Allen, Nathaniel-He was born in Dutchess County, New York; served in the Assembly of that State in 1812, and was a representative in Congress, from 1819 to 1821, and a member of the Committee on Manufactures.

Allen, Philip.-He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, September 1, 1785; graduated at Brown University in 1803; was elected to the State Legislature in 1819, 1820, and 1821; devoted much attention to the business of manufacturing; was Governor of Rhode Island during the years 1851, 1852, and 1853; and was elected a Senator in Congress, from his native State, from March 3, 1853, for six years, serving as a member of the Committees on Commerce and on Naval Affairs. Died in Providence, Rhode Island, December 16, 1865.

Allen, Robert.-Born in Augusta County, Virginia. He was a colonel in the army under General Jackson; a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, from 1819 to 1827, serving as a member of the Committees on Commerce, the Library, and Revolutionary Claims. He died at Carthage, Tennessee, August 19, 1864, aged sixty

seven years.

Allen, Robert.-Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, July 30, 1794. He was educated at Dickinson and Washington colleges, having left the latter institution on a furlough of three months, for the purpose of joining a volunteer military force in 1813, but returned and graduated. He studied law, and practiced in his native place. He held for a time the office of Prosecutor for the Commonwealth; served five years in the Senate of Virginia, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1827 to 1833, serving on the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Allen, Samuel C.-Born in Franklin County, Massachusetts; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794; was a Representative in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1806 to 1810; a State Senator from 1812 to 1815, and in 1831; and a member of the Executive Council in 1829 and 1830; was a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1817 to 1829, officiating as Chairman of the Committee on Accounts. He died at Northfield, February 8, 1842, aged seventy years.

Allen, William.-He was born in Ohio, adopted the profession of law, and

was a Representative in Congress, from Ross County, Ohio, from 1833 to 1835, serving as a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs; was elected a Senator in Congress, from 1837 to 1849, serving as a member of several important committees in the Senate, during his first term.

Allen, William.-Born in Butler County, Ohio, August 13, 1827; received a good English education, and taught school for a time; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1849; in 1850 he was elected a County Prosecuting Attorney, and reelected in 1852; and in 1858 was elected a Representative, from Ohio, to the Thirtysixth Congress, serving on the Committee on Accounts. Re-elected to the Thirtyseventh Congress, serving as Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in Interior Department. Was a delegate to the Chicago Convention in 1864.

Allen, William J.-He was born in Tennessee in 1828; removed with his father to Illinois in 1829; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1848; in 1854 he was elected to the Illinois Legislature; in 1855 was appointed United States Attorney for the District of Illinois, which he resigned in 1860, and was then elected Judge of the Circuit Court. In 1862 he was elected a Representative, from Illinois, to the Thirty-seventh Congress, for the unexpired term of John S. Logan, resigned, and was re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committee of Claims.

Allen, Willis.-He was born in Tennessee, and was a Representative in Congress, from Illinois, from 1e51 to 1855.

Alley, John B.-Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, January 7, 1817; received a good common school education; was apprenticed to a shoemaker, and received his freedom when nineteen years of age, after which he devoted himself to trading; he subsequently entered largely into the shoe and leather business, which he has since followed; he served several years in the City Councils of Lynn; was a member of the Governor's Council in 1851; a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1852; of the State Constitutional Convention held in 1853, and in 1858 was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Thirtysixth Congress, serving on the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reelected to the Thirty-seventh and also to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices

Allison, James.-He was elected a Representative in Congress, from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, from 1823 to

1825.

Allison, John.-He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1851 to 1853, and was re-elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress.

Allison, Robert.-He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1831 to 1833.

Allison, William B.-He was born in the Township of Perry, Wayne County, Ohio, March 2, 1829; spent the most of his boyhood on a farm; was educated chiefly at Alleghany College, Pennsylvania, and at the Western Reserve College, Ohio; studied law, came to the bar in 1851, and practiced the profession in Ohio until 1857, when he settled in Dubuque, Iowa. He was a Delegate to the Chicago Convention of 1860; in 1861 he was a member of the Governor's staff, and rendered essential service in raising troops for the war; and in 1862 he was elected a Representative from Iowa to the Thirtyeighth Congress, serving on the Committees on Public Lands and Roads and Canals. Re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress, serving on the Committees on Ways and Means, Mines and Mining, and Expenses in the Interior Department.

Alsop, John.-He was a Delegate from New York to the Continental Congress,

from 1774 to 1776.

