the practice of law in Chicago, Ill.;local preacher nearly all his life and occupied a pulpit appointed Secretary of War in the Cabinet of Presidentalmost every Sunday while in Washington during his con- Hoover and served from March 5, 1929, until his death ingressional career; subsequently joined the Methodist Episco- Washington, D.C., November 18, 1929; interment in Oak Hillpal clergy in the central Ohio conference and preached until Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. near the close of his life; judge of the court of common pleas GOODALL, Louis Bertrand, aRepresentativefrom1844-1851; died in Sidney, Ohio, on October 17, 1862; inter- Maine; born in Winchester, Cheshire County, N.H., Septem- ment in Graceland Cemetery. ber 23, 1851; moved to Troy, N.H., with his parents in 1852; GOODE, Samuel, a Representative from Virginia; born in attended the common schools of Troy, N.H., a private school"Whitby," Chesterfield County, Va., March 21, 1756; com- in Thompson, Conn., in 1862 and 1863, Vermont Episcopalpleted preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the Institute at Burlington 1863-1866, a private school in Eng-bar and practiced; during the Revolutionary War served as a land in 1866 and 1867, and Kimball Union Academy atlieutenant in the Chesterfield Troop of Horse and later as a Meridian, N.H., in 1870; entered his father's mills at San-colonel of militia; member of the Virginia house of delegates ford, Maine, in 1874 and afterward engaged extensively in1778-1785; elected to the Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799- the wool-manufacturing industry and in the railroad busi-March 3, 1801); died in Invermay, Mecklenburg County, Va., ness; established the Goodall Worsted Co., which originatedNovember 14, 1822; interment on his estate near Invermay, Palm Beach cloth; president of the Sanford National BankMecklenburg County, Va. from its organization in 1896; chairman of the Maine com- mission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, GOODE, William Osborne, a Representative from Virgin- Mo., in 1904; lieutenant colonel on the staff of Governoria; born in Inglewood, Mecklenburg County, Va., September Fernald in 1909; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth16, 1798; completed preparatory studies and was graduated and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1921);from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in chairman, Committee on Elections No. 2 (Sixty-sixth Con- 1819; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and gress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920; re-- commenced practice in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Va.; sumed manufacturing interests and banking in Sanford,served in the State house of delegates in 1822 and 1824-1832; Maine, until his death there June 26, 1935; interment inmember of the State constitutional convention in 1829 and Oakdale Cemetery. 1830; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; again served in the State house of GOODE, John, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; borndelegates in 1839, 1840, 1845, 1846, and 1852; served as near Liberty (now Bedford), Bedford County, Va., May 27,speaker three terms; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty- 1829; attended the New London Academy, and was graduat-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); was not a ed from Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va., in 1848;candidate for renomination; delegate to the State constitu- studied law; was admitted to the bar in April 1851 andtional convention in 1850; again elected to the Thirty-third commenced practice in Liberty, Va.; member of the Stateand three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, house of delegates in 1852; member of the State convention1853, until his death in Boydton, Va., July 3, 1859; chair- which passed the ordinance of secession in 1861; served as aman, Committee on District of Columbia (Thirty-fifth Con- colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; twice elected a member of the Confederate Congress; moved togress); interment on his estate, "Wheatland," near Boydton, Norfolk, Va., in 1865 and continued the practice of his pro- Va. fession; again served in the State house of delegates in 1866 GOODELL, Charles Ellsworth, a Representative and a and 1867; member of the Democratic National ExecutiveSenator from New York; born in Jamestown, Chautauqua Committee 1868-1876; delegate to the Democratic NationalCounty, N.Y., March 16, 1926; attended the public schools of Conventions in 1868, 1872, 1884, and 1892; elected as a Dem-Jamestown; graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, ocrat to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Con-Mass., in 1948; during the Second World War served in the gresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1881); chairman, CommitteeUnited States Navy as a seaman second class 1944-1946 and on Education and Labor (Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Con-the United States Air Force as a first lieutenant during the gresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to theKorean conflict 1952-1953; graduated from Yale University Forty-seventh Congress; appointed Solicitor General of theSchool of Law in 1951; received a graduate degree from Yale United States by President Cleveland in May 1885 andUniversity Graduate School of Government in 1952; teacher served until August 1886; member of the United States andat Quinnipiac College, New Haven, Conn. 1952; was admit- Chilean Claims Commission in 1893; president of the Virgin-ted to the Connecticut bar in 1951, the New York bar in ia State Bar Association in 1898; member and president of1954, and commenced practice in Jamestown, N.Y.; congres- Biographies 1073 sional liaison assistant for the Department of Justice 1954-to the three succeeding Congresses and served fromMarch 1955; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth Congress to4, 1789, until his resignation in June 1796; chairman, Com- fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel A. Reed;mittee on Commerce and Manfactures (Fourth Congress); reelected to the Eighty-seventh and to the three succeedingelected in 1796 as a Federalist to the United States Senate to Congresses and served from May 26, 1959, until his resigna-fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Cabot; tion September 9, 1968; appointed as a Republican to thereelected and served from June 11, 1796, to November 8, United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of the late1800, when he resigned; died in Salem, Mass., on July 28, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and served from September 10,1814; interment in Broad Street Cemetery. 1968 to January 3, 1971; unsuccessful candidate for election Bibliography: DAB. to a full term in 1970; resumed the practice of law; was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death there on Janu- GOODIN, John Randolph, a Representative from Kansas; ary 21, 1987; interment in Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown,born in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, December 14, 1836; N.Y. moved with his father to Kenton, Ohio, in 1844; attended the Kenton High School and Geneva College; studied law; was GOODENOW, John Milton, a Representative from Ohio;admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., in 1782; at-Kenton; moved to Humboldt, Kans., in 1859; elected to the tended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits;State house of representatives in 1866; judge of the seventh studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac-judicial district of Kansas 1868-1876; elected as a Democrat tice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1813; appointed collector of direct taxes and internal duties for the sixth collection dis-to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); trict of Ohio in 1817; member of the State house of repre-unsuccessful candidate for reelection; editor of the Inter sentatives in 1823; elected to the Twenty-first Congress andState in Humboldt, Kans.; moved to Kansas City, Kans., in served from March 4, 1829, until April 9, 1830, when he1883, where he died December 18, 1885; interment in Oak resigned, having been chosen a judge of the supreme court ofGrove Cemetery. Ohio; resigned in the summer of 1830 on account of ill GOODING, Frank Robert, a Senator from Idaho; born in health; moved to Cincinnati in 1832; appointed presidingTiverton, England, September 16, 1859; immigrated in 1867 judge of the court of common pleas in 1833; died in Newto the United States with his parents, who settled on a farm Orleans in July 1838; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery,near Paw Paw, Mich.; attended the commonschools; moved Cincinnati. to Shasta, Calif., in 1877 and engaged in farming and Bibliography: DAB. mining; moved to Idaho in 1881 and settled in Ketchum, GOODENOW, Robert (brother of Goodenow),where he worked as a mail carrier, and subsequently en- a Representative from Maine; born in Henniker,Merrimackgaged in the firewood and charcoal business; in 1888 settled County, N.H., on April 19, 1800; moved with his parents tonear the present site of Gooding,which is named for him; Brownfield, Maine, in 1802; attended the common schools at engaged in farming and stock raising; member, State senate that place and at Sanford in 1815 and 1816; studied medi- 1900-1904; Governor of Idaho 1905-1908; unsuccessful candi- cine; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 anddate for election in 1918 to the United States Senate; elected commenced practice in Wilton, Maine; county attorneyas a Republican in 1920 to theUnited States Senate for the 1828-1834; moved to Farmington, Maine, in 1832 and contin- appoint- ued the practice of law; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-term commencing March 4, 1921; was subsequently second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); unsuccessfuled to the Senate on January 8, 1921, to become effective candidate for renomination; appointed State bank commis-January 15, 1921, to fill the vacancy in the termending sioner in 1857; county treasurer of Franklin County 1866-March 3, 1921, caused by the resignation of John F. Nugent; 1868; again county attorney in 1869 and 1870; treasurer ofreelected in 1926, and served from January 15, 1921, until the Franklin County Savings Bank 1868-1874; died in Farm-his death in Gooding, Idaho, June 24, 1928; intermentin ington, May 15, 1874; interment in Riverside Cemetery. Elmwood Cemetery. Bibliography: U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for Frank Gooding. GOODENOW, Rufus King (brother of Robert Goodenow), 70th Cong., 2nd sess., 1928-1929. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing a Representative from Maine; born in Henniker,Merrimack Office, 1929. County, N.H., April 24, 1790; moved with his parents to Brownfield, Maine, in 1802; received a limited schooling; GOODLING, George Atlee (father of William Franklin engaged in agricultural pursuits; also followed the sea,Goodling), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Lo- having made several voyages to European ports; served as aganville, York County, Pa., September 26, 1896; attended the captain in the Thirty-third Regiment, United States Infan-public schools, York Collegiate Institute, and Bellefont Acad- try, in the War of 1812; moved to Paris, Maine, in 1821;emy; Pennsylvania State University,B.S. 1921; served as a clerk of the Oxford County Courts 1821-1837; member of the seaman, second class in the UnitedStates Navy from March State house of representatives in 1837 and 1838; delegate to1918 to December 1918; operator of a fruit farm near Logan- the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1839;ville, Pa.; director of a bank, motor club, and insurance studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in thecompany; served in the State houseof representatives, 1943- courts of Maine; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Con-1957; school director, 1933-196 1; elected as a Republican to gress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851);died in Paris, Maine,the Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Congresses (January 3, March 24, 1863; interment in Riverside Cemetery, South1961-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelection Paris, Maine. in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; elected to the Nineti- GOODHUE, Benjamin, a Representative and a Senatoreth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., September 20,1967-January 3, 1975); was not a candidate for reelection in 1748; graduated from Harvard College in 1766; merchant;1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resided in Loganville, member, State house of representatives 1780-1782; member,Pa. until his death in York, Pa. on October 17, 1982; inter- State senate 1783, 1786-1788; member of the State constitu-ment at Emmanuel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lo- tional convention in 1779 and 1780; elected to the First and ganville, Pa. 1074 Biographical Directory

GOODLING, William Franklin (son of George Atlee Good-1822; member of the corporation of Yale College 1809-1818 ling), a Representative from Pennsylvania, born in Logan-and secretary of the same until 1846; died in New Haven, vile, York County, Pa., December 5, 1927; graduated from Conn., November 1, 1849; interment in Grove Street Ceme-- Wffliam Penn High School, York, Pa., 1945; B.S., Universitytery. of Maryland, 1953; M.Ed., Western Maryland College, 1957; Bibliography: DAB. doctoral studies at the Pennsylvania State University, 1958- 1963; held various teaching and administrative positions GOODRICH, John Zacheus, a Representative from Massa- throughout the State of Pennsylvania; served in the Unitedchusetts; born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Sep- States Army, 1946-1948; elected as a Republican to thetember 27, 1804; attended the common schools and Lenox Ninety-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (JanuaryAcademy, Lenox, Mass.; studied law; was admitted to the 3, 1975-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Jacobus, Pa. bar and practiced; engaged in manufacturing; served in the State senate in 1848 and 1849; elected as a Whig to the GOODNIGHT, Isaac Herschel, a Representative fromThirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851- Kentucky; born near Scottsville, Allen County, Ky., JanuaryMarch 3, 1855); member of the peace convention of 1861 held 31, 1849; attended the common schools; moved to Franklin,in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent Ky., in 1870; was graduated from Cumberland University,the impending war; elected, as a Republican, Lieutenant Lebanon, Tenn., in 1872, and afterwards attended the lawGovernor of Massachusetts in 1860 and served from January department of the same university; was admitted to the bar1, 1861, until his resignation on March 29, 1861; appointed in 1873 and commenced practice in Franklin; member of thecollector of customs at Boston March 13, 1861, and served State house of representatives in 1877 and 1878; chairman ofuntil March 11, 1865; retired from public life and died in the Democratic State convention at Louisville, Ky., in 1891;Stockbridge, Mass., April 19, 1885; interment in Stockbridge elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, andCemetery. Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894; elected judge of GOODRICH, Milo, a Representative from New York; born the seventh Kentucky circuit in 1897 and served until hisin East Homer, Cortland County, N.Y., January 3, 1814; death in Franklin, Ky., July 24, 1901; interment in Greenmoved with his parents to Cortlandville, N.Y., in 1816; at- Lawn Cemetery. tended the South Cortland district school, Cortland Acade- my, Homer, N.Y., and Oberlin College, Ohio; taught school GOODRICH, Chauncey (brother of Elizur Goodrich), ain New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio; studied law; was Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born inadmitted to the bar in Worcester, Mass., in 1840, and prac- Durham, Middlesex County, Conn., October 20, 1759;pur-ticed for two years in Beloit, Wis.; returned to New York sued preparatory studies; graduated from Yale College inand settled in Dryden in 1844; postmaster of Dryden from 1776; taught in the Hopkins Grammar School 1777-1778 andOctober 2, 1849, to June 25, 1853; member of the State in Yale College 1779-1781; studied law; was admitted to theconstitutional convention in 1867 and 1868; elected as a bar in 1781 and began practice in Hartford, Conn.; member,Republican to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871- State house of representatives 1793-1794; elected as a Feder-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 alist to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses (March 4,to the Forty-third Congress; resumed the practice of law; 1795-March 3, 1801); resumed the practice of law in Hart-moved to Auburn, N.Y., in 1875 and continued the practice ford; member, State executive council 1802-1807; electedas aof law; died in Auburn, N.Y., April 15, 1881; interment in Federalist to the United States Senate to fill thevacancyGreen Hills Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y. caused by the death of Uriah Tracy; reelected and served from October 25, 1807, until May 1813, when he resigned to GOODWIN, Angier Louis, a Representative from Massa- become lieutenant governor; elected mayor of Hartford inchusetts; born in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, Janu- 1812 and lieutenant governor of Connecticut in 1813, holdingary 30, 1881; attended the public schools; was graduated both offices at the time of his death; delegate to the Hart-from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in 1902; attended ford Convention in 1814; died in Hartford, Conn., August 18,Harvard Law School in 1905; was admitted to the Maine bar 1815; interment in the Old North Cemetery. in 1905, the Massachusetts bar in 1906, and commenced the Bibliography: DAB. practice of law in Boston, Mass.; member of the Meirose GOODRICH, Elizur (brother of Chauncey Goodrich), aBoard of Aldermen 1912-1914 and 1916-1920, serving as Representative from Connecticut; born in Durham, Middle-president in 1920; mayor of Melrose, Mass., 1921-1923; sex County, Conn., March 24, 1761; pursued preparatorymember of the Massachusetts State Guard and legal adviser studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1779; stud-to aid draft registrants during the First World War; member ied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inof the Planning Board and chairman of the Board of Appeal, Melrose, Mass., 1923-1925; served in the State house of rep- - New Haven in 1783; member of the State house of represent-resentatives 1925-1928; member of the State senate, 1929- atives 1795-1802, during which time he served as clerk of194 1, serving as president in 1941; chairman of the Massa- the house for six sessions and as speaker in two; Federalistchusetts Commission on Participation in New York World's presidential elector in 1796; elected as a Federalist to theFair, in 1939 and 1940; chairman of the State Commission on Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1801); had beenAdministration and Finance in 1942; elected as a Republican reelected to the Seventh Congress, but resigned, effectiveto the Seventy-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses March 3, 1801, having been appointed by President John(January 3, 1943-January 3, 1955); unsuccessful candidate Adams on February 19, 1801, collector of customs at Newfor reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; member Haven; removed from that office by President Thomas Jef-of the Massachusetts State Board of Tax Appeals 1955-1960; ferson; elected in 1803 to the Governor's council, whichretired and resided in Melrose, Mass., where he died June office he held until the change in the State constitution in20, 1975; interment in Wyoming Cemetery. 1818; professor of law in Yale College 1801-1810; judge of the probate court 1802-1818; also chief judge of the county court GOODWIN, Forrest, a Representative from Maine; born 1805-1818; member of the city council and board of alder-in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, June 14, 1862; at- men for several years; served as mayor of New Haven 1803- tended the common schools; was graduated from Skowhegan Biographies 1075

High School and Bloomfield Academy, and in 1887 fromoperator of a lumber business at Coxsackie, N.Y., from 1916 Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and Boston Universityuntil his death; also interested in banking, in a milling and Law School in 1890; was admitted to the bar in 1889 andsupply company, and in a securities company; elected as a commenced practice in Skowhegan, Maine, in 1891; memberRepublican to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seven- of the State house of representatives in 1889; clerk at thety-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his Speaker's table under Speaker Reed in the Fifty-first Con-death in Coxsackie, N.Y., June 6, 1937; interment in River- gress 1889-1891; member of the State senate 1903-1905 andside Cemetery. served as president in 1905; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1913, until GOODWIN, Robert Kingman, a Representative from his death in Portland, Maine, May 28, 1913; interment inIowa; born in Des Moines, Iowa, May 23, 1905; attended the South Side Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine. public schools; was graduated from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1928 and later attended the law school of GOODWIN, Godfrey Gummer, a Representative fromGeorge Washington University, Washington, D.C.; moved to Minnesota; born near St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn., Jan- Redfield, Dallas County, Iowa, in 1929 and engaged in the uary 11, 1873; moved with his mother to St. Paul, Minn., inbrick and tile manufacturing business and farming 1934- 1882; attended the public schools and was graduated from1949; mayor of Redfield, Iowa, 1938-1940; delegate to the the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1895 andRepublican State conventions in 1936 and 1938; vice presi- from the law department of that university in 1896; was admitted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice indent of the Dallas County Farm Bureau in 1939 and 1940; Cambridge, Minn.; prosecuting attorney of Isanti Countyelected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill 1898-1907; again elected as prosecuting attorney of Isantithe vacancy caused by the death of Cassius C. Dowell and County in November 1913 and served until February 15,served from March 5, 1940, to January 3, 1941; was not a 1925, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress;candidate for renomination in 1940; director of the Central president of the Cambridge (Minn.) Board of EducationNational Bank & Trust Co., 194 1-1965; commissioned a lieu- 1914-1917; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and totenant in the United States Naval Reserve in June 1942 and the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,served until November 2, 1945; delegate to the Republican 1925, until his death; unsuccessful candidate for renomina-National Convention in 1952; member of the Republican tion in 1932; died in Washington, D.C., on February 16, 1933; National Committee 1952-1956; civilian aide to the Secre-- interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. tary of the Army 1952-1956; trustee and vice president of Herbert Hoover Foundation, Inc.; resumed his manufactur- GOODWIN, Henry Charles, a Representative from Newing business; was a resident of Des Moines, Iowa, until his York; born in De Ruyter, Madison County, N.Y., June 25,death in Rochester, Minn., February 21, 1983; interment in 1824; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admit- ted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Hamilton,Resthaven, Des Moines, Iowa. N.Y.; district attorney of Madison County 1847-1850; elected GOODWIN, William Shields, a Representative from Ar- as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress to fill the vacancykansas; born in Warren, Bradley County, Ark., on May 2, caused by the resignation of Gerrit Smith and served from1866; attended the public schools, the Farmers' Academy November 7, 1854, to March 3, 1855; elected as a Republicannear Duluth, Ga., Cooledge's PreparatorySchool, Moore's to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859);College, Atlanta, Ga., and the Universities of Arkansas and resumed the practice of law; died in Hamilton, N.Y., Novem-Mississippi; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and ber 12, 1860; interment in Madison Street Cemetery. commenced practice in Warren, Ark.; member of the State GOODWIN, John Noble, a Representative from Mainehouse of representatives in 1895; served in the State senate and a Delegate from the Territory of Arizona; born in South1905-1909; member of the board of trustees of the University Berwick, York County, Maine, October 18, 1824; attendedof Arkansas at Fayetteville 1907-19 11; elected as a Democrat public schools and the local academy at Berwick, Maine;to the Sixty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses graduated from Dartmouth College in 1844; studied law;(March 4, 1911-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for admitted to the bar in 1848, commencing practice in Southrenomination in 1920; reengaged in the practice of law in Berwick; member of State senate in 1854; elected as a Re-Warren, Ark., until his death there August 9, 1937; inter- publican from Maine to the Thirty-seventh Congress (Marchment in Oak Lawn Cemetery. 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862; appointed March 6, 1863, by President Lincoln as GOODWYN, Albert Taylor, a Representative from Ala- chief justice of Arizona Territory and on August 21, 1863, asbama; born at Robinson Springs, Montgomery County, Ala., the first Governor of the Territory; entered the TerritoryDecember 17, 1842; attended Robinson Springs Academy and and formally proclaimed its organization at Navajo Springs,South Carolina College at Columbia; during the Civil War December 29, 1863; elected as a Republican Delegate fromenlisted in the Confederate Army and served until June Arizona Territory to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4,1865; mustered out at the close of the war as captain of a 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for reelection andcompany of sharpshooters and was decoratedwith the Con- did not return to Arizona; resumed the practice of law infederate Cross of Honor; was graduated from the University New York City; died in Paraiso Springs, Calif., April 29,of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1867; engaged in agricultur- 1887; interment in Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine. al pursuits near Robinson Springs; State inspector of con- Bibliography: DAB. victs 1874-1880; member of the State house of representa- GOODWIN, Philip Arnold, a Representative from Newtives in 1886 and 1887; served in the State senate 1892-1896; York; born in Athens, Greene County, N.Y., January 20,successfully contested as a Populist the election of James E. 1882; attended the public schools; moved to Coxsackie, N.Y.,Cobb to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from April 22, with his parents in 1896; was graduated from the high1896, until March 3, 1897; was an unsuccessful candidate for school at Coxsackie, N.Y., in 1900, and from Albany (N.Y.)reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; elected com- Business College in 1902; engaged in the steel bridge con-mander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans May 8, struction business at Albany, N.Y., 1902-1916; owner and1928; resumed agricultural pursuits near Robinson Springs, 1076 Biographical Directory

Ala.; died while on a visit in Birmingham, Ala., on July 2, GORDON, George Washington, a Representative from 1931; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.Tennessee; born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., October 5, GOOD WYN, Peterson, a Representative from Virginia;1836; received a collegiate training and was graduated from born at "Martins," near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va.,the Western Military Institute, Nashville, Tenn., in 1859; in 1745; received his education from private tutors; complet-practiced civil engineering until the beginning of the Civil ed preparatory studies; engaged in planting; studied law;War; enlisted in the military service of the Confederacy; was was admitted to the bar in 1776 and commenced practice indrillmaster of the Eleventh Regiment, Tennessee Infantry; Petersburg, Va., and surrounding counties; during the Revo-was successively a captain, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and lutionary War equipped his own company and rose frombrigadier general, and served until the close of the war; captain to major; was promoted to colonel for gallantry atstudied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Mem- the battles of Smithfield and Great Bridge; member of thephis, Tenn., until 1883; appointed one of the railroad com- State house of delegates 1789-1802; elected as a Republicanmissioners of Tennessee; received an appointment in the to the Eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses andDepartment of the Interior, 1885, as special Indian agent in served from March 4, 1803, until his death at his home,Arizona and Nevada and served until 1889; returned to "Sweden," in Dinwiddie County, Va., February 21, 1818; in-Memphis, Tenn.; resumed the practice of law; superintend- terment in the family burying ground on his estate. ent of the Memphis city schools 1889-1907; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Con- GOODYEAR, Charles, a Representative from New York;gresses and served from March 4, 1907, until his death in born in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y., April 26, 1804;Memphis, Tenn., on August 9, 1911; interment in Elmwood attended the Hartwick Academy in Otsego County; wasCemetery. graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1824; Bibliography: DAB. studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Schoharie, N.Y.; appointed first judge of Scho- GORDON, James, a Representative from New York; born bane County in February 1838 and served until July 1847;in the parish of Killead, County Antrim, Ireland, October 31, member of the State assembly in 1840; elected as a Demo-1739; attended the local schools; immigrated to the United crat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3,States in 1758; settled in Schenectady, N.Y., where he en- 1847); continued the practice of law in Schoharie until 1852,gaged in Indian trading; served as a lieutenant colonel in when he established the Schoharie County Bank and servedthe Militia Regiment of Albany County, N.Y., during the as its president; elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress (MarchRevolutionary War; captured and taken prisoner to Canada; 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomina-returned to Albany, N.Y.; member of the State assembly tion in 1866; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the1777-1780, 1786, and 1790; moved to Ballston Spa, N.Y.; Union National Convention of Conservatives at Philadelphiaelected to the Second and Third Congresses (March 4, 1791- in 1866 and to the Democratic National Convention in 1868;March 3, 1795); member of the board of trustees of Union retired in 1869 and moved to Charlottesville, Va.; served asCollege, Schenectady, N.Y., 1795-1809; served in the State judge of the Albemarle County Court; died in Charlottesville,senate 1797-1804; died in Ballston Spa, N.Y., January 17, Va., on April 9, 1876; interment in Maplewood Cemetery.1810; interment in Briggs Cemetery. GOODYKOONTZ, Wells, a Representative from W'st Vir- GORDON, James, a Senator from Mississippi; born in ginia; born near Newbern, Pulaski County, Va., June 3, Cotton Gin Port, Monroe County, Miss., December 6, 1833; 1872; educated under private tutors and attended Oxfordmoved with his parents to Pontotoc County in 1834; attended Academy at Floyd, Va., and the law department of Washing-the public schools, St. Thomas Hall, Holly Springs, Miss., ton and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; was admitted to theand La Grange College, Alabama; graduated from the Uni- bar in 1893 and commenced practice at Williamson, W.Va.,versity of Mississippi at Oxford in 1855; planter and newspa- in 1894; also engaged in banking; member of the State houseper and magazine writer; member, State house of represent- of delegates in 1911 and 1912; member of the State senateatives in 1857 and 1859; moved to Okolona, Miss., in 1859; 1914-1918 and served as president of the senate and Lieuten-during the Civil War served as colonel in the Confederate ant Governor ex officio of the State from 1917 to DecemberArmy with Cavalry regiments he had raised and organized; 1, 1918; president of the West Virginia Bar Association inspecial commissioner of the Confederacy to visit European 1917 and 1918; chairman of the central legal advisory boardcountries in 1864; captured in the harbor of Wilmington, for West Virginia during the First World War; elected as aN.C., on his return in January 1865, but escaped in Febru- Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congressesary 1865 and fled to Canada; received a passport to return to (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful candidate forthe United States and successfully defended himself against reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress; resumed thecharges of conspiring with to assassinate practice of law and banking interests in Williamson, W.Va.;President Lincoln; member, State house of representatives also engaged in literary work; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, onin 1876 and 1886; member, State senate 1904-1906; appoint- March 2, 1944; interment in Fairview Cemetery, Williamson, ed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by W.Va. the death of Anselm J. McLaurin and served from December GORDON, Barton Jennings, a Representative from Ten-27, 1909, to February 22, 1910; was not a candidate for nessee; born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 24, 1949; at-election in 1910; resumed agricultural pursuits and literary tended public schools; B.S., Middle Tennessee State Universi-activities; died in Okolona, Chickasaw County, Miss., Novem- ty, Murfreesboro, 1971; J.D., University of Tennessee Collegeber 28, 1912; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery. of Law, Knoxville, 1973; admitted to the Tennessee State Bibliography: DAB. bar, 1974; private practice of law in Murfreesboro, 1974- GORDON, John Brown, a Senator from Georgia; born in 1983; executive director, Tennessee Democratic Party, 1979;Upson County, Ga., February 6,1832; attended private chairman, Tennessee Democratic Party, 1981-1983; electedschools and the University of Georgia at Athens; studied as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Con-law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced prac- gresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1989); is a resident oftice in Atlanta, Ga.; engaged in coal mining; upon the out- Murfreesboro, Tenn. break of the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as Biographies 1077 captain of Infantry and rose to lieutenant general; resumeded from Harvard College in 1779; studied law; wasadmitted the practice of law in Atlanta, Ga.; unsuccessful Democraticto the bar in 1787 and commenced practice inAmherst, candidate for Governor in 1868; elected as a Democrat to theN.H.; appointed register of probate in 1793; memberof the United States Senate in 1873; reelected in 1879 and servedState senate in 1794 and 1795; solicitor of Hilisborough from March 4, 1873, until May 26, 1880, when he resigned toCounty 1794-1801; elected as a Federalist to the Fifthand promote the building of the Georgia Pacific Railroad; chair-Sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1797, untilJune man, Committee on Commerce (Forty-sixthCongress); Gover-12, 1800, when he resigned to accept the office of attorney nor of Georgia 1886-1890; again elected to theUnited Statesgeneral of New Hampshire, which he held until his death; Senate and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1897;was one of the managers appointedby the House of Repre- declined to be a candidate for reelection; chairman, Commit-sentatives in 1798 to conduct the impeachment proceedings tee on Coastal Defenses (Fifty-third Congress); engaged inagainst William Blount, a Senator from Tennessee; diedin lecturing and literary work; died in Miami, Fla., January 9, Boston, Mass., May 8, 1802; interment in Amherst Cemetery, 1904; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga. Amherst, N.H. Bibliography: DAB; Culpepper, Grady S.'The Political Career of , 1868 to 1897." Ph.D. dissertation, Emory University, 1981; GORDON, William, a Representative from Ohio; born on Eckert, Ralph L. "John Brown Gordon: Soldier, Southerner, American." a farm near Oak Harbor, OttawaCounty, Ohio, December Ph.D. disssertation, Louisiana State University, 1983. 15, 1862; attended the public schools and Toledo (Ohio) Busi- ness College; taught school; deputy county treasurer1887- GORDON, Robert Bryarly, a Representative from Ohio;1891; member of the board of school examiners of Ottawa born at St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, August 6, 1855;County 1890-1896; was graduated from the law department attended the public schools; postmaster of St. Marys 1885-of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1893; was 1889; auditor of Auglaize County 1890-1896; delegate to theadmitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice Democratic National Convention in 1896; elected as a Demo-in Oak Harbor, Ohio; prosecuting attorney for Ottawa crat to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (MarchCounty 1895-1901; delegate to the Democratic National Con- 4, 1899-March 3, 1903); engaged in the flour and grain busi-vention in 1896; member of the Democratic State committee ness at St. Marys, Ohio; superintendent ofthe documentin 1903 and 1904; founder of the Gordon Lumber Co.;moved room of the House of Representatives 1911-1913;Sergeant atto Cleveland, Ohio, in 1906; unsuccessful candidatefor elec- Arms of the House of Representatives 1913-1919; died intion in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; elected as aDemo- Washington, D.C., January 3, 1923; interment in Elm Grovecrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifthCon- Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio. gresses (March 4, 1913-March 3,1919); was an unsuccessful GORDON, Samuel, a Representative from New York;candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; born at Wattle's Ferry, Delaware County, N.Y., April 28,reengaged in the practice of law until his death inCleve- 1802; attended the public schools; engaged in agriculturalland, Ohio, January 16, 1942; interment in Oak Harbor Cern- pursuits until attaining the age of twenty-five; studied lawetery, Oak Harbor, Ohio. in Delhi, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in 1829 and com- GORDON, William Fitzhugh, a Representative fromVir- menced practice in Delhi; appointed postmaster of Delhi,ginia; born on Germanna plantation, nearFredericksburg, N.Y., September 14, 1831, and served until August 16, 1841;Spotsylvania County, Va., January 13, 1787; attended the member of the State assembly in 1834; district attorney ofcountry schools and Spring Hill Academy; studiedlaw; was Delaware County 1841-1844; supervisor of the town of Delhiadmitted to the bar in 1808 and commencedpractice at for several terms; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-Orange Court House, Va.; moved to Charlottesville,Va., in seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); owing to a1809 and continued the practice of law;Commonwealth at- realignment of the districts in the State was not a candidatetorney in 1812; served in the War of 1812;later attained the for renomination; elected to the Twenty-ninth Congressrank of major general in the Virginia Militia;member of the (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); was not a candidate forState house of delegates 1818-1829; memberof the State renomination in 1846; resumed the practice of his legal pro-constitutional convention in 1829 and 1830; elected as a fession; appointed provost marshal for the nineteenth dis-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy trict of New York 1863-1865; owing to ill health discontin-caused by the resignation of William CabellRives; reelected ued active business pursuits and lived in retirement untilto the Twenty-second andTwenty-third Congresses and his death in Delhi, Delaware County, N.Y., October 28, 1873;served from January 25, 1830, to March 3, 1835;unsuccessful interment in Woodland Cemetery. candidate for reelection in 1834 to theTwenty-fourth Con- GORDON, Thomas Sylvy, a Representative from Illinois;gress; engaged in agriculturalpursuits; delegate to the born in Chicago, Ill., December 17, 1893; attended the paro-Southern Convention at Nashville, Tenn., in 1850;died on chial schools and was graduated from St. Stanislaus College,his plantation, "Edgeworth," Albemarle County,Va., August Chicago, Ill., in 1912; engaged in the banking business 1916-28, 1858; interment in the family burying groundat Spring- 1920; associated with a Polish-language daily newspaperfield, near Gordonsville, Va. 1921-1942, starting as a clerk and advancing to head cashier Bibliography: DAB. and office manager; commissioner of Chicago West Parks GORE, Albert Arnold (father of Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.), 1933-1936 and of public vehicle licenses 1936-1939; delegatea Representative and aSenator from Tennessee; born in to the Democratic National Convention in1936; city treasur-Granville, Jackson County, Tenn., December 26,1907; at- er of Chicago, Ill., 1939-1942;elected as a Democrat to thetended the public schools; graduated from StateTeachers' Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (Jan-College, Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1932 andfrom Nashville uary 3, 1943-January 3, 1959); chairman,Committee on For-(Tenn.) Y.M.C.A. night law school in 1936; taughtin the eign Affairs (Eighty-fifth Congress); was not a candidateforrural schools of Overton and Smith Counties, Tenn.,1926- renomination in 1958; died in Chicago, Ill., January 22, 1959;1930; county superintendent of education ofSmith County interment in St. Adalbert Cemetery (Niles), Chicago, Ill 1932-1936; was admitted to the bar in 1936 andcommenced GORDON, William, a Representative from New Hamp-practice in Carthage, Tenn.; Tennesseecommissioner of shire; born near Boston, Mass., April 12, 1763; was graduat-labor 1936-1937; elected as a Democrat to theSeventy-sixth 1078 Biographical Directory

Congress in 1938; reelected to the two succeeding CongressesState into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignationonUnited States Senate for the term ending March 3, 1909; December 4, 1944, to enter the United States Army; reelect-reelected in 1908 and again in 1914 and served from Decem- ed to the Seventy-ninth and to the three succeeding Con-ber 11, 1907, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for gresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1953); was not a candi-renomination in 1920; chairman, Committee on Railroads date for reelection but was elected in 1952 to the United(Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Agriculture and For- States Senate; reelected in 1958 and again in 1964, andestry (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee served from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1971;unsuccess-on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Sixty-sixth ful candidate for reelection in 1970; chairman, Special Com-Congress); member of the Democratic National Committee mittee on Attempts to Influence Senators (Eighty-fourth1912-1916; appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913 Congress); resumed the practice of law with Occidental Pe-as a member of the Commission to Investigate and Study troleum Co. and became vice president and member of theRural Credits and Agricultural Cooperative Organizations in Board of directors; taught law at Vanderbilt UniversityEuropean Countries; again elected to the United States 1970-1972; member of the board of petroleum and coalcom- panies; is a resident of Carthage, Tenn. Senate in 1930 and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, Bibliography: Gardner, James B. "Political Leadership in a Period of 1937; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936; chair- Transition: Frank G. Clement, Albert Gore, Estes Kefauver, and Tennessee man, Committee on Interoceanic Canals (Seventy-third and Politics, 1948-1956." Ph.D. dissertation, Vanderbilt University, 1978; Gore, Seventy-fourth Congresses); practiced law in Washington, Albert. Let the Glory Out: My South and Its Politics. New York: Viking D.C., until his death on March 16, 1949; interment in Rose Press, 1972. Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla. Bibliography: DAB; Billington, Monroe. Thomas P. Gore: Blind Senator GORE, Albert Arnold, Jr. (son of Albert Arnold Gore),a From Oklahoma. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1967. Representative and Senator from Tennessee; born in Wash- ington, D.C., March 31, 1948; attend the public elementary GORHAM, Benjamin (son of Nathaniel Gorham), a Repre- schools of Carthage, Tenn.; graduated, St. Albans Highsentative from Massachusetts; born in Charlestown, Mass., School, Washington, D.C., 1965; graduated, Harvard Univer-February 13, 1775; pursued preparatory studies; was grad- sity 1969; attended Vanderbilt University School of Religion,uated from Harvard University in 1795; studied law; was Nashville, Tenn., 1971-1972 and the School of Law 1974-admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston, 1976; business executive; engaged in real estate developmentMass.; member of the State house of representatives 1814- in Carthage; served in United States Army 1969-1971 in1818; served in the State senate from May 26, 1819, to Janu- Viet Nam; investigative reporter for the Nashville Tennesse-ary 10, 1821, when he resigned; elected to the Sixteenth an 1971-1976; elected in 1976 as a Democrat to the Ninety-Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of fifth Congress; reelected to the three succeeding CongressesJonathan Mason; reelected to the Seventeenth Congress and (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate forserved from November 6, 1820, to March 3, 1823; again a reelection in 1984 to the House of Representatives, butwasmember of the State senate for one term beginning May 28, elected in November 1984 to the United States Senate for1823; elected to the Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy the term ending January 3, 1991; unsuccessful candidate forcaused by the resignation of Daniel Webster; reelected to the the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. Twenty-first Congress and served from July 23, 1827, to March 3, 1831; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty- GORE, Christopher, a Senator from Massachusetts; bornthird Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3,1835); again a in Boston, Mass., September 21, 1758; graduated from Har-member of the State house of representatives in 1841; re- vard College in 1776; studied law; was admitted to the barsumed the practice of law; died in Boston, Mass., September and commenced practice in Boston; member of the State27, 1855; interment in the old burial ground of Phipps Street constitutional convention in 1788; member, State house ofCemetery, Charlestown, Mass. representatives 1788-1789, 1808; United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts 1789-1796; commissioner to GORHAM, Nathaniel (father of ), a Del- England 1796-1803; Chargé d'Affaires at London 1803-1804;egate from Massachusetts; born in Charlestown, Mass., May member, State senate 1806-1807; Governor of Massachusetts27, 1738; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile 1809; appointed and subsequently elected to the Unjtedpursuits; member of the provincial legislature 1771-1775; States Senate as a Federalist to fill the vacancy caused bydelegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774 and 1775; the resignation of James Lloyd and served from May 5, 1813,member of the board of war 1778-1781; delegate to the State until May 30, 1816, when he resigned; overseer of Harvardconstitutional convention in 1779; served in the State senate University 1810-1815 and a fellow 1812-1820; died in Wal-in 1780 and 1781; Member of the Continental Congress in tham, Mass., March 1, 1827; interment in Granary Burying1782, 1783, 1786, 1787, and 1789, and was its president from Ground, Boston, Mass. June 6, 1786, to February 2, 1787; delegate to the Federal Bibliography: Pinkney, Helen. Christopher Gore, Federalist of Massachu-Convention at Philadelphia in 1787; delegate to the State setts, 1758-1827. Waltham, Mass.: Gore Place Society, 1969. constitutional convention which ratified the Federal Consti- GORE, Thomas Pryor, a Senator from Oklahoma; borntution in 1788; judge of the court of common pleas from July near Embry, Webster County, Miss., December 10, 1870; by1, 1785, until his resignation on May 31, 1796; interested in accidents lost the sight of both eyes as a boy; attended thethe purchase and settlement of lands in the Genesee Valley, public schools; graduated from the normal school at Walth-N.Y.; died in Charlestown, Mass., June 11, 1796; interment all, Miss., in 1890; taught school in 1890 and 1891; graduatedin Phipps Street Cemetery. from the law department of Cumberland University, Leba- Bibliography: DAB. non, Tenn., in 1892; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and GORMAN, Arthur Pue, a Senator from Maryland; born in commenced practice in Walthall, Miss.; moved to Corsicana,Woodstock, Howard County, Md., March ii, 1839; attended Tex., in 1895; unsuccessful Populist candidate for election inthe public schools; appointed a page in the House of Repre- 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress; moved to Lawton, Okla., insentatives in 1852; transferred to the Senate through the 1901 and continued the practice of law; member, Territorialinfluence of Stephen A. Douglas, who made him his private council 1903-1905; upon the admission of Oklahoma as asecretary, and subsequently served the Senate as page, mes- Biographies 1079 senger, assistant doorkeeper, assistant postmaster, andfinal-academic course; moved to Bloomington, md., in 1835; was ly postmaster; removed from his Senate office inSeptembergraduated from the law department of the Indiana Universi- 1866; immediately appointed collector of internal revenuety at Bloomington in 1845; was admitted to the barthe same for the fifth district of Maryland 1866-1869; director andyear and commenced practice in Bloomington;clerk of the later president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co.;State senate in 1837 and 1838; member of Indiana houseof member, State house of delegates 1869-1875, serving asrepresentatives, 1841-1844; major and colonel of Indiana speaker for one session; member, State senate 1875-1881;Volunteers in the Mexican War; elected as a Democrat to elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1880;the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, reelected in 1886 and 1892 and served from March 4, 1881, to 1849-March 3, 1853); was not a candidate for renomination March 3, 1899; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; Demo-in 1852; moved to Minnesota in 1853; Territorial Governor of craticcaucus chairman 1889-1893,1895-1898; majorityMinnesota 1853-1857; delegate to the constitutional conven- leader 1893-1895; chairman, Committee on Printing (Fifty-tion of Minnesota in 1857; practiced law in St. Paul, Minn., third Congress), Committee on Private Land Claims (Fifty-1857-186 1; member of the State house of representatives in fifth Congress); was again elected to the United States1858; entered the Union Army in 1861 and was colonel of Senate in 1902 and served from March 4, 1903, until histhe First Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry; was mus- death in Washington, D.C., June 4, 1906; Democratic caucus tered out as brigadier general in 1864; resumed the practice chairman 1903-1906; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. of law; prosecuting attorney of St. Paul 1869-1875; died in Bibliography: DAB; Lambert, John. Arthur Pue Gorman. Baton Rouge: St. Paul, Minn., May 20, 1876; interment in Oakland Ceme- Louisiana State University Press, 1953; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses tery. for Arthur Pee Gorman. 59th Cong., 2nd sess.,1906-1907. Washington, Bibliography: DAB. D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907. GORSKI, Chester Charles, a Representative from New GORMAN, George Edmund, a Representative from Illi-York; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., June 22, 1906; nois; born in Chicago, Ill., April 13, 1873; attended the publicattended Sts. Peter and Paul Parochial School and Technical schools of his native city; was graduated in law from George-High School; member of the Erie County Board of Supervi- town University at Washington, D.C., in 1895; was admitted sors1941-1945, servingas minorityleader1942-1945; to the bar in 1895 and commenced the practice of law inmember of the Buffalo Common Council 1946-1948, serving Chicago the following year; assistant prosecuting attorney ofas minority leader 1946-1947 andmajority leader in 1948; Chicago 1897-1900; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-thirddelegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1948, 1952, Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); declined to be a1956, and 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first candidate for reelection in 1914; resumed the practice of lawCongress (January 3, 1949-January 3,1951); unsuccessful in Chicago; assistant State's attorney 1920-1928; served ascandidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Con- master in chancery of the circuit court from 1930 until hisgress and for election in 1952 to theEighty-third Congress; death in Chicago January 13, 1935; interment in Holy Sepul-worked for United States Department of Commerce,1951- chre Cemetery. 1952; again elected to Buffalo Common Council and served GORMAN, James Sedgwick, a Representative from Michi-from January 1, 1954, to February 1, 1956, and wasmajority gan; born in Lyndon Township, near Chelsea,Washtenawleader; appointed to the New York State BuildingCode Com- County, Mich., December 28, 1850; attended the commonmission on February 1, 1956, and served until April 1,1959; schools and the Union School of Chelsea, and was graduatedelected president of the Buffalo Common Council January1, from the law department of the University of Michigan at1960, and reelected to six succeeding terms, andserved in Ann Arbor in 1876; was admitted to the bar and commencedthat capacity until his resignation March 24, 1974;resided in practice in Jackson, Mich.; assistant prosecuting attorney ofBuffalo, N.Y., where he died April 25, 1975; interment inSt. Jackson County for two years; moved to Dexter, Mich., inStanislaus Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y. 1879; member of the State house of representatives in 1880; GORSKI, Martin, a Representative from Illinois; born in served in the State senate in 1886 and 1888; elected as aPoland, October 30, 1886; immigrated in 1889 to the United Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third CongressesStates with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Ill.; attended (March 4, 1891-March 3,1895); was not a candidate forthe public and high schools; was graduated frombusiness renomination; engaged in farming near Chelsea, Mich., andcollege and from Chicago (Ill.) Law School in 1917; was ad- resumed the practice of law; died in Detroit, Mich., May 27,mitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practicein Chica- 1923; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.go, Ill.; assistant State's attorney1918-1920; master in chan- GORMAN, John Jerome, a Representative from Illinois;cery of the superior court ofCook County, Ill., 1929-1942; born in Minneapolis, Minn., June 2, 1883; attended theelected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, common schools and the Bryant andStratton Business Col-and Eightieth Congresses and served from January3, 1943, lege at Chicago, Ill.; clerk and letter carrier in the Chicagountil his death; had been reelected to the Eighty-first Con- city post office 1902-1918; studied law at Loyola Universitygress; died in Chicago, Ill., December4, 1949; interment in in Chicago and was graduated in 1914; was admitted to theResurrection Cemetery (Village of Justice). bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Chicago; delegate to GORTON, Thomas Slade, III, (Slade), a Senator from the State constitutional convention in 1920; elected as aWashington; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 8, Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 192 1-1928; attended public schools in Evanston, Ill.;graduated, March 3,1923); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; re-Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1950, Columbia Universi- sumed the practice of law at Chicago; elected to the Sixty-ty Law School, New York City 1953; served in theUnited ninth Congress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927); unsuccessfulStates Army, private, 1945-1946, United StatesAir Force, candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of law in Chi-lieutenant, 1953-1956, United States Air Force Reserve, colo- cago, where he died February 24,1949; interment in Allnel, 1956-1980; admitted to the Washington Statebar in Saints Cemetery. 1953 and commenced practice in Seattle; served inthe GORMAN, Willis Arnold, a Representative from Indiana;Washington State house of representatives 1959-1969, major- born near Flemingsburg, Ky., January 12, 1816; pursued anity leader 1967-1969; Washington State attorneygeneral 1080 Biographical Directory

1969-1981; member, President's Consumer Advisory Councillaw school of the same university, LL.B., 1927; was admitted 1975-1977; member, Washington State Law and Justice Com- to the bar the latter year and commenced practice in mission 1969-1980; member, State Criminal Justice TrainingVernon, Tex.; moved to Wichita Falls, Tex., in 1937 and Commission 1969-1980; elected as a Republican to thecontinued the practice of law; served as district attorney of United States Senate in 1980, and served from January 3,the forty-sixth judicial district 1933-1937; elected as a Demo- 1981, to January 3, 1987; unsuccessful candidate for reelec-crat to the Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congress- tion; is a resident of Seattle, Wash. es and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation GOSS, Edward Wheeler, a Representative from Connecti-July 31, 1951; chairman, Committee on Elections No. 2 (Sev- cut; born in Waterbury, Conn., April 27, 1893; attended theenty-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses); resumed public schools and was graduated from Hill School, Potts-the practice of law and was general attorney for the Texas town, Pa.; entered the military service September 6, 1918,Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.; presently serving as judge

was assigned to the Fortieth Company, Tenth Battalion, Oneof Criminal District Court, Dallas, Tex., where he now re-- Hundred and Sixty-sixth Depot Brigade, and served until his sides. discharge as a sergeant on December 4, 1918; engaged in the manufacture of brass 19 12-1930; delegate to the Republican GOTT, Daniel, a Representative from New York; born in National Conventions in 1924, 1928, and 1932; served in theHebron, near New London, Conn., July 10, 1794; attended State senate 1926-1928; elected as a Republican to the Sev-the public schools; at the age of sixteen taught school; moved enty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofto Pompey, N.Y., in 1817; studied law; was admitted to the James P. Glynn and at the same time was elected to thebar in 1819 and commenced practice in Pompey, N.Y.; elect- Seventy-second Congress; reelected to the Seventy-third Con- ed as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses gress and served from November 4, 1930, to January 3, 1935;(March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); moved to Syracuse, N.Y., in unsuccessful for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth1853 and resumed the practice of his profession; died in Congress; statistical and research work in Washington, D.C.,Syracuse, N.Y., July 6, 1864; interment in Pompey Hill Cem- 1935-1939; enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Re-etery, Pompey, N.Y. serve, May 25, 1942, as chief bosun mate, promoted to lieu- GOULD, Arthur Robinson, a Senator from Maine; born in tenant, and served until discharged February 15, 1948; dis-East Corinth, Penobscot County, Maine, March 16, 1857; tributor for Investors Diversified Services, Inc., of Minneapo-attended the common schools and East Corinth Academy; lis, Minn., 1948-1951; died in Miami, Fla., December 27,moved to Presque Isle, Maine, in 1887; engaged in the 1972; cremated; ashes interred in Riverside Cemetery, Wa-lumber business and built power plants and an electric rail- terbury, Conn. road; president of the Aroostook Valley Railroad Co. 1902- GOSS, James Hamilton, a Representative from South1946; member, State senate 1921-1922; elected on November Carolina; born in Union, Union County, S.C., August 9, 1820;29, 1926, as a Republican to the United States Senate to ifil attended the common schools and the Union Male Academy;the vacancy caused by the death of Bert M. Fernald and engaged in mercantile pursuits; served with the South Caro-served from November 30, 1926, to March 3, 1931; was not a lina Militia during the Civil War; delegate to the Statecandidate for renomination in 1930; chairman, Committee constitutional convention in 1867; upon the readmission ofon Immigration (Seventy-first Congress); engaged in the rail- the State of South Carolina to representationwas elected asroad and lumber businesses; died in Presque Isle, Maine, a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from JulyJuly 24, 1946; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, 18, 1868, to March 3, 1869; was not a candidate for renomi-Maine. nation in 1868; member of the board of commissioners of Union County 187 1-1874; appointed postmaster of Union GOULD, Herman Day, a Representative from New York; August 12, 1875, and served until September 23, 1884; diedborn in Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., January 16, 1799; in Union, S.C., October 31, 1886; interment in the Presbyteri- pursued an academic course; engaged in mercantile pursuits; an Cemetery. president of the Delhi National Bank 1839-1849; unsuccess- ful candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh GOSSETT, Charles Clinton, a Senator from Idaho; born inCongress and in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress; elected Pricetown, Highland County, Ohio, September 2, 1888; at-as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March tended the public schools; moved to Cunningham, Wash., in3, 1851); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850; re- 1907, to Ontario, Oreg., in 1910, and to Nampa, Canyonsumed business interests in Delhi, N.Y., and died there Jan- County, Idaho, in 1922 and engaged in agriculture, livestock,uary 26, 1852; interment in Woodland Cemetery. feed, and shipping businesses; member, Idaho State house of representatives 1933-1937; lieutenant governor 1937-1939, GOULD, Norman Judd (grandson of Norman Buel Judd), 1941-1943; Governor of Idaho from January 1945 until hisa Representative from New York; born at Seneca Falls, resignation in November 1945; appointed as a Democrat toSeneca County, N.Y., March 15, 1877; attended school at the United States Senate, November 17, 1945, to fill theSeneca Falls, N.Y., and at Lawrenceville, N.J.; was graduat- vacancy caused by the death of John Thomas and serveded from Cornell University in 1899; specialized in mechani- from November 17, 1945, to January 3, 1947; unsuccessfulcal engineering; engaged in the manufacture of pumps; dele-- gate to the Republican National Conventions in 1908 and candidate for nomination to fill the vacancy in 1946; re-- sumed his former business pursuits; died in Boise, Idaho, 1916; chairman of the Seneca County Republican committee September 20, 1974; interment in Kohlerlawn Cemetery,1912-1923; member of the New York State committee 1914- Nampa, Idaho. 1922; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sereno E. Payne; GOSSETT, Ed Lee, a Representative from Texas; born inreelected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh a sawmill camp known as Yellow Pine, near Many, SabineCongresses and served from November 2, 1915, to March 3, Parish, La., January 27, 1902; moved to Texas in 1908 with1923; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922; his parents, who settled on a farm near Henrietta, Clayresumed his former manufacturing pursuits; died in Geneva, County; attended the rural schools of Clay and Garza Coun-N.Y., August 20, 1964; interment in Restvale Cemetery, ties, Tex.; University of Texas at Austin, A.B., 1924 and theSeneca Falls, N.Y. Biographies 1081

GOULD, Samuel Wadsworth, a Representative fromminister in 1877 and was a traveling missionaryfrom 1879 Maine; born in Porter, Oxford County, Maine, January 1,until his death in St. Augustine, Fla., December3, 1900; 1852; moved with his parents to Hiram, Maine; attended theinterment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. public schools and North Parsonsfield Seminary; was grad- GRABOWSKI, Bernard Francis, a Representative from uated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1877; stud-Connecticut; born in New Haven, Conn., June 11,1923; at- ied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice intended St. Stanislaus Parochial School and BristolHigh Skowhegan, Maine in 1879; postmaster of Skowhegan 1896-School; University of Connecticut, B.S., 1949, andfrom the 1900; attended all Democratic State conventions for morelaw school of the same university, J.D., 1952; servedthree than forty years; secretary of the Democratic State commit-years in the Infantry,United States Army, 1943-1946; ad- tee 1882-1890; delegate to the Democratic National Conven-mitted to the bar in 1953 and began the practice of lawin tions in 1900, 1908, and 1912; unsuccessful candidate for eight Governor of Maine in 1902 and for election to the Sixty-firstBristol, Conn.; member of Bristol Town Committee years; city councilman, 1953-1955;judge of city court, 1955- Congress in 1908; elected as a Democrat to theSixty-second 1957- Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candi-1960; coordinator of redevelopment, city of Bristol, date for reelection in 1912; resumed the practice of law in 1959; chief prosecutor, circuit court, 1960-1962;elected as a Skowhegan, Maine; interested in various business enter- Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and Eighty-ninth Congresses prises; president of the board of trustees of the University of(January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967); unsuccessfulcandidate Maine; died in Skowhegan, Maine, December 19, 1935; inter-for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress; resumedthe prac- ment in Southside Cemetery. tice of law; is a resident of Bristol, Conn. GOULDEN, Joseph Aloysius, a Representative from New GRADISON, Willis David, Jr., a Representative from York; born in Littlestown, Adams County, Pa., August 1,Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio,December 1844; attended the common schools; served inthe Marine28, 1928; attended the elementary and secondary schoolsin Corps in 1864 and 1865; member of the board of managers atCincinnati; B.A., Yale University, 1949; M.B.A.,Harvard the State reformatory, Morganza, Pa.; moved to NewYorkGraduate School of Business Administration,1951; D.C.S., City; commissioner and trustee of public schools for tenHarvard University, 1954; investment broker; Assistant to years; member of board of trusteesof the soldiers' home,the Under Secretary of the United States Treasury,1953- Bath, N.Y.; secretary and member of the New York City1955; Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education,and commission that erected the soldiers' and sailors' monumentWelfare, 1955-1957; member, Cincinnati CityCouncil, 1961- on Riverside Drive; elected as a Democrat tothe Fifty-eighth1974; mayor of Cincinnati, 1971; elected as a Republican to and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,1903-the Ninety-fourth and to the six succeedingCongresses (Jan- March 3, 1911); declined to be a candidate for reelection;uary 3, 1975-January 3,1989); is a resident of Cincinnati, engaged in the insurance business in New York City; electedOhio. and served to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses GRADY, Benjamin Franklin, aRepresentative from from March 4, 1913, until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., N.C., May 3, 1915; interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Taney-North Carolina; born near Sarecta, Duplin County, October 10, 1831; attended private andpublic schools and town, Md. was graduated from theUniversity of North Carolina at GOURDIN, Theodore, a Representative from South Caro- Chapel Hill in 1857; professor of mathematicsand natural lina; born near Kingstree, Williamsburg County, S.C.,Marchsciences in Austin College, Huntsville,Tex., 1858-1862; en- 20, 1764; was educated in Charleston, S.C., and in Europe;listed during the Civil War in CompanyK, Twenty-fifth engaged in planting; elected as a Republican to the Thir-Regiment, Texas Cavalry;promoted to orderly sergeant in teenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); resumedGranbury's brigade, Cleburne's division; becameill with ty- agricultural pursuits; died in Pineville, S.C., January 17,phoid fever and remained in Peace InstituteHospital at 1826; interment in Episcopal Cemetery, St. Stephen, S.C.Raleigh until the end of the war; settled in Clinton,N.C., at the close of the war and engaged inteaching in Clinton and GOVAN, Andrew Robison, a Representative from SouthLa Grange, N.C.; in 1877 returned toDuplin County, where Carolina; born in Orange Parish, Orangeburg District, S.C.,he continued to teach and also engaged inagricultural pur- January 13, 1794; pursued classical studies at aprivate instructionforDuplin Southsuits;superintendent of public school in Wihington, S.C., and was graduated from County, 1881-1890; justice of the peace1878-1889; elected as Carolina College at Columbia in 1813; member of the State Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses house of representatives 1820-1821; elected to theSeven-a Democrat to the death of(March 4, 1891-March 3,1895); retired to a farm near teenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the Turkey, Sampson County, N.C., wherehe again taught James Overstreet; reelected to the Eighteenthand Nine- N.C., and died 1822, toschool for several years; returned to Clinton, teenth Congresses and served from December 4, there March 6, 1914; interment in ClintonCemetery. March 3, 1827; moved to Mississippi in 1828 anddevoted the remainder of his life to planting; died in Marshall County, GRAFF, Joseph Verdi, a Representativefrom Illinois; Miss., June 27, 1841; interment in the family cemetery onborn in Terre Haute, Vigo County, md.,July 1, 1854; was the estate, "Snowdown" plantation, MarshallCounty, Miss.graduated from the Terre Haute High School, andattended moved to GOVE, Samuel Francis, a Representativefrom Georgia;Wabash College, Crawfordsville, md., one year; March 9, 1822;Delavan, Ill., in 1873 and engaged in mercantilepursuits; born in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Mass., commenced attended the common schools; moved to Georgia in 1835withstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practice in Delavan, Ill.; moved to Pekin,Ill., and continued his parents, who settled in Twiggs County;engaged in mer- of the Pekin cantile and agricultural pursuits; was also amissionary;the practice of law; elected as an inspector of Georgia to representa-public schools in 1891 and served as presidentof the board upon the readmission of the State of education; delegate to the RepublicanNational Conven- tion was elected as a Republican to theFortieth Congress the Fifty-fourth and and served from June 25, 1868, to March 3,1869; presentedtion in 1892; elected as a Republican to Congress,to the seven succeeding Congresses(March 4, 1895-March 3, credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first (Fifty-sixth through but was not permitted to qualify;ordained as a Baptist1911); chairman, Committee on Claims 1082 Biographical Directory

Fifty-eighth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate forreelec-the Judiciary (Sixty-eighth through Seventy-first Congress- tion in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; continuedthees); interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. practice of law in Peoria, Ill., where he had moved in 1899; also engaged in banking; died in Peoria, Ill., November10, GRAHAM, James (brother of William Alexander Graham), 1921; interment in Glendale Cemetery, Washington,Taze-a Representative from North Carolina; born in Lincoln well County, Ill. County, N.C., January 7, 1793; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at GRAHAM, Daniel Robert (Bob), a Senator from Florida; born in Coral Gables, Fla., November 9, 1936; attended theChapel Hill in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar in public schools of Dade County, Fla.; graduated, University of 1818and commenced practiceinRutherfordCounty; Florida, Gainesville, 1959; graduated, Harvard Law Schoolmember of the State house of representatives in 1822, 1823, 1962; admitted to the Florida bar in 1962; builder and cattle- 1824, 1828, and 1829; elected to the Twenty-third Congress man; elected to the Florida State house of representatives(March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); presented credentialsas a 1966; member, Florida State senate 1970-1978; GovernorofWhig Member-elect to the Twenty-fourth Congress and Florida 1979-1986; elected to the United States Senateas aserved from March 4, 1835, to March 29, 1836, when the seat Democrat in 1986 for the term ending January 3, 1993.was declared vacant; subsequently elected to the same Con- gress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, GRAHAM, Frank Porter, a Senator from North Carolina;and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from December born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., October 14,5, 1836, to March 3, 1843; chairman, Committee on Public 1886; attended the public schools of Charlotte and thepre- Expenditures (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candi- paratory academy at Warrenton, N.C.; graduated, Universitydate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; of North Carolina 1909; studied law at the University ofelected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, North Carolina and received license to practice in 1913;1845-March 3, 1847); was not a candidate for renomination received a graduate degree at Columbia University, Newin 1846; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Rutherford- York City in 1916; high school English instructor in Raleigh,ton, Rutherford County, N.C., where he died September 25, N.C., 1910-1912; instructor, assistant professor, and professor1851. of history, University of North Carolina 1915-1930; during the First World War enlisted as a private in the United GRAHAM, James Harper, a Representative from New States Marine Corps in June 1917 and was discharged inYork; born in Bovina, Delaware County, N.Y., September 18, July 1919 as a first lieutenant; returned to the University of1812; attended the public schools; supervisor of the town of North Carolina and became presiden. 1930-1949; servedon Delhi, N.Y.; chairman of the board of supervisors of Dela- the Consumers Board of National Recovery Administration,ware County; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a the National Advisory Council to the Cabinet CommitteeonRepublican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859- Economic Security, the President's Committeeon Education,March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in the Industries Committee of American Railroads, theNa- 1860; member of the State assembly in 1871; served in the tional Defense Mediation Board, the National WarLaborState senate in 1872 and 1873; engaged in agricultural and Board, the Maritime War Emergency Board, and the Goodmercantile pursuits; died in Delhi, N.Y., June 23, 1881; inter- Offices Committee of the Security Council of the Unitedment in Woodland Cemetery. Nations on Indonesia; adviser to the Secretary of Stateon Indonesian Affairs in 1948; appointedas a Democrat March GRAHAM, James McMahon, a Representative from Illi- 29, 1949, to the United States Senate to fill thevacancynois, born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland, caused by the death of J. Melville Broughton and servedApril 14 1852; immigrated with his family to the United from March 29, 1949, to November 26, 1950;unsuccessfulStates and settled in Sangamon County, Ill., in 1868; attend- candidate for the nomination in 1950 to fill thevacancy;ed the common schools, the University of Illinois at Urbana, United Nations mediator and United Nations representativeand Valparaiso University, Indiana; taught school for seven to India and Pakistan in the Kashmir dispute; chairman,years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and North Carolina Tercentenary Celebration Commission 1963;commenced practice in Springfield, Ill.; member of the State retired from the United Nations in 1967 because of ill healthhouse of representatives in 1885 and 1886; prosecuting attor- and returned to Chapel Hill, N.C., where he died Februaryney for Sangamon County 1892-1896; member of the board 16, 1972; interment in Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. of education of Springfield 1891-1894; elected as a Democrat Bibliography: Ashby, Warren. Frank Porter Graham: A Southern Liber- to the Sixty-first, Sixty-second, and Sixty-third Congresses al. Winston-Salem: Blair, 1980. (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1915); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Sixty- GRAHAM, George Scott, a Representative from Pennsyl-second and Sixty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate vania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 13, 1850; attend-for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; member ed the public schools, and was privately tutored;was grad- uated from the law department of the University of Pennsyl-of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform vania at Philadelphia in 1870; was admitted to the bar inState Laws 1916-1928; member of the board of directors of 1871 and commenced practice in Philadelphia; member ofLincoln Library 1936-1945; resumed the practice of law in the select council of Philadelphia 1877-1880; unsuccessfulSpringfield, Ill., where he died on October 23, 1945; inter- candidate for district attorney of Philadelphia County inment in Calvary Cemetery. 1877; district attorney of Philadelphia County 1880-1899; GRAHAM, John Hugh, a Representative from New York; declined to be a candidate for further election and resumedborn in Belfast, Ireland, April 1, 1835; immigrated in 1836 to the practice of law in Philadelphia and New York City;the United States with his parents, who settled in Brooklyn, professor of criminal law and procedure in the University ofN.Y.; attended the public schools of Brooklyn; during the Pennsylvania 1887-1898; delegate to the Republican Nation-Civil War recruited Company A, Fifth Regiment, Heavy Ar- al Conventions in 1892 and 1924; elected as a Republican totillery, New York Volunteers, and served three yearsas its the Sixty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses andcaptain; for gallant and meritorious services at Harpers served from March 4, 1913, until his death at his summerFerry and in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., was commissioned home in Islip, N.Y., July 4, 1931; chairman, Committeeonmajor and brevetted lieutenant colonel; after the waren- Biographies 1083 gaged in the hardware business in Brooklyn, N.Y.; elected asN.Y., August 11, 1875; interment in the PresbyterianChurch (March 4, 1893-Cemetery, Hilisboro, N.C. a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress Bibliography: DAB; Graham, William. The Papers of WilliamAlexander March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in Graham. Edited by J.G. de Roulhac and Max R. Williams. 7 vols. todate. 1894; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 11, 1895; interment inRaleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1957-;Wil- Greenwood Cemetery. liams, Max. "William A. Graham, North Carolina Whig PartyLeader." Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina, 1965. GRAHAM, Louis Edward, a Representative from Pennsyl- vania; born in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa., August 4, GRAHAM, William Harrison, a Representative from 1880; moved with his parents to Beaver, Pa., in 1893; attend-Pennsylvania; born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), ed preparatory school and Beaver (Pa.) High School; wasPa., August 3, 1844; attended the public schools;during the graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, Washing-Civil War enlisted on April 5, 1861, in the Second Regiment, ton, Pa., in 1901; served as deputy sheriff of BeaverCounty,Virginia Infantry (Union Army), which, after a serviceof Pa., 1903-1906; studied law; was admitted to the bar in1906 two years, was mounted and became theFifth Regiment, and commenced practice in Beaver, Pa.; district attorney ofWest Virginia Cavalry; mustered out June 14, 1864;engaged Beaver County 1912-1924 and deputy attorney generalofin the leather business in Allegheny, Pa.;member of the Pennsylvania 1924-1927; chief legal adviser of the formerState house of representatives 187 5-1878; recorder of deeds sixth Federal prohibitiondistrict1927-1929; served asof Allegheny County 1882-189 1; engaged in banking;elected Pennsylva-as a Republican to theFifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacan- United States attorney for the western district of A Stone; reelected nia November 7, 1929, to September 1, 1933; special assistantcy caused by the resignation of William Pitts-to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congressesand served to the Attorney General of the United States in the unsuccessful burgh, Pa., vote-fraud cases 1934-1936; elected as a Republi-from November 29, 1898, to March 3, 1903; succeeding Con-candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; can to the Seventy-sixth and to the seven Congress- gresses (January 3, 1939-January 3,1955); chairman, Jointelected to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first es (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911);chairman, Committee on Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy (Eighty-Ventilation and Acoustics (Sixtieth Congress), Committee on third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1954 (Sixty-first of lawExpenditures in the Department of Agriculture to the Eighty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice Congress); unsuccessful candidate in the Republican primar- in Beaver, Pa.; died in the Rochester, Pa., Hospital Novem-ies for renomination; member of the AlleghenyCounty ber 9, 1965; interment in Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, Pa. Board of Viewers 1911-1923; died in Pittsburgh, Pa.,March GRAHAM, William, a Representative from Indiana; born2, 1923; interment in Highwood Cemetery. at sea March 16, 1782; settled with his parents inHarrods- GRAHAM, William Johnson, a Representativefrom Illi- burg, Mercer County, KY.; attended the public schools;nois; born near New Castle, Lawrence County,Pa., February moved to Vallonia, md., in 1811; engaged in agricultural7, 1872; moved to Illinois with his parents,who settled near pursuits; member of the Territorial house of representativesAledo, Mercer County, in 1879; attended thepublic schools; in 1812; delegate to the State constitutional convention inwas graduated from thelaw department of the University of 1816; member of the State house of representatives 1816-Illinois at Urbana in 1893; was admitted tothe bar in 1895 1821 and served as speaker; served in the State senate 1821- and commenced practice in Aledo, Ill.; prosecutingattorney 1833; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (Marchof Mercer County 1901-1909; delegate to theRepublican Na- 1837-March 3, 1839); unsuccessful candidate for reelectiontional Convention in 1912; member of the Statehouse of in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; resumed agriculturalrepresentatives in 1915 and 1916; elected as aRepublican to pursuits; died near Vallonia, md., August 17, 1858; inter-the Sixty-fifth and to the three succeedingCongresses and ment in the White Church Cemetery, Vallonia, md. served from March 4, 1917, to June 7, 1924,when he re- signed; chairman, Committee on Expendituresin the Depart- WilliamAlexander(brotherofJames GRAHAM, ment of War (Sixty-sixth Congress);appointed by President Graham), a Senator from North Carolina; born at Vesuvius of the United Furnace, near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., SeptemberCoolidge on May 29, 1924, as presiding judge States Court of Customs Appeals,Washington, D.C., and 1804; pursued classical studies and graduated from theserved from June 8, 1924, until his death in Washington, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1824; studiedD.C., November 10, 1937; remains werecremated and the law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced prac- Ill. tice in Hilisboro, N.C.; member, State house of commonsashes interred in Aledo Cemetery, Aledo, 1833-1840, serving twice as speaker; elected as a Whig to the GRAMM, William Philip (Phil), a Representativeand a United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused bythe resig-Senator from Texas; born in Fort Benning,Muscogee nation of Robert Strange and served from November25, County, Ga., July 8, 1942; attended theMuscogee County 1840, to March 3, 1843; chairman, Committee onClaimspublic schools; graduated, Georgia Military Academy,Atlan- (Twenty-seventh Congress); Governor of North Carolinata, 1961; graduated, University ofGeorgia, Athens, 1964; 1845-1849; declined the missions to Spain and Russiain received a doctorate, University of Georgia, 1967;professor 1849; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinetof Presidentof economics, Texas A.&M. University1976-1978; author; Millard Fillmore 1850-1852; unsuccessful Whig candidateforelected in 1978 as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixthCongress; vice president in 1852 on the ticket withWinfield Scott;reelected as a Democrat to the three succeedingCongresses; member, State senate 1854-1866, including service intheresigned January 5, 1983, to run for election to the Ninety- state Confederate Congress; elected tothe United Stateseighth Congress as a Republican; reelected as aRepublican, Senate in 1866, but his credentials were notpresented;by special election, on February 22, 1983(November 7, 1978- member of the board of trustees of the PeabodyFund 1867-January 5, 1983; February 22, 1983-January 3,1985); elected 1875; arbitrator in the boundary line disputebetween Vir-as a Republican to the UnitedStates Senate in 1984 for the ginia and Maryland 1873-1875; died at SaratogaSprings,term ending January 3, 1991. 1084 Biographical Directory

GRAMMER, Elijah Sherman, a Senator from Washington;coroner 1928-1930; elected to the State house of representa- born in Quincy, Hickory County, Mo., April 3, 1868; attendedtives in 1930 to fill a vacancy; presented credentials as a the common schools and Bentonville (Ark.) College; movedto Republican Member-elect to the Seventy-second Congress Washington in 1887, where he wasa logger and generaland served from March 3, 1931, to April 5, 1932, when he manager in logging camps near Tacoma; returned to Benton-was succeeded by Stanley H. Kunz, who successfully contest- yule (Ark.) College in 1892; went to Alaska in 1897as gener-ed the election; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1932 to al manager of logging camps; returned to Washington inthe Seventy-third Congress; engaged in the coal and oil busi- 1901 and located in Seattle; engagedas owner-logger inness in Chicago until May 1933; member of the State house many companies; served as president of the Employers' As-of representatives 1933-1973; assistant director of finance of sociation of Washington 1916-1917; during the First Worldthe State of Illinois 1941-1943; vice president of a glass War was appointed a major in the United States Army,company in Chicago, Iii., 1948; was a resident of Chicago, Ill., assigned to the spruce-production division at Grays and Wil- until his death there on September 29, 1973; interment in lapa Harbors 1918-1919; appointedas a Republican to theMount Carmel Cemetery. United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wesley L. Jones and served from November 22, 1932,to GRANDY, Frederick Lawrence, a Representative from March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for election to the fullIowa; born in Sioux City, Iowa, June 29, 1948; attended term; resumed his interests in the logging business; alsopublic schools; graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, served as an officer of investment and railway companies;1966; graduated from Harvard University, 1970; aide to U.S. died in Seattle, Wash., on November 19, 1936; interment inRepresentative , 1970-197 1; professional actor, Lakeview Cemetery. 1971-1985; elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth GRANAHAN, Kathryn Elizabeth (wife of William ThomasCongress (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Granahan), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born Kath- Sioux City, Iowa. ryn Elizabeth O'Hay in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., GRANFIELD, William Joseph, a Representative from December 7, 1894; educated in Easton public schools; gradu-Massachusetts; born in Springfield, Mass., December 18, ate of Easton High School and Mount St. Joseph Collegiate1889; attended the grammar and high schools; was graduat- Institute (later Chestnut Hill College), Philadelphia, Pa.;su-ed from Williston Academy, Easthampton, Mass., in 1910 pervisor of public assistance in the State Auditor General'sand from the law school of the University of Notre Dame, Department, and liaison officer between that department South Bend, Ind., in 1913; member of the common council in and Department of Public Assistance, Commonwealth of1915 and 1916; was admitted to the bar in 1916 and com- Pennsylvania,1940-1943;memberofnationalboard,menced practice in Springfield, Mass.; served in the State Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; delegate to thehouse of representatives 1917-1919; delegate to the State Democratic National Convention in 1960; electedas a Demo-constitutional convention of 1918 and 1919; delegate to the crat to the Eighty-fourth Congress, November 6, 1956, byDemocratic National Convention in 1924 and 1928 and dele- special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of hergate at large in 1932, 1936, and 1940; elected as a Democrat husband, William T. Granahan, and at thesame time wasto the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by elected to the Eighty-fifth Congress; reelected to thetwothe death of William K. Kaynor; reelected to the Seventy- succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1956,tosecond, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses and January 3, 1963; was not a candidate for reelection in 1962served from February 11, 1930, to January 3, 1937; was not a to the Eighty-eighth Congress; appointed Treasurer of thecandidate for renomination in 1936; appointed for life as United States and served from January 9, 1963, to Novem-presiding justice of the district court, Springfield, Mass., in ber 20, 1966; retired; died in Norristown, Pa., July 10, 1979;1936, and served until his retirement July 27, 1949, due to interment in Gethsemane Cemetery, Easton, Pa. illness; died in Springfield, Mass., May 28, 1959; interment GRANAHAN, William Thomas (husband of Kathryn Eliza-in St. Michael's Cemetery. beth Granahan), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born GRANGER, Amos Phelps (cousin of Francis Granger), a in Philadelphia, Pa., July 26,1895; attended parochialRepresentative from New York; born in Suffield,- Conn., schools and La Salle Extension University at Chicago, Ill.;June 3, 1789; attended the public schools; in 1811 moved to during the First World War served as a private in theManlius, N.Y., where he was president of the town for sever- Fourth Army Corps and served in the Army of Occupational years; served as captain in the War of 1812 at Sackets in Germany in 1918 and 1919; engaged in the building busi-Harbor and on the Canadian border; moved to Syracuse, ness 1925-1929; member of the State Democratic committeeN.Y., in 1820 and engaged in numerous business enterprises; 1938-1942; State supervisor of inheritance tax in 1940 andtrustee of the city of Syracuse 1825-1830; delivered the ad- 1941; chief disbursing officer of the State treasury 1941-dress of welcome to General Lafayette when he visited Syra- 1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congresscuse in 1825; delegate to the Whig National Convention in (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate1852; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress and for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; engaged inreelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress the building business; elected to the Eighty-first and to the(March 4, 1855-March 3,1859); was not a candidate for three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3,renomination in 1858; retired from active business pursuits; 1949, until his death in Darby, Pa., May 25, 1956; had beendied in Syracuse, N.Y., on August 20, 1866; interment in renominated in the April 1956 primary election; intermentOakwood Cemetery. in Saint Bernard Cemetery, Easton, Pa. GRANGER, Bradley Francis, a Representative from GRANATA, Peter Charles, a Representative from Illinois;Michigan; born in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., March 12, born in Chicago, Ill., October 28, 1898; attended the public1825; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted and high schools of his native city; was graduated fromto the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Tecumseh, Bryant and Stratton Business College at Chicago in 1912;Mich.; moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., and resumed practice; engaged in the coal business in 1917; chief clerk to theelected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress prosecutor of the city of Chicago 1926-1928 and chief deputy(March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); engaged in the practice of Biographies 1085 law until his death in Ann Arbor, Mich., November 4, 1882;the University of Utah at Cedar City in 1909 and later interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. attended the Branch Agricultural College at Cedar City, Utah; engaged in agricultural pursuits and livestock raising; GRANGER, Daniel Lamed Davis, a Representative frommember of the board of trustees of Utah State Agricultural Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., May 30, 1852; attend-College; Cedar City postmaster 1914-1922; served overseas as ed the common schools; was graduated from Brown Univer-a sergeant in the Eleventh Regiment, United States Ma- sity, Providence, R.I., in 1874 and from the law department of Boston University in 1877; was admitted to the bar inrines, in 1918 and 1919; mayor of Cedar City, Utah, 1923- 1877 and commenced practice in Providence, R.I.; reading1926 and 1930-1932; member of the State house of represent- clerk of the State house of representatives 1887-1890; treas-atives 1932-1937, serving as speaker in 1935; member of the urer of Providence from January 1890 to January 1901;Public Service Commission of Utah 1937-1940; elected as a mayor in 1901 and 1902; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and to the five succeeding eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses and served fromCongresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1953); was not a March 4, 1903, until his death in Washington, D.C., Febru-candidate for reelection in 1952 but was an unsuccessful ary 14, 1909; interment in Swan Point Cemetery, Provi-candidate for election to the United States Senate; unsuc- dence, R.I. cessful candidate for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; resumed his farming interests; member, Board of GRANGER, Francis (cousin of Amos Phelps Granger), aAppeals, United States Forest Service, Department of Agri- Representative from New York; born in Suffield, Conn., De- culture 1967-1970; retired; resided in Cedar City, Utah, cember 1, 1792; pursued classical studies and was graduatedwhere he died April 21, 1978; interment in Cedar City Ceme- from Yale College in 1811; moved with his father to Canan-tery. daigua, N.Y. in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practiceinCanandaigua,N.Y.; GRANT, Abraham Phineas, a Representative from New member of the State assembly 1826-1828 and 1830-1832;York; born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y., April unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New5, 1804; attended the public schools and was graduated from York in 1828; unsuccessful candidate of the National Repub-Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted licans for Governor of New York in 1830 and 1832; delegateto the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Oswego, N.Y.; to the Anti-Masonic National Convention at Philadelphiadistrict attorney of Oswego County in 1835; elected as a September 11, 1830; unsuccessful Whig and Anti-MasonicDemocrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837- candidate for Vice President in 1836; elected as a Whig toMarch 3, 1839); resumed the practice of law; died in Oswego, the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837);N.Y., December 11, 1871; interment in Riverside Cemetery. unsuccessful Whig candidate for election in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; again elected to the Twenty-sixth and GRANT, George Mclnvale, a Representative from Ala- Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1839,bama; born in Louisville, Barbour County, Ala., July 11, to March 5, 1841, when he resigned; appointed Postmaster1897; attended the public schools; was graduated from the General in the Cabinet of President William Henry Harri-law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa son and served from March 6 to September 18, 1841; againin 1922; was admitted to the bar the same year and com- elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancymenced practice at Troy, Ala.; served as a private and avia- caused by the resignation of John Greig and served fromtion cadet in the aviation section of the Signal Corps of the November 27, 1841, to March 3, 1843; was not a candidateUnited States Army in 1918 and 1919; county solicitor of for reelection in 1842; member of the peace convention ofPike County, Ala., 1927-1937; elected as a Democrat to the 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise meansSeventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the res- to prevent the impending war; died in Canandaigua, N.Y.,ignation of Lister Hill; reelected to the Seventy-sixth and to on August 31, 1868; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from June 14, Bibliography: DAB. 1938, to January 3, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for reelec- GRANGER, Miles Tobey, a Representative from Connecti-tion in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resumed the prac- cut; born in New Marlboro, Berkshire County, Mass., Augusttice of law; lobbyist; was a resident of Washington, D.C., 12, 1817; moved with his parents to Canaan, Conn., in 1819;until the time of his death on November 4, 1982, at sea, pursued common-school, academic, and collegiate studies,aboard the Queen Elizabeth II; interment at Arlington Na- and was graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown,tional Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Conn., in 1842; moved to Louisiana in 1843; studied law; was GRANT, James William, a Representative from Florida; admitted to the bar of Wilkinson County, Miss., in Aprilborn in Lake City, Fla., September 21, 1943; attended public 1845; returned to Canaan, Conn.; was admitted to the bar inschools; graduated from Florida State University, 1963; grad- Litchfield County in October 1845 and practiced law inuate work, University of Florida; served as organizing direc- Canaan 1847-1867; member of the State house of representa- tor and president of banks in north Florida; elected to the tives in 1857; served in the senate in 1866 and 1867; judge ofFlorida senate in 1982 and reelected in 1984; elected as a probate court 1849-1867; judge of the superior court of Con- necticut 1867-1876; elected judge of the supreme court inDemocrat to the One Hundredth Congress (January 3, 1987- 1876 and served until March 1, 1887, when he resigned;January 3, 1989); is a resident of Madison, Fla. elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, GRANT, John Gaston, a Representative from North Care- 1887-March 3, 1889); was not a candidate for renominationlina; born in Edneyville Township, Henderson County, N.C., in 1888; elected State referee in 1893 and served until hisJanuary 1, 1858; received a limited schooling; engaged in death in North Canaan, Litchfield County, Conn., Octoberagricultural pursuits; member of the State house of repre- 21, 1895; interment in the Lower Cemetery. sentatives in 1889; declined a renomination; sheriff of Hen- GRANGER, Walter Keil, a Representative from Utah;derson County 1892-1896; refused a renomination in 1896; born in St. George, Washington County, Utah, October 11,elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1888; moved with his parents to Cedar City, Utah, in 1894;1909-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in attended the public schools; was graduated from a branch of1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed agricultural pur- 1086 Biographical Directory

suits; died in Hendersonville, N.C., June 21, 1923; intermentattended private schools; graduated, Columbia University in Oak Dale Cemetery. 1956; member of the United States Army, Counter Intelli- GRANT, Robert Allen, a Representative from Indiana;gence Corps 1951-1954; member, Alaska house of representa- born near Bourbon, Marshall County, md., July 31, 1905;tives 1962-1966, elected speaker in 1965; author; engaged in moved to Hamlet, md., in 1912 and to South Bend, md., inreal estate development in Anchorage and Kenai; elected as 1922; attended the public schools; A.B., University of Notrea Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968; reelected in Dame at South Bend, md., 1928 and from its law depart-1974, and served from January 3, 1969, to January 2, 1981; ment, J.D., 1930; was admitted to the bar in 1930 and com-unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1980; is a resi- menced practice in South Bend; deputy prosecuting attorneydent of Pebble Beach, Calif. of St. Joseph County, md., in 1935 and 1936; electedas a Bibliography: Gravel, Mike. Citizen Power: A People's Platform. New Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; GRAVELY, Joseph Jackson, a Representative from Mis- resumed the practice of law in South Bend, md.; Unitedsouri; born near Leatherwood, Henry County, Va., Septem- States district judge, northern district of Indiana, 1957 andber 25, 1828; attended the public schools; engaged in agricul- chief judge 1961-1972, senior judge 1972 to present; servedtural pursuits and taught school; studied law; was admitted on United States Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals,to the bar and practiced; member of the State house of 1976 to present; is a resident of Mishawaka, md. representatives in 1853 and 1854; moved to Missouri in 1854; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1860; GRANTLAND, Seaton, a Representative from Georgia;served in the State senate in 1862 and 1864; during the Civil born in New Kent County, Va., on June 8, 1782; pursued anWar served in the Union Army as colonel of the Eighth academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar andRegiment, Missouri Volunteer Cavalry; elected as a Republi- commenced practice in Milledgeville, Ga.; elected as a Jack- sonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as acan to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835-Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 1871 and 1872; died in March 3, 1839); presidential elector on the Whig ticket inStockton, Cedar County, Mo., April 28, 1872; interment in 1840; died at his home, "Woodville," near Milledgeville, Ga.,Lindley Prairie Cemetery, near Bear Creek, Mo. October 18, 1864; interment in Milledgeville Cemetery. GRAVES, Alexander, a Representative from Missouri; GRASSLEY, Charles Ernest, a Representative and a Sen-born in Mount Carmel, Covington County, Miss., August 25, ator from Iowa; born in New Hartford, Butler County, Iowa,1844; attended Centre College, Danville, KY.; at the outbreak September 17, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated,of the Civil War joined the Confederate Army and served University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1955; received aunder Gen. N.B. Forrest; paroled with him at Gainesville, graduate degree from the same university in 1956; pursuedAla., in May 1865; after being mustered out returned to graduate work, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1957-1958;college and was graduated from Oakland (later Alcorn) Uni- engaged inagriculture;part-time university instructor;versity, Mississippi, in July 1867; studied law; was graduated member, Iowa house of representatives 1959-1974; elected infrom the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in June 1974 as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth Congress; reelect-1869; was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Lexing- ed to the Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses (Januaryton, Mo.; city attorney in 1872; prosecuting attorney of La- 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); was not a candidate in 1980 forfayette County, Mo., in 1874; elected as a Democrat to the reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected toForty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuc- the United States Senate for the term commencing Januarycessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth 3, 1981; reelected in 1986 for the term ending January 3,Congress; continued the practice of law until his death in 1993. Lexington, Mo., on December 23, 1916; interment in Machpe- GRASSO, Ella Tambussi, a Representative from Connecti-lah Cemetery. cut; born Ella Rose Tambussi in Windsor Locks, Hartford GRAVES, Dixie Bibb, a Senator from Alabama; born on a County, Conn., May 10, 1919; attended the St. Mary's Schoolplantation near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., in Windsor Locks, and the Chaffee School in Windsor; B.A.,July 26, 1882; attended the public schools; civic leader; trust- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., 1940; M.A.ee of Alabama Boys' Industrial School, Birmingham, Ala.; same college, 1942; during the Second World War served as assistant director of research for the War Manpower Com-president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy 19 15- mission of Connecticut; Connecticut house of representa-1917; active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union, tives, 1953-1957, and became first woman to be elected floorthe Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs, and the women's leader, 1955; secretary of State of Connecticut, 1958, andsuffrage movement; appointed as a Democrat by Governor reelected, 1962, 1966; first woman chairman, DemocraticBibb Graves, her husband, to the United States Senate to fill State Platform Committee, 1956-1968; member, Platformthe vacancy caused by the resignation of Hugo L. Black and Drafting Committee, 1960, Democratic National Convention;served from August 20, 1937, until her resignation January cochairman, Resolutions Committee, Democratic National10, 1938; was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy; Conventions, 1964,1968; elected as a Democrat to theretired from public life; died in Montgomery, Ala., January Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses (January3, 21, 1965; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. 1971-January 3, 1975); was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress but was elected Governor GRAVES, William Jordan, a Representative from Ken- of Connecticut in 1974 for the four-year term commencingtucky; born in New Castle, Ky., in 1805; pursued an academ- January 1975; reelected in 1978; resigned due to a physicalic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and prac- disability, December 31, 1980; resided in Windsor Locks,ticed; member of the State house of representatives in 1834; Conn., until her death in Hartford, Conn., February 5, 1981;elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, and interment in St. Mary's Cemetery, Windsor Locks, Conn.Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841); en- gaged in a duel on the Marlboro Road in Maryland with GRAVEL, Maurice Robert (Mike), a Senator from Alaska; Congresman Jonathan Cilley in 1838, in which the latter born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., May 13, 1930;was killed; this duel prompted passage of a congressional act Biographies 1087 of February 20, 1839, prohibiting the giving or accepting,in August 1898 to settle differences between the United within the District of Columbia, of challenges to a duel; wasStates and Canada; member of the commission to arrange not a candidate for renomination in 1840; again a member ofterms of peace between the United States and Spain 1898; the State house of representatives in 1843; died in Louisville,appointed judge of the United States Circuit Court of Ap- Ky., September 27, 1848; interment in the private burialpeals for the third circuit by President William McKinley grounds at his former residence in Henry County, Ky. 1899-19 14; chairman of the commission to investigate condi- tions of the coal strike in Pennsylvania 1902; appointed by GRAY, Edward Winthrop, a Representative from NewPresident McKinley to the Permanent Court of Arbitration Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., August 18, 1870; attendedat The Hague in 1900; reappointed in 1906 by President the public schools; newspaper reporter in New York CityTheodore Roosevelt, in 1912 by President William Taft, and 1894-1896; owner and publisher of the Summit (N.J.) Herald in 1920 by President Woodrow Wilson; member of several in 1897 and 1898; city editor and managing editor of thecommissions established to arbitrate various international Newark Daily Advertiser 1898-1902; president and generaldisputes; member, Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In- manager of the Newark Daily Advertising Publishing Co.stitution 1890-1925; vice president and trustee of the Carne- 1902-1904; secretary to Gov. Edward C. Stokes 1904-1907; appointed by Governor Murphy a commissioner to investi-gie Endowment for International Peace; died in Wilmington, gate tenement-house conditions in 1902; member of theDel., August 7, 1925; interment in Presbyterian Cemetery, New Castle, Del. board of tenement-house supervision 1900-1908; secretary of Bibliography: DAB; Crosslin, Michael. "The Diplomacy of George Gray." the Republican State committee 1908-1913; organized the PhD dissertation, Oklahoma State University, 1980. Commercial Casualty Insurance Co., Newark, N.J., in 1909; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth GRAY, Hiram, a Representative from New York; born in Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful can- Salem, Washington County, N.Y., July 10, 1801; attended didate for election in 1918 to the United States Senate;Salem Academy; was graduated from Union College in 1821; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Representative instudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1823 and practiced 1924 and for Senator in 1928; writer, publisher, and lecturer;in Elmira, N.Y., 1825-1828; elected as a Democrat to the died in Newark, N.J., June 10, 1942; interment in MountTwenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839); ap- Pleasant Cemetery. pointed by Gov. circuit judge and vice chancel- GRAY, Edwin, a Representative from Virginia; born inlor of the sixth judicial district of New York in 1846; elected Southampton County, Va., July 18, 1743; educated at thejustice of the supreme court of New York in 1847; reelected College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; served inin 1851 and served until 1860; commissioner of appeals 1870- the colonial House of Burgesses 1769-1775; member of the1875; resumed the practice of law; died in Elmira, N.Y., May State conventions in 1774, 1775, and 1776; member of the 6, 1890; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. State house of delegates in 1776, 1779, 1787, 1788, and 1791; GRAY, John Cowper, a Representative from Virginia; served in the State senate 1777-1779; elected as a Federalistborn in Southampton County, Va., in 1783; pursued an aca- to the Sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4,demic course; member of the State house of delegates 1804- 1799-March 3, 1813); died in Nansemond County, Va. 1806 and 1821-1823; elected to the Sixteenth Congress to fill GRAY, Finly Hutchinson, a Representative from Indiana;the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Johnson and born near Orange, Fayette County, md., July 21, 1863; at-served from August 28, 1820, to March 3, 1821; unsuccessful tended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to thecandidate in 1820 for reelection to the Seventeenth Con- bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Connersville, md.;gress; died May 18, 1823. mayor of Connersville 1904-1910; elected as a Democrat to GRAY, Joseph Anthony, a Representative from Pennsyl- the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congressesvania; born in Susquehanna Township (now Spangler Bor- (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate forough), Cambria County, Pa., February 25, 1884; attended the reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress and for electionpublic schools and St. Benedict's School, Carroiltown, Pa.; in 1917 to fill the vacancy in the same Congress caused bywas graduated from Eastman College atPoughkeepsie, N.Y., the death of Daniel W. Comstock; resumed the practice ofin 1905; served as a private in Company H, Fifth Infantry, law and also engaged in lecturing; again elected to the Sev-United States Army, 1900-1902 and in the United States enty-third,Seventy-fourth,and Seventy-fifth CongressesSignal Corps in 1902 and 1903; studied law; was admitted to (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate forthe bar in 1910 and commenced practice in Ebensburg, Pa.; reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; reengagedmember of the State house of representatives in 1913 and in the practice of law in Connersville, md.; until his death1914; served as president of the board of health 1916-1920; there on May 8, 1947; interment in Dale Cemetery. became a motion-picture exhibitor at Spangler, Pa., in 1920; GRAY, George, a Senator from Delaware; born in Newschool director of Spangler, Pa., 1930-1934 and councilman Castle, New Castle County, Del., May 4, 1840; attended the1939-1943; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and common schools and graduated from PrincetonUniversity inSeventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); 1859; studied law with his father and attended Harvard Lawunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy- School; was admitted to the bar in 1863 and commencedsixth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-sev- practice in New Castle; attorney general of Delaware 1879-enth Congress; resumed the practice of law and also publish- 1885, when he resigned, having been elected Senator; electeder of "The Conservative" aweekly newspaper; died in as a Democrat to the UnitedStates Senate to fill the vacan-Spangler, Pa., May 8, 1966; interment in Holy Cross Ceme- cy caused by the resignation of ThomasF. Bayard; reelectedtery. in 1887 and 1893 and served from March 18, 1885, to March 3, 1899; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1899; chair- GRAY, Kenneth James, a Representative from Illinois; man, Committee on Patents (Fifty-thirdCongress), Commit-born in West Frankfort, Franklin County, mn., November 14, tee on Privileges and Elections (Fifty-third Congress),Com- 1924; attended the West Frankfort and Pope County elemen- mitteeon RevolutionaryClaims(Fifty-fifthCongress);tary schools and graduated from West Frankfort Community member of the Joint High Commission which met in QuebecHigh School; owner of Gray Motors, West Frankfort, ml!., 1088 Biographical Directory

