Bocock, Thomas S.-He was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, in 1815; graduated at Hampden Sidney College; adopted the profession of law; was Commonwealth Attorney for the County of Appomattox in 1845 and 1846; for several sessions a member of the Virginia House of Delegates; and has been a Representative in Congress from 1847 to 1861, serving, for some years, as Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. Took part in the Rebellion of 1861 as a member of the Confederate" Congress.

1860; he was on a visit to that city, and was found dead in his room.

Bond, Shadrack.-He was elected a Delegate to Congress, from the Territory of Illinois, from 1811 to 1815; and was the first Governor under the State Constitution. In 1814 was appointed Receiver of Public Moneys in Kaskaskia, Illinois. He died at Kaskaskia, April 13, 1832.

Bond, William Key.-He was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland; emigrated to Ohio in 1812; studied law and settled in the practice of the profession at Chillicothe, and subsequently at Cincinnati; was at one time a Colonel of Militia; and a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1835 to 1841. Died at Cincinnati, February 17, 1864.

Bonham, Milledge L.-He was born in South Carolina; graduated at the College of that State in 1834; is a lawyer by profession; and was elected a Representative to the Thirty-fifth Congress, from his native State, serving as a member of the Committee on Military Affairs. He was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, but withdrew in December, 1860. He was a Major General of Militia, and served in Mexico at the head of a battalion of South Carolina troops. Served as a Major General in the Rebel army in 1861.

Boody, Azariah.-Born in New York, and was elected a Representative from that State to the Thirty-third Congress, but resigned in October, 1853.

Boon, Ratliff.-He was born in Franklin County, North Carolina, in 1781, and was a Representative in Congress, from Indiana, from 1825 to 1827, and again from 1829 to 1839, officiating as Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands during the Twenty-fourth Congress. He died in Louisiana, November 20, 1844.

Booth, Walter.-Born in Woodbridge, New Haven County, Connecticut, December 8, 1791, and after receiving a good school education in New Haven he settled in the town of Meriden, where he still resides. He was for several years a merchant and manufacturer, and for eighteen years President of the Meriden Bank; he has been a member of the General Assembly and State Senate; and in 1834 was Associate Judge of the County Court. He was Major General of Militia, and elected a member of the Thirty-first Congress, serving on the Committee of Public Ex

Borden, Nathaniel B.-He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, April 15, 1801, and was a Representative in Congress, from the Fall River District, in that State, from 1835 to 1839, and again from 1841 to 1843, and was a member of the Committees on Elections and Territories. He was also a member of the State Legislature in 1831, 1834, and 1851, and a State Senator from 1845 to 1848. Died at Fall River, April 10, 1865.

Borland, Charles, Jr.-He was born in Orange County, New York, and was a member of the New York Assembly in 1820; a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1821 to 1823; and was again elected to the Assembly in 1836.

Borland, Solon.-He was born in Virginia; was educated in North Carolina; served in the war with Mexico as a volunteer; was a Presidential Elector in 1844; was a Senator in Congress, from Arkansas, from 1848 to 1853, and was appointed, by President Pierce, Minister to Central America. He also received, from President Pierce, the appointment of Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, but declined. He took part in the Rebellion of 1861 as a Brigadier General. Died in 'Texas early in 1864.

Borst, Peter I.-He was a Representative in Congress, from the County of Schoharie, New York, from 1829 to 1831, and was a member of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Died at Middleburg, New York, November 14, 1848.

Boss, John L., Jr.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Rhode Island, from 1815 to 1819.

Bossier, Peter E.-He was descended from an old French family of Louisiana, and after serving ten years in the State Senate, he was elected a member of the Twenty-eighth Congress from that State, and died in Washington before the expiration of his term, April 24, 1844.

Boteler, Alexander R.-Born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia, May 16, 1815. After going through an academic course of studies in his native town, he entered Princeton College, and graduated in 1835, and since that time has been chiefly devoted to rural and literary

the Electoral tickets, Whig and American; and in 1859 he was elected a Representative, from Virginia, to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on the Committee on Military Affairs. During a part of the Rebellion he served as a Representative in the so-called " Confederate congress."

Botts, John M.-Born in Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, September 16, 1802, but removed with his father to Fredericksburg, and subsequently to Richmond. In 1811 he lost his parents, at the conflagration of the Richmond theatre, and was sent to a boarding-school. At eighteen he was admitted to the bar, practiced for six years, and then retired to a farm in Henrico County. He served in the Legislature from 1833 to 1839, when he was elected a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, and occupied that position until 1843; was re-elected to the Thirtieth Congress, and was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. He afterwards resumed the practice of his profession in Richmond, where he now resides, having, since 1851, declined all nominations for public office in his State. During the Rebellion he remained faithful to the Government of the United States.

Bouck, Joseph.-He was born in New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1831 to 1833, serving on the Committee on Imprisonment for Debt.

Boude, Thomas.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1801 to 1803.