1942-1954; also operated an air service at Benton, Ill., 1948classical studies, and was graduated from South Carolina to 1952; licensed pilot; during the Second World War servedCollege at Columbia in 1809; studied law; was admitted to from January 1943 as a crew chief with the Twelfth Airthe bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Beaufort, S.C.; Force in North Africa; served with the combat engineers ofmember of the State house of representatives, 1813-1815 and the Fifth Army in Italy; returned to the Twelfth Air Force1822-1825; served in the State senate 1826-1831; elected and participated in combat over southern France and cen-commissioner in equity for Beaufort District in 1831 and tral Europe until discharged as a first sergeant in Decemberresigned from the senate; elected as a Nullifier to the 1945; one of the founders of the Walking Dog Foundation forTwenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833- the Blind; licensed auctioneer; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses andMarch 3,1837); collector of customs at Charleston from served from January 3, 1955, until his resignation DecemberAugust 9, 1841, to March 19, 1853; retired to his plantation; 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to thewas a frequent contributor to the Southern Quarterly Ninety-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to theReview; died in Newberry, S.C., on October 4, 1863; inter- Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Congresses (January 3,ment in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. 1985-January 3, 1989); is a resident of West Frankfort, Ill. GREELEY, Horace, a Representative from New York; GRAY, Oscar Lee, a Representative from Alabama; bornborn in Amherst, N.H., February 3,1811; attended the in Mississippi July 2, 1865; attended the common schools ofpublic schools; apprenticed to the art of printing in East Choctaw County, and was graduated from the University ofPoultney, Vt., 1826-1830; worked as a journeyman printer in Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1885; taught school for severalErie, Pa., in 1831, and later in New York City; commenced years; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commencedthe publication of the Morning Post January 1, 1833, but it practice in March 1919 in Alabama; superintendent of edu- was soon discontinued; published the New Yorker 1834-184 1; cation for Choctaw County; solicitor for the first judicialedited the Log Cabin in 1840; founded the New York Trib- circuit 1904-1910; delegate to the Democratic National Con- une April 10, 1841, and edited it until his death; elected as a vention in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourthWhig to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919);the unseating of David S. Jackson and served from Decem- resumed the practice of law; elected judge of the first judi-ber 4, 1848, to March 3, 1849; was not a candidate for reelec- cial circuit of Alabama in November 1934; died at Shreve-tion in 1848; visited Europe in 1851 and was chairman of one port, La., January 2, 1936; interment in Forest Park Ceme-of the juries at the World's Fair in London; commissioner to tery. the Paris Exposition in 1855; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860 from Oregon, being denied a GRAY, William Herbert, III, a Representative from Penn- sylvania; born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish,place on the New York delegation; unsuccessful candidate La., August 20, 1941; attended the public schools; graduatedfor Senator in 1861; delegate to the State constitutional con- from Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; B.A.,vention in 1867; at the close of the Civil War advocated Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., 1963; M.Div.,universal amnesty, and in May 1867 offered bail for Jeffer- Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N.J., 1966; Th.M.,son Davis; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, 1970; minister1870 to the Forty-second Congress; nominated by the Liberal in Montclair, N.J., and Philadelphia, Pa., 1963 to present;Republicans in Cincinnati in 1872 and by the Democrats in taught at St. Peter's College, Jersey City, N.J., 1970-1974,Baltimore for the Presidency, but was defeated by Grant; Jersey City State College, 1968-1969, Rutgers University,died near New York City November 29, 1872; interment in 1971, and Montclair (N.J.) State College, 1970-1972; electedGreenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the four succeeding Bibliography: DAB; Greeley, Horace. Recollections of a Busy Life. New York: J.B. Ford & Co., 1868; Van Deusen, Glyndon Oarlock. Horace Gree- Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1989); chairman, ley, Nineteenth-Century Crusader. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Committee On the Budget (Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Press, 1953. Congresses); is a resident of Philadelphia, Pa. GREEN, Byram, a Representative from New York; born GRAYSON, William (uncle of Alexander Dairymple Orr),in East Windsor, Berkshire County, Mass., April 15, 1786; a Delegate and a Senator from Virginia; born in Princeattended the public schools and was graduated from Wil- William County, Va., around 1740; attended the College ofliams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1808; professor in a Philadelphia, now the University of Pennsylvania; pursuedcollege at Beaufort, S.C., in 1810; studied law; was admitted classical studies in England at the University of Oxford andto the bar and practiced; judge of the circuit court of Wayne studied law in London; returned to Virginia and practicedCounty in 1814; fought in the Battle of Sodus Point during law in Dumfries; during the Revolutionary War was commis-the War of 1812; member of the State assembly 1816-1822; sionedlieutenant-coloneland aide-de-camptoGeneral George Washington and promoted to colonel January 1777;served in the State senate in 1823 and 1824; elected to the commissioner of the Board of War 1780-178 1; resumed theTwenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); died practice of law; member, Virginia house of delegates 1784-in Sodus, N.Y., October 18, 1865; interment in the Rural 1785, 1788; member of the Continental Congress 1785-1787; Cemetery. delegate to the Virginia convention of 1788 for the adoption GREEN, Edith Starrett, a Representative from Oregon; of the Federal Constitution, which he opposed; elected to theborn Edith Louise Starrett, January 17, 1910, in Trent, United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, untilMoody County, S.Dak.; moved with her parents to Oregon in his death in Dumfries, Va., March 12, 1790; interment on1916; attended schools in Salem, Oreg., and Williamette Uni- the old family estate at Belle Air, near Dumfries, Va. versity 1927-1929; was graduated from the University of Bibliography: DAB; Bristow, Weston. William Grayson, A Study in Vir-Oregon, 1939; taught school in Salem, Oreg., 1930-1941; ginia Biography of the Eighteenth Century." Richmond College Historical Papers 2 (June 1917); Horrell, Joseph. "New Light on William Grayson." radio work, 1943-1947; director of public relations, Oregon Magazine of Virginia History and Biography 92 (October 1984): 423-43. Education Associations; Democratic candidate for secretary of State of Oregon in 1952; delegate, Democratic National GRAYSON, William John, a Representative from SouthConventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968, and served as chair- Carolina; born in Beaufort, S.C., November 2, 1788; pursuedman of State delegation in 1960 and 1968; United States Biographies 1089 delegate to Interparliamentary conference in Switzerland in1813); appointed by President Madison collector of customs 1958; congressional delegate to NATO conference in Londonfor the district of Barnstable, Mass., in 1814 and served until in 1959; delegate, UNESCO General Conference, 1964 and 1837; resumed the practice of law; died in Cambridge, Mass., 1966;member, Presidential Commission on Statusofon December 5, 1841; interment in the OldCambridge Ceme- Women; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and totery; the nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955; until her resignation December 31, 1975; was not a GREEN, James Stephen, a Representative and a Senator candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Con- from Missouri; born near Rectortown, Fauquier County, Va., gress; professor of government at Warner Pacific College;February 28, 1817; attended the common schools; moved to appointed to Oregon Board of Higher Education in 1979; wasAlabama and then to Missouri about 1838; studied law; was April 21,admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in a resident of Portland, Oreg. until her death on Monticello, Mo.; delegate to the State constitutional conven- 1987. Bibliography: Rosenberg, Marie C. Barovic. "Women in Politics: A Com- tion in 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and parative Study of Congresswomen Edith Green and Julia Butler Hansen."Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); was Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 1973. not a candidate for renomination in 1850; Chargé d'Affaires to Colombia 1853-1854; appointed Minister Resident in June GREEN, Frederick William, a Representative from Ohio;1854, but did not present his credentials; elected as a Demo- born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Md., February 18,crat to the Thirty-fifth Congress, but did not take his seat, 1816; settled in Tiffin, Ohio, in 1833; pursued an academichaving been elected to the United States Senate to fill the course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commencedvacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1855, andserved practice in Tiffin, Ohio; auditor of Seneca County for sixfrom January 12, 1857, to March 3, 1861; chairman, Commit- years; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-secondandtee on Territories (Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses); Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); wasdied in St. Louis, Mo., January 19, 1870; interment in the not a candidate for renomination; moved to Cleveland, Ohio,Old Cemetery, Canton, Mo. and served as clerk of the United States District Court for Bibliography: DAB. the Northern District of Ohio 1855-1866; Ohio commissioner to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition; editor of the GREEN, Robert Alexis, a Representative from Florida; Cleveland Plain Dealer 1866-1874; State oil inspector in 1878born near Lake Butler, Bradford County (now Union and 1879; died in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 18, 1879; inter- County), Fla., February 10, 1892; attended the rural schools; ment in Woodland Cemetery. commenced teaching in Liberty Public School at the age of 16; was graduated from the high school at Lake Butler in GREEN, Henry Dickinson, a Representative from Penn-1913; messenger in the State house of representatives 1913- sylvania; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., May 3, 1857;19 15; assistant chief clerk of the State house of representa- attended the public schools, and was graduated from thetives 1915-1917 and chief clerk in 1917 and 1918; University Reading High School in 1872 and Yale College in 1877; stud-of Florida at Gainesville, B.S., 1916; studied accounting and ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commencedbusiness administration at Howard University; principal of practice in Reading, Pa.; member of the State house of rep-Suwannee High School in 1916 and 1917; vice president of resentatives 1883-1886; served in the State senate 1889-1896;the Florida Educational Association in 1918; member of the captain of Company G, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol- State house of representatives 1918-1920, serving as speaker unteers, in the war with Spain in 1898; delegate to thepro tempore in 1918; studied law atYale University; was Democratic National Convention in 1900; elected as a Demo-admitted to the bar in 1921 and commenced practice in crat to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused byStarke, Fla; elected judge of Bradford County, Fla., in 1921 the death of Daniel Ermentrout; reelected to the Fifty-sev-and served until 1924, when he resigned, having been elect- enth Congress and served from November 7, 1899, to Marched to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth 1903; was not a candidate for renomination; editor of theCongress; reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses and Reading Telegram 1903-1912 and of the Reading Timesserved from March 4, 1925, until his resignation on Novem- 1911-1913; resumed the practice of law in Reading, Pa.; alsober 25, 1944, to enter the United States Navy; chairman, admitted to the bar in Texas in 1920; engaged in oil oper-Committee on Territories (Seventy-third through Seventy- ation in the midcontinent oil field; died in Reading, Pa., oneighth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in December 29, 1929; interment in Arlington National Ceme-1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress, but was an unsuccessful tery. candidate for the Florida gubernatorial nomination; served GREEN, Innis, a Representative from Pennsylvania; bornas a lieutenant commander in theUnited States Navy from in Hanover Township, Pa., February 26, 1776; pursued anNovember 25, 1944, to November 2, 1945; resumed the prac- academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar andtice of law at Starke, Fla., and served as county prosecuting practiced; appointed associate judge of Dauphin County byattorney and as city attorney for the city of Starke;member, Governor Findlay August 10, 1818, and resigned October 23,Democratic Executive committee, Bradford County, and 1827; elected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as aState Democratic Executive committee; died February 9, Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1827-1973, in Gainesville, Fla.; interment in New River Cemetery March 3,1831); reappointed associate judge of Dauphinin Bradford County near the community of New River. County and served until his death in Dauphin, Pa., August GREEN, Robert Stockton, a Representative from New 1839; interment in Dauphin Cemetery. Jersey; born in Princeton, N.J., March 25, 1831; attended the GREEN, Isaiah Lewis, a Representative from Massachu-common schools, and was graduatedfrom the College of setts; born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., Decem-New Jersey (now Princeton University) at Princeton in 1850; ber 28, 1761; pursued classical studies, and was graduatedstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced from Harvard University in 1781; studied law; was admittedpractice in Elizabeth, N.J.; prosecutor of the borough courts to the bar and practiced; elected as a Republican to thein 1857; city attorney of Elizabeth 1857-1868; delegate tothe Ninth and Tenth Congresses (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1809);Democratic National Conventions in 1860, 1880, and 1888; elected to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811-March 3,surrogate of Union County 1862-1867; member of the city 1090 Biographical Directory

council 1863-1873; presiding judge of Union County Court of GREEN, Wharton Jackson (grandson of Jesse Wharton Common Pleas 1868-1873; member of the commission tosug-and cousin of Matt Whitaker Ransom), a Representative gest amendments to the constitution of New Jersey in 1873;from North Carolina; born in St. Marks, Wakula County, admitted to the bar of New York in 1874; electedas aFla., February 28, 1831; was instructed by private tutors; Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress and served fromattended Georgetown College, Lovejoy's Academy, Raleigh, March 4, 1885, until his resignation on January 17, 1887;N.C., and the United States Military Academy, West Point, Governor of New Jersey 1887-1889; vice chancellor of theN.Y.; studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottes- State 1890-1895; judge of the court of errors and appeals inville and at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; was 1894 and 1895; died in Elizabeth, N.J., May 7, 1895; inter-admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in ment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Washington, D.C.;engaged inagriculturalpursuits in GREEN, Sedgwick William, a Representative from NewWarren County, N.C., in 1859; during the Civil War enlisted York; born in New York City October 16, 1929; attendedin the Confederate service in 1861; commissioned as a lieu- Hunter Model Elementary School, New York City; graduat-tenant colonel, in the Second North Carolina Battalion; ed from High School, Riverdale, N.Y. 1946;afterward served on General Daniel's staff; wounded and A.B., Harvard College, 1950; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1953;taken prisoner at the ; settled at "Tokay elected to the Harvard Law Review; admitted to the DistrictVineyard," near Fayetteville, N.C., and became interested in of Columbia bar in 1953 and the New York bar in 1954 andviticulture; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions commenced practice in New York City in 1956; served in thein 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1888; first president of the Society of United States Army, 1953-1955; law secretary, Judge GeorgeConfederate Soldiers and Sailors in North Carolina; elected T. Washington, United States Court of Appeals for the Dis-as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congress- trict of Columbia Circuit, 1955-1956; chief counsel, Newes (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for York Joint Legislative Committee on Housing and Urbanrenomination in 1886; devoted his time to the cultivation of Development, 1961-1964; member of the New York Statehis vineyard and to literary pursuits; died at "Tokay," near assembly, 1965-1968; regional administrator (N.Y.), UnitedFayetteville, N.C., August 6, 1910; interment in Cross Creek States Department of Housing and Urban Development,Cemetery, Fayetteville, N.C. 1970-1977; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth Con- GREEN, William Joseph (son of William Joseph Green, gress, by special election, February 14, 1978, to fill the va-Jr.), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadel- cancy caused by the resignation of Edward I. Koch; reelectedphia, Pa., June 24, 1938; attended St. Joseph's Prep School; to the five succeeding Congresses and served from FebruaryB.A., St. Joseph's College, 1960; attended Villanova Law 21, 1978, to January 3, 1989; is a resident of New York City.School; elected chairman of the Philadelphia County Execu- GREEN, Theodore Francis (grandnephew of Samueltive Committee; elected as a Democrat, by special election, Greene Arnold, great-grandnephew of Tristam Burges, great-April 28, 1964, to the Eighty-eighth Congress to fill the grandson of James Burrill, Jr., great-great-grandson of Jona-vacancy caused by the death of his father, William Joseph than Arnold, and great-great-nephew of Lemuel HastingsGreen, Jr.; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and Arnold), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence,served from April 28, 1964, until January 3, 1977; was not a R.I., October 2, 1867; attended private and public schools;candidate in 1976 for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1887;but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United attended Harvard University Law School and the Universi- States Senate; elected mayor of Philadelphia in 1979 and ties of Bonn and Berlin in Germany; was admitted to theserved from January 7, 1980, to January 2, 1984; was not a bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Providence, R.I.;candidate for reelection in 1983; resumed the practice of law; instructor in Roman law at Brown University, Providence,is a resident of Philadelphia, Pa. R.I., 1894-1897; received a commission as lieutenant during GREEN, William Joseph, Jr. (father of William Joseph the Spanish-American War; chairman of the city plan com-Green), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Phila- mission of Providence 1917-1919; member, State house ofdelphia, Pa., March 5, 1910; attended the parochial schools representatives 1907; unsuccessful Democratic candidate forand was graduated from St. Joseph's Preparatory School; Governor in 1912, 1928, and 1930; unsuccessful candidate forattended St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pa.; engaged in election in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; Governor ofbusiness as an insurance broker in Philadelphia, Pa., in Rhode Island 1933-1936; financially interested in numerous1937; served in the United States Army as a private in the corporations and business enterprises and served as officerQuartermaster Corps from March 22, 1944, to December 4, and director; elected as a Democrat to the United States1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress Senate in 1936, 1942, 1948, and again in 1954, and served(January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful for reelec- from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1961; was not a candi-tion in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; elected to the Eighty- date for renomination in 1960; chairman, Committee onfirst and to the seven succeeding Congresses, and served Privileges and Elections (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-from January 3, 1949, until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., ninth Congresses), co-chairman, Joint Committee on the Li-December 21, 1963; interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. brary (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses), chairman, Bibliography: DAB. Joint Committee on the Library (Eighty-fourth through Eighty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Rules and Adminis- GREEN, William Raymond, a Representative from Iowa; tration (Eighty-fourth Congress), Committee on Foreign Re-born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., November 7, lations (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses); at the1856; attended the public schools in Malden, Ill. and Prince- time of his retirement, was, at ninety-eight, the oldest manton (Ill.) High School; was graduated from Oberlin College at ever to serve in Congress; died in Providence, R.I., May 19,Oberlin, Ohio, in 1879; studied law; was admitted to the bar 1966; interment in Swan Point Cemetery. in 1882 and commenced practice in Dow City, Iowa; moved Bibliography: Levine, Erwin. Theodore Francis Green: The Rhode Islandhis office to Audubon, Iowa, in 1884; judge of the district Years, 1906-1936. Providence: Brown University Press, 1963; Levine, Erwin. court in the fifteenth judicial district of Iowa from 1894 until Theodore Francis Green: The WashingtonYears,1937-1960.Providence: 1911, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the Sixty- Brown University Press, 1971. second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation Biographies 1091 of Walter I. Smith; reelected to the Sixty-third and to theForty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, to Feb- seven succeeding Congresses and served from June 5,1911,ruary 17, 1870, when he was succeeded byCharles H. Van until March 31, 1928, when he resigned; chairman, Commit-Wyck, who contested his election; member of the State as- tee on Ways and Means (Sixty-eighth through Seventiethsembly 1885-1888; died in New York City July 21, 1895; Congresses); appointed a judge of the Court of Claims of theinterment in "The Plains" Cemetery, Otisville, N.Y. United States and served from April 1, 1928, until May 29, GREENE, Ray, a Senator from Rhode Island; born in 1940, when he resigned, but was recalled and continued toWarwick, R.I., February 2, 1765; pursued classical studies serve until June 1942; retired from active pursuits and re- and graduated from Yale College in 1784; studied law; was sided at Beilport, N.Y., until his death there on June 11,admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Providence, 1947; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. R.I.; attorney general of Rhode Island 1794-1797; elected as GREEN, Willis, a Representative from Kentucky; born ina Federalist to the United States Senatein 1797 to ifil the the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia; attended the publicvacancy caused by the resignation of WilliamBradford; re-- schools; settled in that part of Virginia which is now theelected in 1799 and served from November 13, 1797, to State of Kentucky; clerk of court of Lincoln County in 1783;March 5, 1801, when he resigned, having been nominated for served as a member of the State constitutional convention ina judicial position; designated adistrict judge of Rhode 1792; surveyor for locating land warrants; member of theIsland by President John Adams, but, through a technical- State house of representatives in 1836 and 1837; elected as aity, was not appointed; died in Warwick, R.I., January 11, Whig to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-1849; interment in the family burying ground on his estate eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845). at Warwick. GREENE, Albert Collins, a Senator from Rhode Island; GREENE, Thomas Marston, a Delegate from Mississippi born in East Greenwich, R.I., April 15, 1792; graduated fromTerritory; born in James City County, Va., February 26, Kent Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1812 1758; moved with his parents to Natchez District, Mississippi and commenced practice in East Greenwich; member, houseTerritory, in 1782; moved to Bruinsburg; engaged in plant- of representatives 1815-1825, serving as speaker 1821-1825;ing; member of the first general assembly of the Territory in brigadier general and then major general of the Fourth1800; elected a Delegate to the Seventh Congress to fill the Brigade of State Militia 1816-1823; attorney general ofvacancy caused by the death ofNarsworthy Hunter and Rhode Island 1825-1843; member, State senate 1843-1844; served from December 6, 1802, to March 3, 1803; died Febru- elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and servedary 7, 1813; interment on hisSpringfield plantation, west of from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1851; was not a candidateFayette, Miss. for reelection; elected to the State senate in 1851 and 1852; member, State house of representatives 1857; retired from GREENE, William Laury, a Representative from Nebras- public life; died in Providence, R.I., January 8, 1863; inter- ka; born near Ireland, Pike County, md., October 3, 1849; ment in Grace Church Cemetery. moved with his parents to Dubois County, in the sameState; attended the common schools and was graduated from Ire- GREENE, Frank Lester, a Representative and a Senatorland Academy, Indiana; taught school; studied law; was ad- from Vermont; born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt.,mitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice inBloom- February 10, 1870; attended the public schools; employed byington, md.; moved with his family to Kearney, Nebr.,in the Central Vermont Railway Co. in various capacities 1883-1883 and continued the practice of his profession; unsuccess- 1891; served in the Vermont National Guard 1888-1900,ful candidate for election to the United States Senatein rising from private to captain; recruited an infantry compa-1893; judge of the twelfth judicial district of Nebraska1895- ny during the Spanish-American War, serving ascaptain;1897; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth andFifty-sixth mustered out and commissioned colonel on the staff of theCongresses and served from March 4, 1897, untilhis death Governor; reporter and later editor of the St. Albans Dailyin Omaha, Nebr., March 11, 1899; interment in Kearney Messenger 1891-1912; president of the Vermont Press Asso- ciation 1904-1905; member of the commission to prepare and Cemetery, Kearney, Nebr. propose amendments to the State constitution in 1908; elect- GREENE, , a Representative from Mas- ed as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress to fill thesachusetts; born in Tremont, Tazewell County, Ill.,April 28, vacancy caused by the death of David J. Foster;reelected to1841; moved with his parents to Fall River, Mass., in 1844; the Sixty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses andattended the public schools; engaged in the real estateand served from July 30, 1912, until March 3, 1923; regent of theinsurance business; member of the common council1876- Smithsonian Institution 1917-1923; elected in 1922 as a Re-1879, and served as president of that body 1877-1879; mayor publican to the United States Senate; reelected in 1928 andof Fall River in 1880; reelected mayor in 1881, butresigned served from March 4, 1923, until his death in St. Albans,the same year; appointed postmaster of Fall River onMarch Vt., December 17, 1930; chairman, Committee on Enrolled22, 1881, and served until March 30, 1885; again served as Bills (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses); inter- mayor 1886 and 1895-1897;declined to be a candidate for ment in Greenwood Cemetery. reelection in 1898; general superintendent of State prisons Bibliography: U.S. Congress. Memorial Services for Frank Lester Greene. 1888-1893; appointed postmaster of Fall River and served list Cong., 3rd sess.,1930-1931. Washington, D.C.: Government Printingfrom March 9, to July 1, 1898, when he resigned; elected as a Office, 1931. Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy GREENE, George Woodward, a Representative from Newcaused by the death of ; reelected to the Fifty- York; born in Mount Hope, Orange County, N.Y., July 4,sixth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses andserved 1831; pursued classical studies and was graduated from thefrom May 31, 1898, until his death at Fall River, Mass., University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; taught school;September 22, 1924; chairman, Committee on Expenditures studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced in the Department of the Navy (Fifty-eighth Congress),Com- practice in Goshen, N.Y.; school commissioner for Orangemittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Sixtieth,Sixty- County; judge of the Orange County Courts1861-1864; pre-first, and Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses); inter- sented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect tothement in Oak Grove Cemetery. 1092 Biographical Directory

GREENHALGE, Frederic Thomas, a Representative fromgress; reelected to the Third Congress and as a Republican Massachusetts; born in Clitheroe, England, July 19, 1842;to the Fourth Congress and served from November 9, 1792, immigrated with his parents to the United States in earlyto March 3, 1797; member of the State house of representa- childhood; attended the public schools of Lowell, Mass., andtives in 1798; clerk of the State senate 1799-1802; appointed Harvard University 1859-1862; taught school and studiedjudge of the circuit court in 1802; Governor of Kentucky law; during the Civil War was with the Union Army in New1804-1808; presidential elector on the Madison and Clinton Bern, N.C., for five months; was admitted to the bar inticket in 1808; justice of the peace in Franklin County in Lowell, Mass., in 1865; served in the common council of1812; one of the original trustees of Transylvania University, Lowell in 1868 and 1869; member of the school committeeLexington, Ky.; died in Frankfort, Ky., April 27, 1818; inter- 1871-1873; mayor of Lowell in 1880 and 1881; unsuccessfulment in State Cemetery. candidate for election to the State senate in 1881; delegate to Bibliography: DAB. the Republican National Convention in 1884; member of the State house of representatives in 1885; unsuccessful candi- GREENWAY, Isabella Selmes (later Mrs. Harry Orland date for reelection; city solicitor in 1888; practiced law inKing), a Representative from Arizona; born Isabella Selmes Middlesex and other counties; elected as a Republican to thein Boone County, Ky., March 22, 1886; attended the public Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); unsuc-schools and Miss Chapin's School, in New York City; home- cessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-secondsteaded near Tyrone, N.Mex., in 1910; served as chairman of Congress; elected Governor of Massachusetts and servedthe Women's Land Army of New Mexico in 1918; moved to from January 1894 until his death in Lowell, Mass., onTucson, Ariz., in 1923; Democratic National committeewom- March 5, 1896; interment in Lowell Cemetery. an from Arizona; owner and operator of a cattle ranch; Bibliography: DAB. owner of Gilpin Air Lines, Los Angeles, Calif., 1929-1934; in GREENLEAF, Halbert Stevens, a Representative from1929 established the Arizona Inn (a hotel resort) in Tucson; New York; born in Guilford, Windham County, Vt., April 12,elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill 1827; attended the common schools and completed an aca-the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lewis W. Douglas; demic course; moved to Shelburne Falls, Mass., and engagedreelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress and served from in the manufacture of locks; appointed justice of the peaceOctober 3, 1933, to January 3, 1937; was not a candidate for in 1856; captain of Massachusetts Militia in 1857; organizedrenomination in 1936; member of the Mount Rushmore Na- the Yale & Greenleaf Lock Co.; enlisted as a private in thetional Memorial Commission; retired from political activi- Union Army in August 1862; commissioned captain of Com-ties; died in Tucson, Ariz., December 18, 1953; interment in pany E, Fifty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers,the family cemetery on the Selmes farm in Boone County, September 12, 1862; elected colonel of the regiment OctoberKy., twenty miles from Covington, Ky. 23, 1862; employed in a salt works near New Orleans, La., GREENWOOD, Alfred Burton, a Representative from Ar- for several years; settled in Rochester, N.Y., in 1867 andkansas; born in Franklin County, Ga., July 11, 1811; pursued resumed the manufacture of locks; elected as a Democrat toclassical studies at Lawrenceville, Ga.; was graduated from the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885);the University of Georgia at Athens; studied law; was admit- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Benton- ninth Congress; elected to the Fifty-second Congress (Marchyule, Ark; member of the State house of representatives 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate for renomina-1842-1845; State prosecuting attorney 1845-185 1;circuit tion in 1892; resumed his former business activities untiljudge of Arkansas 1851-1853; elected as a Democrat to the retirement in 1896; died at his summer home in the town ofThirty-third,Thirty-fourth,andThirty-fifthCongresses Greece, near Charlotte, N.Y., on August 25, 1906; interment(March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. IndianAffairs(Thirty-fifthCongress); Commissioner of Bibliography: DAB. Indian Affairs from May 13, 1859, to April 13, 1861; served GREENMAN, Edward Whitford, a Representative fromin the Confederate House of Representatives 1862-1865; died New York; born in Berlin, Rensselaer County, N.Y., Januaryin Bentonville, Ark., October 4, 1889; interment in Odd Fel- 26, 1840; attended the common schools and De Ruyter Acad-lows Cemetery. emy, Alfred, N.Y.; engaged in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits in Berlin, N.Y.; supervisor of Berlin 1866-1868; GREENWOOD, Arthur Herbert, a Representative from clerk of Rensselaer County 1868-187 1; deputy county clerkIndiana; born near Plainville, Daviess County, md., January for ten years; moved to Troy, N.Y., in 1874; elected as a31, 1880; attended the country schools of Daviess County; Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3,was graduated from the high school of Washington, md., 1889); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; cashierfrom the law department of the University of Indiana at of the Central National Bank of Troy, N.Y., 1888-1905; cash-Bloomington, md., in 1905, and from George Washington ier of the National City Bank of Troy 1906-1908; died inUniversity, Washington, D.C., in 1925; was admitted to the Troy, N.Y., on August 3, 1908; interment in Oakwood Ceme-bar in 1905 and commenced practice in Washington, md.; tery. member of the board of education 19 10-1916; county attor- ney of Daviess County 1911-1915; prosecuting attorney for GREENUP, Christopher, a Representative from Ken-the forty-ninth judicial circuit 19 16-1918; member of George tucky; born in Westmoreland County, Va., in 1750; complet-RogersClark MemorialCommission,Vincennes,md.; ed academic studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar inmember of the official delegation attending the inauguration 1783 and commenced practice in Fayette County, Ky. (then aof President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Republic at part of Virginia); clerk of the district court at HarrodsburgManila, P.!., in 1935; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty- 1785-1792; served in the Revolutionary War and attainedeighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, the rank of colonel; member of the Virginia house of dele-1923-January 3, 1939); majority whip (Seventy-third Con- gates in 1785; member of the conventions at Danville, Ky., ingress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the 1785 and 1788 to consider separation from Virginia; movedSeventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1944 to the Seven- to Frankfort, Ky., in 1792; upon the admission of Kentuckyty-ninth Congress; lawyer, farmer, and banker in Washing- as a State into the Union was elected to the Second Con-ton, md., until his retirement in 1946; resided in Bradenton, Biographies 1093

Fla., and Bethesda, Md.; died in Bethesda, Md., April 26,tural pursuits; elected to the Second and to the seven suc- 1963; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Washington, md.ceeding Congresses (March 4, 1791-March 3, 1807); chair- man, Committee on Public Lands (NinthCongress); elected GREENWOOD, Ernest, a Representative from New York;as a Republican to the United StatesSenate and served from born in Yorkshire, England, November 25, 1884; attendedMarch 4, 1807, to March 3, 1813; served as President pro the public schools of Halifax, England, and the Eveningtempore of the Senate during the Eleventh Congress;moved Technical Institute and College; employed with engineeringto Bellefonte, Pa., in 1814 and engaged in banking; secretary firms in Sheffield, England, in 1905 and 1906, and Halifax, of State of Pennsylvania 1820-1823; unsuccessful candidate England, 1907-1910; immigrated to the United States infor Governor in 1823; died in Bellefonte, Pa., May 20, 1835; 1910 and worked for the General Electric Co., Schenectady,interment in Union Cemetery. N.Y., 1910-1914; attended City College of New York and Bibliography: DAB. Columbia University; teacher in public schools of Schenecta- dy 1914-1916 and at Islip (N.Y.) High School 1916-1920; GREGG, Curtis Hussey, a Representative from Pennsylva- member of committee on Census and Inventory of Militarynia; born in Adamsburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., August Resources during the First World War; supervisor, Federal9, 1865; attended the common schools and Greensburg (Pa.) Board of Vocational Education, 1920-1922; associate headSeminary; engaged in teaching; associate editor of the master, Dwight School for Boys and New York PreparatoryGreensburg (Pa.) Evening Press 1883-1887; studied law; was School for Adults 1922-1927, headmaster 1927-1946, andadmitted to the bar in 1888, and commenced practice in chairman, board of trustees 1946-1955; chairman of planningGreensburg, Pa.; district attorney of Westmoreland County commission, Board of Education, Bay Shore, N.Y., in 1947in 1891; member of the school board of Greensburg 1892- and 1948, and treasurer 1947-1950; in 1949 was an unsuc- 1896; delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1892, cessful Republican candidate for the Suffolk County Board of1894, and 1896; served as chairman of the Democratic county Supervisors; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Con-committee 1896-1913; unsuccessful candidate in 1900 for gress (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1953);unsuccessful candi- election to the Fifty-seventh Congress and in 1904 for elec- date for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress andtion to the State senate; member of the council of the bor- for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; died inough of Greensburg 1901-1905; delegate to the Democratic Bay Shore, N.Y., June 15, 1955; interment in Oakwood Cem-National Conventions in 1908, 1928, and 1932; elected as a etery. Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4,1911- GREEVER, Paul Ranous, a Representative from Wyo-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in ming; born in Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kans., Septem-1912; reengaged in the practice of law at Greensburg, Pa., ber 28, 1891; attended public and high schools, and wasuntil his death there on January 18, 1933; interment inSt. graduated from the law department of the University ofClair Cemetery. Kansas at Lawrence in 1917; served as a first lieutenant in GREGG, James Madison, a Representative fromIndiana; the Three Hundred and Fourteenth Trench Mortar Battery,born in Patrick County, Va., June 26, 1806; attended the Eighty-ninth Division, from April 1917 to March 1919; was public schools; studied law; was admitted to thebar in 1830 admitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Pineand began practice in Danville, md.; county surveyorof Bluffs, Wyo., and in Cody, Park County, Wyo., in 1921;Hendricks County 1834-1837; clerk of the circuit court 1837- served as mayor of Cody 1930-1932; trustee of the University 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifthCongress of Wyoming 1933-1934; also engaged in banking; elected as a (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); unsuccessful candidate for Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congressesreelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress;resumed the (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidatepractice of law in Danville, md.; member of the State house for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; resumedof representatives in 1862; died in Danville, md., onJune 16, the practice of law; accidentally shot himself while cleaning a shotgun and died in Cody, Wyo., onFebruary 16, 1943;1869; interment in South Cemetery. interment in Riverside Cemetery. GREGG, Judd Alan, a Representative from New Hamp- shire; born in Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H.,February GREGG, Alexander White, a Representative from Texas;14, 1947; attended the public schools; graduated fromPhil- born in Centerville, Leon County, Tex., January 31, 1855; Columbia attended the common schools of Texas, and was graduatedlips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., 1965; A.B., from King College, Bristol, Tenn., in 1874; studied law at theUniversity, New York City, 1969; J.D., Boston University, Boston, Mass., 1972, and LL.M., 1975; admitted tothe New University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was admitted toHampshire bar in 1972 and commenced practice in Nashua; the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Palestine, Tex.; delegate, member of the State senate 1886-1888; resumed the practicemember, Governor's executive council, 1978-1980; of law; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to theconstitutional convention, 1974; elected as a Republican to seven succeeding Congresses (March 4,1903-March 3, 1919);the Ninety-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses chairman, Committee on War Claims (Sixty-third through(January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident ofGreen- Sixty-fifth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomina-field, N.H. tion; died in Palestine, Anderson County, Tex., April 30, GREGORY, Dudley Sanford, a Representative from New 1919; interment in East Hill Cemetery. Jersey; born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn.,February GREGG, Andrew (grandfather of James Xavier McLana-5, 1800; moved with his father to Albany, N.Y.,in 1805; han), a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania;attended the public schools; was a member of theguard of born in Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 1755; attended Rev. Johnhonor to receive General Lafayette on his visit to theUnited States in 1824; moved to New York City in1824 and to Steel's Latin School in Carlisle and the Academy in Newark, freeholder of Del.; served in the Delaware militia of the Revolution; tutorJersey City in 1834; served three terms as a in the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia1779-Hudson County; elected first mayor of Jersey City in 1838 1783; moved to Middletown, Dauphin County, Pa., in1783 and held the office three terms; was at one time adirector of and engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to Penn's Valleysixteen different railroads; elected as a Whig to theThirti- (now in Bucks County), Pa., in 1789 and engaged inagricul-eth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); declined tobe a 1094 Biographical Directory

candidate for renomination in 1848; engaged in banking;Committee, 1970-1972; director, Lawrence F. O'Brien Center, died in Jersey City, N.J., December 8, 1874; interment inDag Hammarskjold College, 1972; director, Office of Inter- Greenwood Cemetery. governmental Relations, Congressional Budget Office, 1975 GREGORY, Noble Jones, (brother of William Voris Greg-to present; is a resident of Bethesda, Md. ory), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Mayfield, GRENNELL, George, Jr., a Representative from Massa- Graves County, Ky., August 30, 1897; attended private andchusetts; born in Greenfield, Mass., December 25, 1786; at- public schools and was graduated from Mayfield (Ky.) Hightended Deerfield Academy and was graduated from Dart- School in 1915 and from Mayfield Business College; servedmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1808; was admitted to the as bookkeeper, cashier, and trust officer of the First Nation-bar in 1811; prosecuting attorney for Franklin County 1820- al Bank of Mayfield, Ky., 1917-1936; servedas secretary- treasurer of the Mayfield Board of Education 1923-1936;1828; member of the State senate 1825-1827; elected to the elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the tenTwenty-first Congress; reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and as a succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3,1959); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1958 to theWhig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses Eighty-sixth Congress; engaged in banking and general in- (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1839); was not a candidate for vestments; died in Mayfield, Ky., September 26, 1971; inter- renomination in 1838; trustee of Amherst College, Massachu- ment in Maplewood Cemetery. setts, 1838-1859; judge of probate 1849-1853; clerk of Frank- un County Courts 1853-1865; first president of the Troy & GREGORY, William Voris (brother of Noble J. Gregory),Greenfield Railroad; died in Greenfield, Mass., November 19, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Farmington, 1877; interment in Green River Cemetery. Graves County, Ky., October 21, 1877; attended private and public schools and was graduated from West Kentucky Col- GRESHAM, Walter, a Representative from Texas; born at lege, Mayfield, Ky., in 1896; taught school and servedas"Woodlawn," near Newtown, King and Queen County, Va., superintendent of schools, Mayfield, 1898-1900; attended theJuly 22, 1841; attended Stevensville Academy and Edge Hill law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; Academy, and was graduated from the University of Virgin- was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice inia at Charlottesville in 1863; served as a private in the Mayfield; county surveyor 1902-1910; judge of the GravesConfederate Army during the Civil War; studied law; was County Court 1913-1919; United States attorney for theadmitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in western district of Kentucky 1919-1923; member of theGalveston, Tex.; district attorney for the Galveston judicial board of trustees of Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Lou-district in 1872; member of the State house of representa- isville,Ky.,1920-1927, serving as president 1925-1927;tives 1886-1891; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third served as vice president of the Jefferson Davis MemorialCongress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candi- Commission; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth and todate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; re- the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,sumed the practice of law in Galveston, Tex.; died in Wash- 1927, until his death; was renominated in 1936 for electionington, D.C., November 6, 1920; interment in Lakeview Cem- to the Seventy-fifth Congress but died before the election;etery, Galveston, Tex. died in Mayfield, Ky., October 10, 1936; interment in Maple- wood Cemetery. GREY, Benjamin Edwards (grandson of Benjamin Ed- wards), a Representative from Kentucky; born at "Shiloh," GREIG, John, a Representative from New York; born innear Bardstown, Nelson County, KY.; pursued an academic Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, August 6, 1779; attendedcourse; studied law; was admitted to the bar and began the Edinburgh High School; immigrated to the United Statespractice in Hopkinsville, KY.; member of the State house of in 1797; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1804 andrepresentatives in 1838 and 1839; served in the State senate commenced practice in Canandaigua, N.Y.; president of the1847-1851; presiding officer of the senate and Acting Lieu- Ontario Bank 1820-1856; regent of the University of thetenant Governor in 1850; elected as a Whig to the Thirty- State of New York from 1825 and vice chancellor of thesecond and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, same institution from 1845, serving in both capacities until1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the his death; one of the founders of the Ontario Female Semi-Thirty-fourth Congress; died in Selma, Ala. nary; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis Grang- GRIDER, George William, a Representative from Tennes- er and served from May 21, 1841, to September 25, 1841,see; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., October 1, when he resigned; president of the Ontario Agricultural So-1912; attended the public schools; graduated from the United ciety; died in Canandaigua, N.Y., April 9, 1858; interment inStates Naval Academy in 1936 and served in the Navy from West Avenue Cemetery. 1936 to 1947 when he retired as a captain because of a physical disability; awarded the Navy Cross; graduated from GREIGG, Stanley Lloyd, a Representative from Iowa; the University of Virginia Law School in 1950; was admitted born in Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa, May 7, 1931; moved withto the bar in 1950 and commenced the practice of law in his parents to Hawarden, Iowa, in 1938 and to Sioux City inMemphis; member of the city planning commission in 1956 1941; attended the public schools; graduated from Morning-and 1957; member of Shelby County Quarterly Court, 1959- side College, B.A., 1954; M.A., Syracuse University, Maxwell1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress Graduate School, 1956; served in the United States Navy,(January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate 1957-1959; returned to Morningside College in 1959 and wasfor reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; vice presi- named Dean of Men; elected to the city council of Sioux Citydent and general counsel of the Carborundum Company of in 1961 and was selected to be mayor by council members in January 1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninthNiagara Falls, N.Y., 1967-1975; resumed the practice of law Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessfulin Memphis; is a resident of Memphis, Tenn. candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; GRIDER, Henry, a Representative from Kentucky; born director, Post Office Department's Office of Regional Admin-in Garrard County, Ky., July 16, 1796; pursued an academic istration, 1967-1969; deputy chairman, Democratic Nationalcourse; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced Biographies 1095 practice in Bowling Green, KY.; served in the War of 1812;of the State house of delegates in 1777, 1778, 1786, and1787; member of the State house of representatives in 1827 andMember of the Continental Congress 1778-1780, 1787-1788, 1831; served in the State senate 1833-1837; elected as a Whigand served as its president in 1788; president of the supreme to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (Marchcourt of admiralty; commissioner to the CreekNation in 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-1789; judge of the United States District Court of Virginia seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses and as a Democrat tofrom December 1789 until his death in Yorktown, Va.,De- the Thirty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1861,cember 14, 1810; interment in Bruton Churchyard, Williams- until his death in Bowling Green, Ky., September 7, 1866;burg, Va. interment in Old College Street Cemetery. 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GRIEST, William Walton, a Representative from Pennsyl- GRIFFIN, Daniel Joseph, a Representative from New vania; born in Christiana, Lancaster County, Pa., SeptemberYork; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 26, 1880; attended the 22, 1858; attended the common schools and was graduatedparochialschools,St. Laurent College, near Montreal, from the Millersville State Normal School in 1876; engagedCanada, and St. Peter's College, Jersey City; was graduated in teaching; member of the city school board of Lancaster,in law from the New York Law School; was admitted to the Pa., for twenty-four years; director and an incorporator ofbar in 1902 and commenced practice in Brooklyn; commis- the Pennsylvania Public School Memorial Association; en-sioner of licenses for the Borough of Brooklyn 1903-1906; gaged in newspaper work; editor of the Inquirer, Lancaster,head of the administration and guardianship departments of Pa., 1882-1888; chief clerk in the county commissioner'sthe surrogate's court of Kings County 1906-19 12; delegate to office 1887-1899; member of the Pennsylvania Tax Commis-the Democratic National Convention in 1912; elected as a sion; delegate to several Republican State conventions and toDemocrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth every Republican National Convention 1896-1928; secretaryCongresses and served from March 4, 1913, to December 31, of state of Pennsylvania 1899-1903; member of the State1917, when he resigned; served as sheriff of Kings County in sinking fund commission and of the board of pardons; presi-1918 and 1919; resumed the practice of law; died in Brook- dent of lighting and street railway companies 1903-1927;lyn, N.Y., on December 11, 1926; interment in Holy Cross elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first and to the tenCemetery. succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death at Mount Clemens, Mich., December 5, 1929; chair- GRIFFIN, Isaac (great-grandfather of Eugene McLanahan man, Committee on Post Office and PostRoads (Sixty-eighthWilson and great-great-grandfather of Charles Hudson Grif- through Seventieth Congresses); interment in Woodwardfin), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born inKent Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. County, Del., February 27, 1756; attended the public schools; moved to Fayette County, Pa., and engaged in agricultural GRIFFIN, Anthony Jerome, a Representative from Newpursuits; commissioned a captain during the Revolutionary York; born in New York City April 1, 1866; attended theWar; appointed justice of the peace in1794; elected a public schools, City College, Cooper Union, and the Newmember of the Pennsylvania house of representativesin York University Law School; was admitted to the bar in1807 and served four terms; elected as a Republican tothe 1892 and commenced practice in New York City; organizedThirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by thedeath and commanded Company F, Sixty-ninth Regiment, Newof John Smilie; reelected to the Fourteenth Congressand York Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish-American War inserved from May 24, 1813, to March 3, 1817;unsuccessful 1898 and 1899; founded and edited the Bronx Independentcandidate for reelection in 1816 to the FifteenthCongress; 1905-1907; member of the State senate 1911-1915; memberdied from the effects of a fall from a wagon, on hisestate in of the New York State constitutional convention in 1915;Nicholson Township, Pa., October 12, 1827; interment on elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the Town- vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Bruckner; re-what was known as the old Woods farm, Nicholson elected to the Sixty-sixth and to the eight succeeding Con-ship, Pa. gresses and served from March 5, 1918, until hisdeath in GRIFFIN, John King, a Representative from SouthCaro- New York City, January 13, 1935; interment in Arlingtonlina; born near Clinton, Laurens County, S.C.,August 13, National Cemetery. 1789; pursued an academic course; engaged as aplanter; served in the State house of representatives1816-1819; GRIFFIN, Charles Hudson (great-great-grandson of Isaac 1828; Griffin), a Representative from Mississippi; born on a farmmember of the State senate 1820-1824 and again in Utica Highelected as a Nullifier to the Twenty-second throughTwenty- near Utica, Miss., May 9, 1926; educated at fifth Congresses and as a Democrat to theTwenty-sixth School, Hinds Junior College, and graduated from Mississip-Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1841); died nearClinton, pi State University in 1949; served in the United States Church Ceme- Navy, 1944-1946, Pacific Theater, as an apprentice seamanS.C., August 1, 1841; interment in Little River and quartermaster, third class; assistant to United Statestery. Representative John Bell Williams from July 1, 1949, to GRIFFIN, Levi Thomas, a Representative from Michigan; January 15, 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Ninetiethborn in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., May 23,1837; moved Congress, by special election, March 12, 1968, to fill thewith his parents to Rochester, Oakland County,Mich., in vacancy caused by the resignationof John Bell Williams;1848; was graduated from the University of Michigan atAnn reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served fromArbor in 1857; studied law; was admitted to the bar in1858 March 12, 1968, to January 3, 1973; was not a candidateforand commenced practice in Detroit, Mich.; entered the reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; secretaryofUnited States Army in August 1862 as second lieutenant, the Mississippi State senate 1980 to present; is a resident ofand served as first lieutenant, adjutant, captain,brigade Utica, Miss. inspector, acting assistant adjutant generalof the Cavalry GRIFFIN, Cyrus, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Farn-division, and acting assistant adjutant general of theCaval- ham, Richmond County, Va., July 16, 1748; sent to Englandry corps, Military Divisionof Mississippi, and brevetted of Edinburghmajor; at the close of the war resumed the practiceof law in to be educated; studied law at the University of Michi- and at the Temple in London; returned to Virginia;memberDetroit; Fletcher professor of law in the University 1096 Biographical Directory gan 1886-1897; unsuccessful candidate for judge of the State(March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805); appointed chief justice of the supreme court in 1887; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-court of quarter sessions September 1, 1805, holding court at third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofYorktown, Va., and served until 1810; justice of the York and served from December 4, 1893, toCounty Court 1810-1812; served in the War of 1812 as major March 3, 1895; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894of Infantry; again justice of the court of oyer and terminer to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of his(chairman of the court) 1814-1820; again a member of the profession; pension agent in 1896 and 1897; died in Detroit,State house of delegates 1819-1823 and 1827-1830; died at Mich., March 17, 1906; interment in Woodmere Cemetery."The Mansion," near Yorktown, Va., October 7, 1837. GRIFFIN, Michael, a Representative from Wisconsin; GRIFFITH, Francis Marion, a Representative from Indi- born in County Clare, Ireland, September 9, 1842; immigrat-ana; born in Moorefield, Switzerland County, md., August ed with his parents to Canada in 1847 and to Ohio in 1851;21, 1849; attended the country schools of the county, the moved to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled in Newport, Saukhigh school in Vevay, md., and Franklin College, Franklin, County; attended the common schools of Ohio and Wiscon- sin; enlisted in the Union Army September 11, 1861,as aInd.; taught school; appointed school superintendent of Swit- private in Company E, Twelfth Regiment, Wisconsin Volun-zerland County in 1873; studied law; was admitted to the bar teer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, attain-in 1875 and commenced practice in Vevay; county treasurer ing the rank of first lieutenant; moved to Kilbourn City,1875-1877; delegate to the Democratic National Convention Wis., in 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1868in 1880; member of the State senate 1886-1894 and served as and commenced practice in Kilbourn City; cashier of theActing Lieutenant Governor 189 1-1894; unsuccessful candi- Bank of Kilbourn 1871-1876; member of the County Board ofdate for attorney general of Indiana in 1894; elected as a Columbia County, Wis., in 1874 and 1875; member of theDemocrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy State assembly in 1876; moved to Eau Claire, Wis., in 1876;caused by the death of William S Holman; reelected to the city attorney of Eau Claire in 1878, and 1879; served in theFifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses and State senate in 1880 and 1881; department commander ofserved from December 6, 1897, to March 3, 1905; declined to the Grand Army of the Republic in 1887 and 1888; electedasbe a candidate for renomination in 1904; resumed the prac- a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancytice of law in Vevay, md.; city attorney 1912-1916; judge of caused by the death of George B. Shaw and at the samethe circuit court of the fifth judicial district 19 16-1922; again election to the Fifty-fourth Congress; reelected to the Fifty-engaged in the practice of his profession; died in Vevay, md., fifth Congress and served from November 5, 1894, to MarchFebruary 8, 1927; interment in Vevay Cemetery. 3, 1899; was not a candidate for renomination in 1898;ap- GRIFFITH, John Keller, a Representative from Louisi- pointed chairman of the State tax commission by Governorana; born in Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., Schofield May 28, 1899; died in Eau Claire, Wis., DecemberOctober 16, 1882; attended the public schools and Louisiana 29, 1899; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. State University at Baton Rouge; was graduated from the GRIFFIN, Robert Paul, a Representative anda Senatormedical department of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., No-in 1907; assistant superintendent, East Louisiana Hospital vember 6, 1923; attended public schools in Garden City andfor the Insane, Jackson, La., in 1909 and 1910; practicing Deerborn, Mich.; during the Second World War enlisted inphysician in Slidell, La., 1910-1937; also interested in bank- the Seventy-first Infantry Division in 1943 and spent four- ing; during the First World War served as a first lieutenant teen months in Europe; graduated, Central Michigan Collegein the Medical Corps; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy- at Mount Pleasant 1947; received law degree from Universi-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1937-January ty of Michigan Law School 1950; was admitted to the bar in3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1940; 1950 and commenced the practice of law in Traverse City,served with the Milk Marketing Service of the Department Mich.; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth and to theof Agriculture at Slidell, La., until his death there on Sep- four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957,tember 25, 1942; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. until his resignation May 10, 1966; appointed to the United States Senate May 11, 1966, to fill vacancy caused by the GRIFFITH, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania; death of Patrick V. McNamara; elected November 8, 1966, toborn in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, Great Britain, Febru- full six-year term commencing January 3, 1967; reelected inary 14, 1816; instructed in elementary subjects by a private 1972 and served from May 11, 1966, to January 2, 1979;teacher; was graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Republican whip 1969-1977; unsuccessful candidate for re-Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1846 and com- election in 1978; is a resident of Traverse City, Mich. menced practice in Mercer, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuc- GRIFFIN, Samuel, a Representative from Virginia; borncessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third in 1746 in Richmond County, Va.; pursued classical studies;Congress; resumed the practice of law in Mercer, Pa.; died in studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced; colonelMercer, Pa., October 1, 1893; interment in Mercer Cemetery. in the Revolutionary War; was wounded at Harlem Heights October 12, 1776; served on the State board of war; member GRIFFITHS, Martha Wright, a Representative from of the State house of delegates 1786-1788; elected to theMichigan; born Martha Edna Wright, January 29, 1912, in First, Second, and Third Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3,Pierce City, Lawrence County, Mo.; attended the public 1795); died November 3, 1810. schools; the University of Missouri at Columbia, B.A., 1934 and the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor in GRIFFIN, Thomas, a Representative from Virginia; born1940; was admitted to the bar in 1941; member of the legal in Yorktown, Va., in 1773; pursued classical studies; studieddepartment of the American Automobile Insurance Co. in law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; also engaged in1941 and 1942; joined the Detroit Ordnance District as a agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of dele- contract negotiator and served from 1942 to 1946; com- gates 1793-1800; appointed justice of the court of oyer andmenced the private practice of law in Detroit, Mich., in 1946; terminer on October 17, 1796, and served in this capacityelected to the State house of representatives in 1948, reelect- until 1810; elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congressed in 1950, and served until 1952; appointed in April 1953 as Biographies 1097 recorder and judge of Recorders Court in Detroit and inagainst Mr. Grigsby; delegate to the Democratic National November was elected as judge and served until 1954; dele-Conventions in 1920 and 1924; engaged in the practice of law gate, Democratic National Conventions, 1956 and 1968; Un-in Ketchikan, Juneau, and Anchorage, Alaska; died in Santa successful candidate for election in 1952 to the Eighty-thirdRosa, Calif., May 9, 1962; interment in Golden GateNational Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Con-Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif. gress; reelected to the nine succeeding Congressesand served from January 3, 1955, until her resignation December GRIMES, James Wilson, a Senator from Iowa; born in 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to theDeering, N.H., October 20, 1816; graduated from Hampton Ninety-fourthCongress;electedlieutenant governor ofAcademy; attended Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; stud- Michigan in 1982 and reelected in 1986; is a resident ofied law; moved west and commenced practice in the "Black Detroit, Mich. Hawk Purchase," Wisconsin Territory, afterward the site of Bibliography: George, Emily Martha W.Griffiths. Washington, D.C.: Burlington, Iowa; engaged in agriculture; member, Iowa Ter- University Press of America, 1982. ritorial House of Representatives 1838-1839, 1843-1844; Gov- ernor of Iowa 1854-1858; elected as aRepublican to the GRIFFITHS, Percy Wilfred, a Representative from Ohio;United States Senate in 1859; reelected in 1865 and served born in Taylor, Lackawanna County, Pa., March 30, 1893; attended the public schools and Bloomsburg (Pa.) Normalfrom March 4, 1859, until December 6, 1869, when he re- School 1913-1916; was graduated from Pennsylvania Statesigned due to ill health; chairman, Committee on the Dis- College at State College in 1921 and from Columbia Univer-trict of Columbia (Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Con- sity, New York City, in 1930; served in the United Statesgresses), Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-ninth through Navy 1910-1913 and during the First World War 1917-1919;Forty-first Congresses); member of the peace convention of director of athletics at Marietta (Ohio) College 1921-1927;1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means football coach at various colleges 1927-1936; in 1922 engagedto prevent the impending war; died in Burlington, Iowa, as an automobile dealer in Marietta, Ohio; mayor ofMariet-February 7, 1872; interment in Aspen Grove Cemetery. ta in 1938 and 1939; elected as a Republican to the Seventy- Bibliography: DAB; Christoferson,EliC."TheLifeof James W. eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, Grimes." Ph.D. dissertation, State University of Iowa, 1924; Salter, Wil- 1943-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection liam The Life of James W. Grimes, Governor of Iowa. New York: Apple- in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; resumed the automobile ton and Company, 1876. business until his retirement in June 1961; was a resident of GRIMES, Thomas Wingfield, a Representative from Geor- Clearwater, Fla., until his death there on June 12, 1983. gia; born in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., December 18, 1844; attended private schools and was graduated fromthe GRIGGS, James Mathews, a Representative from Georgia;University of Georgia at Athens in 1863; studied law; was born in Lagrange, Troup County, Ga., March 29, 1861; at- admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Columbus, tended the common schools and was graduated from the War Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tenn., in 1881; taughtGa.; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil school and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1883 andfor eighteen months with Nelson's rangers, Gen. S. D. Lee's commenced the practice of law in Alapaha, Berrien County,escort company; member of the State house of representa- Ga.; engaged in the newspaper business; moved to Dawson,tives in 1868, 1869, 1875, and 1876; memberof the State Ga., in 1885; elected by the legislature solicitor general ofsenate in 1878 and 1879; delegate to the DemocraticNation- the Pataula judicial circuit in 1888; reelected in 1892 andal Convention in 1880; solicitor general of the Chattahoochee served until his resignation in 1893 to accept appointmentcircuit from 1880 to 1888, when he resigned; elected as a by the Governor as judge of the Pataula judicial circuit;Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March4, elected to the same office by the legislature; reelected and1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in served until his resignation in 1896 to accept the Democratic1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed the practice of nomination for Congress; delegate to the Democratic Nation-law in Columbus, Ga., and died there on October 28,1905; al Convention in 1892; chairman of the Democratic Congres-interment in Linwood Cemetery. sional Campaign Committee 1904-1908; elected as a Demo- GRINNELL, Joseph (brother of Moses Hicks Grinnell), a crat to the Fifty-fifth and to the six succeeding CongressesRepresentative from Massachusetts; born in New Bedford, and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Dawson,Mass., November 17, 1788; completed preparatorystudies; Ga., January 5, 1910; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.moved to New York City in 1809; engaged in mercantile GRIGSBY, George Barnes, a Delegate from the Territorypursuits; traveled in Europe, and returned to NewBedford; of Alaska; born in Sioux Falls, Dak. (now South Dakota),president of the First National Bank of New Bedford in December 2, 1874; attended the public schools, State Univer-1832; president of the New Bedford & TauntonRailroad in sity, Vermillion, S.Dak., and Sioux Falls (S.Dak.) University;1839; member of the Governor's council 1839-1841; in 1840 studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1896 and commencedhe became a director of the Boston & ProvidenceRailroad, practice in Sioux Falls, S.Dak.; delegate to the State Demo-the following year its president, resigning that positionin cratic convention in 1896; during the Spanish-American War1846, but remaining a director until 1863; presidentof the served as a lieutenant in the Third Regiment, United StatesWamsutta Cotton Mills in 1847; elected as a Whig to the Volunteer Cavalry; moved to Nome, Alaska, in 1902; assist-Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the ant United States attorney 1902-1908; United States attor-death of ; reelected to the Twenty-ninth, ney 1908-1910; city attorney of Nomein 1911; mayor inThirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses and served from De- 1914; member of the board of commissioners for the promo-cember 7, 1843, to March 3, 1851; declined to be a candidate tion of uniform legislation in 1915; elected the first attorneyfor renomination in 1850; resumed his former business ac- general in 1916 and resigned in 1919;. presented credentialstivities; died in New Bedford, Mass., February 7, 1885; inter- as a Democratic Delegate-elect to theSixty-sixth Congress toment in Oak Grove Cemetery. fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A. Sulzerand Bibliography: DAB. served from June 3, 1920, until March 1, 1921, when he was succeeded by James Wickersham, who contested the election GRINNELL, Josiah Bushnell, a Representative from of Mr. Suizer in the first instance and continued the contestIowa; born in New Haven, Addison County, Vt.,December 1098 Biographical Directory

22, 1821; attended the common schools and Oneida Institute;representatives 1921; member, State senate 1925-1929; un- pursued classical studies; was graduated from Auburn Theo-successful Republican candidate for Governor in 1932, 1934, logical Seminary in 1847; ordained a Presbyterian clergy-and 1936; Governor of Nebraska 1940-1946; unsuccessful man; held pastorates in Union Village, N.Y., Washington,candidate for the Republican nomination for United States D.C., and in the Congregational Church of New York City;Senator in 1946; director, Division of Internal Affairs and moved to Iowa in 1854 and founded the town of Grinnell,Communications, Military Government of Germany 1947; Poweshiek County, and also Grinnell University; member ofchief, American Mission for Aid to Greece 1947-1948; the State senate 1856-1860; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1858 and practiced; delegate to the Republican Na-member, Nebraska University Board of Regents 1950-1954; tional Convention in 1860; special agent for the Post Officeelected as a Republican to the United States Senate for the Department for two years; elected as a Republican to theterm ending January 3, 1955, to fill the vacancy caused by Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863-the death of Kenneth S. Wherry, and served from November March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomination in5, 1952, until his death in the naval hospital at Bethesda, 1866; resumed the practice of law; interested in building ofMd., April12,1954; interment in Fairview Cemetery, railroads; director of the Rock Island Railroad; receiver ofScottsbluff, Nebr. Bibliography: Paul, Justis F. "Butler, Griswold, Wherry: The Struggle the Iowa Central Railroad (later the St. Louis & St. Paul for Dominance of Nebraska Republicanism,1941-1946." North Dakota Railroad); president of the State Horticultural Society and of Quarterly 43 (Autumn 1975): 51-61; U.S. Congress. Memorial Services for the First National Bank in Grinnell; died in Grinnell, Iowa, Dwight Griswold. 83rd Cong., 2nd seas., 1954. Washington, D.C.: Govern- March 31, 1891; interment in Hazelwood Cemetery. ment Printing Office, 1954. Bibliography: DAB; Grinnell, Josiah B. Men and Events of Forty Years. Boston: Lothrop, 1891; Payne, Charles E. . Iowa GRISWOLD, Gaylord, a Representative from New York; City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1938. born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., December 18, GRINNELL, Moses Hicks (brother of Joseph Grinnell), a1767; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Yale Representative from New York; born in New Bedford, Mass., College in 1787; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1790 March 3, 1803; pursued an academic course; entered a coun-and commenced practice in Windsor, Conn.; moved to Herki- tingroom in New York City in 1818; subsequently engaged inmer, N.Y., in 1792; member of the State assembly 1796-1798; mercantile pursuits; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixthelected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress (March 4, Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candi-1803-March 3, 1805); resumed the practice of law in Herki- date for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress;mer, N.Y., and died there March 1, 1809; interment in Oak presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1856; presi-Hill Cemetery. dent of the chamber of commerce and of the Merchants GRISWOLD, Glenn Hasenfratz, a Representative from In- Clerks' Savings Bank; commissioner of charities and correc-diana; born in New Haven, Franklin County, Mo., January tions; Central Park commissioner; one of the Union defense20, 1890; attended the public schools; moved to Peru, Miami committee; collector of the port of New York from MarchCounty, md., in 1911; attended Valparaiso (md.) Law School; 1869 to July 1870; appointed naval officer of customs andwas admitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in served from July 1870 to April 1871; died in New York CityPeru, md.; during the First World War served in the United November 24, 1877; interment in Sleepy Hollow BuryingStates Army as a private in Company B, Fourth Regiment Ground, Tarrytown, N.Y. Casual Detachment; city attorney of Peru, md., 1921-1925; Bibliography: DAB. prosecuting attorney of Miami County, md., in 1925 and GRISHAM, Wayne Richard, a Representative from Cali-1926; member of the Indiana Railroad Commission in 1930; fornia; born in Lamar, Prowers County, Cob., January 10,elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the 1923; attended the public schools of Long Beach, Calif.; A.A.,three succeeding Congresses (March 4,1931-January 3, Long Beach City College, 1947; B.A., Whittier College, Whit-1939); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the tier,Calif.,1949; graduate work, University of SouthernSeventy-sixth Congress; reengaged in the practice of law in California, 1950-1951; served in the United States Army AirPeru, md., until his death there on December 5, 1940; inter- Corps as a fighter pilot in the European Theater, 1942-1946;ment in Mount Hope Cemetery. shot down and was a prisoner of war; teacher and business- man; president, Wayne Grisham Realty, 1958-1978; chair- GRISWOLD, Harry Wilbur, a Representative from Wis- man, board of directors, First Mutual Mortgage Co., 1974-consin; born on a farm near West Salem, La Crosse County, 1978; member of La Mirada City Council, 1970-1978; mayorWis., May 19, 1886; attended the West Salem public and of La Mirada, two terms, 1973-1974, 1977-1978; delegate,high schools and the college of agriculture of the University California League of Cities and National League of Cities,of Wisconsin at Madison; engaged in agricultural pursuits, 1970-1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth andspecializing in the breeding of cattle; member of the West Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3,1979-January 3,Salem School Board 19 12-1929 and of the Wisconsin Board 1983); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination inof Vocational Education 1930-1936; served in the State 1982; director of the Peace Corps in Nairobi, Kenya, 1983;senate 1932-1936; elected as a Republican to the Seventy- member, California State assembly, 1985 to present; is asixth Congress and served from January 3, 1939, until his resident of Norwalk, Calif. death in Washington, D.C., July 4, 1939; interment in Hamil- ton Cemetery, West Salem, Wis. GRISWOLD, Dwight Palmer, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Harrison, Nebr., November 27, 1893; graduated from GRISWOLD, John Ashley, a Representative from New Kearney (Nebr.) Military Academy in 1910; attended theYork; born in Cairo, Greene County, N.Y., November 18, Nebraska Wesleyan University 1910-1912 and graduated1822; attended the common schools, and the academies in from the University of Nebraska in 1914; served as a ser-Prattsville and Catskill, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted to geant in the infantry on the Mexican border in 1916; duringthe bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Greene County; the First World War served as a first lieutenant and later asdistrict attorney of Greene County 1856-1859; county judge a captain of artillery 1917-1918; banker; editor and publish-1863-1867; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress er of the Gordon Journal 1922-1940; member, State house of(March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); declined to be a candidate for Biographies 1099 renomination in 1870; resumed the practice of his profession;the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the elected supervisor of Catskill, N.Y., in 1871; member of theresignation of Edward Tiffin and served from May 18 to State constitutional convention in 1894; died in Catskill,December 11, 1809, when a successor was elected; appointed Greene County, N.Y., February 22, 1902; interment in Cats-a United States judge for Illinois Territoryand served from kill Village Cemetery. March 16, 1810, until his death in Shawneetown, Ill., August 21, 1815. GRISWOLD, John Augustus, a Representative from New Bibliography: DAB. York; born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 11, 1822; received an academic training; engaged in mercan- GROESBECK, William Slocum, a Representative from tile pursuits and in steel manufacture; mayor of Troy inOhio; born in Kinderhook, Rensselaer County, N.Y., July 24, 1855; engaged in banking and also served as president of the1815; moved with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1816; Troy & Lansingburgh Railroad Co., of the Troy & Cohoes attended the common schools and Augusta (Ky.) College; was Railroad Co., and of the New Orleans, Mobile & Texas Rail- graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1835; road Co.; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1860studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced to the Thirty-seventh Congress; elected as a Democrat to thepractice in Cincinnati, Ohio; member of the State constitu- Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); re-tional convention in 1851; commissioner to codify the laws of elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and FortiethOhio in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Con- Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869); was not a candi-gress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859);unsuccessful candidate date for renomination in 1868 but was an unsuccessful Re-for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; member publican candidate for Governor of New York; elected regentof the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in of the University of the State of New York April 29, 1869;an effort to devise means to prevent theimpending war; died in Troy, N.Y., on October 31, 1872; interment in Oak-served in the State senate 1862-1864; delegate to the Union wood Cemetery. National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866; one of Presi- Bibliography: DAB. dent Johnson's counsel in his impeachment trial in 1868; GRISWOLD, Matthew (grandson of Roger Griswold), aIndependent Liberal Republican candidate for United States Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Lyme, NewPresident in 1872; delegate to the International Monetary London County, Conn., June 6, 1833; attended the commonConference in Paris, France, in 1878; died in Cincinnati, schools and pursued an academic course; engaged in teach-Ohio, July 7, 1897; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery. ing and in agricultural pursuits for a number of years; elect- Bibliography: DAB. ed to various local offices; member of the Connecticut house of representatives in 1862 and 1865; moved to Erie, Pa., in GRONNA, Asle Jorgenson, a Representative and a Sena- 1866; engaged in manufacturing; elected a trustee of Erietor from North Dakota; born in Elkader, ClaytonCounty, Academy for four successive terms; elected as a RepublicanIowa, December 10, 1858; moved with his parents to Houston to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893);County, Minn.; attended the public schools and theCaledo- was not a candidate for renomination in 1892; elected to thenia Academy; taught school in Wilmington, Minn.; moved to Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); wasDakota Territory in 1879 and engaged in farming, teaching, not a candidate for renomination in 1896; resumed manufac-and business; member, Territorial house of representatives turing pursuits; died in Erie, Pa., May 19, 1919; interment in1889; president of the village board of trustees of Lakotaand Erie Cemetery. president of the board of education several terms;member, board of regents of the University of North Dakota 1902; GRISWOLD, Roger (grandfather of Matthew Griswold), aelected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth,and Representative from Connecticut; born in Lyme, NewSixty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1905, until London County, Conn., May 21, 1762; pursued classical stud-February 2, 1911, when he resigned, having been elected ies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1780; studiedSenator; elected as a Republican in 1911 to the United law; was admitted to the bar in 1783 and commenced prac-States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of tice in Norwich; returned to Lyme in 1794; elected as aMartin N. Johnson; reelected in 1914 and served from Feb- Federalist to the Fourth and to the five succeeding Congress-ruary 2, 1911, to March 3, 1921;unsuccessful candidate for es and served from March 4, 1795, until hisresignation inreelection in 1920; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in 1805 before the convening of the Ninth Congress; chairman,the Department of the Navy (Sixty-second and Sixty-fifth Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Sixth Con-Congresses), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixty- gress), Committee on Ways and Means (Sixth Congress); de-sixth Congress); resumed agriculturalpursuits;died in clined the portfolio of Secretary of War tendered by Presi-Lakota, N.Dak., May 4, 1922; interment in Lakota Cemetery. dent Adams in 1801; served as a judge of the supreme court Bibliography: Phillips, William W "The Life of Asle J. Gronna." Ph.D. of Connecticut in 1807; presidential elector on the Pinckney dissertation, University of Missouri, 1958. and King ticket; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut 1809- 1811; Governor of the State from 1811 until his death in GROOME, James Black, a Senator from Maryland; born Norwich, Conn., on October 25, 1812; interment in Griswold in Elkton, Cecil County, Md., April 4, 1838; completed pre- Cemetery at Black Hall, in the town of Lyme (now Oldparatory studies in the Tennent School, Hartsville, Pa.; stud- Lyme), Conn. ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced Bibliography: DAB; McBride, Rita M. "Roger Griswold: Connecticut Fed-practice in Elkton, Md.; member of the Maryland constitu- eralist." Ph.D. dissertation, Yale University, 1948. tional convention 1867; elected to the State house of dele- GRISWOLD, Stanley, a Senator from Ohio; born in Tor-gates in 1871, 1872, and 1873; elected Governor in 1874 to fill rington, Litchfield County, Conn., November 14, 1763; serveda vacancy and served from1874 to 1876; resumed the prac- in a militia company during the Revolution; pursued classi-tice of law; elected as a Democrat to the United States cal studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1786;Senate and served from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1885; studied theology; pastor in Milford, Conn.; editor of a news-collector of customs for the port of Baltimore 1889-1893; died paper in Walpole, N.H., in 1804; appointedsecretary ofin Baltimore, Md., October 5, 1893; interment in Elkton Michigan Territory 1805-1808; moved to Ohio; appointed toPresbyterian Cemetery, Elkton, Md. 1100 Biographical Directory

GROSS, Chester Heilman, a Representative from Pennsyl-brigadier general of Volunteers; held diverse township and vania; born on a farm in East Manchester Township, Yorkvillage offices; member of the State house of representatives County, Pa., October 13, 1888; attended the rural schools,a1874-1878 and served as speaker two years; member of the business college in York, Pa., and Pennsylvania State Col-board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans' lege at State College; engaged in agricultural pursuits;Home in Xenia from April 1880 until 1888, and president of served as township supervisor 1918-1922; member of thethe board for five years; delegate to the Republican National State house of representatives in 1929 and 1930; school boardConvention in 1896 and 1900; elected as a Republican to the director 193 1-1940; president of the State School DirectorsForty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, Association in 1939 and 1940; elected as a Republican to the1885-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for renomina- Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941);tion in 1890; elected to the Fifty-third and to the six succeed- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy- seventh Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits near Man-ing Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1907); chairman, chester, Pa.; elected to the Seventy-eighth and to the twoCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treas- succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1949);ury (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on Mines and Mining unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-(Fifty-fifth Congress), Committee on Merchant Marine and first Congress and for the Republican nomination in 1954Fisheries (Fifty-sixth through Fifty-ninth Congresses); unsuc- and 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; real estate salesmancessful candidate for renomination in 1906; resumed the until retirement, December 31, 1969; resided in York, Pa.,practice of law in Athens, Ohio; appointed chairman of the until his death there January 9, 1973; interment in Man-Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission chester Lutheran Cemetery, Manchester, Pa. and served from 1910 until his death in Athens, Ohio, Octo- ber 30, 1917; interment in Union Street Cemetery. GROSS, Ezra Carter, a Representative from New York; Bibliography: DAB. born in Hartford, Windsor County, Vt., July 11, 1787;pur- sued classical studies; was graduated from the University of GROSVENOR, Thomas Peabody, a Representative from Vermont at Burlington in 1806; studied law; was admitted toNew York; born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., De- the bar in 1810 and practiced in Elizabethtown, N.Y., andcember 20, 1778; pursued classical studies; was graduated later in Keeseville, N.Y.; was admitted as a master in chan- from Yale College in 1800; studied law; was admitted to the cery in 1812; served in the War of 1812 and took part inbar in 1803 and commenced practice in Hudson, N.Y.; several engagements; held a commission in the New Yorkmember of the State assembly 1810-1812; district attorney of Militia 1814-1821; surrogate of Essex County 1815-1819;su-Essex County in 1810 and 1811; elected as a Federalist to the pervisor of Elizabethtown in 1818 and again in 1823 andTwelfth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- 1824; elected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-tion of Robert Le Roy Livingston; reelected to the Thirteenth March 3, 1821); resumed the practice of law; member of theand Fourteenth Congresses and served from January 29, New York State assembly in 1828 and 1829; died in Albany, 1813, to March 3, 1817; engaged in the practice of law in N.Y., April 9, 1829; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Kee-Baltimore, Md.; died in Waterloo, near Baltimore, Md., April seville, N.Y. 24, 1817; interment in Hudson, N.Y. GROSS, Harold Royce, a Representative from Iowa; born GROTBERG, John, a Representative from Illinois; born in in Arispe, Union County, Iowa, June 30, 1899; educated in Winnebago, Minn., March 23, 1925; graduated from Valley the rural schools; served with the First Iowa Field ArtilleryCity High School, Valley City, N.D.; attended University of in the Mexican border campaign in 1916; during the FirstChicago; B.S., George Williams College, 1961; corporate Di- World War served in the United States Army, with overseasrector of Financial Development, YMCA of Metropolitan service, 1917-1919; attended Iowa State College and the Uni-Chicago; Illinois State representative, 1973-1977; Illinois versity of Missouri School of Journalism at Columbia;news-State senator, 1977-1985; elected as a Republican to the paper reporter and editor for various newspapers 1921-1935;Ninety-ninth Congress and served from January 3, 1985, radio news commentator 1935-1948; delegate, Republican Na-until his death at his home in St. Charles, Ill., on November tional Convention, 1968; elected as a Republican to the15, 1986; interment in Union Cemetery. Eighty-first and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (Janu- ary 3, 1949-January 3, 1975); was not a candidate for reelec- GROUT, Jonathan, a Representative from Massachusetts; tion in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; was a resident ofborn in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Mass., July 23, 1737; Arlington, Va., until his death in Washington, D.C., on Sep-served in the expedition against Canada 1757-1760; studied tember 22, 1987; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Petersham, Mass.; served in the Revolutionary War; member GROSS, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania;of the State house of representatives in 1781, 1784, and 1787; born in Upper Providence, Montgomery County, Pa., Novem-served in the State senate in 1788; member of the State ber 10, 1776; attended the public schools; engaged in agricul-constitutional convention in 1788; elected to the First Con- tural pursuits; member of the State house of representativesgress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); returned to Lunenburg, 1803-1807; served in the State senate 1811-1815; elected toMass. (now Vermont), in 1803; died in Dover, N.H., Septem- the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1819-ber 8, 1807; interment in Pine Hill Cemetery. March 3, 1823); retired from public life; died in Trappe, Pa., March 19, 1839; interment in Augustus Lutheran Cemetery. GROUT, William Wallace, a Representative from Ver- mont; born in Compton, Province of Quebec, May 24, 1836; GROSVENOR, Charles Henry (uncle of Charles Grosve-pursued an academic course and graduated from the Pough- nor Bond), a Representative from Ohio; born in Pomfret,keepsie (N.Y.) Law School in 1857; was admitted to the bar Windham County, Conn., September 20, 1833; moved within December of the same year and practiced in Barton, Vt.; his parents to Ohio in 1838; attended school in Athensserved as lieutenant colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment, Ver- County; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the barmont Volunteer Infantry, in the Union Army during the in 1857 and practiced; during the Civil War served in theCivil War; prosecuting attorney of Orleans County in 1865 Eighteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was pro-and 1866; served in the State house of representatives 1868- moted through the ranks to colonel; brevetted colonel and1870 and in 1874; member of the State senate in 1876 and Biographies 1101 served as president pro tempore of that body; elected as aOregon and Washington in 1856; delegate to the convention Republican to the Fortr-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-which framed the constitution of Oregon in 1857; upon the March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882admission of Oregon as a State into the Union was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress; elected to the Forty-ninth andas a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (February 15, to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3,1859, to March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for renomina- 1901); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Fifty-tion in 1858; resumed the practice of law and engaged in the first Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Depart-manufacture of woolens; Governor of Oregon 1871-1877, ment of War (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-sixth Congresses);when he resigned, having been elected as a Democrat to the engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Kirby, Vt., OctoberUnited States Senate; elected to the United States Senate 7, 1902; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. and served from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1883; was not a GROVE, William Barry, a Representative from Northcandidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Manufac- Carolina; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C.,tures (Forty-sixth Congress); retired from public life and re-- January 15, 1764; studied law; was admitted to the bar andsumed the practice of law; died in Portland, Multnomah practiced; member of the State house of commons in 1786,County, Oreg., May 10, 1911; interment in Riverview Ceme-- 1788, and 1789; delegate to the convention in 1788 called totery. consider the ratification of the Constitution of the United Bibliography: DAB. States and voted against postponement; delegate to the con- GROVER, Martin, a Representative from New York; born stitutional convention of 1789 when the Constitution wasin Hartwick, Otsego County, N.Y., October 20, 1811; attend- finally ratified; trustee of the University of North Carolina; ed the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar president of the Fayetteville Branch of the Bank of theand commenced practice in Angelica, N.Y.; elected as a United States; elected to the Second Congress; reelected toDemocrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845- the Third Congress and reelected as a Federalist to theMarch 3, 1847); elected justice of the supreme court of New Fourth through Seventh Congresses (March 4, 1791-MarchYork in November 1857 and reelected in 1859; elected judge 3, 1803); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1802 to theof the court of appeals in 1867; after the reorganization of Eighth Congress; died in Fayetteville, N.C., March 30, 1818;the court of appeals in 1869 was elected an associate judge interment in Grove Creek Cemetery. in 1870 for a term of fourteen years and served until his GROVER, Asa Porter, a Representative from Kentucky;death in Angelica, Allegany County, N.Y., August 23, 1875; born near Phelps, Ontario County, N.Y., February 18, 1819;interment in Angelica Cemetery. attended the common schools; moved to Kentucky in 1837; GROW, Galusha Aaron, a Representative from Pennsylva- attended Centre College, Danville, Ky.; taught school innia; born in Ashford (now Eastford), Windham County, Woodford and Franklin Counties; studied law; was admittedConn., August 31, 1823; moved to Glenwood, Susquehanna to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Owenton, KY.;County, Pa., in May 1834; attended the common schools and member of the State senate 1857-1865; member of the Demo-Franklin Academy, Susquehanna County; was graduated cratic State convention in 1863; elected as a Democrat to thefrom Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., in 1844; studied law; Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); resumedwas admitted to the bar of Susquehanna County in1847 and the practice of law; moved to Georgetown, Scott County, Ky.,practiced; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second, in 1881 and continued the practice of law until his death inThirty-third, and Thirty-fourth Congresses and as a Republi- that city on July 20, 1887; interment in Georgetown Ceme-can to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, andThirty-seventh Con- tery. gresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1863); chairman,Committee GROVER, James Russell, Jr., a Representative from Newon Territories (Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixthCongresses); York; born in Babylon, Suffolk County, N.Y., March 5, 1919;unsuccessful Republican nominee for Speaker in1857; graduated from Babylon High School, Hofstra College atSpeaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-seventh Hempstead, L.I., in 1941, and Columbia Law School at NewCongress); delegate to the Republican National Conventions York City in 1949; served in the Coast Artillery, 1942-1943in 1864, 1884, and 1892; president of the Houston & Great and in the Air Corps in the China Theater, 1943-1945, andNorthern Railroad Co. of Texas 1871-1876; returned to was discharged with the rank of captain; was admitted toPennsylvania and engaged in lumber, oil, and soft-coal pur- the bar in 1951 and began practice in Babylon; served in thesuits; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress to State assembly, 1957-1962; elected as a Republican to thefill the vacancy caused by the death of William Lilly; re- - Eighty-eighth aid to the five succeeding Congresses (Janu-elected to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Con- ary 3, 1963-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for re-gresses and served from February 26, 1894, toMarch 3, 1903; election in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resumed thechairman, Committee on Education (Fifty-fourth through practice of law; is a resident of Babylon, N.Y. Fifty-seventh Congresses); declined a renomination in 1902; died in Glenwood, near Scranton, Pa., March 31, 1907; inter- GROVER, La Fayette, a Representative and a Senatorment in Harford Cemetery, Harford, Pa. from Oregon; born in Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, Novem- Bibliography: DAB; Dubois, James T., and Gertrude S. Mathews Galu- ber 29, 1823; attended Gould's Academy in Bethel and Bow- sha A. Grow, Father of the Homestead Law. Boston: Houghton Mifflin doin College, Brunswick, Maine 1844-1846; studied law in Company, 1917. Philadelphia and was admitted to the bar in 1850; moved to Oregon in 1851 and entered upon the practice of law in GRUENING, Ernest, a Senator from Alaska; born in New Salem; elected by the Territorial legislature prosecuting at-York City, February 6, 1887; attended Drisler School and torney for the second judicial district and auditor of publicSachs School; graduated from Hotchkiss School in 1903, Har- accounts for the Territory; elected to the Territorial house ofvard College in 1907, and Harvard Medical School in 1912; representatives in 1853 and 1855; appointed by the Depart-gave up practice of medicine to enter journalism; reporter ment of the Interior as a commissioner to audit the spolia-for Boston American in 1912 and, after a variety of jobs with tion claims growing out of the Rogue River Indian War inseveral newspapers, became managing editor of the New 1854; appointed by the Secretary of War a member of theYork Tribune in 1917; served in the Field Artillery Corps in board of commissioners to audit the Indian war expenses of1918; editor of The Nation 1920-1923; editor, New York Post 1102 Biographical Directory

1932-1933; adviser to the United States delegation to theto!, Pa., and became president of a large woolen manufactur- Seventh Inter-American Conference, Montevideo, Chile, ining concern; served as president of and lobbyist for the 1933; director of the Division of Territories and Island Pos-Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association 1909-1930; appoint- sessions of the Department of the Interior 1934-1939; admin-ed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the istrator of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administrationvacancy caused by the refusal of the Senate to seat William 1935-1937; member of Alaska International Highway Com-S. Vare and served from December 11, 1929, to December 1, mission 1938-1942; appointed Governor of Alaska by Presi-1930, when a duly elected successor qualified; was an unsuc- dent Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 and twice reappointed, serv-cessful candidate for nomination to fill this vacancy; en- ing until 1953; known as "the father of Alaska statehood";gaged in the textile industry and banking in Bristol, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on No-died in Nassau, Bahamas, March 3,1961; interment in vember 25, 1958, and upon admission of Alaska as a StateBeechwood Cemetery, Hulmeville, Pa. into the Union on January 3, 1959, in the classification of Bibliography: DAB; Hutton, Ann. The Pennsylvanian: Joseph R. Grundy. Senators from that State, drew the four-year term beginning Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1962. on that day and ending January 3, 1963; reelected in 1962 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1969; unsuc- GUARINI, Frank Joseph, Jr., a Representative from New cessful candidate for renomination in 1968; president of in-Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., August 20, vestment firm; legislative consultant; died in Washington,1924; graduated from Lincoln High School, 1942; commis- D.C., June 26, 1974; cremated; ashes scattered over Mountsioined a naval officer at Columbia University, 1944; served Ernest Gruening, north of Juneau, Alaska. in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Mount McKin- Bibliography: Gruening, Ernest. Many Battles. New York: Liveright Pub- ley, 1944-1946; attended Dartmouth College, 1947; J.D., New lishers, 1973; Ross, Sherwood. Gruening of Alaska. New York: Best Books, York University School of Law, 1950; LL M, same universi- 1968. ty, 1955; graduate work, Hague Academy of International GRUNDY, Felix, a Representative and a Senator fromLaw, The Hague, Netherlands; admitted to the New Jersey Tennessee; born in Berkeley County, Va., on September 11,bar in 1951 and commenced practice in Jersey City; served 1777; moved with his parents to Brownsville, Pa., and inin the New Jersey State senate, 1965-1972; elected as a 1780 to Kentucky; instructed at home and at the BardstownDemocrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the four succeeding Academy, Bardstown, KY.; first studied medicine, then stud-Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1989); is a resident ied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inof Jersey City, N.J. Bardstown, Ky., in 1797; member of the Kentucky constitu- GUBSER, Charles Samuel, a Representative from Califor- tional convention in 1799; member, State house of represent-nia; born in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, Calif., February 1, atives 1800-1805; chosen judge of the supreme court of Ken- tucky in 1806, and, in 1807, made chief justice, which office 1916; attended the public schools; graduated from San Jose he soon resigned; moved to Nashville, Tenn., in 1807 andState Junior College in 1934, the University of California in resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the1937, and then took two years of graduate work; taught in Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses and served from MarchGilroy Union High School 1939-1943; engaged in farming 4, 1811, until his resignation in 1814; member, Tennesseesince 1940; member of the State assembly in 1951 and 1952; House of Representatives 1819-1825; in 1820 helped effect an elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress; reelect- amicable adjustment of the State line between Tennesseeed to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from Janu- and Kentucky; elected as a Jacksonian in 1829 to the Unitedary 3, 1953, until his resignation December 31, 1974; was not States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending Marcha candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Con- 4, 1833, caused by the resignation of John H. Eaton; reelect-gress; is a resident of Monument, Cob. ed in 1832 and served from October 19, 1829, to July 4, 1838, GUDE, Gilbert, a Representative from Maryland; born in when he resigned to accept a Cabinet position; chairman,Washington, D.C., March 9, 1923; educated in the public Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Twenty-firstschools of Rockville, Md., and Washington, D.C.; attended through Twenty-fourth Congresses), Committee on JudiciaryUniversity of Maryland; B.S., Cornell University, 1948; M.S., (Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses); appointed At-George Washington University, 1958; served in the United torney General of the United States by President MartinStates Army Medical Department from 1943 to 1946, Pacific Van Buren in July 1838; resigned in December 1839, havingTheater; appointed to Maryland house of delegates in Janu- been elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate onary 1953; elected to Maryland house of delegates in 1954 and November 19, 1839, to fill the vacancy in the term commenc-served until 1958; elected to the Republican State central ing March 4, 1839, caused by the resignation of Ephraimcommittee in 1958; elected to the Maryland senate in 1962 Foster; the question of his eligibility to election as Senatorand served until 1968; delegate, Republican State conven- while holding the office of Attorney General of the United States having been raised, he resigned from the Senate ontion, 1952; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968; December 14, 1839, and was reelected the same day, servingelected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the four from December 14, 1839, until his death in Nashville, Tenn.,succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1977); December 19, 1840; chairman, Committee on Revolutionarywas not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Claims (Twenty-sixth Congress); interment in Mount OlivetCongress;congressionalobserver,U.N.Conferenceon Cemetery. Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972; director of the Li- Bibliography: DAB; Ewing, Frances Howard. "The Senatorial Career of brary of Congress' Congressional Research Service, 1977- the Hon. Felix Grundy." Tennessee Historical Magazine 2 (October 1931): 1985; member and former chairman, Consultative Commit- 3-27, 2 (January 1932): 111-35, 2 (April 1932): 220-24, 2 (July 1932): 270- tee of Experts, International Centre for Parliamentary Docu- 91; Parks, Joseph. Felix Grundy: Champion of Democracy. Baton Rouge: mentation, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva; is a resident Louisiana State University Press, 1940. of Bethesda, Md. GRUNDY, Joseph Ridgway, a Senator from Pennsylvania; GUDGER, James Madison, Jr.(fatherof Katherine born in Camden, N.J., on January 13, 1863; attended privateGudger Langley), a Representative from North Carolina; and public schools and Swarthmore College, Swarthmore,born near Marshall, Madison County, N.C., October 22, 1855; Pa.; engaged in the textile industry and in banking at Bris-attended the common schools at Sand Hill, N.C., and Emory Biographies 1103 and Henry College, Emory, Va.; studied law in Pearson's GUEVARA, Pedro, a Resident Commissioner from the Law School, Asheville, N.C.; was admitted to the bar andPhilippine Islands; born in Santa Cruz, Laguna Province, commenced practice in Marshall, N.C., in 1872; member ofPhilippine Islands, February 23, 1879; attended the Ateneo the State senate in 1900; State solicitor of the sixteenthMunicipal, and was graduated from San Juan de Letran, district in 1901 and 1902; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-Manila, in 1896; joined the forces fighting against Spain and eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3,assisted in promoting the peace agreement of Biakna-bato in 1907); resumed the practice of law at Asheville, N.C.; elected 1897; rejoined the Filipino forces and took part in the revolu- to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4,tion, serving throughout the Spanish-American War and the 1911-March 3, 1915); chairman, Committee on ExpendituresPhilippine Insurrection and attaining the rank of lieutenant in the Post Office Department (Sixty-third Congress); unsuc-colonel; engaged in journalism as an editor and special cor- cessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourthrespondent; municipal councilor of San Felipe Neri in 1907; Congress; again resumed the practice of his profession; diedstudied law at La Jurisprudencia, and was admitted to the in Asheville, N.C., February 29, 1920; interment in Riversidebar in 1909; member of the Philippine house of representa- Cemetery. tives 1909-1912; served in the Philippine senate 1916-1922; GUDGER, Vonno Lamar, Jr., a Representative fromchairman of the Philippine delegation to the Far Eastern North Carolina; born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C.,Bar Conference at Peking, China, in 1921; elected as a Na- April 30, 1919; attended the public schools of Asheville; B.A.,tionalist a Resident Commissioner to the United States in University of North Carolina, 1940; LL.B., same university, 1922; reelected in 1925, 1928, 1931, and again in 1934 and 1942; admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1942 and com-served from March 4, 1923, until February 14, 1936, when a menced practice in Asheville; served in the United Statessuccessor qualified in accordance with the new form of gov- Army Air Corps, 1942-1945; served in the North Carolinaernment of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands; house of representatives, 1951-1952; State senate, 1971-1977;died in Manila, Philippine Islands, January 19, 1937; inter- solicitor, Nineteenth Solicitorial District of North Carolina,ment in Cemetario del Norte. 1952-1954; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and GUFFEY, Joseph F., a Senator from Pennsylvania; born Ninety-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1981);at Guffey's Station, Westmoreland County, Pa., December unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-29, 1870; attended the public schools in Greensburg, Pa., seventh Congress; special superior court judge, BuncombePrinceton Preparatory School in Princeton, N.J., and Prince- County, N.C., September 28, 1984, to present; is a resident ofton University; employed in the United States Postal Service Asheville, N.C. at Pittsburgh, Pa., 1894-1899; secretary of a public utilities GUENTHER, Richard William, a Representative fromcompany 1899-1901 and general manager 1901-1918; also Wisconsin; born in Potsdam, Prussia, on November 30, 1845;financially interested in the production of coal and oil; received a collegiate training and was graduated from theduring the First World War served as a member of the War Royal Pharmacy in Potsdam; immigrated to the UnitedIndustries Board, Petroleum Service Division, and as a direc- States in July 1866 and settled in New York City; moved totor in the Bureau of Sales in the Alien Property Custodian's Oshkosh, Wis., in 1867 and engaged in the drug business; Office; member of the Democratic National Committee 1920- State treasurer of Wisconsin 1878-1882; elected as a Republi-1932; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in can to the Forty-seventh and to the three succeeding Con-1934; reelected in 1940 and served from January 3, 1935, to gresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1889); appointed by Presi-January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in dent Harrison consul general at Mexico City January 28,1946; chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Seventy- 1890, and served until May 21, 1893, when he resigned;sixth through Seventy-ninth Congresses); retired and resided appointed by President McKinley consul general at Frank-in Washington, D.C., until his death there on March 6, 1959; fort on the Main, Germany, November 11, 1898, and servedinterment in West Newton Cemetery, West Newton, West- until July 21, 1910; appointed by President Taft consul gen-moreland County, Pa. eral at Cape Town, Africa, May 4, 1910, and served until his Bibliography: DAB; Guffey, Joseph.SeventyYears onthe Red-Fire death in Oshkosh, Wis., April 5, 1913; interment in Riverside Wagon: From Tilden to Truman, Through New Freedom and . Cemetery. np., 1952; Halt, Charles. "Joseph F. Guffey, New Deal Politician From Pennsylvania," Ph.D. dissertation, Syracuse University, 1965. GUERNSEY, Frank Edward, a Representative from Maine; born in Dover, Piscataquis County, Maine, October GUGGENHEIM, Simon, a Senator from Colorado; born in 15, 1866; attended the common schools, Foxcroft Academy,Philadelphia, Pa., December 30, 1867; attended the public Eastern Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Maine,schools of Philadelphia and Pierce Business School, Philadel- Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine, and Eastman's Col-phia; studied languages in Europe for two years; engaged in lege, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted to thethe mining and smelting business in the United States and bar in 1890 and commenced practice in Dover, Maine; treas-Mexico; moved to Pueblo, Cob., in 1888 as chief ore buyer urer of Piscataquis County 1890-1896; member of the Statefor M. Guggenheim's Sons and became associated with his house of representatives 1897-1899; served in the Statebrothers in the management of the Philadelphia Smelting & senate in 1903; delegate to the Republican National Conven-Refining Co.; moved to Denver in 1892; elected as a Republi- tion in 1908; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Con-can to the United States Senate and served from March4, gress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Llewellyn1907, to March 3, 1913; was not a candidate for reelection; Powers; reelected to the Sixty-first and to the three succeed-chairman, Committee on the University of the United States ing Congresses and served from November 3, 1908, to March(Sixty-first Congress), Committee on the Philippines (Sixty- 3, 1917; did not run for reelection but was an unsuccessfulsecond Congress); philanthropist; moved to New York in candidate for the Republican nomination for Senator; presi-1913; member and later chairman of the board of the Ameri- dent of the Piscataquis Savings Bank and trustee of thecan Smelting & Refining Co. and elected president of that University of Maine at Orono; also engaged in the practicecompany in 1919; established in 1925, in memoryof his son, of law; died in Boston, Mass., January 1, 1927; interment inthe John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. scholarships for advanced study abroad; continued active in 1104 Biographical Directory fmancial interests until his death in New York City, Novem- GUNDERSON, Steven Craig, a Representative from Wis- ber 2, 1941; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. consin; born in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wis.; May 10, Bibliography: DAB; Davis, John. The Guggenheims: An American Epic.1951; attended the public schools in Pleasantville and White- New York: William Morrow and Co., 1978; Hoyt, Edwin P., Jr. The Gug. hall, Wis.; B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973; genheims and the American Dream. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1967. graduated, Brown School of Broadcasting, Minneapolis, GUILL, Ben Hugh, a Representative from Texas; born inMinn., 1974; served in the Wisconsin State house of repre- Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tenn., Septenber 8,1909; sentatives, 1975-1979; legislative director for Representative moved to Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Tex., in 1918; at-Toby Roth, Washington, D.C., 1979-1980; delegate, Wisconsin tended the public schools of Hereford, El Paso, and Canyon,State Republican conventions, 1974-1980; elected as a Re- Tex.; was graduated from West Texas State College atpublican to the Ninety-seventh and to the three succeeding Canyon in 1933; taught in the public schools of Amarillo,Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident Pampa, Panhandle, and Hopkins, Tex., 1929-1936; president of Osseo, Wis. of the Royal Crown Bottling Co., Amarillo, Tex., 1939-1942; served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant command- GUNN, James, a Delegate and a Senator from Georgia; er 1942-1945; awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medal;born in Virginia, March 13, 1753; attended the common returned to Pampa, Tex., in September 1945 and engaged inschools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com- the real estate business; elected as a Republican to themenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; served during the Revo- Eighty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-lutionary War and, as a captain of dragoons, participated in nation of Eugene Worley, and served from May 6, 1950, tothe relief of Savannah, Ga., in 1782; served in county and January 3, 1951; unsuccessful candidate for reelection instate militia, becoming brigadier general in the latter; elect- 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress; delegate to Republicaned to the Continental Congress in 1787 but did not serve; National Convention in 1952; executive assistant to the Post-elected to the United States Senate in 1789; reelected in master General, Washington, D.C., from February 1953 to 1795 and served from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1801; died January 1955; was appointed a member of the Federal Mari-in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., July 30, 1801; interment time Board in 1955; reappointed in 1957 and served as vice in Old Capitol Cemetery. chairman until his resignation December 31, 1959; worked as Bibliography: Mellichamp, Josephine. '." In Senators from a public relations consultant in Washington D.C., until 1973; Georgia. pp. 23-26. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers, Inc., 1976 is a resident of Pampa, Tex. GUNN, James, a Representative from Idaho; born in GUION, Walter, a Senator from Louisiana; born near Thi-County Fermanagh, Ireland, March 6, 1843; immigrated to bodaux, Lafourche Parish, La., April 3, 1849; tutored atthe United States with his parents, who settled in Wiscon- home and then attended Jefferson College in St. Jamessin; attended the common schools and Notre Dame Acade-- Parish; moved to Assumption Parish in 1866; deputy clerk ofmy, Indiana; taught school; studied law, but did not practice; the court 1870-1871; studied law; was admitted to the bar involunteered as a private in Company G, Twenty-seventh 1870 and commenced practice in the Parishes of Assump-Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in 1862 and served tion, Lafourche, and Ascension; judge of the twentieth dis-until October 1865; was mustered out with the rank of cap-- trict 1888-1892 and of the twenty-seventh district 1892-1900;tain; in 1866 moved to Colorado, where he resided nine years attorney general of the State 1900-19 12; appointed by Presi-in the counties of Gilpin and Clear Creek; mayor of George-- dent Woodrow Wilson United States attorney for the easterntown, Cob., three years; moved to Virginia City, Nev., in district of Louisiana in 1913-1917, when he resigned; re-1875, later to California, and to Hailey, Idaho, in Wood River sumed the practice of law in Napoleonville and Convent, La.;Valley, in 1881, and was editor of the Sentinel; member of chairman of the district exemption board, division No. 2, the State senate of the first State legislature in 1890; dele-- eastern district of Louisiana, and a member of the Stategate to the Trans-Mississippi Congress in Denver, Cob.; council of defense during the First World War; appointed aseditor of the Boise Sentinel 1892-1897; unsuccessful Populist a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancycandidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress and caused by the death of Robert F. Broussard and served from April 22, 1918, until November 5, 1918, when a successorin 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; elected to the Fifty-fifth was elected; chairman, Committee on Coast and InsularCongress (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candi- Survey (Sixty-fifth Congress); practiced law in New Orleans,date for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress; com- La., until his death in that city on February 7, 1927; inter-mandant of the Idaho Soldiers' Home 1901-1903; died in ment in Metairie Cemetery. Boise, Idaho, November 5, 1911; interment in St. John's Cemetery. GUNCKEL, Lewis B., a Representative from Ohio; born in Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 15, 1826; GUNTER; Thomas Montague, a Representative from Ar- pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from Farmer'skansas; born near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn., Sep-- College in 1848 and from the law school of Cincinnati Col-tember 18, 1826; pursued classical studies and was graduated lege in 1851; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac-from Irving College in 1850; studied law; was admitted to the tice in Dayton, Ohio, in 1851; delegate to the Republicanbar in 1853 and commenced practice in Fayetteville, Wash- National Convention in 1856; member of the State senateington County, Ark., in 1853; during the Civil War served in 1862-1865; appointed by Congress a member of the Board ofthe Confederate Army as colonel of the Thirteenth Regi- Managers of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteerment, Arkansas Volunteers; prosecuting attorney for the Soldiers in 1864; reappointed in 1870 to serve six years; infourth judicial circuit 1866-1868; successfully contested as a 1871 appointed United States commissioner to investigateDemocrat the election of William W. Wilshire to the Forty- frauds practiced on the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Creekthird Congress; reelected to the Forty-fourth and to the Indians; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congressthree succeeding Congresses and served from June 16, 1874, (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate forto March 3, 1883; chairman, Committee on Private Land reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed theClaims (Forty-fourth through Forty-sixth Congresses); was practice of his profession; died in Dayton, Montgomerynot a candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed the prac- County, Ohio, October 3, 1903; interment in Woodland Ceme-tice of law in Fayetteville, Ark., and died there January 12, tery. 1904; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Biographies 1105

GUNTER, William Dawson, Jr., a Representative from GURNEY, (Chan), a Senator from South Florida; born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., July 16,Dakota; born in Yankton, S.Dak., May 21, 1896; attended the 1934; educated in the public schools of Live Oak, Fla.; B.S.A.,public schools; during the First World War served as a ser- University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1956; graduate work,geant in Company A, Thirty-Fourth Engineers, United government and history, University of Georgia, 1957; servedStates Army, with service overseas 1918-1919; engaged in in the United States Army, 1957-1958; teacher 1956 andthe seed and nursery business 19 14-1926; operator of a radio 1958; entered the insurance business in 1959; agriculturist;station at Yankton, S.Dak., 1926-1932; moved to Sioux Falls, elected national president, Future Farmers of America, 1954;S.Dak., and engaged in the wholesale gasoline and oil busi- elected to the Florida senate, November 1966; reelected andness 1932-1936; unsuccessful candidate for election to the served until 1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-thirdUnited States Senate in 1936; elected as a Republican in Congress (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1975); was not a candi-1938 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1944 and date for reelection but was unsuccessful candidate for nomi-served from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1951; unsuccess- nation to the United States Senate in 1974; elected as insur-ful candidate for renomination in 1950; chairman, Commit- ance commissioner, treasurer, and fire marshal of Florida intee on Armed Services (Eightieth Congress); appointed a 1976 and continues in that office; is a resident of Tallahasse,member of the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1951, became Fla. chairman in 1954, reappointed in 1958, and served until GURLEY, Henry Ilosford, a Representative from Louisi-1964; retired to Yankton, S.Dak., where he died, March 9, ana; born in Lebanon, New London County, May 20, 1788; 1985; interment in Yankton Cemetery. pursued classical studies; attended Williams College, Wil- GUSTINE, Amos, a Representative from Pennsylvania; liamstown, Mass., 1805-1808; studied law; was admitted toborn in 1789; member of the board of managers of Mifflin the bar and commenced practice in Baton Rouge, La.; elect- Bridge Co.,Mifflin County, in 1828; sheriff of Juniata ed to the Eighteenth and to the three succeeding CongressesCounty 1831-1834; awarded the contract for the first court- (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1831); chairman, Committee onhouse erected at Mifflintown in 1832; member of the first Private Land Claims (Twenty-first Congress); served as judgetown council of Mifflintown in 1833; engaged in mercantile of the district court at Baton Rouge until his death in thatpursuits in that borough the same year; elected treasurer of city March 16, 1833. Juniata County in 1837; elected as a Democrat to the GURLEY, John Addison, a Representative from Ohio;Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the born in East Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., on Decemberdeath of William S. Ramsey and served from May 4, 1841, to 9, 1813; attended the district schools and received academicMarch 3, 1843; engaged in agricultural pursuits and milling; instruction; learned the hatter's trade; studied theology;died in Jericho Mills, Juniata County, Pa., on March 3, 1844; pastor of the Universalist Church in Methuen, Mass., 1835-interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Pa. 1838; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1838 and became owner GUTHRIE, James, a Senator from Kentucky; born near and editor of the Star and Sentinel, later called the Star inBardstown, Nelson County, Ky., December 5, 1792; attended the West, and also served as pastor in that city; retired fromMcAllister's Academy, Bardstown; engaged in transporting the ministry in 1850; sold his newspaper in 1854 and retiredmerchandise to New Orleans in 1812; studied law; was ad- to his farm near Cincinnati; unsuccessful Republican candi-mitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice in Bard- date for election in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; electedstown; appointed Commonwealth attorney in1820 and as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Con-moved to Louisville; member, State house of representatives gresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863); unsuccessful candi-1827-1831; member, State senate 1831-1840; unsuccessful date for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress;candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1835; served as colonel and aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Johndelegate to and president of Kentucky constitutional conven- C. Frémont in 1861; appointed Governor of Arizona by Presi-tion in 1849; road and railroad builder; founder and presi- dent Lincoln, but died in Green Township, near Cincinnati,dent of the University of Louisville; appointed Secretary of Ohio, on the eve of his departure to assume his duties,the Treasury by President Franklin Pierce 1853-1857; vice August 19, 1863; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cin-president and then president of the Louisville & Nashville cinnati, Ohio. Railroad Co. and president of the Louisville & Portland Canal Co.; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in GURNEY, Edward John, a Representative and a SenatorWashington, D.C., to devise means to prevent the impending from Florida; born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine,war; elected as a Democrat to the United StatesSenate and January 12, 1914; attended the public schools of Skowheganserved from March 4, 1865, to February 7, 1868, when he and Waterville, Maine; graduated from Colby College, Wa-resigned because of failing health; died in Louisville, Ky., terville, Maine 1935; received law degrees from the HarvardMarch 13, 1869; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery. Law School 1938 and from Duke Law School, Durham, N.C. Bibliography: DAB; Cotterill,Robert S. "James Guthrie-Kentuckian, 1948; was admitted to the New York bar in 1939; practiced 1792-1869." Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society 20 (September law in New York City 1938-1941; during the Second World 1922): 290-96. War enlisted as a private in the United States Army in 1941, saw action in the European Theater, and wasdischarged as GUYER, Tennyson, a Representative from Ohio; born in a lieutenant colonel in 1946; moved to Winter Park, Fla., inFindlay, Hancock County, Ohio, November 29, 1913; educat- 1948 and practiced law; city commissioner of Winter Parked in the public schools of Findlay; B.S., Findlay College, 1952-1958; city attorney of Maitland, Fla., 1957-1961; mayor1934; ordained minister; mayor of Celina, Ohio, 1940-1944; of Winter Park 196 1-1962; elected as a Republican to theState central committeeman, 1954-1966; Ohio State senator, Eighty-eighth Congress; reelected to the two succeeding Con-1959-1972; public affairs director, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., gresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1969); was not a candi-Findlay, Ohio, 1950-1972; delegate, Ohio State Republican date for reelection; elected in 1968 to the United Statesconventions, 1950-1957; delegate, Republican National Con- Senate, and served from January 3, 1969, until his resigna-vention, 1956; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third tion December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection inand to the three succeeding Congresses and served from 1974; is a resident of Winter Park, Fla. January 3, 1973, until his death April 12, 1981, in Alexan- 1106 Biographical Directory dna, Va.; interment in Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay,TaylorUniversity,Upland, md.; was graduated from Ohio. DePauw University, Greencastle, md., in 1905 and from the GUYER, Ulysses Samuel, a Representative from Kansas;law school of Columbia University, New York City, in 1908; born near Pawpaw, Lee County, Ill., December 13, 1868;was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton,New York City; during the First World War served as spe- Kans., and the University of Kansas School of Law at Law-cial counsel for the War Shipping Board and as a special rence; principal of St. John (Kans.) High School and superin-representative of the Secretary of War in the European tendent of the city schools of St. John 1896-1901; was admit-Theater; engaged in agricultural pursuits at Pawling, N.Y., ted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice in Kansasin 1928; member and president of the board of education, City, Kans.; judge of the first division city court of KansasBronxville, N.Y., 1920-1930; trustee of DePauw University, City, 1907-1909; mayor of Kansas City, 1909-1910; elected as1923-1962 and of Asheville (N.C.) School for Boys, 1930-1962; a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancyauthor of numerous articles on agriculture and religious caused by the death of Edward C. Little and served fromeducation; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth and November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1925; was not a candidate forto the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, election for the full term in 1924; resumed the practice of1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; retired law in Kansas City; again elected to the Seventieth and toto his farm, Ravenwood, Pawling, N.Y.; died in Deiray the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,Beach, Fla., February 27, 1962; interment in Pawling Ceme-- 1927, until his death; one of the managers appointed by thetery, Pawling, N.Y. House of Representatives in 1933 to conduct the impeach- ment proceedings against Harold Louderback, judge of the GWINNETT, Button, a Delegate from Georgia; born in United States District Court for the Northern District ofDown Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England, and baptized in California; died in Bethesda, Md., June 5, 1943; interment in1735; pursued an academic course; engaged in mercantile Fairview Cemetery, St. John, Kans. pursuits in Bristol, England; immigrated to the United States and settled in Charleston, S.C.; engaged in commer- GUYON, James, Jr., a Representative from New York;cial pursuits; moved to Savannah, Ga., in 1765 and entered born in Richmond, Richmond County, N.Y., December 24,business as a general trader; elected to the Commons House 1778; pursued an academic course; appointed captain of theof Assembly, 1769; moved to St. Catherines Island, Ga., in Second Squadron, First Division of Cavalry, in 1807; member1770 and engaged in planting; delegate to the Provincial of the State assembly 1812-1814; promoted to the rank ofCongress at Savannah in 1776; Member of the Continental major in 1814, and in 1819 colonel of the First Regiment ofCongress in 1776; a signer of the Declaration of Independ- Horse Artillery; successfully contested the election of Ebene-ence; member of the State constitutional convention in Feb- zer Sage to the Sixteenth Congress and served from Januaryruary 1777; Acting President and commander in chief of 14, 1820, to March 3, 1821; was not a candidate for renomi-Georgia from February to March 1777; unsuccessful candi- nation; engaged in farming; died in Richmond, N.Y., Marchdate for Governor of Georgia; engaged in a duel May 16, 9, 1846; interment in St. Andrew's Cemetery. 1777, with Gen. Lachlan McIntosh, which resulted in his GWIN, William McKendree, a Representative from Missis-death, near Savannah, Ga., May 19, 1777; interment prob- sippi and a Senator from California; born near Gallatin,ably in the Old Colonial Cemetery (later called Colonial Sumner County, Tenn., October 9, 1805; pursued classicalPark), Savannah, Ga. studies; graduated from the medical department of Transyl- Bibliography: DAB; Jenkins, Charles F. Button Gwinnett. New York: vania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1828; practiced medi- Doubleday, Page, 1926. cine in Clinton, Miss., until 1833; United States marshal of GWYNNE, John Williams, a Representative from Iowa; Mississippi in 1833; elected as a Democrat from Mississippiborn in Victor, Iowa County, Iowa, October 20, 1889; attend- to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3,ed the public schools and was graduated from the law de- 1843); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1842;partment of the State University of Iowa at Iowa City, moved to California in 1849; member of the State constitu-LL.B., 1914; was admitted to the bar the same year and tional convention in 1849; upon the admission of Californiacommenced practice in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa; as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to thealso engaged in agricultural pursuits; during the First World United States Senate and served from September 9, 1850, toWar served as a second lieutenant in the Three Hundred March 3, 1855; reelected to the United States Senate to filland Thirteenth Trench Mortar Battery, Eighty-eighth Divi- the vacancy occurring at the expiration of his term, causedsion, United States Army, 1917-1919; judge of the municipal by the failure of the legislature to elect, and served fromcourt of Waterloo, Iowa, 1920-1926; county attorney of Black January 13, 1857, to March 3, 1861; chairman, Committee onHawk County, Iowa, 1929-1934; elected as a Republican to Naval Affairs (Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses);the Seventy-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses an outspoken proponent of slavery, was twice arrested for(January 3, 1935-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate disloyalty during the Civil War; traveled to France in 1863for renomination in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; in an attempt to interest Napoleon III in a project to settlemember of the Federal Trade Commission, 1953-1959, serv- American slave-owners in Mexico; retired to California anding as chairman 1955-1959; retired to Waterloo, Iowa, where engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in New York Cityhe died July 5, 1972; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery. September 3, 1885; interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. Bibliography: DAB; Stanley, Gerald. 'Senator William Gwin: Moderate or Racist?" California Historical Quarterly 50 (September 1971): 243-55; H Steele, Robert V. [Lately Thomas]. Between Two Empires: The Life Story HABERSHAM, John (brother of Joseph Habersham and of California's First Senator. Boston: Houghton Muffin, 1969. uncle of Richard Wylly Habersham), a Delegate from Geor- GWINN, Ralph Waldo, a Representative from New York;gia; born at "Beverly," near Savannah, Ga., December 23, born in Noblesville, Hamilton County, md., March 29, 1884;1754; completed preparatory studies and later attended attended the public schools and the preparatory school ofPrinceton College; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served in Biographies 1107 the Revolutionary War as first lieutenant and brigade majorWilliams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1805; moved to of the First Georgia Continental Regiment; twice a prisonerHerkimer, N.Y.; elected county clerk in 1812 and again in of war; Member of the Continental Congress in 1785; ap-1815; judge advocate in the War of 1812; member of the pointed Indian agent by General Washington; appointedState assembly 1814, 1815, and 1818; elected to the Sixteenth commissioner to the Beaufort convention to adjust the Geor- Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); district attorney of gia-South Carolina boundary; member of the first board ofHerkimer County 1828-1833; again a member of the State trustees to establish the University of Georgia; secretary ofassembly in 1837; justice of the county court of St. Lawrence the Georgia branch of the Society of the Cincinnati upon itsCounty, N.Y., in 1823 and 1824; master in chancery; recorder organization; collector of customs at Savannah from 1789of Utica, N.Y.; died in New York City on December 28, 1868; until his death near Savannah, Ga., December 17, 1799;interment in Trinity Church Cemetery. interment in Colonial Park Cemetery. HACKNEY, Thomas, a Representative from Missouri; HABERSHAM, Joseph (brother of John Habersham andborn near Campbellsville, Giles County, Tenn., December 11, uncle of Richard W. Habersham), a Delegate from Georgia;1861; moved with his parents to Jackson County, Ill., in born in Savannah, Ga., July 28, 1751; attended preparatory1864; attended the common schools of Jackson County, the schools and Princeton College; member of the council ofSouthern Illinois Normal University at Carbondale, and the safety and the Provincial Council in 1775; major of a battal-University of Missouri at Columbia; studied law; was admit- ion of Georgia militiamen and subsequently a colonel in theted to the bar September 18, 1886, and commenced practice Continental Army; Delegate to the Continental Congress inin Carthage, Mo.; also interested in zinc and lead mines in 1785; member of the convention in 1788 which ratified thethe Joplin district; member of the State house of representa- Federal Constitution; mayor of the city of Savannah in 1792;tives in 1901; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress appointed Postmaster General of the United States by Presi-(March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for dent Washington in 1795 and served until 1801; returned toreelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the Savannah and engaged in the mercantile business; presidentpractice of law in Carthage, Mo.; delegate to the Democratic of the branch bank of the United States at Savannah, Ga.,National Convention in 1912; moved to Kansas City, Mo., in from 1802 until his death on November 17, 1815. 1914 and continued the practice of law; general counsel for Bibliography: DAB. the Missouri Pacific Railroad 19 14-1932; retired from public HABERSHAM, Richard Wylly (nephew of John Haber-life and resided in Kansas City, Mo., until his death there on sham and Joseph Habersham), a Representative from Geor-December 24, 1946; interment in Elmwood Cemetery. gia; born in Savannah, Ga., in December 1786; attended HADLEY, Lindley Hoag, a Representative from Washing- private schools, and was graduated from Princeton Collegeton; born near Sylvania, Parke County, md., June 19, 1861; in 1810; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com-attended the common schools of his native city, Blooming- menced practice in Savannah, Ga.; appointed United Statesdale (md.) Academy, and Illinois Wesleyan University, attorney and served until 1825, when he resigned; attorneyBloomington, Ill.; taught school in Rockville, md., 1884-1889; generalof Georgia; moved toClarksville, Habershamstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1889; moved to the County, in 1835; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth andState of Washington in 1890 and settled in Whatcom (now Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1839,Bellingham), where he practiced law until elected to Con- until his death; died in Clarksville, Ga., December 2, 1842;gress; elected as a Republican to theSixty-fourth and to the interment in the Old Cemetery. eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1933); HACKETT, Richard Nathaniel, a Representative fromunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy- North Carolina; born in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C.,third Congress; reengaged in the practice of law in Washing- December 4, 1866; attended the Wilkesboro High School, andton, D.C., until 1940, when he retired from active life and was graduated from the University of North Carolina atmoved to Wilton, Conn.; died in Wallingford, Conn., Novem- Chapel Hill in 1887; studied law; was admitted to the bar inber 1, 1948; interment in St. Matthew's Cemetery, Wilton, 1888 and commenced practice in Wilkesboro, N.C.; chairmanConn. of the Wilkes County Democratic executive committee 1890- HADLEY, William Flavius Lester, a Representative from 1923; member of the Democratic State executive committeeIllinois; born near Collinsville, Madison County, Ill., June 15, 1890-1923; mayor of Wilkesboro 1894-1896; represented1847; attended the common schools; was graduated from North Carolina at the centennial of Washington's inaugura-McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., in June 1867, and from tion in New York in 1889; unsuccessful candidate for elec- the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann tion in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; elected as a Demo-Arbor in 1871; was admitted to the bar in 1871 and com- crat to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909);menced practice at Edwardsville, Ill.; member of the State unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-senate in 1886; delegate to the Republican National Conven- first Congress; resumed the practice of law in North Wilkes-tion in 1888; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth boro, N.C.; died in Statesville, N.C., November 22, 1923; in-Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frederick terment in the St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Wilkesboro,Remann and served from December 2, 1895, to March 3, N.C. 1897; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896; engaged HACKETT, Thomas C., a Representative from Georgia;in banking; died in Riverside, Calif., April 25, 1901; inter- born in that State; attended the common schools; solicitorment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Edwardsville, Ill. general of the Cherokee circuit 1841-1843; served in the HAGAN, George Elliott, a Representative from Georgia; State senate in 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-born in Sylvania, Screven County, Ga., May 24, 1916; attend- first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); died in Mariet-ed the Screven County public schools and the University of ta, Ga., October 8, 1851. Georgia; served five terms in the State house of representa- HACKLEY, Aaron, Jr., a Representative from New York;tives and one term in the State senate; at the outbreak of born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., May 6,the Second World War resigned from the State house of 1783; attended the public schools, and was graduated fromrepresentatives and served two years in the Army Signal 1108 Biographical Directory

Corps; secretary-treasurer and deputy director of the Stateand publisher of a Norwegian-language newspaper 1920- Board of Workmen's Compensation, 1946; member of Nation-1928; taught history and civics at Mandan (N.Dak.) High al Council of State Governments for two terms; district di-School in 1928; publisher and editor of the Polk County rector of Office of Price Stabilization for southern half ofLeader, Crookston, Minn., 1928-1932; secretary to Hon. Rich- Georgia in 1951 and 1952 and deputy regional director, At-ard T. Buckler 1934-1942; delegate to the National Rivers lanta Regional Office, in 1953; engaged in life insurance-and Harbors Congress, Washington, D.C., in 1937; elected as estate planning, general farming and livestock raising;a Farmer-Laborite to the Seventy-eighth Congress and as a member of the board of trustees of Tift College; elected as aRepublican to the Seventy-ninth and to the four succeeding Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the five succeedingCongresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1955); unsuccessful Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1973); unsuccessfulcandidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Con- candidate for renomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Con-gress and for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; gress; is a resident of Sylvania, Ga. engaged in public relations work until his death in Washing- HAGANS, John Marshall, a Representative from Westton, D.C., March 19, 1957; interment in Oakdale Cemetery, Virginia; born in Brandonville, Preston County, Va. (nowCrookston, Minn. West Virginia), August 13, 1838; attended the public schools; HAGER, Alva Lysander, a Representative from Iowa; studied law at Harvard University; was admitted to the barborn near Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y., on October in 1859 and commenced practice in Morgantown; elected29, 1850; moved in 1859 to Iowa with his parents, who settled prosecuting attorney for Monongahela County in 1862, 1863,near Cottonville, Jackson County; moved to Jones County in 1864, and 1870; law reporter for the supreme court of ap-1863; attended the public schools of Monticello and Ana- peals from January 1864 to March 4, 1873; mayor of Mor-mosa; was graduated from the law department of the Uni- gantown 1866, 1867, and 1869; member of the State constitu- versity of Iowa at Iowa City in 1875; was admitted to the bar tional convention in 1871; elected as a Republican to thein1875 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Iowa; Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuc-member of the State senate in 1891; chairman of the Iowa cessful candidate for renomination; member of the StateRepublican State convention in 1892; elected as a Republi- house of delegates 1879-1883; elected judge of the second can to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses judicial district in 1888 and served until his death in Mor-(March 4, 1893-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for gantown, W.Va., June 17, 1900; interment in Oak Grovereelection; resumed the practice of law; moved to Des Cemetery. Moines in 1901 and continued the practice of his profession; HAGEDORN, Thomas Michael, a Representative fromengaged in banking 19 11-1918; died in Des Moines, Iowa, Minnesota; born in Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minn.,January 29, 1923; interment in Harbach Funeral Home November 27, 1943; graduated from Blue Earth High School,vault. 1961; served in United States Navy; engaged in grain and HAGER, John Sharpenstein, a Senator from California; livestock farming, Watonwan County, Minn.; elected to Min- born near Morristown, in German Valley, Morris County, nesota house of representatives, 1970; reelected, 1972; dele-N.J., March 12, 1818; completed preparatory studies and gate to Minnesota State and County Republican conventions,graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton 1968, 1972; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth andUniversity) in 1836; studied law; was admitted to the bar in to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-Janu-1840 and practiced in Morristown, N.J.; moved to California ary 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 toin 1849 and engaged in mining; practiced law in San Fran- the Ninety-eighth Congress; president of Tom Hagedorn As- cisco; member of the State constitutional convention in 1849; sociates, a consulting and lobbying firm; is a resident ofmember, State senate 1852-1854, 1865-1871; elected State Arlington, Va. district judge for the district of San Francisco in 1855 and HAGEN, Harlan Francis, a Representative from Califor-served until 1861; elected a regent of the University of Cali- nia; born in Lawton, Ramsey County, N.Dak., October 8,fornia in 1871; elected as a Democrat to the United States 1914; moved to Long Beach, Calif., at the age of fifteen;Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of attended the public schools of Lawton, N.Dak., and LongEugene Casserly and served from December 23, 1873, to Beach, Calif.; was graduated from Long Beach (Calif.) JuniorMarch 3,1875; was not a candidate for renomination; College in 1933, the University of California at Berkeley inmember of the State constitutional convention in 1879; col- 1936, and from the law school of the same university inlector of customs of the port of San Francisco 1885-1889; 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced thedied in San Francisco on March 19, 1890; interment in Belle- practice of law in Hanford, Calif.; served in the Unitedfontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. States Army from February 1943 to April 1946 as counterin- Bibliography: DAB. telligence agent and later as head of the Denver, Cob., office of the Security Intelligence Corps; later held Reserve com- HAGGOTT, Warren Armstrong, a Representative from mission as lieutenant colonel in Army Military Intelligence;Colorado; born near Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, May 18, member of the city council of Hanford in 1948; member of 1864;attended the common schools,Sidney Grammar the State assembly 1949-1952; delegate to the DemocraticSchool, and Xenia (Ohio) College; was graduated from Val- National Convention in 1960 and 1964; elected as a Demo-paraiso (md.) College in 1886; taught school in Dallas crat to the Eighty-third and to the six succeeding CongressesCounty, Tex., in 1886 and 1887; moved to Idaho Springs, (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidateCob, in 1887, taught school in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, in 1887 and 1888; school principal in Black Hawk in 1888 for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; resumedand 1889; superintendent of public schools at Idaho Springs, the practice of law; is a resident of Hanford, Calif. Cob., 1890-1899; studied law; was admitted to the bar in

HAGEN, Harold Christian, a Representative from Minne-- 1892 and commenced practice in 1899 at Idaho Springs, sota; born in Crookston, Polk County, Minn., November 10,Cob.; Lieutenant Governor of Colorado 1903-1905; chairman 1901; attended the public and high schools; was graduatedof the Republican State convention in 1904; elected as a from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., in 1917; engaged inRepublican to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, railroading, in agricultural pursuits, and as reporter, editor,1909); unsuccessful candidate in 1908 for reelection to the Biographies 1109

Sixty-first Congress; moved to Denver, Cob., in 1911; judgeof the Republican-Union Party for reelection to the Thirty- of the district court of the second judicial district of Coloradoeighth Congress; member of the board of directors of several in 1921 and 1922; president of Vermillion Oil Co., 1925-1944;banks and insurance companies; died in Westchester, N.Y., resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1951;September 15, 1885; interment in Trinity Church Cemetery, died in Denver, Cob., April 29, 1958; interment in Fair-New York City. mount Cemetery. HAILE, William, a Representative from Mississippi; born HAHN, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; bornin 1797; moved to Mississippi and settled in Woodville, Wil- in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pa., Octo-kinson County; member of the State house of representatives ber 30, 1776; attended the common schools; studied medicinein 1826; elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacan- and practiced; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenthcy caused by the death of ChristopherRankin; reelected to Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); resumed the prac- the Twentieth Congress and served from July 10, 1826, to tice of medicine and also engaged in agricultural pursuits;September 12, 1828, when he resigned; unsuccessful candi- died in New Hanover Township February 26, 1823; inter-date for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; ment in Falkner Swamp Graveyard. delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1832; died HAHN, Michael, a Representative from Louisiana; born innear Woodville, Miss., March 7, 1837. Bavaria, Germany, November 24, 1830; immigrated to the HAlLEY, John, a Delegate from the Territory of Idaho; United States with his parents, who settled in New Yorkborn in Smith County, Tenn., August 29, 1835; attended the City; moved to New Orleans, La., about 1840; attended thecommon schools; moved in 1848 to Missouri withhis parents, graded and high schools, and was graduated from the lawwho settled in Dade County; crossed the plains to Oregon in department of the University of Louisiana in 1850; was ad-1853; enlisted as a private on the outbreak of the Rogue mitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice in NewRiver Indian War in 1855 and subsequently promoted to Orleans, La.; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventhlieutenant; moved to Idaho in 1862; engaged in agricultural Congress and served from December 3, 1862, to March 3,pursuits, stock raising, and mining; elected as a Democrat to 1863; returned to New Orleans and engaged in newspaperthe Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); de- work; appointed prize commissioner of New Orleans; elected Governor of Louisiana on February 22, 1864, and servedclined to be a candidate for renomination in 1874; member until March 4, 1865, when he resigned; manager and editorof the Territorial council of Idaho in 1880 and served as its of the New Orleans Daily Republican 1867-1871; founded thepresident; elected to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, village of Hahnville; member of the State house of repre-1885-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in sentatives 1872-1876 and served as speaker in 1875; appoint-1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; appointed warden of the Idaho ed State register of voters on August 15, 1876; superintend-Penitentiary in 1899; died in Boise, Idaho, April 10, 1921; ent of the United States Mint at New Orleans in 1878;interment in the Masonic Cemetery. district judge of the twenty-sixth district from 1879 until HAINER, Eugene Jerome, a Representative from Nebras- March 3, 1885, when he resigned; elected as a Republican toka; born in Funfkirchen, Hungary, August 16, 1851;immi- the Forty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1885,grated to the United States with his parents, who settled in until his death in Washington, D.C., March 15, 1886; inter-Columbia, Mo., in 1854, and in New Buda, Iowa, in1861; ment in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La. spent his boyhood on a farm near Garden Grove,Iowa, until Bibliography: DAB; Baker, Vaughn B., and Amos E. Simpson. "Michael Garden Hahn: Steady Patriot." Louisiana History 13 (Summer 1972): 229-52. 1873; attended the public schools of Decatur County, Grove Seminary, and Iowa Agricultural College; wasgrad- HAIGHT, Charles, a Representative from New Jersey;uated from the law department of Simpson CentenaryCol- born at Colts Neck, Monmouth County, N.J., January 4,lege, Indianola, Iowa, in 1876; was admitted tothe bar the 1838; attended private schools in Freehold, N.J., and wassame year and commencedpractice at Aurora, Nebr., in graduated from Princeton College in 1857; studied law; was1877; became interested in banking and in a group of cream- admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice ineries in southern Nebraska; elected as a Republican tothe Freehold, N.J.; member of the State house of assembly 1860- Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4,1893- 1862 and served as speaker in 1861 and 1862; commissionedMarch 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1896 a brigadier general of militia on May27, 1861; during theto the Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practiceof law in Civil War was in command of Camp Vredenburgh fromAurora and, after 1904, in Lincoln; retired in July1928 and August 22, 1862, until the close of the war; elected as amoved to Omaha, Nebr., where he resided until his death on Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses (MarchMarch 17, 1929; interment in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, 4, 1867-March 3, 1871); was not a candidate for renomina- tion in 1870; resumed the practice of law; delegate to theNebr. Democratic National Convention in 1872, and served as HAINES, Charles Delemere, a Representative from New chairman of the State delegation; appointed prosecutor ofYork; born in Medusa, Albany County, N.Y., June 9, 1856; the pleas; appointed prosecuting attorney of Monmouthmoved with his parents to Coxsackie; attended the common County in 1873 and served until his death in Freehold, N.J.,schools; studied telegraphy and became a traindispatcher; August 1, 1891; interment in Maplewood Cemetery. was assistant superintendent andsuperintendent of a rail- operation HAIGHT, Edward, a Representative from New York; bornroad; joined with his brothers in the building and of numerous railroad lines in the United States, Mexico, and in New York City on March 26, 1817; attended the common built the schools; employed in a countinghouse early in life; laterCanada; settled in Kinderhook, N.Y., in 1888 and engaged in the wholesale dry-goods business and in banking;Kinderhook & Hudson Railroad; elected as a Democrat to moved to Westchester, N.Y., in 1850; a director of the Na-the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3,1895); un- tional Bank of New York; organized the Bank of the Com- successful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth monwealth of New York City in 1856 and was its presidentCongress; resumed his former business activities; resided at until 1870; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Con-Altamonte Springs, Fia., until his death there April 11,1929; gress (March 4, 1861-March 3,1863); unsuccessful candidateinterment in Hudson Falls Cemetery, Hudson Falls, N.Y. 1110 Biographical Directory

HAINES, Harry Luther, a Representative from Pennsyl- Sixtieth Congresses), Republican Conference (Fifty-seventh vania; born in Red Lion, York County, Pa., February 1, 1880; through Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Appropriations attended the public schools, the State normal school at Lock(Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses), Committee on Public Haven, Pa., and Patrick's Business College at York, Pa.;Expenditures (Sixty-first Congress); member of the National engaged in the manufacture and brokerage of cigars 1906-Monetary Commission; retired from public life and was a 1934; burgess of Red Lion 1921-1930; delegate to the Demo-resident of Washington, D.C., until his death on October 27, cratic State convention in 1918; elected as a Democrat to the 1918; interment in Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth, Hancock Seventy-second and to the three succeeding CongressesCounty, Maine. (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for Bibliography: DAB. reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; served in the office of the State treasurer in 1939 and 1940; elected to HALE, Fletcher, a Representative from New Hampshire; the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3,born in Portland, Maine, January 22, 1883; attended the 1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to thepublic schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Han- Seventy-eighth Congress; editor of the plant magazine of theover, N.H., in 1905; studied law; was admitted to the bar in York Safe & Lock Co. from 1943 to 1944, when he retired;1908 and commenced practice in Littleton, N.H.; moved to died at Red Lion, Pa., March 29, 1947; interment in Red LionLaconia, N.H., in 1912 and continued the practice of his Cemetery. profession; city solicitor of Laconia in 1915; solicitor for Belk- nap County 1915-1920; member of the board of education HALDEMAN, Richard Jacobs, a Representative from1916-1925, serving as chairman 1918-1925; delegate to the Pennsylvania; born in Harrisburg, Pa., May 19, 1831; pur-State constitutional convention in 1918; member of the State sued an academic course, and was graduated from Yale Col-tax commission 1920-1925; elected as a Republican to the lege in 1851; attended Heidelberg and Berlin Universities;Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and United States attaché of the legation at Paris in 1853 andserved from March 4, 1925, until his death in Brooklyn later occupied similar positionsatSt.Petersburg and(N.Y.) Naval Hospital on October 22, 1931; interment in Vienna; returned to Harrisburg and purchased the DailyUnion Cemetery, Laconia, N.H. and Weekly Patriot and Union and was its editor until 1860; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Balti- HALE, Frederick (son of , grandson of Zacha- more and Charleston in 1860; elected as a Democrat to theriah Chandler, and cousin of Robert Hale), a Senator from Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-Maine; born in Detroit, Mich., October 7, 1874; attended March 3,1873); was not a candidate for renomination inpreparatory schools in Lawrenceville, N.J., and Groton, 1872; retired from active pursuits; died in Harrisburg, Pa.,Mass., and graduated from Harvard University in 1896; at- October 1, 1886; interment in Harrisburg Cemetery. tended Columbia Law School, New York City, in 1896 and 1897; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice HALE, Artemas, a Representative from Massachusetts;of law in Portland, Maine, in 1899; member, State house of born in Winchendon, Worcester County, Mass., October 20,representatives 1905-1906; member of the Republican Na- 1783; received a limited education and workedon a farm; taught school in Hingham, Mass., 1804-1814; became inter-tional Committee 1912-1918; elected as a Republican to the ested in the manufacture of cotton gins in Bridgewater;United States Senate in 1916; reelected in 1922, 1928, and member of the State house of representatives 1824, 1825,again in 1934, and served from March 4, 1917, to January 3, 1827, and 1828; served in the State senate 1833 and 1834;1941; was not a candidate for renomination in 1940; chair- again a member of the State house of representatives 1838-man, Committee on Canadian Relations (Sixty-sixth Con- 1842; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1853;gress), Committee on Naval Affairs (Sixty-eighth through elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Con-Seventy-second Congresses), Committee on Appropriations gresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); engaged in agricul-(Seventy-second Congress); retired to private life; died in tural pursuits; presidential elector on the Republican ticketPortland, Maine, September 28, 1963; interment in Wood- in 1864; died in Bridgewater, Mass., August 3, 1882; inter-bine Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine. ment in Mount Prospect Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. HALE, Eugene (father of Frederick Hale), a Representa- HALE, James Tracy, a Representative from Pennsylvania; tive and a Senator from Maine; born in Turner, Oxfordborn in Towanda, Bradford County, Pa., October 14, 1810; County, Maine, June 9,1836; educated in the commonattended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the schools and at Hebron Academy; studied law in Portland,bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Bellefonte, Pa.; ap- Maine; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commencedpointed president judge of the twentieth judicial district in practice in Ellsworth, Maine; prosecuting attorney for Han-1851; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty- cock County 1858-1866; member, State house of representa-seventh Congresses and as an Independent Republican to tives 1867-1868, 1879-1880; elected as a Republican to thethe Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1865); Forty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,chairman, Committee on Claims (Thirty-eighth Congress); 1869-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection indied in Bellefonte, Pa., April 6, 1865; interment in City 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; declined appointments toCemetery. the Cabinets of Presidents Ulysses Grant and Rutherford HALE, John Blackwell, a Representative from Missouri; Hayes; elected as a Republican to the United States Senateborn in Brooks (now Hancock) County, Va. (now West Vir- in 1881; reelected in 1887, 1893, 1899, and 1905 and servedginia), February 27, 1831; attended the common schools; from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1911; was not a candidatestudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced for renomination; Republican caucus chairman 1901-1902,practice in Brunswick, Mo.; member of the State house of 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910; chairman, Committee onrepresentatives 1856-1858; presidential elector on the Demo- the Census (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses, andcratic ticket of Douglas and Johnson in 1860; colonel of the Fifty-ninth Congress), Committee on Private Land ClaimsSixty-fifth Regiment, Missouri Militia, and of the Fourth (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Printing (Fifty-fourthProvisional Regiment, Missouri Militia, in the ), Committee on Naval Affairs (Fifty-fifth throughservice during the Civil War; delegate to the Democratic Biographies 1111

National Convention in 1864 and 1868; member of the Mis-Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeed- souri constitutional convention in 1875; elected as a Demo-ing Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1959); unsuccess- crat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3,ful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Con- 1887); unsuccessful candidate for renomination on the Demo-gress; resumed the practice of lawin Washington, D.C., cratic ticket and defeated for reelection as an Independent;where he died November 30, 1976; interment in Evergreen resumed the practice of law; died in Carroliton, Mo., onCemetery, Portland, Maine. February 1, 1905; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. HALE, Robert Safford, a Representative from New York; HALE, John Parker, a Representative and a Senator fromborn in Chelsea, Orange County, Vt., September 24, 1822; New Hampshire; born in Rochester, Strafford County, N.H.,attended South Royalton (Vt.) Academy, and was graduated March 31, 1806; received preparatory education at Phillipsfrom the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1842; stud- Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; graduated from Bowdoin Col- ied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in lege, Brunswick, Maine, in 1827; studied law; was admittedElizabethtown, N.Y., in 1847; judge of Essex County 1856- to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Dover, N.H.;1864; appointed a regent of the University of New York, member, State house of representatives 1832; appointed byNew York City, in 1859; special counsel of the United States President Andrew Jackson United States attorney in 1834,charged with the defense of the "abandoned and captured and was removed by President John Tyler in 1841; elected as property claims" 1868-1870; agent and counsel for the a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress(March 4, 1843-United States before the American and British Mixed Com- March 3, 1845); refused to vote for the annexation of Texas,mission under the treaty of Washington 1871-1873; elected although instructed to do so by the State legislature, whichas a Republican to the Thirty-ninthCongress to fill the then revoked his renomination; elected as a Free Soil candi-vacancy caused by the death of OrlandoKellogg and served date to the United States Senate in 1846 and served fromfrom December 3, 1866, to March 3, 1867; elected to the March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1853; unsuccessful candidate forForty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); chair- President of the United States on the Free-Soil ticket inman, Committee on District of Columbia(Forty-third Con- 1852; again elected to the Senate in 1855 to fill the vacancygress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1874; appointed caused by the death of Charles G. Atherton; reelected ina commissioner of the State survey April29, 1876, in which 1859 and served from July 30, 1855, to March 3, 1865; chair-capacity he was serving when he died in Elizabethtown, man, Committee on Naval Affairs(Thirty-seventh andN.Y., on December 14, 1881; interment in Riverside Ceme- Thirty-eighth Congresses), Committee on the District of Co- tery. lumbia (Thirty-eighth Congress); appointed Minister to Spain Bibliography: DAB. 1865-1869; returned to Dover, N.H., and died there Novem- ber 19, 1873; interment in Pine Hill Cemetery. HALE, Salma, a Representative from New Hampshire; Bibliography: DAB; Lowden, Lucy. "Black as Ink-Bitter as Hell': John born in Alstead, Cheshire County, N.H., March 7,1787; P.Hale's Mutiny in New Hampshire." Historical New Hampshire 27 became a printer and in 1805 edited the Walpole Political (Spring 1972): 27-50; Sewell, Richard H. John P. Hale and the Politics of Observatory; studied law; appointed clerk of the courtof Abolition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. common pleas of Cheshire County;moved to Keene in 1813; HALE, Nathan Wesley, a Representative from Tennessee;elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress(March 4, born near Gate City, Scott County, Va., February 11, 1860;1817-March 3, 1819); was not a candidate for renomination attended the common schools of Nicholasville, Va., andin 1818; clerk of the supreme court of NewHampshire 1817- Kingsley Academy near Kingsport, Tenn.; taught school at1834; member of the State house of representatives in1823, Hale's Mill, Va., in 1876; moved to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1878 1828, and again in 1844; served in the State senate in 1824, and engaged in the nursery business; also engaged in the1825, and again in 1845 and 1846; was admitted to thebar in wholesaledry goodsbusiness,banking, andfarming;October 1834; secretary to the commission appointed under member of the State house of representatives, 1891-1893;the treaty of Ghent for determining the northeasternbound- served in the State senate, 1893-1895; unsuccessful candi-ary line of the United States;died in Somerville, Mass., date for the Republican nomination in 1902 as a Representa-November 19,1866; interment in Woodland Cemetery, tive to the Fifty-eighth Congress; elected as a Republican toKeene, N.H. the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1905- HALE, William, a Representative from New Hampshire; March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908born in Portsmouth, N.H., August 6,1765; attended the to the Sixty-first Congress; delegate to the Republican Na- the tional Convention in 1908; member of the Republican Na-public schools; was a merchant and shipowner; served in tional Committee 1908-1912; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., inState senate 1796-1800; member of the Governor's council 1803-1805; elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress 1909 and engaged in the oil and real estate business until(March 4, 1809-March 3, 1811); elected to the Thirteenthand his death in Alhambra, Calif., September 16, 1941; interment Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); died in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif. in Dover, N.H., November 8, 1848; interment in PineHill HALE, Robert (cousin of Frederick Hale), a Representa-Cemetery. tive from Maine; born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 29, 1889; attended the public schools; was HALEY, Elisha, a Representative from Connecticut; born graduated from Portland High School in 1906, from Bowdoinin Groton, New London County, Conn., January21, 1776; College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1910, and from Oxford Uni-attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pur- versity in England, in 1912; attended Harvard Law School insuits; served in the State house of representatives in 1820, 1913 and 1914; was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in1824, 1826, 1829, 1833, and 1834; member of the State senate 1914, the Maine bar in 1917, and the District of Columbiain 1830; captain in the State militia; elected as aJacksonian bar in 1959; practiced in Portland, Maine, 1917-1942; duringto the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as aDemocrat the First World War served in the United States Army into the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4,1835-March 3, 1839); grades up to second lieutenant, with overseas service, 1917-chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Twenty-fifth 19 19; member of the State house of representatives 1923-Congress); engaged in civil engineering; died in Groton, 1930, serving as speaker in 1929 and 1930; elected as aConn., January 22, 1860; interment in Crary Cemetery. 1112 Biographical Directory

HALEY, James Andrew, a Representative from Florida; HALL, Boiling, a Representative from Georgia; born in born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., January 4, 1899;Dinwiddie County, Va., December 25, 1767; pursued classical attended the public schools and the University of Alabama;studies; served in the Revolutionary War at the age of 16; during the First World War enlisted in Troop A, Secondmoved to Hancock County, Ga., in 1792; held several local Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas; accountant,offices; member of the State house of representatives 1800- Sarasota, Fla., 1920-1933; general manager of John Ringling estate 1933-1943; first vice president of Ringling Circus1802 and 1804-1806; elected as a Republican to the Twelfth, 1943-1945 and president and director of Ringling Brothers,Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4,1811- Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sarasota, Fla., 1946-1948; engagedMarch 3, 1817); retired to private life; moved to Alabama in in newspaper publishing and later in general printing busi-1808 and engaged in planting near Montgomery; chairman ness; chairman of the Democratic executive committee ofof the reception committee to welcome General Lafayette in Sarasota County 1935-1952; member of the State house of1824; died on his plantation, "Ellerslie," in Autauga (now representatives 1949-1952; delegate to the Democratic Na-Elmore) County, Ala., February 25, 1836; interment on his tional Conventions in 1952 and 1960; elected as a Democratestate. to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses HALL, Chapin, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committeeonin Busti, Chautauqua County, N.Y., July 12, 1816; attended Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourththe common schools and the Jamestown (N.Y.) Academy; Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; resided in Sarasota, Fla., where hemoved to Pine Grove (now Russell), Warren County, Pa., died August 6, 1981; interment in Boca Raton Cemetery,about 1841 and engaged in the lumber business and mercan- Boca Raton, Fla. tile pursuits; moved to Warren, Pa., in 1851 and engaged in banking; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Con- HALL, Albert Richardson, a Representative from Indiana;gress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for born near West Baden, Orange County, md., August 27,renomination in 1860; interested in the manufacture of 1884; attended the district school and the Paoli (md.) Highlumber products at Louisville, Ky., Fond du Lac, Wis., and School; was graduated from Indiana Central Business Col-Newark, N.J., and in the manufacture of worsted goods at lege at Indianapolis in 1906 and from Eariham College, Rich-Jamestown, N.Y.; died in Jamestown, N.Y., September 12, mond, md., in 1912; principal of the high school at French 1879; interment in Lake View Cemetery. Lick 1909-1911; superintendent of schools of Fairmount 1913-1917, of Waterloo in 1917 and 1918, and of Grant HALL, Darwin Scott, a Representative from Minnesota; County 1921-1925; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-born in Mound Prairie, Wheatland Township, Kenosha ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4,County, Wis., January 23, 1844; moved with his parents to 1925-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in Waukaw, Winnebago County, in 1847, thence to Grand 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress and for election in 1934 Rapids, Wis., in 1856; attended the common schools, the local to the Seventy-fourth Congress; engaged in commercialacademy at Elgin, Ill., and Markham's Academy, Milwau- printing 1932-1942; secretary and treasurer of Drivewayskee, Wis.; served as a private in Company K, Forty-second Contractors, Inc.; engaged in the real estate business inRegiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil Marion, md., editor of Fairmount, md., newspaper, andoper-War; settled near Birch Cooley, Renville County, Minn., in ator of Indiana Hotel in Marion, md., from 1961 until his1866 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1868; auditor death in Marion, md., November 29, 1969; interment inof Renville County 1869-1873; clerk of the district court I.O.O.F. Cemetery. 1873-1878; member of the State house of representatives in HALL, Augustus, a Representative from Iowa; born in1876; editor of the Renville Times, which he founded in 1876; Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., April 29, 1814; attended theregister of the United States land office at Benson, Minn., common schools and Middleburg (N.Y.) Academy; studied1878-1886; served in the State senate in 1886; elected as a law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced prac-Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March tice in Mount Vernon, Ohio; assistant United States marshal3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the in 1839; prosecuting attorney of Union County 1840-1842;Fifty-second Congress; appointed chairman of the Chippewa moved to Keosauqua, Iowa, in 1844; elected as a Democrat toIndian Commission by President Harrison in 1891 and the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857);served until 1893 and again in 1897; delegate to the Republi- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-can National Convention in 1892; member of the board of fifth Congress; appointed by President Buchanan as chiefmanagers of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society 1905- justice of Nebraska Territory in 1858 and served until his1910; again a member of the State senate in 1906; engaged death in Bellevue, Nebr., February 1, 1861; interment inin agricultural pursuits near Olivia, Renville County, Minn., Prospect Hill Cemetery. until his death there on February 23, 1919; interment in Olivia Cemetery. HALL, Benton Jay, a Representative from Iowa; born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, January 13, 1835; moved HALL, David McKee, a Representative from North Caroli- with his parents to Iowa in December 1840; attended Knoxna; born in Sylva, Jackson County, N.C., May 16, 1918; at- College, Galesburg, Ill., and was graduated from Miami Uni-tended the public schools in Jackson County, N.C.; special versity, Oxford, Ohio, in 1855; studied law; was admitted tostudent at the University of North Carolina, receiving a the bar in 1857 and practiced; member of the State house ofcertificate of law in 1947 and a law degree in 1948; was representatives in 1872 and 1873; served in the State senateadmitted to the bar and in 1948 commenced practice in 1882-1886; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Con-Sylva, N.C.; served as attorney for the towns of Sylva, Dills- gress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); was an unsuccessfulboro, Webster, and Jackson County; in 1952 was appointed candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress;to the Twentieth Judicial District Committee; organized the appointed Commissioner of Patents by President ClevelandJackson County Savings & Loan Association and served as and served from April 12, 1887, to March 31, 1889; resumedsecretary; in 1953 organized Jackson County Industries, Inc., the practice of law; died in Burlington, Iowa, January 5,and served as president; member of the State senate in the 1894; interment in Aspen Grove Cemetery. 1955 session; member of North Carolina Board of Water Biographies 1113

Commissioners 1955-1958; elected as a Democrat to thethe Twenty-third Congress and as a Whig to the Twenty- Eighty-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1959,fourth through Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from until his death in Sylva, N.C., January 29, 1960; intermentJanuary 1, 1833, to March 8, 1843; chairman, Committee on in Webster Methodist Church Cemetery, Webster, N.C. Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; State bank commission- HALL, Durward Gorham, a Representative from Missou-er 1843-1846; judge of the State supremecourt 1846-1850; ri; born in Cassville, Mo., September 14, 1910; graduatedSecond Comptroller of the Treasury from November 27, from Greenwood High School of Southwest Missouri State1850, to September 10, 1851; United States land commission- College in 1926, Drury College in 1930, and Rush Medicaler for California 1851-1854;returned to Vermont; Governor College in 1934; engaged in general practice and becameof Vermont 1858-1860; member of the peace convention of chief surgeon with Smith-Glynn-Callaway Clinic, Springfield,1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means Mo.; during the Second World War served in the Unitedto prevent the impending war; died in Springfield, Mass., States Army, including chief of personnel service, Office ofDecember 18, 1885; interment in Bennington Center Ceme- the Surgeon General and was discharged as colonel with the Legion of Honor; member of the United States Army Re-tery, Bennington, Vt. serve and retired in 1955 to honorary reserve;delegate, Re- Bibliography: DAB. publican National Convention in 1964 and was chairman of HALL, Homer William, a Representative from Illinois; State delegation; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sev-born in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ill., July 22, 1870; moved enth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-with his parents to Bloomington, Ill., in 1876; attended the January 8, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection in 1972public schools and Illinois Wesleyan University at Blooming- to the Ninety-third Congress; co-founder and member ofton; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1892and corn- board of trustees, Uniformed Services, University of Healthmenced practice in Bloomington, Ill.; engaged in banking Sciences, Bethesda, Md., 1973-198 1; member of the faculty,and was also interested in agricultural pursuits; county Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fla.; is a resident of St.judge of McLean County 1909-1914, probate judge 1909-1914, Petersburg, Fla. and master in chancery 1916-1918; delegate to the Republi- Republican to HALL, Edwin Arthur (great-grandson of John Allen Col-can National Convention in 1916; elected as a her), a Representative from New York; born in Binghamton,the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses Broome County, N.Y., February 11, 1909; attended the public(March 4, 1927-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for schools and Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; engaged in thereelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress;resumed building and banking business and in agricultural pursuits;the practice of law and agricultural pursuits; again elected member of the Broome County Republican committee inas county judge of McLean County,in 1934, and served until 1935; delegate to the New York State Republican conventionhis retirement in 1942; died in Bloomington, Ill., September in 1936; member of the city council of Binghamton, N.Y.,22, 1954; interment in Park Hill Cemetery. 1937-1939; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Con- HALL, James Knox Polk, a Representative from Pennsyl- gress to fill the vacancy caused by the deathof Bert Lord;vania; born in Milesburg, Center County, Pa., September30, reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the five succeeding1844; educated in Pittsburgh, Pa.; studied law; wasadmitted Congresses and served from November 7, 1939, to January 3 to the bar November 8, 1866; elected district attorneyof Elk 1953; was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination inCounty in 1867; reelected in 1870 and 1873;retired from 1952;administrative aideto Hon. Richard H. Knauf,practice in 1883 to engage in the coal, lumber, andrailroad member of the State legislature, in 1953 and 1954; employedbusiness and also in banking; elected as a Democrat tothe by the New York State Civil Service Commission in Syra-Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses and served from cuse, N.Y., in 1955 and 1956 and withthe New York StateMarch 4, 1899, to November 29, 1902, when heresigned; Soil Conservation Service in 1957 and 1958; member, Silvermember of the State senate in 1902-19 14; died in Tampa, Lake School District Board, Susquehanna County, Pa., 1962- Cemetery, 1965; member, Montrose Area School District Board, 1965-Fla., January 5, 1915; interment in Pine Grove 1971; resides on his estate, Indian Mountain, Brackney, Pa. Ridgway, Pa. HALL, John, a Delegate from Maryland; born nearAn- HALL, George, a Representative from New York; born in 1729; Cheshire, New Haven County, Conn., May 12, 1770; attendednapohis, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 27, the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the barcompleted preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Annapolis;member of and practiced in Onondaga County, N.Y.; moved to Ononda- in of law; postmas-the council of safety; delegate to the Maryland convention ga, N.Y., in 1802 and continued the practice 1775; Member of the Continental Congress in1775; contin- ter of Onondaga Hollow in 1802; surrogate of Onondagaued the practice of law; died on his plantation, "The Vine- County 1800-1822; supervisor in 1811 and 1812; justice of theyard" (now known as "Iglehart"), near Annapolis, Md., peace 1818-1822; member of the Stateassembly in 1816 and ground on his 1817; elected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 8, 1797; interment in the family burial March 3, 1821); unsuccessful candidate in 1820 to the Seven-estate. teenth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Onon- HALL, Joseph, a Representative from Maine;born in daga Valley, N.Y., March 20, 1840; interment in OnondagaMethuen, Essex County, Mass., June 26, 1793;attended the Valley Cemetery. common schools and Andover Academy,Andover, Mass.; HALL, Hiland, a Representative from Vermont; born inmoved to Camden, Maine, in 1809 and engaged inmercantile pursuits; during the War of 1812 served as ensign in1814 in Bennington, Vt., July20,1795; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1819andColonel Forte's regiment, Massachusetts Militia, and was commenced practice in Bennington; member of the Statesubsequently appointed colonel; deputy sheriff in 1821; sher- house of representatives in 1827; clerk of Benton County iniff in 1827; postmaster of Camden 1830-1833; elected as a 1828 and 1829; State's attorney 1828-183 1; elected totheJacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congress- Twenty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by thees (March 4, 1833-March 3,1837); chairman, Committee on death of Jonathan Hunt; reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian toExpenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-third 1114 Biographical Directory

and Twenty-fourth Congresses); again postmaster in 1837dent Eisenhower's personal representative at opening of the and 1838; appointed measurer in the Boston customhouse inBrussels World's Fair in April 1958; resumed the practice of 1838 and served until 1846; naval agent at Boston 1846-1849;law in Garden City, N.Y., and New York City; resided in unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Boston in 1849; engaged Locust Valley, N.Y.; died in Glen Cove, N.Y., June 2, 1979; in agricultural pursuits 1850-1857; clerk in the Bostoncus- interment in Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church, tomhouse from 1857 until his death in that cityon Decem-Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y. ber 31, 1859; interment in Mountain Cemetery, Camden, Maine. HALL, Lyman, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Walling- ford, New Haven County, Conn., April 12, 1724; was graduat- HALL, Joshua Gilman, a Representative from Newed from Yale College in 1747; studied theology for a short Hampshire; born in Wakefield, Carroll County, N.H., No- vember 5, time and in 1749 began preaching; later studied medicine 1828; attended Gilmanton Academy, and wasand commenced practice in Wallingford; moved to Dorches- graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1851; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and practicedter, S.C., in 1752, and, a few years later, to the "Midway in Wakefield and Dover, N.H.; solicitor of the county ofDistrict," Liberty County, Ga., where he continued the prac- Strafford 1862-1874; mayor of Dover in 1866 and 1867;tice of his profession and also engaged in the cultivation of member of the State senate 1871 and 1872; served in therice; member of the conventions of 1774 and 1775 held in State house of representatives in 1874; attorney of theSavannah; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1777;a United States for the district of Hampshire from April 1874signer of the Declaration of Independence; upon the fall of to February 1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Savannah in 1778 and the capture of Sunbury, when his and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4,1879-March 3,property was despoiled, went north with his family; resumed 1883); resumed the practice of his profession; died in Dover,residence in Savannah in 1782 and again practiced medicine; Strafford County, N.H., on October 31, 1898; interment inGovernor of Georgia in 1783; judge of the inferior court of Pine Hill Cemetery. Chatham County, which office he resigned upon moving to Burke County; died in Burke County, Ga., October 19, 1790; HALL, Katie Beatrice, a Representative from Indiana;interment on his plantation near Shell Bluff, Burke County, born Katie Beatrice Green in Mound Bayou, Bolivar County,Ga.; reinterment in 1848 beneath the monument in front of Miss., April3,1938; attended public schools of Moundthe courthouse on Greene Street, Augusta, Ga. Bayou, Miss.; B.S., Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bibliography: DAB. Bena, Miss., 1960; M 5, Indiana University, Bloomington, md., 1968; teacher; served in the Indiana house of represent- HALL, Nathan Kelsey, a Representative from New York; atives,1974-1976; Indianasenate,1976-1982;delegate,born in Marcellus, Onondaga County, N.Y., March 28, 1810; Democratic Mini Convention, Memphis, Tenn., 1978; chair-moved to Erie County in early youth with his parents; at- person, Indiana State Democratic convention, 1980; electedtended the district school; became engaged as a shoemaker by special election on November 2, 1982, to the Ninety-and also in agricultural pursuits; studied law in Buffalo with seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofMillard Fillmore; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and prac- Adam Benjamin; also elected at the same timeas a Demo- ticed in Buffalo; from 1831 to 1837 held various local county crat to the Ninety-eighth Congress (November 2, 1982-Janu- and town offices in Erie County, including deputy clerk of ary 3, 1985); was an unsuccessful candidate for renominationthe county, clerk of the board of supervisors, and city attor- to the Ninety-ninth Congress; is a resident of Gary, md.ney; member of the board of aldermen; appointed by Gover- nor Seward in 1839 master in chancery; judge of Erie HALL, Lawrence Washington, a Representative fromCounty from January 1841 to January 1845; member of the Ohio; born in Lake County, Ohio, in 1819;was graduatedState assembly in 1846; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth from Hudson College in 1839; studied law; was admitted toCongress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Bucyrus, Ohio, infor renomination in 1848; appointed Postmaster General in 1844; prosecuting attorney of Crawford County 1845-1851;the Cabinet of President Fillmore and served from July 23, judge of the court of common pleas 1852-1857; electedas a1850, to August 31, 1852; appointed United States district Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-Marchjudge for the western district of New York August 31, 1852, 3, 1859); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to theand held the position until his death in Buffalo, N.Y., March Thirty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of his profes-2, 1874; interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. sion; imprisoned for alleged disloyalty to the Union in 1862; died in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, on January 18, Bibliography: DAB. 1863; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. HALL, Norman, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born on the Muncy Farms, near Halls Station, Lycoming HALL, Leonard Wood, a Representative from New York;County, Pa., November 17, 1829; was graduated from Dickin- born in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., October 2, 1900;son College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1847; engaged in the iron busi- attended the public schools; was graduated from the lawness; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in4, 1887-March 3, 1889); engaged in banking in Sharon, Pa.; 1920; was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commencedprac- tice in New York City; member of the State assembly inretired from active business; died in Sharon, Pa., September 1927 and 1928 and 1934-1938; sheriff of Nassau County,29, 1917; interment in Hall's Burying Ground, Halls Station, N.Y., 1929-1931; delegate to the Republican State conven- Pa. tions 1930-1958 and to the Republican National Conventions HALL, Obed, a Representative from New Hampshire; in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1968; elected as a Republican to theborn in Raynham, Bristol County, Mass., December 23, 1757; Seventy-sixth Congress; reelected to the six succeeding Con-moved to Madbury, N.H., and thence to Upper Bartlett and gresses and served from January 3, 1939, until December 31,engaged in agricultural pursuits; subsequently became an 1952; did not seek reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-thirdinnkeeper; surveyor of highways in 1790; member of the Congress; elected surrogate of Nassau County, N.Y., in No-board of selectmen 1791, 1798, 1800, 1802-1810, 1814-1819, vember 1952, resigning to become chairman of the Republi-and 1823; member of the State house of representatives in can National Committee, serving from 1953 to 1957; Presi- 1801 and 1802; appointed judge of the court of common pleas Biographies 1115 by Gov. John Taylor Gilman; elected as a Republican to thebar the same year and commenced practice in Hattiesburg; Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1813); member ofmember of the State senate 1906-1908; delegate to the the State senate in 1819; died in Bartlett, Carroll County,Democratic National Convention in 1908; prosecuting attor- N.H., April 1, 1828; interment in Garland Ridge Cemetery,ney of Forrest County 1910-1912; district attorneyof the about two miles south of Bartlett; reinterment in Evergreentwelfth judicial district from 1912 to 1918 and circuit judge Cemetery, Portland, Maine. of that district from 1918 to 1929; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, HALL, Osee Matson, a Representative from Minnesota;1929-March 3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Irrigation and born in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, September 10,Reclamation (Seventy-second Congress); unsuccessful candi- 1847; attended the common schools; was graduated fromdate for renomination in 1932; employed in the legal division Hiram (Ohio) College and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1868; studied law; was admitted to the bar andof the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., from commenced practice in Red Wing, Minn.; member of the1933 until his death in Arlington, Va., June 10, 1941; inter- State senate 1885-1887; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ment in the Old City Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss. second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, HALL, Sam Blakeley, Jr., a Representative from Texas; 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to theborn in Marshall, Harrison County, Tex., January 11, 1924; Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; membergraduated from Marshall public schools, 1940; A.A., College of the Minnesota State Tax Commission from 1907 until hisof Marshall (now East Texas Baptist University), 1942; at- death in St. Paul, Minn., November 26, 1914; interment intended University of Texas Law School, 1942-1943; served in Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn. the United States Air Force, 1943-1945; graduated from HALL, Philo, a Representative from South Dakota; bornBaylor University in 1946; LL.B., Baylor University Law in Wilton, Waseca County, Minn., December 31, 1865; at-School, 1948; admitted to the Texas bar in 1948 and com- tended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to themenced practice in Marshall; unsuccessful candidate for the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Brookings, Dak. (nowHouse of Representatives in 1962; chairman, Marshall Board South Dakota); prosecuting attorney for Brookings Countyof Education, 1972-1976; elected as a Democrat to the 1892-1898; member of the State senate 1901-1903; attorneyNinety-fourth Congress, by special election, June 19, 1976, to general of South Dakota 1902-1906; elected as a Republicanfill the vacancy caused by the death of ; to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909);reelected to the five succeeding Congresses and served from unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908 to theJune 19, 1976, to May 27, 1985, when he resigned, having Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law; delegate tobeen appointed U.S. judge for the Eastern District of Texas; the Republican State convention in 1923; died in Brookings,is a resident of Marshall, Tex. S.Dak., October 7, 1938; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. HALL, Thomas, a Representative from North Dakota; HALL, Ralph Moody, a Representative from Texas; bornborn in Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Mich., June 6,1869; in Fate, Rockwall County, Tex., May 3, 1923; attended themoved with his parents to a homestead near Jamestown, public schools; attended Texas Christian University, FortStutsman County, N.Dak., in 1883; attended thepublic Worth, 1943; University of Texas, Austin, 1943 and 1947; schools and Concordia College, Moorehead, Minn.; construc- LL.B., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1951; servedtion worker for Aberdeen, Bismarck, and NorthwesternRail- as a carrier-based pilot in the United StatesNavy, lieuten- road, and clerk for Northern Pacific Railroad at Mandan ant (senior grade), 1942-1945; admitted to the Texas bar inand Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-1894; newspaper reporter atFargo, 1951 and commenced practice in Rockwall; owner-president,N.Dak., 1896-1907; also engaged in agriculturalpursuits; North Texas Grain & Elevator Co., Inc., 1968-1980; Rockwallcity assessor of Fargo, N.Dak., 1903-1907; memberof Compa- County judge, 1950-1962; served in the Texas senate, 1962-ny B, North DakotaNational Guard, 1893-1898 and 1903- 1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the1906; secretary of the Progressive Republican committee of three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3,North Dakota 1906-1912; secretary of the board of railroad 1989); is a resident of Rockwall, Tex. commissioners 1910-1914; secretary of state of North Dakota HALL, Robert Bernard, a Representative from Massachu-1912-1924; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Con- gress to fill the vacancy causedby the resignation of George setts; born in Boston, Mass., January 28, 1812; entered theM. Young; reelected to the Sixty-ninth and to thethree Boston Latin School in 1822; studied theology in New Havensucceeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1924, to in 1833 and 1834 and was ordained to the ministry, first as a in Congregationalist and then as an Episcopalian; was one ofMarch 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for renomination 1932; engaged in ranching and farming in OliverCounty, the twelve original members of Garrison's Anti-Slavery Soci- until ety in 1832; moved to Plymouth, Mass.; served in the StateN.Dak.; secretary of state of North Dakota from 1942 senate in 1855; elected as the candidate of the Americanhis retirement in 1954; died in Bismarck, N.Dak.,December Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to4, 1958; interment in Fairview Cemetery. the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3,1859); HALL, Thomas H., a Representative from North Carolina; delegate to the Union Convention at Philadelphia in 1866;born in Prince George County, Va., in June 1773;studied died in Plymouth, Mass., April 15, 1868; interment in Oakmedicine and practiced in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C.; Grove Cemetery. elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and re- HALL, Robert Samuel, a Representative from Mississippi;elected to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1817- born in Williamsburg, Covington County, Miss., March10, March 3, 1825); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 1879; attended the common schools of Williamsburg andto the Nineteenth Congress; elected to theTwentieth Con- Hattiesburg, Miss.; taught school in Hancock County, Miss.,gress and reelected as a Jacksonian tothe three succeeding in 1894; was graduated from Milisaps College, Jackson,Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1835); chairman, Com- Miss., in 1898; owned and edited the Hattiesburg Citizenmittee on Expenditures in the Department of theTreasury 1895-1900 and 1920-1925; was graduated from the law de-(Twentieth Congress), Committee on Public Expenditures partment of Millsaps College in 1900; was admitted tothe(Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses); resumed the 1116 Biographical Directory

practice of medicine and also engaged in agriculturalpur- HALL, Willard Preble (brother of William suits; member of the State senate in 1836; died in Tarboro,and uncle of Uriel Sebree Hall), a Representative from Mis- N.C., on June 30, 1853; interment in Macnail-Hall Cemetery,souri; born at Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, Va. (now near Tarboro, N.C. West Virginia), May 9, 1820; attended a private school in HALL, Tim Lee, a Representative from Illinois; born inBaltimore, Md.; was graduated from Yale College in 1839; West Frankfort, Franklin County, Ill., June 11, 1925; educat- accompanied his father to Randolph County, Mo., in 1840; ed in West Frankfort public schools; B.A., Iowa Wesleyanstudied law; was admitted to the bar at Huntsville, Mo., in College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 1951; M.S., education, Southern1841 and commenced practice in Sparta, Mo., in 1842; ap- Illinois University, 1956; graduate work, Valparaiso Univer-pointed circuit attorney in 1843 and served several years; sity in Indiana, 1965; taught school in Illinois public schoolpresidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1844; during system for fourteen years; served in United States Coastthe Mexican War enlisted as a private in the First Missouri Guard Reserves, 1943-1946; elected as a Democrat to theCavalry and later promoted to lieutenant; was appointed by Ninety-fourth Congress (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1977);General Kearny, together with Col. Alexander Doniphan, to unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-construct the code of civil laws known as the "Kearny Code" fifth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; administrative assistant to Illi-in English and Spanish for the territory taken from Mexico; nois secretary of state, 1977-1983; teacher, 1983-1986; schoolelected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and superintendent, Dwight, Ill., 1986 to present; is a resident ofThirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3,1853); Dwight, Ill. chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Thirty-first Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-second Con- HALL, Tony Patrick, a Representative from Ohio; born ingress); moved to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1854 and continued the Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, January 16, 1942; at-practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for election to the tended the public schools of Ohio; graduated from FairmontUnited States Senate in 1856; member of the constitutional High School, Kettering, 1960; A.B., Denison University,convention of Missouri in 1861 that determined the relations Granville, Ohio, 1964; United States Peace Corps, 1966-1967;of Missouri to the Union and the other States and decided in realtor; served in the Ohio general assembly, 1969-1972; State senate, 1973-1978; elected as a Democrat to thefavor of the Union; provisional Lieutenant Governor of Mis- Ninety-sixth Congress and to the four succeeding Congressessouri 1861-1864; as brigadier general, Missouri Militia, com- (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Dayton,manded the northwestern Missouri district until 1863; Gov- Ohio. ernor of Missouri in 1864 and 1865; resumed the practice of law; died in St. Joseph, Mo., November 3, 1882; interment in HALL, Uriel Sebree (son of William Augustus Hall andMount Moriah Cemetery. nephew of Willard Preble Hall), a Representative from Mis- Bibliography: DAB. souri; born near Huntsville, Randolph County, Mo., April 12, 1852; was tutored privately and was graduated from Mount HALL, William, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Pleasant College, Huntsville, Mo., in 1873; servedas superin-Surry County, N.C., February 11, 1775; attended the country tendent of schools at Moberly, Mo.; foundedan academy atschools; moved with his parents to New River, N.C., in 1779 Prairie Hill, Mo., and served as its president; studied law;and to Sumner County, Tenn., in 1785 and engaged in agri- was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in Moberly,cultural pursuits; served in the State house of representa- Randolph County, Mo., until 1885, when he engaged in agri-tives 1797-1805; brigadier general in the War of 1812; served cultural pursuits near Hubbard, Mo.; elected as a Democratunder Jackson in the Creek War and against the British; to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4,member of the State senate 1821-1829, and served as speak- 1893-March 3, 1897); declined to be a candidate for renomi-er 1827-1829; served as Governor of Tennessee in 1829, suc- nation in 1896; president of Pritchett College, Glasgow, Mo.,ceeding Gov. Sam Houston; major general of militia; elected 1897-1901; moved to Columbia, Mo., in 1918 and founded the as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, Hall West Point-Annapolis Coaching School, serving as its1831-March 3, 1833); resumed agricultural pursuits; died on president and supervisor from 1918 to 1930, when he retired;his farm, "Locust Land," near Castalian Springs, Sumner died in Columbia, Mo., December 30, 1932; interment inCounty, Tenn., October 7, 1856; interment in the family Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Mo. cemetery on his farm. HALL, Willard, a Representative from Delaware; born in HALL, William Augustus (father of Uriel Sebree Hall and Westford, Middlesex County, Mass., on December 24, 1780;brother of Willard Preble Hall), a Representative from Mis- attended the public schools and Westford Academy; was graduated from Harvard University in 1799; studied law;souri; born in Portland, Maine, October 15, 1815; moved with was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced practice inhis parents to Harpers Ferry, Va.; attended the public Dover, Del.; secretary of state of Delaware 1811-1814; electedschools and Yale College; accompanied his father to Ran- as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress; reelected to thedolph County, Mo., in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1817, untilbar in 1841 and commenced practice in Huntsville, Mo.; January 22, 1821, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidatemoved to Fayette, Mo., and continued the practice of law; in 1820 for reelection to the Seventeenth Congress; againjudge of the circuit court 1847-1861; during the Mexican secretary of state in 1821; member of the State senate inWar served as captain; delegate to the State constitutional 1822; appointed United States district judge for Delawareconvention in 1861; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty- and served from May 6, 1823, until December 6, 1871, whenseventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion he resigned; moved to Wilmington, Del., in 1825; compiler ofof John B. Clark; reelected as a Unionist to the Thirty- the Revised Code of Delaware in 1829; delegate to the Stateeighth Congress and served from January 20, 1862, to March constitutional convention in 1821; president of the Wilming-3, 1865; was not a candidate for renomination in 1864; dele- ton School Board 1852-1870; died in Wilmington, Del., Maygate to the Democratic National Convention in 1864; re- 10, 1875; interment in Wilmington and Brandywine Ceme-sumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural tery. pursuits; died near Darkville, Randolph County, Mo., Decem- Bibliography: DAB. ber 15, 1888; interment in the family private cemetery. Biographies 1117

HALL, Wilton Earle, a Senator from South Carolina; born HALPERN, Seymour, a Representative from New York; in Starr, Hall Township, Anderson County, S.C., March 11,born in New York City November 19, 1913; graduate of 1901; attended the public schools and Furman University,Richmond Hill High School; attended Seth Low College of Greenville, S.C.; founded a morning newspaper in Anderson,Columbia University, 1932-1934; newspaper reporter in New S.C., in 1924, and in 1929 acquired an evening newspaper; inYork and Chicago, 193 1-1933; engaged in the insurance busi- 1935 established a radio station; chairman of the Southness; stafff assistant to Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, 1937; as- Carolina Planning Board 1934-1938; appointed as a Demo-sistant to president of New York City Council, 1938-1940; crat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy causedmember, State senate, 1941-1954; member, Temporary State by the death of Ellison D. Smith and served from NovemberCommission to Revise the Civil Service Laws, 1952-1954; 20, 1944, to January 3, 1945; was not a candidate for electionmember, Mayor's Committee on Courts, 1956-1958; vice to the full term; resumed the newspaper publishing businesspresident and later chairman of the board, The Insurist as publisher of the Anderson Independent and Daily Mail ofCorporation of America, 1948-1959; unsuccessful Republican South Carolina; founder of a television station and owner ofcandidate for election to the Eighty-fourth Congress in 1954; two radio stations; publisher of "QUOTE" Magazine; residedelected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the six in Anderson, S.C. where he died February 25, 1980; inter-succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1973); ment in a mausoleum, Forest Lawn Memorial Park. was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety- HALLECK, Charles Abraham, a Representative from In-third Congress; is a resident of Forest Hills, N.Y. diana; born in Demotte, Jasper County, md., August 22, HALSELL, John Edward, a Representative from Ken- 1900; attended the public schools; during the First Worldtucky; born near Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky., Sep- War served in the Infantry of the United States Army;tember 11, 1826; attended the common schools at Rich Pond, Indiana University at Bloomington, A.B., 1922 and from theKy., and Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; studied law department of the same university, LL.B., 1924; waslaw; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced prac- admitted to the bar in 1924 and commenced practice intice in Bowling Green; prosecuting attorney of Warren Rensselaer, md.; prosecuting attorney for the thirtieth judi-County for four years; elected circuit judge of the fourth cial circuit 1924-1934; elected as a Republican to the Seven-judicial district of Kentucky in 1870; elected as a Democrat ty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofto the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, Congressman-elect ; reelected to the Seven-1883-March 3, 1887); chairman, Committee on Private Land ty-fifth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses and servedClaims (Forty-ninth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for re- from January 29, 1935, to January 3, 1969; majority leadernomination; resumed the practice of law; mayor of Bowling (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses); minority leaderGreen from December 5, 1888, to December 5, 1889; moved (Eighty-sixth, Eighty-seventh, and Eighty-eighth Congresses); to Fort Worth, Tex., and continued the practice of law; died was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-firstin Fort Worth, December 26, 1899; interment in Fair View Congress; delegate to each Republican National Convention from 1936 to 1968, and permanent chairman in 1960; was aCemetery, Bowling Green, Ky. resident of Rensselaer, md. until his death in Lafayette, HALSEY, George Armstrong, a Representative from New md., March 3, 1986; interment in Weston Cemetery, Rensse-Jersey; born in Springfield, Union County, N.J., December 7, laer. 1827; attended the local schools and Springfield Academy; Bibliography: Peabody, Robert L. The Ford-Halleck Minority Leadership engaged in the manufacture of leather at Newark in 1844 Contest. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966; Womack, Steven Douglas. "Charles and later in the wholesale clothing business; resumed the A. Halleck and the New Frontier: Political Opposition through the Madis- leather business in 1866; member of the State house of as- onian Model." Ph.D. dissertation, Ball State University, 1980. sembly of New Jersey in 1861 and 1862; United States asses- HALLOCK, John, Jr., a Representative from New York;sor of internal revenue 1862-1866; elected as aRepublican to born in Oxford, Orange County, N.Y., in July 1783; memberthe Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); unsuc- of the State assembly 1816-1821; member of the State consti-cessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first tutional convention in 1821; elected to the Nineteenth andCongress; elected to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); died in1871-March 3, 1873); chairman, Committee on Public Build- Ridgebury, N.Y., December 6, 1840; interment in the Hallockings and Grounds (Forty-second Congress); was not a candi- family cemetery near Ridgebury, N.Y. date for renomination in 1872; resumed his former manufac- turing pursuits; president of an insurance company; died in HALLOWAY, Ransom, a Representative from New York;Newark, N.J., April 1, 1894; interment in Mount Pleasant born in Beekman, Dutchess County, N.Y., about 1793; en-Cemetery. gaged in agricultural pursuits; brigade paymaster of the New York Militia in 1818; elected as a Whig to the Thirty- HALSEY, Jehiel Howell (son of Silas Halsey and brother first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); died in Mountof Nicoll Halsey), a Representative from New York; born in Pleasant, N.Y., April 6, 1851. Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., October 7, 1788; moved to Herkimer County in 1793 with his parents, HALLOWELL, Edwin, a Representative from Pennsylva-who settled in what is now the town of Lodi, Seneca County; nia; born near Willow Grove, Abington Township, Montgom-attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pur- ery County, Pa., April 2, 1844; attended the public schools;suits; county clerk of Seneca County 1819-1821; elected to engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State housethe Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); of representatives 1876-1879; chairman of the Democraticchairman, Committee on Accounts (Twenty-first Congress); county committee of Montgomery County in 1886; delegateresumed agricultural pursuits; member of the State senate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888; elected as a1832-1835; surrogate of Seneca County 1837-1843; supervisor Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-of the town of Lodi 1845-1846; died in Lodi, Seneca County, March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892N.Y., December 5, 1867; interment in West Lodi Cemetery. to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Abington, Pa., September 13, 1916; interment in HALSEY, Nicoll (son of Silas Halsey and brother of Jehiel Abington Friends Burying Ground, Jenkintown, Pa. Howell Halsey), a Representative from New York; born in 1118 Biographical Directory

Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., March 8,and served until 1832; published seven volumes of Halstead's 1782; moved to Herkimer County in 1793 with his parents,Law Reports; prosecuting attorney of Hunterdon County who settled in what is now the town of Lodi, Seneca County;1824-1829 and 1833-1837; elected as a Whig to the Twenty- attended the common schools; moved to Tompkins Countyfifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839); presented cre- and settled near Trumansburg in 1808; engaged in agricul-dentials as a Member-elect to the Twenty-sixth Congress but tural pursuits and milling; supervisor for Ulysses in 1812,the House declined to seat him; elected to the Twenty-sev- 1814, 1815, 1818, 1821, and 1826; member of the State assem-enth Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3,1843); chairman, bly in 1816 and again in 1824; sheriff of Tompkins CountyCommittee on Elections (Twenty-seventh Congress); appoint- 1819-1821; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Con-ed by President Taylor United States district attorney for gress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); was not a candidate for renomination in 1834; appointed judge of the TompkinsNew Jersey and served from 1849 to 1853; raised the First County Court on February 11, 1834; resumed the millingRegiment of Volunteer Cavalry of New Jersey for the Civil business; died while on a visit in Marshall, Calhoun County,War and served as colonel until February 18, 1862; retired Mich., March 3, 1865; interment in Grove Cemetery, Tru-from public life and died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., mansburg, N.Y. March 4, 1878; interment in Riverview Cemetery. HALSEY, Silas (father of Jehiel Howell Halsey and Nicoll HALTERMAN, Frederick, a Representative from Pennsyl- Halsey), a Representative from New York; born in South-vania; born in Vegesack on the Weser, part of the old Hanse ampton, Long Island, N.Y., October 6, 1743 (old style); at-town of Bremen, Germany, on October 22, 1831; attended tended the public schools; studied medicine at Elizabethtownhigh school; immigrated to the United States and settled in (later Elizabeth), N.J.; returned to Southampton and prac- Philadelphia in September 1849; engaged in the grocery ticed medicine from 1764 to 1776; resided three years inbusiness, from which he retired in 1891; elected a member of Killingsworth, Conn., during the Revolutionary War, whenthe select council in 1880 for a term of three years; elected he again returned to Southampton, N.Y.; undersheriff ofas a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895- Suffolk County 1784-1787; sheriff 1787-1792; moved to Her- March 3, 1897); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection kimer County in 1793, settled in what is now the town ofin 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; elected president of the Lodi, Seneca County, and continued the practice of medicine;twelfth sectional school board of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1898 also erected and operated a grist mill; supervisor of the townand served until his death; died in Philadelphia, Pa., March of Ovid 1794-1804; member of the State assembly from On- 22, 1907; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery. ondaga County in 1797 and 1798 and from Cayuga County in 1800, 1801, 1803, and 1804; member of the State constitution- HALVORSON, Kittel, a Representative from Minnesota; al convention in 1801; clerk of Seneca County 1804-1813 andborn in Telemarken, Norway, December 15, 1846; in 1848 1815; elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress (Marchimmigrated to the United States with his parents, who set- 4, 1805-March 3, 1807); served in the State senate in 1808tled near White Water, Walworth County, Wis.; moved to and 1809; engaged in farming; died at Lodi, Seneca County,Columbia County and then to Winnebago County; attended N.Y., November 19, 1832; interment in Old Halsey Ceme-the public schools in Winchester, Wis.; enlisted in Company tery, South Lodi, N.Y. C, First Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, in 1863, and served until the close of the Civil War; moved to Minnesota HALSEY, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from Mis-in November 1865 and settled near Belgrade, Stearns souri; born in Dover, Morris County, N.J., May 4, 1863; inCounty; engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising; 1878 moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled on ajustice of the peace 1870-1875; chairman of the board of farm near Holden, Johnson County; attended public andsupervisors 1870-1880; township assessor in 1880; town clerk private schools, Home Academy at Holden, Mo., Holden1880-1891; member of the State house of representatives (Mo.) College, the State normal school at Warrensburg, Mo.,1886-1888; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-second Congress and the University of Missouri at Columbia; taught school in(March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for 1880 and 1881; engaged in the mercantile business atreelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed agri- Holden, Mo., in 1882; member of the State Republican com- mittee 1896-1898; delegate to the Republican State conven-cultural pursuits near Brooten, Stearns County, Minn.; alter- tions in 1896, 1908, and 1912; mayor of Holden 1902-1904;nate delegate to the People's Party National Convention in moved to Sedalia, Mo., in 1904 and engaged in the wholesale1896; moved to Tewaukon Township, Sargent County, tea and coffee business; member of the executive committeeN.Dak., in 1900 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; re- of the Missouri State Roads commission 1906-1910; moved toturned to Minnesota in 1910 and resumed farming in North Glendale, Calif., in 1910 and engaged in the mercantile busi-Fork until 1924, when he retired; died in Havana, N.Dak., ness; returned to Holden, Mo., in 1911 and engaged in theon July 12, 1936; interment in Big Grove Church Cemetery, milling and grain business; member of the Holden Board ofNorth Fork Township, near Brooten, Minn. Education in 1911 and 1912; member of the board of regents, HAMBLETON, Samuel, a Representative from Maryland; Central Missouri Teachers College at Warrensburg, 1928-born at "Waterloo" farm, Talbot County, Md., January 8, 1932; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress1812; educated by private tutors and attended Easton Acade- (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate formy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and com- reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress; returnedmenced practice in Easton, Talbot County, Md.; member of to former business activities in Holden, Mo.; died in West-the State house of delegates in 1834 and 1835; State's attor- field, N.J., March 17, 1951; interment in Holden Cemetery,ney for Talbot County 1836-1844; served in the State senate Holden, Mo. 1844-1850; president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in HALSTEAD, William, a Representative from New Jersey;1853 and 1854; again a member of the State house of dele- born in Elizabeth, N.J., June 4, 1794; was graduated fromgates in 1853; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Princeton College in 1812; studied law; was admitted to theForty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873); died bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Trenton, N.J.; ap-in Easton, Md., December 9, 1886; interment in Spring Hill pointed State supreme court reporter November 23, 1821,Cemetery. 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HAMER, Thomas Lyon (uncle of Thomas Ray Hamer), athe real estate business and mercantile pursuits; collector of Representative from Ohio; born in Northumberland County,taxes in 1841 and 1842; member of the State house of dele- Pa., in July 1800; attended the public schools; moved to Ohiogates in 1843 and 1844; judge of the orphans' court of Alle- in 1817 and taught school; studied law; was admitted to thegany County 1854-1869 and electedchief judge in 1867; bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Brownelected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, County, Ohio; member of the State house of representatives1869-March 3, 1871); was not a candidate for renomination in 1825, 1828, and 1829, and served as speaker in 1829;in 1870; engaged in the real estate business until his death elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress; re-in Oakland, Garrett County, Md., January 15, 1895; inter- elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress andment in Odd Fellows Cemetery. as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1833- March 3, 1839); nominated Ulysses S. Grant to be a cadet at HAMILTON, Alexander, a Delegate from New York; born the United States Military Academy at West Point; volun-on the island of Nevis, British West Indies,January 11, teered as a private for the Mexican War and received the1757; immigrated to the United States in 1772, where he next day, July 1, 1846, the commission of brigadier general;received educational training in the schools of Elizabeth- had been elected to the Thirtieth Congress, but died in thetown, N.J., and King's College (now Columbia University), service at Monterrey, Mexico, December 2, 1846; on March 2,New York City; entered the Continental Army in New York 1847, Congress passed a resolution of sorrow and presentedin 1776 as captain of Artillery; appointed aide-de-camp to his nearest male relative with a sword; interment near Mon- General Washington March 1, 1777, and served in that ca- terrey,Mexico;reintermentinGeorgetown Cemetery,pacity until February 16, 1781; Member of the Continental Georgetown, Ohio. Congress in 1782, 1783, and 1788; member of the Annapolis Bibliography: DAB. Convention of 1786; served in the New York State assembly in 1787; member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Conven- HAMER, Thomas Ray (nephew of Thomas Lyon Hamer),tion in 1787 which adopted the Constitution of the United a Representative from Idaho; born in Vermont,FultonStates; member of the State ratification convention in 1788; County, Ill., May 4, 1864; attended the public schools, Hed-studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in New ding College, and Bloomington Law School; was admitted toYork City; Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of Presi- the bar and commenced practice in St. Anthony, Idaho, indent Washington 1789-1795; returned to New York and re- 1893; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Fremont County,sumed the practice of law; mortally wounded in a duel with Idaho; member of the State house of representatives in 1896;Aaron Burr at Weehawken on the Hudson, and died in New enlisted in April 1898 as a private in the First Regiment,York City the following day, July 12, 1804; interment in Idaho Volunteer Infantry and served as captain and lieuten-Trinity Churchyard. ant colonel in the Philippines; Military Governor of the Bibliography: DAB; Hamilton, Alexander.The Papers of Alexander island of Cebu; associate justice of the supreme court of the Hamilton. 26 vols. Edited by Harold C. Syrrett and Jacob E. Cooke. New Philippine Islands; returned to St. Anthony, Idaho in 1901; York: Columbia University Press, 1961-1979; Miller, John C. Alexander delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1908 and Hamilton: Portrait in Paradox. New York: Harper, 1959. 1912; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for HAMILTON, Andrew Holman, a Representative from In- renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law in St.diana; born in Fort Wayne, md., June 7, 1834; attended the Anthony, Idaho; engaged in banking at St. Anthony andcommon schools and was graduated fromWabash College, Boise, Idaho, 1912-1921; served as major and lieutenant colo-Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1854; studied law at Harvard Univer- nel, Judge Advocate General's Department, during the Firstsity; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced prac- World War; reengaged in the practice of law at Portland,tice in Fort Wayne, md.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- Oreg., until 1943, when he retired and moved to Los Ange-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, les, Calif.; died in Phoenix, Ariz., December 22, 1950; inter-1879); resumed the practice of law; died in Fort Wayne, Ind., ment in Greenwood Memorial Park. May 9, 1895; interment in Lindenwood Cemetery. HAMILL, James Alphonsus, a Representative from New HAMILTON, Andrew Jackson (brother of Morgan Calvin Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 30, 1877; attendedHamilton), a Representative from Texas; born in Huntsville, St. Bridget's Academy; was graduated from St. Peter's Col-Madison County, Ala., January 28,1815; attended the lege, Jersey City, N.J., in 1897 and from the New York Lawcommon schools; studied law; was admitted to thebar in School in 1899; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and com-Talladega, Ala., in 1841; moved to Texas and commenced the menced practice in Jersey City, N.J.; member of the Statepractice of law in Lagrange, Fayette County, in 1846; attor- house of assembly 1902-1905; delegate to the Democraticney general of the State in 1850;member of the State house National Convention in 1908; elected as a Democrat to theof representatives 1851-1853; elected as an Independent Sixtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4,Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4,1859- 1907-March 3, 1921); chairman, Committee on Elections No.March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 2 (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee1860; moved to New Orleans, La., in 1862; during the Civil on Reform in the Civil Service (Sixty-fourthCongress); wasWar was commissioned brigadier general of Volunteers No- not a candidate for renomination in 1920; resumed the prac- vember 14, 1862; appointed by President Lincoln Military tice of law in New Jersey and New York; represented theGovernor of Texas in 1862; appointed provisional Governor Ukrainian people of the United States at the Peace Confer-by President Johnson in 1865; justice of the supreme court of ence in Paris in 1919; decorated Chevalier of theFrenchTexas in 1866; delegate to the Loyalist convention at Phila- Legion of Honor for work in French literature; corporationdelphia in 1866; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of counsel of Jersey City 1932-1941; died in Jersey City, Decem-Texas in 1869; died in Austin, Tex., April 11, 1875; interment ber 15, 1941; interment in Holy Name Cemetery. in Oakwood Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. HAMILL, Patrick, a Representative from Maryland; born in Allegany County, near Altamont, Md., April 28, 1817; HAMILTON, Charles Mann, a Representative from New attended the common schools in Westernport; engaged in York; born in Ripley, Chautauqua County, N.Y., January 23, 1120 Biographical Directory