Boudinot, Elias.-Was born in Philadelphia, May 2, 1740. He studied the law and became eminent in that profession. At an early period of the Revolutionary War, he was appointed by Congress Commissary General of Prisoners. In the year 1777 he was chosen a member of Congress, and in 1782 was made President of that body. After the adoption of the Constitution, he entered the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, where he continued from 1789 to 1795. He then succeeded Rittenhouse as Director of the Mint of the United States, an office which he resigned in the course of a few years, and lived from that time at Burlington, New Jersey. He devoted himself earnestly, to biblical literature, and being possessed of an ample fortune, made munificent donations to various charitable and theological institutions. The American Bible Society, of which he be

came President, was particularly an object of his bounty. He died at Burlington, New Jersey, October 24, 1821. He published several books, and was devoted to Natural History.

Bouldin, James W.-He was born in Virginia, and was a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1833 to 1839, having been elected to the Twenty-third Congress in place of his brother, T. T. Bouldin, deceased.

Bouldin, Thomas T.-He was born in Virginia; spent his youth in farming; adopted the profession of law, and reached a high judicial position; was a member of Congress, from Virginia, from 1829 to 1833, and died in the Capitol, at Washington, February 11, 1834. He had been re-elected to the Twenty-third Congress, but died soon after entering upon his third term. On the day preceding his death, he was censured by a colleague for omitting to call the attention of the House to the death of his predecessor, John Randolph; and he had risen to reply, when he was seized with paralysis, sank down into a chair, and died immediately. Before entering Congress, he had been a lawyer of high rank, and an able and upright judge, and highly respected for his talents and integrity.

Bouligney, Dominique.-He was born in Louisiana; was a lawyer by profession; was a Senator in Congress, from that State, from 1824 to 1829, and died in 1833.

Bouligney, John Edmund.-He was born in New Orleans, February 5, 1824, and was of Creole descent; received a good education; held several offices of trust in his native city, and was elected a Representative, from Louisiana, to the Thirtysixth Congress. Of the representatives of twelve millions of people, he was the only one who refused to abandon his State to the leaders of the secession movement, and he continued in Congress until the close of his term.

He died in Washington, of consumption, February 20, 1864. Dominique Boligney, formerly a Senator from Louisiana, was his uncle.

Bourne, Benjamin.-He was a native of Bristol, Rhode Island, and was born about the year 1755, and educated at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1775. He was conspicuous for talents and learning, and spent a large part of his life in public and honorable employments. He was a Representative in Congress, from Rhode Island, from 1790 to 1796, when he

resigned, and was appointed Judge of the United States District Court of Rhode Island. He died September 17, 1808.

Bourne, Shearjasub.-He was a graduate of Harvard College in 1764; was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk County, Massachusetts; and a Representative in Congress, from 1791 to 1795. He died in 1806.

Boutwell, George S.-He was born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, January 28, 1818. When a boy he had some experience in farming; was in the mercantile business as apprentice, clerk, and proprietor for twenty years; studied law, and came to the bar somewhat late in life; served seven years in the Massachusets Legislature, between the years 1842 and 1850; was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853, and also of the Peace Congress of 1861; was a Bank Commissioner in 1849 and 1850; was Governor of Massachusetts in 1851 and 1852; Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education for eleven years; member for six years of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College; and Commissioner of Internal Revenue from July, 1862, to March, 1863. In 1862 he was elected a Representative, from Massachusetts, to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Judiciary Committee. He was also a Delegate to the Baltimore Convention of 1864. Re-elected to the Thirtyninth Congress, serving on the Committees on the Judiciary, Private Land Claims, Reconstruction, and that on a Bureau of Education.

Bovee, Matthias J.-He was born in New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1835 to 1837, serving on the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department.

Bowden, Lemuel J.-Was born in the North Neck of Virginia in 1812; graduated at William and Mary College; was a lawyer by profession; served three sessions in the Virginia Legislature; was a member of the Convention for amending the State Constitution in 1849; also of the Convention for the same purpose in 1851; was Presidential Elector in 1861; and suffered much in his estate, from the Rebel armies, during the early part of the Rebellion. While our troops were at Williamsburg, he did much for the comfort of our officers and men; and in 1863 he was elected a Senator in Congress, from Virginia, but died in Washington City, January 2, 1864.

Bowie, Richard I.-He was born in Georgetown, District of Columbia, June 23, 1807. He received a classical education, and was admitted to the bar in his nineteenth year, and, subsequently, to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1836 and 1837 he was elected to the Legislature of Maryland; in 1840 he was a Delegate to the Harrisburg Convention, called to nominate a President; and he was a Representative in Congress from 1849 to 1853. It is claimed by his friends that he made the first speech in the House of Representatives on the Compromise measures of 1850.