1874; attended the Ripley High School, the Fredonia (N.Y.) HAMILTON, Edward La Rue, a Representative from Normal School, and the Pennsylvania Military College atMichigan; born in Niles Township, Berrien County, Mich., Chester; interested in agricultural pursuits and in oilpro-December 9, 1857; attended the graded schools and was grad- duction; member of the State assembly 1906-1908; served inuated from the Niles High School in 1876; studied law; was the State senate 1908-1912; represented the senate in 1911admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in on the New York State Factory Commission; delegate to theNiles, Mich.; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1912; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1919); minority1921); chairman, Committee on Territories (Fifty-eighth whip (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses); was notathrough Sixty-first Congresses); was not a candidate for re- candidate for renomination in 1918; engaged in agriculturalnomination in 1920; engaged in the practice of law until his pursuits in Ripley, N.Y., and in the production of oil and gasdeath in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Mich., November 2, in Kansas; died in Miami Beach, Fla., on January 3, 1942;1923; interment in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Mich. interment in Quincy Rural Cemetery, Ripley, N.Y. HAMILTON, Finley, a Representative from Kentucky; HAMILTON, Charles Memorial, a Representative fromborn in Vincent, Owsley County, Ky., June 19, 1886; attend- Florida; born in Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Pa.,ed 'the public schools and Berea (Ky.) College; studied law; November 1, 1840; attended the, public schools and was grad-was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in uated from the Columbia Law School, Columbia, Pa.; enteredLondon, Laurel County, KY.; was with the Signal Corps, the Union Army as a private in 1861 and served in CompanyUnited States Army, with service in the Philippine Islands A, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps; appointedand Alaska, from 1907 to 1915; during the First World War judge advocate of the general court-martial and general passenlisted on March 18, 1916, and served in Company D, Three officer for the Army of the Potomac; served on the staff ofHundred and Fifteenth Field Signal Battalion, Ninetieth Di- the Military Governor of Washington, D.C., until transferredvision, with service in France; elected as a Democrat to the to Marianna, Fla., in 1865; was admitted to the bar in 1867Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); was and commenced practice in Marianna, Fla.; upon the read-not a candidate for renomination in 1934; resumed the prac- mission of the State of Florida to representation was electedtice of law; died in London, Ky., January 10, 1940; interment as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congressesin Pine Grove Cemetery. and served from July 1, 1868, to March 3, 1871; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1870; appointed senior major HAMILTON, James, Jr., a Representative from South general of the Florida Militia in February 1871; postmasterCarolina; born in Charleston, S.C., May 8, 1786; completed of Jacksonville, Fla., from July 27, 1871, to March 1, 1872;academic studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and appointed collector of customs at Key West, Fla., in Febru-commenced practice in Charleston; served in the War of ary, 1873; resigned on account of ill health; died in Pine1812 as major; mayor of Charleston; member of the State Creek Township, Clinton County, Pa., October 22, 1875; in-house of representatives, 1819-1823; elected to the Seven- terment in Jersey Shore Cemetery. teenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation HAMILTON, Cornelius Springer, a Representative fromof William Lowndes; reelected to the Eighteenth, Nine- Ohio; born in Gratiot, Muskingum County, Ohio, January 2,teenth, and Twentieth Congresses and served from Decem- 1821; attended the common schools and Granville (Ohio)ber 13, 1822, to March 3, 1829; chairman, Committee on College; moved with his parents to Union County in 1839;Military Affairs (Eighteenth through Twentieth Congresses); engaged in agricultural pursuits with his father; studied law;Governor of South Carolina 1830-1832; moved to Texas; ap- was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice inpointed diplomatic agent of the Republic of Texas to France, Marysville, Ohio; land appraiser and assessor in 1845; dele-Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands in 1839; was gate to the State constitutional convention 1850-1851; editordrowned on November 15, 1857, while on his way from New and proprietor of the Marysville Tribune 1850-1853; memberOrleans to Galveston. of the State senate in 1856 and 1857; appointed by President Bibliography: DAB; Glenn, Virginia L. "James Hamilton, Jr., of South Lincoln assessor of the eighth congressional district of Ohio Carolina: A Biography." Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina in 1862 and served until 1866; elected as a Republican to theat Chapel Hill, 1964; Kell, Carl Lewis. "A Rhetorical History of James Fortieth Congress and served from March 4, 1867, untilHamilton, Jr.: The Nullification Era in South Carolina, 1816-1834." Ph.D. killed by an insane son in Marysville, Union County, Ohio, dissertation, University of Kansas, 1971. December 22, 1867; interment in Oakdale Cemetery. HAMILTON, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; HAMILTON, Daniel Webster, a Representative from Iowa;born in York (now Adams) County, Pa., November 25, 1754; born near Dixon, Ogle County, Ill., December 20, 1861;moved to Washington County, Pa., in 1783; commissioned moved to Miami County, Kans., with his parents in 1868 and lieutenant colonel of militia in 1786 and brigadier general in to Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa, in 1874; attend-1800; major general of the Fourteenth Division of Militia of ed the country schools and was graduated from the lawWashington and Greene Counties in 1807; appointed high department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in Junesheriff of Washington County by Governor Mifflin in 1793 1884; was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced prac- and served until November 1, 1796; member of the State tice in Sigourney, Iowa; postmaster of Sigourney 1894-1898;senate 1796-1805; associate judge of Washington County elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4,1802-1805; member of the first board of trustees of Jefferson 1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in(now Washington and Jefferson) College, Washington, Pa., 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law1802-1831; elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress in Sigourney, Iowa; moved to Grinnell, Iowa, when elected(March 4, 1805-March 3, 1807); again appointed associate judge of the district court of the sixth judicial district ofjudge of Washington County on May 31, 1820, and served Iowa in 1918, in which capacity he served until his death inuntil his death at his home near Ginger Hill, Washington Rochester, Minn., August 21, 1936; interment in No. 16 Cem-County, Pa., August 22, 1837; interment in Mingo Cemetery, etery, near Thornburg, in Keokuk County, Iowa. near Monongahela, Pa. 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HAMILTON, John M., a Representative from West Vir-to March 3, 1877; retired from public life and traveled exten- ginia; born in Weston, Lewis County, Va. (now West Virgin-sively; was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., until his death; died ia), March 16, 1855; attended the public schools; recorder ofin San Diego, Calif., where he had been visiting, November the town of Weston in 1876; studied law; was admitted to the21, 1893; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Grantsville, CalhounCounty, Tex. County, W.Va.; committee clerk in the State senate 1881 and HAMILTON, Norman Rond, a Representative from Vir- 1882; assistant clerk of the senate 1883-1887; resumed the practice of law in 1887; member of the State house of dele-ginia; born in Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Va., November gates 1887 and 1888; clerk of the house of delegates 1888-13, 1877; attended the public and high schools; newspaper 1890; also engaged in banking and served as president of thereporter in Norfolk 1895-19 14; publisher of the Portsmouth Calhoun County Bank 1901-1916; elected as a Democrat to(Va.) Star from 1917 until merged with Norfolk Ledger in the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913);1955; collector of customs of Virginia 1914-1922; chairman of unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-the Port War Board of Hampton Roads 1916-19 18; served as third Congress and for election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourthneutrality enforcement officer prior to the entrance of the Congress; resumed the practice of law; served as president ofUnited States in the First World War; delegate to the Demo-- the Calhoun County High School Board; died in Grantsville,cratic National Conventions in 1924, 1928, 1932, 1952, and W.Va., on December 27, 1916; interment in Odd Fellows1960; trustee of Virginia State Teachers' College 1922-1926; Cemetery, Old Bethlehem, W.Va. appointed in 1933 as receiver at Washington, D.C., of five District of Columbia insolvent banks, resigning in June 1936; HAMILTON, John Taylor, a Representative from Iowa;elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress (Janu-

born near Geneseo, Henry County, Ill., October 16, 1843;ary 3, 1937-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidatefor re-- attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academy;nomination in 1938 and for election in 1941 to fill a vacancy moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1868 and engaged in thein the Seventy-seventh Congress; executive of the Norfolk- wholesale farm-implement and seed business; mayor ofPortsmouth Newspapers, Inc.; died in Norfolk, Va., March Cedar Rapids in 1878; member of the Linn County Board of26, 1964; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Supervisors 1882-1884; president of Cedar Rapids SavingsVa. Bank and director of the electric light company; member of the State house of representatives 1885-189 1 and served as HAMILTON, Robert, a Representative from New Jersey; speaker for one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-born in Hamburg, Sussex County, N.J., December 9, 1809; second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessfulattended the common schools; moved to Newton, N.J., in candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress;1831; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and resumed his former business pursuits in Cedar Rapids;commenced practice in Newton; prosecutor of pleas of member of the board of control of State institutions; unsuc-Sussex County 1848-1858, 1868, and 1869; delegate to the cessful candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1914; died in CedarDemocratic National Conventions at Charleston and Balti- Rapids, Iowa, January 25, 1925; interment in Oak Hill Ceme-more in 1860; member of the Statehouse of assembly 1863 tery. and 1864 and served as speaker; president of the Merchant's National Bank 1865-1878; elected as a Democrat to the HAMILTON, Lee Herbert, a Representative from Indiana;Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873- born in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., April 20, 1931;March 3, 1877); resumed the practice of law; director of the moved with parents to Evansville, md., in 1944; attended theMorris & Essex Railroad Co.; died in Newton, Sussex public schools of Evansville, md.; graduated from De PauwCounty, N.J., March 14, 1878; interment in Newton Ceme- University in 1952; studied at Goethe University, Frankfurttery. on Main, Germany, in 1952 and 1953; graduatedfrom Indi- ana University School of Law in 1956; was admitted tothe HAMILTON, William Thomas, a Representative and a bar in 1957 and began the practice of law in 1958 in Colum-Senator from Maryland; born in Boonsboro, Washington bus, Ind.; treasurer of Bartholomew County Young Demo-County, Md., September 8, 1820; attended Brown's School, crats, 1960-1963, and served as president in 1963 and 1964;Boonsboro, Md., and Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the elevenstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1989);practice in Hagerstown; member, State house of delegates in chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-ninth1846 and 1848; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Congress), Select Committee to Investigate Covert ArmsThirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1849- Transactions with Iran (One Hundredth Congress); is a resi-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in dent of Nashville, md. 1854; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-third Congress); resumed the practice of law and HAMILTON, Morgan Calvin (brother of Andrew Jacksonfarming in Hagerstown, Md.; elected as a Democrat to the Hamilton), a Senator from Texas; born near Huntsville,United States Senate and served from March 4, 1869, to Madison County, Ala., February 25,1809; attended theMarch 3, 1875; was not a candidate for reelection in 1874; public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Elyton,Governor of Maryland 1879-1883; continued the practice of Ala.; moved to the Republic of Texas in 1837 and owned alaw until his death in Hagerstown, Md., October 26,1888; store in Austin; clerk in the War Department of the Repub-interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. lic of Texas 1839-1845 and acted as Secretary of War and Bibliography: DAB. Marine ad interim of that Republic from December 1844, to March 1845; appointed comptroller of the treasury of Texas HAMLIN, Courtney Walker (cousin of William Edward in 1867; delegate to the State constitutional convention inBarton), a Representative from Missouri; born in Brevard, 1868; upon the readmission of the State of Texas to represen-Transylvania County, N.C., October 27, 1858; in 1869 moved tation was elected on February 22, 1870, as a Republican toto Missouri with his parents, who settled in Leasburg,Craw- the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the termford County; attended the common schools and Salem (Mo.) ending March 3, 1871; subsequently elected for the termAcademy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commencing March 4, 1871, and served from March 31, 1870,commenced practice in Bolivar, Polk County, Mo.; elected as 1122 Biographical Directory a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-Roads (Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses), Committee March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904on Foreign Relations (Forty-fifth Congress); United States to the Fifty-ninth Congress; elected to the Sixtieth and toMinister to Spain from 1881 to 1882, when he resigned; the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3,devoted the remainder of his life to agricultural pursuits; 1919); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Depart-died in Bangor, Maine, July 4, 1891; interment in Mount ment of State (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses);Hope Cemetery. unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918; resumed Bibliography: DAB; Hunt, H. Draper. : Lincoln's First the practice of law in Springfield, Greene County, Mo., until Vice President. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1969; Kazarian, November 1935, when he retired and moved to SantaRichard, Jr. "Working Radicals: The Early Political Careers of William Monica, Calif., where he died February 16, 1950; interment Seward, , , , Salmon P. in East Lawn Cemetery, Springfield, Mo. Chase and Hannibal Hamlin." Ph.D. dissertation, Brown University, 1981. HAMLIN, Edward Stowe, a Representative from Ohio; HAMLIN, Simon Moulton, a Representative from Maine; born in Hillsdale, Columbia County, N.Y., July 6, 1808; at-born in Standish (Richville), Cumberland County, Maine, tended the district school of Hillsdale, N.Y., and a privateAugust 10,1866; attended the public schools, Gorham school in Stockbridge, Mass.; pursued an academic course in(Maine) Normal School, and Bridgton (Maine) Academy; Hudson, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1831taught school; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Bruns- and commenced practice in Elyria, Ohio; prosecuting attor-wick, Maine, in 1900; superintendent of the South Portland ney of Lorain County 1833-1835; elected as a Whig to theand Cape Elizabeth schools 1901-1925; city clerk of South Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by thePortland, Maine, in 1913; engaged in the real estate business death of Henry R. Brinkerhoff and served from October 8,at South Portland in 1925; also interested in farming; 1844, to March 3, 1845; was not a candidate for renomina-member of the board of registration 1926-1932; served as tion in 1844; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1844; engaged inmayor in 1933 and 1934; elected as a Democrat to the Seven- the newspaper business; established the True Democrat (nowty-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); chair- the Cleveland Plain Dealer) in 1846; member of the Free-Soilman, Committee on Memorials (Seventy-fourth Congress); Convention at Buffalo in 1848; president of the board ofunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy- public works 1849-1852; moved to Cincinnati in 1856; attor-fifth Congress; resumed the real estate business and frrming ney for the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Lafayette Railroad forin South Portland, Maine, until his death there July 27, many years; moved to Williamsburg, James City County,1939; interment in Hamlin Cemetery, Standish (Richville), Va., in 1884 to supervise his extensive land holdings atMaine. Newport News; died in Washington, D.C., November 23, 1894; interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, HAMMER, William Cicero, a Representative from North Va. Carolina; born near Asheboro, Randolph County, N.C., March 24, 1865; attended private and common schools; stud- HAMLIN, Hannibal, a Representative and a Senator fromied at Yadkin Institute and Western Maryland College, Maine and a Vice President of the United States; born atWestminster, Md.; taught school and was principal of two Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine, August 27, 1809; attendedacademies; was graduated in law from the University of the district schools and Hebron Academy; took charge of theNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1891; was admitted to the family farm and worked as a surveyor, compositor inabar in September 1891 and commenced practice in Asheboro, printing office, and school teacher; studied law; was admit-N.C.; mayor of Asheboro, member of the city council, and ted to the bar in 1833 and practiced in Hampden, Penobscotschool commissioner 1895-1899; superintendent of public in- County, until 1848; member, State house of representativesstruction 1891-1895 and again in 1899-1901; solicitor in the 1836-1841, 1847, and served as speaker in 1837, 1839, andsuperior court 1901-1914; for more than forty years was 1840; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1840owner and editor of the Asheboro Courier; appointed United to the Twenty-seventh Congress; elected as a Democrat toStates attorney on February 24, 1914, and served until Sep- the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4,tember 20, 1920; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh 1843-March 3,1847); chairman, Committee on Electionsand to the four succeeding Congresses and served from (Twenty-ninth Congress); unsuccessful Democratic candidate March 4, 1921, until his death in Asheboro, N.C., September for election to the United States Senate in 1846; electedas a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1848 by the anti- 26, 1930; interment in City Cemetery. slavery wing of the Democratic party to fill the vacancy HAMMERSCHMIDT, John Paul, a Representative from caused by the death of John Fairfield; reelected in 1850 andArkansas; born in Harrison, Boone County, Ark., May 4, served from June 8, 1848, to January 7, 1857, when he1922; completed high school at Harrison, Ark., attended The resigned to become Governor; chairman, Committee on Com-Citadel, Oklahoma A.&M., and the University of Arkansas; merce (Thirty-first through Thirty-fourth Congresses); leftentered the United States Army Air Corps in 1942 and the Democratic Party in 1856; Governor of Maine Januaryserved with the Third Combat Cargo Group in China-Burma- to February 1857, when he resigned; elected to the UnitedIndia Theater; awarded the Air Medal with four oak leaf States Senate as a Republican and served from March 4,clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross with three oak leaf clus- 1857, until his resignation, effective January 17, 1861, toters and three battle stars; retired, United States Air Force become vice president; elected Vice President of the UnitedReserve; president, Hammerschmidt Lumber Co.; president, States on the ticket with Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865; ap-Construction Products Co.; served as president, Arkansas pointed collector of the port of Boston in 1865 but resignedLumber Dealers Association and Southwestern Lumber- in 1866; again elected to the United States Senate in 1869;man's Association; State committeeman from Boone County reelected in 1875 and served from March 4,1869, untilfor fourteen years; served as State treasurer and member of March 3, 1881; was not a candidate for renomination; chair-Republican National Finance Committee; delegate to Repub- man, Committee on the District of Columbia (Forty-firstlican National Convention in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 Congress), Committee on Manufactures (Forty-second Con-and 1984; State chairman, Arkansas Republican State Cen- gress), Committee on Mines and Mining (Forty-second andtral committee, 1964-1966; Republican National Committee- Forty-third Congresses), Committee on Post Office and Postman from Arkansas, 1976-1980; elected as a Republican to Biographies 1123 the Ninetieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January HAMMOND, John, a Representative from New York; born 3, 1967-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Harrison, Ark.at Crown Point, Essex County, N.Y., August 17, 1827; attend- ed the public schools and St. Albans Academy, St. Albans, HAMMETT, William Henry, a Representative from Mis-Vt.; was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in sissippi; born March 25, 1799, in Don Manway, County Cork,Troy, N.Y.; pioneer in California in 1849; volunteered as a Ireland; studied theology; chaplain of the University of Vir-private in the Civil War; promoted to captain of Cavalry and ginia at Charlottesville 1832-1834 and of the State house ofadvanced to brigadier general; a manufacturer of iron for delegates; moved to Princeton, Miss.; elected as a Democrattwenty-five years; president of the Crown Point Iron Co.; to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3,elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh 1845); died July 9, 1861, in Washington County, Mississippi.Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); was not a candi- HAMMOND, Edward, a Representative from Maryland;date for renomination; retired from business; died at Crown born at "Font Hill," near Ellicott City, Anne Arundel (nowPoint, N.Y., May 28, 1889; interment in Forest Dale Ceme- Howard) County, Md., March 17, 1812; attended the commontery. schools, Rockhill Academy, and was graduated from Yale HAMMOND, Nathaniel Job, a Representative from Geor- College in 1830; studied law in New Haven, Conn., and in Baltimore, Md.; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and com-gia; born in Elbert County, Ga., December 26, 1833; attended menced practice in Annapolis, Md.; served in the Statethe common schools and was graduated from the University house of delegates from Anne Arundel County in 1839, 1841,of Georgia at Athens in 1852; studied law, was admitted to and 1842; member of the State senate in 1848; elected as athe bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga.; Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congressessolicitor general of the Atlanta circuit 1861-1865; reporter of (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee onthe supreme court 1867-1872; attorney general 1872-1877; Engraving (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses); wasmember of the State constitutional conventions in 1865 and not a candidate for renomination in 1852; elected to the1877; elected a trustee of the University of Georgia in 1872; State house of delegates from Howard County in 1861 andelected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and to the three 1867; elected associate judge of the fifth judicial district insucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1887); unsuc- 1867 and was serving in that position when he died at "Fontcessful candidate for renomination in 1886; resumed the Hill," near Ellicott City, Md., October 19, 1882; interment inpractice of law in Atlanta, Ga., and died there April 20, St. John's Cemetery, near Ellicott City, Md. 1899; interment in Oakland Cemetery. 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HAMMOND, Jabez Demo, a Representative from New York; born in New Bedford, Mass., August 2, 1778; attended HAMMOND, Peter Francis, a Representative from Ohio; preparatory schools; studied medicine; commenced practiceborn in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, June 30, 1887; in Reading, Vt., in 1799; studied law; was admitted to theattended the parochial schools and St. Mary's High School, bar and commenced practice in Cherry Valley, N.Y., in 1805;Lancaster, Ohio; was graduated from Josephinum College, elected a trustee of the village of Cherry Valley in 1812;Columbus, Ohio, in 1910; became engaged in the men's cloth- member of the council of appointment; elected as a Republi-ing business at Lancaster, Ohio, in 1913; elected as a Demo- can to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3,crat to the Seventy-fourth Congress by specialelection, No- 1817); resumed the practice of law in Cherry Valley; servedvember 3, 1936, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation in the State senate 1817-1821; moved to Albany, N.Y., inof Mell G. Underwood and served from November 3, 1936, to 1822 and continued the practice of law; returned to CherryJanuary 3, 1937; was not a candidate for election in 1936 to Valley in 1838 and practiced law; also engaged in literarythe Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the retail clothing busi- pursuits; elected judge of Otsego County, N.Y., in 1838 andness until 1938; postmaster of Lancaster,Ohio, from Decem- served fiveyears; served as county superintendent ofber 17, 1938, to May 31, 1954; resided in Lancaster, Ohio, schools; appointed a member of the State board of regentswhere he died April 2, 1971; interment in St. Mary's Ceme- May 10, 1845, and served until his death in Cherry Valley,tery. Otsego County, N.Y., August 18, 1855; interment in Cherry HAMMOND, Robert Hanna, a Representative from Penn- Valley Cemetery. sylvania; born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April Bibliography: DAB. 28, 1791; attended the academies at Milton; engaged in mer- HAMMOND, James Henry, a Representative and a Sena-cantile pursuits; member of the State militia, with therank tor from South Carolina; born in Newberry District, S.C.,of brigadier general; enlisted in the United States Army as a November 15, 1807; graduated from the South Carolina Col-lieutenant in 1817; resigned and returned to Milton, Pa.; was lege (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia inregister and recorder of NorthumberlandCounty; postmas- 1825; taught school and wrote for a newspaper; studied law,ter of Milton 1833-1837; elected as a Democrat tothe was admitted to the bar in 1828 and practiced inColumbia;Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837- established a newspaper to support nullification; planter;March 3, 1841); reentered the Army and was commissioned elected as a Nullifier to the Twenty-fourth Congress in 1834paymaster during the Mexican War; was wounded and or- and served from March 4, 1835, until February 26, 1836,dered home on sick leave; died at sea before reaching port when he resigned because of ill health; spent two years inon June 2, 1847; interment in MiltonCemetery, Milton, Pa. Europe; returned to South Carolina and engaged in agricul- HAMMOND, Samuel, a Representative from Georgia; tural pursuits; Governor of South Carolina 1842-1844; elect-born in Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Va., September ed as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1857 to fill21, 1757; attended the common schools; served as a volunteer the vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew P. Butlerunder Governor Dunmore against the Indians; during the and served from December 7, 1857, to November 11, 1860,Revolutionary War served in the Continental Army; promot- when he retired; died at "Redcliffe," Beach Island, S.C.,ed to assistant quartermaster at the siege ofSavannah; November 13, 1864. member of the "council of capitulation" at Charleston; short- Bibliography: DAB; Bleser, Carol. K. The Hammond.s of Redeliffe. New Ga.; surveyor general York: Oxford University Press, 1981; Faust, Drew Gilpin. James Henry ly after the war settled in Savannah, Hammond. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. of Georgia in 1796; served in the Creek War andcommanded 1124 Biographical Directory a corps of Georgia Volunteers in 1793; member of the house13, 1814; attended the common schools and was graduated of representatives of Georgia 1796-1798; member of thefrom Princeton College in 1835; studied law; was admitted to State senate 1799 and 1800; elected as a Republican to the Eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1803, until Feb-the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Bridgeton, N.J.; ruary 2, 1805, when he became Civil and Military Governorcollector of the port of Bridgeton, N.J., 1841-1844; elected as of upper Louisiana Territory and served from 1805 to 1824;a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses receiver of public moneys in Missouri; president of the Bank(March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for of St. Louis; moved to South Carolina in 1824; member of therenomination in 1848; resumed the practice of law in Bridge- house of representatives of South Carolina;surveyor generalton, N.J.; solicitor of the board of chosen freeholders of in 1825; secretary of state of South Carolina 1831-1835;re-Cumberland County in 1852; died in Bridgeton, N.J., on tired from public life and died at "Varello Farm," on theSeptember 22, 1861; interment in Broad Street Presbyterian South Carolina side of the Savannah River, near Augusta, Ga., September 11, 1842; interment in Hammond Cemetery,Cemetery. New Richmond, S.C. HAMPTON, Moses, a Representative from Pennsylvania; Bibliography: DAB. born in Beaver, Beaver County, Pa., October 28, 1803; moved HAMMOND, Thomas, a Representative from Indiana;with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio; pursued classical born in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., February 27,studies and was graduated from Washington College (now 1843; attended the common schools; engaged in carpentryWashington and Jefferson University), Washington, Pa., in and contracting work until twenty-one years of age; moved1827; studied law in Uniontown; was admitted to the bar in to Detroit, Mich., and engaged in the packing-house busi-1829 and commenced practice in Somerset; moved to Pitts- ness; moved to Hammond, Lake County, md., in 1876 and assisted in the establishment of the dressed-beef industry;burgh in 1838 and continued the practice of law; elected as a mayor of Hammond 1888-1893; president of the CommercialWhig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, Bank of Hammond 1892-1907; elected as a Democrat to the 1847-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for renomination Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); was notin 1850; president judge of the Allegheny County District a candidate for renomination in 1894; resumed his formerCourt 1853-1873; died at his home, "Hampton Place," adjoin- business pursuits; also engaged in the real estate businessing the village of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pa., June and banking; member of the city council; appointed by Gov-27, 1878; interment in Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. ernor Hanly a member of the metropolitan police board; died in Hammond, md., September 21, 1909; interment in HAMPTON, Wade (grandfather of Wade Hampton [18 18- Oak Hill Cemetery. 1902]), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Vir- HAMMOND, Winfield Scott, a Representative from Min-ginia in 1752; received a thorough education; engaged in nesota; born in Southboro, Worcester County, Mass., Novem-agricultural pursuits; moved to South Carolina; served in the ber 17, 1863; attended the public schools and was graduatedRevolutionary War as lieutenant colonel of the regiment of from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1884; moved tolight dragoons in General Sumter's brigade of State troops; Minnesota and settled in Madelia, Watonwan County; princi-served in the state assembly, 1779-1786 and 1791; elected as pal in the public schools; studied law; was admitted to thea Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1795-March bar in 1891 and commenced practice in St. James, Minn.;3, 1797); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; elected to the prosecuting attorney of Watonwan County in 1895 and 1896 and again from 1900 to 1905; member of the State board ofEighth Congress (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805); unsuccessful normal school directors 1896-1900; elected as a Democrat tocandidate for reelection; colonel in the United States Army the Sixtieth and to the three succeeding Congresses andin 1808; appointed brigadier general in February 1809 and served from Marck 4, 1907, until January 6, 1915; Governormajor general March 2, 1813; served in the War of 1812 of Minnesota from January 7, 1914, until his death while onuntil April 6, 1814, when he resigned; died in Columbia, S.C., a visit to Clinton, La., December 30, 1915; interment inon February 4, 1835; interment in Trinity Churchyard, Ce- Mount Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn. lumbia, S.C. Bibliography: DAB; Bridwell, Ronald Edward. "The South's Wealthiest HAMMONS, David, a Representative from Maine; born in Planter: Wade Hampton I of South Carolina, 1754-1835." Ph.D disserta- Cornish, Maine, May 12, 1808; attended the common schools; tion, University of South Carolina, 1980; Cauthern, Charles Edward, ed. studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commencedFamily Letters of the Three Wade Hamptons, 1782-1901. South Carolina practice in Lovell, Oxford County, Maine; member of the Sesquicentennial Series, No. 4. Columbia: University of South Carolina State senate in 1840 and 1841; elected as a Democrat to the Press, 1953. Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); continued the practice of law until his death in Bethel, Oxford County, HAMPTON, Wade (grandson of Wade Hampton [1752-

Maine, on November 7, 1888; interment in Woodland Ceme-- 1835]), a Senator from South Carolina; born in Charleston, tery. S.C., March 28, 1818; received private instruction, graduated HAMMONS, Joseph, a Representative from New Hamp-from the South Carolina College (now the University of shire; born in Cornish, York County, Maine, March 3, 1787;South Carolina) at Columbia in 1836; studied law but never educated by private tutors and in the common schools; stud-practiced; planter; member, State house of representatives ied medicine in Ossipee, N.H., and commenced practice in1852-1856; member, State senate 1858-1861; served in the Farmington, N.H., in 1817; elected as a Jacksonian to theConfederate Army during the Civil War, raising and com- Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829-manding "Hampton's Legion"; three times wounded; made March 3, 1833); postmaster at Dover, N.H., from June 1833brigadier general in 1862, major general in 1863 and lieuten- until his death in Farmington, N.H., March 29, 1836; inter-ant general in 1865; Governor of South Carolina 1876-1879; ment in the old family cemetery. elected in 1878 as a Democrat to the United States Senate; HAMPTON, James Giles, a Representative from Newreelected in 1884 and served from March 4, 1879, until Jersey; born in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J., JuneMarch 3, 1891; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; United Biographies 1125

States railroad commissioner 1893-1897; died in Columbia,the public schools; was graduated from Wesleyan University, S.C., April 11, 1902; interment in Trinity Churchyard. Middletown, Conn., in 1906 and from New York (N.Y.) Law Bibliography: DAB; Jarrell, Hampton. Wade Hampton and the Negro: School in 1908; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and com- The Road Not Taken. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1949;menced practice in Syracuse, N.Y.; served as a sergeant in Weilman, Manly. Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South the First New York Cavalry on the Mexican border in 1916; Carolina. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1949. during the First World War served overseas as a captain HANBACK, Lewis, a Representative from Kansas; born inwith the One Hundred and Fourth Machine Gun Battalion, Winchester, Scott County, Ill., March 27, 1839; attended theTwenty-seventh Division, 1917-1919; corporation counsel of common schools and Cherry Grove Seminary in KnoxSyracuse, N.Y., 1926-1927; trustee of Wesleyan University, County,Ill.,for three years; taught school in MorganMiddletown, Conn.; elected as a Republican to the Seventi- County, Ill., in 1860 and 1861; during the Civil War enlistedeth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of as a private in Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was promotedWalter W. Magee; reelected to the Seventy-first and to the to brigade inspector; studied law in Albany, N.Y.; returnedeight succeeding Congresses and served from November 8, to Illinois and from there moved to Topeka, Kans.; was1927, to January 3, 1947; was not a candidate for renomina- admitted to the bar in 1865 and practiced; elected justice oftion in 1946; resumed the practice of law in Syracuse, N.Y.; the peace in 1867; probate judge of Shawnee County 1868-died January 3, 1948, in a hospital in Washington, D.C.; 1872; assistant chief clerk of the State house of representa-interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. tives; assistant secretary of the State senate in 1877; assist- ant United States district attorney of Kansas 1877-1879; HANCOCK, Franklin Wills, Jr., a Representative from receiver of public moneys at Sauna; elected as a RepublicanNorth Carolina; born in Oxford, Granville County, N.C., No- to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4,vember 1, 1894; attended the public schools, Homer Military 1883-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for reelection toAcademy, Oxford, N.C., and the University of North Caroli- the Fiftieth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died inna at Chapel Hill; studied law; was admitted tothe bar in Kansas City, Kans., September 7, 1897; interment in Topeka1916 and commenced practice in Oxford, N.C.; also interest- Cemetery, Topeka, Kans. ed in insurance and real estate; during the First World War HANBURY, Harry Alfred, a Representative from Newattended officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; York; born in Bristol, England, January 1, 1863; immigrated chairman of the Granville County Democratic Executive to the United States with his parents at an early age; at- committee in 1924; served in the State senate 1926-1928; tended the public schools and was graduated from the Boys'member of the State house of representatives 1928-1930; High School in New York City; entered mercantile life andtrustee of the Colored Orphanage of North Carolina at established ironworks; delegate to State conventions in 1896,Oxford 1920-1937; delegate to the Democratic National Con- 1898, 1900, 1902, 1906, and 1914; elected as a Republican tovention in 1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903);Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles United States shipping commissioner, port of New York,M. Stedman and on the same day was elected to the Seven- from March 1903 to November 1909; established a foundryty-second Congress; reelected to the Seventy-third, Seventy- and machine works in Brooklyn, N.Y.; engaged in mechani-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from No- cal engineering and ship reconstruction in Brooklyn, N.Y.;vember 4, 1930, to January 3, 1939; did not seek renomina- died in Methuen, Mass., August 22,1940; interment intion, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. nomination for United States Senator in 1938; member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board from January 4, 1939, HANCE, Kent Ronald, a Representative from Texas; born the in Dimmitt, Castro County, Tex., November 14, 1942; attend-to April 24, 1942; appointed special representative of ed the public schools of Dimmitt; B.B.A., Texas Tech Univer- Reconstruction Finance Corporation and served until June sity, 1965; LL.B., University of Texas School of Law, 1968;1943; administrator of the Farm Security Administration admitted to the Texas bar in 1968 and commenced practicefrom November 1943 to November 1945; president of the in Lubbock; professor, Texas Tech University, 1968-1973;Commodity Credit Corporation from December 1944 to served in the Texas State senate, 1974-1978; elected as aAugust 1945; resumed the general practice of law at Oxford, Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the two succeedingN.C.; elected judge of Granville County Recorder's Court, Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 31985); was not a1950 and 1952; died in Oxford, N.C., January 23, 1969; inter- candidate for reelection in 1984 to the Ninety-ninth Con-ment in Elmwood Cemetery. gress but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; changed party affiliation to Re- HANCOCK, George, a Representative from Virginia; born publican in 1985; was an unsuccessful candidate for thein Chesterfield County, Va., on June 13, 1754; pursued classi- Republican nomination for governor of Texas in 1986; ap-cal studies; served in the Revolutionary War as colonel of pointed to Railroad Commission of Texas in 1987; is a resi-Infantry, Virginia Line; studied law; was admitted to the bar in June 1774 and commenced practice in Chesterfield dent of Lubbock, Tex. County; appointed ensign in Chesterfield County, Va., in HANCHETT, Luther, a Representative from Wisconsin;1776 and later prompted to captain; admitted to the practice born in Middlebury, Portage County, Ohio, October 25, 1825;of law in the courts of Powhatan County, Va., July 20, 1780, attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted toand later moved to Botetourt County, Va., where on April the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Fremont, Ohio;12, 1782, he was admitted to the practice of law; appointed moved to Portage County, Wis., in 1849; engaged in lumbercolonel of militia of Botetourt County, Va., on August 10, and mining enterprises; county attorney two years; member1785; served as Commonwealth's attorney of Botetourt of the State senate 1856-1860; elected as a Republican to theCounty from March 4, 1787, to October 11, 1789, and as Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1861,deputy State's attorney from 1789 to 1793; elected to the until his death in Plover, Portage County, Wis., NovemberThird and Fourth Congresses (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1797); 24, 1862; interment in Plover Cemetery. engaged in the management of his estate, "Fotheringay," HANCOCK, Clarence Eugene, a Representative from NewElliston Valley, Montgomery County, Va., where he died York; born in Syracuse, N.Y., February 13, 1885; attendedJuly 18, 1820; interment in a tomb on his estate. 1126 Biographical Directory

HANCOCK, John, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born ineral September 30, 1783; mustered out November 3, 1783; Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., January 12, 1737; pursuedMember of the Continental Congress in 1783 and 1784; classical studies; was graduated from Harvard College inmajor general in the United States Army June 19, 1798; 1754; a selectman of Boston several terms; member of thehonorably discharged June 15, 1800; died in Rockford, Lan- provincial legislature 1766-1772; president of the Provincialcaster County, Pa., September 3, 1802; interment in St. Congress in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-James's Episcopal Cemetery. 1778 and served as President of the Congress from May 24, Bibliography: DAB. 1775, to October 1777; first signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence; served as senior major general of Massachusetts HAND, Thomas Millet, a Representative from New Militia during the Revolutionary War; member of the Mas-Jersey; born in Cape May, N.J., July 7, 1902; attended the sachusetts constitutional convention in 1780; Governor ofpublic schools; was graduated from Dickinson School of Law, Massachusetts 1780-1785; was again elected President of theCarlisle, Pa., in 1922; was admitted to the bar in 1924 and Continental Congress on November 23, 1785, but resignedcommenced practice in Cape May City, N.J.; clerk of the May 29, 1786, not having served on account of illness; againBoard of Chosen Freeholders of Cape May County, N.J., Governor of Massachusetts from 1787 until his death in1924-1928; prosecutor of the pleas of Cape May County Quincy, Mass., October 8, 1793; interment in Old Granary1928-1933; mayor of Cape May, N.J., 1937-1944; publisher of Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. the Cape May Star and Wave from 1940 until his death; also Bibliography: DAB; Allan, Herbert S. John Hancock, Patriot in Purple. a partner in the Mecray-Hand Co., a real estate and insur- New York: Macmillan Co., 1948; Baxter, William T. The House of Han- ance business; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth cock; Business in Boston, 1724-1775. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University and to the five succeeding Congresses and had been reelect- Press, 1945. ed November 6, 1956, to the Eighty-fifth Congress; served HANCOCK, John, a Representative from Texas; born nearfrom January 3, 1945, until his death in Cold Spring, N.J., Bellefonte, Jackson County, Ala., October 24, 1824; attendedDecember 26, 1956; remains were cremated at Ewing Ceme- the public schools and the University of Tennessee at Knox-tery, Trenton, N.J., and interred in Cold Spring Cemetery. ville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1846; settled in Austin, Tex., in 1847 and practiced his profession there until HANDLEY, William Anderson, a Representative from August 1851; served as judge of the second judicial district ofAlabama; born at Liberty Hill,near Franklin, Heard Texas from 1851 to 1855, when he resigned; resumed theCounty, Ga., December 15, 1834; moved to Alabama; attend- practice of law and engaged in planting and stock raising;ed the public schools; moved to Roanoke, Randolph County, member of the State house of representatives in 1860 andAla.; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army 1861; refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confeder- as captain of' the Twenty-fifth Regiment; engaged in mercan- ate States and was expelled from the legislature; took up histile pursuits; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Con- residence in the North until the conclusion of the war, whengress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); served in the State he returned to Texas; member of the State constitutionalsenate 1888-1892; delegate to the State constitutional con- convention in 1866; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-vention in 1901; member of the State house of representa- second, Forty-third, and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4,tives 1903-1907; resumed his former mercantile activities; 1871-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-died in Roanoke, Ala., June 23, 1909; interment in the City tion; elected to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-Cemetery. March 3, 1885); was not a candidate for renomination; re- HANDY, Levin Irving (nephew of William Campbell Pres- sumed the practice of law; died in Austin, Tex., July 19,ton Breckenridge), a Representative from Delaware; born in 1893; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Berlin, Worcester County, Md., December 24, 1861; attended Bibliography: DAB. the public schools in Maryland and New York; taught school HAND, Augustus Cincinnatus, a Representative fromat Damos Quarter, Somerset County, Md.; elected principal New York; born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vt., Septem-of the high school at Smyrna, Del., in 1881; superintendent ber 4, 1803; pursued academic studies; studied law in Litch-of free schools in Kent County 1887-1890; principal of Old field, Conn.; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commencedNewark Academy, Newark, Del., 1890-1892; chairman of the practice at Crown Point, N.Y.; moved to Elizabethtown,Democratic State central committee 1892-1896; editorial N.Y., in 1831; surrogate of Essex County 1831-1839; electedwriter on the Wilmington Every Evening in 1894 and 1895; as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-unsuccessful candidate for election in 1894 to the Fifty- March 3, 1841); elected a member of the State senate in 1844fourth Congress; studied law; was admitted to the bar in and served several years; associate justice of the State su-1899 and practiced in Wilmington, Del.; elected as a Demo- preme court 1847-1855; delegate to the Democratic Nationalcrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897-March 3, Convention in 1868; resumed the practice of his profession;1899); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifty-sixth died in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y., March 8, 1878;Congress; unsuccessful candidate for attorney general in interment in Riverside Cemetery. 1904; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Sixty-first Congress; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions HAND, Edward, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born inin 1900, 1904, and 1908; resumed the practice of law in Clyduff, County Kings, Ireland, December 31, 1744; accompa-Wilmington, Del., and died there February 3, 1922; inter- nied the Eighteenth Royal Irish Regiment to the United States as surgeon's mate in 1774, but resigned; settled inment in Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Del. Pennsylvania and practiced medicine; during the Revolution HANKS, James Millander, a Representative from Arkan- was commissioned lieutenant colonel June 25, 1775; promot- sas; born in Helena, Phillips County, Ark., February 12, ed colonel March 7, 1776, and brigadier general April 1,1833; attended the public schools, the college at New Albany, 1777; succeeded Gen. John Stark in command at Albany inmd., and Jackson College, Columbia, Tenn.; studied law; was 1778 and served in the expedition against the Indians of thegraduated from the University of Louisville in 1855; was Six Nations; took command of a brigade of the Light Infan-admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Helena; try Corps in August 1780; adjutant general of the Armyjudge of the first judicial district of Arkansas 1864-1868; from January 1781 to November 1783; brevetted major gen-elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March Biographies 1127

4, 1871-March 3, 1873); was not a candidate for renomina- HANNA, Louis Benjamin, a Representative from North tion in 1872; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died inDakota; born in New Brighton, Beaver County, Pa., August Helena, Ark., May 24, 1909; interment in Maple Hill Ceme-9, 1861; attended the common schools of Ohio,Massachu- tery. setts, and New York; moved to Dakota Territory in 1881 and settled near what is now Hope, N.Dak.; moved to Page, Cass HANLEY, James Michael, a Representative from NewCounty, in 1882 and engaged in the lumber business and in York; born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., July 19,mercantile pursuits; member of the State house of represent- 1920; attended the Syracuse, N.Y., schools; graduated from St. Lucy's Academy in 1938; served in the United Statesatives 1895-1897; moved to Fargo in 1899 to become vice Army from October 14, 1942, to January 31, 1946; owner ofpresident of the First National Bank of Fargo; served in the funeral home since 1938; executive secretary to the Ononda-State senate 1897-1901 and 1905-1909; chairman of the Re- ga County Democratic committee,1963-1964; elected as apublican State central committee 1902-1908; trustee of Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the seven succeedingFargo College since 1898; delegate to the Republican Nation- Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1981); chairman,al Convention in 1904; elected as a Republican to the Sixty- Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (Ninety-sixthfirst and Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 to the1909, to January 7, 1913; Governor of North Dakota 1913- Ninety-seventh Congress; is a resident of Syracuse, N.Y. 19 17; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator in 1916 and 1926; chairman of the HANLY, James Franklin, a Representative from Indiana;State Liberty Loan Committee in 1917 and 1918; served as born near St. Joseph, Champaign County, Ill., April 4, 1863;captain in the American Red Cross in France during the attended the common schools and the Eastern IllinoisFirst World War and was decorated with the Grand Crossof Normal School at Danville, Ill., 1879-1881; moved to Warren St. Olaf by the King of Norway and cited an officer of the County, md., in 1879; taught in the public schools of theFrench Legion of Honor by the French Government; chair- State 1881-1889; studied law; was admitted to the bar inman of the Republican State campaigncommittee in 1924; 1889 and commenced practice in Williamsport, Warrenengaged in agricultural pursuits and banking until his re- County, md.; member of the State senate in 1890 and 1891; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March tirement; died in Fargo, N.Dak., on April 23, 1948; interment 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-in Riverside Cemetery. tion in 1896; moved to Lafayette, md., in 1896; Governor of HANNA, Marcus Alonzo (father of Ruth Hanna McCor- Indiana 1905-1909; prohibitionlecturer throughout themick), a Senator from Ohio; born in New Lisbon (now United States 1910-1920 and in France in 1919; organizedLisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio, September 24,1837; and was editor of the Enquirer Publishing Co. and the Indi-moved with his parents to Cleveland in 1852; attended the anapolis Commercial in 1915; resumed the practice of law incommon schools of that city and WesternReserve College, Indianapolis; unsuccessful candidate of the Prohibition PartyHudson, Ohio; engaged in the wholesale grocery business for President of the United States in 1916; died as the resultand later in the iron and coal business, the lake carrying of an automobile accident near Dennison, Tuscarawastrade, and railroads; chairman of the RepublicanNational County, Ohio, August 1, 1920; interment in Hillside Ceme-Committee in 1896; appointed in 1897 and subsequently tery, near Williamsport, hid. elected as a Republican to the United States Senate tofill HANNA, John, a Representative from Indiana; born nearthe vacancy caused by the resignation ofJohn Sherman; Indianapolis, Ind., September 3, 1827; pursued classical stud-reelected in January 1898 and also was elected for the suc- ies; was graduated from the Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw)ceeding full term and served from March 5, 1897,until his University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1850; studied law; was ad-death in Washington, D.C., February 15, 1904; chairman, mitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greencastle;Committee on Relations with Canada (Fifty-fifththrough mayor of Greencastle 1851-1854; moved toKansas; was aFifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on EnrolledBills member of its Territorial legislature in 1857 and 1858; re-(Fifty-seventh Congress), Committee on Interoceanic Canals turned to Indiana; United States district attorney 1861-1869;(Fifty-eighth Congress); funeral services were held in the elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4,Chamber of the United States Senate; interment in Lake 1877-March 3, 1879); died in Plainfield, Ind., October 24,View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. 1882; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind. Bibliography: DAB; Beer, Thomas. Hanna. New York: OctagonBooks, HANNA, John Andre (grandfather of Archibald McAllis- 1973; Croly, Herbert. Marcus Hanna: His Life and Works. Hamden,Conn.: ter), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Fleming- Archon Books, 1965. ton, Hunterdon County, N.J., in 1762; received a classical HANNA, Richard Thomas, a Representative from Califor- education; was graduated from Princeton College in 1782;nia; born in Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyo.,June 9, 1914; studied law; was admitted to the bar of Lancaster County inmoved to Long Beach, Calif., with parents in 1923; attended 1783 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Pa.; moved tothe Compton (Calif.) public schools; graduated fromPasade- Harrisburg, and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar inna (Calif.) Junior College;University of California at Los 1785; delegate to the State convention to ratify theFederalAngeles, B.A., and from the UCLA Law School, LL.B.; admit- Constitution in 1787; secretary of the anti-Federal confer-ted to the bar in 1952 and began practice inWestminister, ence in 1788; member of the State houseof representativesCalif.; served in the Navy Air Corps, 1942-1945; practiced in 1791; was elected lieutenant colonel of the ThirdBattal- in a briga-law in Fullerton, Calif.; elected to the State assembly ion of Dauphin County December 29, 1792; appointed special election in 1956 and was reelected in 1958 and 1960; dier general of Dauphin County Brigade April 19, 1793, anddelegate, Democratic National Convention, 1960; elected as a was in command during the WhiskyInsurrection of that the year; appointed major general of theSixth Division of Dau-Democrat to the Eighty-eighth Congress; reelected to Republi-five succeeding Congresses and served from January3, 1963, phin and Berks Counties April 23, 1800; elected as a candidate can to the Fifth and to the foursucceeding Congresses anduntil his resignation December 31, 1974; was not a served from March 4, 1797, until his death in Harrisburg,for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress;is a Pa., July 23, 1805; interment in Mount Kalmia Cemetery.resident of Cameron Park, Calif. 1128 Biographical Directory

HANNA, Robert, a Senator from Indiana; bornnear Foun-Welfare, 1975-1977; president, RPH & Associates, Lake tainius, Laurens District, S.C., April 6,1786; settled inForest, Ill., 1977-1980; elected Lake County (Ill.) Commis- Brookville, md., in 1802; sheriff of the common pleas courtsioner, 1980-1982; vice president, Tobacco Institute, Wash- 18 11-1820; member of the State constitutional convention inington, D.C., 1980-1984; executive director, American Securi- 1816; brigadier general of State militia; register of the landty Council Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1984 to present; is office 1820-1830; moved to Indianapolis in 1825; appointedasa resident of McLean, Va., and Homewood, Ill. a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Noble and served from August HANSBROUGH, Henry Clay, a Representative and a Sen- 19, 1831, to January 3, 1832; member, State house ofrepre-ator from North Dakota; born near Prairie du Rocher, Ran- sentatives 1832-1833, 1836-1839; contractor for nationaldolph County, Ill., January 30, 1848; attended the common roads in 1835; member, State senate 1842-1846; killed byaschools; moved to San Jose, Calif., in 1867; learned the art of train while walking upon the track in Indianapolis, md.,printing and worked at the trade in San Jose, Calif., and November 16, 1858; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. later at Baraboo, Wis.; moved to Dakota Territory and estab- lished the Grand Forks News in 1881 and the Inter-Ocean at HANNAFORD, Mark Warren, a Representative from Cali-Devils Lake in 1883; mayor of Devils Lake 1885-1888; fornia; born in Woodrow, Lincoln County, Cob., February 7, member of the Republican National Committee 1888-1896; 1925; attended public schools in Anderson, md.; B.A., Ballupon the admission of North Dakota as a State into the State University, Muncie, md., 1950; M.A., same university,Union was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Con- 1956; attended Yale University under Fellowship,gress and served from November 2, 1889, until March 3, 196 1-1962; associate professor of political science, Long1891; did not seek renomination in 1891, having become a Beach (Calif.) City College, 1966-1975; served in the Unitedcandidate for Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1946; Lakewood (Calif.) cityStates Senate in 1891; reelected in 1897 and again in 1903 councilman, 1966-1974; mayor of Lakewood,1968-1970, and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1909; unsuccess- 1972-1974; member, California State Democratic Centralful candidate for reelection in 1909; chairman, Committee on committee, 1966-1974; delegate to Democratic National Con-the Library (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on Public vention, 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourthLands (Fifty-fifth through Sixtieth Congresses), Committee and to the Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1975-Januaryon Agriculture and Forestry (Sixtieth Congress); resumed his 1979); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978 to theformer business pursuits in Devils Lake, N.Dak.; moved to Ninety-sixth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for nomina-Florida, New York, and finally to Washington, D.C., in 1927, tion in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; was a residentwhere he died on November 16, 1933; cremated and the of Lakewood, Calif, until his death there on June 2, 1985.ashes scattered under an elm tree on the United States HANNEGAN, Edward Allen, a Representative and a Sena-Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C. tor from Indiana; born in Hamilton County, Ohio, June 25, Bibliography: Schiup, Leonard. "Henry C. Hansbrough and the Fight 1807; moved with his parents to Bourbon County, Ky., the Against the Tariff in 1894." North Dakota History 45 (Fall 1978): 32-39; same year; attended the public schools; studied law, taughtSchiup, Leonard. "Quiet Imperialist: Henry C. Hansbrough and the Ques- school and worked as a farm hand; was admitted to the bar tion of Expansion." North Dakota History 45 (Spring 1978): 26-31. in 1827; moved to Indiana and settled in Covington, where HANSEN, Clifford Peter, a Senator from Wyoming; born he commenced the practice of law; member, State house ofin Zenith, Teton (then Lincoln) County, Wyo., October 16, representatives 1832-1833, 1841-1842; elected as a Democrat1912; attended the public schools of Jackson, Wyo.; graduat- to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4,ed from the University of Wyoming in 1934; member, Uni- 1833-March 3, 1837); was not a candidate for renominationversity of Wyoming Board of Trustees 1946-1966, serving as in 1836; resumed the practice of law; electedas a Democratpresident 1955-1962; engaged in cattle ranching; officer of to the United States Senate in 1842 and served from Marchthe Wyoming Stock Growers Association, the American Na- 1843, to March 3, 1849; unsuccessful candidate for renomi-tional Cattlemen's Association, and the Livestock Research nation in1848; chairman, Committee on Private Landand Marketing Advisory Committee; Columbia Interstate Claims (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on Roads andCompact commissioner; Snake River Compact commissioner; Canals (Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses), CommitteeTeton County commissioner 1943-195 1; Governor of Wyo- on Foreign Relations (Thirtieth Congress); United Statesming 1963-1967; elected as a Republican to the United Minister to Prussia 1849-1850; resumed the practice of lawStates Senate in 1966; reelected in 1972, and served from in Covington; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1857, where heJanuary 3, 1967, until his resignation December 31, 1978; continued to practice law until his death there on Februaryserves on the board of several financial and civic organiza- 25, 1859; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute,tions; is a resident of Jackson, Wyo. md. Bibliography: DAB. HANSEN, George Vernon, a Representative from Idaho; born in Tetonia, Teton County, Idaho, September 14, 1930; HANRAHAN, Robert Paul, a Representative from Illinois;attended public schools; Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, B.A., born in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Ill., February 25,1956; did graduate work at Idaho State University, 1956- 1934; educated in the public schools; Thornton Community1957 and 1962-1963; graduated from Grimms Business Col- College, Harvey, Ill., 1952-1954; B.S., Bowling Green Statelege in 1958; served in the United States Air Force, 1951- University, 1956; M.Ed., Bowling Green State University,1954, and was a graduate of the Army language school; 1959; teacher, administrator, and guidance counselor, 1960-officer in the United States Naval Reserve, 1964-1970; grain 1964; elected auditor, Bloom Township, 1965-1967; electedelevator manager, 1950-1951 and 1954; public school teacher, Cook County Superintendent of Schools, 1967-197 1; appoint- 1956-1958; engaged in the life insurance business, 1958-1965; ed Midwest Regional Commissioner of Education, 1971; elect-mayor of Alameda, Idaho, 196 1-1962; upon consolidation of ed as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress (January 3,Alameda and Pocatello served as city commissioner of Poca- 1973-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for reelectiontello,1962-1965; past director of the Idaho Municipal in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; deputy assistant sec-League, 196 1-1963; unsuccessful candidate for the United retary for education, Department of Health, Education andStates Senate in 1962; delegate, Republican National Con- Biographies 1129 vention, 1968; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninthelected to the Eighty-seventh Congress; reelected to the six and Ninetieth Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1969);succeeding Congresses and served from November 8, 1960, was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 but ran unsuccess-until her resignation December 31, 1974; was not a candidate fully for the United States Senate; deputy under secretaryfor renomination in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; ap- for congressional liaison, deputy administrator for Agricul-pointed in 1975 to a six-year term on the Washington State ture Stabilization and Conservation Service, and vice presi-Toll Bridge Authority and State Highway Commission; dent of Commodity Credit Corporation, United States De-chairman, Washington State Transportation commission, partment of Agriculture, 1969-1971; returned to Pocatello1979-1981; was a resident of Cathiamet, Wash., until her and engaged in private business pursuits, 197 1-1975; unsuc- death there on May 3, 1988. cessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate Bibliography: Rosenberg, Marie C. Barovic. "Women in Politics: A Com- in 1972; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to parative Study of Congresswomen Edith Green and Julia Butler Hansen." the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 1973. 1985); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1984 HANSEN, Orval Howard, a Representative from Idaho; to the Ninety-ninth Congress; chairman of a political con-born in Firth, Bingham County, Idaho, August 3, 1926; at- sulting firm in Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Arlington,tended Idaho Falls public schools; United States Navy, 1944- Va. 1946, and served in Air Force Reserve until retirement as a HANSEN, James Vear, a Representative from Utah; bornlieutenant colonel; B.A., University of Idaho, 1950; J.D., in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, August 14, 1932;George Washington University, 1954; Rotary Foundation attended the public schools; B.S., University of Utah, SaltFellow, London School of Economics, University of London, Lake City, 1961; served in the United States Navy, 1951-1954-1955; LL.M., in 1973 and Ph.D., George Washington 1955; engaged in real estate and insurance; city councilman,University, 1986; private law practice, 1956-1968; elected to Farmiigton, Utah, 1960-1972; served in the Utah Statethe Idaho house of representatives, 1956, reelected 1958 and house of representatives,1973-1980; served as speaker1960; house majority leader, 1961-1962; unsuccessful Repub- during last term; founder and president, insurance agency,lican candidate for the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962; elect- 1977-1981; president, Woodland Springs Development Co.,ed to Idaho house of representatives, 1964, and to Idaho 1977-1981; delegate, Utah State Republican conventions,State senate, 1966; elected as a Republican to the Ninety- 1978-1980; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventhfirst and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969- and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981- January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in January 3, 1989); is a resident of Farmington, Utah. 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; founder and president, Columbia Institute for Political HANSEN, John Robert, a Representative from Iowa; bornResearch, 1977 to present; is a resident of Arlington, Va. in Manning, Carroll County, Iowa, August 24, 1901; attended the Manning public schools; attended the State University of HANSON, Alexander Contee (grandson of John Hanson), Iowa, 1919-1921; sales representative, general manager, anda Representative and a Senatorfrom Maryland; born in president of Dultmeier Manufacturing Co., Manning, Iowa,Annapolis, Md., February 27, 1786; attended local private 1921-1962, and president of Dultmeier Sales, Omaha, Nebr.,schools and graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, in 1934-1957; member of the Carroll County Democratic Cen- 1802; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced

tral committee, 1932-1944, and chairman, 1944-1952; dele-- practice in Annapolis, Md.; member, State house of delegates gate to Democratic National Convention in 1948 and 1964;1811-18 15; established and edited the Federal Republican, district committeeman on the Democratic State central com-an extreme Federalist newspaper, inBaltimore, and on June mittee,1952-1957; SixthDistrict Democratic chairman,22, 1812, four days after war was declared, a mob, irritated 1953-1957; member of the Board of Control of State Institu-by his articles denouncing the administration, destroyed the tions, 1957-1960; member of executive council of the Gover-office; when he issued the paper from another building one nor's Alcoholism Commission and the Commission on Inter-week later, he was seriously injured by a mob; moved the state Cooperation, 1957-1960; Democratic nominee for Lieu-paper to Georgetown, D.C., where he published it unmolest- tenant Governor in 1960; elected as a Democrat to theed; moved to Rockville, Md.; elected as a Federalist to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967);Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses and served from unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Nineti-March 4, 1813, until his resignation in 1816; unsuccessful eth Congress; member, Iowa State Highway Commission,candidate in 1816 for election to the State house of dele- from February 1967 until retirement on July 1, 1969; died ingates; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to Des Moines, Iowa, September 23, 1974; interment in Man-fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert G. ning Cemetery, Manning, Iowa. Harper and served from December 20, 1816, until his death on his estate, "Belmont," near Elkridge, Howard County, HANSEN, Julia Butler, a Representative from Washing-Md., April 23, 1819; interment in the family burial ground. ton; born Julia Caroline Butler, June 14, 1907, in Portland, Bibliography: DAB. Multnomah County, Oreg.; attended the public schools of Washington and Oregon State College, 1924-1926; graduated HANSON, John(grandfatherofAlexanderContee from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1930;Hanson), a Delegate from Maryland; born at Mulberry member of Cathlamet, Wash., city council 1938-1946; chair-Grove, near Port Tobacco, Charles County, Md., April 3, man of Western Interstate Committee on Highway Policies1715; pursued an academic course; engaged in agricultural 1951-1961; manager of a title and casualty insurance busi-pursuits; member of the State house of delegates for nine ness 1958-1961; member of the State house of representa-terms; member of the State senate 1757-1773; moved to tives from January 1939 until November 1960, serving asFrederick County in 1773; delegate to the General Congress speaker pro tempore 1955-1960; chairman and member ofat Annapolis in 1774; treasurer of Frederick County in 1775; board of trustees of Century 21, State of Washington, sincemember of the Maryland convention of 1775; Member of the 1958; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress, byContinental Congress 1780-1782; elected President of the special election, November 8, 1960, to fill the vacancy causedContinental Congress on November 5, 1781; signer of the by the death of Russell V. Mack and at the same timeArticles of Confederation of the United States; died at the 1130 Biographical Directory residence of his nephew at Oxon Hill, Prince GeorgesJanuary 23, 1881, when he withdrew; captain of the Floyd County, Md., November 22, 1783. Rifles; during the Civil War was major of the Second Geor- Bibliography: DAB; Levering, Ralph B. "John Hanson, Public Servant."gia Battalion and, later, colonel of the Forty-fifth Georgia Maryland Historical Magazine 71 (Summer 1976): 113-33; Smith, Seymour W. John Hanson, Our First President. New York: Brewer, Warren, and Infantry of the Confederate Army; again served in the State Putnam, 1932. house of representatives, in 1863, 1864, and 1874, and was speaker during these sessions; delegate to the Democratic HARALSON, Hugh Anderson, a Representative fromNational Convention in 1872; president of the State conven- Georgia; born near Penfield, Greene County, Ga., Novembertion and chairman of the Democratic State executive com- 13, 1805; attended the common schools and was also instruct-mittee for four years; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- ed by private tutors; was graduated from Franklin Collegeeighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); chairman, (now the University of Georgia) in 1825; studied law; wasCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of State admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in(Forty-eighth Congress); died in Macon, Ga., March 6, 1891; Monroe, Walton County, Ga.; moved to Lagrange, Troupinterment in Oak Hill Cemetery. County, Ga., in 1828, and continued the practice of law; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house HARDEN, Cecil Murray, a Representative from Indiana; of representatives in 1831 and 1832; served in the Stateborn in Covington, Fountain County, md., November 21, senate in 1837 and 1838; served in the State militia as a1894; graduated from the public schools of Covington, md., major general 1838-1850; elected as a Democrat to thein 1912, and attended the University of Indiana at Blooming- Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-firstton; taught all grades in Troy township schools, Fountain Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851); chairman, Com-County, md., and Covington (md.) public schools 1912-1914; mittee on Military Affairs (Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninthRepublican National committeewoman from Indiana 1944- Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850;1959, and from 1964 to present; delegate at large to the resumed the practice of law; died in Lagrange, TroupRepublican National Conventions in 1948, 1952, 1956, and County, Ga., September 25, 1854; interment in Hill View1968; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and to the Cemetery. four succeeding Congresses (January 3,1949-January 3, HARALSON, Jeremiah, a Representative from Alabama;1959); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the born on a plantation near Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., Eighty-sixth Congress; special assistant for women's affairs April 1, 1846; raised as a slave; self-educated; moved toto Postmaster General, Washington, D.C., March 1959 to Alabama and engaged in agricultural pursuits; became aMarch 1961; appointed August 18, 1970, to the National minister; member of the State house of representatives inAdvisory Committee for the White House Conference on 1870; served in the State senate in 1872; unsuccessful candi-Aging; was a resident of Covington, md., until her death in date for election in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress; electedLafayette, md., December 5, 1984. as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, HARDENBERGH, Augustus Albert, a Representative 1875-March 3, 1877); appointed to a Federal position in thefrom New Jersey; born in New Brunswick, Middlesex United States customhouse in Baltimore, Md.; later em-County, N.J., May 18, 1830; attended Rutgers College, New ployed as a clerk in the Interior Department; appointedBrunswick, N.J., in 1844; took up residence in Jersey City in August 12, 1882, to the Pension Bureau in Washington, D.C.,1846 and was employed in a banking house in New York and resigned August 21, 1884; moved to Louisiana, where heCity; clerk in the Hudson County National Bank in 1852; engaged in agricultural pursuits, and thence to Arkansas inmember of the State house of assembly in 1853 and 1854; 1904; served as pension agent for a short time; returned tomember of the board of education in 1855 and 1856; member Alabama and settled in Selma in 1912; moved to Texas andof the common council of Jersey City 1857-1863, serving as later to Oklahoma and Colorado and engaged in coal miningpresident in 1860; moved to Bergen, N.J., in 1863; member of in the latter State; killed by wild beasts near Denver, Cob.,the city council of Bergen; elected State director of railroads about 1916. in 1868; moved to Demarest, N.J., the same year; delegate to HARD, Gideon, a Representative from New York; born inthe Democratic National Convention in 1872; moved to Arlington, Bennington County, Vt., April 29, 1797; was grad-Jersey City in 1873; elected president of the Northern Rail- uated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in1822; road of New Jersey in 1874; elected as a Democrat to the taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875- and commenced practice in Newport (now Albion), N.Y., inMarch 3, 1879); declined to be a candidate for renomination 1826; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-in 1878; elected president of the Hudson County National third Congress and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourthBank in 1878; elected to the Forty-seventh Congress (March Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); commissioner of4, 1881-March 3, 1883); was not a candidate for renomina- schools for Barre Township, Orleans County, N.Y., 1841-tion in 1882; appointed a member of the Jersey City Board of 1848; served in the State senate 1841-1848; canal appraiserFinance and Taxation in 1883-1889; appointed by Governor in 1849 and 1850; resumed the practice of law until 1850;Abbett as a trustee of the State reform school in 1884; died county judge and surrogate for Orleans County 1856-1860;in Jersey City, N.J., on October 5, 1889; interment in Mount died in Albion, Orleans County, N.Y., April 27, 1885; inter-Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. ment in Mount Albion Cemetery. HARDIN, Benjamin (cousin of Martin Davis Hardin), a HARDEMAN, Thomas, Jr., a Representative from Geor-Representative from Kentucky; born at the Georges Creek gia; born in Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga., January 12,settlementonthe MonongahelaRiver,Westmoreland 1825; was graduated from Emory College in 1845; studiedCounty, Pa., February 29, 1784; moved with his parents to law; was admitted to the bar in 1847; abandoned his profes-Washington County, Ky., in 1788; attended the schools of sion and engaged in the warehouse and commission busi-Nelson and Washington Counties, KY.; studied law; was ad- ness; served in the State house of representatives in 1853,mitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice in Eliza- 1855, and 1857; elected as an Opposition candidate to thebethtown and Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky.; settled in Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1859, untilBardstown in 1808; member of the State house of representa- Biographies 1131 tives in 1810, 1811, 1824, and 1825; served in the StateWarren County, Ill., in 1838 and continued the practice of senate 1828-1832; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenthlaw; member of the State constitutional convention in 1848; Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); elected to the Six-member of the State house of representatives 1848-1850; teenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1819-March 3,during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Union 1823); elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-thirdArmy in the Eighty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer In- Congress and as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth Congressfantry, later was commissioned colonel, and in 1863 was (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); secretary of state of Ken-promoted to brigadier general; elected as a Republican to tucky 1844-1847; member of the State constitutional conven-the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865- tion in 1849; died in Bardstown, Ky., September 24, 1852;March 3, 1869); chairman, Committee on the Militia (Thirty- interment in the family burying ground near Springfield,ninth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in Ky. 1868; engaged in banking and railroad building; died in Mon- Bibliography: DAB. mouth, Iii., July 19, 1874; interment in Monmouth Ceme- HARDIN, John J. (son of Martin Davis Hardin), a Repre-tery. sentative from Illinois; born in Frankfort, Ky., January 6, Bibliography: DAB. 1810; pursued classical studies and was graduated from HARDING, Benjamin Franklin, a Senator from Oregon; Transylvania University, Lexington, KY.; studied law; wasborn near Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pa., on January admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1831 and commenced4, 1823; attended the public schools; studied law; was admit- practice in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; served in theted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Joliet, Ill., Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War 1831-1832; wasin 1849; moved to California and then to Oregon in 1850; brigadier general in command during the Mormon troubleclerk of the Territorial legislature in 1850 and 1851; member in Hancock County in 1844 and later attained the rank ofof that body and served as its speaker in 1852; United States major general; appointed prosecuting attorney of Morgandistrict attorney in 1853; secretary of the Territory 1854- County in 1832; member of the State house of representa- 1859; member, State house of representatives 1858-1862, tives 1836-1842; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighthserving as speaker 1860-1861; elected as a Democrat to the Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; during the Mexican War recruitedUnited States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which heof Edward D. Baker and served from September 12, 1862, to was commissioned colonel; was killed at the Battle of BuenaMarch 3,1865; retired to his farm near Salem, Marion Vista, Mexico, February 23, 1847; interment in City Ceme-County, Oreg., and a few years later moved to Cottage tery (East), Jacksonville, Ill. Grove, Lane County, where he died June 16, 1899; interment Bibliography: DAB. in Cottage Grove Cemetery. HARDIN, Martin D. (cousin of and HARDING, John Eugene, a Representative from Ohio; father of John J. Hardin), a Senator from Kentucky; bornborn in Excello, Butler County, Ohio, June 27, 1877; attend- along the Monongahela River, western Pennsylvania, Juneed the Amanda public schools and Pennsylvania Military 21, 1780; moved with his parents to Kentucky in 1786; pur-Academy at Chester; was graduated from the University of sued an academic course; attended Transylvania Seminary,Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1900; engaged in business in Lexington, KY.; studied law; was admitted to the bar andMiddletown, Ohio, and in industrial enterprises; member of practiced in Richmond and Frankfort, KY.; member, Statethe State senate in 1902; elected as a Republican to the house of representatives 1805-1806, 1812, 1818-1820, servingSixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); delegate to as speaker 1819-1820; secretary of State of Kentucky 1812-the Republican State convention in 1910; engaged in the 1816; served as major in the War of 1812; appointed andpaper business in Chicago, Ill., until hemoved to New York subsequently elected as a Federalist to the United StatesCity, where he was associated with the Pure Oil Co., 1921- Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wil-1926; engaged in industrial enterprises until retirement in ham T Barry and served from November 13, 1816, to March1949; died in New Haven, Conn., July 26, 1959; interment in 3, 1817; died in Frankfort, Ky., October 8, 1823; interment onWoodside Cemetery, Middletown, Ohio. his farm in Franklin County; reinterment in State Ceme- tery, Frankfort, Ky. HARDING, Ralph R., a Representative from Idaho; born Bibliography: DAB. in Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho, September 9, 1929; attended the public schools of Malad City and St. Antony, HARDING, Aaron, a Representative from Kentucky; bornIdaho; served two years as a missionary for the Church of near Campbellsville, Taylor County (now a part of GreenJesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints; graduated from Brigham County), Ky., February 20, 1805; attended the rural schools;Young University in 1956; enlisted as a private in the became familiar with the classics; studied law; was admittedUnited States Army in December 1951, commissioned a lieu- to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Greensburg,tenant in December 1952, served in Korea, and was dis- KY.; elected prosecuting attorney of Green County in 1833; charged in December 1953; member of State house of repre- member of the State house of representatives in 1840; elect- sentatives in 1955 and 1956; comptroller, American Potato ed as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighthCo., Blackfoot, Idaho, 1957-1960; elected as a Democrat to Congresses and as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth Congressthe Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Congresses (January 3, (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1867); delegate to the Union Na-1961-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelection tional Convention in 1866; resumed the practice of law inin 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; served as Special As- Danville, KY.; died in Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., De-sistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, 1965-1966; unsuc- cember 24, 1875; interment in Georgetown Cemetery. cessful candidate for United States Senate from Idaho in HARDING, Abner Clark, a Representative from Illinois; 1966; resumed business pursuits; elected Democratic Nation- born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., Februaryal committeeman from Idaho, 1970; unsuccessful candidate 10, 1807; attended Hamilton Academy, Clinton, N.Y.; studiedfor nomination in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; divi- law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice insional vice president, E.F. Hutton Financial Services, 197 9- Oneida County, N.Y., about 1827; moved to Monmouth,1981; advisor and consultant to the Philippine sugar indus- 1132 Biographical Directory try, 1982 to present; is a resident of Bethesda, Md., andin Washington, md.; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1904 Rancho Mirage, Calif. and continued the practice of law; moved to Searchlight, HARDING, Warren Gamaliel, a Senator from Ohio andNev., thence to Salt Lake City, Utah, and finally settled in 29th President of the United States; born in BloomingTonopah, Nev., in 1914 and engaged in the practice of his Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, November 2, 1865; attendedprofession; was also interested in mining; died in Tonopah, the public schools and Ohio Central College at Iberia; stud-Nev., on August 31, 1927; interment in Tonopah Cemetery. ied law for a short time; taught school; engaged in the HARDY, Guy Urban, a Representative from Colorado; insurance business; became editor and publisher of theborn in Abingdon, Knox County, Ill., April 4, 1872; attended Marion Star in 1884; member, State senate 1899-1903; lieu-the public schools, Albion Normal College, Albion, Ill., and tenant governor of Ohio 1904-1905; unsuccessful RepublicanTransylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; taught school in candidate for Governor in 1910; elected as a Republican toIllinois and Florida 1890-1893; moved to Canon City, Cob., the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1915,in 1894; editor and publisher of the Canon City Daily and until his resignation, effective January 13, 1921, having beenWeekly Records since 1895; postmaster of Canon City from elected President; chairman, Committee on the PhilippinesJune 5, 1900, to July 30, 1904; president of the National (Sixty-sixth Congress); elected President of the United StatesEditorial Association in 1918 and 1919; elected as a Republi- on the Republican ticket, was inaugurated March 4, 1921, and served until his death in San Francisco, Calif., while oncan to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses a tour of the Western States and Alaska, August 2, 1923;(March 4, 1919-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for interment in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reintermentreelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; resumed in Harding Memorial Tomb. his former publishing pursuits in Canon City, Cob., and Bibliography: DAB; Downes, Randolph. The Rise of Warren Gamaliel resided there until his death on January 26, 1947; interment Harding: 1865-1.920. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1970; Murray, in Greenwood Cemetery. Robert K. The Harding Era: Warren G. Harding and His Administration. HARDY, John, a Representative from New York; born in Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1969. Scotland September 19, 1835; immigrated to the United HARDWICK, Thomas William, a Representative and aStates in 1839 with his parents, who settled in New York Senator from Georgia; born in Thomasville, Thomas County,City; attended the public schools and was graduated from Ga., on December 9, 1872; attended the common schools andthe College of the City of New York in 1853; studied law; Mercer University, Macon, Ga.; graduated from the law de-was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in partment of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1893;New York City; member of the State assembly in 1861; was admitted to the bar the same year and commencedmember of the board of aldermen of New York City in 1863, practice in Sandersville, Ga.; prosecuting attorney for Wash- 1864, and 1867-1869; clerk of the common council in 1870 ington County 1895-1897; member, State house of represent-and 1871; chief clerk in the office of the mayor in 1877 and atives 1898-1902; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth1878; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress to and to the five succeeding Congresses and served fromfill the vacancy caused by the death of Fernando Wood; March 4, 1903, to November 2, 1914, when he resigned;reelected to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from De- chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measurescember 5, 1881, until March 3, 1885; unsuccessful candidate (Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses); elected as a Demo-for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress; resumed crat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy causedthe practice of law in New York City and died there Decem- by the death of Augustus 0. Bacon and served from Novem-ber 9, 1913; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, ber 4, 1914, to March 3, 1919; unsuccessful candidate for N.Y. renomination in 1918; chairman, Committee on Expendi- tures in the Post Office Department (Sixty-third and Sixty- HARDY, Porter, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; born fourth Congresses), Committee on Immigration (Sixty-fifthin Bon Air, Chesterfield County, Va., June 1, 1903; attended Congress), Committee on Industrial Expositions (Sixty-fifththe public schools and Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, Congress); Governor of Georgia 1921-1923; unsuccessful can- Va.; was graduated from Boykins (Va.) High School in 1918 didate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1922and from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., in 1922; and 1924; resumed the practice of law, with offices in Wash- attended the Graduate School of Business Administration at ington, D.C., Atlanta, Ga., and Sandersville, Ga.; died inHarvard University in 1923 and 1924; accountant and ware- Sandersville, Ga., January 31, 1944; interment in the Oldhouse manager at New York City and Norfolk, Va., 1924- City Cemetery. 1927; wholesaler of electrical equipment, Salisbury, Md., Bibliography: DAB; Mellichamp, Josephine. "Thomas Hardwick." In Sen- 1927-1932; moved to Churchland, Va., in 1932 and engaged ators From Georgia. pp. 212-14. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers, in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Democrat to the Eighti- Inc., 1976. eth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947- January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 HARDY, Alexander Merrill, a Representative from Indi-to the Ninety-first Congress; formerly director of Dominion ana; born in Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, De-Bankshares Corp. and other Virginia financial institutions; cember 16, 1847; pursued a college course and studied law; came to the United States in 1864, taking a commercialis a resident of Virginia Beach, Va. course at Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; went to New HARDY, Rufus, a Representative from Texas; born near Orleans in 1869, where he engaged in newspaper work untilAberdeen, Monroe County, Miss., December 16, 1855; attend- 1873, when he moved to Natchez, Miss.; conducted a Repub-ed private schools in Texas and Somerville Institute in Mis- lican newspaper until 1877; collector of the port of Natchezsissippi; was graduated from the law department of the Uni- under appointment of President Grant; moved to Washing-versity of Georgia at Athens in 1875; was admitted to the ton, Daviess County, md., in 1884; was admitted to the barbar the same year and commenced practice in Navasota, in 1884 and commenced practice in Terre Haute, md.; elect-Tex.; moved to Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex., in 1878; ed as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4,prosecuting attorney of Navarro County 1880-1884; district 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inattorney for the thirteenth judicial district 1884-1888; dis- 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of lawtrict judge from 1888 to December 1896, when he retired; Biographies 1133 chairman of the Texas Sound Money Democracy in 1896;States Navy in August 1940 and released to inactive duty in resumed the practice of law in Corsicana, Tex.; elected as athe Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander in January Democrat to the Sixtieth and to the seven succeeding Con- 1946 with thirty-two months in the Pacific Theater; was gresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1923); chairman, Committeegraduated from the law school of the University of South on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Sixty-Carolina in 1947; was admitted to the bar the same year and second through Sixty-fifth Congresses); was not a candidatecommenced the practice of law in Saluda, S.C.; member of for renomination in 1922; resumed the practice of his profes-the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina; sion; died in Corsicana, Tex., March 13, 1943; interment inelected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January Oakwood Cemetery. 3, 1949-January 3, 1951); unsuccessful candidate for renomi- HARDY, Samuel, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Isle ofnation in 1950; recalled to active duty in the United States Wight County, Va., about 1758; completed preparatory stud-Navy January 1, 1950, and served as law specialist until ies, and was graduated from the College of William andreleased to inactive duty as a commander in May 1952; Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1781; studied law; was admittedresumed the practice of law in Saluda, S.C.; died in Colum- to the bar and commenced the practice of law; member ofbia, S.C., July 16, 1966; interment in Travis Park Cemetery, the State house of delegates in 1778 and 1780-1782; appoint- Saluda, S.C. ed a member of the executive council in June 1781; Lieuten- HARE, Silas, a Representative from Texas; born in Ross ant Governor of Virginia from May 29 to October 11, 1782;County, Ohio, November 13,1827; moved to Hamilton Member of the Continental Congress 1783-1785; died whileCounty, md., in 1840 with his parents, who settled near attending Congress in Philadelphia, Pa., on October 17, 1785;Noblesville; attended the common and privateschools; interment in Christ Church Cemetery. served during the war with Mexico in the First Regiment, Bibliography: DAB. Indiana Volunteers, 1846 and 1847; studied law; was admit- HARE, Butler Black (father of James Butler Hare), ated to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Nobles- Representative from South Carolina; born on a farm inyule, md.; moved to Belton, Tex., in 1853 and continued the Edgefield (now Saluda) County, near Leesville, S.C., Novem-practice of law; chief justice of New Mexico in 1862 under ber 25, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduatedthe Confederate Government; during the Civil War served as from Newberry (S.C.) College in 1899; taught in the publica captain in the Confederate Army;settled in Sherman, schools 1900-1903; secretary to Representative George W. Tex., in 1865 and resumed the practice of law; district judge Croft in 1904 and to his successor, Representative Theodoreof the criminal court 1873-1876; delegate to the Democratic G. Croft, in 1905; professor of history and economics in Lees-National Convention in 1884; elected as a Democrat to the ville (S.C.) College 1906-1908; special agent in the womanFiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, and child labor investigation conducted by the United States1891); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890; re- Bureau of Labor in 1908 and 1909; was graduated fromsumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1910,died November 26, 1907; interment in West Hill Cemetery, and from its law department in 1913; was admitted to theSherman, Grayson County, Tex. bar in 1913 and and commenced practice in Saluda, S.C., in 1915; worked for the United States Department of Agricul- HARGIS, Denver David, a Representative from Kansas; ture 1911-1924; engaged in agricultural pursuits; resumedborn in Key West, Fla., July 22, 1921; parentsmoved to the practice of law in Saluda, S.C., in 1924 and 1925; elected Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kans., in 1922; attended as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeedingCoffeyville schools; enlisted in the United States Navy in Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933); chairman, Com- January 1941 and served until October 1943; graduated from mittee on Insular Affairs (Seventy-second Congress); was notWashburn University, Topeka, Kans., B.A., 1946 and from a candidate for renomination in 1933; resumed his formerthe law department, LL.B., 1948; was admitted to the bar in pursuits; elected to the Seventy-sixth and to the three suc-1948 and commenced the practice of law in Coffeyville, ceeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1947); un-Kans.; in February 1949 was appointed district supervisorof successful candidate for renomination in 1946; resumed thethe Census Bureau for the Third District of Kansas; promot- practice of law and his agricultural pursuits; died in Saluda,ed to administrative officer for Kansas, Missouri, and Ne- S.C., December 30, 1967; interment in Travis Park Cemetery.braska, and later promoted to regional assistant and served until December 1950; mayor of Coffeyville, Kans., 1953-1958; HARE, Darius Dodge, a Representative from Ohio; bornappointed by Governor Docking as a member of the Arkan- near Adrian, Seneca County, Ohio, January 9, 1843; attend- sas River Basin Committee1956-1959; delegate at large to ed the common schools; entered the military service as aDemocratic National Convention in 1960; unsuccessful candi- private in the Signal Corps, United States Army, in Marchdate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; elected 1864, and served during the remainder of the Civil War; (January 3, attended the law department of the University of Michiganas a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress at Ann Arbor; was admitted to the bar in September 18671959-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate for reelection and commenced practice in Carey, Ohio; moved to Upperin 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; consultant with the Sandusky, Ohio, in May 1868; mayor of Upper SanduskyDepartment of Defense, 1961-1962, and the Department of 1872-1882; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second andCommerce, 1962-1966; manager and later owner of several Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); de-title insurance companies in Florida until his retirement in clined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894; continued1985; is a resident of Sarasota, Fla. the practice of law until his death in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, HARING, John, a Delegate from New York; born in February 10, 1897; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Tappan, Rockland County, N.Y., September 28, 1739; attend- HARE, James Butler (son of Butler Black Hare), a Repre-ed school in New York City; studied law; was admitted to sentative from South Carolina; born in Saluda, S.C., Septem-the bar and practiced in New York City and Rockland ber 4, 1918; attended the public schools; was graduated fromCounty; Member of the Continental Congress in 1774 and Newberry College in 1939; postgraduate work at Erskine1785-1787; judge of Orange County in 1774, 1775, and 1778- College, Due West, S.C., in 1941; enlisted in the United1788; member of the provincial convention of April 1775 and 1134 Biographical Directory of the four New York Provincial Congresses 1775-1777,serv-practiced law; appointed by President Harrison as postmas- ing as president pro tempore of the Second and Third Pro-ter of Wakeeney and served from 1890 to 1894; removed to vincial Congresses; served in the State senate 1781-1789;Savannah, Andrew County, Mo., in 1894 and died there on member of the council of appointment in 1781 and 1782;May 19, 1907; interment in Savannah Cemetery. member of the State board of regents in 1784; member of the State convention in 1788 to consider the Federal Constitu- HARLAN, Byron Berry, a Representative from Ohio; born tion and voted to reject it; member of the State assembly inin Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, October 22, 1886; moved 1806; died in Blauveltville, Rockland County, N.Y., April 1,with his parents to Dayton, Ohio, in 1894; attended the 1809; interment in Tappan Church Cemetery, Tappan, N.Y.public schools; was graduated from the Law College of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1909 and from its HARKIN, Thomas Richard, a Representative and SenatorCollege of Arts and Sciences in 1911; was admitted to the from Iowa; born in Cumming, Warren County, Iowa, Novem-bar in 1909 and commenced practice in Dayton, Ohio, in ber 19, 1939; attended the public schools; graduated, Iowa1911; assistant prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County, State University, Ames, 1962; graduated, Catholic UniversityOhio, 1912-1916; president of the Ohio Federated Humane of America Law School, Washington, D.C., 1972; admitted toSocieties 1928-1943 and honorary vice president of the the Iowa bar in 1972 and commenced practice in DesAmerican Humane Association in 1938; elected as a Demo- Moines; served in United States Navy 1962-1967; attorneycrat to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Con- for Polk County, Iowa, Legal Aid Society 1973; member,gresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1939); chairman, Commit- board of directors, Iowa Consumers League; elected in 1974tee on Revision of the Laws (Seventy-second and Seventy. as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress; reelected tothird Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of 1985); was not a candidate for reelection in 1984 to thelaw; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in House of Representatives but was elected to the United1940; United States district attorney for the southern district States Senate for the term ending January 3, 1991. of Ohio from May 1944 until March 1946; appointed judge of HARLAN, Aaron (cousin of Andrew Jackson Harlan), athe Tax Court of the United States in 1946 and served until Representative from Ohio; was born in Warren County,his death in Williamsport, Pa., November 11, 1949; inter- Ohio, September 8, 1802; attended the public schools; studiedment in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in HARLAN, James, a Representative from Kentucky; born Xenia, Ohio, in 1825; member of the State house of repre-in Mercer County, Ky., June 22, 1800; attended the public sentatives in 1832 and 1833; served in the State senate inschools; engaged in mercantile pursuits from 1817 to 1821; 1838, 1839, and 1849; moved to a farm near Yellow Springs,studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced Ohio, in 1841 and continued the practice of law; presidentialpractice in Harrodsburg, KY.; prosecuting attorney 1829- elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket in 1844; delegate to the1844; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty- State constitutional convention in 1850; member of thefifth Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); secretary of board of trustees of Antioch College in 1852; electedas astate of Kentucky 1840-1844; member of the State house of Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as a Repub-representatives in 1845; attorney general of Kentucky from licantothe Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifthCongresses1850 until his death in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); unsuccessful candidate for February 18, 1863. reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress and in 1861 Bibliography: DAB. to fill a vacancy in the Thirty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law and engaged in agricultural pursuits HARLAN, James, a Senator from Iowa; born in Clark near Yellow Springs; lieutenant colonel of the Ninety-fourthCounty, Ill., August 26, 1820; when four years of age moved Regiment of Minutemen of Ohio in 1862; moved to Sanwith his family to Indiana; attended the rural schools, assist- Francisco, Calif., in 1864 and resided there until his deathed his father in farming, and taught school until 1841, when on January 8,1868; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.he entered college; graduated from Indiana Asbury (now DePauw) University, Greencastle, md., in 1845; moved to HARLAN, Andrew Jackson (cousin of Aaron Harlan), aIowa City, Iowa, in 1845; superintendent of public instruc- Representative from Indiana; born near Wilmington, Clintontion in 1847; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1850 County, Ohio, March 29, 1815; attended the public schools;and commenced practice in Iowa City; declined the Whig studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commencednomination for Governor of Iowa in 1850; president of Iowa practice in Richmond, md.; moved to Marion, Ind., in 1839;Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1853-1855; clerk of the State house of representatives in 1842 and aelected as a Free Soiler to the United States Senate in 1855, member 1846-1848; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-firstpresented his credentials, and took his seat December 31, Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3,1851); elected to the1855; owing to irregularities in the legislative proceedings Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); chair-the Senate declared the seat vacant in January 1857; reelect- man, Committee on Mileage (Thirty-third Congress); in aed as a Republican to fill the vacancy thus created; reelected Democratic congressional convention at Marion, md., inin 1860 and served from January 29, 1857, until May 15, 1854 he was publicly read out of the Democratic Party for1865, when he resigned to accept a Cabinet portfolio; chair- voting against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; de-man, Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-seventh through clined the nomination from the People's Party in 1854 forThirty-ninth Congresses); Secretary of the Interior in the the Thirty-fourth Congress; afterward allied himself withCabinet of President Andrew Johnson from May 15, 1865, the Republican Party; moved to Dakota Territory in 1861;until July 27, 1866, when he resigned; again elected to the member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1861United States Senate and served from March 4, 1867, to

and served as speaker; driven from the Territory by theMarch 3, 1873; chairman, Committee on the District of Co-- Indians in September 1862 and settled in Savannah, Mo.,lumbia (Fortieth Congress), Committee on Education (Forti- where he resumed the practice of law; member of the Stateeth Congress), Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-first and house of representatives 1864-1868, serving as speaker theForty-second Congresses); delegate to the peace convention last two years; moved to Wakeeney, Kans., in 1885 andheld in Washington, D.C., in 1861, in an effort to devise Biographies 1135 means to prevent the impending war; unsuccessful candidategress; unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1978 to the for the Senate and the governorship; presiding judge of theNinety-sixth Congress; unsuccessful mayoral candidate in court of commissioners of Alabama claims 1882-1886; died in1979 in Muncie, md.; unsuccessful candidate for nomination Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, on October 5, 1899;in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; resident of Muncie, interment in Forest Home Cemetery. md., until his death there on August 18, 1982; interment at Bibliography: DAB; Brigham, Johnson. James Harlan. Iowa City: The Hillcrest Cemetery, North Vernon, md. State Historical Society of Iowa, 1913; Davis, RE. "James Harlan: A Case Study of Early Republicanism." The Central States Speech Journal 34 HARNESS, Forest Arthur, a Representative from Indiana; (Summer 1983): 104-13. born in Kokomo, Howard County, md., June 24, 1895; at- tended the public schools and was graduated from the law HARLESS, Richard Fielding, a Representative from Ari- department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in zona; born in Kelsey, Upshur County, Tex., August 6, 1905;1917; served overseas as a first lieutenant, Three Hundred moved to Thatcher, Ariz., in 1917 and attended the gradeand Nineteenth Infantry, 1917-1919; awarded the Purple and high schools; was graduated from University of Arizona at Tucson in 1928; taught school at Marana, Ariz., 1928-Heart; captain, Infantry Reserve, United States Army, 1920- 1930; was graduated from the law school of the University of1949; admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1917, to the Arizona in 1933; was admitted to the bar the same year andIndiana bar in 1919, and commenced practice in Kokomo, commenced practice in Phoenix, Ariz.; assistant city attor-md.; prosecuting attorney of Howard County, md., 1920- ney of Phoenix, Ariz., in 1935; assistant attorney general of1924; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United Arizona in 1936; county attorney of Maricopa County, Ariz.,States from 1931 to 1935 when he resigned to resume private 1938-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth, Sev-practice; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to enty-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1943-Janu-the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, ary 3, 1949); did not seek renomination in 1948 but was1949); chairman, Select Committee on the Federal Communi- unsuccessful for the gubernatorial nomination; unsuccessfulcations Commission (Eightieth Congress); unsuccessful candi- for the Democratic nomination in 1954 for the Eighty-fourthdate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; re- Congress; Democratic nominee in 1960 for the Eighty-sev-sumed the practice of law; Sergeant at Arms of the United enth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Phoenix,States Senate from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1955; Ariz., November 24, 1970; interment in Greenwood Memorial retired in 1960 and resided in Sarasota, Fla., where he died, Park. July 29, 1974; entombment in the mausoleum at Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind. HARMANSON, John Henry, a Representative from Lou- isiana; born in Norfolk, Va., January 15, 1803; pursued clas- HARNETT, Cornelius, a Delegate from North Carolina; sical studies and was graduated from Jefferson College,born near Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., April 20, 1723; Washington, Miss.; moved to Avoyelles Parish, La., in 1830moved with his parents to Brunswick in 1726 and later to and engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law; was ad-Wilmington, N. C.; engaged in mercantile pursuits; appoint- mitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State senateed by Governor Johnston as justice of the peace for New in 1844; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth, Thirti-Hanover County in April 1750; elected town commissioner in eth, and Thirty-first Congresses and served from March 4,August 1750 and served at different times for eleven years; 1845, until his death in New Orleans, La., October 24, 1850;member of the colonial assembly 1754-1775; chairman of the chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post OfficeSons of Liberty of North Carolina and leader in the resist- Department (Twenty-ninth Congress); interment in Moreauance to the Stamp Act in 1765 and 1766;member of the Plantation Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Parish, La. committee of correspondence in 1773 and 1774; chairman of the Wilmington Committee of Safety in 1774 and 1775; HARMER, Alfred Crout, a Representative from Pennsyl-member of the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Provincial vania; born in Germantown, Pa., August 8, 1825; attendedCongresses in 1775 and 1776, serving as president in the the public schools and Germantown Academy; commencedFifth; delegate to the provincial council in 1775 and 1776, business as a shoe manufacturer; was a wholesale dealerand served as president of the council, thus becoming chief until 1860; identified with railroad enterprises, shipping, andexecutive of the new government; excepted by Sir Henry the wholesale coal business; member of the city council ofClinton from his proclamation of general amnesty in 1776; Philadelphia 1856-1860; recorder of deeds for Philadelphiacouncilor of state in 1777; Member of the Continental Con- 1860-1863; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second andgress 1777-1779; captured by the British upontheir occupa- Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); wastion of Wilmington, N.C., in January 1781, and died as a an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to theprisoner in Wilmington on April 28, 1781; interment in St. Forty-fourth Congress; elected to the Forty-fifth and to theJames' Churchyard. eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, Bibliography: DAB; Morgan, David T. "Cornelius Harnett: Revolutionary 1877, until his death in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa., on Leader and Delegate to the Continental Congress." North Carolina Histori- March 6, 1900; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. cal Review 49 (July 1972): 229-41. HARMON, Randall S., a Representative from Indiana; HARPER, Alexander, a Representative from Ohio; born born in North Vernon, Jennings County, md., July 19, 1903;near Belfast, Ireland, February 5, 1786;immigrated to the graduated from North Vernon High School; took extensionUnited States and settled in Zanesville, Muskingum County, courses in law and tool engineering; employed as a toolOhio; pursued preparatory studies; studied law; was admit- engineer with Delco Battery Operations in Muncie, md.,ted to the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in Zanesville, 1933-1959; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Con-Ohio; member of the State house of representatives in 1820 gress (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candi-and 1821; president judge of the court of common pleas date for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress;1822-1836; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress unsuccessful candidate in 1962 for Democratic nomination to(March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839); elected to the Twenty-eighth the Eighty-eighth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for nomi-and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); nation in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; unsuccessfulchairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office candidate for nomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Con-Department (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on Pat- 1136 Biographical Directory ents (Twenty-eighth Congress); again elected to the Thirty-Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835); re- second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); resumed thesumed the practice of medicine; justice of the peace and practice of law; died in Zanesville, Ohio, on December 1,quorum in the State 1835-1865; president of Mechanics' 1860; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Bank of Concord 1847-1856; died in Canterbury, N.H., Janu- HARPER, Francis Jacob, a Representative from Pennsyl-ary 15, 1865; interment in the Village Cemetery. vania; born in Frankford, Philadelphia County, Pa., March HARPER, Robert Goodloe, a Representative from South 5, 1800; member of the State house of representatives inCarolina and a Senator from Maryland; born near Freder- 1832; served in the State senate in 1834 and 1835; elected asicksburg, Va., in January 1765; moved with his parents to a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, but died in Frank-Granville, N.C., about 1769; received his early education at ford, Pa., March 18, 1837, before the assembling of Congress;home and later attended grammar school; joined a volunteer interment in Frankford Cemetery; reinterment in Decembercorps of Cavalry when only fifteen years of age and served 1848 in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. in the Revolutionary Army; made a surveying tour through HARPER, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania;Kentucky and Tennessee in 1783; graduated from the Col- born in Castlederg, County Tyrone, Ireland, March 28, 1780;lege of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1785; stud- immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia,ied law in Charleston, S.C., teaching school at the same Pa.; attended the public schools; engaged in the manufacturetime; was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced prac- of brick and from 1820 to 1830 in the wholesale grocerytice in Ninety-Sixth District, S.C.; moved to Charleston, S.C., trade; elected to the Twenty-third Congress and reelected asin 1789; member, State house of representatives 1790-1795; a Whig to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1833-elected from South Carolina to the Third Congress to fill the March 3, 1837); was not a candidate for renomination invacancy caused by the death of Alexander Gillon; reelected 1836; resumed the manufacture of brick until he retired into the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses and served from 1869; member of the board of guardians of the poor and ofFebruary 1795 to March 1801; unsuccessful candidate for the board of prison inspectors; died in Philadelphia, Pa.,reelection in 1800 to the Seventh Congress; chairman, Com- March 31, 1873; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery. mittee on Ways and Means (Fifth and Sixth Congresses); one HARPER, James Clarence, a Representative from Northof the managers appointed by the House of Representatives Carolina; born in Cumberland County, Pa., December 6,in 1798 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against 1819; moved with his father to Darke County, Ohio, in 1831;William Blount, a Senator from Tennessee; moved to Balti- attended the common schools; moved to Lenoir, Caldwellmore, Md., and engaged in the practice of law; served in the County, N.C., in 1840; land surveyor, civil engineer, andWar of 1812, attaining the rank of major general; assisted in draftsman; laid out the town of Lenoir, N.C., in 1841; en-organizing the Baltimore Exchange Co. in 1815 and was a gaged in mercantile pursuits and subsequently became inter-member of the first board of directors; member, State senate ested in the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods; heldof Maryland; elected from Maryland to the United States several local offices; colonel in the State militia; member ofSenate for the term beginning March 4, 1815, and served the State house of commons in 1865 and 1866; elected as afrom January 1816 until December 1816, when he resigned; Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4,1871- unsuccessful Federalist candidate for vice president in 1816; March 3, 1873); was not a candidate for renomination intraveled extensively in Europe in 1819 and 1820; took a 1872; engaged in agricultural pursuits and in road building;prominent part in the ceremonies on the occasion of Lafay- died near Patterson, Caidwell County, N.C., January 8, 1890; ette's visit to Baltimore in 1824; died in Baltimore, Md., interment in the Cemetery at Harpers Chapel, Patterson,January 14, 1825; interment in the family burial ground on N.C. his estate, "Oakland"; reinterment in Greenmount Ceme- tery, Baltimore, Md. HARPER, John Adams, a Representative from New Bibliography: DAB; Cox, Joseph. Champion of Southern Federalism: Hampshire; born in Derryfield, N.H., November 2, 1779; at-Robert Goodloe Harper of South Carolina. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kenni- tended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., in 1794; stud- kat Press, 1972; Sommerville, Charles W. "Robert Goodlow Harper." Ph.D. ied law; was admitted to the bar about 1802 and commenced dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1899. practice in Sanbornton, N.H.; first postmaster of Sanborn- HARPER, William, a Senator from South Carolina; born ton, N.H.; moved to Meredith Bridge (now Laconia, Belknapon the island of Antigua, West Indies, January 17, 1790; County) in 1806; clerk of the State senate 1805-1808;immigrated to the United States with his parents, who set- member of the State house of representatives in 1809 andtled in Charleston, and later in Columbia, S.C., in the 1790s; 1810; served in the State militia 1809-1812; elected as aattended the common schools, Mount Bethel Academy, and Republican to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811-March 3,Jefferson Monticello Seminary; graduated from South Caro- 1813); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1812 to thelina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Co- Thirteenth Congress; died at Meredith Bridge, N.H., Junelumbia in 1808; studied medicine for a time in Charleston 18, 1816; interment in Union Cemetery. and later studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1813 and HARPER, Joseph Morrill, a Representative from Newcommenced the practice of law in Columbia; trustee of South Hampshire; born in Limerick, York County, Maine, June 21,Carolina College in 1813; member, State house of representa- 1787; attended the district school and the Fryeburg Acade-tives 1816-1817; moved to Missouri in 1818; chancellor of the my; studied medicine; commenced practice in Sanbornton,State of Missouri 18 19-1823; member of the State constitu- N.H., in 1810; moved to Canterbury, N.H., in 1811 and con-tional convention in 1821; returned to Columbia, S.C., in tinued the practice of medicine; served as assistant surgeon1823; reporter of the State supreme court 1823-1825; ap- in the Fourth Infantry in the War of 1812; member of thepointed as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate to fill State house of representatives in 1826 and 1827; justice ofthe vacancy caused by the death of and served the peace in Canterbury 1826-1865; served in the Statefrom March 8 to November 29, 1826, when a successor was senate in 1829 and 1830, the last year as president of theelected; practiced law in Charleston; member, State house of senate and as ex officio Governor from February until Junerepresentatives 1827-1828, serving as speaker; chancellor of 1831; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second andthe State of South Carolina 1828-1830; returned to Colum- Biographies 1137 bia, S.C.; appointed judge of the court of appeals 1830-1835;sumed the practice of law; delegate to the Democratic Na- member of the State convention in 1832 and 1833 (known astional Conventions in 1860, 1868, and 1872; elected as a the Nullification Convention); again chancellor of the StateDemocrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863- from 1835 until his death in Fairfield District, S.C., OctoberMarch 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 10, 1847; interment in Means Family Burial Ground, Fair-to the Thirty-ninth Congress; collector of internal revenue field County, S.C. for the third district of Indiana from October 27, 1866, to Bibliography: DAB. March 3, 1867; again engaged in the practice of law; died in Indianapolis, md., March 20, 1882; interment in Evergreen HARRELD, John William, a Representative and a Sena-Cemetery, Alpena, Mich. tor from Oklahoma; born near Morgantown, Butler County, Ky., January 24, 1872; attended the public schools, the HARRINGTON, Michael Joseph, a Representative from normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, and Bryant and StrattonMassachusetts; born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., Septem- Business College of Louisville, Ky., where he taught whileber 2,1936; educated in parochial and public schools of studying law; was admitted to the bar in 1889 and com-Salem, Mass.; valedictorian, class of 1954, St. John's Prepar- menced practice in Morgantown, Ky.; prosecuting attorneyatory School, Danvers, Mass.; graduated from Harvard Col- of Butler County 1892-1896; moved to Ardmore, Okla., inlege, 1958, and Harvard Law School, 1961; Carnegie Institute 1906 and continued the practice of law; referee in bankrupt-internship in State government; Harvard Graduate School of cy 1908-19 15, when he resigned to become an executive with Public Administration, 1962 and 1963; elected to Salem City an oil corporation; moved to Oklahoma City, Okla., in 1917Council, 1960-1963; Massachusetts Legislature, Sixth Essex and engaged in the production of oil and continued theDistrict, 1964-1969; Democratic State committeeman, Second practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixthEssex District, 1968; began the practice of law in Salem, Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph B. Mass., in 1962; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first Thompson and served from November 8, 1919, to March 3,Congress, by special election, September 30, 1969, to fill the 1921; was not a candidate for renomination, having becomevacancy caused by the death of William H. Bates;reelected a candidate for the Republican nomination for United Statesto the four succeeding Congresses and served from Septem- Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senateber 30, 1969, to January 3, 1979; was not a candidate for in 1920 and served from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1927;reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; is a resident unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926; chairman, of Beverly, Mass. Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to HARRINGTON, Vincent Francis, a Representative from the Seventy-seventh Congress; returned to Oklahoma CityIowa; born in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, May 16, and continued the practice of law and his interest in the oil1903; attended the public schools and Trinity College of his business; died in Oklahoma City, Okia., December 26, 1950;native city; was graduated from the University of Notre interment in Fairlawn Cemetery. Dame, South Bend, md., in 1925; instructor in history and economics and athletic director at the University of Port- HARRIES, William Henry, a Representative from Minne-land, Portland, Oreg., 1926-1927; returned to Sioux City, sota; born near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, JanuaryIowa, in 1927 and became vice president and general manag- 15, 1843; moved to La Crosse, Wis.; enlisted as a private iner of a mortgage company; member of theState senate 1933- Company B, Second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infan-1937; was nominated as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor try, April 18, 1861; commissioned captain of Company F,of Iowa in 1936 but withdrew to accept a nomination for the Third Regiment, United States Veteran Volunteers, GeneralHouse of Representatives; elected as a Democrat to the Sev- Hancock's corps, December 21, 1864; honorably dischargedenty-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses April 17, 1866; was graduated from the law school of theand served from January 3, 1937, until his resignation on University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1868; was admittedSeptember 5, 1942, to accept a commission as major in the to the bar in 1868, and commenced practice in Hokah,Air Corps, United States Army; died at Rutlandshire, Eng- Minn.; afterwards practiced in Caledonia, Houston County,land, on November 29, 1943, while on active duty in Eng- Minn.; prosecuting attorney of Houston County 1874-1878;land; interment in the United States Military Cemetery at elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4,Brookwood, thirty miles southwest of London, England. 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; appointed by President HARRIS, Benjamin Gwinn, a Representative from Mary- Cleveland as collector of internal revenue for Minnesota andland; born near Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., De- served from 1894 to 1898, residing in St. Paul, Minn.; re- cember 13,1805; attended Yale College and Cambridge sumed the practice of his profession in Caledonia in 1898;(Mass.) Law School; studied law; was admitted to the bar in department commander of the Minnesota department of the1840; member of the State house of delegates in 1833 and Grand Army of the Republic in 1901; member of the board of1836; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty- trustees of the Minnesota Soldiers' Homc in 1903, secretaryninth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867); censured of the board 1907-1911, and commandant of the home 1911-by the House of Representatives on April 9, 1864, for trea- 1918; died in Seattle, Wash., July 23, 1921; interment insonable utterances; was tried by a military court in Wash- Evergreen Cemetery, Caledonia, Minn. ington, D.C., in May 1865 for harboring two paroled Confed- erate soldiers, and sentenced to three years imprisonment HARRINGTON, Henry William, a Representative fromand forever disqualified from holding any office under the Indiana; born near Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., Sep-United States Government, but President Andrew Johnson tember 12, 1825; attended the common schools and in 1845subsequently remitted the sentence; died on his estate, "El- entered Temple Hill Academy, Livingston County, N.Y.,lenborough," near Leonardtown, Md., April 4, 1895; inter- where he remained for three years; studied law in Geneseo;ment in the family burying ground on his estate. was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commencedpractice in Nunda, N.Y.; moved to Madison, md., in 1856 and continued HARRIS, Benjamin Winslow (fatherof Robert Orr the practice of law; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1872; re-Harris), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in East turned to Indiana in 1874, settled in Indianapolis, and re-Bridgewater, Mass., November 10, 1823; pursued an academ- 1138 Biographical Directory

ic course and was graduated from Dane Law School, Har-to January 2, 1973; was not a candidate for reelection in vard University, in 1849; was admitted to the bar in Boston1972; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential in 1850 and commenced practice in East Bridgewater; servednomination in 1976; professor of political science, University in the State senate in 1857; member of the State house ofof New Mexico; is a resident of Albuquerque, N.Mex. representatives in 1858; district attorney for the southeast- Bibliography: Harris, Fred. Potomac Fever. New York: W.W. Norton, ern district of Massachusetts from July 1, 1858, to June 30, Inc., 1977. 1866; collector of internal revenue for the second district of Massachusetts from June 30, 1866, to March 1, 1873; elected HARRIS, George Emrick, a Representative from Missis- as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the four succeed-sippi; born in Orange County, N.C., January 6, 1827; moved ing Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883); chairman,to Tennessee and thence toMississippi;attended the Committee on Naval Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress); wascommon schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in not a candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed the prac- 1854 and practiced; entered the Confederate Army and tice of law in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County; judge ofserved as lieutenant colonel until the close of the Civil War; probate for the county of Plymouth 1887-1906; died in Eastelected district attorney in 1865 and reelected in 1866; upon Bridgewater, Mass., on February 7, 1907; interment in Unionthe readmission of the State of Mississippi to representation Cemetery. was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty- second Congresses and served from February 23, 1870, to HARRIS, Charles Murray, a Representative from Illinois;March 3, 1873; attorney general of the State of Mississippi born in Munfordsville, Hart County, Ky., April 10, 1821;1873-1877; Lieutenant Governor 1877-1879; engaged as an attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted toauthor of books on legal subjects; died in Washington, D.C., the bar; moved to Illinois and located in Oquawka, where heMarch 19, 1911; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. commenced the practice of his profession; elected as a Demo- crat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, HARRIS, Henry Richard, a Representative from Georgia; 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to theborn in Sparta, Hancock County, Ga., February 2, 1828; Thirty-ninth Congress; died in Chicago, Ill., September 20,moved to Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga., in 1833; at- 1896; interment in Oquawka, Ill. tended an academy in Mount Zion, Hancock County, Ga., HARRIS, Christopher Columbus, a Representative fromand was graduated from Emory College at Oxford, Ga., in Alabama; born near Mount Hope, Lawrence County, Ala.,1847; member of the State constitutional convention in 1861; January 28, 1842; educated in the common schools and alsoduring the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as by private tutors; enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861colonel; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty- as a private in Company F, Sixteenth Alabama Infantry;fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, was subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant; taken1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the as a prisoner to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he remained untilForty-sixth Congress; elected to the Forty-ninth Congress the close of the war; clerk of the circuit court of Lawrence(March 4, 1885-March 3,1887); was not a candidate for County 1865-1867; studied law; was admitted to the bar andrenomination in 1886; appointed by President Cleveland as commenced practice in Moulton, Ala., in 1868; moved toThird Assistant Postmaster General of the United States Decatur, Ala., in 1872 and continued the practice of law; inand served from April 1, 1887, to March 18, 1889; engaged in 1887 assisted in organizing the First National Bank of Deca-agriculturalpursuits;diedinOdessadale,Meriwether tur, of which he served as president until January 1913; County, Ga., October 15, 1909; interment in Greenville Cem- organized the Bank of Commerce in 1913 and became itsetery, Greenville, Ga. president; chairman of the Democratic executive committee HARRIS, Henry Schenck, a Representative from New of the eighth congressional district; elected as a Democrat toJersey; born in Belvidere, Warren County, N.J., December the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the27, 1850; attended the common schools and was graduated death of William Richardson and served from May 11, 1914,from Princeton College in 1870; studied law; was admitted to to March 3, 1915; was not a candidate for renomination inthe bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Belvidere, N.J.; 1914; became president of the City National Bank of Deca-appointed prosecutor of the pleas for Warren County in tur, Ala.; elected chairman of the board of directors on Janu-March 1877; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh ary 10, 1928; died in Decatur, Ala., December 28, 1935; inter-Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candi- ment in Decatur Cemetery. date for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; HARRIS, Claude, Jr., a Representative from Alabama;resumed the practice of law; died in Belvidere, N.J., May 2, born in Bessemer, Ala., June 29, 1940; attended public1902; interment in Belvidere Cemetery. schools; B.S., University of Alabama, 1965; admitted to the Alabama State bar in 1965 and was assistant district attor- HARRIS, Herbert Eugene, II, a Representative from Vir- ney, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1965-1976; circuit judge, 1977-1985;ginia; born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., April 14, lieutenant colonel, Alabama Army National Guard; elected 1926;attendedSt.Francis Xavier Elementary School, as a Democrat to the One Hundredth Congress (January 3,Kansas City, 1930-1939; graduated from Rockhurst High 1987-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Tuscaloosa, Ala. School, Kansas City, 1943; attended Missouri Valley College, Marshall, 1944-1945, and University of Notre Dame, 1945- HARRIS, Fred Roy, a Senator from Oklahoma; born in 1946; B.A., Rockhurst College, 1948; J.D., Georgetown Uni- Walters, Cotton County, Okla., November 13, 1930; attendedversity Law School, Washington, D.C., 1951; admitted to the the public schools; graduated from the University of Oklaho-Missouri and District of Columbia bars in 1951 and com- ma in 1952 and from the law school in 1954; admitted to themenced practice in Kansas City; moved to Washington, D.C., bar in 1954 and began to practice law in Lawton, OkIa.;area in 1951; cofounder, vice president, and general counsel member, State senate 1956-1964; unsuccessful gubernatorialof international trade consultants firm of Warner & Harris, candidate in 1962; elected as a Democrat to the UnitedInc.; served on Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors, States Senate in November 1964 to fill the vacancy caused1968-1974; member, Northern Virginia Transportation Au- by the death of Robert S. Kerr for the term ending Januarythority, 1968-1974; vice chairman, Washington, D.C., Metro- 3, 1967; reelected in 1986 and served from November 4, 1964,politan Transit Authority, 1970-1974; elected as a Democrat Biographies 1139 to the Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congress-educational and religious work; trustee of Lafayette College es (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate1865-1872; died in Baltimore, Md., on July 16, 1898; inter- for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; re-ment in Westminster Presbyterian Burying Ground. sumed the practice of law with firm of Harris & Berg in HARRIS, John (cousin of Robert Harris), a Representative Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Mount Vernon, Va. from New York; born at Harris Ferry (now Harrisburg), Pa., HARRIS, Ira (grandfather of Henry Riggs Rathbone), aSeptember 26, 1760; moved to Aurelias (now in Cayuga Senator from New York; born in Charleston, MontgomeryCounty), Onondaga County, N.Y., in 1789; operated the first County, N.Y., May 31, 1802; attended the district school andferry across Cayuga Lake; acted as an Indian interpreter, Homer (N.Y.) Academy; graduated from Union College,and opened the first store and tavern in Cayuga County in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1824; studied law in Albany; was ad-1789; appointed a colonel in the New York State Militia in mitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in1806; elected as a Republican to the Tenth Congress (March Albany; member, State assembly 1845-1846; delegate to the4, 1807-March 3, 1809); commanded the One Hundred and State constitutional convention in1846; member, StateFifty-eighth New York Regiment in the War of 1812; died in senate 1847; upon the organization of the Albany LawBridgeport, near Seneca Falls, N.Y., in November 1824; in- School in 1850 was engaged as lecturer on equity jurispru-terment in the local cemetery. dence; justice of the State supreme court 1847-1859; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from HARRIS, John Spafford, a Senator from Louisiana; born March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1867; unsuccessful candidate forin Truxton, Cortland County, N.Y., on December 18, 1825; reelection; chairman, Committee on Private Land Claimsattended the common schools; moved to Du Page County, (Thirty-seventh through Thirty-ninth Congresses); delegateIll., then on to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1846; employed as clerk to the State constitutional convention in 1867; professor inin a mercantile establishment and pursued his education the Albany Law School from 1867 until his death; died in1846-1849; engaged in mercantile pursuits 1849-1863; moved Albany, N.Y., December 2, 1875; interment in Rural Ceme-to Natchez, La., in 1863 and at the close of the Civil War tery, Colonie, near Watervliet, Albany County, N.Y. was one of the largest cotton planters in the State; member Bibliography: DAB. of the State constitutional convention in 1868, being chosen one of a committee of seven to conduct the affairs of the HARRIS, Isham Green, a Representative and a SenatorState until the constitution could be adopted; member, State from Tennessee; born near Tullahoma, Franklin County,senate 1868; upon the readmission of Louisiana to represen- Tenn., February 10, 1818; attended the common schools and Winchester Academy; moved to Paris, Tenn., to become atation was elected as a Republican to the United States store clerk; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com-Senate and served from July 8, 1868, to March 3, 1871; menced practice in Paris, Henry County, Tenn., in 1841;appointed surveyor general for Montana by President Ches- member, State senate 1847; elected as a Democrat to theter Arthur on November 21, 1881; died in Butte, Mont., Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-January25,1906;intermentinForestvaleCemetery, March 3, 1853); declined to be a candidate for renominationHelena, Mont. in 1852; chairman, Committee on Invalid Pensions (Thirty- HARRIS, John Thomas (cousin of John Hill of Virginia), a second Congress); moved to Memphis in 1853 and resumedRepresentative from Virginia; born at Browns Gap, Albe- the practice of law; elected Governor of Tennessee in 1857,marle County, Va., May 8, 1823; completed academic studies; 1859, and 1861, and committed Tennessee to the Confederatestudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced cause; served in the Confederate Army for the last threepractice in Harrisonburg; Commonwealth attorney for Rock- years of the Civil War; after the Civil War, fled first toingham County, Va., 1852-1859; elected as an Independent Mexico, then to England; returned to Tennessee and re-Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4,1859- sumed the practice of law in Memphis; elected as a Demo- March 3, 1861); was nominated for reelection in 1860 but no crat to the United States Senate in 1877; reelected in 1883,election was held, Virginia having seceded from the Union 1889, and 1895 and served from March 4, 1877, until hison April 17, 1861; member of the Statehouse of delegates death; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during1863-1865; judge of the twelfth judicial circuit 1866-1869; on the Fifty-third Congress; chairman, Committee on District ofthe readmission of Virginia to representation was an unsuc- Columbia (Forty-sixth and Fifty-third Congresses), Commit-cessful candidate for Congress at a special election held in tee on Epidemic Diseases (Forty-ninth through Fifty-secondJuly 1869; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second and to Congresses), Committee on Private Land Claims (Fifty-fourththe four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, and Fifty-fifth Congresses); died in Washington, D.C., July 8,1881); chairman, Committee on Elections (Forty-fourth and 1897; funeral services were held in the Chamber of theForty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Revision of the Laws United States Senate; interment in Elmwood Cemetery,(Forty-sixth Congress); declined a unanimous renomination; Memphis, Tenn. chairman of the Virginia Democratic convention in 1884; Bibliography: DAB; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 55th Cong., 2nd commissioner to the World's Fair at Chicago; died in Harri- sess., 1897-1898. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1898; Wat- ters, George W. "Isham Green Harris, Civil War Governor and Senatorsonburg, Va., October 14, 1899; interment in Woodbine Cem- from Tennessee, 1818-1897." Ph.D. dissertation, Florida State University, etery. 1977. HARRIS, Mark, a Representative from Maine; born in HARRIS, James Morrison, a Representative from Mary-Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., January 27, 1779; attended land; born in Baltimore, Md., November 20, 1817; educatedthe common schools; moved to Portland, Maine (then a dis- at private institutions in Baltimore; entered Lafayette Col-trict of Massachusetts), in 1800; engaged in mercantile pur- lege, Easton, Pa., in 1833; studied law; was admitted to thesuits; member of the Massachusetts State senate in 1816; bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Baltimore; elected asheld several local offices; elected to the Seventeenth Con- a candidate of the American Party tothe Thirty-fourth,gress to fill the vacancy caused by theresignation of Ezekiel Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855-Whitman and served from December 2, 1822, to March 3, March 3, 1861); declined to be a candidate for renomination1823; resumed mercantile pursuits; member of the State in 1860; resumed the practice of law and also engaged inhouse of representatives in 1830; treasurer of Cumberland 1140 Biographical Directory

County 1824-1832 and 1834-1840; State treasurer 1828 and1847-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomi- 1832-1834; moved to New York City in 1842 and engaged innation in 1856; died in Washington, D.C., April 1, 1857; mercantile pursuits; died in New York City March 2, 1843;interment in Oconee Cemetery, Athens, Ga. interment probably in Old Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine. HARRIS, Stephen Ross (uncle of Ebenezer Byron Finley), a Representative from Ohio; born near Massillon, Stark HARRIS, Oren, a Representative from Arkansas; born inCounty, Ohio, May 22, 1824; attended the common and select Belton, Hempstead County, Ark., December 20, 1903; attend- ed the public schools; graduated from Henderson State Col-schools, Washington (Pa.) College, Norwalk (Ohio) Seminary, lege, Arkadelphia, Ark., in 1929, and from Cumberland Uni-and Western Reserve College, then at Hudson, Ohio; studied versity Law School, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1930; admitted to thelaw; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced prac- bar in 1930 and commenced practice in El Dorado, Ark.;tice in Columbus, Ohio; moved to Bucyrus, Ohio, the same deputy prosecuting attorney of Union County, Ark., 1933-year and continued the practice of law; mayor of Bucyrus 1936; prosecuting attorney of the thirteenth judicial circuit1852, 1853, 1861, and 1862; deputy United States marshal in of Arkansas 1937-1940; delegate to the Democratic State1861; president of the State bar association in 1893 and 1894; conventions in 1936 and 1940, and the Democratic Nationalelected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March Conventions in 1944, 1952, 1956, and 1960; elected as a Dem-4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection ocrat to the Seventy-seventh and to the twelve succeedingin 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; engaged in the practice of Congresses, serving from January 3, 1941, until February 2,law in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, until his death 1966, when he resigned to become United States districtthere January 15, 1905; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, effective February 3, 1966; chairman, Committee on Inter- HARRIS, Thomas K., a Representative from Tennessee; state and Foreign Commerce (Eighty-fifth through Eighty-studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Sparta ninth Congresses); is a resident of El Dorado, Ark. and McMinnville, Tenn.; trusteeof Priestly Academy, Sparta, Tenn.; member of the State senate 1809-1811; elect- HARRIS, Robert (cousin of John Harris), a Representativeed as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, from Pennsylvania; born at Harris Ferry (now Harrisburg),1813-March 3, 1815); died from wounds received in an en- Pa., September 5, 1768; was reared on a farm; attended the public schools; assisted in establishing various enterprises,counter with Col. John W. Simpson March 18, 1816, on the including building of the bridge over the Susquehannaold Kentucky Road at Shells Ford of Collins River, between River, the organization of the Harrisburg Bank, and theSparta and McMinnville, Tenn construction of the Middletown Turnpike Road; surveyor to HARRIS, Thomas Langrell, a Representative from. Illi- lay off the road from Chambersburg to Pittsburgh, and alsonois; born in Norwich, Conn., October 29, 1816; pursued for improving the ; appointed commis-classical studies and was graduated from Washington (now sioner to choose the location of the capitol building in Har-Trinity) College, Hartford, Conn., in 1841; studied law; was risburg; paymaster in the Army during the War of 1812;admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in elected to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses (MarchPetersburg, Menard County, Ill.; school commissioner for 4, 1823-March 3, 1827); prothonotary of Dauphin County; died in Harrisburg, Pa., September 3, 1851; interment inMenard County in 1845; during the Mexican War raised and Harrisburg Cemetery. commanded a company and joined the Fourth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry; subsequently elected major of HARRIS, Robert Orr (son of Benjamin Winslow Harris),athe regiment; while absent and with the Army was elected a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass.,member of the State senate in 1846; was presented with a November 8, 1854; attended the common schools and Phillipssword by the State of Illinois for gallantry at the Battle of Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; was graduated from HarvardCerro Gordo, Mexico; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty- University in 1877; studied law; was admitted to the bar infirst Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful 1879 and practiced in Boston and Brockton, Mass., 1879-candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Con- 1902; member of the State house of representatives in 1889;gress; was not a candidate in 1852; elected to the Thirty- district attorney for the southeastern district of Massachu-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, setts 1891-1901; associate judge of the superior court of Mas- 1855, until his death; chairman, Committee on Expenditures sachusetts from June 4, 1902, to March 1, 1911; elected as ain the Department of the Navy (Thirty-fourth Congress), Republican to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 19 11- March 3, 1913); was not a candidate for renomination inCommittee on Elections (Thirty-fifth Congress); had been re- 1912; resumed the practice of law; appointed United Stateselected to the Thirty-sixth Congress; died in Springfield, Ill., district attorney for the Massachusetts district by PresidentNovember 24, 1858; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Pe- Harding in 1921 and served until removed by Presidenttersburg, Ill. Coolidge in December 1924; died in Brockton, Mass., June HARRIS, Wiley Pope, a Representative from Mississippi; 13, 1926; interment in Centeral Cemetery, East Bridgewater,born near Holmesville, Pike County, Miss., November 9, Mass. 1818; attended the common schools and the University of HARRIS, Sampson Willis, a Representative from Ala-Virginia at Charlottesville; was graduated from the law de- bama; born in Elbert County, Ga., February 23, 1809; ob-partment of Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., in 1840; tained his early education from his mother and was graduat-was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in ed from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1828; studiedGallatin, Copiah County, Miss.; circuit judge of the second law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced prac-district 1844-1850; member of the State constitutional con- tice in Athens, Ga.; member of the State house of represent-ventions in 1850, 1861, and 1890; elected as a Democrat to atives in 1834 and 1835; moved to Wetumpka, Ala., in 1838;the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); elected solicitor of the eighth circuit in 1841; member of thedeclined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854; re-- State senate in 1844 and 1845; elected as a Democrat to thesumed the practice of law in Jackson, Miss.; Member of the Thirtieth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,Provisional Congress of the Confederate States in 1861; con- Biographies 1141 tinued the practice of law in Jackson, Miss., and died there HARRIS, Winder Russell, a Representative from Virginia; on December 3, 1891; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.born in Wake County (now a part of Raleigh), N.C.,Decem- Bibliography: DAB. ber 3, 1888; attended the public schools and St.Mary's Col- lege (now Belmont Abbey College), Belmont, N.C.; servedin HARRIS, William Alexander (father of William Alexan-various editorial positions on newspapers in North Carolina der Harris [1841-19091), a Representative from Virginia;and Virginia 1908-19 18; member of the staff ofUniversal born near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., August 24,Service in Washington, D.C., 1918-1925; assistant secretary 1805; completed an academic course; studied law; was admit-to the American delegation to the InternationalNarcotics ted to the bar and commenced practice in Luray; member ofCongress in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1924 and 1925; manag- the State house of delegates in 1830 and 1831; elected as aing editor of the Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., 1925-1941; Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, March 3, 1843); editor of the Spectator and the ConstitutionApril 8, 1941, in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused in Washington, D.C.; Chargé d'Affaires to the Argentine Re-by the resignation of Colgate W. Darden, Jr.; reelected to the public 1846-1851; moved to Missouri and later returned toSeventy-eighth Congress and served from April 8, 1941, until Washington, D.C., editor of the Washington Union andhis resignation on September 15, 1944; engaged as vicepresi- printer to the United States Senate 1857-1859; died in Pikedent, Shipbuilders' Council of America, in Washington, D.C., County, Mo., March 28, 1864; interment in Riverview Ceme-until his retirement December 31, 1958; served as vice chair- tery, Louisiana, Mo. man of the Board of Commissioners of theAlexandria Rede- HARRIS, William Alexander (son of William Alexandervelopment and Housing Authority from September 1955 Harris [1805-1864]), a Representative and a Senator fromuntil his resignation in November 1961; editor of the Alexan- Kansas; born near Luray, Loudoun County, Va., October 29,dria Journal, the Arlington Journal, and the Fairfax County 1841; attended the common schools, and graduated from Co-Journal-Standard until his retirement in March 1966; re- lumbian College(later George Washington University),sided in Alexandria, Va., until his death there February24, Washington, D.C., in 1859 and from the Virginia Military1973; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C. Institute at Lexington in 1861; during the Civil War served HARRISON, Albert Galliton, a Representative from Mis- three years in the Confederate Army, becoming adjutantsouri; born in Mount Sterling, Ky., June 26, 1800; completed general, and later ordnance officer in the Army of Northernpreparatory studies and was graduated from Transylvania Virginia; moved to Kansas in 1865 and was employed as aUniversity, Lexington, Ky., in 1820; studied law; wasadmit- civil engineer in the construction of the Union Pacific Rail-ted to the bar and commenced practice in MountSterling; road until 1868; moved to Lawrence, Kans., in 1868; appoint-moved to Fulton, Mo., in 1827 and continued the practiceof ed agent for the railroad companies in the sale of the Dela-law; member of the Board of Visitors to the UnitedStates ware Reservation and other lands; moved toLinwood, Leav-Military Academy at West Point in 1828;member of the enworth County, in 1884 and engaged in agricultural pur-commission to adjust land titles growing outof Spanish suits and stock raising; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-grants 1829-1835; elected as a Jacksonian tothe Twenty- third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful the Twenty- candidate for reelection in 1894; member, State senate 1895-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to fifth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839);died in Fulton, 1896; elected as a Populist to the United States Senate and Congressional Ceme- served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903; unsuccessfulMo., September 7, 1839; interment in candidate for reelection; resumed his agricultural pursuits;tery, Washington, D.C. unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Kansas in 1906; died HARRISON, Benjamin (father of Carter Bassett Harrison in Chicago, Ill., where he had gone to work with the Nation-and William Henry Harrison, grandfather ofJohn Scott al Livestock Association, on December 20, 1909; interment inHarrison, great-grandfather of BenjaminHarrison [1833- Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kans. 190 1] and great-great-great grandfather of WilliamHenry Bibliography: DAB. Harrison [1896-]), a Delegate from Virginia; born onthe HARRIS, William Julius(great-grandsonof Charlesplantation "Berkeley," Charles City County, Va.,April 5, Hooks), a Senator from Georgia; born in Cedartown, Polk1726; pursued classical studies and attended theCollege of County, Ga., February 3, 1868; attended the common schoolsWilliam and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; memberof the coloni- and graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens inal house of burgesses 1749-177 5; memberof the Virginia 1890; engaged in the general insurance business and bank-revolutionary convention in March, July, andDecember, ing at Cedartown; served as private secretary to United1775; Member of the Continental Congress1774-1777; as States Senator Alexander S. Clay 1904-1909; member, Statechairman of the Committee of the Whole Househe reported senate 1911-1912; Director of the United States Censusthe resolution on June 10, 1776, offered three daysbefore by Bureau 1913-1915, when he resigned to become a member ofRichard Henry Lee, declaring the independenceof the the Federal Trade Commission; Acting Secretary of the De-American Colonies, and reported the Declarationof Inde- partment of Commerce 1913-1915; member of the Federalpendence, of which he was one of the signers, onJuly 4, Trade Commission 1915-1918, when he resigned to become a1776; resigned in 1778; member of the State house ofdele- candidate for United States Senator; chairman of the com-gates 1776-1782 and 1787-1791 and served asspeaker 1778- mission 1917-1918; elected as a Democrat to the United1782, 1785, and 1786; Governor of Virginia 1782-1784;dele- States Senate in 1918; reelected in 1924 and in1930 andgate to the State convention for theratification of the Feder- served from March 4, 1919, until his death; member of theal Constitution in 1788; died at his home,"Berkeley," National Forest Reservation Commission 1929-1932; died inCharles City County, Va., April 24, 1791. Washington, D.C., April 18, 1932; funeral services were held Bibliography: DAB. in the Chamber of the United States Senate; intermentin HARRISON, Benjamin (great-grandson of Benjamin Har- Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga. rison [1726-179 1], grandson of President WilliamHenry Har- Bibliography: Mellichamp, Josephine. 'William JHarris." In Senators rison, son of John Scott Harrison of Ohio, andgrandfather From Georgia. pp. 215-17. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers,Inc., Indi- 1976; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 72nd Cong., 1st sess., 1931-1932. of William Henry Harrison [1896- ]), a Senator from Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932. ana and 23d Presidentof the United States; born in North 1142 Biographical Directory

Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 20, 1833;graduated HARRISON, Carter Bassett (son of Benjamin Harrison of from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1852; studiedlaw inVirginia and brother of William Henry Harrison),a Repre- Cincinnati; moved to Indianapolis in 1854;was admitted tosentative from Virginia; born in Charles City County, Va.; the bar and practiced; reporter of the decisions of thesu- preme court of the State; served in the Union Army duringpursued classical studies; attended the College of William the Civil War; brevetted brigadier general and mustered and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; member of the State house of outdelegates 1784-1786; elected to the Third Congress andre- in 1865; while in the field in October 1864was reelectedelected as a Republican to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses reporter of the State supreme court and served fouryears; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Indiana (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1799); again a member of the State in 1876; appointed a member of the Mississippi River Com-house of delegates 1805-1808; died at the Maycock planta- mission in 1879; elected as a Republican to the United Statestion, Prince George County, Va., April 18, 1808. Senate and served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887; HARRISON, Carter Henry, a Representative from Illinois; chairman, Committee on Transportation Routes to the Sea-born near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., February 15, board (Forty-seventh Congress), Committeeon Territories1825; educated by private tutors; was graduated from Yale (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses); elected PresidentCollege in 1845; traveled and studied in Europe 1851-1853; of the United States in 1888; inauguratedon March 4, 1889, and served until March 3, 1893; unsuccessful candidate forwas graduated from the law department of Transylvania reelection in 1892; attorney for the Republic of Venezuela inCollege, Lexington, Ky., in 1855; was admitted to the bar in the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain 1855 and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; also engaged in 1900; died in Indianapolis, md., March 13, 1901; interment in the real estate business; unsuccessful candidate in 1872 in Crown Hill Cemetery. for election to the Forty-third Congress; member of the Bibliography: DAB; Harrison, Benjamin. This Country Is Ours. Newboard of commissioners of Cook County 1874-1876; electedas York: Scribners, 1897; Sievers, Harry J. Benjamin Harrison. 3 vols. New a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses York: University Publishers, 1960-1966. (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for

renomination in 1878; mayor of Chicago 1879-1887 and de-- HARRISON, Burr Powell (son of Thomas Walter Harri- son), a Representative from Virginia; born in Winchester,clined a renomination; unsuccessful candidate for Governor Frederick County, Va., July 2, 1904; attended the publicof Illinois in 1884; delegate to the Democratic National Con- schools, Woodberry Forest School, Virginia Military Insti-ventions in 1880 and 1884; owner and editor of the Chicago tute, Hampden-Sydney College, and the University of Vir-Times 1891-1893; again elected mayor of Chicago in 1893 ginia; was graduated from Georgetown University Lawand served until his death in Chicago by assassination Octo- School, Washington, D.C., in 1926; was admitted to the barber 28, 1893; interment in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. the same year and commenced practice in Winchester, Va.; Bibliography: DAB; Harrison, Carter Henry. Stormy Years: The Auto- biography of Carter H Harrison, Five Times Mayor of Chicago. Indianapo- attorney for Frederick County 1932-1940; served in State us: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1935; Johnson, Claudius Osborne. Carter Henry Har- senate 1940-1942; judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit rison I, Political Leader. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1928. and the corporation court of Winchester 1942-1946; elected on November 5, 1946, as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth HARRISON, Francis Burton, a Representative from New Congress, in a special election, to fill thevacancy caused byYork; born in New York City December 18, 1873; was grad- the resignation of A. Willis Robertson and at thesame timeuated from Cutler School at New York City, from Yale was elected to the Eightieth Congress; reelected to the sevenUniversity in 1895, and from the New York Law School in succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1946,to1897; instructor in the New York Night Law School 1897- January 3, 1963; was not a candidate for renomination in1899; was admitted to the bar in 1898; served during the war 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice ofwith Spain in Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, from law; resided in Winchester, Va., until his death there De-May 19 to June 20, 1898, and was captain and assistant cember 29, 1973; interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. adjutant general, United States Volunteers, from June 20, HARRISON, Byron Patton (Pat), a Representative anda 1898, to January 31, 1899; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty- Senator from Mississippi; born at Crystal Springs, Copiaheighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905); did not seek County, Miss., August 29, 1881; attended the public schools;renomination in 1904, but was an unsuccessful candidate for briefly attended the University of Mississippi and the Uni-Lieutenant Governor of New York; elected to the Sixtieth versity of Louisiana at Baton Rouge; taught school atand to the three succeeding Congresses and served from Leakesville, Miss., and also studied law;was admitted to theMarch 4, 1907, until his resignation, effective September 1, bar in 1902 and commenced practice in Leakesville, Miss.; 1913; Governor General of the Philippine Islands 1913-1921; district attorney for the second district of Mississippi 1906-resided in Scotland 1921-1934; appointed adviser to the 1910, when he resigned; moved to Gulfport, Miss., in 1908;president of the Philippine Commonwealth in November elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the three1935 and served for ten months; in May 1942 was again succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1919);wasappointed to the same position; United States Commissioner not a candidate for renomination in 1918, having becomeaof Claims in the civil service of the United States Army in candidate for Senator; elected as a Democrat to the UnitedManila from November 1946 to February 1947; served as an States Senate in 1918; reelected in 1924, 1930, and again inadviser to the first four presidents of the Philippine Repub- 1936 and served from March 4, 1919, until his death; servedlic after their independence in 1946; resided in Spain for six as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Seventy-years, returning to Califon, Hunterdon County, N.J., in seventh Congress; chairman, Committee on Finance (Seven-August 1957; died in Flemington, N.J., November 21, 1957; ty-third through Seventy-seventh Congresses); died in Wash-interment in Manila Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. ington, D.C., June 22, 1941; services were held in the Cham- Bibliography: DAB. ber of the United States Senate; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Gulfport, Miss. HARRISON, Frank Girard, a Representative from Penn- Bibliography: DAB; Coker, William S., "Pat Harrison-Strategy for Vic- sylvania; born in Washington, D.C., February 2, 1940; at- tory." Journal of Mississippi History 28 (November 1966): 267-85; Swain, tended St. Mary's Grammar School, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; grad- Martha H. Pat Harrison: The New Deal Years. Jackson, Miss.: Universityuated, St. Mary's High School, 1957; A.B., King's College, Press of Mississippi, 1978. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1961; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1964; Biographies 1143 admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, 1965, and commencedimmigrated to the United States in 1832 with his parents, practice in Wilkes-Barre; served in the United States Airwho settled in Ohio; attended the public schools and was Force, captain, 1966-1969; college professor, 1969-1982; elect-graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1846; was ad- ed as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth Congress (January 3,mitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practicein 1983-January 3, 1985); was an unsuccessful candidate forLondon, Madison County, Ohio; member of the State house renomination to the Ninety-ninth Congress; resumed theof representatives 1858 and 1859; served in the State senate practice of law in Wilkes-Barre; visiting scholar in residence,1860 and 1861; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh King's College, Wilkes-Barre, 1988; is a resident of Wilkes-Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Barre, Pa. and served from July 4, 1861, to March 4, HARRISON, George Paul, a Representative from Ala-1863; continued the practice of law in Columbus, Ohio, until bama; born at "Monteith Plantation," near Savannah, Ga.,his death there July 30, 1904; interment in Kirkwood Ceme- March 19, 1841; attended Effingham Academy and the Geor-tery, London, Ohio. gia Military Institute at Marietta; during the Civil War HARRISON, Robert Dinsmore, a Representative from Ne- entered the Confederate Army as second lieutenant of thebraska; born on a farm near Panama, Lancaster County, First Georgia Regulars and was successively promoted toNebr., January 26, 1897; attended the public schools of Lan- first lieutenant, major, colonel, and brigadier general; movedcaster County; was graduated from Peru State TeachersCol- to Alabama in 1865; studied law; was admitted to the barlege in 1926, University of California in 1928, and University and commenced practice in Auburn, Ala.; member of theof Nebraska in 1934; during the First World War served as a constitutional convention of Alabama in 1875; served in thesergeant in the Twenty-second Engineers in 1918 and 1919; State senate 1878-1884 and was its president 1882-1884; del-superintendent of schools in Bradshaw, Nebr., 1926-1929, egate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892; elect- ed as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill theand in De Witt, Nebr., 1929-1937; member of the Norfolk, vacancy caused by the resignation of WilliamC Oates; re-Nebr., School Board 1942-1951, and the Governor's Highway elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from Novem-Advisory Committee; owned and operated an oil business in ber 6, 1894, to March 3, 1897; resumed the practice of law inNorfolk, Nebr.; also operated a farm in Cedar County, Nebr.; Opelika, Lee County, Ala.; delegate to the State constitution-elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Congress, De- al convention in 1901; general counsel for the Western Rail- cember 4, 1951, in a special election, to fill the vacancy way of Alabama; division counsel for theCentral of Georgiacaused by the death of Karl Stefan; reelected to the three Railway; died in Opelika, Ala., July 17, 1922; interment insucceeding Congresses and served from December 4, 1951, to Rosemere Cemetery. January 3, 1959; unsuccessful candidate for reelectionin Bibliography: DAB. 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; adviser to Board of Direc- tors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, Departmentof HARRISON, Horace Harrison, a Representative fromAgriculture from January 6, 1959 to April 1, 1960; appointed Tennessee; born in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., onNebraska State director, Federal Crop Insurance Corpora- August 7, 1829; attended Carroll Academy and completedtion, April 1, 1960, and served until February 1,1962; unsuc- the course in the ancient classics under a private instructor;cessful candidate for election in 1962 to theEighty-eighth moved with his parents to McMinnville in 1841; clerk of theCongress; retired and resided in Norfolk, Nebr.,where he county court; master of the chancery court; register of deeds; interment in Panama Cemetery, clerk of the State senate in 1851 and 1852; studied law; wasdied June11,1977; admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice inPanama, Nebr. McMinnville; moved to Nashville in 1859 and continued the HARRISON, Samuel Smith, a Representative from Penn- practice of law; United States district attorney 1863-1866;sylvania; born in Virginia in 1780; completed preparatory chancellor in the Nashville division in 1866; judge of thestudies; studied law; was admitted to the barand practiced; State supreme court in 1867 and 1868; again United Statesmoved to Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa.; elected as a district attorney in 1872 and 1873; elected as a Republican toJacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourthCongress- the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); un-es (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837);resumed the practice of successful candidate for reelection; delegate to the Republi-law; died in Kittanning, Pa., April 1853; intermentin Old can National Convention in 1880;member of the State legis- lature in 1880 and 1881; died in Nashville, Tenn., December Kittanning Cemetery. 20, 1885; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. HARRISON, Thomas Walter (father of Burr Powell Harri- son), a Representative from Virginia; born inLeesburg, Lou- HARRISON, John Scott (son of President William Henry academies Harrison of Ohio, grandson of Benjamin Harrison of Virgin-doun County, Va., August 5, 1856; attended local andat Leesburg, Middleburg, and Hanover; wasgraduated from ia, father of President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana, the academic and law departments of the Universityof Vir- great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison [1896- ]), a the bar in Representative from Ohio; born in Vincennes, Knox County,ginia at Charlottesville in 1879; was admitted to 1879 and commenced practice in Winchester, Va.;member of hid., October 4, 1804; completed preparatory studies; studied for the medicine but abandoned the profession; engaged inagricul-the State senate 1887-1894; judge of the circuit court tural pursuits; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-thirdCon-seventeenth judicial district of Virginia from 1895 untilSep- gress and reelected as a Republican tothe Thirty-fourthtember 1, 1916; editor of the Winchester Times; memberof Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candi-the State constitutional convention in 1901and 1902; elected date for reelection; retired to his estate "PointFarm," nearas a Democrat to the Sixty-fourthCongress to fill the vacan- North Bend, Ohio, and died there May 25, 1878; intermentcy caused by the resignationof James Hay; reelected to the in the Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio. Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses and served from No- vember 7, 1916, to March 3, 1921; presented credentials as a HARRISON, Pat,a Representative and a Senator fromMember-elect to the Sixty-seventh Congress and served from Mississippi. (See HARRISON, Byron Patton.) March 4, 1921, to December 15, 1922, when he was succeeded HARRISON, Richard Almgill, a Representative fromby John Paul, who contested his election;elected to the Ohio; born in Thirsk, Yorkshire, England, April 8,1824; Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 1144 Biographical Directory

4, 1923-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection3, 1951-January 3, 1955); was not a candidate for renomina- in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress; practiced law in Win-tion in 1954, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election chester, Va., until his death there on May 9, 1935; intermentto the United States Senate; regional administrator, Housing in Mount Hebron Cemetery. and Home Finance Agency, from April 1955 to August 31, HARRISON, William, Jr., a Delegate from Maryland; born1956; liaison officer, Housing and Home Finance Agency, in that State; member of the Continental Congress 1786;Washington, D.C., from April 1, 1957, to November 15, 1958; engaged in shipbuilding at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Md.,elected to the Eighty-seventh and the Eighty-eighth Con- in 1810; served as first lieutenant in Capt. Robert H. Golds-gresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful can- borough's Troop of Horse, called the Independent Light Dra-didate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; goons, Ninth Regiment of Cavalry, Maryland Militia, inelected to the Ninetieth Congress (January 3, 1967-January 1812; later commanded this troop as captain; servedas jus- 3, 1969); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1968 to tice of the court at St. Michaels in 1813. the Ninety-first Congress; appointed by President Nixon as a HARRISON, William Henry (son of Benjamin Harrisonmember to the Renegotiation Board of the United States, [1726-1791], father of John Scott Harrison, brother of CarterJuly 23, 1969, and served until October 4, 1971; is a resident Bassett Harrison, grandfather of' Benjamin Harrison, andof North Redington Beach, Fla. great-great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison [1896- ]), HARSHA, William Howard, a Representative from Ohio; a Delegate from the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio,born in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, January 1, 1921; a Representative and a Senator from Ohio, and 9th Presi-graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1939, Kenyon dent of the United States; born on "Berkeley Plantation,"College in 1943, and Western Reserve University in 1947; Charles City County, Va., February 9, 1773; pursued classicalstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1947 and commenced studies; attended Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia; studiedpractice in Portsmouth, Ohio; served in the United States medicine; entered the Army in 1798 as an ensign in theMarine Corps, 1942-1944; assistant city solicitor for Ports- First Infantry, served in the Indian wars, and rose to themouth, 1947-1951; Scioto County prosecutor,1951-1955; rank of lieutenant; resigning from the Army in 1798,waselected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the appointed secretary of the Northwest Territory 1798-1799;nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, elected as a Delegate from the Northwest Territory to the1981); was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1799, to May 14, 1800, when he resigned to become Territorial Governor ofNinety-seventh Congress; consultant in Washington, D.C., Indiana 1801-1813 and also Indian commissioner; defeated198 1-1986; resumed the practice of law in Portsmouth, Ohio, the Indians at Tippecanoe in November 1811; major general1987 to present; is a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio. in the United States Army in the War of 1812; resigned from HART, Alphonso, a Representative from Ohio; born in the Army in 1814; head commissioner to treat with theVienna, Trumbull County, Ohio, July 4, 1830; attended the Indians; elected to the Fourteenth Congress to fill thevacan- common schools and Grand River Institute, Austinburg, cy caused by the resignation of John McLean; reelected toOhio; studied law in Warren, Ohio; was admitted to the bar the Fifteenth Congress and served from October 8, 1816,toAugust 12, 1851, and commenced practice in Ravenna, Ohio; March 3, 1819; member, State senate 1819-1821; elected toprosecuting attorney for Portage County 1861 to 1864, when the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1825, tohe resigned; member of the State senate 1865, 1872, and May 20, 1828, when he resigned to become Minister to Co- 1873; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio 1873-1875; elected as a lombia 1828-1829; chairman, Committee on Military AffairsRepublican to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883- (Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses); unsuccessful WhigMarch 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for election to the candidate for president in 1836; elected President of theForty-ninth Congress; served as Solicitor of Internal Reve- United States and served from March 4, 1841, until hisnue, Treasury Department, 1888-1892; resumed the practice death in Washington, D.C., April 4, 1841; interment in Wil-of law in Washington, D.C., and died there December 23, liam Henry Harrison Memorial State Park, opposite Con-1910; interment in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Por- gress Green Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio. tage County, Ohio. Bibliography: DAB; Cleaves, Freeman. Old Tippecanoe: William Hen,y Harrison. New York: Scribner's Sons,1939; Goebel, Dorothy.William HART, Archibald Chapman, a Representative from New Henry Harrison: A Political Biography.Philadelphia: Porcupine Press,Jersey; born in Lennoxville, Province of Quebec, Canada, 1974. February 27, 1873; moved with his parents to New York City HARRISON, William Henry, (great-great-great-grandsonin 1882 and to Hackensack, N.J., in 1884; attended the of Benjamin Harrison [1726-1791], great-great-grandson ofcommon schools; studied law; was admitted to the New President William Henry Harrison, great-grandson of JohnJersey bar in 1896 and commenced practice in Hackensack, Scott Harrison, and grandson of President Benjamin Harri- N.J.; served in the Second Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer son and Alvin Saunders), a Representative from Wyoming;Infantry, during the Spanish-American War; served four born in Terre Haute, Vigo County, md., August 10, 1896;years in the Twenty-third Regiment of the New York Na- attended the public schools of Omaha, Nebr., the Sidwelltional Guard; banker, publisher, and real estate operator; Friends School, Washington, D.C., and the College of Agri-delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908; culture at the University of Nebraska in 1919 and 1920;elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress to fill during the First World War served in the United Statesthe vacancy caused by the resignation of William Hughes Army as a private in the Signal Enlisted Air Corps; wasand served from November 5, 1912, to March 3, 1913; unsuc- admitted to the Indiana bar in 1925 and practiced in Indian-cessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1912 to apolis 1925-1936; member of the Indiana house of represent- the Sixty-third Congress but was later elected to this Con- atives 1927-1929; was admitted to the Wyoming bar in 1937gress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis J. and practiced in Sheridan, Wyo.; member of the WyomingMartin; reelected to the Sixty-fourth Congress and served house of representatives 1945-1950; secretary to the Wyo-from July 22, 1913, to March 3, 1917; declined to be a candi- ming Interim Committee 1947-1950; elected as a Republicandate for renomination in 1916; resumed the practice of law to the Eighty-second and Eighty-third Congresses (Januaryand his former business pursuits in Hackensack and resided Biographies 1145 in Teaneck, N.J.; prosecuting attorney for Bergen County HART, John, a Delegate from New Jersey; born inSton- 1920-1930; died in Teaneck, N.J., July 24, 1935; interment inington, Conn., about 1713; moved with his parents toHope- Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J. well Township, Hunterdon County, N.J.; attended private school; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the Pro- HART, Edward Joseph, a Representative from Newvincial Assembly of New Jersey 1761-1771; judge of Hunter- Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 25, 1893; attendeddon County courts 1768-1775; member of the NewJersey the public and parochial schools; was graduated from St.Provincial Congress from May 23, 1775, to June 22, 1776, Peter's College, Jersey City, N.J., in 1913 and from the lawand was elected vice president on June 16, 1776;member of department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., inthe committee of safety from August 17 to October4, 1775, 1924; secretary to the Excise Commission, Washington, D.C.,and again from October 28, 1775, to January 31, 1776; 1913-1917; chief field deputy, Internal Revenue Bureau,Member of the Continental Congress from June22 to 19 16-1921; admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1924 Independ- and to the New Jersey bar in 1925; practiced law in JerseyAugust 30, 1776; a signer of the Declaration of City since 1927; assistant corporation counsel of Jersey Cityence; elected to the first Stategeneral assembly under the 1930-1934; chairman of the Democratic State committee ofState constitution in August 1776 and reelected in1777 and New Jersey 1944-1949; elected as a Democrat to the Seven-1778; served as speaker 1776-1778; chairman ofthe New ty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3,Jersey Council of Safety in 1777 and 1778; died on his estate 1935-January 3, 1955); chairman, Committee on War Claimsnear Hopewell, Hunterdon County, N.J., onMay 11, 1779; (Seventy-eighth Congress), Committee on Un-American Ac-interment in the Old School Baptist Meeting HouseBurial tivities (Seventy-ninth Congress), Committee on MerchantGround, Hopewell, N.J. Marine and Fisheries (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Con- Bibliography: DAB. gresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1954; HART, Joseph Johnson, a Representative fromPennsylva- member of State Board of Public Utility Commissionersnia; born in Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y., April 18,1859; 1955-1960; died in West Allenhurst, Ocean Township, Mon- attended the schools of Nyack and was graduated from the mouth County, N.J., April 20, 1961; interment in St. Cathar-Charlier Institute, New York City, in 1876;conducted and me's Cemetery, Sea Girt, N.J. owned City and Country, a Democratic newspaper ofNyack, HART, Elizur Kirke, a Representative from New York;until 1883, when he moved to Pike County, Pa., wherehe born in Albion, Orleans County, N.Y., April 8, 1841; attend-engaged in the real estate, lumber, and insurancebusiness- ed the Albion Academy; engaged in banking; memberof thees; school director of Milford;conducted and owned the Mil- State assembly in 1872; director Niagara Falls Internationalford Dispatch 1890-1900; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty- Bridge Co.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congressfourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); wasnot a (March 4, 1877-March 3,1879); was not a candidate forcandidate for renomination in 1896; resumed his newspaper renomination in 1878; resumed his former business pursuits;interests in Milford; moved to New YorkCity in 1900 and founder and president of the Rochester (N.Y.) Post-Expressengaged in clerical work; deputy taxcommissioner of the in 1882; president of Orleans County National Bank 1890-city of New York from 1907 until his death;died in Brook- 1893; died in Albion, N.Y., February 18, 1893; interment inlyn, N.Y., July 13, 1926; interment inOak Hill Cemetery, Mount Albion Cemetery. Nyack, N.Y. HART, Emanuel Bernard, a Representative from New Michigan; York; born in New York City October 27, 1809; attended the HART, Michael James, a Representative from born in Waterloo, Quebec Province,Canada, July 16, 1877; public schools and prepared for college; engaged in mercan- in 1880 tile pursuits; colonel in the militia; member of the board ofimmigrated to the United States with his parents aldermen in 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-and settled in James Township, Saginaw County,Mich.; at- second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); appointedtended the district schools of Jamestown andSaginaw, by President Buchanan surveyor of the port of NewYorkMich., and a business college; teacher in thepublic schools and served from 1857 to 1861; member of the city boardofof Saginaw County, Mich., 1896-1898; engaged inagricultur- assessors; studied law; was admitted to the barin 1868 andal pursuits and in 1920 also engaged inthe packing and practiced; president of Mount Sinai Hospital 1870-1876; com-shipping of farm products; unsuccessfulcandidate for elec- missioner of immigration 1870-1873; excise commissioner intion in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress,but was later 1879; treasurer of the Society for the Relief of Poor Hebrews;elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congressto fill died in New York City August 29, 1897; interment in Cy-the vacancy caused by the death of Bird J.Vincent; reelect- press Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. ed to the Seventy-third Congress and served fromNovember 1931, to January 3, 1935; unsuccessful candidate for re- HART, Gary Warren, a Senator from Colorado; born inelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congressand in 1936 Ottawa, Franklin County, Kans., November 28, 1936; grewto the Seventy-fifth Congress andin 1942 to the Seventy- up in and attended the publicschools of Ottawa, Kans.;eighth Congress; was a delegate to the DemocraticNational graduated Bethany (Okla.) Navarene College 1958, Yale Di-Convention in 1932; returned to Saginaw, Mich.,and former vinity School 1961, and Yale University LawSchool 1964;business activities; president of a brewing company,1935- admitted to the Colorado and District of Columbia barsin 1951; interment 1965; attorney for the United States Department ofJustice1937; died in Saginaw, Mich., February 14, 1964-1965; special assistant to the solicitor of the Interiorin St. Andrews Cemetery. Department 1965-1967; engaged in private law practice, HART, Philip Aloysius, a Senator from Michigan; bornin Denver, Cob., 1967-1974; elected as a Democrat totheBryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa.,December 10, 1912; United States Senate in 1974; reelected in 1980 andservedattended Waldron Academy and parochial schools;graduat- from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1987; did notseeked from Georgetown University, Washington,D.C., in 1934 reelection; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presi-and from the University of Michigan LawSchool at Ann dential nomination in 1984 and 1988; is a residentof Kit-Arbor in 1937; was admitted to the Michiganbar in 1938 tredge, Cob. and commenced the practice of law in Detroit,Mich.; during Bibliography: Hart, Gary. Right From the Start. New York: Quadrangle States Army Washing- the Second World War served in the United Books, 1973; Hart, Gary, and Lind, William. America Can Win. from 1941 until discharged in 1946 as a lieutenantcolonel of ton, D.C.: Adler and Adler, 1985. 1146 Biographical Directory

Infantry; wounded during the D-Day assaulton Utah Beachgress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candi- in Normandy; Michigan Corporation Securities Commission-date for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; er from 1949 until his resignation in 1951; State director ofresumed the practice of law in Buffalo and resided in Eg- the Office of Price Stabilization 1951-1952; United States district attorney of the Eastern Michigan District 1952-1953;gertsville, N.Y., until his death there on December 20, 1947; legal adviser to the Governor of Michigan 1953-1954; lieu-interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. tenant governor 1955-1958; elected as a Democrat to the HARTER, Michael Daniel (grandson of Robert Moore),a United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and again inRepresentative from Ohio; born in Canton, Ohio, April 6, 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, until his death in1846; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile Washington, D.C., December 26, 1976; was nota candidatepursuits and banking; moved to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1869; at for reelection in 1976; the third of the Senate Office Build- the age of twenty-three became treasurer and manager of ings was officially dedicated and named for Senator Hart in 1987; interred in St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinacthe Aultman & Taylor Co. upon its organization; elected asa Island, Mich. Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); declined to be a candidate for Bibliography: U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 95th Cong., 1stsess., 1977. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1977. renomination in 1894; moved to Philadelphia, Pa., but spent his summers in Mansfield; died in Fostoria, Ohio, February HART, Roswell, a Representative from New York; born in 22, 1896; interment in Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio. Rochester, N.Y., August 4, 1824; completed preparatory stud- ies and was graduated from Yale College in 1843; studied HARTKE, Rupert Vance, a Senator from Indiana; born in law; was admitted to the bar in 1847; engaged in commercialStendal, Pike County, md., May 31,1919; attended the pursuits; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Con-public schools of Stendal; graduated from Evansville College gress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); unsuccessful candidatein 1940 and Indiana University Law School in 1948; during for reelection in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress; superintend-the Second World War served in the United States Coast ent of the Railway Mail Service for the States of New YorkGuard and Navy as a seaman and through the ranks to and Pennsylvania 1869-1876; died in Rochester, N.Y.,onlieutenant 1942-1946; admitted to the Indiana bar in 1948 April 20, 1883; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. and commenced the practice of law in Evansville, md.; HART, Thomas Charles, a Senator from Connecticut; borndeputy prosecuting attorney of Vandenburgh County, md., in Davidson, Genesee County, Mich., June 12, 1877; attended1950-1951; mayor of Evansville, md., 1956-1958, when he various public schools in Michigan; graduated from theresigned; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., in 1897;in 1958; reelected in 1964 and again in 1970, and served from served in the Regular Navy from graduation until 1945,January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate when placed on the inactive list as an admiral (retired); hisfor reelection in 1976; chairman, Committee on Veterans' naval career covered service afloat during the Spanish-Affairs (Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses); is American War and both World Wars; upon retirement, set- a resident of Falls Church, Va. tled in Sharon, Conn.; appointed as a Republican to the Bibliography: Hartke, Vance. The American Crisis in Vietnam. Indianap- United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death olis:Bobbs-Merrill,1968; Hartke, Vance. You and Your Senator. New of Francis T. Maloney and served from February 15, 1945, to York: Coward-McCann, 1970. November 5, 1946; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy in 1946; resided in Sharon, Conn., until his death HARTLEY, Fred Allan, Jr., a Representative from New there on July 4, 1971; interment in Arlington National Cem-Jersey; born in Harrison, Hudson County, N.J., February 22, etery, Fort Myer, Va. 1902; attended the public schools, Rutgers Prep, and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.; library commissioner of HARTER, Dow Watters, a Representative from Ohio; bornKearny, N.J., in 1923 and 1924; police and fire commissioner in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, January 2, 1885; attended1924-1928; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and the Akron public schools; received preparatory education atto the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, the University of Mighigan at Ann Arbor and was graduated1949); chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Eighti- from the law department of the same university in 1907;was admitted to the Michigan and Ohio bars in 1907; commencedeth Congress); co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1946; practice in Akron, Ohio, in 1911; first assistant prosecutingwas not a candidate for renomination in 1948; engaged as a attorney of Summit County, Ohio, 1914-1916; member of thebusiness consultant; died in Linwood, N.J., May 11, 1969; State house of representatives in 1919 and 1920; Unitedinterment in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N.J. States commissioner at Akron, Ohio, 1918-1926; electedas a Bibliography: Hartley, Fred A. Our New National Labor Policy; the Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the four succeeding Taft-Hartley Act and the Next Steps. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1948. Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful HARTLEY, Thomas, a Representative from Pennsylvania; candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Con-born in Reading, Pa., September 7, 1748; completed prepara- gress; admitted to practice of law in the District of Columbiatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com- in 1943 and was a partner in a law firm there until hismenced practice in York, Pa., in 1789; member of the provin- retirement in 1965; died in Washington, D.C., September 4,cial convention at Philadelphia in 1775; served in the Revo- 1971; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. lutionary War as lieutenant colonel of Irvine's regiment and HARTER, John Francis, a Representative from Newas colonel of the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776; com- York; born in Perry, Wyoming County, N.Y., September 1,manded an expedition against the Indians in 1778; member 1897; attended the public schools; during the First Worldof the State house of representatives in 1778; member of the War served in the United States Army at Officers' Trainingcouncil of censors in 1783; member of the State convention Camp, Camp Lee, Va.; was graduated from the law depart-which adopted the Constitution of the United States in 1787; ment of the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., in 1919; waselected to the First Congress; reelected to the Second and admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice inThird Congresses and reelected as a Federalist to the Fourth Buffalo; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Con-through Sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1789, Biographies 1147 until his death in York, Pa., December 21, 1800; intermentof the State house of representatives in 1858 and 1859; dele- in St. John's Churchyard. gate to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston Bibliography: DAB. in 1860; during the Civil War served one year in the Confed- erate Army as a lieutenant in the Chatham Artillery; HARTMAN, Charles Sampson, a Representative frommember of the First and Second Confederate Congresses Montana; born in Monticello, White County, md., March 1, 1862-1865; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions 1861; attended the public schools and Wabash College, Craw-in 1872 and 1876; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth fordsville, md.; moved to Bozeman, Mont., in January 1882; and Forty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1875, studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Bozeman, Mont.; probate judge of Gallatinuntil his death in Washington, D.C., January 8, 1879; inter- County 1884-1886; member of the State constitutional con-ment in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. vention in 1889; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third HARTZELL, William, a Representative from Illinois; born and Fifty-fourth Congresses; reelected as a Silver Republicanin Canton, Stark County, Ohio, February 20, 1837; moved to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1893 towith his parents to Danville, Ill, in 1840 and in 1844 to the March 3, 1899; declined to be a candidate for renominationRepublic of Mexico, where he remained until 1853; returned in 1898; delegate to the Republican National Convention into Randolph County, Ill.; was graduated from McKendree 1896; resumed the practice of law; became affiliated with theCollege, Lebanon, Ill., in 1859; settled in Chester, Randolph Democratic Party in 1900; delegate to the Democratic Na-County, Ill.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1864 tional Convention in 1900; unsuccessful candidate for elec- and commenced practice in Chester, Ill.; elected as a Demo- tion as a Democrat in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress;crat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March4, appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentia-1875-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for renomination ry to Ecuador in July 1913 and served until May14, 1922, in 1878; resumed the practice of law in Chester; judge of the when he returned to Bozeman, Mont.; moved to Great Falls,third judicial circuit of Illinois 1897-1903; died in Chester, Mont., in 1926 and resumed the practice of law; moved toIll., August 14, 1903; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Fort Benton, Mont., in 1927, having been appointed judge of the twelfth judicial district of Montana on March 3, 1927; HARVEY, David Archibald, a Delegate from the Territory elected to the same office in 1928, and served until his deathof Oklahoma; born in Stewiack, Province of Nova Scotia, in Great Falls, Mont., on August 3, 1929; interment in River-Canada, March 20, 1845; moved with his parents to Cler- side Cemetery, Fort Benton, Mont. mont County, Ohio, in 1852; attended the public schools at Isabel, Ohio; enlisted in Company B, Fourth Regiment, Ohio HARTMAN, Jesse Lee, a Representative from Pennsylva-Volunteer Cavalry, in September 1861 and served through- nia; born at Cottage, Huntingdon County, Pa., June 18, 1853;out the Civil War; attended Miami University,Oxford, Ohio; attended public and private schools and Hollidaysburg (Pa.)studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced Seminary; employed as a clerk in a general store in Holli-practice in Topeka, Kans., in 1869; city attorney ofTopeka daysburg, Pa., 1872-1878; manager of a blast furnace at1871-1881; judge of the probate court 1881-1889; moved to McKees Gap, Pa., 1878-1891; returned to Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wyandotte, Okla., in 1889; elected as a Republican to the being elected prothonotary of Blair County, Pa., in 1891;Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses and servedfrom No- reelected in 1894 and in 1897; extensively engaged in thevember 4, 1890, to March 3, 1893; unsuccessful candidatefor quarrying and shipping of ganister; president of the Holli-reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; resumedthe daysburg Trust Co., 1898-1930; elected as a Republican topractice of law, representing Indian tribes in northeastOkla- the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913);homa and the Cayugas in New York, withresidence in unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-Wyandotte, Okla.; died in Hope, Eddy County,N.Mex., on third Congress and for election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Jasper Congress; resumed his former mining and banking pursuitsMay 24, 1916; interment in Seneca Cemetery, Seneca, at Hollidaysburg, Pa.; delegate to the Republican NationalCounty, Mo. Conventions in 1908, 1924, and 1928; died in Hollidaysburg, HARVEY, James, a Representative from Michigan; born Pa., February 17, 1930; interment in Presbyterian Cemetery.in Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Mich., July4, 1922; enrolled in the University of Michigan in 1940 but interrupt- HARTNETT, Thomas Forbes, a Representative fromed studies in 1942 to serve in the United StatesArmy Air South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., August 7, 1941; of attended parochial schools; graduated from Bishop EnglandCorps for three years; graduated from the University High School, Charleston, 1960; attended the College ofMichigan Law School in 1948; was admitted to the barand Charleston, 1960-1961; served in the United States Air Forcecommenced the practice of law in Saginaw, Mich., in 1949; Reserve, 1963-1969; president, Hartnett Realty Co., 1963 toassistant city attorney 1949-1953;city councilman and present; served in the South Carolina house of representa-member of Saginaw County board of supervisors, 1955-1957; tives, 1965-1972; served in the , 1972-mayor of Saginaw, 1957-1959;elected as a Republican to the 1980; delegate, South Carolina State Republican conventions,Eighty-seventh Congress; reelected to the six succeeding 1972-1980; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventhCongresses and served from January 3, 1961,until his resig- and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-nation January 31, 1974; judge, United StatesDistrict Court January 3, 1987); was not a candidate for reelection in 1986,for the Eastern District, Michigan, 1974 to present; is a but was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governorofresident of Saginaw, Mich. South Carolina; is a resident of Mount Pleasant, S.C. HARVEY, James Madison, a Senator from Kansas; born HARTRIDGE, Julian, a Representative from Georgia;near Salt Sulphur Springs, MonroeCounty, Va., (now West born in Savannah, Ga., September 9, 1829; attendedChat-Virginia), September 21, 1833; attended the common schools ham Academy and Montpelier Institute; was graduatedfromin Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa; became a civilengineer; Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1848, and fromHar-moved to Kansas in 1859 and engaged in agricultural pur- vard Law School in 1850; was admitted to the bar in1851 suits; served with the Union Army during the Civil War as and commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; solicitorgeneralcaptain in the Fourth and Tenth Regiments of KansasVol- of the eastern judicial circuit of Georgia 1854-1858;memberunteer Infantry 1861-1864; member, Statehouse of repre- 1148 Biographical Directory

sentatives 1865-1866; member, State senate 1867-1868; Gov- HASBROUCK, Abraham Bruyn (cousinof Abraham ernor of Kansas 1868-1872; elected as a Republican to theJoseph Hasbrouck), a Representative from New York; born United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by theresig-in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., on November 29, 1791; nation of Alexander Caidwell and served from February 2,graduated from Kingston Academy in 1806 and from Yale 1874, to March 3, 1877; government surveyor in New Mexico,College, in 1810; studied law in Hudson, N.Y., and in Litch- Utah, Nevada, and Oklahoma; resumed agriculturalpur- suits; died near Junction City, Kans., April 15, 1894; inter-field, Conn.; was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced ment in Highland Cemetery, Junction City, Kans. law practice in Kingston, N.Y., in 1814; elected to the Nine- teenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3,1827); became HARVEY, Jonathan (brother of Matthew Harvey),a Rep- president of Ulster County Bank in 1831; resided in New resentative from New Hampshire; born in Sutton, Merri-Brunswick, N.J., while president of Rutgers College, 1840- mack County,N.H., February25,1780;attended the1850; moved to Kingston, N.Y., in 1850; president of the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; memberKingston Bank; founded the Ulster County Historical Socie- of the State house of representatives 1811-1816, 1831-1834,ty; died in Kingston, N.Y., on February 24, 1879; interment and 1838-1840; served in the State senate 1816-1823, andin Pine Street Cemetery. was president of that body 1817-1823; member of the execu- Bibliography: DAB. tive council 1823-1825; elected to the Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1831); HASBROUCK, Abraham Joseph (cousinof Abraham was not a candidate for renomination in 1830; retired to hisBruyn Hasbrouck), a Representative from New York; born farm at North Sutton, N.H., where he diedon August 23,at "Guilford," Ulster County, N.Y., October 16, 1773; was 1859; interment in North Sutton Cemetery. privately tutored; moved to Kingston in 1795 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; one of the incorporators of the Dela- HARVEY, Matthew (brother of Jonathan Harvey), a Rep-ware & Hudson Canal; appointed by Governor Jay as first resentative from New Hampshire; born in Sutton, Merri-lieutenant of Cavalry; organizer and director of the Middle mack County, N.H., June 21, 1781; studied under privateDistrict Bank of Kingston; served in the State assembly in tutors; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806; studied1811; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in(March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); was not a candidate for Hopkinton, N.H., in 1809; served in the State house ofrepre-renomination in 1814; engaged in freighting goods to New sentatives 1814-1820 and as speaker three terms; elected toYork City by water; member of the State senate in 1822; the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses (March 4, 1821-died in Kingston, N.Y., January 12, 1845; interment in March 3, 1825); member of the State senate 1825-1827 andAlbany Avenue Cemetery. served as its president; member of the executive council 1828 and 1829; Governor of New Hampshire in 1830; appointed by HASBROUCK, Josiah, a Representative from New York; President Jackson judge of the United States District Courtborn in New Paltz, Ulster County, N.Y., March 5, 1755; for New Hampshire in 1831 and served until his death incompleted preparatory studies; conducted a general mer- Concord, N.H., April 7, 1866; interment in Old North Ceme-chandising business; second lieutenant in the Third Regi- tery. ment of Ulster County Militia in 1780; supervisor of New HARVEY, Ralph, a Representative from Indiana; bornonPaltz 1784-1786, 1793, 1794, and 1799-1805; member of the a farm near Mount Summit, Henry County, md., August 9,State assembly 1796, 1797, 1802, and 1806; elected as a Re- 1901; attended the public schools;was graduated frompublican to the Eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused Purdue University, Lafayette, md., in 1923; engagedas anby the resignation of John Cantine and served from April agricultural instructor 1923-1928; also engaged in agricul- 28, 1803, to March 3, 1805; engaged in agricultural pursuits; tural pursuits; served as county councilman 1932-1942;elected to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, member of the State house of representatives 1942-1947;1819); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Depart- elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress to fill thement of State (Fifteenth Congress); died near Plattekill, vacancy caused by the death of Raymond S. Springer; re-Ulster County, N.Y., March 19,1821; interment in the elected to the Eighty-first and to the four succeeding Con-family burial ground; reinterment in New Paltz Rural Ceme-- gresses and served from November 4, 1947, to January 3,tery, New Paltz, N.Y. 1959; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; elected to the Eighty-seventh and the HASCALL, Augustus Porter, a Representative from New two succeeding Congresses (January 3,l961-January 3,York; born in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Mass., June 24, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1966 to1800; moved to Le Roy, N.Y., in 1815; attended public and private schools; engaged in surveying; studied law; was ad- the Ninetieth Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits; isa resident of New Castle, md. mitted to the bar and commenced practice in Le Roy, N.Y.; Bibliography: Harvey, Ralph. Autobiography of a Hoosier Congressman. justice of the peace and supervisor; judge of the court of Greenfield, Indiana: Mitchell-Fleming, 1975. common pleas; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Con- gress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); resumed the practice of HARVIE, John, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Albe-law; trustee of the village of Le Roy in 1858; died in Le Roy, marie County, Va., in 1742; studied law; was admitted to theGenesee County, N.Y., June 27, 1872; interment in Myrtle bar and practiced; appointed commissioner to treat with theStreet Cemetery. western Indians in 1774; member of the Virginia conven- tions of 1775 and 1776; Member of the Continental Congress HASKELL, Dudley Chase (grandfather of Otis Halbert 1777-1778 and one of the signers of the Articles of Confeder-Holmes), a Representative from Kansas; born in Springfield, ation; purchasing agent for the State, with provisional rankWindsor County, Vt., March 23, 1842; moved with his par- of colonel; register of the iand office 1780-1791; secretary ofents to Lawrence, Kans., in 1855; attended school at Spring- the Commonwealth 1788; engaged in building operations infield, Vt., in 1857 and 1858; engaged in business as a shoe Richmond, Va.; died as the result of an accident in Rich-merchant; followed the gold rush to Pikes Peak, Cob., in mond, Va., on February 6, 1807; interment in Hollywood1859 and resided there until 1861; assistant to the quarter- Cemetery. master of the Union Army in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Bibliography: DAB. and the Indian Territory in 1861 and 1862; left the service Biographies 1149 and entered Williston's Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., inKings County Court 1920-1925; defeated for reelection to 1863; was graduated from Yale College in 1865; returned tothat office; resumed the practice of law in New York City; Lawrence, Kans., and engaged in the shoe business 1865-transit commissioner, State of New York, 1932-1942; died in 1867; member of the State house of representatives in 1872,Westwood, N.J., October 2, 1971; interment in Mt. Repose 1875, and 1876, and served as speaker in 1876; elected as aCemetery, Haverstraw, N.Y. Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the three succeeding HASKELL, William T. (nephew of Charles Ready), a Rep- Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, until his deathresentative from Tennessee; born in Murfreesboro, Ruther- in Washington, D.C., December 16, 1883; chairman, Commit-ford County, Tenn., July 21, 1818; privately tutored; also tee on Indian Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress); interment inattended the public schools of Murfreesboro and the Univer- Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kans. sity of Nashville, Tennessee; fought in the Seminole War in Bibliography: DAB. 1836; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1838 and HASKELL, Floyd Kirk, a Senator from Colorado; born incommenced practice in Jackson, Tenn.; member of the State Morristown, Morris County, N.J., February 7, 1916; graduat-house of representatives in 1840 and 1841; served in the ed, Harvard College 1937; graduated, Harvard Law SchoolMexican War; appointed on May 13, 1846, as colonel of the 1941; admitted to the New York and Colorado bars in 1946FirstBrigade, Second Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers; and commenced practice in Denver, Cob.; served in theelected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847- United States Army 1941-1945, attaining the rank of major;March 3, 1849); resumed the practice of his profession; died member, Colorado house of representatives 1965-1969; elect-in an asylum in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., March ed as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1972, and12, 1859; interment in Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn. served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1979; unsuccess- ful candidate for reelection in 1978; is a resident of Washing- HASKIN, John Bussing, a Representative from New York; born in Fordham (now a part of New York City), N.Y., ton, D.C. August 27, 1821; attended the public schools; studied law; HASKELL, Harry Garner, Jr., a Representative fromwas admitted to the bar in 1843and commenced practice in Delaware; born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del.,New York City in 1845; civil justice of New York City 1847- May 27, 1921; educated at Tower Hill School, Wilmington, 1849; supervisor of Fordham 1850-1853; corporation attorney Del., and St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass.; attended1853-1856; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Con- Princeton University 1940-1942; enlisted in the Unitedgress and reelected as an Anti-LecomptonDemocrat to the States Coast Guard Reserve September 8, 1942, made anThirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); chair- ensign in 1943, and was discharged as a lieutenant (jg) inman, Committee on Expenditures inthe Department of the 1946; personnel manager of Speakman Co., 1947-1948; presi-Navy (Thirty-fifth Congress), Committee on PublicExpendi- dent of Greenhill Dairies, Inc., 1948-1953; secretary of thetures (Thirty-sixth Congress); resumed the practiceof law; Departmental Council of the Department of Health, Educa-supervisor of the town of West Farms, WestchesterCounty, tion, and Welfare 1953-1954; consultant to special assistantN.Y., in 1863; died at Friends Lake, N.Y.,September 18, to President Eisenhower in 1955; owner and operator of Hill1895; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New YorkCity. Girt Farm, Chadds Ford, Pa.; president of Research Foundation; delegate, Republican Na- HASKINS, Kittredge, a Representative from Vermont; tional Conventions, 1952-1984; elected as a Republican toborn in Dover, Vt., April 8, 1836; attended thepublic schools the Eighty-fifth Congress (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1959);and received instruction from a private tutor;studied law; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-was admitted to the bar in1858 and commenced practice in sixth Congress; resumed former business interests; electedWilmington, Vt.; moved to Williamsville in 1861and contin- mayor of Wilmington, Del., for four-year termcommencingued the practice of law; enlisted as a privatein Company I, January 7,1969; member, Presidents National ReadingSixteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, August23, 1862; Council, appointed September 1970; president, Abercrombiewas commissioned first lieutenantSeptember 20, 1862, and of and Fitch; is a resident of Chadds Ford, Pa. served until March 19, 1863, when he resigned on account disabilities; returned to Vermont and settled inBrattleboro; HASKELL, Reuben Locke, a Representative from Newentered the Government service as a civil employeein the York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., October 5, 1878; was graduat-office of the assistant quartermaster ofVolunteers and ed from Hempstead High School, Long Island, N.Y., in 1894;served in that capacity until the close of the war;resumed attended Ithaca High School in 1894 and 1895, New Yorkthe practice of law; appointed colonel and chiefof staff to City Law School in 1896, and 1897 and Cornell University,Gov. Peter T. Washburn in 1869; member of theRepublican Ithaca, N.Y., LL.B., 1898; was admitted to the bar in 1899State committee 1869-1872;State'sattorney 1870-1872; and commenced practice in New York City; served with themember of the State house of representatives 1872-1874and Twenty-second Regiment of New York Volunteers during1896-1900; speaker of the house 1898-1900; UnitedStates the Spanish-American War; served in the ThirteenthRegi-attorney for the district of Vermont fromOctober 1880 to ment of the National Guard, Company I and Company G, asJuly 1887; served in the State senate 1892-1894;chairman of private, corporal, and sergeant 1899-1902; delegate to thethe Vermont board of commissioners to establishthe bound- Republican National Conventions in 1908 and 1920; counselary line between that State andMassachusetts 1892-1900; to the county clerk of Kings County 1908and 1909; secretaryelected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the three for the Borough of Brooklyn 1910-19 13; deputy commission- succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3,1909); chair- er of public works for theBorough of Brooklyn 1913-1915;man, Committee on War Claims(Sixtieth Congress); unsuc- member of the Republican State committee 1907-19 13 andcessful candidate for renomination in 1908; judge of the 1914-1919; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912 to themunicipal court in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1910; postmasterof Sixty-third Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-Brattleboro 1912-1915; died in Brattleboro, August 7, 1916; fourth Congress; reelected to the two succeeding Congressesinterment in Prospect Hill Cemetery. and served from March 4, 1915, to December 31,1919, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Expendituresin the HASTERT, John Dennis, a Representative from Illinois; Department of the Navy (Sixty-sixth Congress);judge of theborn in Aurora,Ill., January 2,1942; attended public 1150 Biographical Directory

schools; B.A., Wheaton College, Iii.,1964; M.S., Northernes (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); resumed agricultural pur- Illinois University, DeKaib, 1967; high school teacher andsuits; died near Hanoverton, Ohio, December 8, 1854; inter- coach in Yorkville, Ill., 1964-1980; partner in the familyment in Grove Hill Cemetery, Hanoverton, Ohio. restaurant business; member, Illinois house of representa- tives, 1980-1986; elected as a Republican to the One Hun- HASTINGS, Serranus Clinton, a Representative from dredth Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3,1989); is aIowa; born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November resident of Yorkville, Ill. 22, 1813; completed a preparatory course at Gouverneur Academy and was graduated from Hamilton College; princi- HASTINGS, Daniel Oren, a Senator from Delaware; bornpal of Norwich Academy in 1834; moved to Lawrenceburg, near Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., March 5, 1874; was educated under private tutorship; moved to Wilmington,lad., in 1835; edited the Indiana Signal in 1836; studied law; Del., in 1894; attended the law department of Columbianwas admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in what is now Burlington, Iowa; when Iowa was madea sepa- (now George Washington) University, Washington, D.C.;was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice inrate Territory served as a member of the Territorial council Wilmington, Del.; served as deputy attorney general of Dela-1838-1846 and was president of the council one session; upon ware 1904-1909; appointed secretary of State of Delaware,the admission of Iowa as a State into the Union was elected January 1909 to June 1909, when he resigned, having beenas a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served appointed an associate justice of the State supreme court, infrom December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847; was not a candi- which capacity he served until his resignation in Januarydate for renomination; chief justice of the supreme court of 1911; special counsel for the State legislature in 1911; cityIowa in 1848; resigned in 1849 and moved to Benicia, Calif.; solicitor of Wilmington 1911-1917; judge of the municipalchief justice of the supreme court of California 1849-1851; court of Wilmington 1920-1929; member of the Republicanattorney general of the State in 1851; at the end of his term National Committee; appointed as a Republicanon Decem-of two years retired to private life; founded and endowed ber 10, 1928, and elected on November 4, 1930, to the UnitedHastings College of Law in the University of California in States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending March1878; engaged in the real estate business; died in San Fran- 3, 1931, caused by the resignation of T. Coleman du Pont;on cisco, Calif., February 18, 1893; interment in St. Helena the same day was also elected for the term commencingCemetery, St. Helena, Calif. March 4, 1931, and served from December 10, 1928, to Janu- Bibliography: DAB. ary 2, 1937; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936; HASTINGS, Seth (father of William Soden Hastings), a resumed the practice of law in Wilmington, Del., where heRepresentative from Massachusetts; born in Cambridge, died May 9, 1966; interment in Lower Brandywine Ceme-Mass., on April 8, 1762; was graduated from Harvard Uni- tery. versity in 1782; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1786 HASTINGS, George, a Representative from New York;and commenced practice in Mendon, Mass.; town treasurer born in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., March 13, 1807; at-in 1794 and 1795; elected one of the first school commission- tended the public schools; was graduated from Hamiltoners in 1796; elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1826; studied law; in 1830wasto fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mountreelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served Morris, Livingston County; district attorney 1839-1848; elect-from August 24, 1801, to March 3, 1807; declined to be a ed as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4,candidate for renomination in 1806; member of the State 1853-March 3, 1855); elected judge of the county court ofsenate 1810 and 1814; chief justice of the court of sessions for Livingston County and served from November 1855 until hisWorcester County 1819-1828; died in Mendon, Mass., on No- death in Mount Morris, Livingston County, N.Y., August 29,vember 19, 1831; interment in the Old Cemetery. 1866; interment in the City Cemetery. HASTINGS, William Soden (son of ), a Rep- HASTINGS, James Fred, a Representative from Newresentative from Massachusetts; born in Mendon, Worcester York; born in Olean, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., April 10,County, Mass., June 3, 1798; completed preparatory studies 1926; served in the United States Navy, flight squadrons,and was graduated from Harvard University in 1817; studied 1943-1946; served for ten years on the Allegany (N.Y.) Townlaw; was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced prac- Board; five years as Allegany police justice; elected to thetice in Mendon; member of the State house of representa- New York State assembly, 1962, served two terms; elected totives in 1828; served in the State senate 1829-1833; elected the New York State senate, 1965, served two terms;manageras a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty- and vice president, radio station WHDL, 1952-1966; nationalseventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1837, until his advertising manager, The Times Herald, Olean, N.Y., 1964-death in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, Va. (now 1966; partner in real estate and insurance firm of HastingsWest Virginia), June 17, 1842; interment in Old Cemetery, & Jewell; delegate, New York State convention, 1966; dele-Mendon, Mass. gate, Republican National Convention, 1968; electedas a Republican to the Ninety-first Congress; reelected to the HASTINGS, William Wirt, a Representative from Oklaho- three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3,ma; born on a farm in Benton County, Ark., near the Indian 1969, until his resignation January 20, 1976, to become presi-Territory boundary, December 31, 1866; moved with his par- dent of Associated Industries of New York State, Inc.,ents to a farm at Beatties Prairie, Delaware County (then Albany, N.Y.; is a resident of Tampa, Fla. part of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory), Okia., and attended the Cherokee tribal school; was graduated from HASTINGS, John, a Representative from Ohio; born inCherokee Male Seminary, at Tahlequah, in 1884; teacher in Ireland in 1778; engaged in agricultural pursuits; studiedthe Cherokee tribal schools 1884-1886 and 1889-1891; was law in Lisbon, Ohio; was admitted to the bar and practicedgraduated from the law department of Vanderbilt Universi- in Mississippi; engaged in various business enterprises;re- ty, Nashville, Tenn., in 1889; was admitted to the bar the turned to Ohio and settled in Hanover Township, Colum-same year and commenced practice in Tahlequah, Okia.; biana County; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as aattorney general for the Cherokee Nation 189 1-1895; nation- Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congress-al attorney for the Cherokee tribe 1907-1914; delegate to the Biographies 1151

Democratic State convention in 1912; delegate to the Demo-man, Committee on Militia(Thirty-fifth Congress); unsuc- cratic National Convention in 1912; elected as a Democrat tocessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to theThirty-sixth the Sixty-fourth,Sixty-fifth,and Sixty-sixth CongressesCongress; appointed by President Buchanan as postmasterof (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); chairman, Committee onBuffalo, N.Y., and served from November 11, 1859, toMarch Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Sixty-fifth27, 1861; resumed the practice of law; also engaged inbank- Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 toing and was prominently connected with elevator anddock the Sixty-seventh Congress; elected to the Sixty-eighth andenterprises; member of the State constitutional convention to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3,1867-1868; commissioner to negotiate a reciprocity treaty 1935); was not a candidate for renomination in 1934; re-between the United States and the Dominion of Canadain sumed the practice of law in Tahlequah, Okia.; commis-1869 and 1870; built the Marine and Empire elevators in sioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 22,Buffalo; died in Buffalo, N.Y., September 24, 1875; interment 1936, as chief of the Cherokees for one day to sign certainin Forest Lawn Cemetery. Okla.; interment in papers; died April 8, 1938, in Muskogee, HATCH, Jethro Ayers, a Representative from Indiana; City Cemetery, Tahlequah, Okla. born in Pitcher, Chenango County, N.Y., June 18, 1837; set- Bibliography: DAB. tled in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Ill.; attended the common HATCH, Carl Atwood, a Senator from New Mexico; bornschools and the institute in Batavia, Ill.; was graduatedfrom in Kirwin, Phillip County, Kans., November 27, 1889;attend-Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., in February 1860 and ed the public schools of Kansas and Oklahoma; graduatedcommenced practice at Kentland, md., in July 1860; served from the law department of Cumberland University, Leba-as a local health officer; commissionedassistant surgeon of non, Tenn., in 1912; was admitted to the barthe same yearthe Thirty-sixth Regiment, Illinois VolunteerInfantry, on and began practice in Eldorado, Okla.; moved to Clovis,December 11, 1862, and promoted to surgeon of the same N.Mex., in 1916 and continued the practice of law; assistantregiment; mustered out of service February8, 1865, and attorney general of New Mexico 1917-1918; collectorof in-returned to Kentland, md.; secretary and later president of ternal revenue 19 19-1922; district judge of the ninth judicialthe pension examining board 1865-1907; memberof the district of New Mexico 1923-1929; member, Stateboard ofState house of representatives 1872 and 1873; elected as a bar examiners 1930-1933; appointed as a Democrat to theRepublican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895- United States Senate on October 10, 1933, and elected onMarch 3, 1897); was not a candidate for renominationin November 6, 1934, to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-1896; returned to Kentland, md., and resumed the practice tion of Sam G. Bratton; reelected in 1936 and again in 1942of medicine; member of board of the hospital for theinsane and served from October 10, 1933, to January 2, 1949; wasat Logansport, md.; physician and surgeon forthe Logans- not a candidate for renomination in 1948; best known asport division of the Pennsylvania Railroad for many years; author of the "Hatch Act" of 1939 and 1940, preventingphysician and surgeon for the Chicago and Cairodivision of federal employees from engaging in political activity; chair-the New York Central Railroad from the time it wasbuilt man, Committee on Privileges and Elections(Seventy-sev-until 1907; moved to Victoria, Tex., in 1907 andengaged in enth Congress), Committee on Public Lands and Surveysthe real estate business; died in Victoria, Tex.,August 3, (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses); ap-1912; interment in Fair Lawn Cemetery, Kentland,md. pointed United States district judge for the district of New Mexico 1949-1963; retired; died in Albuquerque, N.Mex., HATCH, Orrin Grant, a Senator from Utah;born in September 15, 1963; interment in Fairview Park Cemetery.Homestead Park, Allegheny County, Pa., March 22, 1934; Bibliography: Porter, David. "Senator Carl Hatch and the Hatch Act of received early education in the public schoolsof Pittsburgh, 1939." New Mexico Historical Review 48 (April 1973): 151-61. Pa.; graduated, Brigham Young University1959; graduated, University of Pittsburgh Law School 1962;admitted to the HATCH, Herschel Harrison, a Representative from Michi- in Pitts- County, N.Y., FebruaryPennsylvania bar in 1963 and commenced practice gan; born in Morrisville, Madison burgh; moved to Utah in 1969 and continued practicinglaw; 17, 1837; attended the common schools and was graduatedelected as a Republican to the United States Senate in1976 from Hamilton College Law School, Clinton, N.Y., in 1857; reelected in 1982 practiced in Morrisville, N.Y.,for the term commencing January 3, 1977; was admitted to the bar and for the term ending January 3, 1989; chairman,Committee 1858-1863; moved to Bay City, Mich.; elected alderman of (Ninety-seventh through Bay City at its first organization in 1865; judge of probateofon Labor and Human Resources Bay County 1868-1872; member of the constitutional com-Ninety-ninth Congress). mission of Michigan in 1873; member of the tax commission HATCH, William Henry, a Representative fromMissouri; in 1881; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congressborn near Georgetown, Scott County, Ky.,September 11, (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); declined to be a candidate for1833; attended the schools of Lexington, Ky.,studied law; renomination in 1884; resumed the practice of law; moved towas admitted to the bar inSeptember 1854 and practiced; Detroit, Mich., in 1895 and practiced law until 1910,whencircuit attorney 1858 and 1860; during theCivil War served he retired; died in Detroit, Mich., November 30, 1920;inter-in the Confederate Army; commissioned captainand assist- ment in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich. ant adjutant general December 1862,and in March 1863 was HATCH, Israel Thompson, a Representative fromNewassigned to duty as assistant commissioner ofexchange of York; born in Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., June30, prisoners under the cartel, and continued in thisposition until the close of the war; elected as a Democratto the 1808; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from (March Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1829;studied law; wasForty-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses admitted to the bar in 1828; moved to Buffalo the same year4, 1879-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee onAgriculture and practiced law; assistant secretary of state1829-1831; (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth and Fifty-second and Fifty- practiced law in Buffalo 1831-1840; member of the Statethird Congresses); unsuccessful candidate forreelection in assembly 1833, 1834, and 1851; surrogate of Erie County1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; engaged inagricultural 1833-1836; president of the Commercial Bank of Buffalopursuits; died near Hannibal, Marion County,Mo., Decem- 1840-1842; grain merchant; elected as a Democrat to theber 23, 1896; interment in Riverside Cemetery. Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859);chair- Bibliography: DAB. 1152 Biographical Directory