Bowie, Thomas F.-Born at Queen Ann, Prince George's County, Maryland, April 7, 1808; graduated, in 1837, at Union College, New York; adopted the profession of law; served as Deputy Attor ney General for Prince George's County sixteen years; served three terms in the Legislature of Maryland, and was elected a Representative, from Maryland, in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses. He was a member of the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Bowie, Walter.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Maryland, from 1802 to 1805.

Bowlin, James B.-Born in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, in 1804. He was reared a mechanic, but obtained a common school education; and, after studying law, was admitted to the bar, in Greenbrier County, in 1827. In 1833 he removed to St. Louis, Missouri; in 1834 was appointed

Chief Clerk of the State House of Representatives, and in 1835 was elected a member of the Legislature. In 1837 he was made District Attorney for St. Louis; soon after Attorney for the Bank of St. Louis; in 1839 he was elected Judge of the Criminal Court; and was a Representative in Congress, from Missouri, from 1843 to 1851. In 1858 he was appointed, by President Buchanan, Commissioner to Paraguay.

Bowne, Obadiah.-He was born in New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1851 to 1853.

Bowne, Samuel S.-He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1834, and a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1841 to 1843. In 1857 he was Judge of Otsego County, and held various other positions of trust and honor. Died in Otsego County, July 15, 1865, aged seventy years.

Boyce, William W.-Born in Charleston, South Carolina, October 24, 1819, and was educated at the South Carolina College and Virginia University. He adopted the profession of law; was a member of the Legislature of South Carolina in 1842, and was a Representative in Congress, from 1853 to December, 1860, when he resigned. He took part in the Rebellion as a member of the Confederate" Congress. His tastes are of a literary character, and he is said: be hard student. When reelected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, he served as a member of the Committee of Elections, and at the time of his leaving Congress he was a member of the Committee of Thirty-three on the Rebellious States. He subsequently settled in Washington City.

Boyd, Adam.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New Jersey, from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813. He was an active supporter of the Revolu tion, and a man of strong natural ability. He died in Hackensack, New Jersey, at an advanced age.

Boyd, Alexander.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1813 to 1815.

Boyd, John H.-He was born in New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1851 to 1853. He was a member, in 1840, of the State Assembly, from Washington County.

Boyd, Linn.-Was born in Nashville. Tennessee, November 22, 1800. His early advantages were limited, but on arriving

at man's estate he removed to Kentucky, | entered into politics, and in 1827 was elected to the Legislature of that State, from Calloway County, serving three sessions, and in 1831 was re-elected for another session, from Trigg County. He was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1835 to 1837, from 1839 to 1847, and again from 1847 to 1855. He was Chairman of the Committee on Territories during the Thirty-first Congress; and during the 32d and 33d Congresses occupied the chair of Speaker of the House of Representatives. He also served one term as Lieutenant-Governor of Kentucky. During his career in Congress he labored faithfully and constantly for his constituents, and retired to private life with a high reputation. Died in Paducah, Kentucky, December 16, 1859.

Boyd, Sempronius H.-He was born in Williamson County, Tennessee, May 28, 1828; received a good English education; adopted the profession of law; in 1861 raised a regiment for the war and became its commander, the same having acquired reputation as "the Lyon legion;" and in 1862 he was elected a Representative, from Missouri, to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committee on Indian Affairs, and as Chairman of the Committee on Unfinished Business. Subsequently resumed the practice of his profession.

Boyden, Nathaniel.-Born in Franklin Township, Massachusetts, August 16, 1796; he graduated at Union College, New York, in 1820; in 1821 removed to North Carolina; there he taught school, studied law, and was elected a number of times to the State Legislature. He was in Congress as a Representative, from North Carolina, from 1847 to 1849, and was a member of the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department; he declined a re-election, for the purpose of devoting his whole attention to the practice of his profession.

Boyer, Benjamin M.-He was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1823; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1841; studied law and adopted that profession; was District Attorney for his native county from 1848 to 1850; and was elected a Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-ninth Congress, serving on the Committees on Revolutionary Pensions, the Militia, and the Debts of Loyal States.

Boyle, John.-He was born in Kentucky, liberally educated, and a lawyer by

Bradbury, George.-Was born in Portland, then called Falmouth, Massachusetts, in 1770. He graduated at Harvard College in 1789, and immediately commenced the study of law. He established himself in the practice at Portland, now Maine. From 1806 to 1810 he was a member of the State Legislature, and also in 1811 and 1812. In 1812 he was chosen to represent the Cumberland District, Massachusetts, in Congress, as successor to William Widgery, whose vote on, and support of war measures, rendered him unpopular with his constituents. Mr. Bradbury received the approbation of a second election in 1814. After this service he returned to his profession, which he pursued to the time of his death, which took place in Portland, November 7, 1823, having been Associate Clerk of a court in Portland from 1817 to 1820, and a State Senator in 1822.

Bradbury, James W.-He was born in Maine, in 1805; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825; adopted the profession of law; was a County Attorney from 1834 to 1838; a Presidential Elector in 1844; and was a Senator in Congress, from Maine,