HATCHER, Charles Floyd, a Representative from Geor-cated in the public schools; attended College of Great Falls gia; born in Doerun, Colquitt County, Ga., July 1,1939; 1947-1950; served in the United States Army 1951-1953; attended the public schools; B.S., Georgia Southern College,graduated, University of Montana Law School, Missoula, Statesboro, 1965; J.D., University of Georgia, Athens, 1969; served in the United States Air Force, 1958-1962; admitted1955; admitted to the Montana bar in 1955 and commenced to the Georgia bar in 1969 and commenced practice inpractice in Great Falls; chief deputy county attorney, Cas- cade County 1959-1960; judge of the eighth judicial district Albany; served in the Georgia house ofrepresentatives, 1973-1980; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and1961-1976; chief justice, Montana supreme court 1977-1978; to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-Janu-appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate, Janu- ary 3, 1989); is a resident of Newton, Ga. ary 22, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lee Metcalf for the term ending January 3, 1979, and served HATCHER, Robert Anthony, a Representative from Mis-from January 22, 1978, until his resignation December 14, souri; born in Buckingham County, Va., February 24, 1819;1978; unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1978 toa six- attended private schools in Lynchburg, Va.; studied law;wasyear term; United States federal judge for the District of admitted to the bar in Kentucky and commenced practice atMontana; is a resident of Great Falls, Mont. New Madrid, Mo., in 1847; circuit attorney for severalyears; member of the State house of representatives 1850 and 1851; HATHAWAY, Samuel Gilbert, a Representative from New during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army andYork; born in Freetown, Bristol County, Mass., July 18, 1780; attained the rank of major; delegate to the State conventionattended the public schools; worked at various occupations in 1862; member of the Confederate Congress in 1864 andand made one sea voyage; moved to Chenango County, N.Y., 1865; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth,in 1803 and two years later to Cincinnatus, Cortland County, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879);and engaged in agricultural pursuits; justice of the peace chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Forty-fifth1810-1858; member of the State assembly in 1814 and 1818; Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in Charleston,moved to Solon, N.Y., in 1819; served in the State senate in Mo., December 4, 1886; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.1822; major general in the New York Militia 1823-1858; HATFIELD, Henry Drury, a Senator from West Virginia;elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March born in Logan County, W.Va., September 15, 1875; attended4, 1833-March 3, 1835); presidential elector on the Democrat- the local schools and Franklin College at New Athens, Ohio;ic ticket in 1852; delegate to the Democratic National Con- graduated in medicine from the University of Louisville,vention at Charleston, S.C., in 1860; died in Solon, Cortland Louisville, Ky., in 1895 and from New York University in County, N.Y., May 2, 1867; interment in the family cemetery 1904; pursued additional advanced medical training; commis-near Solon. sioner of health of Mingo County, W.Va., 1895-1900;surgeon for the Norfolk and Western Railway 1895-19 13;surgeon in HATHAWAY, William Dodd, a Representative and a Sen- chief of West Virginia State Hospital No. 1 at Welsh, W.Va.,ator from Maine; born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, 1899-1913; commissioner of district roads of McDonwellMass., February 21, 1924; attended Boston public schools; County 1900-1905; member, county court of McDowell 1906-served in the United States Army Air Corps 1942-1946, en- 1912; member, State senate 1908-1912, servingas presidentlisted as a private and discharged as a captain; was shot in 1911; Governor of West Virginia 1913-1917; during thedown over Romania and held a prisoner of war for three First World War was a major in the Medical Corps of themonths; graduated Harvard College 1949, and Harvard Law United States Army 1917-1919, and was chief of the SurgicalSchool 1953; was admitted to the bar in 1953 and began the Service at Base Hospital No. 36, at Detroit, Mich.; electedaspractice of law in Lewiston, Maine; assistant county attor- a Republican to the United States Senate in 1928 and servedney, Androscoggin County 1955-1957; hearing examiner for from March 4, 1929, to January 3, 1935; unsuccessful candi-the State Liquor Commission 1957-1961; elected as a Demo- date for reelection in 1934; chairman, Committeeon Immi-crat to the Eighty-ninth Congress; reelected to the three gration (Seventy-second Congress); resumed the practice ofsucceeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3,1973); medicine and also managed a hospital and several farms;was not a candidate for reelection, chosing instead to run for was a resident of Huntington, W.Va., until his death therea Senate seat; elected in 1972 to the United States Senate, on October 23, 1962; interment in Woodmere Cemetery. and served from January 3, 1973, to January 2, 1979; unsuc- Bibliography: Karr, Carolyn. "A Political Biography of Henry Hatfield."cessful candidate for reelection in 1978; resumed the practice West Virginia History 28 (October 1966): 35-64, 28 (January 1967): 137-170; of law; is a resident of McLean, Va. Penn, Neil Shaw. "Henry D. Hatfield and Reform Politics: A Study of West Virginia Politics from 1908-1917." Ph.D. dissertation, Emory Univer- HATHORN, Henry Harrison, a Representative from New sity, 1973. York; born in Greenfield, Ulster County, N.Y., November 28, HATFIELD, Mark Odom, a Senator from Oregon; born in1813; attended the common schools and was graduated from Dallas, Polk County, Oreg., July 12, 1922; graduated, Wil-the public schools of Greenfield; discoverer of the "Hathorn lamette University 1943; completed graduate degree at Stan- Mineral Spring"; sheriff of Saratoga County 1853-1856 and ford University 1948; served in the United States Navy in1862-1865; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Saratoga the Second World War; associate professor of political sci- Springs 1839-1849; supervisor of Saratoga Springs 1858, ence 1949-1956 and dean of students 1950-1956, Willamette1860, 1866, and 1867; elected as a Republican to the Forty- University; member, State house of representatives 1951-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1955; member, State senate 1955-1957; Oregon secretary of1877); again became engaged in the mineral-water business; state 1957-1959; Governor 1959-1967; author; elected as adied at Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., February Republican to the United States Senate in 1966 for the term20, 1887; interment in Greenridge Cemetery. commencing January 3, 1967; reelected in 1972, 1978, and again in 1984 for the term ending January 3, 1991; chair- HATHORN, John, a Representative from New York; born man, Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-seventh throughin Wilmington, Del., January 9, 1749; completed preparatory Ninety-ninth Congress). studies; surveyor by profession and a school teacher; captain of the Colonial Militia; colonel of the Fourth Orange County HATFIELD, Paul Gerhart, a Senator from Montana; born(N.Y.) Regiment February 7, 1776, and served throughout in Great Fails, Cascade County, Mont., April 29, 1928; edu-the Revolutionary War; brigadier general of the Orange Biographies 1153

County Militia September 26, 1786; major general of Statelaw department of the University of Michigan atAnn Arbor militia October 8, 1793; member of the State assembly 1778,in 1874; was admitted to the bar the same yearand com- 1780, 1782-1785, 1795, and 1805, and served as speaker inmenced practice in River Falls, Wis.; member ofthe State 1783 and 1784; served in the State senate 1786-1790 andassembly in 1879 and 1880; State railroadcommissioner 1799-1803; member of the council of appointment in 17871882-1887; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress and 1789; elected to the Continental Congress in Decemberto fill the vacancy caused by the death ofWilliam T. Price; 1788 but no further sessions were held; elected to the Firstreelected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, andFifty-third Con- Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); unsuccessful candi- gresses and served from March 4, 1887, toMarch 3, 1895; did date for reelection in 1790 to the Second Congress and fornot seek renomination in 1894 but was anunsuccessful can- election in 1792 to the Third Congress; elected as a Republi-didate for the nomination for Governor; memberof the State can to the Fourth Congress(March 4, 1795-March 3, 1797);tax commission 190 1-1921; president of theNational Tax unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1796 to the Fifth Association in 1919 and 1920; adviser to the boardof equali- Congress; engaged in mercantile pursuits; died in Warwick,zation of Montana 192 1-1923; moved to Madison,Wis., and Orange County, N.Y., February 19, 1825; interment in theengaged in literary pursuits; died in Madison, Wis.,April 23, Warwick cemetery on the family estate; reinterment in 1931; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; Brandes, Stuart Dean. "Nils P. Haugen andthe HATTON, Robert Hopkins, a Representative from Tennes- Wisconsin Progressive Movement." M.A. thesis, Universityof Wisconsin, see; born in Steubenville, Jefferson County,Ohio, November 1925. 2, 1826; attended the common schools and wasgraduated HAUGHEY, Thomas, a Representative from Alabama; from the Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1847;born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1826; received a limitededuca- was a tutor in Cumberland Universityin 1847 and 1848;tion; immigrated to the United States with his father,who attended the law school of Cumberland University in 1848settled in New York City; moved to Jefferson County,Ala., and 1849; principal of Woodland Academy, SumnerCounty, studied medi- andin 1841; while teaching in St. Clair County, Tenn., in 1849 and 1850; was admitted to the bar in 1850 cine; was granted a diploma by the New OrleansMedical commenced practice in Lebanon, Tenn.; trustee of Cumber-College and engaged in practice at Elyton, JeffersonCounty; land University from 1854 until his death; member of the Vol- candi-served as a surgeon in the Third Regiment, Tennessee State house of representatives 1855-1857; unsuccessful unteer Infantry, in the Union Army1862-1865; resumed the date for Governor in 1857; elected as an Opposition Party to the candidate to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4,1859- practice of his profession in Decatur, Ala.; delegate March 3, 1861); chairman, Committee on Expenditures inState constitutional convention in 1867; uponthe readmis- the Department of the Navy (Thirty-sixth Congress);colonelsion of the State of Alabama to representation waselected of the Seventh Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry,as a Republican to theFortieth Congress and served from May 26, 1861; made brigadier general in the ConfederateJuly 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869; was a candidatefor renomi- Army May 23, 1862; assigned to the command of the Fifthnation and while making a political speech wasassassinated Brigade, First Corps, Army of Virginia; killed in the Battlein Courtland, Ala., on July 31, 1869, anddied on August 5, of Seven Pines, near Richmond, Va., on May 31, 1862, inter- 1869; interment in Green Cemetery, nearPinson, Jefferson ment in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn. County, Ala. Bibliography: Cummings, Charles M. "Robert Hopkins Hatton: Reluctant Rebel." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 23 (June 1964):169-81; Threatte, HAUN, Henry Peter, a Senator from California;born near Bernard B. "The Public Life of Robert Hatton, 1855-1862." M.A. thesis, Newtown, Scott County, Ky., January 18,1815; attended the Vanderbilt University, 1931. common schools andTransylvania University, Lexington, KY.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in1839 and began HAUGEN, Gilbert Nelson, a Representative from Iowa; of Scott born near Orfordville, Rock County, Wis., April 21,1859; practice in Lexington, Ky.; prosecuting attorney attended the rural schools; moved to Decorah, WinneshiekCounty in 1845; moved to Clinton County, Iowa,and settled County, Iowa, in 1873 and engaged in agricultural pursuits;in Hauntown in 1845; practiced law andowned a distillery, attended Breckenridge College, Decorah, Iowa, and Academ-sawmill, and store; delegate to the Iowaconstitutional con- ic and Commercial College, Janesville, Wis.; engaged invari-vention in 1846; moved to Yuba County, Calif.,in 1849 and ous enterprises, principallyreal estate and banking; movedsettled in Marysville; continued the practiceof law; also to Northwood, Iowa, in 1886 and engaged inbanking; treas-engaged in agricultural pursuits; county judge1851-1854; urer of Worth County, Iowa, 1887-1893;in 1890 organizedappointed as a Democrat to the United StatesSenate to fill the Northwood Banking Co. and became itspresident;the vacancy caused by the death ofDavid C. Broderick and member of the State house of representatives 1894-1898;served from November 3, 1859, to March 4,1860; unsuccess- elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the sixteenful candidate for election to fill the term;chairman, Com- succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1933); chair-mittee on Enrolled Bills (Thirty-sixth Congress);died in man, Committee on Expendituresin the Department of theMarysville, Yuba County, Calif., June 6, 1860; intermentin Interior(SixtiethCongress), Committee on AgricultureMarysville Cemetery. (Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses); co-sponsor of the McNary-Haugen farm bill in 1927;unsuccessful candi- HAVEN, Nathaniel Appleton, a Representativefrom New date for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-thirdCongress; Hampshire; born in Portsmouth, N.H., July 19, 1762; pur- died at Northwood, Iowa, July 18, 1933; interment in Sunsetsued classical studies and was graduated inmedicine from Rest Cemetery, Northwood, Iowa. Harvard College in 1779; practiced his professionin Ports- Bibliography: DAB. mouth, N.H., and also engaged in mercantilepursuits; served as a ship's surgeon in the latter partof the Revolu- HAUGEN, Nils Pederson, a Representative from Wiscon-tionary War; elected as a Federalist to theEleventh Con- sin; born in Modum, Norway, March 9, 1849;immigrated to settled ingress (March 4, 1809-March 3,1811); died in Portsmouth, the United States in 1854 with his parents, who Proprietors' Burying Pierce County, Wis., in 1855; attended the commonschools N.H., March 13, 1831; interment in and Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; was graduatedfrom theGround. 1154 Biographical Directory

HAVEN, Solomon George, a Representative from Newof its legal department from 1919 until his death in Roches- York; born in Chenango County, N.Y., November 27,1810; ter, N.Y., February 27, 1927; interment in Mount Hope Cem- attended the common schools andwas instructed by a pri-etery. vate tutor in the classics; pursued acourse in medicine; Bibliography: DAB. studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 andcommenced practice in Buffalo, N.Y.; commissioner of deeds; district HAVENS, Jonathan Nicoll, a Representative from New attorney of Erie County 1844-1846; mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.,York; born on Shelter Island, Suffolk County, N.Y., June 18, 1846 and 1847; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second, 1757; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Yale Thirty-third, and Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4,1851-College in 1777; member of the State assembly 1786-1795; March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856town clerk 1783-1787; elected to the State convention which to the Thirty-fifth Congress and for election in 1860to theratified the Federal Constitution January 8, 1788; tooka Thirty-seventh Congress; engaged in the practice of hispro-great interest in popular education and was chairman of the fession until his death in Buffalo, N.Y., December 24,1861; committee for establishing public schools in New York in interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. 1795; justice of the peace of Suffolk County in 1795; elected as a Republican to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses HAVENNER, Franck Roberts, a Representative fromand served from March 4, 1795, until his death on Shelter California; born in Sherwood, Baltimore County, Md.,Sep-Island, N.Y., October 25, 1799; interment in the south burial tember 20, 1882; attended the public schools, Columbian Col-ground of the Presbyterian Church. lege (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., and Stanford University, California;newspaper writer in HAWES, Albert Gallatin (brother of Richard liawes, San Francisco, Calif., 1907-1917; member of the board ofnephew of Aylett Hawes, granduncle of Harry Bartow supervisors, San Francisco, 1926-1936; electedas a Progres-Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner), a Representa- sive to the Seventy-fifth Congress andas a Democrat to thetive from Kentucky; born near Bowling Green, Caroline Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1941);County, Va., April 1, 1804; moved to Kentucky in 1810 with unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-his parents, who settled in Fayette County near Lexington; seventh Congress; member of California Railroad Commis-pursued classical studies at Transylvania University, Lexing- sion 1941-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventh-ninthton, KY.; moved to Hancock County and settled near Hawes- and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-ville; engaged in agricultural pursuits; electedas a Jacksoni- January 3, 1953); unsuccessful candidate for reelectioninan to the Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fourth 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; director of Union LaborCongresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1837); chairman, Com- Party, AFL; died in San Francisco, Calif., July 24, 1967;mittee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department internment in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San(Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses); resumed Mateo County, Calif. agricultural pursuits; moved to Daviess County and settled HAVENS, Harrison Eugene, a Representative from Mis-near Yelvington and continued agricultural pursuits; died souri; born in Franklin County, Ohio, December 15, 1837;near Yelvington, Ky., March 14, 1849; interment in the attended the common schools; studied law; Hawes family burial ground on the Owensboro and Yelving- was admitted toton Road. the bar and commenced practice in Ohio; servedas captain of Company H, Forty-seventh Regiment, Iowa VolunteerIn- HAWES, Aylett (uncle of , Albert Gallatin fantry, in the Union Army during the Civil War; movedtoHawes, and Aylett Hawes Buckner), a Representative from Illinois, thence to Iowa, and from there to Springfield,Mo., Virginia; born in Culpeper County, Va., April 21, 1768;pur- in 1867, becoming editor of the Springfield Patriot; electedsued classical studies; studied medicine and finished his edu- as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Con- cation in Edinburg, Scotland; returned to Virginia and prac- gresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); chairman, Committeeticed medicine; also engaged as a planter; member of the on Public Expenditures (Forty-third Congress); unsuccessful State house of delegates 1802-1806; elected as a Republican candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congressto the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses and also to the State senate in 1878; superintendent ofthe(March 4, 1811-March 3, 1817); resumed the practice of med- Springfield & Western Missouri Railway Co. in 1881;re-icine and was also an extensive landowner; died on his farm sumed the practice of his profession in Springfield, Mo.;in Rappahannock County, Va., August 31, 1833; interment prosecuting attorney in 1893 and 1894; moved to Enid, Gar-on a farm near Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Va. field County, Okla, and engaged in newspaper pursuits 1901- 1906; moved to Herradura, Cuba, and engaged in planting; HAWES, Harry Bartow (grandnephew of Albert Gallatin died in Havana, Cuba, where he had been takenon accountHawes), a Representative and a Senator from Missouri; born of illness, August 16, 1916; interment in Colon Cemetery.in Covington, Kenton County, Ky., November 15, 1869; at- tended preparatory schools; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1887 HAVENS, James Smith, a Representative from New Yorkand studied law; graduated from Washington University born in Weedsport, Cayuga County, N.Y., May 28, 1859;Law School at St. Louis in 1896, was admitted to the bar, attended the public schools and Monroe Collegiate Institute,and commenced practice in that city; represented the Repub- Elbridge, N.Y.; was graduated from Yale College in 1884;lic of Hawaii during its annexation to the United States; moved to Rochester, N.Y., the same year; studied law;waspresident of the St. Louis police board 1898-1904; member, admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice inState house of representatives 1916-1917; served during the Rochester, N.Y.; delegate to the Democratic National Con-First World War with the Military Intelligence Department vention in 1904; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-firstof the General Staff, and later was assigned to the United Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James B.States Embassy in Madrid, Spain; chief organizer of the Perkins and served from April 19, 1910, to March 3, 1911;Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association; president of was not a candidate for renomination in 1910; resumed thethe Missouri Good Roads Federation and of the Federated practice of his profession in Rochester, N.Y.; declined the Roads Council of St. Louis 1917-1920; elected asa Democrat Democratic nomination for mayor of Rochester in 1913; viceto the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, and Sixty-ninth Congress- president and secretary of the Eastman Kodak Co., and heades and served from March 4, 1921, to October 15, 1926, when Biographies 1155 he resigned; elected on November 2, 1926, to the UnitedPa., was named after him; died at Palm Desert,Calif., May States Senate as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by9, 1971; interment in Mt. Hebron Cemetery,Montclair, N.J. the death of Selden P. Spencer and on the same day was HAWKES, James, a Representative from NewYork; born also elected for the full term commencing March 4, 1927;in Petersham, Worcester County, Mass.,December 13, 1776; served from December 6, 1926, until his resignation effectivemoved with his parents to Richfield, N.Y., in 1789;attended February 3, 1933, to devote his time to the wildlife conserva-the common schools; taught school in Richfieldand later in tion movement and to the practice of law; served ascounsel sheriff ofBurlington, N.Y.; returned to Richfield and served as for the Philippine Commonwealth; engaged in the practice of Otsego County 1815-1819; member of theState assembly law in Washington, D.C., until his death there on July31, (March 4, 1821- 1947; remains were cremated and the ashes scattered in thein 1820; elected to the Seventeenth Congress March 3, 1823); died in Rochester, N.Y., on October2, 1865; Current River near Doniphan, Mo. interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. HAWES, Richard (brother of Albert Gallatin Hawes, HAWKINS, Augustus Freeman, a Representative from nephew of Aylett Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes August 31, Buckner), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Bowl- California; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., ing Green, Caroline County, Va., February 6, 1797;moved to1907; in 1918, moved to Los Angeles, Calif., with his parents; Kentucky in 1810 with his parents, who settled in Fayetteattended local public schools; graduated from Jefferson High Tran-School in 1926, from the University of California atLos County, near Lexington; pursued classical studies at Cali- sylvania University, Lexington, KY.; studied law; wasadmit-Angeles in 1931, and from the University of Southern fornia in 1932; engaged in the real estate businessin 1941; ted to the bar in 1824 and commenced practice in Winches- Dem- ter; served in the Black Hawk War; memberof the Statemember of the State assembly, 1935-1962; elected as a house of representatives 1828, 1829, and 1834;unsuccessfulocrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the twelvesucceeding Con- gresses (January 3, 1963-January3, 1989); chairman, Com- candidate for election in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Con-mitteeon HouseAdministration(Ninety-seventh gresses (March 4, 1837-March 3,1841); moved to Paris, Ky.,Ninety-eighth Congresses), Committee on Education and in 1843 and continued the practice of law; wasinstalled byLabor (Ninety-eighth, Ninety-ninth and One HundredthCon- 4, gresses), Joint Committee on Printing (Ninety-sixthand Confederate sympathizers Provisional Governor October Library 1862, and served until 1865; county judge in 1866,and later,Ninety-eighth Congresses), Joint Committee on the in the same year, chosen master commissioner of the circuit(Ninety-seventh Congress); is a resident of Los Angeles, and common pleas courts; served in this capacity until hisCalif. death in Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., May 25, 1877; inter- HAWKINS, Benjamin (uncle of Micajah ThomasHaw- ment in . kins), a Delegate and a Senator from NorthCarolina; born HAWK, Robert Moffett Allison, a Representative fromin what was then Granville, later Bute,and now Warren Illinois; born near Rushville, Hancock County, md., April23, County, N.C., August 15, 1754; attended thecounty schools; 1839; moved with his parents to Freedom Township, Carrollstudent at the College of New Jersey (nowPrinceton Univer- County, Ill., in 1844; attended the common and select schools sity) when the Revolutionary War began;acquired a knowl- of Carroll County, Ill., and Eureka (Ill.) College; studied lawedge of French, and, at the request of GeneralGeorge Wash- but never practiced; entered the Union Army during theington, left school and was appointed tothe General's staff Civil War as first lieutenant September 4, 1862; promoted toas his interpreter; member,State house of commons 1778- captain on January 1, 1863; brevetted major April 10,1865; 1779, 1784; chosen by the North Carolinalegislature in 1780 moved to Mount Carroll, Ill., in 1865 and engaged in agricul- to procure arms and munitions of war todefend the State; tural pursuits; clerk of the court of Carroll County, Ill.,fromMember of the Continental Congress 1781-1783and 1787; December 13, 1865, to February 27, 1879; elected as a Repub-appointed by Congress to negotiate treaties withthe Creek lican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congressesandand Cherokee Indians in 1785; delegate to theState constitu- served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Washington,tional convention which ratified the FederalConstitution in D.C., June 29, 1882; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, MountNovember 1789; elected to the UnitedStates Senate and Carroll, Ill. served from November 27, 1789, to March 3,1795; appointed Indian agent for all the tribes southof the Ohio River by HAWKES, Albert Wahl, a Senator from New Jersey; bornPresident Washington in 1796 and held theoffice until his in Chicago, Ill., November 20, 1878; attended thepublicdeath in Crawford County, Ga., on June6, 1818; interment schools; graduated from Chicago College of Law in 1900 and Crawford County, overlooking studied chemistry aton a plantation near Roberta, was admitted to the bar the same year; the Flint River. Lewis Institute (now the Illinois Institute of Technology), Bibliography: DAB; Grant, CL. "Senator BenjaminHawkins: Federalist Chicago, Ill., for two years; engaged in thechemical busi- or Republican?" Journal of theEarly Republic 1 (Fall 1981): 233-47; Haw- ness; during the First World Warserved as director of the kins, Benjamin. Letters, Journals and Writings.Edited by C.L. Grant. Sa- Chemical Alliance, Washington, D.C., 1917-1918; president vanah Georgia Historical Society, 1980. 1927-1942, becom- of Congoleum-Nairn, Inc., at Kearny, N.J., HAWKINS, George Sydney, a Representativefrom Flori- ing chairman of the board in 1937; presidentand director of da; born in Kingston, Ulster County,N.Y., in 1808; attended the Chamber of Commerce of the UnitedStates 1941-1942; from Columbia Uni- member of the Newark Labor Board and laterappointed tothe common schools and was graduated Jersey 194 1-versity, New York City; studied law; wasadmitted to the bar the Board to Maintain Industrial Peace in New and practiced; moved to Florida andsettled in Pensacola; 1942; member of the National War LaborBoard, Washing- member of the ton, D.C., 1942; elected as a Republican tothe United Statesserved as captain in the Indian war of 1837; 1943, to JanuaryLegislative Council of the Territory of Florida;appointed Senate in 1942 and served from January 3, district attorney in 1841; appointed UnitedStates district 3, 1949; was not a candidate for renominationin 1948; re- in Florida in 1842; sumed former business activities in Montclair, N.J.,untilattorney for the Apalachicola district of the Free-associate justice of the State supreme court1846-1850; elect- 1961 when he moved to Pasadena, Calif.; trustee 1851; member of the doms Foundation, where the Hawkes Library,Valley Forge,ed judge of the circuit court in January 1156 Biographical Directory

State house of representatives; served in the Statesenate;Congresses and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth collector of customs for the port of Apalachicola; electedas aand Twenty-sixth Congresses and served from December 15, Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses 1831, to March 3, 1841; declined to be a candidate forre- and served from March 4, 1857, to January 21,1861, when nomination in 1840; resumed agricultural pursuits; again he withdrew; judge of the district court under theConfeder-elected to the State senate in 1846; member of the council of ate Government 1862-1865; commissioned by the legislationstate 1854 and 1855; died near Warrenton, Warren County, of 1877 to prepare a digest of the State laws of Florida;diedN.C., December 22, 1858; interment in the family burying in Marianna, FIa., March 15, 1878; interment in St.Luke's Episcopal Cemetery. ground near Warrenton. HAWKINS, Isaac Roberts, a Representative from Tennes- HAWKINS, Paula, a Senator from Florida; born Paula see; born near Columbia, Maury County, Tenn., May 16,Fickes in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, January 1818; moved with his parents to Carroll County in1828; 24, 1927; attended the public schools of Salt Lake City and attended the common schools; engaged in agriculturalpur-Richmond, Utah, and Atlanta, Ga.; attended Utah State suits; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 andUniversity 1944-1947; member, Florida Public Service Com- commenced practice in Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tenn.;mission 1972-1979; vice president, Air Florida 1979-1980; served as a lieutenant in the Mexican War; resumed thedirector, Rural Telephone Bank Board 1972-1978; member, practice of law; delegate from Tennessee to thepeace confer-President's Commission on White House Fellowships 1975; ence held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to deviseserved on Federal Energy Administration Consumer Affairs! means to prevent the impending war; elected to the conven-Special Impact Advisory Committee 1974-1976; elected as a tion for the consideration of Federal relations; judge of theRepublican to the United States Senate in 1980 for the six- circuit court in 1862; entered the Union Armyas lieutenantyear term commencing January 3, 1981; subsequently ap- colonel of the Seventh Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cav-pointed January 1, 1981, to fill the vacancy caused by the alry, in 1862; captured with his regiment at Union City,resignation of Richard B. Stone for the term ending January Tenn., in 1864 and imprisoned; exchanged in August 18643, 1981, and served from January 1, 1981, to January 3, 1987; and resumed active service, being in command of the Caval-unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1986; is a resident of ry force in western Kentucky until the close of the CivilWinter Park, Fla. War; commissioned by Governor Browniow asone of the chancellors of Tennessee in July 1865 but declined to qual- HAWKS, Charles, Jr., a Representative from Wisconsin; ify; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868;born in Horicon, Dodge County, Wis., July 7, 1899; attended upon the readmission of Tennessee to representation wasthe public and high schools and the commerce school of the elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress; reelectedUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison; served as a yeoman, as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congressesfirst class, in the United States Navy 1917-1919; employed and served from July 24, 1866, to March 3, 1871; chairman,as a salesman 1922-1925; engaged in the insurance business Committee on Mileage (Forty-first Congress); died in Hun-at Horicon, Wis., 1925-1943; delegate to the Republican tingdon, Tenn., August 12, 1880; interment in the HawkinsState conventions since 1933; member of the Board of Super- family burial ground near Huntingdon, Tenn. visors of Dodge County, Wis., 1935-1939; elected as a Repub- lican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939-Janu- HAWKINS, Joseph, a Representative from New York;ary 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to born in that State on November 14, 1781; completedprepara-the Seventy-seventh Congress and for election in 1942 to the tory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar andcom-Seventy-eighth Congress; moved to Wynnewood, Pa., in 1943 menced practice in Henderson, N.Y., and also engaged inand engaged in research on public relations work; vice presi- agricultural pursuits; elected as an Adams Democrat to thedent of General Grinding Wheel Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.; Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); died in died in Bryn Mawr, Pa., January 6, 1960; interment in Oak Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 20, 1832; inter-Hill Cemetery, Horicon, Wis. ment in Clark Cemetery. HAWLEY, John Baldwin, a Representative from Illinois; HAWKINS, Joseph H., a Representative from Kentucky;born in Hawleyville, Fairfield County, Conn., February 9, born in Lexington, KY.; pursued an academic course; studied1831; moved with his parents to Carthage, Hancock County, law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State house of representatives 1810-1813 and served twoIll., in 1833; attended the public schools and Jacksonville years as speaker; elected as a Republican to the ThirteenthCollege, Jacksonville, Ill.; studied law; was admitted to the Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofbar in 1854 and commenced practice at Rock Island, Ill.; Henry Clay and served from March 29, 1814, to March 3, elected State's attorney in 1856 and served four years; enlist- 1815; was not a candidate for renomination in 1814; resumeded in the Union Army during the Civil War and served as the practice of law; also engaged in mercantile pursuits;captain of Company H, Forty-fifth Regiment, Illinois Volun- moved to New Orleans, La., in 1819 and died in that city inteer Infantry; appointed postmaster of Rock Island, Ill., in 1823. 1865, and was removed the year following by President Johnson; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first, Forty- HAWKINS, Micajah Thomas (nephew of Benjamin Haw-second, and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, kins and Nathaniel Macon), a Representative from North1875); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Carolina; born near Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., MayBuildings (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Claims 20, 1790; attended the Warrenton (N.C.) Academy and the(Forty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomina- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; engaged intion in 1874; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from De- agricultural pursuits; member of the State house ofcom- cember 6, 1877, until April 1880, when he resigned; moved to mons in 1819 and 1820; served in the State senate 1823-1827;Chicago, Ill., in 1880 and resumed the practice of law; moved served in the State militia, attaining the rank of majorto Omaha, Nebr., in 1886; general attorney for the western general; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Con-branches of the Northwestern Railroad CO.; died at Hot gress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of RobertSprings, S.Dak., May 24, 1895; interment in Prospect Hill Potter; reelected to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourthCemetery, Omaha, Nebr. Biographies 1157

HAWLEY, Joseph Roswell, a Representative and a Sena- HAWS, John Henry Hobart, a Representative from New tor from Connecticut; born in Stewartsville, RichmondYork; born in New York City in 1809; was graduated from County, N.C., October 31, 1826; completed preparatory stud- Columbia College, New York City, in 1827; studied law; was ies in Conn., and graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton,admitted to the bar and commenced practice; elected as a N.Y., in 1847; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1850Whig to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1851-March and commenced practice in Hartford, Conn.; editor of the 1853); unsuccessful for reelection in 1852; died in New Hartford Evening Press in 1857, which in 1867 was consoli-York City January 27, 1858; interment in St. Stephen's Cem- dated with the Hartford Courant, of which he became editor;etery; reinterment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y., during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army as a cap- in 1866. thin; brevetted major general in 1865, and was mustered out in January 1866; Governor of Connecticut 1866; president of HAY, Andrew Kessler, a Representative from New Jersey; the United States Centennial Commission to organize theborn near Lowell, Mass., January 19, 1809; completed pre- Centennial Exposition 1873-1876; elected as a Republican toparatory studies; was employed in the manufacture of the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by thewindow glass; moved to Waterford Works, N.J., in 1829 and death of Julius L. Strong; reelected to the Forty-third Con-later to Winslow, N.J., and engaged in the manufacture of gress and served from December 2, 1872, toMarch 3, 1875;glass; was also largely interested in real estate and agricul- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-ture; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March fourth Congress; again elected to the Forty-sixth Congress 1849-March 3, 1851); declined to be a candidate for re- (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); was not a candidate fornomination; resumed his business interests; presidential reelection in 1880; elected as a Republican to the Unitedelector on the Republican ticket in 1872; president of the States Senate in 1881; reelected in 1887, 1893, and 1899 andCamden & Atlantic Railroad Co. 1872-1876; died in Winslow, served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1905; declined to beCamden County, N.J., February 7, 1881; interment in Coles- a candidate for renomination in 1904;chairman, Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment(Forty-seventh throughtown Cemetery, near Haddonfield, N.J. Forty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Military Affairs (Fif- HAY, James, a Representative from Virginia; born in tieth through Fifty-second and Fifty-fourth through Fifty-Millwood, Clark County, Va., January 9, 1856; attended pri- eighth Congresses); appointed a brigadier general in thevate schools and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadel- United States Army on the retired list 1905; died in Wash-phia; was graduated from the law department of Washing- ington, D.C., on March 17, 1905; interment in Cedar Hillton and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1877; was admit- Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. ted to the bar and commenced practice in Harrisonburg, Va., Bibliography: DAB. in 1877; moved to Madison, Va., in June 1879 and continued HAWLEY, Robert Bradley, a Representative from Texas;the practice of law; Commonwealth attorney 1883-1896; born in Memphis, Tenn., October 25, 1849; attended themember of the State house of delegates 1885-1889; served in public schools and the Christian Brothers' College, Memphis,the State senate 1893-1897; member of the Democratic State Tenn.; moved to Galveston, Tex., in 1875; was a merchant,committee in 1888; delegate to the Democratic National Con- importer, and manufacturer in the city of Galveston forvention in 1888; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and twenty years; president of the Galveston Board of Educationto the nine succeeding Congresses and served fromMarch 4, 1889-1893; temporary chairman of the Republican State con-1897, until his resignation on October 1, 1916; chairman, vention at San Antonio September 4, 1890; delegate to sever-Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-second through Sixty- al Republican National Conventions; elected as a Republicanfourth Congresses); appointed judge of the United States to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-Court of Claims and served until December 1, 1927, when he March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination inresigned; died in Madison, Va., June 12, 1931; interment in 1900; organized and became president of the Cuban-Ameri-Cedar Hill Cemetery. can Sugar Co. in 1900; died in New York City November28, Bibliography: Herring, George C., Jr. "James Hay and the Preparedness 1921; interment in Lake View Cemetery, Galveston, Tex. Controversy, 1915-1916." Journal of Southern History 30 (November 1964): HAWLEY, WillisChatman, aRepresentativefrom 383-404. Oregon; born on a farm in the old Belknap settlement near HAY, John Breese, a Representative from Illinois; born in Monroe, Benton County, Oreg., May 5, 1864; attended theBelleville, St. Clair County, Ill., January 8, 1834; received a country schools and was graduated from the academic andlimited schooling; learned the art of printing; studied law; law departments of Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., inwas admitted to the bar in 1851and commenced practice in 1888; principal of the Umpqua Academy, Wilbur, Oreg.,Belleville, Ill.; prosecuting attorney for the twenty-fourth 1884-1886; president of the Oregon State Normal School atjudicial district of Illinois 1860-1868; delegate to the Republi- Drain 1888-1891; was admitted to the bar in Oregon in 1893;can State convention in 1860; served inthe Union Army president of Willamette University 1893-1902 and was pro- Thirtieth fessor of history and economics for sixteen years; engaged induring the Civil War in the One Hundred and member ofRegiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry; elected as a Republi- numerous business and educational enterprises; Forty-second Congress (March 4, the National Forest Reservation Commission; member of thecan to the Forty-first and Special Committee on Rural Credits created by Congress in1869-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1915; member of the Commission for the Celebration of the 1872 to the Forty-third Congress and for election in 1880 to Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Wash-the Forty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law in ington; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to theBelleville; postmaster of Belleville, Ill., 1881-1885; judge of twelve succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1933);St. Clair County Court 1886-1900; served as mayor of Belle-- chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Seventieth andville from 1901 to 1905, when he resigned, having been again Seventy-first Congresses); co-sponsor of the Smoot-Hawleyelected county judge, and served until 1914; died in Belle- Tariff in 1930; unsuccessful candidate for renomination inville, Ill., on June 16, 1916; interment in Green MountCeme-- 1932; returned to Salem and resumed the practice of law;tery. died in Salem, Oreg., July 24, 1941; interment in City View HAYAKAWA, Samuel Ichiye, a Senator from California; Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB. born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 18, 1906; 1158 Biographical Directory

educated in the public schools of Calgary and Winnipeg,1880-1882; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Canada; received his undergraduate degree from the Univer-Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); was not a sity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1927; graduate degreescandidate for renomination in 1888; delegate to the Republi- in English from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1928can National Convention in 1888; served for more than and University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 1935; psycholo-thirty years on the directorate of the Boston & Albany Rail- gist, semanticist, teacher, and writer; instructor, Universityroad, and at the time of his death was vice president; served of Wisconsin 1936-1939 and at the Armour Institute of Tech-as selectman and later as alderman; director of the Shaw- nology 1939-1947; lecturer, University of Chicago 1950-1955; professor, San Francisco State College 1955-1958; president,mut National Bank of Boston; died in Woburn, Mass., No- San Francisco State College 1968-1973, becoming presidentvember 15, 1908; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, emeritus in 1973; columnist, Register & Tribune SyndicateCambridge, Mass. 1970-1976; elected as a Republican to the United States HAYDEN, Moses, a Representative from New York; born Senate in 1976 and served from January 3, 1977, to Januarynear Westfield, Hampden County, Mass., in 1786; completed 3, 1983; was not a candidate for reelection in 1982; isapreparatory studies and was graduated from Williams Col- resident of Mill Valley, Calif. lege, Williamstown, Mass., in 1804; studied law; was admit- Bibliography: Hayakawa, Samuel I. Language in Thought and Action. ted to the bar and commenced practice in York, Livingston New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. County, N.Y.; was first judge of the court of common pleas of HAYDEN, Carl Trumbull, a Representative and a SenatorLivingston County 1821-1823; elected to the Eighteenth and from Arizona; born in Hayden's Ferry (now Tempe), Marico-Nineteenth Congresses (March4,1823-March 3,1827); pa County, Ariz., October 2,1877; attended the publicmember of the State senate from January 6, 1829, until his schools; graduated from the Normal School of Arizona atdeath in Albany, N.Y., February 13, 1830; interment in Tempe in 1896; attended Leland Stanford Junior University,Mount Pleasant Cemetery, York, near Fowlerville, N.Y. California 1896-1900; engaged in mercantile pursuits and in the flour-milling business at Tempe 1900-1904; member, HAYES, Charles Arthur, a Representative from Illinois; Tempe Town Council 1902-1904; treasurer of Maricopaborn in Cairo, Alexander County, Ill., February 17, 1918; County 1904-1906; sheriff of Maricopa County 1907-1912;graduated from Sumner High School, Cairo, Iii., 1935; trade upon the admission of Arizona as a State into the Union wasunionist, 1938-1983, and served as vice president, United elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress; reelect-Food and Commercial Workers Union; elected as a Democrat ed to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from Feb-to the Ninety-eighth Congress by special election August 23, ruary 19, 1912, to March 3, 1927; did not seek renomination,1983, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harold having become a candidate for United States Senator;Washington; reelected to the Ninety-ninth and One Hun- during the First World War was commissioneda major ofdredth Congresses (August 23, 1983-January 3, 1989); is a Infantry in the United States Army; elected as a Democrat resident of Chicago, Ill. to the United States Senate in 1926 for the term commenc- ing March 4, 1927; reelected in 1932, 1938, 1944, 1950, 1956, HAYES, Evens Anson, a Representative from California; born in Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wis., March 10, 1855; and again in 1962 for the term ending January 3, 1969;was not a candidate in 1968 for reelection to the United Statesattended the public schools; was graduated from the Water- Senate; served as President pro tempore of the Senateloo High School in 1873 and from the literary and law during the Eighty-fifth through the Ninetieth Congresses;departments of the University of Wisconsin at Madison in chairman, Committee on Printing (Seventy-third through1879; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced prac- Seventy-ninth Congresses), Committee on Rules and Admin-tice in Madison, Wis.; moved to Ashland, Wis., in 1883 and istration(Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses), co-in 1886 to Hurley, Wis., and continued the practice of his chairman, Joint Committee on Printing (Eighty-first andprofession; moved to Ironwood, Mich., in 1886 and engaged Eighty-second, and Eighty-fourth through Ninetieth Con-in the mining of ore; moved to San Jose, Santa Clara gresses), co-chairman, Joint Committee on Inaugural Ar-County, Calif., in 1887 and engaged in fruit raising and rangements (Eightieth and Eighty-second Congresses), chair-mining; with his brother became publisher and proprietor of man, Committee on Appropriations (Eighty-fourth throughthe San Jose Daily Mercury Herald in 1901; elected as a Ninetieth Congresses); his record for fifty-six consecutiveRepublican to the Fifty-ninth and to the six succeeding Con- years of service in the Congress, including an unprecedentedgresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candi- forty-two in the Senate, is unsurpassed; retired and resideddate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; re- in Tempe, Ariz.; died in Mesa, Ariz., January 25, 1972;cre-sumed his newspaper activities in San Jose, Calif., with mated; ashes interred in family plot at Tempe Butte Ceme-mining interests in Ironwood, Mich., and Sierra City, Calif.; tery, Tempe, Ariz. died in San Jose, Calif., June 3, 1942; interment in Oak Hill Bibliography: Colley, Charles C. "-Phoenician." Journal of Memorial Park Cemetery. Arizona History 18 (Autumn 1977): 247-57; U.S. Congress. Tributes to the Honorable Carl Hayden. 87th Cong., 2nd sess.,1962. Washington, D.C.: HAYES, James Allison, a Representative from Louisiana; Government Printing Office, 1962. born in Lafayette, La., December 21, 1946; attended public schools; B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafay- HAYDEN, Edward Daniel, a Representative from Massa-ette, 1967; J.D., Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, chusetts; born in Cambridge, Mass., December 27, 1833; at-1970; sergeant, Louisiana Air National Guard, 1968-1974; tended the Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., and was grad- admitted to the Louisiana State bar in 1970 and commenced uated from Harvard University in 1854; studied law; waspractice in New Orleans; real estate developer; assistant admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice indistrict attorney; commissioner, Financial Institutions for Woburn, Mass.; entered the United States Navy as assistantthe State of Louisiana, 1984-1985; elected as a Democrat to paymaster in 1861, and served in the Mississippi Squadronthe One Hundredth Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3, under Admiral Porter in the Vicksburg and Red River cam- paigns; returned to Woburn, Mass., in 1866 and engaged in 1989); is a resident of Lafayette, La. mercantile pursuits; president of the First National Bank HAYES, Philip Cornelius, a Representative from Illinois; 1874-1900; member of the State house of representativesborn in Granby, Hartford County, Conn., February 3, 1833; Biographies 1159 moved with his father's family to La Salle County, Ill.; at-States commissioner for the eastern district of Michigan tended the country schools; was graduated from Oberlin1864 and 1865 and of Iowa 1865-1875; city solicitor of Clin- (Ohio) College in 1860 and from the Theological Seminary,ton, Iowa, in 1870; district judge of the seventh judicial Oberlin, Ohio, in 1863; served in the Union Army during thedistrict of Iowa 1875-1887; delegate to the Democratic Na- Civil War and commissioned captain in the One Hundredtional Conventions in 1884 and 1892; elected as a Democrat and Third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, July 16, 1862;to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses lieutenant colonel November 18, 1864; brevetted colonel and(March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on brigadier general March 13, 1865; superintendent of schoolsEducation (Fifty-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for of Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1866; moved to Circieville, Ohio,reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the in 1867, to Bryan, Ohio, in 1869, and to Morris, Grundypractice of law in Clinton, Iowa; member of the State house County, Ill., in 1874; delegate to the Republican Nationalof representatives in 1897 and 1898; died in Marshall, Mich., Convention in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-March 14, 1901; interment in Springdale Cemetery, Clinton, fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3,Iowa. 1881); was not a candidate for renomination in 1880; moved to Joliet, Ill., in 1892, where he resumed journalism; died in HAYMOND, Thomas Sherwood, a Representative from Joilet July 13, 1916; interment in Elmhurst Cemetery. Virginia; born near Fairmont, Monongalia County, Va. (now West Virginia), January 15, 1794; attended private schools HAYES, Philip Harold, a Representative from Indiana;and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., September 1,served as a private in the War of 1812; studied law; was 1940; attended Rensselaer (md.) Elementary School; graduat-admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in ed from Rensselaer High School, 1958; B.A., Indiana Univer-Morgantown, Va. (now West Virginia); president of the sity, 1963; J.D., Indiana University Law School, 1967; admit-county court of Marion County in 1842; elected as aWhig to ted to the Indiana bar in 1967 and commenced practice inthe Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the Evansville; served as deputy prosecuting attorney, Vander-death of Alexander Newman and served from November 8, burgh County, md., 1967-1968; member, Indiana State1849, to March 3, 1851; brigadier general of the State militia senate, 1971-1974; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-prior to 1861; entered the Confederate Army as a colonel in fourth Congress (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1977); was not1861 and served throughout the Civil War; died in Rich- a candidate in 1976 for reelection but was anunsuccessfulmond, Va., April 5, 1869; interment in Palatine Cemetery, candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; re-near Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va. sumed the practice of law; is a resident of Evansville, md. HAYMOND, William Summerville, a Representative from HAYES, Rutherford Birchard, a Representative fromIndiana; born near Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now Ohio and 19th President of the United States; born in Dela-West Virginia), February 20, 1823; attended the common ware, Delaware County, Ohio, October 4, 1822; attendedtheschools and was graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical common schools, the Methodist Academy in Norwalk, Ohio,College, New York City; commenced the practiceof his pro- and the Webb Preparatory School in Middletown, Conn.; wasfession at Monticello, md., in 1852; during theCivil War graduated from Kenyon College, Gambler, Ohio, in Augustentered the Union Army as a surgeon in 1862 andserved 1842 and from the Harvard Law School in January 1845;one year; unsuccessful candidatefor the State senate in was admitted to the bar May 10, 1845, and commenced 1866; president of the Indianapolis, Delphi & ChicagoRail- practice in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont); moved to Cin-road Co. 1872-1874; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- cinnati in 1849 and resumed the practice of law; city solici-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877);unsuccessful tor 1857-1859; commissioned major of the Twenty-third Regi- candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, June 27, 1861; lieutenantresumed his former professional and business activities; or- colonel October 24, 1861; colonel October 24, 1862; brigadierganized the Central Medical College in Indianapolis in 1877 general of Volunteers October 9, 1864; brevetted major gen-and was dean until his death; published in 1879 a historyof eral of Volunteers March 3, 1865; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses and served fromIndiana; died in Indianapolis, md., December 24, 1885; inter- March 4, 1865, to July 20, 1867, when he resigned, havingment in Crown Hill Cemetery. been nominated for Governor of Ohio; Governor 1868-1872; HAYNE, Arthur Peronneau (brother of Robert Young unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-third Con-Hayne), a Senator from South Carolina; born in Charleston, gress; again elected Governor and served from January1876 S.C., March 12, 1788 or 1790; pursued classical studies; en- to March 2, 1877, when he resigned, having been electedgaged in business; served in the War of 1812 as first lieuten- President of the United States; was inaugurated March 5,ant, major, and inspector general; brevettedlieutenant colo- 1877, and served until March 3, 1881; died in Fremont, San- nel for gallant conduct at New Orleans; studiedlaw; was dusky County, Ohio, January 17, 1893; interment in Oak-admitted to the bar and practiced; served in the FloridaWar wood Cemetery; following the gift of his home to the State ofas commander of the Tennessee Volunteersand retired in Ohio for the Spiegel Grove State Park was reinterred there1820; member, State house of representatives; UnitedStates in 1915. naval agent in the Mediterranean for five years;declined Bibliography: DAB; Barnard, Harry. Rutherford B.Hayes and His the Belgian mission; appointed to the United StatesSenate America. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1954; Hayes, Rutherford B. Diary to fill the vacancy caused by the death of JosiahJ. Evans and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes. 5 vols. Edited by Charles Rich-and served from May 11, 1858, to December 2, 1858; was not ard Williams Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State Archeological and Histori- a candidate to succeedhimself; died in Charleston, S.C., cal Society, 1922-1926. January 7, 1867; interment in St. Michael'sChurchyard. HAYES, Walter Ingalls, a Representative from Iowa; born in Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich., December 9, 1841; at- HAYNE, Robert Young (brother of Arthur Peronneau tended the common schools and was graduated from the lawHayne), a Senator from South Carolina; born on Pon Pon department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor inplantation, St. Paul's Parish, Colleton District, S.C., Novem- 1863; was admitted to the bar in 1863 and commenced prac-ber 10, 1791; attended private schools in Charleston; studied tice in Marshall, Mich.; city attorney 1864 and 1865;Unitedlaw; was admitted to the bar in 1812 andcommenced prac- 1160 Biographical Directory

tice in Charleston, S.C.; served in the War of 1812, becomingin the Army of the Potomac until November 1862, when he captain of the Charleston Cadet Riflemen in 1814; appointedwas commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Regiment, quartermaster general of the State in December 1814;Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served with it in the Army of member, State house of representatives 1814-1818, andthe Cumberland until 1864, when he was honorably dis- served as speaker in 1818; State attorney general 1818-1822;charged; collector of internal revenue for the ninth district elected to the United States Senate in 1822; reelected inof Ohio in 1866 and 1867; again engaged in mercantile pur- 1828 as a Jacksonian and served from March 4, 1823, tosuits 1866-1873; engaged in banking 1873-1914; delegate to December 13, 1832, when he resigned to become Governor;the Democratic National Convention in 1880 and 1884; elect- participated in January and February 1830 in a notableed as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Con- exchange with Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusettsgresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, upon the principles of the Constitution, the authority of the 1893); declined to be a general government, and the rights of the States; chairman,candidate for renomination in 1892; resumed banking in Committee on Naval Affairs (Nineteenth through Twenty-Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, in which he continued second Congresses); member of the South Carolina nullifica-until his death there on December 5, 1914; interment in tion convention in 1832; Governor of South Carolina 1832-Oakwood Cemetery. 1834; mayor of Charleston 1835-1837; promoter and presi- HAYS, Charles, a Representative from Alabama; born at dent of the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad"Hays Mount," near Boligee, Greene County, Ala., February 1836-1839; died in Asheville, N.C., September 24, 1839; inter-2, 1834; completed preparatory studies under private teach- ment in St. Michael's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. ers; attended the University of Georgia at Athens and the Bibliography: DAB; Jervy, Theodore. Robert Y Hayne and His TimesUniversity of Virginia at Charlottesville; was a cotton plant- 1909. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970; Patterson, Lane. "The er and also engaged in other agricultural pursuits; was a Battle of the Giants: Webster and Hayne: Orators at Odds." Americandelegate to the Democratic National Convention at Balti- History Illustrated 17 (February 1983): 18-23. more in 1860; during the Civil War was a major in the HAYNES, Charles Eaton, a Representative from Georgia; Confederate Army; member of the constitutional convention born in Brunswick, Mecklenburg County, Va., April 15, 1784;of Alabama in 1867; served in the State senate in 1868; moved to Sparta, Ga.; completed preparatory studies; waselected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three graduated in medicine from the University of Pennsylvaniasucceeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877); chair- at Philadelphia and practiced; elected to the Nineteenth,man, Committee on Agriculture (Forty-third Congress); died Twentieth, and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4,1825- at his home, "Myrtle Hall," in Greene County, Ala., June 24, March 3, 1831); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in1879; interment in the family cemetery, "Hays Mount" plan- the Department of War (Twentieth Congress); unsuccessfultation. candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Con- Bibliography:Rogers,William W."PoliticsisMighty Uncertain': gress and for election in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; Charles Hays Goes to Congress." Alabama Review 30 (July 1977): 163-90; elected to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses Rogers, William Warren, Jr. "Scalawag Congressman: Charles Hays and (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); died August 29, 1841; inter- Reconstruction in Alabama" Ph.D. dissertation, Auburn University, 1983. ment in Sparta, Ga. HAYS, Edward Dixon, a Representative from Missouri; HAYNES, Martin Alonzo, a Representative from Newborn on a farm near Oak Ridge, Cape Girardeau County, Hampshire; born in Springfield, Sullivan County, N.H., JulyMo., April 28, 1872; attended the public schools; was grad- 30, 1842; moved with his parents to Manchester, N.H., inuated from the Oak Ridge High School in 1889 and from the 1846; attended the common schools; apprenticed to the print-Cape Girardeau State Normal School in 1893; taught school er's trade; enlisted in June 1861 in the Union Army as auntil 1895; moved to Jackson, Mo., in 1895; studied law; was private in the Second New Hampshire Regiment and servedadmitted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice in three years; moved to Lakeport, Belknap County, N.H., inJackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.; mayor of Jackson 1868, where he established the Lake Village Times, which he1903-1907; probate judge of Cape Girardeau County 1907- conducted for twenty years; member of the State house of1918; unsuccessful Republican nominee for circuit judge in representatives in 1872 and 1873; clerk of the supreme court1916; moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1915 and continued for Belknap County 1876-1883; president of the New Hamp-the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Sixty- shire Veterans' Association in 1881 and 1882; departmentsixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1881 and1923); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the 1882; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-Sixty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); unsuccess-in Cape Girardeau, Mo.; trial lawyer for the Department of ful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress;Justice in the Court of Claims 1923-1925; appointed valu- internal-revenue agent of the Treasury 1890-1893 and 1898-ation attorney for the Interstate Commerce Commission in 19 12; established internal-revenue service in the Philippine1925 and served until 1933; continued the practice of law in Islands; died in Lakeport, N.H., November 28, 1919; inter-Washington, D.C., and resided in Bethesda, Md., where he ment in Bayside Cemetery. died on July 25, 1941; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. HAYNES, William Elisha (cousin of George William Palmer), a Representative from Ohio; born in Hoosick Falls, HAYS, Edward Retilla, a Representative from Iowa; born Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 19, 1829; moved to Ohionear Fostoria, Wood County, Ohio, May 26, 1847; attended with his parents, who settled in Lower Sandusky (now Fre-rural schools near Fostoria and Heidelberg College, Tiffin, mont) in 1839; attended the common schools; apprenticed asOhio; served as a private in the First Regiment, Ohio Heavy a printer; clerk on a steamer on Lake Superior in 1848 andArtillery, 1862-1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849; engaged in mercantile pursuits at Fremont 1850-1856; 1869 and commenced practice in Knoxville, Iowa; elected as auditor of Sandusky County, Ohio, 1856-1860; enlisted in thea Republican to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy Union Army as a private April 16, 1861, in the Eighthcaused by the resignation of Edwin H. Conger and served Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; commissioned captainfrom November 4, 1890, to March 3, 1891; was not a candi- and served in western Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, anddate for renomination in 1890; resumed the practice of law; Biographies 1161 died in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, February 28, 1896; 10, 1860; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at Sauk Rapids, interment in Graceland Cemetery. Benton County, Minn., March 17, 1871; interment in the original Old Benton County Cemetery. HAYS, Lawrence Brooks, a Representative from Arkan- sas; born in London, Pope County, Ark., August 9, 1898; HAYS, Wayne Levere, a Representative from Ohio; born attended the public schools in Russeliville, Ark.; Universityin Bannock, Belmont County, Ohio, May 13, 1911; attended of Arkansas at Fayetteville, A.B., 1919; law school of Georgethe public schools of Bannock and St. Clairsville, Ohio; was Washington University, Washington, D.C., J.D., 1922; wasgraduated from Ohio State University at Columbus in 1933; admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice instudent at Duke University, Durham, N.C., in 1935; teacher Russeilville, Ark.; served in the United States Army in 1918;in Flushing, Ohio, 1934-1937 and Findlay, Ohio, in 1937 and assistant attorney general of Arkansas, 1925-1927; Demo-1938; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; mayor of Flush- cratic National committeeman for Arkansas, 1932-1939;ing, Ohio, 1939-1945; served in the State senate in 1941 and NRA labor compliance officer for Arkansas in 1934; assist-1942; Commissioner, Belmont County, 1945-1949; member of ant to the administrator of resettlement in 1935; held ad-the Officers' Reserve Corps, United States Army, from 1933 ministrative and legal positions in the Farm Security Ad-until called to active duty as a second lieutenant on Decem- ministration, 1936-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seven-ber 8, 1941; was separated from service with medical dis- ty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3,charge in August 1942; chairman, board of directors, Citizens

1943-January 3, 1959); unsuccessful candidate for reelectionNational Bank, Flushing, Ohio, since December 1953; dele-- in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; president, Southerngate, Democratic National Conventions, 1960, 1964, and Baptist Convention, 1957-1958; member of the Board of Di-1968; chairman, House of Representatives delegation to rectors of the Tennessee Valley Authority 1959-196 1; Assist-NATO Parliamentarians Conference since beginning of ant Secretary of State for congressional relations, 1961; Spe-United States participation, and president of conference in cial Assistant to the President of the United States from1956 and 1967; president, North Atlantic Assembly, 1969- December 1961 until February 1964, when he became profes-1970; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the sor of political science at Eagleton Institute of Rutgers Uni-thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, versity; visiting professor of government at University of1949, until his resignation September 1,1976; chairman, Massachusetts, 1966-1967; director of Ecumenical InstituteCommittee on House Administration (Ninety-second through at Wake Forest University, 1968-1970; elected as co-chair-Ninety-fourth Congresses), Joint Committee on Printing man, Former Members of Congress, Inc., in 1970; chairman,(Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses), Joint Government Good Neighbor Council of North Carolina; un- Committee on the Library (Ninety-second Congress); re-- successful candidate from North Carolina for election insigned as chairman of Committee on House Administration 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; resided in Chevy Chase,on June 18, 1976; successful candidatein the primary in Md., until his death there on October 11, 1981; interment at1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress but withdrew before the Oakland Cemetery, Russeilville, Ark. Bibliography: Barnhill, John Herschel. "Politician, Social Reformer, and general election; elected to the Ohio house of representatives Religious Leader: The Public Career of Brooks Hays." Ph.D. dissertation, in 1978; is a resident of St. Clairsville, Ohio. Oklahoma State University, 1981; Hays, Brooks. Hotbed of Tranquility; My HAYWARD, Monroe Leland, a Senator from Nebraska; Life in Five Worlds. New York: Macmillan, 1968. born in Willsboro, Essex County, N.Y., December 22, 1840; HAYS, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania; bornserved during the Civil War in the Twenty-second Regiment, in County Donegal, Ireland, September 10, 1783; immigratedNew York Volunteer Infantry, and in the Fifth Regiment, to the United States with his mother, who settled in Frank-New York Volunteer Cavalry; graduated from Fort Edward lin, Venango County, Pa., in 1792; treasurer. of VenangoCollegiate Institute, New York, in 1865; studied law in County in 1808; elected sheriff of Venango County in 1808,Whitewater, Wis.; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and com- 1820, 1829, and in 1833; member of the State house of repre-menced practice in Nebraska City, Nebr.; member of the sentatives in 1813, 1816; 1823, and 1825; served in the Statestate constitutional convention in 1873; judge of the district senate in 1822 and 1839; member of the board of trustees ofcourt of Nebraska in 1886; elected as a Republican to the Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., 1837-1861; served as brig-United States Senate March 8, 1899, to fill the vacancy in adier general, commanding the First Brigade, Seventeenththe term beginning March 4, 1899, caused by failure of the Division, Pennsylvania State Militia, 1841-1843; elected as alegislature to act; died before qualifying; died in Nebraska Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-City, Otoe County, Nebr., December 5, 1899; interment in March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination inWyuka Cemetery. 1844; engaged in iron manufactures, operating furnaces on French Creek, near Franklin; appointed in 1847 marshal for HAYWARD, William, Jr., a Representative from Mary- the western district of Pennsylvania; associate judge of theland; born at "Shipshead," near Easton, Talbot County, Md., district court in 1856; died in Franklin, Pa., July 1, 1868;in 1787; attended Easton Academy and was graduated from interment in Old Town Cemetery, reinterment in NewPrinceton College in 1808; studied law; was admitted to the Franklin Cemetery. bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Easton; member of the State house of delegates 1818-1820; elected to the Eight- HAYS, Samuel Lewis, a Representative from Virginia;eenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825); continued born near Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now West Vir-the practice of law in Easton, Md., until his death there ginia), October 20, 1794; moved to Stewarts Creek, LewisOctober 19, 1836; interment in the family burial ground on County, Va. (now Glenville, Gilmer County, W.Va.), in 1833his estate, "Shipshead," near Easton, Md. and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State assembly of Virginia; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty- HAYWOOD, William Henry, Jr., a Senator from North seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); unsuccess- Carolina; born in Raleigh, N.C., October 23, 1801; attended ful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress inthe Raleigh Male Academy and graduated from the Univer- 1842; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850;sity of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, in 1819; studied law; appointed receiver of public moneys at Sauk Rapids, Minn.,was admitted to the bar in 1822 andcommenced practice in April 28, 1857, by President Buchanan and served until JuneRaleigh, N.C.; member, State house of commons 1831, 1834- 1162 Biographical Directory

1836, serving the last year as speaker; appointed Chargé(March 4, 1833-March 3,1837); was not a candidate for d'Affaires to Belgium by President Martin Van Buren, butrenomination in 1836; prosecuting attorney of Chautauqua declined; elected as a Democrat to the United States SenateCounty 1847-1850; judge of Chautauqua County 1859-1863; and served from March 4, 1843, until July 25, 1846, when heappointed special county judge of Chautauqua County in resigned, having refused to be instructed by the State legis- 1873 but did not qualify; United States commissioner for the lature on a tariff question; chairman, Committee on Com-northern district of New York until his death; died in merce (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on the District ofJamestown, N.Y., on December 20, 1879; interment in Lake- Columbia (Twenty-ninth Congress); resumed the practice of law in Raleigh, N.C., and died there on October 7, 1852;view Cemetery. interment in the Old City Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C. HAZELTINE, Ira Sherwin, a Representative from Missou- HAYWORTH, Donald, a Representative from Michigan;ri; born in Andover, Windsor County, Vt., July 13, 1821; born in Toledo, Tama County, Iowa, January 13, 1898; at-attended the common schools and pursued an academic tended a country school in Mahaska County and high schoolcourse; moved to Richland Center, Wis., in 1842; taught in New Sharon, Iowa; was graduated from Grinnell (Iowa)school in Natchez, Miss., for three years; studied law; was College in 1918; during the First War World served asaadmitted to the bar and commenced practice in Richiand private in the United States Army; University of Chicago,Center, Wis.; delegate to the Republican National Conven- M.A., 1921; University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1929; teacher intion in 1860; member of the State house of representatives Oskaloosa (Iowa) High School, 1921-1923; professor at Penn1867-1869; engaged in farming near Springfield, Greene College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1923-1927, at the University ofCounty, Mo., in 1870; elected as a Greenbacker to the Forty- Akron, Akron, Ohio, 1928-1937, at Michigan State College,seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); unsuccess- East Lansing, Mich., 1937-1963; in charge of speakersful for reelection in 1882; laid out and named the city of bureau, Office of Civil Defense, Washington, D.C., in 1942Richiand Center, Wis., in 1851 and practiced law there; died and 1943; in charge of relations with the States on fuelnear Springfield, Mo., January 13, 1899; interment in Hazel- conservation for the Department of the Interior, 1944-1946;wood Cemetery, Springfield, Mo. owner of Plastics Manufacturing Co., 1950-1963; unsuccess- ful candidate for election to the Eighty-third Congress in HAZELTON, George Cochrane (brother of Gerry Whiting 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth CongressHazelton and nephew of Clark Beaton Cochrane), a Repre- (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1957); unsuccessful candidatesentative from Wisconsin; born in Chester, Rockingham for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress, for elec-County, N.H., January 3, 1832; attended the district schools; tion in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress, and in 1962 to theprepared for college at Pinkerton Academy in New Hamp- Eighty-eighth Congress; consultant, Department of Agricul-shire and Dummer Academy in Massachusetts; was graduat- ture, 1963-1964; consultant, Social Security Administration,ed from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1858; studied 1965-1967; was a resident of Washington, D.C., until hislaw; was admitted to the bar at Malone, N.Y., in 1858; death there on February 25, 1982. settled in Boscobel, Wis., in 1863 and practiced his profes- HAZARD, Jonathan J., a Delegate from Rhode Island;sion;prosecuting attorney of Grant County 1864-1868; born in Newport, R.I., in 1744; completed preparatory stud-member of the State senate 1867-1869; was reelected in 1869 ies; member of the State house of representatives in 1776;and served as president pro tempore of the senate 1869-1871; paymaster in the Continental Battalion from Rhode Islandelected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and in 1777 and joined General Washington's Army in NewForty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); Jersey that year; again elected a member of the State housechairman, Committee on Pacific Railroads (Forty-seventh of representatives and a member of the council of war inCongress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1882; 1778; Member of the Continental Congress 1788; againasettled in Washington, D.C., and practiced law; attorney for member of the State house of representatives 1790-1805;the District of Columbia during the Harrison administration; moved to New York in 1805 and located upon an estate indied in Chester, N.H., while on a visit, September 4, 1922; the Friends' settlement at Verona, Oneida County, N.Y.,interment in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y. where he died later than 1824. HAZELTON, Gerry Whiting (brother of George Cochrane HAZARD, Nathaniel, a Representative from Rhode Island;Hazelton and nephew of Clark Beaton Cochrane), a Repre- born in Newport, R.I., in 1776; was graduated from Brownsentative from Wisconsin; born in Chester, Rockingham University, Providence, R.I., in 1792; member of the StateCounty, N.H., on February 24, 1829; attended the common house of representatives in 1818 and 1819 and served asschools, Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N.H., and received in- speaker; elected to the Sixteenth Congress and served fromstruction from a private tutor; taught school; studied law; March 4, 1819, until his death in Washington, D.C., Decem-was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in ber 17, 1820; interment in the Congressional Cemetery. Amsterdam, N.Y.; moved to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled in HAZELTINE, Abner, a Representative from New York;Columbus; served in the State senate in 1860 and was chosen born in Wardsboro, Windham County, Vt., June 10, 1793;president pro tempore; delegate to the Republican National attended the common schools; was graduated from WilliamsConvention in 1860; district attorney for Columbia County in College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1815; moved to Jamestown,1864; appointed collector of internal revenue for the second N.Y., November 2, 1815; taught school; studied law; wasdistrict of Wisconsin in 1866 and removed by President admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice inJohnson the same year; elected as a Republican to the Forty- Chautauqua County, N.Y.; moved to Warren, Pa., and wassecond and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, the first located lawyer in the county; moved to Jamestown,1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874; moved Chautauqua County, N.Y., and resumed the practice of lawto Milwaukee in 1876; United States attorney for the eastern in 1823; editorial writer on the Jamestown Journal 1826-district of Wisconsin 1876-1885; appointed special master in 1829; member of the State assembly in 1829 and 1830; elect-chancery in 1912; United States court commissioner and ed as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Con-commissioner for Milwaukee County for many years; en- gress and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth Congressgaged in the practice of law at Milwaukee, Wis., until his Biographies 1163 death September 29, 1920; interment in Forest Home Ceme- HEALEY, James Christopher, a Representative from New tery. York; born in the Bronx, New York City, December 24, 1909; attended the public schools of New York City; B.S., Wharton HAZELTON, John Wright, a Representative from NewSchool of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1933; Jersey; born in Mullica Hill, Gloucester County, N.J., De-attended Fordham; LL.B., St. John's Law School, 1936; ad- cember 10, 1814; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; delegate to the Republican Nationalmitted to the New York bar in 1937; attorney, New York Convention in 1856 and 1868; elected as a Republican to theState Labor Relations Board, 1938-1940; assistant United Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-States attorney for the southern district of New York, 1940- March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 18741943; served in the United States Navy, lieutenant, 1943- to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits;1946; assistant corporation counsel for the city of New York, died near Mullica Hill, N.J., December 20, 1878; interment1946-1948; counsel to the borough president of the Bronx, in Friends Cemetery, Mullica Hill, N.J. 1948-1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Con- gress, by special election, February 7, 1956, tofill the vacan- HAZLETT, James Miller, a Representative from Pennsyl-cy caused by the resignation of Sidney A. Fine;reelected to vania; born in Londonderry, Ireland, October 14, 1864; whenthe Eighty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses and two years of age immigrated to the United States with hisserved from February 7, 1956, to January 3, 1965; unsuccess- parents who settled in South Philadelphia, Pa.; attended theful candidate in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; delegate, public schools of Philadelphia; began working in his father's Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1960, and 1968; re-- blacksmith shop in 1881 and was engaged as a farrier untilsided in Southampton, N.Y. until his death there on Decem- 1915; nominated and elected to the Philadelphia Common Council in 1896 and served in councils for sixteen years,ber 16, 1981; interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery. resigning as president of the select council in 1911; president HEALY, Joseph, a Representative from New Hampshire; of the Philadelphia Board of Road Viewers 1911-1916; re-born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., August 21, 1776; corder of deeds of Philadelphia, 1915-1936; elected as a Re-completed preparatory studies; was a hotel keeper and also publican to the Seventieth Congress and served from Marchengaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State senate 4, 1927, until his resignation on October 20, 1927, before thein 1824; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses convening of Congress; elected chairman of the Republican(March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); member of the State execu- Central Campaign Committee in May 1928 and served untiltive council 1829-1832; resumed agricultural pursuits and 1934; delegate to the Republican National Conventions inthe hotel business; died in Washington, Sullivan County, 1928 and 1932; member of the Board of Road Viewers fromN.H., October 10, 1861; interment in the Old Cemetery. November 7, 1935, until he retired on February 23, 1937; died at Philadelphia, Pa., November 8, 1941; interment in HEALY, Ned Romeyn, a Representative from California; West Laurel Hill Cemetery. born in Milwaukee, Wis., August 9, 1905; attended the public schools, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., and the HEALD, William Henry, a Representative from Delaware;University of Wisconsin at Madison; stock and bond sales- born in Wilmington, Del., August 27, 1864; was graduated moved to Los Angeles, from the public schools of Wilmington, from the Universityman at Milwaukee, Wis., 1929-1932; of Delaware at Newark in 1883 and from the law depart-Calif., in 1932 and engaged in merchandising and office man- ment of George Washington University, Washington, D.C.,agement; director of the Hollywood office of the California in 1888; national bank examiner for the States of Montana, State Relief Administration in 1939 and 1940; member of the Idaho, Washington, and Oregon 1888-1892; was admitted toLos Angeles City Council in 1943 and 1944; delegate to the the bar and commenced practice in Wilmington, Del., inDemocratic State conventions in 1944, 1946, and 1948; elect- 1897; postmaster of Wilmington 1901-1905; elected as a Re-ed as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, publican to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses1945-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection (March 4, 1909-March 3,1913); was not a candidate forin 1946 to the Eightieth Congress and for election in 1948 to renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of law in Wil-the Eighty-first Congress; dealer in auto parts and accesso- mington, Del.; also engaged in banking; member of the boardries in Los Angeles, 1947-1969; died in Long Beach, Calif., of trustees of the University of Delaware 19 15-1939 andSeptember 10, 1977; cremated; ashes scattered at sea off the served as president from 1936 until his death; died in Wil-coast of Long Beach, Calif. mington, Del., June 3, 1939; interment in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. HEARD, John Taddeus, a Representative from Missouri; born in Georgetown, Pettis County, Mo., October 29, 1840; HEALEY, Arthur Daniel, a Representative from Massa-attended the public schools and was graduated from the chusetts; born in Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass., onUniversity of Missouri at Columbia in 1860; studied law; was December 29, 1889; attended the public schools; was graduat-admitted to the bar in 1862 and practiced several years in ed from Somerville (Mass.) Latin School in 1908; attendedSedalia, Pettis County, Mo.; member of the State house of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1909 and 1910 andrepresentatives 1872-1875; served in the State senate 1880- was graduated from the law department of Boston (Mass.)1884; employed in 1881 by the fund commissioners of the University in 1913; was admitted to the bar in 1914 andState to prosecute and adjust all claims of the State against commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; during the Firstthe General Government; elected as a Democrat to the World War enlisted on August 9, 1917, and served through the ranks to second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps,Forty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, being discharged on March 6, 1919; elected as a Democrat to1885-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on District of the Seventy-third and to the four succeeding Congresses andColumbia (Fifty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for served from March 4, 1933, until his resignation on Augustreelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; delegate to 3, 1942, to accept an appointment as judge of the Unitedthe Democratic National Convention in 1904; engaged in States District Court for Massachusetts, in which capacitybanking; retired from active business in 1922; died while on he served until his death in Somerville, Mass., Septembera visit to Los Angeles, Calif., January27, 1927; interment in 16, 1948; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass.Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Mo. 1164 Biographical Directory

HEARST, George (father of William Randolph Hearst),abeen appointed a member of the Virginia Privy Council on Senator from California; born near Sullivan, FranklinDecember 30, 1803, and served until his death; was also County, Mo., September 3, 1820; attended the public schoolsengaged in the practice of law; died in Richmond, Va., Octo- and graduated from the Franklin County Mining School inber 13, 1810. 1838; upon news of the discovery of gold, moved to California in 1850; highly successful prospector; engaged in mining, HEATON, David, a Representative from North Carolina; stock raising, and farming; moved to San Francisco in 1862;born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, March 10, 1823; member, State assembly 1865-1866, owner of the San Fran-completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to cisco Examiner; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Gov-the bar; elected to the State senate in 1855; moved to St. ernor of California in 1882; appointed as a Democrat to theAnthony Falls, Minn., in 1857; member of the State senate United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the deathof Minnesota 1858-1863; appointed special agent of the of John F. Miller and served from March 23, 1886, to AugustTreasury Department and the United States depository in 4, 1886, when a successor was elected; elected in 1887 to theNew Bern, N.C., in 1863; appointed Third Auditor of the United States Senate as a Democrat and served from MarchTreasury in 1864, but declined; served as a member of the 4, 1887, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 28,constitutional convention of North Carolina in 1867; upon 1891; interment in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, Santhe readmission of North Carolina to representation was Mateo County, Calif. elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected Bibliography: DAB; Older, Fremont. George Hearst, California Pioneer. to the Forty-first Congress and served from July 15, 1868, Los Angeles: Westerniore, 1966; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses: 52nd until his death; chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, Cong., 2nd sess., 1892-1893. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, and Measures (Forty-first Congress); had been nominated as 1894. a Republican candidate for reelection to the Forty-second HEARST, William Randolph (son of George Hearst), aCongress; died in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 1870; inter- Representative from New York; born in San Francisco,ment in the National Cemetery, New Bern, N.C. Calif., April 29, 1863; attended the public schools and Har- vard University; became editor and proprietor of the San HEATON, Robert Douglas, a Representative from Penn- Francisco Examiner in 1886 and established a nationwidesylvania; born in Raven Run, Schuylkill County, Pa., July 1, chain of newspapers; also owner and publisher of many mag-1873; moved to Ashland, Pa., with his parents in 1886; at- azines; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-tended the common schools, the Canandaigua Academy, ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); did notCanandaigua, N.Y., the New York Military Academy, at seek renomination in 1906 but was an unsuccessful candi-Cornwall on the Hudson, N.Y., and the University of Penn- date for governor; was the Municipal Ownership candidatesylvania at Philadelphia; identified with many business en- for mayor of Greater New York in November 1905; orga-terprises of the State and county; unsuccessful candidate for nized the Independence League Party in 1908; resumed hiselection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; elected as a publishing business; died in Beverly Hills, Calif., August 14,Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses 1951; interment in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, San Francisco,(March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919); did not seek renomination in Calif. 1918, having become a candidate for State senator; member Bibliography: DAB; Myatt, James A. "William Randolph Hearst and theof the State senate 1919-1932; resumed his former business ProgressiveEra,1900-1912."Ph.D.dissertation,University of Florida, activities; member of the board of trustees of the Ashland 1960; Swanberg, W.A. Citizen Hearst, A Biography of William Randolph State Hospital; died at Ashland, Pa., June 11, 1933; inter- Hearst. New York: Scribner, 1961. ment in the family cemetery at Mauch Chunk, Pa. HEATH, James P., a Representative from Maryland; born HEATWOLE, Joel Prescott, a Representative from Min- in Delaware, December 21,1777; completed preparatorynesota; born at Waterford Mills, Elkhart County, md., studies; served in the Regular Army as lieutenant of Engi-August 22, 1856; attended the public schools; learned the neers 1799-1802; register in chancery in Annapolis, Md.;printer's trade; taught school and later became superintend- served throughout the War of 1812 as aide-de-camp to Gen-ent of the Millersburg (md.) School; employed by the Millers- eral Winder; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-thirdburg newspaper in 1876 and afterward became editor and Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candi-proprietor; moved to Minnesota in 1882 and settled in Glen- date for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress;coe; in 1884 moved to Northfield, Minn., and published the died in Georgetown, D.C., June 12, 1854; interment in OakNorthfield News; delegate to the Republican State conven- Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. tions in 1886 and 1888; elected secretary of the Republican HEATH, John, a Representative from Virginia; born inState central committee in 1886 and 1888 and served as Wicomico Parish, Northumberland County, Va., May 8,chairman in 1890; delegate to the Republican National Con- 1758; educated by tutors; attended the College of Williamvention in 1888; appointed a member of the board of regents of the State university in 1890; president of the State Edito-- and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; one of the students who orga-rial Association; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 nized the Phi Beta Kappa on December 5, 1776, and wasto the Fifty-third Congress; elected mayor of Northfield in elected its president; served in the Revolutionary War; stud- 1894; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the ied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Northum- three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1903); berland County; served as Commonwealth's attorney fromchairman, Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics (Fifty- September 10, 1781, to May 12, 1784, and from November 15,fifth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1787, to May 13, 1793; member of the privy council for1902; resumed his former newspaper pursuits; unsuccessful several years; served in the State house of delegates in 1782candidate for nomination for Governor of Minnesota in 1908; but declined reelection, having again been appointed Com-died in Northfield, Minn., April 4, 1910; interment in Oak- monwealth's attorney; elected to the Third Congress andlawn Cemetery. reelected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1797); declined to be a candidate for renomi- HEBARD, William, a Representative from Vermont; born nation; resumed the practice of law in Heathsville, North-in Windham, Conn., November 29,1800; attended the umberland County; moved to Richmond, Va., in 1803, havingcommon schools and the Orange County Grammar School in Biographies 1165

Randolph, Vt.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1827sevelt on Roosevelt's public papers; section chief, Bureau of and commenced practice in East Randolph, Vt.; prosecutingthe Census, 1940; personnel officer, Office for Emergency attorney of Orange County 1832-1836; member of the StateManagement, 1941; administrative analyst, United States house of representatives in 1835; served in the State senateBureau of the Budget, in 1942 and 1946; entered the United in 1836 and 1838; judge of probate of Randolph district inStates Army in 1942 as a private in the Infantry; commis- 1838, 1840, and 1841; again a member of the State house ofsioned a second lieutenant, Armored Force, in 1943; assigned representatives 1840-1842, 1858, 1859, 1864, 1865, and 1872;to European Theater of Operations as combat historianin elected associate judge of the State supreme court in 18421944; discharged as a major in 1946; special assistant to and 1844; moved to Chelsea, Vt., in 1845; elected as a Whig President Truman 1949-1953; associate director of American to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4,Political Science Association at Washington, D.C., 1953-1956; 1849-March 3, 1853); delegate to the constitutional conven-research director, presidential campaign of Adlai Stevenson, tion in 1857; again a member of the general assembly in1956; administrative aide to Senator John A. Carroll of Colo- 1858, 1859, 1864, 1865, and 1872; resumed the practice ofrado in 1957; moved to Huntington, W.Va., in 1957 to teach law; delegate to the Republican National Convention inat Marshall University; delegate Democratic NationalCon- 1860; died in Chelsea, Orange County, Vt., October 20, 1875;ventions, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980 and 1984; elected as a Demo- interment in the Old Cemetery, Randolph Center, Vt. crat to the Eighty-sixth and to the eight succeedingCon- gresses (January 3, 1959-January 3,1977); was not a candi- HEBERT, Felix, a Senator from Rhode Island; born neardate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress but St. Hyacinthe, Province of Quebec, Canada, December 11,was an unsuccessful candidate for theDemocratic nomina- 1874; came to the United States when his parents returnedtion for Governor of West Virginia; subsequently was an in 1880 and resumed their residence in the town of Coven- unsuccessful write-in candidate for reelection to the United try, R.I.; attended the public schools, the parish school of St.States House of Representatives; host of a daily talk show Jean Baptiste, West Warwick, R.I., and La Salle Academy,and a writer for a weekly newspaper column;unsuccessful Providence R.I.; employed as a railroad freight billing clerkDemocratic candidate for nomination in 1978 to the Ninety- 1893-1896 and as a private secretary 1896-1898; deputy in- surance commissioner of Rhode Island1898-1906; studiedsixth Congress; science consultant, House Committee on Sci- ence and Technology, 1980-1982;taught at the University of law; was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced prac-Charleston and Marshall University, 1981-1984; elected sec- tice in Providence, R.I.; justice of the district court of the of fourth judicial district of Rhode Island 1908-1928; trustee ofretary of state of West Virginia in 1984; is a resident Huntington, W.Va. the Nathanael Green Homestead Association of Rhode Bibliography: Hechler, Ken. Working with Truman. A Personal Memoir Island 1924-1934; member and secretary of the Providence of the White House Years. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. County Courthouse Commission 1925-1934; elected as a Re- publican to the United States Senate and served from March HECHT, Jacob Chic, a Senator from Nevada; born in 4, 1929, to January 3, 1935; unsuccessful candidate for re-Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., November 30, election in1934; Republican whip 1933-1935; chairman,1928; graduated, Washington University, St. Louis,Mo., Committee on Patents (Seventy-second Congress); resumed1949; United States Army Intelligence Corps, special agent the practice of law; member of the Republican National1951-1953; businessman and banker; member, Nevada State Committee 1944-1952; advisory counsel to the Associatedsenate 1967-1975; elected as a Republican tothe United Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies; died in Warwick,States Senate in 1982 for the term ending January3, 1989. R.I., on December 14, 1969; interment in St. Joseph's Ceme- HECKLER, Margaret M., a Representative from Massa- tery, West Warwick, R.I. chusetts; born Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy,June 21, HBERT, Felix Edward, a Representative from Louisi-1931, in Flushing, Queen's County, N.Y.; Albertus Magnus ana; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La, October12, College, B.A., 1953; Boston College Law School,LL.B., 1956; 1901; attended public and parochial schools, Jesuit Highattended the University of Leiden in Holland, 1952;editor, School, New Orleans, La., and Tulane University, New Orle-Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law; admitted to Massa- ans, La., 1920-1924; engaged in newspaperand editorialchusetts bar in 1956; elected a Governor's councilor,Com- work in New Orleans, La., 1918-1940; colonel on staff of themonwealth of Massachusetts from 1962-1966; delegate, Re- Governor of Louisiana in 1936; served as personal represent- publican National Convention, 1964 and 1968; elected as a ative of the Governor in Washington, D.C., in 1940; electedRepublican to the Ninetieth and to the seven succeeding as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventhand to the seventeenCongresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1983);unsuccessful succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1977);candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Con- chairman, Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-second andgress; Secretary, Health and HumanServices, 1983-1985; Ninety-third Congresses); was not a candidate for reelectionambassador to Ireland, December 17, 1985, to present; is a in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; resided in New Orleans,resident of Wellesley, Mass. La., where he died December 29, 1979; entombment in Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. HEDGE, Thomas, a Representative from Iowa; born in Bibliography: Conrad, Glenn R. Creed of a Congressman: F. EdwardBurlington, Iowa, June 24,1844; attended the common Hébert of Louisiana. Lafayette, La.: University of Southwestern Louisiana, schools and Denmark (Iowa) Academy; was graduated from 1970; Hébert, Felix Edward, with John McMillan "Last of the Titans Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1861, Yale College in The Life and Times of Congressman F. Edward Hébert of Louisiana. La- 1867, and Columbia College Law School, New YorkCity, in fayette, La.: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1976. 1869; was admitted to the bar in New York in 1869 and HECHLER, Ken, a Representative from West Virginia;commenced practice in Burlington, Iowa; served as a private born near Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y., September 20, 1914;during the Civil War in Company E and as second lieuten- attended the Roslyn public schools; Swarthmore (Pa.) Col-ant in Company G, One Hundred and Sixth Regiment,New lege, A.B., 1935, Columbia University, A.M., 1936,and aYork Volunteer Infantry, in 1864 and 1865; resumed the Ph.D., 1940; taught political science at Columbia, Barnard,practice of law in Burlington, Iowa; elected as a Republican Princeton and Marshall Universities; research assistant toto the Fifty-sixth and to the three succeedingCongresses Judge Samuel I. Rosenman and President Franklin D. Roo-(March 4, 1899-March 3,1907); was not a candidate for 1166 Biographical Directory

renomination in 1906; resumed the practice of law; died inrepresentatives 1896-1900; member of the State constitution- Burlington, Iowa, November 28, 1920; interment in Aspenal convention in 1901; secretary of State 1902-1904, when he Grove Cemetery. resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress HEDRICK, Erland Harold, a Representative from West tofill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles W. Virginia; born in Barn, Mercer County, W.Va., August 9,Thompson; reelected to the Fifty-ninth and to the seven 1894; attended the public schools and Beckley (W.Va.) Insti-succeeding Congresses and served from May 10, 1904, until tute; was graduated from the medical school of the Universi- November 1, 1920, when he resigned, having become a candi- ty of Maryland at Baltimore in 1917; served in the Uniteddate for Senator; chairman, Committee on Industrial Arts States Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant 1917-1919;and Expositions (Sixty-second Congress); electedto the engaged in the practice of medicine in Beckley, W.Va., 1919-United States Senate as a Democrat November 2, 1920, to 1944; medical examiner for the Veterans' Administrationfill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Bankhead 1919-1944; city and county health officer 1927-1932; superin-1st, in the term ending March 3, 1925; reelected in 1924 and tendent of Pinecrest Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Beckley,served from November 3, 1920, to March 3, 1931; unsuccess- W.Va., 1943-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ful candidate for reelection in 1930, and for election to the ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3,House and Senate on several other occasions; special assist- 1945-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renominationant to the United States Attorney General in Alabama in 1952 but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernato- 1936-1937; appointed special representative of the Federal rial nomination; resumed business and professional inter-Housing Administration 1935-1936, 1939-1942; retired; died ests; died in Beckley, W.Va., September 20, 1954; intermentin Lafayette, Ala., April 22, 1951; interment in Lafayette in Sunset Memorial Park. Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; Tanner, Ralph M. "James Thomas Heflin: United HEFFERNAN, James Joseph, a Representative from New States Senator,1920-1931." Ph.D. dissertation,University of Alabama, York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 8, 1967; Thornton, J. Mills. "Alabama Politics, J. Thomas Heflin, and the Ex- 1888; attended private and public schools;was graduated pulsion Movement in 1929." Alabama Review 21 (April 1968): 83-112. from Bryant Stratton College, Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1906 and from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1908; engaged in HEFLIN, Robert Stell (uncle of James Thomas Heflin),a architectural pursuits in 1908; commissioner of highways,Representative from Alabama; born near Madison, Morgan Brooklyn, N.Y., 1926-1933; delegate to the State constitu-County, Ga., April 15,1815; pursued academic studies; tional convention in 1938; elected as a Democrat to theserved in the Creek War in 1836; clerk of the superior court Seventy-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (Jan-of Fayette County, Ga., 1836-1840; studied law; was admitted uary 3, 1941-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for re-to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Fayetteville, Ga., and nomination in 1952; architect; died in Long Branch, N.J., Wedowee, Ala.; served in the State senate of Georgia in 1840 January 27, 1967, interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook-and 1841; moved to Randolph County, Ala., in 1844; member lyn, N.Y. of the Alabama house of representatives in 1849 and 1860; served in the State senate in 1860; judge of probate of Ran- HEFLEY, Joel M., a Representative from Colorado; borndolph County, Ala., in 1865 and 1866; elected as a Republi- in Ardmore, Okia., April 18, 1935; attended public schools;can to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, 1957; M.A.,1871); died near Wedowee, Randolph County, Ala., January Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1962; executive direc-24, 1901; interment in Masonic Cemetery. tor, Community Planning and Research Council, 1966-1986; member, Colorado State house of representatives, 1977-1978; HEFNER, Willie Gathrel (Bill), a Representative from Colorado State senate, 1979-1986; elected as a Republican toNorth Carolina; born in Elora, Lincoln County, Tenn., April the One Hundredth Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3,11, 1930; attended Elora (Tenn.) Elementary School, 1936- 1989); is a resident of Colorado Springs. 1941; graduated, Sardis (Ala.) High School, 1948; attended University Center (a division of the University of Alabama), HEFLIN, Howell Thomas (nephew of James Thomas 1948; president and owner, radio station WRKB in Kannapo- Heflin), a Senator from Alabama; born in Poulan, Worthlis, N.C.; member, Harvesters Quartet, a group of Gospel County, Ga., June 19, 1921; attended the public schools;music singers based in North Carolina, 1954-1967; television graduated, Birmingham Southern College 1942; graduated,performer on numerous North Carolina TV channels; elect- University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1948;ed as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the six suc- admitted to the Alabama bar in 1948 and commencedprac-ceeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1989); is a tice in Tuscumbia, Ala.; served in the United States Marineresident of Concord, N.C. Corp. 1942-1946; law professor; chief justice, Alabamasu- preme court 1971-1977; elected as a Democrat to the United HEFTEL, Cecil Landau, a Representative from Hawaii; States Senate in November 1978 for the term commencingborn in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 30, 1924; at- January 3, 1979; reelected in 1984 for the term ending Janu-tended the public schools of Chicago, Ill.; B.S. Arizona State ary 3, 1991; chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (ninety-University, Tempe, 1951; graduate work at University of sixth and One-hundreth Congresses). Utah and New York University; businessman; president, Heftel Broadcasting, Honolulu, Hawaii; served in United HEFLIN, James Thomas (nephew of Robert Stell HeflinStates Army, 1943-1946; delegate, Hawaii State Democratic and uncle of Howell Thomas Heflin), a Representative andaconvention, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Conven- Senator from Alabama; born in Louina, Randolph County,tion, 1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to Ala., April 9, 1869; attended the common schools of Ran-the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, dolph County, Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., and1977, until his resignation July 11, 1986; was an unsuccessful Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Auburncandidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of University), Auburn, Ala.; studied law, was admitted to theHawaii; resumed business interests; is a resident of Honolu- bar in 1893, and commenced practice in Lafayette, Ala.;lu, Hawaii. mayor of Lafayette 1893-1894; register in chancery from Bibliography: Rosen, Sidney M. "Cec Heftel: New Politics and the 1894 to 1896, when he resigned; member, State house ofMedia Man." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii, 1985. Biographies 1167

HEIDINGER, James Vandaveer, a Representative from2, 1940, as a result of injuries received in an automobile Illinois; born on a farm near Mount Erie, Wayne County,accident near there while en route to Washington, D.C., to Iii., July 17, 1882; attended the rural schools, Northern Illi-attend a session of Congress; interment in Wyuka Cemetery, nois Normal School, De Kaib, Ill., and Valparaiso (md.) Uni-Nebraska City, Nebr. versity; taught in the rural schools of Wayne County, Ill.; was graduated from Northern Illinois College of Law, Dixon, HEINTZ, Victor, a Representative from Ohio; born on a Ill., in 1908; was admitted to the bar the same year andfarm near Grayville, White County, Ill., November 20, 1876; commenced practice in Fairfield, Ill.; county judge of Wayne attended the public schools; was graduated from the Univer- County, Ill., 1914-1926; assistant attorney general of Illinoissity of Cincinnati in 1896 and from its law department in 1927-1933; delegate to the Republican National Convention1899; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced prac- in 1928; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Seventy-tice in Cincinnati, Ohio; served six years in the Cavalry and second and Seventy-fourth Congresses; elected as a Republi-Infantry of the Ohio National Guard; elected as a Republi- can to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, and Seventy-can to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4,1917-March 3, ninth Congresses and served from January 3, 1941, until his1919); was not a candidate for renomination in 1918; during death in Phoenix, Ariz., on March 22, 1945; interment inthe First World War absented himself from the House and Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Ill. was commissioned a captain in the OneHundred and Forty- seventh Regiment, United States Infantry, on August 4, HEILMAN, William (great-grandfather of Charles Marion1917; went overseas June 22, 1918, and served until the end LaFollette), a Representative from Indiana; born in Albig,of the war; decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, October 11, 1824; im- with Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, and migrated to the United States in 1843 and settled on a farm in Vanderburg County, md.; moved to Evansville, md.;the Croix de Guerre; vice president and secretary of Ohio worked for a manufacturing company and subsequentlyValley Real Estate Co.; resumed the practice of law until his became president of a cotton mill; founded a machine shopretirement in 1961; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 27, for the manufacture of drills in 1847; member of the city1968; interment in Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Indian Hill, council 1852-1865; member of the State house of representa- Cincinnati, Ohio. tives 1870-1876; delegate to the Republican National Con- HEINZ, Henry John, III, a Representative and a Senator vention in 1876; served in the State senate from 1876 untilfrom Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, March 3, 1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixthPa., October 23, 1938; graduated, Phillips Exeter Academy and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4,1879-March3, 1956; graduated, Yale University 1960; received a graduate 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to thedegree from Harvard Graduate School of Business Adminis- Forty-eighth Congress; resumed his former business activi-tration 1963; served in the United States Air Force 1963; ties; died in Evansville, md., September 22, 1890; intermentUnited States Air Force Reserve 1963-1969; faculty member in Oak Hill Cemetery. and lecturer, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, HEINER, Daniel Brodhead, a Representative from Penn-Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1970-1971; busi- sylvania; born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., De-ness career included positions as analyst,controller's divi- cember 30, 1854; attended the public schools at Kittanning,sion, and numerous positions in the marketing divisionof Dayton (Pa.) Academy, and Dickinson Law School at Car-the H.J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., plus positions withother lisle, Pa.; was graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville,firms; elected as a Republican by special election, November Pa., in 1879; was admitted to the bar of Armstrong County,2, 1971, to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the vacancy Pa., in 1882 and commenced practice in Kittanning; alsocaused by the death of Robert J. Corbett; reelected to the engaged in banking; elected district attorney of ArmstrongNinety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses and served from County, Pa., in 1885, reelected in 1888, and served untilNovember 2, 1971, to January 3, 1977; was not a candidate January 1, 1892; chairman of the Republican county execu-for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elect- tive committee 1884-1888; elected as a Republican to theed in 1976 to the United States Senate for the term com- Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4,1893-mencing January 3, 1977; reelected in 1982 for the term March 3,1897); was not a candidate for renomination inending January 3,1989; chairman, Republican Senatorial 1896; appointed by President McKinley as United StatesCampaign Committee (Ninety-sixth and Ninety-ninth Con- district attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania andgresses),SpecialCommitteonAging(Ninety-seventh served from 1897 to 1902; appointed on February 2, 1902, asthrough Ninety-ninth Congresses). internal-revenue collector for the twenty-third district of Pennsylvania by President Theodore Roosevelt and served HEISKELL, John Netherland, a Senator from Arkansas; until November 1, 1913; delegate to the Republican Nationalborn in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tenn., on November 2, Convention in 1920; again served as internal-revenue collec-1872; attended the public and private schools of Memphis; tor 1921-1933; died at Kittanning, Pa., on February 14, 1944;graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in interment in Kittanning Cemetery. 1893; after leaving college engaged in newspaper work; became editor of the Arkansas Gazette and president of the HEINKE, George Henry, a Representative from Nebraska; born on a farm near Dunbar, Otoe County, Nebr., July 22,Gazette Publishing Co. in 1902 at Little Rock, Ark.; appoint- 1882; moved with his parents to Douglas, Nebr., in 1889, toed as a Democrat to the United States Senate, January 6, San Angelo, Tex., in 1891, and to Talmage, Nebr., in 1894;1913, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jeff Davis attended the public schools; was graduated from the lawand served from January 6 to January 29, 1913, when a department of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln insuccessor was elected; was not acandidate for election in 1908; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced1913; resumed his former newspaper career and took an practice in Nebraska City, Nebr.; prosecuting attorney ofactive interest in the Arkansas Gazette, which won two Otoe County, Nebr., 1919-1923 and 1927-1935; elected as aPulitzer prizes while under his editorship, until his death Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served fromDecember 28, 1972, at the age of one hundred, in Little January 3, 1939, until his death in Morrilton, Ark., January Rock, Ark.; interment in Mount Holly Cemetery. 1168 Biographical Directory

HEITFELD, Henry, a Senator from Idaho; born in St.tee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Sixty-second Louis, Mo., January 12, 1859; attended public and privateCongress), Committee on the Census (Sixty-third through schools; moved to Kansas, then Washington, and finally toSixty-fifth Congresses); died in Columbus, Miss., March 3, Lewiston, Idaho, in 1883; engaged in agricultural pursuits1919; interment in Buffalo Spring Cemetery, Stanford, Ky. and stock raising; member, State senate 1894-1897; elected as a Populist to the United States Senate January 28, 1897, HELMICK, William, a Representative from Ohio; born and served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903; was not anear Canton, Stark County, Ohio, September 6, 1817; attend- candidate for reelection in 1902; unsuccessful candidate fored the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar Governor of Idaho in 1904; mayor of Lewiston 1905-1909;in 1845 and commenced practice in New Philadelphia, Tus- register of the United States land office at Lewiston 19 14-carawas County, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Tuscarawas 1922; engaged in fruit growing; member of the board ofCounty in 1851; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth county commissioners 1930-1936, serving two terms as chair-Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); unsuccessful candi- man; retired in 1938 and resided in Spokane, Wash., untildate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; his death in that city on October 21, 1938; interment inappointed by President Lincoln chief clerk of the Pension Norman Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho. Office on May 3, 1861, and served until January 31, 1865; HELGESEN, Henry Thomas, a Representative fromresumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; appointed North Dakota; born near Decorah, Iowa, June 26, 1857; at-justice of the peace by President Hayes in 1877; died in tended the public schools, the John Breckenridge NormalWashington, D.C., March 31, 1888; interment in the Congres- Institute, and the J.R. Slack Business College at Decorah;sional Cemetery. moved to Milton, Dakota Territory (now North Dakota), in HELMS, Jesse, a Senator from North Carolina; born in 1887; engaged in the mercantile and lumber business andMonroe, Union County, N.C., October 18, 1921; educated in also in agricultural pursuits; State commissioner of agricul-the public schools of Monroe, Wingate Junior College, and ture and labor 1889-1892; member of the board of educationWake Forest College; served in the United States Navy of Milton, N.Dak., 1893-1896, and served as president in1942-1945; city editor, Raleigh Times; administrative assist- 1893 and 1894; member of the board of regents of the Uni-ant to United States Senators Willis Smith 1951-1953 and versity of North Dakota 1897-1901 and 1907-1913; unsuc-Alton Lennon 1953; executive director, North Carolina cessful candidate for election to the Sixty-first Congress inBankers Association 1953-1960; television and radio execu- 1910; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to thetive 1960-1972; member, Raleigh City Council 1957-1961; three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1911,elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1972 until his death in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1917; inter-for the term commencing January 3, 1973; reelected in 1978 ment in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. and again in 1984 for the term ending January 3, 1991; HELLER, Louis Benjamin, a Representative from Newchairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forest- York; born in New York City February 10, 1905; attendedry (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses). the public schools; was graduated from Fordham University HELMS, William, a Representative from New Jersey; School of Law in New York City, LL.B., 1926; was admittedborn in Sussex County, N.J.; served during the Revolution- to the bar in 1927 and commenced the practice of law inary War as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain, Brooklyn, N.Y.; served as special deputy assistant attorneyand was brevetted major on September 30, 1783; member of general in election fraud cases in New York 1936-1946;the State house of assembly in 1791 and 1792; elected as a appeal agent, United States Selective Service, in New YorkRepublican to the Seventh and to the four succeeding Con- in 1941 and 1942; member of the State senate in 1943 andgresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1811); moved to Hamilton 1944; appointed by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as secretary ofCounty, Ohio; died in 1813. the New York State Temporary Commission Against Dis- crimination in 1944 and 1945; Democratic State committee- HELSTOSKI, Henry, a Representative from New Jersey; man and executive member (leader) of the sixth assemblyborn in Wallington, Bergen County, N.J., March 21, 1925; district of Kings County, N.Y., 1944-1954; elected as a Demo-attended the Wallington and Rutherford schools; served in crat to the Eighty-first Congress to fill the vacancy causedthe United States Army Air Corps as instructor and radio by the death of John J. Delaney; reelected to the Eighty-technician, 1943-1945; attended Paterson State College and second and Eighty-third Congresses and served from Febru-graduated from Montclair State Teachers College, B.A., ary 15, 1949, until his resignation July 21, 1954; appointed a1947, and M.A., 1949; teacher, high school principal, and judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City andsuperintendent of schools in Bergen County, N.J., 1949-1962; served from July 22, 1954, to December 1958, when elected aserved as councilman of East Rutherford, N.J., in 1956, and justice of the city court of the city of New York, in whichas mayor 1957-1965; management consultant in advertising, position he served until August 6, 1966; judge of the Su-1962-1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to preme Court of the State of New York, 1966-1977; is athe five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. 1977); unsuccessful candidate for reelection as an independ- ent to the Ninety-fifth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for HELM, Harvey, a Representative from Kentucky; born inelection as an independent in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Con- Danville, Boyle County, Ky., December 2, 1865; attended thegress and as a Democrat for nomination in 1980 to the Stanford Male Academy and was graduated from the Cen-Ninety-seventh Congress; superintendent, North Bergen tral University of Kentucky in 1887; studied law; was admit- ted to the bar in 1890 and began practice in Stanford, KY.;schools, 1981-1985; currently engaged as a public relations member of the State house of representatives in 1894;consultant; is a resident of East Rutherford, N.J. county attorney of Lincoln County 1897-1905; delegate to the HELVERING, Guy Tresillian, a Representative from Democratic National Convention in 1900; elected as a Demo-Kansas; born in Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio, January crat to the Sixtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses and10, 1878; moved to Kansas in 1887 with his parents, who served from March 4, 1907, until his death before the com- settled in Beattie, Marshall County; attended the public mencement of the Sixty-sixth Congress; chairman, Commit-schools; during the Spanish-American War enlisted as a cor- Biographies 1169 poral in Company M, Twenty-second Regiment, Kansas In-ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced in fantry, and served from May 12 to November 3, 1898; attend-Chester, S.C.; unsuccessful candidate for the State legisla- ed the University of Kansas at Lawrence; was graduatedture in 1874; member of the State house of representatives from the law department of the University of Michigan at1876-1882; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to Ann Arbor in 1906; was admitted to the bar in the samethe four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, year and commenced practice in Marysville, Kans.; prosecut-1893); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Fiftieth ing attorney of Marshall County 1907-1911; unsuccessfuland Fifty-second Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for re- Democratic candidate for election in 1910 to the Sixty-secondelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed the Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-practice of law in Washington, D.C., while retaining his fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3,residence in South Carolina; unsuccessful candidate for elec- 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to thetion as United States Senator from South Carolina in 1902; Sixty-sixth Congress; moved to Sauna, Saline County, Kans.,died in Washington, D.C., May 11, 1912; interment in Oak and became engaged in banking; Democratic State chairmanHill Cemetery. 1930-1934; mayor of Salina, Kans., from February 15, 1926, until his resignation on December 8, 1930; State highway HEMPHILL, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylva- director in 1931 and 1932; appointed Commissioner of Inter-nia; born in Thornburg Township, Chester County, Pa., Jan- nal Revenue by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and uary 7, 1770; completed a preparatory course; wasgraduated served until his appointment as a Federal district judge forfrom the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in Kansas in 1943, in which capacity he was serving at the1791; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1793 and time of his death in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 1946;commenced practice in West Chester, Pa.; member of the interment in Marysville Cemetery, Marysville, Kans. State house of representatives 1797-1800; elected as a Feder- alist to the Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1803); HEMENWAY, James Alexander, a Representative and amoved to Philadelphia in 1803; again a member of the State Senator from Indiana; born in Boonville, Warrick County,house of representatives in 1805; appointed the first presi- md., March 8, 1860; attended the common schools; studieddent judge of the district court of the city and county of law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inPhiladelphia; elected to the Sixteenth and to the three suc- Boonville in 1885; prosecuting attorney for the second judi-ceeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1819, until his cial circuit of Indiana 1886-1890; elected as a Republican toresignation in 1826; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty- the Fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses andfirst Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); member of the served from March 4, 1895, until his resignation, effectiveState house of representatives in 1831 and 1832; died in March 3, 1905, at the close of the Fifty-eighth Congress,Philadelphia, Pa., May 29, 1842; interment in Laurel Hill having been elected Senator; chairman, Committee on Ap-Cemetery. propriations (Fifty-eighth Congress); elected as a Republican Bibliography: DAB. to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles W. Fairbanks and served from March HEMPHILL, Robert Witherspoon (great-great-nephew of 4, 1905, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelec-John Hemphill, great-nephew of John J. Hemphill, great- tion; chairman, Committee on University of the Unitednephew of William Huggins Brawley, and great-great-grand- States (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses); resumed theson of Robert Witherspoon), aRepresentative from South practice of law in Boonville, md.; died in Miami, DadeCarolina; born in Chester, S.C., May 10, 1915; attended the County, Fla., February 10, 1923; interment in Maple Grovepublic schools; graduated from the University of South Care-- Cemetery, Boonville, Warrick County, md. lina in 1936 and from the law school of the same university in 1938; was admitted to the bar in 1938 and commenced the HEMPHILL, John (uncle of John James Hemphill andpractice of law in Chester; volunteered in 1941 as a flying great-great-uncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill), a Sena-cadet in the United States Air Force and served as a bomber tor from Texas; born in Chester District, S.C., December 18,pilot until December 1945; chairman of Chester County 1803; attended the common schools; taught school; graduatedDemocratic conventions in 1946 and 1947; member of State from Jefferson College in 1825; studied law; was admitted tohouse of representatives 1947-1948; solicitor of the Sixth the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Sumter, S.C.;South Carolina Judicial Circuit 1951-1956; delegate to the edited a nullification newspaper in 1832 and 1833; secondNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization Congress in London in lieutenant in the war with the Seminole Indians in 1836;1959; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and to the moved to Texas in 1838 and practiced law; elected judge ofthree succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957, the fourth judicial district of Texas 1840-1842; adjutant gen-until his resignation May 1, 1964, when he was sworn in as eral on a military expedition to the Rio Grande in 1842;United States district judge of South Carolina; was a resi- member of the state constitution convention in 1845; chiefdent of Chester, S.C. until his death there December 25, justice of the supreme court of Texas 1846-1858; elected as a State Rights Democrat to the United States Senate and1983; interment in Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyteri- served from March 4, 1859, until expelled by resolution inan Church Cemetery, Chester, S.C. July 1861 for support of the rebellion; representative of HEMPSTEAD, Edward, a Delegate from the Territory of Texas in the Congress of the Confederate States of AmericaMissouri; born in New London, Conn., June 3, 1780; pursued until his death; died in Richmond, Va., January 4, 1862;academic studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in interment in State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. 1801 and commenced practice in Rhode Island; moved to St. Bibliography: DAB; Curtis, Rosalee. John Hemphill: First Chief Justice Louis, Mo. (then District of Louisiana), in 1805; attorney of the State of Texas Austin: Jenkins Publishing Co, 1971. general of the Territory of Upper Louisiana 1809-1811; HEMPHILL, John James (cousin of William Hugginsserved in several expeditions against the Indians north of Brawley, nephew of John Hemphill and great-uncle ofthe Missouri River; member of the third Territorial general Robert Witherspoon Hemphill), a Representative from Southassembly in 1812 and served as speaker; elected as a Dele-- Carolina; born in Chester, Chester County, S.C., August 25,gate to the Thirteenth Congress on November 9, 1812, and 1849; attended the public schools and was graduated fromserved until September 17, 1814; declined to be a candidate the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1869; stud-for renomination; was thrown from a horse August 4, 1817, 1170 Biographical Directory which resulted in his death August 10, 1817, at St. Louis,Committee on Mines and Mining (Sixty-fifth Congress); ap- Mo.; interment on Hempstead Farm, nowa part of Bellefon-pointed a member of the board of directors of the Recon- tame Cemetery. struction Finance Corporation in 1934, elected chairman in HEMSLEY, William, a Delegate from Maryland; born at1941 and resigned in 1947; retired from political activities; "Clover Fields Farm," near Queenstown, Queen Annespresident and director of the Elko Telephone & Telegraph County, Md., in 1737; engaged in planting; provincial treas-Co. and a director of the Western Pacific Railroad; died in urer of Eastern Shore, Md., in 1773; surveyor of TalbotSan Francisco, Calif., November 8, 1954; interment in Elko County, Md.; colonel of the Twentieth Battalion, QueenCemetery, Elko, Nev. Annes County Militia, in 1777; justice of thepeace of Queen HENDERSON, David Bremner, a Representative from Annes County in 1777; member of the State senate 1779-Iowa; born in Old Deer, Scotland, March 14, 1840; immigrat- 1781; Member of the Continental Congress 1782-1783; agained to the United States with his parents, who settled in served in the State senate in 1786, 1790, and 1800; resumedWinnebago County, Ill., in 1846; moved to Fayette County, agricultural pursuits; died in Queen Annes County, June 5,Iowa, in 1849; attended the common schools and the Upper 1812; interment in Clover Fields Farm Cemetery, QueenIowa University at Fayette; enlisted in the Union Army Annes County, Md. September 15, 1861, as a private in Company C, Twelfth HENDEE, George Whitman, a Representative from Ver-Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; was elected and com- mont; born in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vt., November 30,missioned first lieutenant of that company and served with 1832; attended the common schools of Morrisville, Vt., andit until discharged, owing to the loss of a leg, February 26, People's Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in1863; commissioner of the board of enrollment of the third 1855 and commenced practice in Morrisville, Vt.; prosecut-district of Iowa from May 1863 to June 1864; entered the ing attorney of Lamoille County in 1858 and 1859; memberArmy as colonel of the Forty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volun- of the State house of representatives in 1861 and 1862;teer Infantry, and served until the close of the war; studied during the Civil War served as deputy provost marshal;law; was admitted to the bar in 1865 and commencedprac- served in the State senate 1866-1868; Lieutenant Governortice in Dubuque, Iowa; collector of internal revenue for the of Vermont in 1869 and acted as Governor after the death ofthird district of Iowa from November 1865 to June 1869 Governor Washburn; elected as a Republican to the Forty-when he resigned; assistant United States district attorney third, Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4,for the northern district of Iowa 1869-1871; elected as a 1873-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-Republican to the Forty-eighth and to the nine succeeding tion in 1878; resumed the practice of law; national-bankCongresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1903); chairman, Com- examiner 1879-1885; interested in the breeding of Morganmittee on Militia (Fifty-first Congress), Committee on the horses; died in Morrisville, Vt., on December 6, 1906; inter-Judiciary (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses), Commit- ment in Pleasant View Cemetery. tee on Rules (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fifty-sixth and HENDERSON, Archibald, a Representative from North Fifty-seventh Congresses); declined to be a candidate for re-- Carolina; born near Williamsborough, Granville County,nomination in 1902; died in Dubuque, Iowa, February 25, N.C., August 7, 1768; attended the common schools andwas 1906; interment in Linwood Cemetery. graduated from Springer College; moved to Salisbury, N.C., Bibliography: DAB. about 1790; studied law; was admitted to the bar andcom- menced practice in Salisbury; clerk and master in equity HENDERSON, David Newton, a Representative from 1795-1798; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth and SeventhNorth Carolina; born on a farm near Hubert, Onslow Congresses (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1803); member of theCounty, N.C., April 16, 1921; graduated from Wallace High State house of commons 1807-1809, 1814, 1819, and 1820;School in 1938, Davidson College in 1942, and University of resumed the practice of law in Salisbury, N.C., and diedNorth Carolina Law School in 1949; commissioned a second there October 21, 1822; interment in the City Cemetery.lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps as a Re- Bibliography: DAB. serve graduate of Davidson College in June 1942; served overseas in India, China, and on Okinawa, and was dis- HENDERSON, Bennett H., a Representative from Tennes- charged as a major in 1946; began practice of law in Wal- see; born in Bedford, Bedford County, Va., September 5,lace, N.C., in April 1949; assistant general counsel to the 1784; moved to Tennessee; elected as a Republican to theCommittee on Education and Labor, United States House of Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); died inRepresentatives in 1951 and 1952; solicitor of Duplin County Summitville, Tenn. General Court, 1954-1958, and judge from December 1958 to December 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh HENDERSON, Charles Belknap, a Senator from Nevada;and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961- born in San Jose, Calif., June 8, 1873; moved with hispar- ents to Nevada in 1876; attended the public schools in Elko,January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Post Office and Nev., the University of the Pacific, and Leland StanfordCivil Service (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate Junior University in California; graduated in law from thefor reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; is a resi- University of Michigan in 1895; was admitted to the bar indent of Wallace, N.C. 1896 and commenced practice in Elko, Nev.; served as lieu- HENDERSON, James Henry Dickey, a Representative tenant in Torrey's Rough Riders during the Spanish-Ameri-from Oregon; born near Salem, Ky., July 23, 1810; moved to can War; districtattorney of Elko County 1901-1905;Missouri Territory in 1817; attended the public schools; member, State house of representatives 1905-1907; regent oflearned the art of printing; entered the ministry and was the University of Nevada 1907-1917; appointed and subse-pastor of a church in Washington County, Pa., 1843-1851; quently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senatereturned to Missouri and published a literary magazine; to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis G. New-moved to Oregon in 1852 and settled in Yamhill County; lands and served from January 12, 1918, to March 3, 1921;moved to Eugene, Lane County, and engaged in agricultural unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920; chairman,pursuits, specializing in the raising of fruits; superintendent Committee on Industrial Expositions (Sixty-fifth Congress),of the public schools of Lane County in 1859; elected as a Biographies 1171

Union Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4,Whiskey Ring at St. Louis in 1875; appointed a commission- 1865-March 3, 1867); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-er to treat with hostile tribes of Indians in 1877;moved to tion in 1866; returned to Eugene, Oreg., and engaged inWashington, D.C., in 1888; writer; resided in the capital agricultural pursuits; also preached, lectured, and wrote foruntil his death, April 12, 1913; interment in Greenwood periodicals; died in Eugene, Oreg., December 13, 1885; inter-Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. ment in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Bibliography: DAB; Mattingly, Arthur H. "Senator John Brooks Hender- son, United States Senator from Missouri." Ph.D.dissertation, Kansas HENDERSON, James Pinckney, a Senator from Texas; State University, 1971. born in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., March 31, 1808; pursued academic studies in Lincolnton; attended the Uni- HENDERSON, John Earl, a Representative from Ohio; versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; served in the Caro- born in Crafton, Allegheny County, Pa., January 4, 1917; lina Militia and subsequently was elected colonel; studiedmoved to Cambridge, Ohio, in 1920 and to a dairy farm in law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced prac- Guernsey County, near Cambridge, Ohio, in 1922; attended tice in Lincolnton, N.C.; moved to Mississippi in 1835 andthe county schools of Guernsey County and high school at recruited a company for service in behalf of the Republic ofCambridge; was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University Texas; preceded his company to Austin, Tex., in 1836 andat Delaware in 1939 and from the University of Michigan was commissioned brigadier general; returned to the UnitedLaw School at Ann Arbor in 1942; was admitted to the Ohio States to recruit volunteers and raised a company at his ownbar in 1942; entered the United States Army as a private in expense; appointed by President Sam Houston as Attorney1942 and advanced to the rank of captain of infantry after General of the Republic of Texas in 1836, and as Secretarycombat service in Europe; following hostilities was assigned of State in 1837; visited Europe as the diplomatic representa-to the historical division of the European Theater and was tive of the Republic of Texas in 1838, and in 1844 visited thedischarged in 1946; commenced the practice of law in Cam- United States as special minister to negotiate annexation;bridge, Ohio, in 1946; member of the State house of repre- member of the State constitutional convention in 1845; elect-sentatives 1951-1954; elected as a Republican to the Eighty- ed as the first Governor of the State of Texas in 1846;fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty-sixth Congresses (January 3, commissioned major general in the United States Army and1955-January 3, 1961); was not a candidate for renomination served in the Mexican War; appointed as a Democrat to thein 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the deathof law; judge, Common Pleas Court, Guernsey County, Ohio, of Thomas J. Rusk and served from November 9, 1857, until 1980-1986; is a resident of Cambridge, Ohio. his death in Washington, D.C., June 4, 1858; interment in Congressional Cemetery; reinterred in 1930 in the State HENDERSON, John Steele, a Representative from North Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Carolina; born near Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., January BibliographyDAB;Winchester,Robert.James PickneyHenderson, 6, 1846; attended a private school in Melville, N.C.; entered Texas' First Governor. San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1971. the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in January 1862 and left in November 1864 to enter the Confederate HENDERSON, John, a Senator from Mississippi; born inArmy as a private in Company B, Tenth Regiment, North Cumberland County, N.J., February 28, 1797; a flatboat manCarolina State Troops; served throughout the Civil War; was on the Mississippi River; studied law; emigrated to Mississip-graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1865 pi; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inwithout reentering; studied law; obtained a county court Woodville, Wilkinson County, Miss.; brigadier general oflicense in June 1866 and a superior court license in June State militia; member, State senate 1835-1836; elected as a1867; appointed in June 1866 register of deeds for Rowan Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4,County and served until September 1868, when he resigned; 1839, to March 3, 1845; chairman, Committee on Engrossed 1875; Bills (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on the Post Officedelegate to the State constitutional covention in and Post Roads (Twenty-seventh Congress), Committee onmember of the State house of representatives in 1876; served Private Land Claims (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighthin the State senate in 1878; elected by the general assembly Congresses); resumed the practice of law in New Orleans,in 1881 one of the three commissioners to codify the statute La.; in 1851 was tried in the United States district court inlaws of the State; elected presiding justice of the inferior New Orleans for violation of the neutrality laws of 1818 forcourt of Rowan County in June 1884; elected as a Democrat complicity in expeditions against Cuba, was acquitted, andto the Forty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses retired from public life; died in Pass Christian, Miss., Sep-(March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Con- tember 15, 1857; interment in Live Oak Cemetery. gresses); resumed the practice of law in Salisbury, N.C.; Bibliography: DAB. elected to the State senate in 1900 and 1902; member of the HENDERSON, John Brooks, a Senator from Missouri;board of aldermen in 1900; died in Salisbury, N.C., on Octo- born near Danville, Pittsylvania County, Va., November 16,ber 9, 1916; interment in Chestnut Hill Cemetery. 1826; moved with his parents to Lincoln County, Mo.; stud- ied on his own while a farm hand; taught school; was admit- HENDERSON, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylva- ted to the bar in 1844 and practiced; member, State house ofnia; born in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., August representatives 1848-1850, 1856-1858; active in Democratic2, 1791; moved with his parents to Center County, Pa., in politics; commissioned a brigadier general in the State mili-1802; attended the public schools and was graduated from tia in 1861; appointed and subsequently elected to thethe Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia in1813; United States Senate as a Unionist to fill the vacancyduring the War of 1812 was commissioned first lieutenant in caused by the expulsion of Trusten Polk; reelected in 1863the Twenty-second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, in and served from January 17, 1862, to March 3, 1869; was notthe spring of 1813; promoted to captain in the fall of the a candidate for reelection; chairman,Committee to Auditsame year; brevetted major and given commandof a regi- and Control the Contingent Expense (Thirty-ninth Congress),ment in 1814; settled at Browns Mills, Pa., at the close of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Thirty-ninth and Fourtiethwar and engaged in the practice ofmedicine; elected as a Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for Governor and Sena-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congress- tor; special United States attorney for prosecution of thees (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); was not acandidate for 1172 Biographical Directory

renomination in 1836; moved to Lewistown, Pa., in 1850 and HENDON, William Martin, a Representative from North continued the practice of medicine; died in Lewistown, Pa.,Carolina; born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., Novem- December 25, 1863; interment in St. Mark's Cemetery. ber 9, 1944; attended the public schools; graduated from Lee HENDERSON, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylva- H. Edwards High School, 1962; B.S., University of Tennessee, nia; born in England November 27, 1764; attended school inKnoxville, 1966, and M.B.A., 1968; University of Tennessee England; immigrated to the United States in 1782 and set-faculty member, 1968-1970; businessman, 1970-1980; elected tied in Montgomery, Pa.; owned and operated the Hendersonas a Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress (January 3, Marble Quarries in Montgomery County, Pa.; elected as a1981-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelection Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancyin 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; elected to the Ninety- caused by the resignation of Jonathan Roberts and servedninth Congress (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1987); was an from October 11, 1814, to March 3, 1815; resumed formerunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1986; fellow, Ameri- business pursuits; died on his estate at Upper Merion, Mont-can Defense Institute, Washington, D.C.; is a resident of gomery County, Pa., November 17, 1841; interment in theMcLean, Va. family burying ground, Montgomery County, Pa. HENDRICK John Kerr, a Representative from Kentucky; HENDERSON, Thomas, a Representative from Newborn in Caswell County, N.C., October 10, 1849; moved with Jersey; born in Freehold, Monmouth County, N.J., Augusthis parents to Logan County and later to Todd County, KY.; 15, 1743; attended the public schools and was graduatedattended private schools and Bethel College, Russellville, from Princeton College in 1761; studied medicine; practicedKY.; moved to Crittenden County, Ky., in 1869 and engaged first in Freneau and afterwards in Freehold, N.J., aboutin teaching school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1765; member of the committee of safety in 1774; served as a1874 and commenced practice in Smithland, KY.; prosecuting lieutenant in the New Jersey Militia in 1775; appointedattorney of Livingston County 1878-1886; member of the second major in Col. Charles Stewart's Battalion of Minute-State senate 1887-1891; delegate to the Democratic National men February 15, 1776; brigade major, Monmouth CountyConvention in 1888; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty- Militia, April 19, 1776; major of Col. Nathaniel Heard's bat- talion June 14, 1776, and later lieutenant colonel and briga-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful dier major at Monmouth; surrogate of Monmouth County incandidate for renomination in 1896; resumed the practice of 1776; member of the provincial council in 1777; elected as alaw in Paducah, Ky., where he died June 20, 1921; interment Delegate to the Continental Congress, November 17, 1779,in Maplelawn Cemetery. but declined December 25, 1779; served in the State general HENDRICKS, Joseph Edward, a Representative from assembly 1780-1784; master in chancery in 1790; member ofFlorida; born at Lake Butler, Union County, Fla., September the State council in 1793 and 1794, serving as vice president24, 1903; attended the rural schools and Montverde (Fla.) of that body; Acting Governor of New Jersey in 1794; electedSchool; John B. Stetson University, De Land, Fla., A.B., 1930 as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1795-and from its law department, LL.B., 1934; was admitted to March 3, 1797); judge of the court of common pleas 1783-the bar in 1934 and commenced practice in De Land, Fla.; 1799; one of the commissioners appointed to settle theattorney for the legal tax survey of the State in 1934; elected boundary line between New Jersey and Pennsylvania; again a member of the State council in 1812 and 1813; died in as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the five succeeding Freehold, N.J., December 15, 1824; interment in Old Ten-Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1949); was not a nent Cemetery, Tennent, N.J. candidate for renomination in 1948 to the Eighty-first Con- Bibliography: DAB. gress; was president of Hendricks Homes, Inc.; chairman of Planning Board, Plant City, Fla.; member, County Planning HENDERSON, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative fromCommission, Hillsborough County, Fla.; resided in Plant Illinois; born in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn., No-City, Fla., until his death in Lakeland, Fla., October 20, vember 29, 1824; moved with his parents to Illinois at the1974; interment in Lakeland Memorial Cemetery. age of eleven; pursued academic studies; clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Stark County, Ill., 1847-1849; clerk of HENDRICKS, Thomas Andrews (nephew of William Hen- the court of Stark County 1849-1853; studied law; was admit-dricks), a Representative and a Senator from Indiana and a ted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Toulon,Vice President of the United States; born near Zanesville, Ill.; member of the State house of representatives in 1855Ohio, September 7, 1819; moved with his parents to Indiana and 1856; served in the State senate 1857-1860; entered thein 1820; pursued classical studies and graduated from Hano- Union Army in 1862 as colonel of the One Hundred andver (md.) College in 1841; studied law in Chambersburg, Pa.; Twelfth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry; commandedwas admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Third Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps,Shelbyville, md.; member, State house of representatives from August 12, 1864, to the close of the war; was brevetted1848; member of the State constitutional convention; elected brigadier general in January 1865; resumed the practice ofas a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Con- law; moved to Princeton, Ill., in 1867 and continued thegresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candi- practice of law; appointed collector of internal revenue fordate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; the fifth district of Illinois in 1871; elected as a Republicanchairman, Committee on Mileage (Thirty-second Congress), to the Forty-fourth and to the nine succeeding CongressesCommittee on Invalid Pensions (Thirty-third Congress); Com- (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee onmissioner of the General Land Office 1855-1859; unsuccess- Military Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress), Committee onful Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1860; Rivers and Harbors (Fifty-first Congress); unsuccessful candi-moved to Indianapolis in 1860 and practiced law; elected as date for renomination in 1894; appointed member of thea Democrat to the United States Senate and served from board of managers for the National Home for Disabled Vol-March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1869; Governor of Indiana 1872; unteer Soldiers in 1896; appointed civilian member on theunsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United Board of Ordnance and Fortifications in 1900 and servedStates on the Democratic ticket with Samuel Tilden in 1876; until his death in Washington, D.C., February 6, 1911; inter-elected Vice President of the United States in 1884 on the ment in Oakland Cemetery, Princeton, Ill. Democratic ticket with Grover Cleveland and served from Biographies 1173

March 4, 1885, until his death in Indianapolis, md., Novem- 1882; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for mayor ofBrook- ber 25, 1885; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. lyn in 1883; appointed trustee of the New York andBrook- Bibliography: DAB; Holcombe, John, and Skinner, Hubert. Life and lyn Bridge in 1884; elected secretary of the board ofbridge Public Services of Thomas A. Hendricks. Indianapolis: Canon and Hollen- trustees in 1885; appointed postmaster of Brooklyn byPresi- beck, 1886; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 49th Cong., 1st sess., 1886. dent Cleveland in 1886 and served until July 1,1890; elected Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1886. president of the board of education of Brooklyn in1887; HENDRICKS, William (uncle of Thomas Andrews Hen-president of the Kings County Trust Co. 1889-1893; presi- dricks), a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; borndent of the National Union Bank of New York City1893- in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County, Pa., November1900; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress 12, 1782; attended the common schools and graduated from(March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); was not a candidatefor Jefferson College (later Washington and Jefferson College),renomination in 1894; president of the National Bank of Washington, Pa., in 1810; taught school 1810-1812; studiedCommerce in 1900; trustee of the Brooklyn Institute ofArts law in Cincinnati, Ohio; was admitted to the bar and prac-and Sciences; trustee of Cornell University; died in Brook- ticed; moved to Madison, Indiana Territory, in 1813; becamelyn, N.Y., November 9, 1904; interment in GreenwoodCeme- a printer and owner of the secondprinting press set up intery. the Territory; proprietor of the Western Eagle; elected to the Bibliography: DAB. territorial legislature in 1813 and 1814, and was chosen HENKLE, Eli Jones, a Representative fromMaryland; speaker of the Assebmly in 1814; territorial printer; secre-born in Westminster, Carroll County, Md., November 24, tary of the first State constitutional convention in1816; the Union was1828; completed an academic course; taught school in Anne upon the admission of Indiana as a State into Arundel County; studied medicine and was graduated from elected to the Fourteenth Congress; reelected to the Fif- practiced teenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses and servedthe University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1850; his profession in Brooklyn, Md.; trustee and professor,Mary- from December 11, 1816, until his resignation July 25, 1822, of the to become Governor; Governor of Indiana 1822-1825,whenland Agricultural College at College Park; member he resigned to become a Senator; elected to the UnitedState house of delegates in 1863; member of the State consti- States Senate in 1824; reelected in 1830 and served fromtutional convention in 1864; served in the State senate in March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1837; unsuccessful candidate for1867, 1868, and 1870; again a member of the State house of reelection in 1836; chairman, Committee on Roads anddelegates 1872-187 5; delegate to the DemocraticNational Canals (Twenty-first through Twenty-fourth Congresses); re-Convention in 1872; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- sumed the practice of law in Madison, Ind.; trustee of Indi-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Congresses (March4, ana University at Bloomington 1829-1840;died in Madison, 1875-March 3, 1881); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in Ind., May 16, 1850; interment in Fairmount Cemetery. 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; moved to Chicago,Ill., in Bibliography: DAB; Hill, Frederick. "' Political Circu- 1889, and later returned to Baltimore, Md., where hedied lars to His Constituents: First Senatorial Term, 1826-1831." Indiana Maga- November 1, 1893; interment in Druid Ridge Cemetery,Bal- zine of History 71 (June 1975):124-80; Hill, Frederick. "William Hen- timore, Md. dricks' Political Circulars to His Constituents: Second Senatorial Term, 1831-1837. Indiana Magazine of History 71 (December 1975): 319-74. HENLEY, Barclay (son of Thomas JeffersonHenley), a Representative from California; born in Charlestown,Clark HENDRICKSON, Robert Clymer, a Senator from NewCounty, Ind., March 17, 1843; moved with his parentsto San Jersey; born in Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J., AugustFrancisco, Calif., in 1853; returned to Indiana in1858; at- 12, 1898; attended public schools; during the First Worldtended the common schools and Hanover (Ind.)College; re- War enlisted in the United States Army in 1918 and served admitted Law School,turned to San Francisco in 1861; studied law; was overseas; graduated from Temple University to the bar in 1864 and commenced practicein Santa Rosa, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1922, was admitted to the New JerseyCalif.; member of the State assembly in 1869 and1870; dis- bar, and commenced practice in Woodbury, N.J.; county su- and 1876; elected as pervisor 1929-1934; city solicitor of Woodbury 1931; Statetrict attorney of Sonoma County in 1875 a Democrat to theForty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses senator 1934-1940, serving as president of the senate in(March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); again settled inSan Francis- 1939; unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor in 1940; of law until his death in that State treasurer 1942-1948; member of board of managers,co and continued the practice city on February 15, 1914; remains werecremated and the Council of State Governments, in 1940 and chairman in Rosa, 1941; vice chairman of Commission on Delaware River Basinashes interred in the Santa Rosa Cemetery, Santa 1936-1951; during the Second World War enlisted in 1943,Calif. commissioned a major, served with the American Military HENLEY, Thomas Jefferson, (father of Barclay Henley), Government in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations,a Representative fromIndiana; born in Richmond, lad., promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1944, and separated fromApril 2, 1810; attended Indiana University atBloomington; the service in 1946; elected as a Republican to the Unitedstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced States Senate in 1948, and served from January 3, 1949, topractice in Richmond, lad.; engaged in banking;member of January 2, 1955; was not a candidate for renominationinthe State house of representatives 1832-1842and served as 1954; appointed Ambassador to New Zealand by Presidentspeaker in 1840; elected as a Democrat to theTwenty-eighth, Dwight Eisenhower 1955-1956; lawyer; was a residentofTwenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1843- Woodbury, N.J., until his death December 7, 1964; intermentMarch 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Patents (Twenty- in Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, N.J. eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses); moved to Californiain HENDRIX, Joseph Clifford, a Representative from New1849 and engaged in banking in Sacramento; memberof the York; born in Fayette, Howard County, Mo., May 25, 1853;first State house of representatives 185 1-1853;superintend- attended private schools and Central College at Fayette andent of Indian affairs of California 1855-1858;postmaster of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1870-1873; moved toNewSan Francisco 1860-1864; died in San Francisco,Calif., Janu- York City in 1873 and worked for the New York Sun; ap-ary 2, 1865; interment in SantaRosa Cemetery, Santa Rosa, pointed a member of the Board of Education of BrooklyninCalif. 1174 Biographical Directory

HENN, Bernhart, a Representative from Iowa; borninrailways; at the time of his death was president and receiver Cherry Valley, N.Y., in 1817; attended thecommon schools;of the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co., which he had moved to Burlington, Iowa, in 1838; studied law;was admit-managed for twenty-three years; died in Indianapolis, md., ted to the bar in Burlington, Iowa; moved to Fairfield,Iowa,May 2, 1927; interment in Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, when appointed register of the United States landoffice inInd. 1845 by President Polk; electedas a Democrat to the Thirty- second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March3, HENRY, Daniel Maynadier, a Representative from Mary- 1855); engaged in banking and dealing in realestate; died inland; born near Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md., Febru- Fairfield, Iowa, August 30, 1865; interment in Evergreenary 19, 1823; attended Cambridge Academy and St. John's Cemetery. College, Annapolis, Md.; studied law; was admitted to the HENNEY, Charles William Francis,a Representativebar in 1844 and practiced in Cambridge; member of the from Wisconsin; born on a farmnear Dunlap, Harrisonhouse of delegates in 1846 and 1849; served in the State County, Iowa, February 2, 1884; attended the district schoolsenate in 1869; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and and Denison (Iowa) Normal School; taught ina districtForty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881); chair- school in Crawford County, Iowa, 1902-1905;was graduatedman, Committee on Accounts (Forty-sixth Congress); re- from the pharmacy department of Fremont (Nebr.) Normalsumed the practice of law; died in Cambridge, Md., August School in 1906 and from the medical department of North-31, 1899; interment in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church western University, Chicago, Ill., in 1910; moved to Portage, Cemetery. Columbia County, Wis., in 1912 and commenced the practice of medicine; delegate to all Democratic State conventions HENRY, Edward Stevens, a Representative from Con- from 1920 to 1936; delegate to Democratic National Conven-necticut; born in the town of Gill, Franklin County, Mass., tions in 1936, 1940, 1944, and 1948; member of the PortageFebruary 10, 1836; moved to Rockville, Conn.; attended the City Park Commission 1925-1933; chief of staff of St. Sav-public schools; engaged in the dry-goods business; treasurer ior's Hospital, Portage City, Wis., in 1926 and 1927; electedof the People's Saving Bank, Rockville, 1870-1921; member as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-of the State house of representatives in 1883; served in the January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for reelection inState senate in 1887 and 1888; delegate at large to the 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; resumed the practice ofRepublican National Convention in 1888; treasurer of the medicine and surgery; died in Portage, Wis., November 16,State of Connecticut 1889-1893; mayor of Rockville in 1894 1969; interment in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. and 1895; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, HENNINGS, Thomas Carey, Jr., a Representative anda1913); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Senator from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., June 25, 1903;Buildings (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses); declined to be attended the public schools; graduated from Cornell Univer-a candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed his former sity, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1924 and from the law departmentofmercantile pursuits in Rockville, Tolland County, Conn., Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1926; admitted towhere he died October 10, 1921; interment in Grove Hill the bar in 1926 and commenced practice in St. Louis;served as assistant circuit attorney for St. Louis 1929-1934; servedCemetery. as a colonel on the Governor's staff 1932-1936; lecturer on HENRY, James, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Acco- criminal jurisprudence at the Benton College of Law, St.mac County, Va., in 1731; pursued classical studies; studied Louis, Mo., 1934-1938; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-law at the University of Edinburgh; was admitted to the bar fourth,Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses andand practiced; member of the house of burgesses 1772-1774; served from January 3, 1935, until his resignationon Decem-member of the State house of delegates in 1776, 1777, and ber 31, 1940, to become a candidate for circuit attorney of St. 1779; Member of the Continental Congress in 1780; judge of Louis; circuit attorney for the city of St. Louis 1941-1944;the State court of admiralty 1782-1788; judge of the general served as a lieutenant commander in the United Statescourt from December 24, 1788, to January 1800, when he Naval Reserve during Second World War 1941-1943;re- sumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to theresigned; died at his home, "Fleet Bay," in Northumberland United States Senate in 1950, reelected in 1956, and servedCounty, Va., December 9, 1804. from January 3, 1951, until his death in Washington, D.C., HENRY, John, a Delegate and a Senator from Maryland; September 13, 1960; chairman, Committee on Rules and Ad-born at "Weston," on the Nanticoke River, near Vienna, ministration (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses); in-Dorchester County, Md., in November 1750; attended West terment in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Va.Nottingham Academy, Cecil County, Md., and graduated Bibliography: Kemper, Donald. Decade of Fear: Senator Hennings and from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) Civil Liberties. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1965; United States Congress. Memorial Services. 86th Cong., 2nd sass., 1960. Washington, D.C.: in 1769; studied law at the Middle Temple in London; re- Government Printing Office, 1961. turned to the United States in 1775 and practiced law in Dorchester County, Md.; member, Maryland General Assem- HENRY, Charles Lewis, a Representative from Indiana;bly; Member of the Continental Congress 1778-1780 and born in Green Township, Hancock County, md., July 1, 1849;1785-1786; was a member of the committee to prepare the moved with his parents to Pendleton, md.; attended theordinance for the government of the Northwest Territory; common schools and Asbury (now De Pauw) University,elected as one of Maryland's first two Members to the Greencastle, Ind.; was graduated from the law department ofUnited States Senate in 1788; reelected in 1795 and served Indiana University at Bloomington in 1872; was admitted tofrom March 4, 1789, until December 10, 1797, when here- the bar and commenced practice in Pendleton; moved tosigned, having been elected Governor; Governor of Maryland Anderson, Ind., in 1875; member of the State senate in 1880,1797-1798; died at his country estate, "Weston," Dorchester 1881, and 1883; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourthCounty, Md., December 16, 1798; interment in Christ Episco- and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); pal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md. declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898; interest- Bibliography: DAB; Henry, John. Letters and Papers of Governor John ed in the development and operation of electric interurban Henry. Baltimore: G.W. King Printing Company, 1904. Biographies 1175

HENRY, John, a Representative from Illinois; born near HENRY, Patrick (uncle of Patrick Henry [1861-19331), a Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky., November 1, 1800; attendedRepresentative from Mississippi; born near Cynthia,Madi- the public schools; served as a private in Captain Arnett'sson County, Miss., February 12,1843; attended the common company of Illinois volunteers in theBlack Hawk War;schools, Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss., MadisonCollege, member of the State house of representatives 1832-1840; wasSharon, Miss., and the Nashville (Tenn.) MilitaryCollege; prominently identified with the construction of the first rail- moved to Brandon, Miss., in 1858; enlisted in the Confeder- way in Illinois in 1838; member of the State senate1840-ate service as a first lieutenant in Company B,Sixth Missis- 1847; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress to fillsippi Infantry Regiment, in 1861; served throughout the the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward D. BakerCivil War and surrendered at Greensboro, N.C., April26, and served from February 5, 1847, to March 3, 1847; was not1865, as major of the Fourteenth (Consolidated) Mississippi a candidate for the Thirtieth Congress;superintendent ofRegiment; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Hindsand the State insane asylum at Jacksonville, Ill.,1850-1855;Rankin Counties until 1873; studied law; was admitted to during the Civil War was connected with the Quartermas-the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Brandon, Miss.; ter's Department at Jackson, Tenn., from August 25, 1862, tomember of the State house of representatives 1878-1890; April 30, 1863; died in St. Louis, Mo., April 28, 1882; inter-delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1890; as- ment in Bellefontaine Cemetery. sistant United States district attorney in 1896; elected as a HENRY, John Flournoy, a Representative from Ken-Democrat totheFifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses tucky; born at Henrys Mill, Scott County, Ky., on January(March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for 17, 1793; attended Georgetown Academy, Kentucky, and Jef-renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law in Bran- ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.; was graduateddon, Miss.; member of the State senate 1904-1908; served as from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1817; served mayor of Brandon from 1916 until hisdeath in Brandon, at Fort Meigs in 1813 as surgeon's mate of Kentucky troops; engaged in agricultural pursuits and the practice of medi-Miss., May 18, 1930; interment in Brandon Cemetery. cine; elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy HENRY, Patrick (nephew of Patrick Henry [1843-1930]), a caused by the death of Robert P. Henry and served fromRepresentative from Mississippi; born near Helena, Phillips December 11, 1826, to March 3, 1827; unsuccessful candidateCounty, Ark., February 15, 1861; moved with his parents to for reelection in 1827 to the Twentieth Congress; professorinVicksburg, Miss., in 1865; attended the public schoolsand the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati in 1831; moved towas graduated from the Universityof Mississippi, Oxford, Bloomington, Ill., in 1834 and to Burlington, Iowa, in 1845Miss.; attended the United States Military Academy;studied and resumed the practice of medicine; died in Burlington,law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 andcommenced prac- Iowa, November 12, 1873; interment in Aspen Grove Ceme-tice in Vicksburg, Miss.; city attorney 1884-1888;member of tery. the State senate from 1888 until he resignedto become HENRY, Lewis, a Representative from New York; born indistrict attorney in 1890; district attorney for theninth judi- Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., June 8, 1885; attended thecial district 1890-1900; delegate to theDemocratic National public schools; was graduated from Elmira (N.Y.) AcademyConvention in 1896; appointed circuit judge of theninth in 1904, from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1909, andjudicial district in 1900 and served until1901, when he from the law department of Columbia University, New Yorkresigned, having been elected as a Democrat tothe Fifty- City, in 1911; was admitted to the bar in 1912 and com-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3,1903); unsuccess- menced practice in Elmira, N.Y.; supervisor of the first wardful candidate for renomination in 1902; resumedthe practice of that city 1914-1920; delegate to the Republican State Decem- convention in 1920; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-of law in Vicksburg, Miss., until his death there on seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-ber 28, 1933; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery. tion of Alanson B. Houghton and served from April 11, 1922, HENRY, Paul B., a Representative from Michigan;born to March 3, 1923; unsuccessful candidate for renomination;in Chicago, Iii., July 9, 1942; graduatedfrom Pasadena High resumed the practice of law at Elmira, N.Y.; president of theSchool, Pasadena, Calif., 1959; B.A., WheatonCollege, Ill., Oriental Consolidated Mining Company until 1939; died at1963; M.A., Duke University, Durham, N.C.,1968; Ph.D., Boston, Mass., on July 23, 1941; interment in WoodlawnDuke, 1970; Peace Corps volunteer inLiberia and Ethiopia, Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y. 1963-1965; professor of political science,Calvin College, HENRY, Patrick (grandfather of William Henry Roane, Grand Rapids, Mich.; member, Michigan State Boardof Edu- cousin of , and great-great-great-grandfather ofcation, 1975-1978; Michigan State houseof representatives, Robert Lee Henry), a Delegate from Virginia; born inStud-1979-1982; Michigan State senate, 1983-1984; elected as a ley, Hanover County, Va., May 29, 1736; pursuedclassicalRepublican to the Ninety-ninth and OneHundredth Con- studies; engaged in mercantile pursuits; studied law; wasgresses (January 3, 1985-January3, 1989); is a resident of admitted to the bar in 1760; moved to Louisa County in 1764;Grand Rapids, Mich. served as a member Of the colonial house of burgesses in 1765; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1775;Gover- HENRY, Robert Kirkland, a Representativefrom Wiscon- nor of Virginia 1776-1779 and1784-1786; member of thesin; born in Jefferson, Jefferson County,Wis., February 9, State convention which ratified the Constitution in1788; 1890; attended the public schools of his nativecity and the declined the appointment of United States Senator in1794, University of Wisconsin at Madison; engaged inthe banking the Cabinet portfolio of Secretary of State in1795, the ap-business; served as State treasurer 1931-1935;member of the pointment of Chief Justice of the United Statestendered byJefferson Municipal Water and Light Commissionfrom No- President Washington, and of Minister to Franceoffered byvember 7, 1939, to December 1, 1944; memberof the State President Adams; elected to the State senate in 1799, butdidBanking Commission 1940-1944; elected as aRepublican to not take the seat; died in Red Hill, Va., June6, 1799; inter-the Seventy-ninth Congress and servedfrom January 3, ment on "Red Hill" estate near Brookneal, Va. 1945, until his death; had been reelected tothe Eightieth Bibliography: DAB; Beeman, Richard R. Patrick Henry: ABiography. Congress; died in Madison, Wis., November20, 1946; inter- New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974; Meade, Robert D. PatrickHenry. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1957-1969. ment in Greenwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Wis. 1176 Biographical Directory

HENRY, Robert Lee (great-great-great-grandson of Pat-schools; engaged in business in Chester, Vt., and lateren- rick Henry [1736-1799]), a Representative from Texas; borngaged in manufacturing in Vermont, New York, and Jaffery, in Linden, Cass County, Tex., May 12, 1864; attendedtheN.H.; moved to Bellows Falls, Vt., in 1831; engaged in bank- common schools; moved to Bowie County in 1878 and toing; member of the State house of representatives in 1834 McLennan County in 1895; was graduated from the South-and 1835; served in the State senate in 1836;a director of western University of Texas at Georgetown in 1885; studiedthe Rutland & Burlington Railroad Co.; delegate to the Whig law; was admitted to the bar in 1886 and practiced fora short time in Texarkana, Tex.; was graduated from the Uni-National Convention at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1839; electedas a versity of Texas at Austin in 1887; elected Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, mayor of Texar-1847-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candidate for election in kana in 1890 but resigned in 1891; first office assistant to the1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; resumed banking; presi- attorney general of Texas 1891-1893; assistant attorneygen- eral 1893-1896; settled in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., indential elector on the Republican ticket in 1860; died in 1895 and practiced law; elected asa Democrat to the Fifty-Bellows Falls, Vt., April 16, 1861; interment in South Street fifth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897- Cemetery, Chester, Vt. March 3, 1917); chairman, Committee on Rules (Sixty-second HENRY, Winder Laird (great-grandson of Charles Golds- through Sixty-fourth Congresses); was nota candidate forborough and Robert Henry Goldsborough), a Representative renomination in 1916, but was an unsuccessful candidate forfrom Maryland; born near Cambridge, Dorchester County, the Democratic nomination for United States Senator;en-Md., December 20, 1864; attended the public schools;en- gaged in the practice of law in Waco, Tex.; againan unsuc-gaged in mercantile pursuits; purchased an interest in and cessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Unitedbecame editor of the Cambridge Chronicle; elected States Senator in 1922 and 1928; moved to Houston, Tex., in as a Dem- 1923 and resumed the practice of his profession; died inocrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused Houston, Tex., July 9, 1931, from a gunshot wound; inter-by the death of Robert F. Bratton and served from Novem- ment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex. ber 6, 1894, to March 3, 1895; was not a candidate for re- nomination in 1894; resumed newspaper work until 1898; HENRY, Robert Pryor, a Representative from Kentucky;studied law; was admitted to the bar of Dorchester County born in Henrys Mills, Scott County, Ky. (thena part ofin 1898 and engaged in practice in Cambridge; colonelon the Virginia), November 24, 1788; pursued classical studies and staff of Gov. John Walter Smith 1899-1903; commissioner of was graduated from Transylvania College, Lexington, KY.;the land office of Maryland April 1 to May 1, 1908; appoint- studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenceded chief judge of the first judicial circuit in May 1908 and practice in Georgetown, KY.; prosecuting attorney in 1819;served until October 1, 1909; resumed the practice of law in served in the War of 1812; moved to Hopkinsville in 1817;Cambridge, Md., and also engaged in banking; member of elected to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses andthe Public Service Commission of Maryland from August 1, served from March 4, 1823, until his death in Hopkinsville,1914, to June 1, 1916; died in Cambridge, Md., July 5, 1940; Ky., August 25, 1826; interment in Pioneer Cemetery. interment in Christ Church Cemetery. HENRY, Thomas, a Representative from Pennsylvania; HENSLEY, Walter Lewis, a Representative from Missou- born in County Down, Ireland, in 1779; immigrated to Amer-ri; born near Pevely, Jefferson County, Mo., September 3, ica and settled in Beaver, Pa., in 1798; appointed justice of1871; attended the public schools and the law department of the peace by Governor Snyder December 24, 1808; electedthe University of Missouri at Columbia; was admitted to the county commissioner in 1810; captain of acompany thatbar in 1894 and commenced practice in Wayne County, Mo.; went from Beaver to help defend the northern frontier from moved to Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Mo., and contin- a threatened British invasion in 1814; elected a member ofued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of St. Francois the State house of representatives in 1815; prothonotary andCounty 1898-1902; moved to Farmington, Mo., and practiced clerk of courts 1816-1821; elected sheriff of the county inlaw; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the 1821; proprietor and editor of the Western Argus 1821-1831;three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1919); county treasurer in 1828 and 1829; elected as an Anti-Ma-was not a candidate for renomination in 1918; United States sonic candidate to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Con-district attorney from March 1919 until he resigned in May gresses and as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress1920; reengaged in the private practice of law in St. Louis, (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843); died in Beaver, Pa., July 20,Mo., until 1936, when he retired and moved to near Pevely; 1849; interment in Old Beaver Cemetery. died at his summer home in Ludington, Mich., July 18, 1946; HENRY, William, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; borninterment in Sandy Baptist Cemetery, near Pevely, Mo. near Downington, Chester County, Pa., May 19, 1729; attend- HEPBURN, William Peters (great-grandson of Matthew ed the common schools; worked as a gunsmith; justice of the court of common pleas of Lancaster County in 1770, 1773,Lyon), a Representative from Iowa; born in Wellsville, Co- and 1777; canal commissioner of Pennsylvania in 1771;lumbiana County, Ohio, November 4, 1833; moved to Iowa member of the State assembly in 1776; assistant commissarywith his parents, who settled near Iowa City in April 1841; general with the rank of colonel for the district of Lancaster,attended the common schools of Iowa City and the academy Pa., during the Revolutionary War; member of the council ofconducted by James F. Harlan (later a Senator); served an safety 1777; treasurer of Lancaster County 1777-1785; presi-apprenticeship in a printing office; studied law in Iowa City dent judge of the court of common pleas in 1780; inventor ofand Chicago; was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1854 and the screw auger and the first to suggest steam as a motivecommenced practice in Iowa City, Iowa; settled in Marshall- power; Member of the Continental Congress 1784-1785; diedtown, Marshall County, in February 1856; prosecuting attor- in Lancaster, Pa., December 15, 1786; interment in the Mo-ney of Marshall County in 1856; district attorney of the ravian Cemetery; reinterment in Greenwood Cemetery. eleventh judicial district 1856-1861; clerk of the Iowa house Bibliography: DAB. of representatives in 1858; delegate to the Republican Na- tional Convention in 1860, 1888 and 1896; during the Civil HENRY, William, a Representative from Vermont; bornWar served in the Second Iowa Cavalry as captain, major, in Charlestown, N.H., March 22, 1788; attended the commonand lieutenant colonel; resident of Memphis, Tenn., 1865- Biographies 1177

1867; moved to Clarinda, Iowa, in 1867; resumed the practiceArmy as lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Texas Cavalry; of law until 1881; elected as a Republican to the Forty-was wounded at the Battle ofMansfield April 8, 1864, and seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4,died in Kingston, La., July 23, 1864, from the effects of his 1881-March 3, 1887); served as Solicitor of the Treasurywounds; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth HEREFORD, Frank, a Representative and a Senator from Congress; elected to the Fifty-third and to the seven succeed- West Virginia; born near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., ing Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1909); chairman,July 4, 1825; completed preparatory studies and graduated Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Fifty-from McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., in 1845; studied law; fourth through Sixtieth Congresses); sponsor of the Hepburnwas admitted to the bar and practiced;moved to California Act of 1906; unsuccessfully contested the election of Williamin 1849; district attorney of Sacramento County 1855-1857; D. Jamieson to the Sixty-first Congress; engaged in the prac-moved to West Virginia; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- tice of law in Clarinda, Iowa, and Washington, D.C.; died insecond, Forty-third, and Forty-fourth Congresses and served Clarinda, Iowa, February 7,1916; interment in Clarindafrom March 4, 1871, until January 31, 1877, when he re- Cemetery. signed; chairman, Committee on Commerce (Forty-fourth Bibliography: DAB; Briggs, John E. . Iowa City: Congress); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate State Historical Society of Iowa, 1919. on January 26, 1877, to fill the vacancy caused bythe death of Allen Taylor Caperton and served from January 31, 1877, HERBERT, Hilary Abner, a Representative from Ala-to March 3,1881; chairman, Committee on Mines and bama; born in Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., March 12,Mining (Forty-sixth Congress); resumed the practice of law; 1834; moved with his parents to Greenville, Butler County, Ala., in 1846; attended the University of Alabama at Tusca-died in Union, Monroe County, W.Va., December 21, 1891; loosa in 1853 and 1854 and the University of Virginia atinterment in Green Hill Cemetery. Charlottesville in 1855 and 1856; studied law; was admitted HERGER, Walter William (Wally), a Representative from to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Greenville,California; born in Yuba City, Calif., May 20, 1945; attended Ala.; entered the Confederate service as captain of thepublic schools and California State University, Sacramento; Greenville Guards; promoted to the rank of colonel of thecattle rancher; businessman; member, East Nicolaus High Eighth Regiment, Alabama Infantry; disabled at the BattleSchool Board of Trustees, 1977-1980; California State assem- of the Wilderness May 6, 1864; resumed the practice of lawblyman, 1980-1986; elected as a Republican to the One Hun- in Greenville, Ala., until 1872, when he moved to Montgom-dredth Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3,1989); is a ery, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to theForty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March3, 1893); resident of Rio Oso, Calif. chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Forty-ninth, Fifti- HERKIMER, John, a Representative from New York; eth, and Fifty-second Congresses); served in the Cabinet ofborn in what is now Herkimer (then Tryon and later Mont- President Cleveland as Secretary of the Navy 1893-1897;gomery) County, N.Y., in 1773; attended the public schools; located in Washington, D.C., and practiced law until hismember of the State assembly in 1800, 1804, and 1806; death; died in Tampa, Fla., March 6, 1919; interment inmember of the State constitutional convention in1801; Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala. moved to Danube, Herkimer County, N.Y.; major in the war Bibliography: DAB; Hammett, Hugh B. Hilary Abner Herbert: A South- of 1812 and commanded a battalion of New York Volunteers erner Returns to the Union. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, in the defense of Sackets Harbor May 29, 1813; judgeof the 1976; Herbert, Hilary Abner. The Abolition Crusade and its Consequences; the Four Periods of American History. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1912. circuit court for several years; elected as a Republican to Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819); moved to HERBERT, John Carlyle, a Representative from Mary-Meriden, N.Y.; elected to the Eighteenth Congress (March4, land; born in Alexandria, Va., August 16, 1775; received1823-March 3, 1825); returned to Danube, where he died private instruction and was graduated from St. John's Col-June 8, 1848; interment in General HerkimerCemetery, lege, Annapolis, Md., in 1794; studied law; was admitted toDanube, N.Y. the bar and commenced practice in Richmond, Va., about 1795; member of the Virginia house of delegates in 1798 and HERLONG, Albert Sydney, Jr., a Representative from 1799; settled in Prince Georges County, Md., in1805;Florida; born in Manistee, Monroe County, Ala., February member of the Maryland house of delegates 1808-1813 and14, 1909; moved with his parents to Marion County,Fla., in served as speaker in 1812 and 1813; served as captain of the1912; attended the public schools of Sumter and Lake Coun- Bladensburg Troop of Horse in the War of 1812; elected as a ties and Leesburg High School; wasgraduated from the Federalist to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth CongressesUniversity of Florida at Gainesville in 1930; was admitted to (March 4, 1815-March 3,1819); chairman, Committee onthe bar in 1930 and commenced the practice oflaw in Lees- District of Columbia (Fifteenth Congress); retired to hisburg, Lake County, Fla.; elected county judge of Lake estate, "Walnut Grange," Beltsville, Md., in 1820 and re-County, Fla., and served from 1937 to 1949; city attorneyof sumed the practice of law; died in Buchanan, BotetourtLeesburg from 1946 to 1948; held Reserve commission as County, Va., September 1, 1846; interment in Greenmountcaptain in the United States Army and was called to active Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. duty in the Judge Advocate General's Department in August HERBERT, , a Representative from1941; was discharged in 1942 due to physical disability; served two enlistments in the Florida State Guard; president California; born in Pine Apple, Wilcox County, Ala., Novem- 1948; elect- ber 1, 1825; attended the common schools and the Universityof the Florida State Baseball League in 1947 and of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; moved to Mariposa City, Calif.,ed as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the nine succeed- about 1850; member of the State assembly in 1853 and 1854;ing Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1969); was not a elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (Marchcandidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); was not a candidate for renomina-resumed the practice of law; member of the Securitiesand tion in 1856; moved to El Paso, Tex., about 1859 and prac-Exchange Commission 1969-1973; is a resident of Leesburg, ticed law; during the Civil War served with the ConfederateFla. 1178 Biographical Directory

HERMANN, Binger, a Representative from Oregon; born HERNDON, Thomas Hord, a Representative from Ala- in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Md., February 19,1843; bama; born in Erie, Greene (now Hale) County, Ala., July 1, attended rural schools and was graduated from the Inde-1828; attended a private school; was graduated from the pendent Academy, Manchester, Md., later knownas Irving College; moved to Oregon in 1859, where he taught school;University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1847; attended the studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commencedlaw school of Harvard University in 1848; was admitted to practice in Oakland, Oreg.; member of the State house ofthe bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Eutaw, Ala.; representatives 1866-1868; served in the State senate 1868-editor of the Eutaw Democrat in 1850; moved to Mobile, 1870; deputy collector of internalrevenue for southernAla., in 1853 and resumed the practice of law; member of Oregon 1868-1871; receiver of public moneys at the Unitedthe State house of representatives in 1857 and 1858; trustee States land office in Roseburg, Oreg., 1871-1873; colonelof the University of Alabama in 1858 and 1859; returned to Oregon State Militia 1882-1884; appointed by PresidentGreene County in 1859; member of the State secessioncon- McKinley Commissioner of the General Land Office andvention in 1861; during the Civil War served as major, lieu- served from March 27, 1897, until February 1, 1903, when hetenant colonel, and colonel of the Thirty-sixth Regiment, resigned; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and toAlabama Infantry, in the Confederate Army and was wound- the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3,ed twice in battle; again moved to Mobile and resumed the 1897); chairman, Committee on Irrigation of Arid Landspractice of his profession; unsuccessful Democratic candidate (Fifty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomina-for Governor of Alabama in 1872; member of the Statecon- tion in 1896; again elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fillstitutionalconvention which met September6,1875; the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Tongue;member of the State house of representatives in 1876 and reelected to the Fifty-ninth Congress and served from June1877; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-sev- 1, 1903, to March 3, 1907; was not a candidate for renomina-enth, and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, tion in 1906; resumed the practice of law and engaged in1879, until his death in Mobile, Ala., March 28, 1883, before literary pursuits in Roseburg, Oreg., where he died April 15,the convening of the Forty-eighth Congress; interment in 1926; interment in the Masonic Cemetery. Magnolia Cemetery. HERNANDEZ, Benigno Cardenas, a Representative from HERNDON, William Smith, a Representative from Texas; New Mexico; born in Taos, N.Mex., February 13, 1862;at-born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., November 27, 1835; moved tended common and private schools; clerk in a generalmer-to Wood County, Tex., in May 1852; attended the common chandise establishment in Taos County from 1880 to 1889; engaged in general merchandising and stock raising; movedschools and was graduated from McKenzie College in 1859; to Lumberton in 1896 and engaged in mercantile pursuits;studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced probate clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds for Rio Arribapractice in Tyler, Smith County, Tex.; served in the Confed- County 1900-1904; moved to Tierra Amarilla in 1901; sherifferate Army from 1861 to 1865 and attained the rank of captain; resumed the practice of law in Tyler; attorney, exec- of Rio Arriba County 1904-1906; county treasurer andex officio collector of taxes from 1908 until 1912; delegatetoutive adviser, and general solicitor for numerous railroad numerous State Republican conventions; receiver of the landcompanies 1868-1881; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- office at Sante Fe, N.Mex., in 1912 and 1913, when here-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, signed; again engaged in mercantile pursuits and stock rais-1875); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the ing; delegate to the Republican National Conventions inForty-fourth Congress; again engaged in the practice of law 1912 and 1916; member of the State exemption board during in Tyler, Tex., engaged in railroad construction; died in Al- the First World War; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-buquerque, N.Mex., October 11, 1903; interment in Oakwood fourth Congress (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1917); unsuccessfulCemetery, Tyler, Tex. candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919-March 3, HEROD, William, a Representative from Indiana; born in 1921); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920; appoint-Bourbon County, Ky., March 31, 1801; completed preparato- ed collector of internal revenue for the district of Newry studies; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Mexico by President Harding on April 22, 1921, and servedBracken County, Ky.; later moved to Columbus, md.; was until 1933; member of the Selective Service Board 1940-1947; admitted to the bar in Bartholomew County in 1825 and died in Los Angeles, Calif., on October 18, 1954; interment inbgan practice in Columbus, md.; member of the State house Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. of representatives in 1829, 1830, and 1844; served in the State senate 1831-1834, 1845, and 1846; elected prosecuting HERNANDEZ, Joseph Marion, a Delegate from the Terri-attorney of Bartholomew County and served from 1833 until tory of Florida; born in St. Augustine, Fla. (thena Spanish1837, when he resigned; elected as a Whig to the Twenty- colony), August 4, 1793; transferred his allegiance to thefourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States; upon the formation of Florida TerritorywasGeorge L. Kinnard; reelected to the Twenty-fifth Congress elected as a Delegate to the Seventeenth Congress andand served from January 25, 1837, to March 3, 1839; unsuc- served from September 30, 1822, to March 3, 1823; membercessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth and presiding officer of the Territorial house of representa-Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Colum- tives; appointed brigadier general of Volunteers in thewarbus, md.; clerk of the circuit court of Bartholomew County against the Florida Indians; entered the United States serv-in 1853; became a Republican upon the formation of that ice and served from 1835 to 1838; commanded the expeditionparty; engaged in the practice of law until his death at in 1837 that captured the Indian chief Oceola; appointedColumbus, md., October 20, 1871; interment in City Ceme- brigadier general of Mounted Volunteers in July 1837; un-tery. successful Whig candidate for the United States Senate in 1845; moved to Cuba and engaged as a planter in the Dis- HERRICK, Anson (son of Ebenezer Herrick), a Represent- trict of Coliseo, near Matanzas; died at the family's sugarative from New York; born in Lewiston, Androscoggin estate, "Audaz," in the District of Coliseo, Matanzas Prov-County, Maine, January 21,1812; attended the public ince, Cuba, June 8, 1857; interment in the Junco familyschools; learned the art of printing; established the Citizen vault in San Carlos Cemetery, Matanzas, Cuba. at Wiscasset, Maine, in 1833; moved to New York City in Biographies 1179

1836; established the New York Atlas in 1838, which he HERRICK, Samuel, a Representative from Ohio; born in continued until his death; member of the board of aldermenAmenia, Dutchess County, N.Y., April 14, 1779; pursued an 1854-1856; naval storekeeper for the port of New York 1857- academic course; studied law in Carlisle, Pa.; was admitted 1861; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congressto the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in St.Clairsville, (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for Ohio; moved to Zanesville, Ohio, in 1810; appointed prosecut- reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress; resumed hising attorney of Guernsey County in 1810 and alsoUnited journalistic pursuits; delegate to the Union National Con-States district attorney; in 1814 appointed prosecuting attor- vention at Philadelphia in 1866; died in New York Cityney of Licking County and commissionedbrigadier general February 6, 1868; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brook-of the Ohio Militia; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth lyn, N.Y. Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress(March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); chairman, Committee on Private Land HERRICK, Ebenezer (father of Anson Herrick), a Repre- Claims (Fifteenth Congress); was not a candidate for reelec- sentative from Maine; born in Lewiston, Androscoggintion in 1820; continued the practice of law; presidential elec- County, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), October 21, appointed 1785; attended the common schools; studied law; was admit-tor on the Jackson and Calhoun ticket in 1828; ted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowdoinham,United States district attorney for Ohio in 1829 but resigned Lincoln County, Maine; engaged in mercantile pursuitsJune 30, 1830; died in Zanesville, Ohio, June 4, 1852; inter- 1814-1818; member of the Massachusetts house of represent-ment in City (now Greenwood) Cemetery. atives in 1819; member of the convention which formed the HERRING, Clyde LaVerne, a Senator from Iowa; born in first constitution of the State of Maine in 1820; secretary ofJackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 3, 1879; attendedthe the Maine senate in 1821; elected to the Seventeenth, Eight-public schools; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1897; served as a eenth, and Nineteenth Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3,private in Company D, Third Michigan Regiment, in the 1827); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1826;Spanish-American War; moved to Colorado Springs, Cob., member of the Maine senate in 1828 and 1829; died inand engaged in ranching 1902-1906; moved to Massena, Lewiston, Maine, May 7, 1839; interment in the Old HerrickIowa, and engaged in agricultural pursuits 1906-1908; en- Burying Ground. tered the automobile business in Atlantic, Iowa, 1908-1910; HERRICK, Joshua, a Representative from Maine; born inmoved to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1910 and continued in the Beverly, Mass., March 18,1793; attended the commonautomobile business; during the First World War served schools; moved to the district of Maine in 1811 and engagedwith the Iowa National Guard on the Mexican border; un- in the lumber business; served in the War of 1812; moved tosuccessful candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1920; unsuccess- Brunswick, Maine, and became connected with the firstful candidate for election to the United States Senatein cotton factory of Maine; deputy sheriff of Cumberland1922; member of the Democratic National Committee of County for many years; deputy collector and inspector ofIowa 1924-1928; Governor of Iowa 1933-1937;elected as a customs at Kennebunkport, Maine, 1829-1841; town clerk ofDemocrat to the United States Senate for the termbegin- Kennebunkport 1832-1842; also selectman, assessor, andning January 3, 1937, but did not qualify untilthe expira- overseer of the poor of Kennebunkport 1839-1842; countytion of his term as Governor, and servedfrom January 15, commissioner of York County in 1842 and 1843; elected as a1937, to January 3, 1943; unsuccessful candidatefor reelec- Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-tion in 1942; senior assistant administrator inthe Office of March 3, 1845); unsuccessful candidate for renomination inPrice Administration 1943; resumed theautomobile business 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress; again deputy collector atin Des Moines, Iowa; died in Washington,D.C., September Kennebunkport 1847-1849;register of probate of York15, 1945; interment in Glendale Cemetery, DesMoines, Iowa. County 1849-1855; died in Alfred, Maine, August 30, 1874; interment in Village Cemetery, Kennebunkport, Maine. HERSEY, Ira Greenlief, a Representative from Maine; born in Hodgdon, Aroostook County, Maine, March31, 1858; HERRICK, Manuel, a Representative from Oklahoma;attended the public schools and Ricker Classical Institute, born in Perry, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 20,Houlton, Maine; studied law; was admitted to thebar in 1876; moved with his parents to Greenwood County, Kans., 1880 and commenced practice in Houlton, Maine; unsuccess- in 1877; was self-educated; engaged in agricultural pursuits;ful candidate for Governor of Maine in 1886;member of the settled in the "Cherokee Strip," Oklahoma, in 1893; movedState house of representatives 1909-1912; served inthe State to Perry, Okia., and became interested in agricultureandsenate 1913-1916 and was president of that bodyin 1915 and stock raising; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh1916; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and tothe Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful candi-five succeeding Congresses (March 4,1917-March 3, 1929); date in 1922 for renomination; became a resident of Califor-chairman, Committee on Expenditures on PublicBuildings nia in 1933 and of Plumas County, Calif., in 1937;disap-(Sixty-sixth Congress); one of the managers appointed bythe peared during a Sierra blizzard January 11, 1952, while on aHouse of Representatives in 1926 to conduct theimpeach- trip to his mining claim eight miles northeast ofQuincy,ment proceedings against George W. English,judge of the Calif., and was found dead in a snowbank two miles fromhisUnited States District Court for the Eastern Districtof Illi- cabin on February 29, 1952; remains were cremated and thenois; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in1928 to the ashes interred in Quincy Cemetery, Quincy, Calif. Seventy-first Congress; judge of probatefor Aroostook Bibliography:Aldrich, Gene.Okie Jesus Congressman (The LifeofCounty, Maine, 1934-1942, when he retired andmoved to Manuel Herrick). Oklahoma City: Times-Journal Publishing Co., 1974. Washington, D.C., where he died on May 6, 1943;interment HERRICK, Richard Platt, a Representative from Newin Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, Maine. York; born in Greenbush (now Rensselaer),Rensselaer assembly HERSEY, Samuel Freeman, aRepresentativefrom County, N.Y., March 23, 1791; member of the State April 12, in 1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth CongressandMaine; born in Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, served from March 4, 1845, until his death inWashington,1812; attended the common schools of Sumnerand Buck- D.C., June 20, 1846; interment in Greenbush Cemetery,field; taught school 1828-1831; was graduated fromHebron Greenbush (now Rensselaer), N.Y. Academy in 1831; removed to Bangor the same year; en- 1180 Biographical Directory gaged in the merchandise business in Lincoln in 1833 and incial Representative for Trade Negotiations, February 27, Milford in 1837; engaged in the lumber business in Stillwa-1963, until his death in Washington, D.C., on December 30, ter, Maine, in 1842 and in Bangor in 1850; member of the1966; interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Millis, Mass. State house of representatives in 1842, 1857, and 1865; Bibliography: Noble, George Bernard. Christian A. Herter. American member of the executive council 1852-1854; delegate to the Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy, vol.18. New York: Cooper Republican National Convention in 1860; member of the Square Publishers, 1970. Republican National Committee 1864-1868; member of the State senate in 1868 and 1869; unsuccessful candidate for HESELTON, John Walter, a Representative from Massa- Governor of Maine in 1870; elected asa Republican to thechusetts; born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, March Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses and served from17, 1900; attended the public schools of Gardiner, Maine, March 4, 1873, until his death in Bangor, Maine, February 3,Amherst (Mass.) College, and Harvard Law School, Cam- 1875, before the close of the Forty-third Congress; intermentbridge, Mass.; served in the United States Army from Octo- in Mount Hope Cemetery. ber 10, 1918, to December 12, 1918; was admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Mass.; also HERSMAN, Hugh Steel, a Representative from California;interested in banking; secretary of the board of trustees of born in Port Deposit, Cecil County, Md., July 8, 1872; movedDeerfield Academy; selectman of Deerfield, Mass., 1932- to California with his parents, who settled in Berkeley in1935; president of the Massachusetts Selectmen's Association 1881; attended the public schools in California;was graduat-1935-1938; secretary of the Deerfield Republican Towncom- ed from the Southwestern Presbyterian University, Tennes-mittee 1928-1938; member of the Republican State commit- see, in 1893; studied at the University of California at Berke-tee 1936-1938; district attorney of the northwestern district ley in 1897 and 1898; president of the First National Bank,of Massachusetts 1939-1944; elected as a Republican to the Gilroy, Calif., 1914-1918; officer and director of variouscor- Seventy-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January porations; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress3, 1945-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomina- (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful for reelection intion in 1958; engaged in the practice of law; was a resident 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; member of the board ofof Vero Beach, Fla., at the time of his death, August 19, directors of the American Trust Co., Gilroy, Calif.; died in 1962; interment in Hope Cemetery, New Orleans, La. San Francisco, Calif., March 7, 1954; interment in Notting- ham Cemetery, Cobra, Cecil County, Md. HESS, William Emil, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 13, 1898; attended the public HERTEL, Dennis Mark, a Representative from Michigan;schools, the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, and born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 7, 1948;Cincinnati (Ohio) Law School; during the First World War attended the public schools; graduated from Denby Highserved in the United States Army as a private; was admitted School, Detroit, 1967; B.A., Eastern Michigan University,to the bar in 1919 and commenced the practice of law in Ypsilanti, 1971; J.D., Wayne State University, Detroit, 1974;Cincinnati, Ohio, the same year; member of the Cincinnati admitted to the Michigan bar in 1975 and commencedprac-City Council 1922-1926; elected as a Republican to the Sev- tice in Detroit; served in the Michigan house of representa-enty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, tives, 1975-1980; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sev-1929-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for reelection enth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3,in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the practice 1981-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Detroit, Mich. of law; elected to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeed- HERTER, Christian Archibald, a Representative froming Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949); unsuccess- Massachusetts; born in Paris, France, March 28, 1895, offul candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Con- American parents; attended school in Paris 1901-1904 andgress; elected to the Eighty-second and to the four succeed- Browning School of New York City 1904-1911; was graduat-ing Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1961); was not a ed from Harvard University in 1915; attaché of the Ameri-candidate for renomination in 1960; resumed the practice of can Embassy in Berlin, Germany, in 1916 and for twolaw; was a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, until his death there months was in charge of the American Legation in Brussels,on July 14, 1986; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery. Belgium; served in the State Department, Washington, D.C., 1917-1919; executive secretary of the European Relief Coun- HEWES, Joseph, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in cil in 1920; personal assistant to the Secretary of Commerce,Kingston, N.J., January 23, 1730; pursued classical studies Washington, D.C., 1921-1924; engaged in the publishing busi- and attended Princeton College; engaged in business in ness at Boston, Mass., 1924-1937; visiting lecturer on govern-Philadelphia, Pa.; settled in Wilmington, N.C., and engaged ment at Harvard University in 1929 and 1930; overseer,in mercantile pursuits; moved to Edenton, N.C., in 1756; Harvard University, 1940-1944 and 1946-1952; member ofmember of the State house of commons 1766-1775; member of the committee of correspondence in 1773; delegate to the the State house of representatives 1931-1943, servingas speaker 1939-1943; deputy director of the Office of Facts and Provincial congress; Member of the Continental Congress Figures, Washington, D.C., in 1941 and 1942; electedas a1774-1776; again served in the State house of commons in Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding1778 and 1779; was a signer of the Declaration of Independ- Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1953); was notaence; again a Member of the Continental Congress in 1779 candidate for renomination in 1952; delegate to the Republi-and served until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., on Novem- can National Convention in 1948; was Governor of Massa-ber 10, 1779; interment in Christ Church Burial Ground, 5th and Arch Streets. chusetts from January 1953 to January 1957; was nota candidate for reelection as Governor in 1956; Under Secre- Bibliography: DAB. tary of State from February 21, 1957, and Secretary of State HEWITT, Abram Stevens, a Representative from New from April 22, 1959, to January 20, 1961; chairman of theYork; born in Haverstraw, N.Y., July 31, 1822; attended the Honorary Council of the International Movement for Atlan-public schools of New York City and was graduated from tic Union, 1961; cochairman of United States Citizens Com-Columbia College in 1842; studied law; was admitted to prac- mission on NATO in 1961, and elected president of the re-tice in October 1845; his eyesight failing, he engaged in the sulting convention in Paris in January 1962; President's Spe-iron business with Peter Cooper and established works in Biographies 1181

New Jersey and Pennsylvania; appointed one of the tenhimself in the practice of law; member of the Commons United States scientific commissioners to visit the FrenchHouse of Assembly of South Carolina in 1772; delegate to Exposition Universelle of 1867 and made a report on ironthe provincial convention in 1774; member of the council of and steel, which was published by Congress; organized andsafety in 1775 and 1776; member of the general assembly managed the Cooper Union for the advancement of science1776-1778; Member of the Continental Congress 1776-1778; and art; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth andsigner of the Declaration of Independence; member of the Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); wasState constitutional committee in 1776; served in the State not a candidate for renomination in 1878; elected to thehouse of representatives 1778-1780 and 1782-1790; served in Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses andthe Revolutionary War as captain; taken prisoner at the served from March 4, 1881, until December 30, 1886, whencapture of Charlestown May 12, 1780, and was a prisoner at he resigned; mayor of New York City in 1887 and 1888;St. Augustine one year; judge of the circuit court 1779-1789; appointed member of the Palisades Interstate Park Commis-founder and first president of the Agricultural Society of sion in 1900; elected a trustee of Columbia University inSouth Carolina in 1785; engaged in agricultural pursuits; 1901; died in New York City January 18, 1903; interment inmember of the State constitutional convention in 1790; died Greenwood Cemetery. on his plantation, "White Hall," in St.Luke's Parish, South Bibliography: DAB; Hewitt, Abram S. Selected Writings of Abram S. Carolina, March 6, 1809; interment in the family burial Hewitt. Edited by Allan Nevins. New York: Columbia University Press, ground on his father's plantation, "Old House," near Ridge- 1937; Nevins, Allan. Abram S. Hewitt; With Some Account of Peter Cooper. land, S.C. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. Bibliography: DAB. HEWITT, Goldsmith Whitehouse, a Representative from HIBBARD, Ellery Albee (cousin of Harry Hibbard), a Rep- Alabama; born near Elyton (now Birmingham), Jeffersonresentative from New Hampshire; born in St. Johnsbury, County, Ala., February 14,1834; attended the countryCaledonia County, Vt., July 31, 1826; pursued academic stud- schools; entered the Confederate Army in June 1861 as aies; studied law in Haverhill and Exeter, N.H.; was admitted private in Company B, Tenth Regiment, Alabama Infantry;to the bar in 1849 and practiced in Plymouth, N.H.,until was promoted to captain of Company G,Twenty-eighth Regi-1853 and subsequently in Laconia; clerk of the State house ment, Alabama Infantry, in 1862; was graduated from theof representatives 1852-1854; moderator of Laconia in 1862 law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.,and 1863; member of the State house of representatives in in 1866; was admitted to the bar the same year and com-1865 and 1866; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second menced practice in Birmingham, Ala.; member of the StateCongress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candi- house of representatives in 1870 and 1871; served in thedate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; ap- State senate from 1872 to 1874 and resigned in the latterpointed judge of the supreme court of New Hampshire in year; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourthand Forty-March 1873 and served until 1874, when he resigned and fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); elected tocontinued the practice of law; director of Laconia National the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4,Bank; member of board of education of Laconia; died in 1881-March 3,1885); chairman, Committee on PensionsLaconia, N.H., July 24, 1903; interment in Union Cemetery. (Forty-eighth Congress); was not a candidate for renomina- tion in 1884; resumed the practice of law; again a member of HIBBARD, Harry (cousin of Ellery Albee Hibbard), a Rep- the State house of representatives 1886-1888; died in Bir-resentative from New Hampshire; born in Concord, Essex mingham, Ala., on May 27, 1895; interment in Oak HillCounty, Vt., June 1, 1816; pursued classicalstudies and was Cemetery. graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in1835; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced HEYBURN, Weldon Brinton, a Senator from Idaho; bornpractice in Bath, Grafton County, N.H.; assistant clerk and near Chadds Ford, Delaware County, Pa., May23, 1852;clerk of the State house of representatives1840-1842; attended the public schools, Maplewood Institute, Concord-member of the State house of representatives 1843-1845 and yule, Pa., and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadel-speaker in 1844 and 1845; served in the State senate in 1845, phia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1876 and1847, and 1848 and as president of that body in1847 and commenced practice in Media, Pa.; moved to Shoshone1848; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in County, Idaho, in 1883 and continued the practice of law in1848 and 1856; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Wallace; was a member of the convention that framed theThirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1849- constitution of the State of Idaho in 1889; unsuccessful Re-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in publican candidate for election in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth1854; declined an appointment to the State supreme court; Congress; National Committeeman for Idaho 1904-1908;died in a sanatorium in Sommerville, Mass., onJuly 28, elected in 1903 as a Republican to the United States Senate;1872; interment in the Village Cemetery, Bath, N.H. reelected in 1908 and served from March 4, 1903, until his death in Washington, D.C., October 17, 1912; chairman, Com- HIBSHMAN, Jacob, a Representative from Pennsylvania; mittee on Manufactures (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-secondborn on a farm near Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pa.,Janu- Congresses); interment in Lafayette Cemetery, near Chaddsary 31, 1772; attended the commonschools and a private Ford, Pa. school in Harrisburg, Pa.; engaged in agricultural pursuits; Bibliography: Cook, E.G. "Pioneer Portraits: Weldon B. Heyburn." Idaho associate judge of Lancaster County 1810-1819; elected to Yesterdays 10 (Spring 1966): 22-26; Simpson, John A. "Weldon Heyburn the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); un- and the Image of the Bloody Shirt." Idaho Yesterdays 24 (Winter 1981): successful candidate for reelection in 1820 to the Seven- 20-28. teenth Congress; deputy surveyor of Lancaster County for HEYWARD, Thomas, Jr., a Delegate from South Carolina;twenty years; justice of the peace; chairman of theboard of born on his father's plantation; settled in that part of St.canal appraisers; major general of Pennsylvania Militiafor Helena's Parish which later became St. Luke's Parish, Southtwelve years; organized the Northern Mutual Insurance Co., Carolina, July 28, 1746; pursued academic studies; studiedin 1844 and served as its first president; died at his residence law in the Middle Temple at London; returned to Southnear Ephrata, Pa., May 19,1852; interment in the Hibshman Carolina in 1771; was admitted to the bar andestablishedCemetery on the farm near Ephrata, Pa. 1182 Biographical Directory

HICKENLOOPER, Bourke Blakemore, a Senator fromChester County in 1845 and 1846; elected as a Democrat to Iowa; born in Blockton, Taylor County, Iowa, July 21, 1896;the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses, as an Anti- attended the public schools and Iowa State College at AmesLecompton Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress, and as a until April 1917, when he enrolled in the officer's trainingRepublican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1855- camp at Fort Snelling, Minn.; commissioned a second lieu-March 3, 1863); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Pen- tenant, embarked overseas in August 1918 and served in France as battalion orientation officer; returned to thesions (Thirty-fifth Congress), Committee on the Judiciary United States in February 1919 and was honorably dis-(Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses); declined to be charged; reentered Iowa State College and graduated ina candidate for renomination in 1862; one of the managers 1919; graduated from the College of Law of the State Univer-appointed by the House of Representatives in 1862 to con- sity of Iowa at Iowa City in 1922; admitted to the bar in 1922duct the impeachment proceedings against West H. Hum- and commenced practice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; member,phreys, United States judge for the several districts of Ten- nessee; resumed the practice of law; member of the State State house of representatives 1934-1937; lieutenantgover- nor of Iowa 1939-1942 and Governor 1943-1944; elected as ahouse of representatives in 1869; died in West Chester, Pa., Republican to the United States Senate in 1944 for the termMarch 23, 1875; interment in Oaklands Cemetery, near West commencing January 3, 1945; reelected in 1950, 1956, andChester, Pa. 1962 for the term ending January 3, 1969; was nota candi- HICKS, Floyd Verne, a Representative from Washington; date for reelection in 1968; co-chairman, Joint Committeeonborn in Prosser, Benton County, Wash., May 29, 1915; at- Atomic Energy (Eightieth Congress), chairman, Republicantended the public schools; served in the United States Army Policy Committee (Eighty-seventh through Ninetieth Con-Air Corps, April 1942 to June 1946; entered the serviceas a gresses); died in Shelter Island, N.Y., September 4, 1971,private and was discharged as a captain; graduated from while visiting; interment in Cedar Memorial Cemetery,Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, Wash., in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1938; school teacher and coach, 1935-1942; took advanced Bibliography: Schapsmeier, Edward, and Schapsmeier,Frederick. "A Strong Voice for Keeping America Strong: A Profile of Senator Bourke B. work in education at Washington State University, 1940- Hickenlooper." Annals of Iowa 47 (Spring 1984): 362-76; U.S. Congress. 1942; graduated from University of Washington Law School Memorial Addresses. 92nd Cong., 2nd sess.,1972. Washington, D.C.: Gov- in 1948; was admitted to the bar in March 1949 and com- ernment Printing Office, 1972. menced the practice of law in Pierce County, Wash.; superi- HICKEY, Andrew James, a Representative from Indiana;or court judge of Pierce County in 1961 and 1962; elected as born in Albion, Orleans County, N.Y., August 27, 1872; at-a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the five succeeding tended the public schools of his native city and BuffaloCongresses (January 3, 1965-January 3,1977); was not a (N.Y.) Law School; was admitted to the New York bar incandidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; 1896 and commenced practice in La Porte, md., in 1897;is a resident of Tacoma, Wash. elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the five HICKS, Frederick Cocks (original name, Frederick Hicks succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1931);unsuc-Cocks, brother of William Willets Cocks), a Representative cessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-secondfrom New York; born in Westbury, Long Island, N.Y., March Congress, for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Con- 6, 1872; attended the public schools, Swarthmore (Pa.) Col- gress, and in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed thelege, and Harvard University; engaged in banking; unsuc- practice of law; died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., Augustcessful candidate for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Con- 20, 1942, while on a motor trip; interment in Pine Lakegress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the Cemetery, La Porte, Ind. three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923); HICKEY, John Joseph, a Senator from Wyoming; born inwas not a candidate for renomination in 1922; declined a Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyo., August 22, 1911; attendeddiplomatic position to Uruguay, tendered by President Har- the public schools; graduated with a law degree from theding; was eastern director of the Republican National Com- University of Wyoming in 1934; practiced law in Rawlins inmittee campaign in 1924; appointed by President Coolidge, 1934; city treasurer of Rawlins 1935-1940; Carbon Countyas a member of the commission to represent the United Attorney 1939-1942, 1946-1949; in 1942 enlisted in ArmyStates at the celebration of the Centennial of the Battle of and served for four years, two of which were in the Europe-Aracucho, held at Lima, Peru, during December 1924; ap- an Theater of Operations; relieved from active duty as apointed Alien Property Custodian April 10, 1925, and served captain in 1946; appointed United States district attorneyuntil his death in Washington, D.C., December 14, 1925; for Wyoming by President Harry Truman in 1949; Governorinterment in Quaker Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y. of Wyoming 1958-1961, when he resigned; appointedas a Democrat to the United States Senate January 3, 1961, to HICKS, Josiah Duane, a Representative from Pennsylva- fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator-elect Keithnia; born in Machen, Wales, August 1, 1844; immigrated to Thomson, and served until November 6, 1962; unsuccessfulthe United States with his parents, who settled in Chester candidate in 1962 for election to the vacancy; resumed theCounty, Pa., in 1847, and in the same year moved to Dun- practice of law; was appointed a judge on the United Statescansville, Pa.; attended the common schools of Blair and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1966 and served until hisHuntingdon Counties; moved to Altoona, Pa., in 1861; during death in Cheyenne, Wyo., September 22, 1970; interment inthe Civil War enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Rawlins Cemetery, Rawlins, Wyo. Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, as a private in 1862 and served nearly eighteen months; reentered civil life HICKMAN, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania;as a clerk on the Pennsylvania Railroad; studied law; was born in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pa., Sep-admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in tember 11, 1810; pursued English and classical studies underTyrone, Pa.; elected district attorney of Blair County in private tutors; began the study of medicine but abandoned it 1880; reelected in 1883; elected as a Republican to the Fifty- for the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1833 andthird,Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, commenced practice in West Chester; delegate to the Demo- 1893-March3,1899); chairman, Committee on Patents cratic convention at Baltimore in 1844; district attorney for(Fifty-fifth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination Biographies 1183 in 1898; resumed the practice of law; member of the AltoonaPresident Grant in 1871 naval officer at the port of Philadel- Board of Education 1911-1919; State commander of thephia; reappointed in 1875 and served until 1879; elected as a Grand Army of the Republic in 1921; died in Altoona, Pa.,Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses May 9, 1923; interment in Fairview Cemetery. (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidatefor reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress; died inLancas- HICKS, Louise Day, a Representative from Massachu-ter, Pa., December 13, 1890; interment inMarietta Ceme- setts; born Ann Louise Day in South Boston, Mass., Octobertery, Marietta, Pa. 16, 1923; attended the public schools; graduated from Whee- lock Teachers' College, 1938; B.S., Boston University School HIESTER, Daniel (brother of John Hiester, cousinof of Education, 1955; J.D., Boston University School of Law,, and uncle of William Hiesterand Daniel 1958; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1959 and com-Heister [1774-1834]), a Representative from Pennsylvania menced practice in Boston; land court examiner, 1942; coun-and from Maryland; born in Berks County, Pa., June25, sel for Boston Juvenile Court, 1960; treasurer, Boston School1747; attended the public schools; engaged in businessin Committee, 1962-1967, and chairman, 1963-1965; candidateMontgomery County; colonel and brigadier general of militia for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1967; elected member of theand served in the Revolutionary War; member ofthe su- Boston City Council, 1969; past president, Massachusetts As-preme executive council of Pennsylvania1784-1786; commis- sociation of Women Lawyers; elected as a Democrat to thesioner of the Connecticut land claims in 1787;elected from Ninety-second Congress (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1973);Pennsylvania to the First and to the three succeeding Con- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-gresses and served from March 4,1789, to July 1, 1796, when third Congress; resumed the practice of law; is a resident ofhe resigned and moved to Hagerstown, Md.; elected as a Boston, Mass. Republican from Maryland to the Seventh and EighthCon- HICKS, Thomas Holliday, a Senator from Maryland; borngresses and served from March 4,1801, until his death in near East New Market, Dorchester County,Md., SeptemberWashington, D.C., March 7, 1804; interment in Zion Re- 2, 1798; attended the local subscription schools; sheriffofformed Graveyard, Hagerstown, Md. Dorchester County in 1824; member, State legislature1830; Bibliography: DAB. member of the State electoral college in 1836 and while a HIESTER, Daniel (son of John Hiester and nephewof member of the college was elected to the State house ofDaniel Hiester [1747-1804]), a Representative from Pennsyl- delegates in 1836; member of the Governor's council in1837; vania; born in Chester County, Pa., in 1774;prothonotary register of wills of Dorchester County 1838-1851, 1855-1861;and clerk of the courts of Chester County 1800-1809;elected member of the Maryland constitutional convention in 1851;to the Eleventh Congress (March 4, 1809-March3, 1811); was Governor of Maryland 1857-1862; appointed and subsequent- instrumental in establishing the Bank of Chester County ly elected as a Unionist to the United States Senate tofilland was its first cashier 1814-1817; burgess of WestChester the vacancy caused by the death of James A. Pearce and1815-1817; appointed register of wills andrecorder of deeds served from December 29, 1862, until his death in Washing-February 28, 1821; died in Hagerstown, Md., March8, 1834; ton, D.C., February 14, 1865; interment in the Cambridgeinterment in Congressional Cemetery, Washington,D.C. Cemetery, Cambridge, Md. Bibliography: DAB; Radcliffe, George. Governor Thomas H. Hwks of HIESTER, Isaac Ellmaker (son of William Hiesterand Maryland and the Civil War. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1901;cousin of Hiester Clymer), a Representative fromPennsylva- U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 38th Cong., 2nd sess., 1864-1865. Wash- nia; born in New Holland, Earl Township,Lancaster County, ington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1865. Pa., May 29, 1824; pursued classical studies; wasgraduted HIESTAND, Edgar Willard, a Representative from Cali-from Yale College in 1842; studied law; wasadmitted to the fornia; born in Chicago, Ill., December 3, 1888; attended thebar in 1845 and commenced practice in Lancaster;district public schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College inattorney for Lancaster County 1848-1851;elected as a Whig 1910; during the First World War served as a civilian execu-to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4,1853-March 3, 1855); tive with Committee on Education and SpecialTraining,unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to theThirty- War Plans Division, Army General Staff, in 1917 and 1918; fourth Congress and for election in 1856 to theThirty-fifth member and president of board of education, San Marino, Congress; resumed the practice of law; delegateto the Demo- Calif.; engaged in merchandising business, 1912-1931; execu-cratic National Convention in 1868; died inLancaster, Pa., tive of a large mail-order house 1931-1949; elected as aFebruary 6, 1871; interment in Lancaster Cemetery. Republican to the Eighty-third and to the four succeeding [1774-1834], Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful hESTER, John (father of Daniel Hiester brother of Daniel hester [1747-1804], cousinof Joseph Hies- candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Con- Representative from gress; remained active in the JohnBirch Society and Repub- ter, and uncle of William Hiester), a lican politics until his death in Pasadena, Calif., August19, Pennsylvania; born in Goshenhoppen, Montgomery County, 1970; remains cremated; ashes inurned at San GabrielPa., April 9, 1745; attended the commonschools; engaged with his father in the lumbering business inBerne Town- Valley Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif. ship, Berks County, Pa.; served in the RevolutionaryWar as HIESTAND, John Andrew, a Representative from Penn-captain in the Pennsylvania Militia; elected as aRepublican sylvania; born in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County,to the Tenth Congress (March 4,1807-March 3, 1809); died Pa., October 2, 1824; attended the common schools, anacade-in Goshenhoppen, Pa., October 15, 1821;interment in Union my in Marietta, Pa., andPennsylvania College at Gettys-Church Cemetery, Parker Ford, Pa. bar in 1849 and burg; studied law; was admitted to the hESTER, Joseph (cousin of John Hiester andDaniel commenced practice in Lancaster, Pa.; elected as a Whig to Augustus the State house of representatives in 1852,1853, and 1856; Hiester [1747-1804] and grandfather of Henry purchased an interest in the Lancaster Examinerin 1858Muhlenberg), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in and relinquished the practice of law; served in theStateBerne Township, Berks County, Pa., November18, 1752; at- 1868 to Congress totended the common schools; engaged in mercantilepursuits; senate in 1860; unsuccessful candidate in and colonel; fill the unexpired term of Thaddeus Stevens;appointed byserved in the Revolutionary Army as captain 1184 Biographical Directory

member of the State conference in 1776 which assumedtheprofession in Wilmington, Del.; served as one of the attor- government of the colony; member of the State constitution-neys for the respondent in the impeachment proceedings of al convention which ratified the Federal ConstitutionDe-United States District Judge Charles Swayne of Florida cember 12, 1787, and of the State constitutionalconvention1904-1905; died in New York City on June 26, 1912; inter- of 1790; member of the State house of representatives1787-ment in St. Georges Cemetery, near St. Georges, New Castle 1790; served in the State senate 1790-1794; electedas aCounty, Del. Republican to the Fifth Congress to fill thevacancy caused Bibliography: Higgins, John C. The Life and Services of Hon. Anthony by the resignation of George Ege; reelected to the Sixth, Higgins. Wilmington: The Historical Society of Delaware, 1913. Seventh, and Eighth Congresses and served fromDecember 1, 1797, to March 3, 1805; major general of Pennsylvania HIGGINS, Edwin Werter, a Representative from Connecti- Militia in 1807; elected to the Fourteenth, Fifteenth,andcut; born in Clinton, Middlesex County, Conn., July 2, 1874; Sixteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1815, untilattended Norwich Free Academy; was graduated from Yale his resignation in December 1820, having been elected chiefLaw School in 1897; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and executive of the State; Governor of Pennsylvania 1820-1824;commenced practice in Norwich, Conn.; member of the State died in Reading, Pa., June 10, 1832; interment in the bury-house of representatives in 1899 and 1900; member of the ing ground of the Reformed Church; reinterment in CharlesRepublican State central committee 1900-1905; health offi- Evans Cemetery. cer of New London County 1900-1905; corporation counsel of Bibliography: DAB. Norwich 1901, 1902, and 1919-1922; prosecuting attorney of Norwich in 1905; delegate to the Republican National Con- HIESTER, William (father of Isaac Elimaker Hiester,ventions in 1904 and 1916; elected as a Republican to the uncle of Hiester Clymer, and nephew of John Hiester andFifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- Daniel Hiester [1747-1804]), a Representative from Pennsyl nation of Frank B. Brandegee; reelected to the Sixtieth, vania; born in Berne Township, near Reading, Berks County,Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served from Oc- Pa., October 10, 1790; attended the common schools; servedtober 2, 1905, to March 3, 1913; was not a canthdate for as a lieutenant during the War of 1812; engaged in agricul-renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of law; served in tural and mercantile pursuits in Lancaster County; justice ofthe Connecticut State National Guard during the First the peace 1823-1828; was an unsuccessful Anti-Masoniccan-World War; prosecuting attorney, Court of Common Pleas, didate for reelection to the Twenty-first Congress; electedasNew London County, Conn., 1932-1946; resumed the general an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second, Twenty-practice of law; died in Norwich, Conn., September 24, 1954; third, and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1831-Marchinterment in Maplewood Cemetery. 3, 1837); delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1837; member of the State senate 1840-1842 and servedas HIGGINS, John Patrick, a Representative from Massa- speaker in 1842; died in New Holland, Lancaster County,chusetts; born in Boston, Mass., February 19, 1893; attended Pa., on October 13, 1853; interment in Lancaster Cemetery,the public schools and was graduated from Harvard Univer- Lancaster, Pa. sity in 1917; during the First World War served as an ensign in the United States Navy 1917-1919; employed as a chemist HIGBY, William, a Representative from California; born1919-1922; student in Boston University Law School and in Willsboro, N.Y., on August 18, 1813; attendeda preparato-Northeastern College of Law, Boston, Mass., in 1925 and ry school in Westport, N.Y., and was graduated from the1926; was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced prac- University of Vermont at Burlington in 1840; studied law;tice in Boston; member of the State house of representatives was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in1929-1934; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Elizabethtown, N.Y.; moved to California in 1850 and settledSeventy-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, in Calaveras County; resumed the practice of law; districtuntil his resignation on September 30, 1937, having been attorney 1853-1859; served in the State senate in 1862 andappointed by Gov. Charles F. Hurley on October 1, 1937, as 1863; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-chief justice of the superior court of Massachusetts, in which ninth, and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3,capacity he served until his death; suspended by Gen. Doug- 1869); chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Thirty-las MacArthur as a judge on the International Military ninth and Fortieth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate forTribunal for the Far East at Tokyo, Japan, and resigned in renomination in 1868; editor of the Calaveras Chronicle forJune 1946; died in Boston, Mass., August 2, 1955; interment several years; was collector of internal revenue 1877-1881;in St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass. devoted himself to horticulture until his death; died in Santa Rosa, Calif., November 27, 1887; interment in Mountain HIGGINS, William Lincoln, a Representative from Con- View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. necticut; born in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Mass., March 8, 1867; attended the public schools of Chesterfield HIGGINS, Anthony, a Senator from Delaware; born inand Northampton, Mass., and Deerfield (Mass.) Academy; Red Lion Hundred, New Castle County, Del., October 1,was graduated from the medical department of the Universi- 1840; attended Newark Academy and Delaware College, andty of the City of New York in 1890 and commenced the graduated from Yale College in 1861; studied law at thepractice of medicine in Willington, Conn., the same year; Harvard Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1864 andmoved to South Coventry, Conn., in 1891; served in the State commenced practice in Wilmington, Del.; served in thehouse of representatives 1905-1907, 1917, 1919-1921, 1925 Union Army 1864; appointed deputy attorney general 1864; and 1927; member of the State senate 1909-1911; first select- United States attorney for Delaware 1869-1876; unsuccessfulman of Coventry, Conn., 1917-1932; county commissioner of Republican candidate for election to the Forty-ninth Con- Tolland County, Conn., 1921-1932; secretary of state 1928- gress in 1884; elected as a Republican to the United States1932; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in Senate and served from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1895; 1928, 1932, and 1936; elected as a Republican to the Seventy- unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894; chairman,third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January Committee to Examine Branches of the Civil Service (Fifty-3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the first and Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on Manufac-Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of medicine in tures (Fifty-second Congress); resumed the practice of hisSouth Coventry, Conn.; died in Norwich, Conn., November Biographies 1185

19, 1951; remains were cremated and interred in Chester-gress; delegate to the DemocraticNational Convention in field Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Mass. 1944; retired from active business life and resided in Water- town, S.Dak.; died in Bradenton, Fla., January 26,1956; HIGGINSON, Stephen, a Delegate from Massachusetts;interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak. born in Salem, Mass., November 28, 1743; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits and was an HILDEBRANT, Charles Quinn, a Representative from active and successful shipmaster 1765-1775; served in theOhio; born in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, October 17, Massachusetts legislature, 1782; Member of the Continental1864; attended the public schools and Ohio State University Congress in 1783; naval officer at the port of Boston 1797-at Columbus; clerk of the court of Clinton County in 1890 1808; prominent in putting down Shays' Rebellion; served asand reelected in 1893 and 1896; elected as a Republican to lieutenant colonel of the Boston regiment; became a Federal-the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, ist in politics; died in Boston, Mass., November 22, 1828;1901-March 3,1905); chairman, Committee on Accounts interment in Central Burying Ground. (Fifty-eighth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection Bibliography: DAB. in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress; resumed his business HIGHTOWER, Jack English, a Representative fromand agricultural pursuits; delegate to the Republican Na- Texas; born in Memphis, Hall County, Tex., September 6,tional Convention in 1908; secretary of state of Ohio 1915- 1926; attended public schools; B.A., Baylor University, 1949;1917; mayor of Wilmington, Ohio, from November 1927 until LL.B., same university, 1951; admitted to the Texas bar inhis retirement December 31, 1941; died in Wilmington, Ohio, 1951 and commenced practice in Vernon; served in the March 31, 1953; interment in Sugar Grove Cemetery. United States Navy, 1944-1946; served as district attorney, HILER, John Patrick, a Representative from Indiana; Forty-sixth Texas JudicialDistrict,1951-1961; member,born in Chicago, Ill., April 24, 1953; attended public and Texas house of representatives, 1953-1954; unsuccessful can-Catholic schools in Walkerton and La Porte, md.; B.A., Wil- didate for election to the United States House of Representa- liams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1975; M.B.A., University tives in a special election in 1961; Texas senate, 1965-1974;of Chicago School of Business, 1977; marketing director; dele- delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1968; elected asgate, White House Conference of Small Business, 1980;dele- a Democrat to the Ninety-fourthand to the four succeedinggate, Indiana State Republican conventions, 1978-1980; elect- Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985); unsuccessfuled as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the three candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress; firstsucceeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989); is assistant attorney general of Texas, 1985-1987; is a resident a resident of La Porte, md. of Vernon, Tex. HILL, Benjamin Harvey (cousin of Hugh. Lawson White HILBORN, Samuel Greeley, a Representative from Cali- fornia; born in Minot, Androscoggin (then Cumberland)Hill), a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in County, Maine, December 9, 1834; attended the commonHillsborough, Jasper County, Ga., September 14, 1823; pur- schools, Hebron Academy, and Gould's Academy, Bethel,sued classical studies and graduated from the University of Maine, and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford,Georgia at Athens in 1843; studied law; was admitted to the Mass., in 1859; studied law and was admitted to the bar inbar in 1844 and commenced practice in Lagrange,Troup 1861; moved to California; located in Vallejo, Solano County,County, Ga.; member, State house of representatives1851; and engaged in the practice of law; served in the Statemember, State senate 1859-1860; actively opposed disunion senate 1875-1879; member of the constitutional conventionuntil the secession ordinance had been adopted; delegate to in 1879; moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1883; appointedthe Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861; senatorin the by President Arthur United States district attorney for theConfederate Congress 1861-1865; arrested at the close of the district of California and served from 1883 to 1886; moved toCivil War and eventually paroled; resumed the practice of Oakland in 1887 and continued the practice of his profes-law; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to sion; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph McKen-Garnett McMillan; reelected to the Forty-fifth Congressand na; presented credentials as a Member-elect tothe Fifty-served from May 5, 1875, until his resignation, effective third Congress and served from December 5,1892, untilMarch 3, 1877; elected as a Democrat to the United States April 4, 1894, when he was succeeded by Warren B. English,Senate and served from March 4, 1877, until hisdeath in who contested his election; elected to the Fifty-fourth andAtlanta, Ga., August 16,1882; chairman, Committee to Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); unsuc-Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Forty-sixthCon- cessful candidate for renomination in 1898; lived in retire-gress); interment in Oakland Cemetery. ment until his death in Washington, D.C., April 19, 1899; Bibliography: DAB; Hill, Benjamin. Senator Benjamin Hill of Georgia, interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. His Life, Speeches and Writings. Atlanta: H.C. Hudgkins andCo., 1891; Pearce, Haywood. Benjamin H. Hill, Seccession and Reconstruction. Chica- HILDEBRANDT, Fred Herman, a Representative from go: The University of Chicago Press, 1928. South Dakota; born in West Bend, Washington County, Wis., August 2, 1874; moved with his parents to Waupun, Wis., in HILL, Charles Augustus, a Representative from Illinois; 1888, where he attended the public and high schools; subse-born in Truxton, Cortland County, N.Y., August 23, 1833; quently moved to Watertown, S.Dak., in 1900 and was em-attended the common schools and a select school at Griffins ployed as a railroad worker from 1903 to 1932; member ofMills; taught school in Hamburg, Erie County, N.Y.,and the State house of representatives in 1922 and 1923; servedWill County, Ill.; attended Bell's Commercial College, Chica- as chairman of the South DakotaGame and Fish Commis-go, in 1856; studied law; wasadmitted to the bar in Indian- sion 1927-1931; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third,apolis, md.; returned to Will County, Ill., in 1860 and prac- Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March4, ticed; during the Civil War enlisted in Company F, Eighth 1933-January 3, 1939); was not a candidate for renominationRegiment, Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, in August 1862; ap- in 1938, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Demo-pointed first lieutenant in the First Regiment, United States cratic nomination for the United States Senate; unsuccessfulColored Troops; commissioned in 1865 captain of Company C candidate for election in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Con-of that regiment; returned to Will County, Ill., in1865 and 1186 Biographical Directory

resumed the practice of law in Joliet; elected prosecutingtion in 1870; died at Hills Creek, Warren County, Tenn., attorney in 1868 for the counties of Will and Grundy andJanuary18,1892; interment inHill Graveyard, near served four years; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-firstMcMinnville, Tenn. Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candi- date for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress;re- HILL, Isaac, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in sumed the practice of law in Joliet, Ill.; assistant attorneyWest Cambridge, near Arlington, Mass., on April 6, 1789; general of Illinois 1897-1900; died in Joliet, Ill., May 29,attended the common schools; moved with his parents to 1902; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Ashburnham, Mass., in 1798; apprenticed to a printer in Amherst, N.H.; moved to Concord in 1809; purchased and for HILL, Clement Sidney, a Representative from Kentucky;twenty years edited the New Hampshire Patriot; member, born near Lebanon, Marion County, Ky., February 13, 1813;State senate 1820-1823, 1827-1828; member, State house of pursued academic studies; attended St. Mary's College, St.representatives 1826; Second Comptroller of the United Mary, KY.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 andStates Treasury 1829-1830; elected as a Jacksonian to the commenced practice in Lebanon, KY.; member of the State United States Senate and served from March 4, 1831, to May house of representatives in 1839; elected as a Whig to the30, 1836, when he resigned; Governor of New Hampshire Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3,1855); re-1836-1839; United States subtreasurer at Boston 1840-1841; sumed the practice of law in Lebanon, Ky., where he diedreturned to newspaper publishing 1840-1847; died in Wash- January 5, 1892; interment in St. Augustine's Cemetery.ington, D.C., March 22, 1851; interment in Blossom Hill HILL, David Bennett, a Senator from New York; born inCemetery, Concord, N.H. Havana (now Montour Falls), Chemung (now Schuyler) Bibliography: DAB; Bradley, Cyrus. Biography of . Concord: County, N.Y., August 29, 1843; attended the public schools; J.F. Brown, 1935; Cole, Donald. Jacksonian Democracy in New Hampshire, studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced 1800-1851. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. practice in Elmira, N.Y.; city attorney the same year; HILL, John, a Representative from North Carolina; born member, State assembly 1871-1872, serving as speaker innear Germanton, Stokes County, N.C., April 9, 1797; com- 1872; mayor of Elmira 1882; president of the New York Statepleted preparatory studies and was graduated from the Uni- Bar Association 1886-1887; lieutenant governor 1882; Gover-versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1816; was a nor of New York 1885-1892; elected as a Democrat to theplanter; clerk of court of Stokes County for thirty years; United States Senate on January 1, 1891, for the term begin-member of the State house of commons 1819-1823; served in ning March 4, 1891, but did not assume these duties untilthe State senate 1823-1825, 1830, and 1831; elected as a later, preferring to continue as Governor; served from Janu-Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839- ary 7, 1892, to March 3, 1897; was not a candidate for reelec- March 3, 1841); reading clerk in the State senate in 1850; tion in 1896; chairman, Committee on Immigration (Fifty-delegate to the State constitutional convention at Raleigh, third Congress); while Senator was nominated for Governor of New York in 1894 but was defeated; resumed the practiceN.C., in 1861; died in Raleigh, N.C., April 24, 1861; inter- of law; died in Albany, N.Y., October 20, 1910; interment inment in Old Hill Burying Ground, near Germanton, N.C. Montour Cemetery, Montour Falls, N.Y. HILL, John (cousin of John Thomas Harris), a Represent- Bibliography: DAB; Bass, Herbert. "I Am A Democrat:" The Political ative from Virginia; born in New Canton, Buckingham Career of David Bennett Hill. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1961.County, Va., July 18, 1800; completed preparatory studies HILL, Ebenezer J., a Representative from Connecticut;and was graduated from Washington Academy (now Wash- born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., August 4, 1845;ington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., in 1818; studied attended the public schools, Center Academy, and Yale Col-law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and practiced; elected lege in 1865 and 1866; during the Civil War enlisted in theas a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839- Union Army in 1863 and served until the close of the war;March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 engaged in business and banking in Norwalk; burgess ofto the Twenty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of Norwalk; chairman of the board of school visitors; delegatelaw; member of the Virginia constitutional convention 1850- to the Republican National Convention in 1884; member of1851; Commonwealth attorney for several years; county the State senate in 1886 and 1887; served one term on thejudge of Buckingham County 1870-1879; died at Buckingham Republican State central committee; elected as a RepublicanCourt House, Va., April 19, 1880; interment in the Presbyte- to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses rian Cemetery. (March 4, 1895-March 3,1913); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Sixty-first HILL, John, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Congress); unsuccessful candidate in 1912 for reelection toCatskill, Greene County, N.Y., June 10, 1821; attended pri- the Sixty-third Congress; elected to the Sixty-fourth andvate schools; employed as a bank clerk and learned book- Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, untilkeeping in Catskill, N.Y.; moved to Boonton, N.J., in 1845; his death in Norwalk, Conn., September 27, 1917; intermentwas employed as a bookkeeper and paymaster and later in Riverside Cemetery. engaged in mercantile pursuits; served as postmaster from November 1849 to May 1853; member of the township com- HILL, Hugh Lawson White (cousin of Benjamin Harveymittee 1852-1856 and 1863-1867; justice of the peace 1856- Hill), a Representative from Tennessee; born near McMinn-1861; member of the State house of assembly in 1861, 1862, yule, Warren County, Tenn., March 1, 1810; attended privateand 1866, serving as speaker during the last year; unsuccess- schools and the Carroll Male Academy at McMinnville; wasful candidate for election to the State senate in 1862; took an graduated from Cumberland College,Nashville,Tenn.;active part in raising troops during the Civil War; elected as taught school for a short time; engaged in agricultural pur-a Republican to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second suits and fruit growing; member of the State house of repre-Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1873); chairman, Com- sentatives 1837-1839 and in 1841; elected as a Democrat tomittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was(Forty-second Congress); resumed mercantile pursuits until not a candidate for renomination in 1848; resumed agricul-1876, when he retired; delegate to the Republican National tural pursuits; member of the State constitutional conven-Convention in 1868; member of the State senate 1875-1877; Biographies 1187 elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh CongressMonticello, Jasper County, Ga.; elected by the American (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); was not a candidate forParty to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and renomination in 1882; died in Boonton, N.J., July 24, 1884;served from March 4, 1857, to January 23, 1861, when he interment in Boonton Cemetery. resigned; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1863; ap- pointed collector of customs at Savannah in 1866 and regis- HILL, John Boynton Philip Clayton, a Representativeter in bankruptcy in 1867 but declined both offices; uponthe from Maryland; born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County,readmission of the State of Georgia to representation was Md., May 2, 1879; attended the common schools; was grad-elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on July uated from Johns Hopkins University in 1900 and from the28, 1868, and served until March 3, 1873; was not a candi- law department of Harvard University in 1903; was admit-date for reelection; returned to Madison, Ga., and resumed ted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; returned to Baltimore, Md., in 1904 and con-the practice of law; member of the State constitutional con- tinued the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for elec-vention in 1877; died in Madison, Ga., March 6, 1891; inter- ment in Madison Cemetery. tion to the Sixty-first Congress in 1908; United States attor- Bibliography: DAB; Mellichamp, Josephine. "Joshua Hill." In Senators ney for the district of Maryland 1910-1915;unsuccessful can- from Georgia. pp. 148-51. Huntsville, Ala.: The Strode Publishers, Inc., didate for mayor of Baltimore in 1915; delegate to the Re- publican National Convention in 1916; judge advocate for 1976. the Fifteenth Division, and attached to the Fourteenth Cav- HILL, Knute, a Representative from Washington; born on alry, Mexican border service, from August 26 to Decembera farm near Creston, Ogle County, Ill.,July 31, 1876; moved 15, 1916; during the First World War was major and lieuten-to De Forest, Wis., in 1877 and to Red Wing, Minn., in1889; ant colonel in the United States Army in 1918 and 1919;attended the public schools, Red Wing (Minn.) Seminary, elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth,and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; was grad- and Sixty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1927);uated from the law department of the University of Wiscon- unsuccessful candidate for the Senate in 1926; unsuccessfulsin at Madison in 1906; was admitted to the bar the same candidate for election in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congressyear and practiced law in Milwaukee andEau Claire, Wis., and in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; moved to New1908-1910; moved to Prosser, Wash., in 1911 and taught in York City in 1937 and continued the practice of law; re-the public and high schools of Benton County, Wash., 1911- turned in 1940 to Annapolis, Md.; died in Washington, D.C.,1922; lecturer, State Grange, 1922-1932; also engaged in ag- May 23, 1941; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.ricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representa- HILL, Joseph Lister, a Representative and a Senator fromtives 1927-1933; elected as a Democrat to theSeventy-third Alabama; born in Montgomery, Ala., December 29, 1894;and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-Janu- attended the public schools and the Starke Universityary 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidatefor reelection in 1942 to School at Montgomery, Ala.; graduated from the Universitythe Seventy-eighth Congress; superintendent of the Uintah- of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1914 and from its law depart-Ouray Indian agency at Fort Duchesne, Utah,from August ment in 1915; also studied law at the University of Michigan16, 1943, until his resignation on March 31, 1944;radio at Ann Arbor and Columbia University, New York City; wascommentator in Spokane, Wash., 1944-1946;unsuccessful In- admitted to the Alabama bar in 1916 and commenced prac-dependent Progressive candidate for election in1946 to the tice at Montgomery, Ala.; president, Montgomery Board ofEightieth Congress; consulting appraiser and information Education 1917-1922; served in the Army with the Seven-clerk in the Bureau of Reclamation, ColumbiaBasin Project, teenth and Seventy-first United States Infantry RegimentsEphrata, Wash., from March 1949 until his retirementin during the First World War 1917-1919; elected as a Demo-1951; died in Desert Hot Springs, Calif.,December 3, 1963; crat to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy causedinterment in Yakima Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Wash. by the death of John R. Tyson; reelected to the Sixty-ninth HILL, Lister, a Representative and a Senator fromAla- and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from August 14, 1923, to January 11, 1938, when he resigned,bama. (See HILL, Joseph Lister.) having been appointed to the United States Senate on Janu- HILL, Mark Langdon, a Representative from Massachu- ary 10, 1938; chairman, Committee onMilitary Affairs (Sev-setts and from Maine; born in Biddeford,York County, enty-fifth Congress); subsequently elected to the Senate as aMaine (then a district of Massachusetts), June 30,1772; at- Democrat on April 26, 1938, to fill the vacancy caused by thetended the public schools; merchant and shipbuilderat resignation of Dixie Bibb Graves for the term ending Janu-Phippsburg, Maine; overseer and trustee of BowdoinCollege, ary 3, 1939; reelected in 1938, 1944, 1950, 1956,and again inBrunswick, Maine, 1796-1842; member of the Statehouse of 1962; served from January 11, 1938 to January 2, 1969; wasrepresentatives 1797-1808, 1810, 1813, and 1814; served in not a candidate for reelection in 1968; Democraticwhipthe State senate in 1804 and 1815-1817; judge of the courtof 1941-1947; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Execu-common pleas in 1810; served on theGeneral Court of Mas- tive Departments (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninthsachusetts; elected from Massachusetts to the SixtenthCon- Congresses), Committee on Labor and Public Welfaregress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821);when Maine was sepa- (Eighty-fourth through Ninetieth Congresses); chairman, Na-rated from Massachusetts and admitted as a State intothe tional Committee on Biological Research; a strong advocateUnion was elected to the Seventeenth Congressfrom that of health care, the Lister Hill Center at the National Insti-State (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); postmasterof Phipps- tutes of Health, which he helped create, wasnamed for himburg, Maine, 1819-1824; appointed as a collectorof customs in 1968; died in Montgomery, Ala., December 21, 1984;inter-at Bath, Maine, in 1824; died in Phippsburg,Sagadahoc ment in Greenwood Cemetery. County, November 26, 1842; interment in the churchyardof Bibliography: Hamilton, Virginia Van der Veer. Lister Hill: Statesman From the South. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. the Congregational Church, Phippsburg Center, Maine. born in HILL, Joshua, a Representative and a Senator from Geor- HILL, Nathaniel Peter, a Senator from Colorado; 1812; at-Montgomery, Orange County, N.Y., February 18,1832; at- gia; born in Abbeville District, S.C., January 10, Brown tended the common schools and was privately tutored;stud-tended Montgomery Academy and graduated from ied law; was admitted to the bar and commencedpractice inUniversity in Providence, R.I., in 1856; instructor and later 1188 Biographical Directory professor of chemistry in Brown University 1856-1864; trav-Douglas and Grant Counties 1917-1924; elected as a Demo- eled to Colorado in the spring of 1865 to investigate mineralcrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused resources; spent a portion of 1865 and 1866 in Swansea,by the resignation of J. Stanley Webster; reelected to the Wales, and Freiberg, Saxony, studying metallurgy; returnedSixty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served to the United States with a perfected method of smeltingfrom September 25, 1923, until his resignation, effective gold ore and took up a permanent residence in Black Hawk,June 25, 1936, having been confirmed as a member of the Cob., in 1867 as manager of the Boston & Colorado SmeltingUnited States Board of Tax Appeals (now the Tax Court of Co.; mayor of Black Hawk 1871; member, Territorial councilthe United States) on May 21, 1936, serving as a judge on 1872-1873; moved to Denver, Cob., in 1873 and engaged inthe court until his retirement November 30, 1953; died in smelting and in the real estate business; elected asa Repub-Bethesda, Md., March 16, 1958; interment in Rock Creek lican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, Cemetery, Washington, D.C. 1879, to March 3, 1885; chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Forty-seventh Congress), Committee on Post Office HILL, Whitmell, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in and Post Roads (Forty-eighth Congress); engaged in mining;Bertie County,N.C., February12,1743;attended the owner and publisher of the Denver Republican; member ofcommon schools and was graduated from the University of the United States delegation to the International MonetaryPennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1760; served in the Revolu- Commmission in 1891; died in Denver, Cob., on May 22,tionary War, attaining the rank of colonel; engaged in agri- 1900; interment in Fairmount Cemetery. cultural pursuits; delegate to the assembly of freemen at Bibliography: DAB. Hilisboro in 1775; member of the State congress at Halifax HILL, Ralph, a Representative from Indiana; born inin 1776; delegate to the State constitutional convention in Trumbull County, Ohio, October 12, 1827; attended the dis-1776; member of the State house of commons in 1777; trict school, the Kinsman Academy and the Grand RiverMember of the Continental Congress 1778-1780; served in Institute, Austinburg, Ohio; taught school in 1846, 1847, the State senate 1778-1780, 1784, and 1785; died on his plan- 1849, and 1850; studied law at the New York State andtation at Hills Ferry, near Hamilton, Martin County, N.C., National Law School, Baliston, N.Y., and was admitted toSeptember 26, 1797; interment in the family cemetery on his the bar in Albany, N.Y., in 1851; returned to Jefferson, Ohio,estate; reinterment in 1887 in Trinity Cemetery, near Scot- in August 1851 and practiced; established a select school atland Neck, N.C. Austinburg, Ohio, in November 1851; resumed the practice HILL, William David, a Representative from Ohio; born of law in Jefferson, Ohio, in March 1852; moved to Colum-in Nelson County, Va., October 1, 1833; attended the country bus, md., in August 1852 and continued the practice of law;schools and Antioch College; moved to Springfield, Ohio, and elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (Marchpublished the Ohio Press- in 1858; studied law; was admitted 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomina-to the, bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Springfield, tion in 1866; collector of internal revenue for the third dis-Ohio; mayor of Springfield 1861-1863; member of the State trict of Indiana 1869-1875; moved to Indianapolis, md., inhouse of representatives 1866-1870; member of the Board of 1879 and resumed the practice of law; died in Indianapolis,Education of Defiance, Ohio; superintendent of insurance md., August 20, 1899; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.1875-1878; delegate to the Democratic National Convention HILL, Robert Potter, a Representative from Illinois andin 1880 and 1888; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth from Oklahoma; born near Ewing, Franklin County, Ill.,Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3,1881); elected to the April 18, 1874; attended the public schools and Ewing Col-Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883- lege in 1889; taught school in Franklin County 1891-1893;March 3, 1887); chairman, Committee on Territories (Forty- graduated from Ewing College in 1896; moved to Marion,ninth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in Williamson County, Ill., in 1896; justice of the peace in 1899;1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; resumed the practice of law in studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commencedDefiance, Ohio; moved to Kalispell, Mont., in 1891; returned practice in Marion; police magistrate of Marion in 1903; cityto Defiance in 1896 and continued the practice of law; city attorney of Marion 1908-1910; member of the State house ofsolicitor of Defiance 1903-1905; died near Litchfieid, Ill., representatives 1910-1912; elected as a Democrat from Illi-while en route to Los Angeles, Calif., December 26, 1906; nois to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3,interment in Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio. 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the HILL, William Henry, a Representative from North Caro- Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; movedtolina; born in Brunswick, Columbus County, N.C., on May 1, Oklahoma City, Okla., in 1918 and continued the practice of1767; attended the public schools in Boston, Mass.; engaged law; appointed assistant county attorney, Oklahoma County,in agricultural pursuits; studied law in Boston; was admitted in 1925 and served until 1929; served as district judge of theto the bar and practiced; appointed United States district thirteenth judicial district from 1931 until his resignationonattorney for North Carolina by President Washington in December 15, 1936, having been elected to Congress; elected1790; member of the State senate in 1794; elected as a Feder- as a Democrat from Oklahoma to the Seventy-fifth Congressalist to the Sixth and Seventh Congresses (March 4, 1799- and served from January 3, 1937, until his death in Oklaho-March 3, 1803); appointed judge of the United States District ma City, Okla., October 29, 1937; interment in MemorialCourt for the District of North Carolina by President John Park Cemetery. Adams at the close of his term but the designation was HILL, Samuel Billingsley, a Representative from Wash- withdrawn by President Jefferson; returned to his estate ington; born in Franklin, Izard County, Ark., April 2, 1875;near Wilmington, N.C., where- he engaged in agricultural attended the common schools, the University of Arkansas atpursuits until his death there in 1809; interment in the Fayetteville, and was graduated from its law department infamily burial ground on his estate, "Hilton," near Wilming- 1898; was admitted to the bar the same year and commencedton, N.C. practice in Danville, Ark.; moved to Waterville, Wash., in HILL, William Henry, a Representative from New York; 1904 and continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorneyborn in Plains, Luzerne County, Pa., March 23, 1877; attend- of Douglas County 1907-1911; judge of the superior court fored the public schools; -was graduated from the high school at Biographies 1189

Binghamton, N.Y.; mayor of Lestershire (now Johnson City),northern judicial district 1914- 1921; died in Greenwood, N.Y., 1898-1901; postmaster of Lestershire 1902-1910; editorMiss., February 14, 1921; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, and publisher of the Record at Johnson City 1898-1921;Winona, Miss. member of the State senate 1914-1918; elected as a Republi- HILLELSON, Jeffrey Paul, a Representative from Mis- can to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919-March 3,souri; born in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, March 9, 1921); was not a candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-1919; moved with his parents to St. Joseph, Mo., when two seventh Congress; delegate to the Republican National Con- moved to Kansas ventions in 1924, 1928, 1932, 1940, and 1944; appointed as ayears of age; attended the public schools; member of the New York State Parks Commission by Gover-City, Mo., in 1940; enlisted in the United States Army as a nor Smith in 1925 and elected chairman in 1933; chairmanprivate April 25, 1942; served in the Transportation Corps in of the New York Hoover-for-President Committee in 1928;the United States, Europe, and Alaska, and was discharged vice chairman of the Republican Campaign Committee inas a captain May 26, 1946, retaining hiscommission in the the East in 1932; trustee of Syracuse University; member ofReserve; returned to his studies and was graduated from the the Republican executive committee of the State of NewUniversity of Missouri at Kansas City in 1947; engaged in York; newspaper publisher until 1960; resided in Bingham- the grocery business 1947-1952; chairman of the Republican ton, N.Y., where he died July 24, 1972; interment in River-City Central Committee of Independence, Mo., in 1949; elect- hurst Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y. ed as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1955); unsuccessful candidate for reelection HILL, William Luther, a Senator from Florida; born inin 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; executive assistant to Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla., October 17, 1873; attend-the Postmaster General, Washington, D.C., from January 3, ed private and public schools and the East Florida Seminary1955, until his resignation September 22, 1955; unsuccessful at Gainesville, Fla.; engaged in banking and insurance; wascandidate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; graduated from the law college of the University of Floridadelegate to Republican State conventions in 1948, 1952, and at Gainesville in 1914; was admitted to the bar the same1956; delegate to the Republican National Convention in year and commenced practice in Gainesville, Fla.;secretary1956; appointed acting postmaster of Kansas City, Mo., May to United States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher 1917-1936, and 1, 1957, and served until January 1961; elected member of also served as clerk to the Senate Committee on CommerceKansas City, Mo., city council from April 1963 until June 1917-1921 and to the Senate Committee on Banking and 1969; regional administrator, General Services Administra- Currency 1933-1936; appointed as a Democrat to the Unitedtion, 1969-1974; served on the Johnson County, Kans., com- States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofmission, September 1981 to December 1982; is a residentof Duncan U. Fletcher and served from July 1 to November 3, 1936, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate forMission Hills, Kans. election to fill this vacancy; resumed the practice of law HILLEN Solomon, Jr., a Representative from Maryland; until his retirement in 1947; died in Gainesville, Fla., Janu-born on the family estate, Hillen Road, near Baltimore, Md., ary 5, 1951; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. July 10, 1810; was graduated from GeorgetownCollege; stud- ied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practicein HILL, William Silas a Representative from Colorado; born representatives in Kelly, Nemaha County, Kans., January 20, 1886; attendedBaltimore; member of the State house of the public schools, Kansas State Normal at Emporia, and1834-1838; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Con- gress (March 4, 1839-March 3,1841); resumed the practice of Colorado State College of Agriculture at Fort Collins; home- York City steaded near Cheyenne Wells, Cob., 1907-1915; superintend-law; mayor of Baltimore 1842-1845; died in New ent of Cache la Poudre Consolidated School of Larimeron June 26, 1873; intermentin Greenmount Cemetery, Balti- County, Cob., 1919-1922; secretary of the Colorado Statemore, Md. Farm Bureau in 1923; served in the State house of repre- HILLHOUSE, James (son of William Hillhouse), a Repre- sentatives 1924-1926; engaged in the mercantile business atsentative and a Senator from Connecticut; born inMontville, Fort Collins, Cob., 1927-1953; elected as a Republican to theConn., October 20, 1754; attended the Hopkins Grammar Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeeding CongressesSchool, New Haven, Conn., and graduated from Yale College (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1959); chairman, Select Commit-in 1773; studied law; was admitted to thebar in 1775 and tee on Small Business (Eighty-third Congress); was not acommenced practice in New Haven, Conn.; served in the candidate for renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Con-Revolutionary War and in 1779 was captain of the Gover- gress; retired in 1958 and operated a farmsouthwest of Fortnor's foot guards when New Haven was invaded bythe Collins until 1969; delegate to Republican National Conven-British; member, State house of representatives 17 80-1785; tion in 1964; died in Fort Collins, Cob., August 28, 1972;chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1786 and interment in Grandview Cemetery. 1788 but did not attend; member, State council1789-1790; HILL, Wilson Shedric, a Representative from Mississippi;elected to the Second, Third, and Fourth Congresses and born near Lodi, Choctaw County, Miss., January 19, 1863;served from March 4, 1791, until his resignation in thefall attended the common schools and the University of Missis-of 1796, having been elected to the United States Senate on sippi at Oxford; was graduated from the law department ofMay 12, 1796, to fill the vacancy caused by theresignation of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1884; was admit-Oliver Ellsworth; reelected in 1797, 1803, and 1809, and ted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Winona,served from December 1796, until June 10, 1810,when he Miss.; member of the State house of representatives in 1885;resigned; served as President pro tempore of the Senate district attorney for the fifth judicial district ofMississippiduring the Sixth Congress; member of the Hartford conven- 1891-1903; member of the city council of Winona 1892-1894;tion in 1814; treasurer of Yale College 1782-1832;died in elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, andNew Haven, Conn., December 29, 1832; intermentin Grove Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1909); unsuc-Street Cemetery. cessful candidate for renomination in 1908; resumed the Bibliography: DAB; Bacon, Leonard. Sketch of the Life and Public Serv- practice of law in Greenwood, Miss.; delegate to the Demo-ices of Hon. James Hilihouse of New Haven: With a Noticeof His Son, cratic National Convention in 1912; district attorney for the Augustus Lucas Hillhouse. New Haven: n.p., 1860. 1190 Biographical Directory

HILLHOUSE, William (father of James Hilihouse), a Del- Pacific; returned to the University of Southern California egate from Connecticut; born in Montville, Conn., August 25,and received a B.A. in 1947 and J.D. in 1949; was admitted 1728; received a liberal schooling; studied law;was admittedto the bar in 1949 and commenced the practice of law in to the bar and practiced; served in the State house of repre- Arcadia, Calif.; delegate to the Republican National Conven- sentatives 1756-1760 and 1763-1785; major in the Secondtions in 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1964; elected as a Republican Regiment of the Connecticut Cavalry in the Revolutionaryto the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses War; elected to the Continental Congress in 1783 and 1785,(January 3, 1951-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for but did not attend; judge of the court of common pleas 1784-renomination in 1958, but was an unsuccessful candidate for 1806; member of the State senate 1785-1808; judge ofpro-attorney general of California; resumed the practice of law bate for New London district 1786-1807; died in Montville,in Los Angeles; chairman of the Republican central commit- Conn., January 12, 1816; interment in Raymond Hill Ceme-tee of Los Angeles County 1960-1961; is a resident of Los tery. Angeles, Calif. HILLIARD, Benjamin Clark, a Representative from Colo- rado; born near Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, January 9, HILLIS, Elwood Haynes, a Representative from Indiana; 1868; attended the public schools of Iowa and Kansas; taughtborn in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., March 6, 1926; at- school in Kansas; was graduated from the law department oftended Kokomo public schools; graduated from Culver Mili- the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1891; was admitted totary Academy, 1944; B.S., Indiana University, 1949; J.D., the bar the same year and commenced practice in KansasIndiana University School of Law, 1952; served in United City, Mo.; moved to Denver, Cob., in 1893; city attorney ofStates Army in the European Theater with rank of first Highlands, Cob., in 1896 and 1897; county attorney of Elbertlieutenant, 1944-1946; retired from the Reserves in 1954 County, Cob., 1897-1907; county attorney of Grand Countywith rank of captain in the infantry; admitted to the Indi- 1909-1913; member of the State house of representatives inana bar in 1952 and commenced practice in Kokomo; 1902; member of the Denver Board of Education 1900-1902,member, Indiana house of representatives, Ninety-fifth and 1904-1909, and 1913-1917; elected as a Democrat to theNinety-sixth General Assemblies; delegate, Indiana State Re- Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4,1915-publican conventions, 1962-1970; elected as a Republican to March 3, 1919); was not a candidate for renomination inthe Ninety-second and to the seven succeeding Congresses 1918; resumed the practice of law; elected justice of the(January 3, 1971-January 3, 1987); was not a candidate for supreme court of Colorado in 1930 and served as chief justicereelection in 1986; resumed the practice of law; is a resident in 1939 and 1940; reelected in 1940 and again in 1950; againof Kokomo, md. became chief justice in January 1949; died in Denver, Cob., HILLYER, Junius, a Representative from Georgia; born August 7, 1951; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. in Wilkes County, Ga., April 23, 1807; was graduated from HILLIARD, Henry Washington, a Representative fromthe University of Georgia at Athens in 1828; studied law; Alabama; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C.,onwas admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Athens; August 4, 1808; was graduated from South Carolina Collegeelected solicitor general for the western district of Georgia (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1826;in 1834; circuit judge 1841-1845; elected as a Unionist to the studied law; moved to Athens, Ga., where he was admittedThirty-second Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the to the bar in 1829; professor in the University of Alabama atThirty-third Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); chair- Tuscaloosa from 1831 to 1834, when he resigned to practiceman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Thirty-third Con- law in Montgomery, Ala.; member of the State house ofgress); Solicitor of the United States Treasury from Decem- representatives 1836-1838; member of the Whig Nationalber 1, 1857, to February 13, 1861, when he resigned; died in Convention at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1839; Whig presidentialDecatur, Ga., June 21, 1886; interment in Oakland Ceme- elector ih 1840; unsuccessful candidate for election to thetery, Atlanta, Ga. Twenty-seventh Congress in 1840; Chargé d'Affaires to Bel- Bibliography: DAB; Vinson, Frank B. "Junius Hillyer's 1838 Union gium from May 12, 1842, to August 15, 1844; electedas a Party Letter." Georgia Historical Quarterly 64 (Summer 198W: 204-15. Whig to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Con- HIMES, Joseph Hendrix, a Representative from Ohio; gresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1851); was not a candidateborn in New Oxford, Adams County, Pa., August 15, 1885; for renomination in 1850; presidential elector on the Nation-attended the public schools, Gettysburg College, and Penn- al American ticket in 1856; during the Civil War served assylvania State College; employed in the steel industry; en- brigadier general in the Confederate Army; moved to Augus-gaged as banker; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sev- ta, Ga., in 1865 and resumed the practice of his profession;enth Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful appointed by Jefferson Davis Confederate commissioner tocandidate in 1922 for reelection to the Sixty-eighth Congress; Tennessee; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of lawfounder, president, and chairman of the board of directors of in Augusta, Ga., moving later to Atlanta; Minister to BrazilGroup Hospitalization, Inc., Washington, D.C.; engaged in 1877-1881; died in Atlanta, Ga., December 17, 1892; inter-various business interests in Washington, D.C., New York ment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala. City, and elsewhere; died in Washington, D.C., September 9, Bibliography: DAB; Jackson, Canton.Alabama's Hilliard: A Nationalis- 1960; interment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. tic Rebel of the Old South." Alabama Historical Quarterly 31 (Fall-Winter HINDMAN, Thomas Carmichael, a Representative from 1969): 183-205; Shields, Johanna N. 'An Antebellum Alabama Maverick: Henry Washington Hilliard, 1845-1851." Alabama Review 30 (July 1977): Arkansas; born in Knoxville, Tenn., January 28, 1828; moved 191-212. with his parents to Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., in 1832 and to Ripley, Tippah County, Miss., in 1841; attended HILLINGS, Patrick Jerome, a Representative from Cali-public and private schools; was graduated from the Lawren- fornia; born in Hobart Mills, Nevada County, Calif., Febru-ceville Classical Institute near Princeton, N.J., in1846; ary 19, 1923; attended public schools; attended the Universi-raised a company in Tippah County in 1846 for the Second ty of Southern California until March 1943; served as aMississippi Regiment under Colonel Clark in the war with sergeant in the Signal Corps Intelligence Service fromMexico; served throughout the war as lieutenant and later March 1943 to February 1946 with service in the Southas captain of his company; returned to Ripley, Miss.; studied Biographies 1191 law; was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced prac-time as United States district attorney for theState of Min- tice in Ripley, Miss.; member of the State house of represent-nesota; joined an expedition under Governor Sibleyagainst atives in 1854-1856; moved to Helena, Ark., in 1853 andthe Indians on the western frontier in 1862;although a continued the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to themember of the Democratic Party, was a supporter of Presi- Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); reelect- dent Lincoln; moved to Little Rock, Ark., in 1865 andcontin- ed to the Thirty-seventh Congress in 1860 but declined toued the practice of law; delegate from Pulaski County tothe take hisseat and raised and commanded "Hindman'sState constitutional convention in 1867; served as acommis- legion" in 1861 for the Confederate Army; commissionedsioner to codify the State laws; upon the readmissionof brigadier general September 28, 1861, and major generalArkansas to representation was elected as a Republican to April 18, 1862; moved to the city of Mexico after the war andthe Fortieth Congress and served from June 22, 1868, until engaged in literary pursuits; returned to Helena, Ark., inassassinated near Indian Bay, Ark., October 22, 1868; inter- 1868 and resumed the practice of law; was assassinated inment in East Norwich, N.Y. that city on September 27, 1868; interment in Maple Hill HINDS, Thomas, a Representative from Mississippi; born Cemetery. Green- Bibliography: DAB; Nash, Charles Edward. Biographwal Sketches ofin Berkeley County, Va., January 9, 1780; moved to Gen. Pat Cleburne and Gen.T.C. Hindman, Together With Huniorous ville, Miss.; served in the War of 1812 as major of Cavalry; Anecdotes and Reminiscences of the Late Ciuti War. Dayton, Ohio: Press ofdistinguished himself at the Battle of New Orleans and was Morningside Bookshop, 1977. brevetted brigadier general for gallantry; unsuccessfulcandi- date for Governor in 1820; elected as a Democrat tothe HINDMAN, William, a Delegate, a Representative, and aTwentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- Senator from Maryland; born in Dorchester County, Md.,nation of William Haile; reelected to the Twenty-first Con- April 1, 1743; pursued classical studies; attended the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania; studied law at the Inns of Court,gress and served from October 21, 1828,to March 3, 1831; London, England; returned to the United States, was admit-died in Greenville, Miss., August 23, 1840. ted to the bar, and commenced practice in Talbot County, HINEBAUGH, William Henry, a Representative from Illi- Md.; was secretary of the Talbot (Md.) County committee ofnois; born near Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich.,December observation in 1775 and was designated to execute the re-16, 1867; attended the common schools, LitchfieldHigh solves of the Continental Congress; sat in the State conven-School, the State normal school at Ypsilanti, Mich., and the tion of 1775 and was named treasurer for the Eastern ShoreUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor; moved to Illinoisand 1775-1777; member, State senate 1777-1784, 1792; Membersettled in Ottawa in 1891; studied law; was admitted tothe of the Continental Congress 1785 and 1786; member of thebar in 1893 and commenced practice in Ottawa;appointed governor's executive council 1789-1792; elected to the Secondassistant prosecuting attorney of La Salle County in Decem- Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofber 1900; judge of the La Salle County Court1902-1912; Joshua Seney; reelected to the Third, Fourth, and Fifthpresident of the State Association of County Judgesof Illi- Congresses and served from January 30, 1793, to March 3,nois 1908-1910; elected and reelected chairmanof the Re- 1799; member, State house of delegates 1799-1800; elected in publican county central committee, butresigned in July 1800 as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the1912 to join the Progressive Party; elected as aProgressive vacancy caused by the resignation of James Lloyd; at expira-to the Sixty-third Congress (March4, 1913-March 3, 1915); tion of the term was appointed to fill the vacancy caused byunsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty- the failure of the legislature to elect his successor andfourth Congress; resumed the practice of law inOttawa, Ill.; served from December 12, 1800, to November 19, 1801; wasassistant attorney general of Illinois 1916-1922;president not a candidate for reelection; engaged in agricultural pur-and general counsel of the Central Life InsuranceCo., of suits on his estate near Wyes Landing; died in Baltimore,Illinois, and resided in Chicago; moved to Albion,Mich., in Md., January 19,1822; interment inSt. Paul's Burial1933 and continued the practice of law until hisdeath there Ground. September 22, 1943; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bibliography: DAB. Litchfield, Mich. HINDS, Asher Crosby, a Representative from Maine; born HINES, Richard, a Representative from North Carolina; in Benton, Kennebec County, Maine, February 6, 1863; at- studied law; was tended the public schools and Coburn Classical Institute;born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C.; Waterville, Maine, inadmitted to the bar in 1816 and practiced inRaleigh, N.C.; was graduated from Colby College, member of the State house of commons in 1824;elected to 1883; began newspaper work in Portland in 1884; clerk tothe Nineteenth Congress (March 4,1825-March 3,1827); the Speaker, United States House of Representatives, 1889-unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twenti- 1891; clerk at the Speaker's table, United States House ofeth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Raleigh,N.C., Representatives, 1895-1911; editor of the Rules, Manual, and Old City Digest of the House of Representatives in 1899 and ofHinds'and died there November 20, 1851; interment in the Precedents of the House of Representatives 1908; elected asCemetery, Raleigh, N.C. a Republican to the Sixty-second,Sixty-third, and Sixty- HINES, William Henry, a Representative from Pennsylva- fourth Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1917); resided innia; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 15, 1856;moved to Penn- Washington, D.C., until his death on May 1, 1919; intermentsylvania in 1865 with his parents, who settled inHanover in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Township, near Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa.;attended Bibliography: DAB. the public schools in Brooklyn, N.Y., andWyoming Semi- HINDS, James, a Representative from Arkansas; born innary, Kingston, Pa.; studied law; wasadmitted to the bar in the town of Hebron, near Salem, N.Y., December 5,1833; Luzerne County in 1881 and practiced; memberof the State attended the common schools and the State normal school athouse of representatives in1879,1880,1883, and 1884; Albany, N.Y.; attended law school at St. Louis, Mo., and wasserved in the State senate 1888-1892; elected as a Democrat graduated from the Cincinnati Law College in 1856; wasto the Fifty-third Congress (March 4,1893-March 3, 1895); admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St. Peter,unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty- Minn.; district attorney for three years and served for somefourth Congress; resumed the practice of law inWilkes- 1192 Biographical Directory

Barre, Pa.; died there January 17, 1914; interment in St.Corps of Engineers; served as laborer, salesman, and manag- Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa.er in automotive manufacturing in Chicago 1920-1926; en- HINRICHSEN, William Henry, a Representative from Illi-gaged in investment banking in 1927 and 1928; moved to nois; born in Franklin, Morgan County, Ill., May 27, 1850;Pasadena, Calif., in 1929 and engaged in the real estate and attended the public schools and the Illinois Industrial Uni-insurance business; unsuccessful candidate for election in versity (now the University of Illinois) at Champaign;en- 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; elected as a Republican gaged in newspaper work; elected justice of thepeace into the Seventy-sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses 1871 and reelected in 1873; appointed deputy sheriff ofand served from January 3, 1939, until his death in Bethes- Morgan County in 1874 and served three terms in thatda, Md., August 5, 1956; had been renominated in the June position, residing at Jacksonville; sheriff 1880-1882; editor of1956 primary election; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, the Illinois Courier in 1882; moved to Quincy in 1887; editorWashington, D.C. of the Quincy Herald 1887-1890; returned to Jacksonville HINSON, Jon Clifton, a Representative from Mississippi; and elected clerk of the house of representatives of Illinoisborn in Tylertown, Walthall County, Miss., March 16, 1942; in 1891; secretary of state of Illinois 1892-1896; delegate toattended the Walthall County public schools; B.A., Universi- the Democratic National Convention in 1896; chairman ofty of Mississippi, 1964; served in the United States Marine the Democratic State committee in 1895 and 1896; electedas a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897-MarchCorps Reserve, 1964-1970; administrative assistant to Con- 3, 1899); engaged in literary pursuits; died in Alexander, Ill.,gressman Charles Griffin, 1968-1973; administrative assist- December 18, 1907; interment in Diamond Grove Cemetery,ant to Congressman , 1973-1977; elected as a Jacksonville, Ill. Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the Ninety-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, 1979, until his resig- HINSHAW, Andrew Jackson, a Representative from Cali-nation April 13, 1981; is a resident of Alexandria, Va. fornia; born in Dexter, Stoddard County, Mo., August 4, 1923; educated in the public schools in Michigan and Los HIRES, George, a Representative from New Jersey; born Angeles, Calif.; B.S., University of Southern California, Losin Elsinboro Township, Salem County, N.J., January 26, Angeles, Calif., 1950; also attended University of Southern1835; attended the common schools and the Friends' School California School of Law; served in the United States Navy,and received a commercial training; engaged in mercantile 1942-1945; twice elected assessor, Orange County, Calif.,and manufacturing pursuits; sheriff of Salem County 1867- 1965-1972; ten years with the California State Board of1869; member of the State senate 1881-1884; elected as a Equalization and five years with the Los Angeles, Calif.,Republican to the Forty-ninth and FiftiethCongresses County Assessor's Office; delegate to California State Repub-(March 4, 1885-March 3,1889); was not a candidate for lican convention,1972; elected as a Republican to therenomination in 1888; resumed mercantile pursuits; also en- Ninety-third and the Ninety-fourth Congresses (January 3,gaged in banking; delegate to the State constitutional con- 1973-January 3, 1977); unsuccessful candidate for renomina-vention in 1894; delegate to the Republican National Con- tion in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; resumed businessvention in 1896; member of the Republican State committee interests in California; president of a business analysis firm,for twelve years; died in Atlantic City, N.J., February 16, 1980-1983; conference director, World Computer Graphics1911; interment in the First Presbyterian Cemetery, Salem, Association, Washington, D.C., 1984-1985; president, graph-N.J. ics firm, Rockville, Md., 1986 to present; is a resident of HISCOCK, Frank, a Representative and a Senator from Mission Viejo, Calif. New York; born in Pompey, Onondaga County, N.Y., Sep- HINSHAW, Edmund Howard (cousin of Edwin Brucetember 6, 1834; graduated from Pompey Academy; studied Brooks), a Representative from Nebraska; born in Greens-law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced prac- boro, Henry County, Ind., December 8, 1860; attended thetice in Tully, Onondaga County; district attorney of Ononda- common schools and was graduated from Butler College,ga County 1860-1863; member of the State constitutional Indianapolis, in 1885; moved to Fairbury, Nebr., in 1887;convention in 1867; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth superintendent of the public schools in 1887 and 1888; stud-and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commencedMarch 4, 1877, until his resignation on March 3, 1887, at the practice in Fairbury; city clerk and attorney of Fairbury inclose of the Forty-ninth Congress, having been elected Sena- 1889 and 1890; attorney of Jefferson County 1895-1899; un-tor; chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Forty-seventh successful candidate for election in 1898 to the Fifty-sixthCongress); elected as a Republican ta the United States Congress and in 1901 to the United States Senate; elected asSenate and served from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1893; a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeedingunsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911); was not a candi-on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of Executive date for renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of lawDepartments (Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses); re- in Fairbury, Nebr.; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1912 andsumed the practice of law in Syracuse, N.Y.; died in Syra- continued the practice of his profession; also engaged in thecuse, N.Y., June 18, 1914; interment in Oakwood Cemetery. operation of a chain of motion-picture theaters; died in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 15, 1932; interment in Forest Lawn uSE, Elijah, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Cemetery, Glendale, Calif. Allegheny County, Pa., July 4, 1802; moved with his parents to Russellville, Logan County, Ky., when young; completed HINSHAW, John Carl Williams, a Representative frompreparatory studies; attended Transylvania University, Lex- California; born in Chicago, Ill., July 28, 1894; attended theington, Ky.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and com- public schools and Valparaiso (Ind.) University; was graduat-menced practice; member of the State house of representa- ed from Princeton University in 1916; pursued a postgradu-tives in 1829; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Lieuten- ate course in business administration at the University ofant Governor in1836; Chargé d'Affaires to Guatemala Michigan at Ann Arbor; served overseas as a first lieutenantMarch 31, 1848, to June 21, 1849; chief justice of the court of in the Sixteenth Railroad Engineers from May 1917 to Sep-appeals of Kentucky; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty- tember 1919, when he was discharged as a captain in theninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Biographies 1193

Henry Grider; reelected to the Fortieth Congress and servedfor renomination in 1818; judge of the supreme court of Ohio from December 3, 1866, until his death in Russeilville, Ky.,18 19-1832 and served a portion of that time as chief justice; May 8, 1867; interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. again a member of the State senate in 1833 and 1834; dele- Bibliography: DAB. gate to the State constitutional convention in 1850; died in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, March 4, 1853; interment in HITCHCOCK, Gilbert Monell (son of Phineas Warren Hitchcock), a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska;Welton Cemetery, Burton, Ohio. born in Omaha, Nebr., September 18, 1859; attended the Bibliography: DAB. public schools of Omaha and the gymnasium at Baden- HITCHCOCK, Phineas Warren (father of Gilbert Monell Baden, Germany; graduated from the law department of theHitchcock), a Delegate and a Senator from Nebraska; born University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1881; was admittedin New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y., November 30, to the bar and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebr., in1831; graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts, in 1882; continued the practice of law until 1885, when he1855; studied law; moved to Omaha, Nebr., in 1857, was established and edited the Omaha Evening World; purchasedadmitted to the bar, and commenced practice; appointed the Nebraska Morning Herald in 1889 and consolidated theUnited States marshal 1861-1864; elected as a Republican two into the Morning and Evening World Herald; unsuccess-Delegate to the Thirty-ninth Congress and served from ful Democratic candidate for election in 1898 to the Fifty-March 4, 1865, to March 1, 1867, when the Territory was sixth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighthadmitted as a State into the Union; appointed surveyor gen- Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candi-eral of Nebraska and Iowa 1867-1869; elected as a Republi- date for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress; elect-can to the United States Senate and served from March 4, ed as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses1871, to March 3, 1877; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); did not seek renomination inchairman, Committee on Territories (Forty-fourth Congress); 1910, having become a candidate for the United Statesinvolved in newspaper publishing and various businesses; Senate; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senatedied in Omaha, Nebr., July 10, 1881; interment in Prospect January 18, 1911; reelected in 1916 and served from MarchHill Cemetery. 4, 1911, to March 3, 1923; unsuccessful can4idate for reelec- Bibliography: DAB. tion in 1922 and for election in 1930; chairman, Committee on the Philippines (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congress- HITT, Robert Roberts, a Representative from Illinois; es), Committee on Foreign Relations (Sixty-fifth Congress),born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, January 16, 1834; Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protectionmoved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1837 with his parents, who (Sixty-sixth Congress); resumed newspaper work in Omaha,settled in Mount Morris; attended the Rock River Seminary Nebr.; retired from active business in 1933 and moved to(later Mount Morris College), and De Pauw University, Washington, D.C., where he died on February 3, 1934; inter- Greencastle, Ind.; first secretary of legation and Chargé d'Af- ment in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebr. faires ad interim in Paris from December 1874 until March Bibliography: Patterson, Robert. "Gilbert M. Hitchcock: A Story of Two 1881; Assistant Secretary of State in 1881; elected as a Re- Careers." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Colorado, 1940; Wimer, Kurt. publican to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy "Senator Hitchcock and the League of Nations." Nebraska History 44 (Sep- caused by the death of Robert M.A. Hawk; reelected to the tember 1963): 189-204. Forty-eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and HITCHCOCK, Herbert Emery, a Senator from Southserved from November 7, 1882, until his death; chairman, Dakota; born in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, AugustCommittee on Foreign Affairs (Fifty-first and Fifty-fourth 22, 1867; attended public schools in Iowa and San Jose,through Fifty-ninth Congresses); Regent of the Smithsonian Calif., a business college at Davenport, Iowa, Iowa StateInstitution from August 11, 1893, until his death; appointed College at Ames, and the University of Chicago Law School;by President McKinley in July 1898 as a member of the moved to Mitchell, S.Dak, in 1884, attended school andcommission to establish government in the Hawaiian Is- worked as a stenographer; was admitted to the Southlands; died at Narragansett Pier, R.I., September 20, 1906; Dakota bar in 1896 and commenced practice in Mitchell;interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris, Ogle also engaged in banking; clerk of the State senate 1896;County, Ill. elected as a State's attorney 1904 and 1906; elected to the Bibliography: DAB. State senate in 1909, 1911, and 1929; a trustee of Yankton HOAG Truman Harrison a Representative from Ohio, (S.Dak.) College in 1936; president of Mitchell school board 1924-1934; appointed as a Democrat to the United Statesborn in Manhus Onondaga County, N Y, April 91816, Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Peterattended the public schools; moved to Syracuse, N.Y., in Norbeck and served from December 29, 1936, to November 8,1832 and was employed as a clerk in a store and later in the 1938, when a successor was elected; unsuccessful candidatecanal collector's office; moved to Oswego, N.Y., in 1839 and for the nomination to fill the vacancy in 1938; resumed thewas employed for a commission merchants company, moving practice of law until his death in Mitchell, S.Dak., Februaryto Toledo, Ohio, in 1849 as agent of the same firm; later 17, 1958; interment in Graceland Cemetery. beêame engaged in transportation and in mercantile pur- suits; also engaged in the manufacture of illuminating gas HITCHCOCK, Peter, a Representative from Ohio; born inand of coke; unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1867; elect- Cheshire, Conn., October 19, 1781; pursued classical studiesed as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress and served and was graduated frOm Yale College in 1801; studied law;from March 4, 1869, until his death in Washington, D.C., on was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practiceinFebruary 5, 1870; interment in Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Cheshire; moved to Geauga County, Ohio, in 1806; memberOhio. of the State house of representatives in 1810; member of the State senate 1812-1815 and served as speaker in 1815; com- HOAGLAND, Moses, a Representative from Ohio; born missioned lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Ohionear Baltimore, Md., June 19, 1812; attended thepublic State Militia, in 1814; commissioned major general, Fourthschools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1842 and Division, Ohio State Militia, in 1816; elected to the Fifteenthcommenced practice in Millersburg, Ohio; served in the Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819); was not a candidateMexican War and was promoted to the rank of major for 1194 Biographical Directory

bravery in action; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-firstthe Worcester public schools and was graduated from Har- Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candi-vard University in 1876; member of Company C, Fifth Mas- date for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress;sachusetts Infantry, 1875-1879; studied law; was admitted to resumed the practice of law; appointed associate justice forthe bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Worcester; assist- the Territory of Washington on June 21, 1853, but declinedant district attorney for the middle district of Massachusetts to accept; died in Millersburg, Ohio, April 16, 1865; inter-1884-1887; member of the common council of Worcester ment in Oak Hill Cemetery. 1887-1891; aide-de-camp with rank of colonel on the staff of HOAR, Ebenezer Rockwood (son of , brotherGov. Oliver Ames 1887-1890; judge advocate general with of , father of , and unclerank of brigadier general on the staff of Gov. Roger Wolcott of ), a Representative from Massachusetts; 1897-1900; district attorney from January 1899 to January born in Concord, Mass., February 21, 1816; pursued classical1905; trustee of Clark University, Worcester, Mass., and studies and was graduated from Harvard University in 1835;trustee of the Worcester Insane Hospital; elected as a Repub- was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice inlican to the Fifty-ninth Congress and served from March 1, Concord. and Boston, Mass.; served in the State senate in1905, until his death in Worcester, Mass., November 1, 1906; 1846 as an anti-slavery Whig; judge of the court of commoninterment in the Rural Cemetery. pleas 1849-1855; judge of the State supreme court 1859-1869; HOAR, Samuel (father of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and Attorney General of the United States from March 1869George Frisbie Hoar, grandfather of Rockwood Hoar and until his resignation in June 1870; nominated in 1869 bySherman Hoar), a Representative from Massachusetts; born President Grant as an Associate Justice of the Supremein Lincoln, Middlesex County, Mass., May 18, 1778; pursued Court but was not confirmed by the Senate; member of theclassical studies and was graduated from Harvard Universi- joint high commission which framed the treaty of Washing-ty in 1802; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1805 and ton in 1871 under which the tribunal was provided for tocommenced practice in Concord, Mass.; delegate to the State settle the Alabama claims; elected as a Republican to theconstitutional convention in 1820; served in the State senate Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); was notin 1826, 1832, and 1833; elected as a Whig to the Twenty- a candidate for renomination in 1874; resumed the practice fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); unsuccessful of his profession in Concord and Boston, Mass.; member ofcandidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Con- the board of overseers of Harvard University 1868-1882; diedgress; resumed the practice of law in Concord, Mass.; sent by in Concord, Mass., January 31, 1895; interment in Sleepythe State legislature to South Carolina to test the constitu- Hollow Cemetery. tionality of acts prohibiting free Negroes from coming into Bibliography: DAB; Storey, Moorfield, and Edward W. Emerson. Eben- the State and on his arrival, December 5, 1844, the Legisla- eezer Rockwood Hoar, A Memoir. Boston: Houghton Muffin, 1911. ture of South Carolina passed resolutions expelling him from HOAR, George Frisbie (son of Samuel Hoar, brother ofthe city of Charleston; member of the State house of repre- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, father of Rockwood Hoar, andsentatives in 1850; chairman of the State convention in 1855 uncle of Sherman Hoar), a Representative and a Senatorwhich formed the Republican Party in Massachusetts; died from Massachusetts; born in Concord, Mass., August 29,in Concord, Mass., November 2, 1856; interment in Sleepy 1826; attended Concord Academy; graduated from HarvardHollow Cemetery. University in 1846 and from the Harvard Law School in Bibliography: DAB. 1849; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced prac- tice in Worcester, Mass.; elected to the State house of repre- HOAR, Sherman (son of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, grand- sentatives in 1852; elected to the State senate in 1857; elect-son of Samuel Hoar, nephew of George Frisbie Hoar, and ed as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three suc-cousin of Rockwood Hoar), a Representative from Massachu- ceeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877); was not asetts; born in Concord, Mass., July 30, 1860; attended the candidate for renomination in 1876; one of the managerspublic schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; appointed by the House of Representatives in 1876 to con-was graduated from Harvard University in 1882 and from duct the impeachment proceedings against William W. Belk-the law department of the university in 1884; president of nap, ex-Secretary of War; appointed a member of the Elec-the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts in 1884; toral Commission created by act of Congress to decide thewas admitted to the bar of Middlesex County in 1885 and contests in various States in the presidential election ofcommenced practice in Concord; trustee of Phillips Exeter 1876; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate inAcademy and director of the American Unitarian Associa- 1877; reelected in 1883, 1889, 1895, and 1901 and served from tion; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress March 4, 1877, until his death in Worcester, Mass., Septem-(March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); United States district attor- ber 30, 1904; Republican caucus chairman 1903; chairman, ney for Massachusetts 1893-1897; director of the Massachu- Committee onPrivilegesandElections(Forty-seventhsetts Volunteer Aid Association in the war with Spain and through Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on the Judici-served in Army hospitals in the South; died in Concord, ary (Fifty-second Congress, Fifty-fourth through Fifty-eighthMass., October 7, 1898; interment in Sleepy Hollow Ceme- Congresses), Committee on the Library (Fifty-second Con-tery. gress); overseer of Harvard University 1874-1880 and from HOARD, Charles Brooks, a Representative from New 1896 until his death; Regent of the Smithsonian for manyYork; born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., June 5, years; interment in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.1805; attended the public schools; moved to Antwerp, N.Y., Bibliography: DAB; Hoar, George F. Autobiography of Seventy Years. 2 where he was postmaster during the administrations of vols., New York: Scribners Sons, 1903; Welch, Richard E., Jr. George F. Hoar and the Half-Breed Republicans. Cambridge: Harvard UniversityJackson and Van Buren; member of the State assembly in Press, 1971. 1837; moved to Watertown, N.Y., in January 1844; clerk of Jefferson County 1844-1846; elected as a Republican to the HOAR, Rockwood (son of George Frisbie Hoar, grandsonThirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857- of Samael Hoar, nephew of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, andMarch 3,1861); engaged in the manufacture of portable cousin of Sherman Hoar), a Representative from Massachu-engines and, during the Civil War, the manufacture of arms setts; born in Worcester, Mass., August 24, 1855; attendedfor the Government; moved to West Virginia in 1870; died in Biographies 1195

Ceredo, W.Va., November 20, 1886; interment in Spring Hill HOBBS, Samuel Francis, a Representative from Alabama; Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va. born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., October 5, 1887; attend- ed the public schools, Callaway's Preparatory School, Selma, HOBART, Aaron, a Representative from Massachusetts;Ala., Marion (Ala) Military Institute, Vanderbilt University born in Abington, Mass., June 26, 1787; pursued classicalat Nashville, Tenn., and was graduated from the law depart- studies and was graduated from Brown University, Provi-ment of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1908; dence, R.I., in 1805; studied law; was admitted to the bar inwas admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practicein 1809 and commenced practice in Abington; moved to Hano-Selma, Ala.; appointed judge of the fourth judicial circuit of ver in 1811; member of the State house of representatives inAlabama in 1921; elected to the same office in 1923 and 1814 and served in the State senate in 1819; moved to Eastserved until his resignation in 1926; resumed the practice of Bridgewater in 1824; elected to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zabdiel Sampson;law; chairman of the Muscle Shoals Commission in 1931 and reelected to the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenthof the Alabama National Recovery Administration Commit- Congresses and served from November 24, 1820, to March 3,tee in 1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and 1827; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1826;to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-Janu- executive councilor 1827-1831; judge of probate 1843-1858;ary 3, 1951); one of the managers appointed by theHouse of died in East Bridgewater, Mass., September 19, 1858; inter-Representatives in 1936 to conduct the impeachment pro- ment in Central Cemetery. ceedings against Halstead L. Ritter, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; did HOBART, Garret Augustus, a Vice President of thenot seek renomination in 1950; returned to Selma, Ala., and United States; born near Long Branch, Monmouth County,reestablished his law practice; died in Selma, Ala., May 31, N.J., June 3, 1844; attended the common schools and grad-1952; interment in Live Oak Cemetery. uated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1863; taught school; clerk for the grand jury of Passaic County, HOBLITZELL, Fetter Schrier, a Representative from N.J., in 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866Maryland; born in Cumberland, Md., October 7, 1838; attend- and commenced practice at Paterson, N.J.; city counsel ofed the primary schools and was graduated from the Alle- Paterson in 1871 and 1872; elected counsel for the board ofgany Academy, Cumberland, Md.; studied law; wasadmitted freeholders in 1872; member, State house of assembly 1872-to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Baltimore, 1876, and served as speaker in 1874; member, State senateMd.; during the Civil War served as a private in the First 1876-1882, and served as president 1881-1882; banker;Maryland Regiment of Infantry, Confederate Army; resumed member of the Republican National Committee 1884-1896,the practice of law; member of the State house of delegates when he was nominated as the Republican candidate forin 1870 and 1876; reelected in 1878 and served as speaker; vice president on the ticket with William McKinley; electedelected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Vice President of the United States in 1896 and served fromCongresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1885); city counselor of March 4, 1897, until his death in Paterson, N.J., on Novem-Baltimore in 1888 and 1889; resumed the practice of law; ber 21, 1899; interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. died in Baltimore, Md., May 2, 1900; interment in Loudon Bibliography: DAB; Hobart, Jennie Tuttle. Memories. Patterson, N.J.: Park Cemetery. np., 1930; Magie, David. The Life of Garret Augustus Hobart. New York: Putnam's, 1910. HOBLITZELL, John Dempsey, Jr., a Senator from West Virginia; born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., Decem- HOBART, John Sloss, a Delegate and a Senator fromber 30, 1912; attended the public schools; graduated from the New York; born in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., May 6,University of West Virginia in 1934; involved in the insur- 1738; graduated from Yale College in 1757; studied law; wasance, real estate, construction, and bankingbusinesses; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York;member, board of governors of West Virginia University member of the Committee of Correspondence 1774; deputy to1937-1944; served in the United States Naval Reserve 1942- the provincial convention in 1775 and delegate to the provin-1946, retiring as a lieutenant; member, Wood County School cial congress 1775-1777; member of the council of safety inBoard 1950-1956; delegate, White House Conference on Edu- 1777; a puisne justice of the supreme court 1777-1798;cation 1954; chairman, Governor's West Virginia Commis- member of the Hartford convention in 1780; member of thesion on State and Local Finance 1954; president, West Vir- State convention in 1788 which ratified the Federal Consti-ginia School Board Association 1954; member, National Citi- tution; elected to the United States Senate as a Federalist in 1955; unsuccessful in 1798 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Philipzens Committee on Higher Education Schuyler and served from January 11 to April 16, 1798,1956 for the Republican nomination to the House of Repre- when he resigned to accept the appointment as judge of thesentatives; appointed as a Republican to the United States United States District Court of New York; died in New YorkSenate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Matthew M. Neely and served from January 25, 1958, to November 4, City on February 4, 1805; interment in Trinity Churchyard.1958; unsuccessful candidate for election to the vacancy; re- Bibliography: DAB. sumed his business interests; died in Clarksburg, W.Va., HOBBlE, Selah Reeve, a Representative from New York;January 6, 1962; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Par- born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., March 10, 1797;kersburg, W.Va. studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced prac- tice in Delhi, N.Y.; district attorney of Delaware County HOBSON, Richmond Pearson, a Representative from Ala- 1823-1827; member of the State assembly 1827-1829; servedbama; born in Greensboro, Hale County, Ala., August 17, in the militia as brigade major and inspector; elected as a1870; attended private schools and Southern University; was Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-Marchgraduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1889 3, 1829); was appointed Assistant Postmaster General andand from the French National School of Naval Design at served from 1829 until 1851, when he resigned on account ofParis in 1893; served in the United States Navy from 1885 ill health; appointed First Assistant Postmaster General anduntil 1903; special representative of the Navy Department to served from March 22, 1853, until his death in Washington,the Buffalo Exposition in 1901 and to the Charleston Exposi- D.C., March 23, 1854. tion in 1901 and 1902; naval architect, author, and lecturer; 1196 Biographical Directory elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and to the threesuc-law; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and practiced until ceeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1915); unsuc-1860; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; cessful candidate for nomination in 1916 to the Sixty-fifthserved in the State house of representatives in 1868; member Congress; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., and later to Newof the State senate 1870-1873; elected as a Republican to the York City; organized the American Alcohol Education Asso-Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); was not ciation in 1921 and served as general secretary; organizeda candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Con- the International Narcotic Education Association in 1923gress, engaged in agricultural pursuits, died near Marion and served as president; organized the World ConferenceonArk., June 6, 1900; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Mem- Narcotic Education in 1926 and served as secretary generalphis, Tenn. and as chairman of the board of governors; founder of the World Narcotic Defense Association in 1927, servingas HODGES, Charles Drury, a Representative from Illinois; president; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor inborn in Queen Anne, Talbot County, Md., February 4, 1810; 1933 for sinking the collier Merrimac in 1898; was made aattended the public schools and was graduated from Trinity rear admiral by act of Congress in 1934; founder and presi-College, Hartford, Conn., in 1829; studied law in Annapolis, dent of the Constitutional Democracy Association in 1935;Md.; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced prac- died in New York City March 16, 1937; interment in Arling-tice in Annapolis; moved to Carroliton, Ill., in 1833 and ton National Cemetery. resumed the practice of law; also engaged in the mercantile Bibliography: DAB; Pittman, Walter E. "Richmond P. Hobson, Crusad-business for a short time; member of the State house of er." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Georgia, 1969; Sheldon, Richard N. representatives 1851-1853; elected judge of Greene County in "Richmond Pearson Hobson as a Progressive Reformer." Alabama Review 1854; reelected for a four-year term in 1858 but resigned in 25 (October 1972): 243-61. 1859 having been elected to Congress; secretary and treasur- lOCH, Daniel Knabb, a Representative from Pennsylva-er of the St. Louis, Jacksonville & Chicago Railroad in 1858; nia; born on a farm near Reading, Pa., January 31, 1866;afterward director for many years; elected as a Democrat to attended the public schools; served a printing apprenticeshipthe Thirty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the on a Reading, Pa., newspaper; worked in various depart-death of Thomas L. Harris and served from January 4 to ments of a newspaper; member of the State house of repre-March 3, 1859; was not a candidate for election to fill the sentatives 1899-1901; delegate to the Democratic Nationalvacancy in the Thirty-sixth Congress, caused also by the Convention in 1908; controller of Berks County, Pa., 1912-death of Mr. Harris; resumed the practice of law in Carroll- 1916; trustee of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church since 1937;ton, Ill.; circuit judge 1867-1873; member of the State senate elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-1873-1877; again practiced law in Carroilton, Ill., until his ninth Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1947); unsuc-death April 1, 1884; interment in the City Cemetery. cessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Con- gress; engaged in historical research; died in Reading, Pa., HODGES, George Tisdale, a Representative from Ver- October 11, 1960; interment in Charles Evans Cemetery. mont; born in Clarendon, Vt., July 4, 1789;, attended the common schools; engaged in business in Rutland,Vt.; HOd, Homer, a Representative from Kansas; born inmember of the State house of representatives 1827-1829, Marion, Marion County, Kans., July 4, 1879; attended the1839, and 1840; served in the State senate 1845-1847 and public schools and was graduated from Baker University,was president pro tempore of that body in 1846 and 1847; Baldwin, Kans., in 1902; attended George Washington Lawpresidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1848; president of School, Washington,D.C., and Washburn Law School,the Bank of Rutland for over twenty-five years; elected as a Topeka, Kans., from which he was graduated in 1909; clerkRepublican to the Thirty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy and chief of the Appointment Division, Post Office Depart-caused by the death of James Meacham and served from ment, Washington, D.C., 1903-1905; private secretary to theDecember 1, 1856, to March 3, 1857; was not a candidate for Governor of Kansas in 1907 and 1908; engaged in the prac-renomination in 1856; died in Rutland, Vt., August 9, 1860; tice of law in Marion, Kans., 1909-1919; editor of the Marioninterment in Evergreen Cemetery. (Kans.) Record; delegate to the Republican National Conven- tion in 1928; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and HODGES, James Leonard, a Representative from Massa- to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3,chusetts; born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., April 24, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the1790; attended the common schools; studied law; was admit- Seventy third Congress, member and chairman of the Stateted to the bar and practiced; bank cashier; postmaster of Corporation Commission of Kansas 1933-1939, elected aTaunton; member of the State constitutional convention in member of the supreme court of Kansas in 1938; reelected in1820; served in the senate in 1823 and 1824; elected to the 1944 and served until his death in Topeka, Kans., JanuaryTwentieth,Twenty-first,and Twenty-secondCongresses 30, 1949; interment in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Kans. (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1833); declined to be a candidate for renomination; died in Taunton,Bristol County, Mass., HOCHBRUECKNER, George Joseph, a RepresentativeMarch 8, 1846; interment in Plain Burying Ground. from New York; born in Queens, N.Y., September 20, 1938; attended State University of New York, Stony Brook; Hof- HODGES, Kaneaster, Jr., a Senator from Arkansas; born stra University, Hempstead, N.Y.; Franklin Pierce College,in Newport, Jackson County, Ark., August 20, 1928; attended Rindge, N.H.; and the University of California, Northridge;the public schools; graduated from Princeton University, served in the U.S. Navy, 1956-1959; electronics engineer;Princeton, N.J., 1960, from the graduate school of theology member, N.Y. State assembly, 1975-1984; unsuccessful candi-of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex., 1963, and date for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1984; electedfrom the law school of the University of Arkansas, Fayette- as a Democrat to the One Hundredth Congress (January 3,ville, Ark., 1967; admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1967 and 1987-January 3, 1989); is a resident of Coram, N.Y. commenced practice in Newport; lay minister, lawyer, and farmer; hospital and prison chaplain; city attorney and HODGES, Asa, a Representative from Arkansas; borndeputy prosecuting attorney, Newport, Ark., 1967-1974; leg- near Moulton, Lawrence County, Ala., January 22, 1822;islative secretary to Governor David Pryor 1975; chairman, moved to Marion, Ark.; attended La Grange College; studiedArkansas Natural Heritage Commission 1974-1976; member, Biographies 1197

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 1976-1977; appointedWashington, D.C., May 12, 1954; interment in Sunset Ceme- by the Governor as a Democrat to the United States Senate,tery, Shelby, N.C. December 10, 1977, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bibliography: DAB; Hatcher, Susan A. "The Senatorial Career of Clyde R. Hoey," Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, 1983; U.S. Congress.Memo- John J. McClellan for the term ending January 3, 1979, and rial Addresses. 83rd Cong., 2nd sess., 1954. Washington, D.C.: Government served from December 10, 1977, to January 3, 1979; was not Printing Office, 1954. a candidate for the six-year term; is aresident of Newport, Ark. HOFFECKER, John ilenry, (father of Walter Oakley Hof- fecker), a Representative from Delaware; born at Mansion HOEPPEL, John Henry, a Representative from Califor-House, near Smyrna, Del., September 12, 1827; attended nia; born near Tell City, Perry County, md., February 10,public and private schools; was graduated in civil engineer- 1881; attended the grammar school in Evansville, md.; en-ing, and engaged in his profession in Smyrna in 1853; dele- listed in the United States Army on July 27, 1898, andgate to the Republican National Convention in 1876and served successively as private, corporal, and sergeant until1884; member of the State house of representatives in 1888, 1921, with service in France during the First World War;and on January 1, 1889, was chosen speaker of the house; moved to Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Calif., in 1919; post-president of the town council in 1878 and served continuous- master at Arcadia, Calif., 1923-1931; in 1928 became editorly by reelection until 1898; unsuccessfulcandidate for Gover- of National Defense magazine; elected as a Democrat to thenor in 1896; elected as a Republican to theFifty-sixth Con- Seventy-third and to the Seventy-fourth Congresses (Marchgress and served from March 4,1899, until his death in 4, 1933-January 3,1937); chairman, Committee on WarSmyrna, Del., June 16, 1900; interment in Glenwood Ceme- Claims (Seventy-fourth Congress); unsuccessful candidate fortery. renomination in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed his editorial interests; unsuccessful Prohibition candidate for HOFFECKER, Walter Oakley (son of John Henry Hof- election in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; resided in Arca-fecker) a Representative from Delaware; born near Smyrna, dia, Calif., where he died September 21, 1976; interment inKent County, Del., September 20, 1854; attended the public Resurrection Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif. schools in Smyrna and was graduated from Smyrna Semi- nary in 1872; in September 1873entered Lehigh University, HOEVEN, Charles Bernard, a Representative from Iowa;Bethlehem, Pa.; studied civil engineering and followed that born in Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa, March 30, 1895; at-profession; president of the Philadelphia & Smyrna Trans- tended the public schools and Alton (Iowa) High School;portation Co.; engaged in the general insurance business in State University of Iowa at Iowa City, B.A., in 1920 and1884; also engaged in the canning industry and in banking; from its law department, LL.B., 1922; was admitted to theelected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress tofill the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Alton, Iowa; duringvacancy caused by the death of hisfather and served from the First World War served as a sergeant, Company D,November 6, 1900, until March 3, 1901; was not a candidate Three Hundred and Fiftieth Infantry, Eighty-eighth Divi-for renomination in 1900; resumed business activitiesin sion, and with the Intelligence Service, First Battalion, inSmyrna, Del.; delegate to the RepublicanNational Conven- England and France; county attorney of Sioux County, Iowa,tion in 1908; member of the State highwaycommission; died 1925-1937; member of the State senate 1937-1941, serving asin Smyrna, Del., January 23, 1934; intermentin Glenwood president pro tempore 1939-194 1; temporary and permanentCemetery. chairman of Iowa Republican State Judicial convention in 1942; delegate to each Iowa State Republican convention HOFFMAN, Carl Henry, a Representative from Pennsyl- from 1925 to 1970 and chairman in 1940; delegate to Repub-vania; born in Bangor, Northampton County, Pa.,August 12, lican National Convention, 1964; elected as a Republican to1896; attended the public schools and was graduatedfrom the Seventy-eighth and to the ten succeeding CongressesJuniata College, Huntingdon, Pa., in 1922; served duringthe (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1965); chairman, RepublicanFirst World War as a candidate in Officers' TrainingSchool Conference (Eighty-ninth Congress); was not a candidate forfor Infantry; taught school and was a coachof athletics at renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; viceJuniata College in 1922; engaged in the lumber,oil, and president of savings bank; resided in Orange City, Iowa,banking businesses in Somerset, Pa., 1923-1946;elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy where he died November 9, 1980; interment in Nassau from May Township Cemetery, Alton, Iowa. caused by the death of J. Buell Snyder and served 21, 1946, to January 3, 1947; was not a candidatefor renomi- HOEY, Clyde Roark, a Representative and a Senator fromnation in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress;resumed his North Carolina; born in Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., onformer business pursuits at Somerset, Pa., where heresided December 11, 1877; attended the public schools; learned theuntil his death November 30, 1980; interment inHusband printing trade and later became, at the age of sixteen,Cemetery. owner, editor and publisher of theCleveland Star; graduated from the law department of the University of North Caroli- HOFFMAN, Clare Eugene, a Representative from Michi- na at Chapel Hill; was admitted tothe bar in 1899 andgan; born in Vicksburg, Union County,Pa., September 10, commenced the practice of law in Shelby, N.C.; member,1875; attended the public schools and was graduatedfrom State house of commons 1898-1902; member, State senatethe law department of Northwestern University, Evanston, 1902-1904; assistant United States attorney for the westernIll., in 1895; was admitted to the Michigan bar in1896 and district of North Carolina 1913-1919; elected as a Democratcommenced practice in Allegan, Mich.; prosecuting attorney to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancycaused by thefor Allegan County, Mich., 1904-1910; elected as aRepubli- resignation of Edwin Y. Webb and served from December 16,can to the Seventy-fourthand to the thirteen succeeding 1919, to March 3, 1921; declined to be a candidate for re-Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3,1963); chairman, nomination in 1920; resumed the practice of law; GovernorCommittee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments of North Carolina 1937-1941; elected as a Democrat to the(Eightieth Congress), Committee on Government Operations United States Senate in 1944; reelected in 1950 and served(Eighty-third Congress); was not a candidate for renomina- from January 3, 1945, until his death in his Senate officeintion in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; retired tohis 1198 Biographical Directory home in Allegan, Mich., where he died November 3,1967; HOFFMAN, Josiah Ogden, a Representative from New interment in Oakwood Cemetery. York; born in New York City, May 3, 1793; pursued classical Bibliography: Walker, Donald Edwin. "The Congressional Career ofstudies and was graduated from Columbia College in 1812; Clare E. Hoffman, 1935-63." Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University, 1982. served for three years in the Navy and was warranteda midshipman in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar in HOFFMAN, Elmer Joseph, a Representative from Illinois;1818 and commenced practice in Goshen, Orange County; born on a farm in Du Page County, near Wheaton, Iii., Julydistrict attorney of that county 1823-1826; returned to New 7, 1899; attended the public schools of Wheaton; enlisted inYork City; member of the State assembly in 1825, 1826, and the Artillery Corps during the First World War and served1828; district attorney of the city and county of New York in France; helped operate his father's farm as wellas his1829-1835; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and own trucking firm 19 19-1930; employed in Du Page CountyTwenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3,1841); sherifrs office 1930-1938; sheriff of Du Page County 1939-United States district attorney at New York 1841-1845; at- 1942; chief deputy sheriff 1943-1946; again sheriff 1947-1950;torney general of the State November 8, 1853, to November in 1951 was probation officer of Du Page County's circuit7, 1855; died in New York City May 1, 1856; interment in St. and county courts; elected State treasurer in 1952, reelectedMark's Church vault. in 1956 and served until elected to Congress; electedas a Bibliography: DAB. Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1965); was nota HOFFMAN, Michael, a Representative from New York; candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Con-born in Half Moon, Saratoga County, N.Y., October 11, 1787; gress; resided in Wheaton, Ill., where he died June 25, 1976;completed academic studies; studied medicine and law;was interment in St. Michael's Cemetery. admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Herkimer, HOFFMAN, Harold Giles, a Representative from NewHerkimer County, N.Y.; district attorney 1823-1825; elected Jersey; born in South Amboy, N.J., February 7, 1896; attend-to the Nineteenth Congress; reelected to the Twentieth Con- ed the public schools, and was graduated from the Southgress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Amboy High School in 1913; engaged innewspaper work;Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1833); enlisted on July 25, 1917, as a private in Company H, Thirdchairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Twentieth through Regiment, New Jersey Infantry, and served overseasas aTwenty-second Congresses); judge of Herkimer County 1830- captain; executive with the South Amboy Trust Co., 19 19-1833; canal commissioner of New York 1833-1835; register of 1942; city treasurer of South Amboy 1920-1925; served in thethe land office at Saginaw, Mich., in 1836; returned to Herki- State house of assembly in 1923 and 1924; mayor of Southmer, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1841, 1842, and Amboy in 1925 and 1926; delegate to the Republican State1844; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1846; conventions in 1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937, and to the Repub-naval officer of New York City from May 3, 1845, until his lican National Convention in 1936; electedas a Republicandeath in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 27, 1848. to the Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1931); was not a candidate for renomination HOFFMAN, Richard William, a Representative from Illi- in 1930, having been appointed motor vehicle commissionernois; born in Chicago, Ill., December 23, 1893; veteran of the of New Jersey, and served until 1935; Governor of NewFirst World War; engaged in the printing and publishing Jersey from January 15, 1935, to January 18, 1938; becamebusiness; owned and operated radio stations in Chicago, Ill.; executive director of the New Jersey Unemployment Com- president of the board of education of J. Sterling Morton pensation Commission in 1938, and served until grantedHigh School and Junior College 1933-1936 and 1939-1948; military leave to reenter the United States Armyon Juneelected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and to the three 15, 1942, as a major in the Transportation Corps;was ad- succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1957); vanced to the rank of lieutenant colonel on December 15,was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty- 1942, and served until June 24, 1946, when hewas dis-fifth Congress; resumed former business activities; resided in charged with the rank of colonel; resumed his formeroccu- Riverside, Ill.; died in Maywood, Ill., July 6, 1975; interment pation as executive director of the New Jersey Unemploy-in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. ment Compensation Commission; died in New York City HOGAN, Earl Lee, a Representative from Indiana; born in June 4, 1954; interment in Christ Church Cemetery, SouthHope, Bartholomew County, md., March 13, 1920; attended Amboy, N.J. the public schools of Burney; also attended Indiana Universi- HOFFMAN, Henry William, a Representative from Mary-ty and the University of Kentucky; served from 1940 to 1945 land; born in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., Novemberin the Air Force as a bombardier on a B-17; awarded the 10, 1825; attended the public schools and Allegany CountyDistinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and Air Medal Academy; was graduated from Jefferson College, Pennsylva-with three oak leaf clusters; deputy sheriff of Bartholomew nia, in 1846; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1848;County, md., 1946-1950 and sheriff 1950-1958; elected as a elected by the American Party to the Thirty-fourth CongressDemocrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959- (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate forJanuary 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress and for elec-1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; assistant to administra- tion in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; treasurer of thetor, Farmers Home Administration, 1961; assistant to admin- Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. 1858-1860; elected Sergeant at istrator, Rural Electric Administration, 196 1-1962; midwest Arms of the House of Representatives in the Thirty-sixthfield representative, Office of Rural Areas Development, Congress and served from February 3, 1860, to July 5, 1861;1962-1966; rural development specialist, 1966-1970, special appointed by President Lincoln as collector of customs atprojects representative, 197 1-1975, chief of business and in- Baltimore, Md., and served from 1861 to 1866; resumed thedustrial loan division, 1975-1980, all in Farmers Home Ad- practice of law in Cumberland, Md.; elected associate judgeministration; secretary, Indidana State Rural Development of the sixth Maryland circuit court in 1883 and served untilCommittee, 1966-1980; chairman, State advisory board, Indi- his death in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., July 28,ana Green Thumb, Inc., 1975-1982; owns and operates a 1895; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. farm; is a resident of Naples, Fla., and Columbus, md. 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HOGAN,John, a Representative from Missouri; born inFranklin County 1829-1837; elected as a Jacksonian to the Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, January 2, 1805; immigratedTwenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); un- to the United States in 1817 and settled in Baltimore, Md.;successful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty- apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade; received a limit-third Congress; was appointed examiner of claims on March ed schooling; became a licensed Methodist preacher before30, 1855, and subsequently became a translator in the De- twenty years of age; went West in 1826 and preached in thepartment of State at Washington, D.C., serving until October Illinois conference; entered general merchandise business in8, 1869; died in Washington, D.C., November 25, 1874; inter- Madison, Ill.,in 1831; president of the Illinois Board ofment in Trinity Church Cemetery, New York City. Public Works 1834-1837; member of the State house of rep- resentatives in 1836; unsuccessful Whig candidate for Con- HOGE,John (brother of. William Hoge), a Representative gress in 1838; register of the land office at Dixon, Ill., 1841-from Pennsylvania; born near Hogestown, Pa., September 10, 1760; pursued English studies; served in the Revolution- 1845; moved to St. Louis, Mo., and engaged in the wholesale Regiment; grocery business; postmaster of St. Louis 1857-1861; electedary War as ensign in the Ninth Pennsylvania as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-moved to what is now Washington, Pa., in 1782, which he March 3, 1867); unsuccessful candidate in 1866 for reelectionand his brother William founded; delegate to the State con- to the Fortieth Congress; died in St. Louis, Mo., February 5,stitutional convention in 1790; member of the State senate 1790-1795; elected as a Republican to the Eighth Congress to 1892; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery. fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his brother, Bibliography: DAB. William loge, and served from November 2, 1804, to March HOGAN,Lawrence Joseph, a Representative from Mary- 3,1805; died at Meadow Lands, near Washington, Pa., land; born in Boston, Mass., September 30, 1928; graduatedAugust 4, 1824; interment in the City Cemetery, Washing- from Gonzaga High School, Washington, D.C., 1946; George-ton, Pa. town University, B.A., 1949; Georgetown University, J.D., 1954; American University, M.A., 1965; graduate work San HOGE,John Blair, a Representative from West Virginia; Francisco State College, 1956-1957, University of Maryland,born in Richmond, Va., on February 2, 1825; studied law; 1966-1967; admitted to the bar in 1954 and commenced prac-was admitted to the bar in April 1845 andcommenced prac- tice in Washington, D.C.; taught at the University of Mary-tice in Martinsburg; chosen president of the Bank of Berke-- land, 1960-1968; served with Federal Bureau of Investiga-ley Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1853, served in the tion, 1948-1958; member, Governor's Commission on LawVirginia house of delegates 1855-1859; delegate to the Demo- Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (Md.), 1967-cratic National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore in 1968; delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1964-1980;1860; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first and to the twoin line and staff until paroled in 1865; engaged in journal- succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1975);ism; resumed the practice of law in Martinsburg, W.Va., in was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-1870; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1872; fourth Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for themember of the Democratic National Committee 1872-1876; Republican nomination for Governor of Maryland; executivejudge of the third judicial circuit in 1872, which office he vice president and general counsel of the Associated Build-resigned in August 1880; elected as a Democrat to the Forty- ers and Contractors, Washington, D.C., January 1977-Marchseventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); United 1978; resumed the practice of law in Washington; electedStates district attorney for the District of Columbia 1885- county executive of Prince George's County in 1978 for a1889; died in Martinsburg, W.Va., March 1, 1896; interment four-year term; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1982 toin Norborne Cemetery. the United States Senate; resumed the practice of law in HOGE,Joseph Pendleton, a Representative from Illinois; Washington and operates a real estate business; is a residentborn in Steubenville, Ohio, December 15, 1810; attended the of Frederick, Md. common schools and was graduated from JeffersonCollege; HOGAN,Michael Joseph, a Representative from Newstudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836; moved to York; born in New York City, April 22, 1871; attended theIllinois and located in Galena in 1836 and practiced law; parochial and public schools; member of the Thirteenthheld several local offices; elected as a Democrat to the Regiment, New York National Guard, 1889-1898; served on Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843- the board of aldermen of New York City 1914-1920; declinedMarch 3, 1847); was not a candidate for renomination in a renomination; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh1846; resumed the practice of law in Galena; moved to Cali- Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful candi-fornia in 1853 and continued the practice of his profession; date for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress;unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1914, 1918,Senate in 1869; president of the State constitutional conven- 1920, 1922, 1924, and 1926; engaged in the management oftion in 1878 and of the board of freeholders in 1880; judge of transportation business in New York City; died in Rockvillethe superior court from January 1, 1889, until his death in Centre, N.Y., May 7, 1940; interment in Greenwood Ceme-San Francisco, Calif., August 14, 1891; interment in Laurel tery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Hill Cemetery. HOGAN,William, a Representative from New York; born HOGE,Solomon Lafayette, a Representative from South in the parish of St. Paul's Covent Garden, London, England,Carolina; born in Pickreltown, Logan County, Ohio, July 11, July 17, 1792; as a young man went with his father to Cape 1836;attended Bellefontaine (Ohio)publicschools and Colony; immigrated to the United States in 1803 with hisNorthwood College, Northwood, Ohio (now Geneva College, parents, who settled in New York City; pursued classicalBeaver Falls, Pa.); received a classical education and was studies and was graduated from Columbia College, Newgraduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1859; was ad- York City, in 1811; served in the War of 1812 and fought inmitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Belle- the Battle of Plattsburg on Clinton's staff; studied law; wasfontaine, Ohio; entered the Union Army in 1861 as first admitted to the bar but did not engage in practice; memberlieutenant in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was subse- of the State assembly in 1822 and 1823; county judge ofquently promoted to the rank of captain; moved to Colum-