Alston, Lemuel J.-He was a Representative in Congress, from South Carolina, from 1807 to 1811.

Alston, William J.-He was born in Georgia, and removing to Alabama, was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1849 to 1851, and was a member of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

Alston, Willis.-Born in Halifax County, North Carolina. He appeared in public life as early as 1794, serving in the State Legislature for several years, and was a Representative in Congress, from

Alston, Willis, Jr.-Born in North Carolina, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1803 to 1815, and from 1825 to 1831. During the war of 1812 he was Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means.

Alvord, C.-He was a native of Massachusetts; received a liberal education; adopted the profession of law; served one term in each branch of the State Legislature; and was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Twenty-sixth Congress, but died before taking his seat, in the latter part of 1839.

Ames, Fisher.-He was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, April 9, 1756, and died July 4, 1808. He entered Harvard University at the age of twelve years, and graduated with honor; and, having studied law, commenced the practice of his profession, in his native town, in 1781. He was acknowledged to be the most eloquent debater in the House of Representatives, and was the author of the "Address" of that body, to Washington, on his retirement from the Presidency. He was a prominent member of the Massachusetts Convention for ratifying the Constitution, in 1788, and after retiring from political life, having served in Congress for eight years, from 1789 to 1797, he was elected President of Harvard University, but declined the honor. He was an industrious writer as well as a great orator; and his collected writings, with a memoir, were published in 1809.

Ames, Oakes.-He was born in Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, January 10, 1804; has ever been a manufacturer by profession; was a member, for two years, of the Executive Council of the State, and in 1862 he was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Thirtyeighth Congress, serving on the Committees on Revolutionary Claims and Manufactures. Re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress, serving on the Committees on the Pacific Railroad and Manufactures.

Ancona, Sydenham E.-He was born in Warwick, Lancaster County, Pennsyl vania, November 20, 1824, and, removing to Berks County, was for several years connected with the Reading Railroad Company. He was elected in 1860 a Representative, from Pennsylvania, to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Com

mittees on the Militia and on Manufactures. In 1862 he was re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving as a member of the Committees on Manufactures and on the Militia. Re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress, serving on the Committee on Military Affairs; and he was one of the Representatives designated by the House to attend the funeral of General Scott in 1866.

Anderson, Alexander.-He was a Senator in Congress, from the Knoxville District, Tennessee, during the years 1840 and 1841, a part of a term, and served as a member of the Committee on the Militia.

Anderson, George W.-Born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, May 22, 1832; received a liberal education; adopted the profession of law; settled in Missouri in 1853; in 1854 became the editor of the "North East Missourian" newspaper; was elected in 1858 to the State Legislature, after a previous defeat; in 1862 he was chosen a State Senator, remaining in that capacity until 1865, when he resigned, having previously been elected a Representative from Missouri to the Thirty-ninth Congress, serving on the Committees on Public Lands and as Chairman of the Committee on Mileage. Early in 1861 he organized a Home Guard, and was chosen Colonel thereof, and was subsequently commissioned a Colonel of Militia, and had command of the Forty-ninth regiment of his State.

to 1837; and Collector of Customs at Portland from 1837 to 1841, and from 1843 to 1848. He died August 21, 1853, aged sixty-one years.

Anderson, Joseph.-He was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1757; enjoyed what was called at the time a good education; studied law was appointed an ensign in the New Jersey line in 1775; was promoted to an adjutancy; as a captain fought at the battle of Monmouth; he also went, in 1779, with Sullivan against the Six Nations; in 1780 he was at Valley Forge; in 1781 at the siege of York; and after the war he retired with the rank of brevet major. He practiced law in Delaware for seven years. In 1791 was appointed by Washington Judge of the territory south of the Ohio River; remained in that position until the first Constitution of Tennessee was formed, which he aided in forming in convention; and he was an influential member of the United States Senate, from Tennessee, from 1797 to 1815, serving at all times upon important committees, and acting on two occasions as President pro tempore of the Senate. He was appointed in 1815 First Comptroller of the Treasury, where he remained until 1836. He died in Washington, April 17, 1837.

Anderson, Joseph H.-He was born in New York, and was elected a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1843 to 1847, and was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, and a member of the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department.

Anderson, Josiah M.-He was born in Tennessee, and was elected a Representative in Congress, from the Third District in that State, from 1849 to 1852, and was a member of the Committee on Private Land Claims. He was also a Delegate to the Peace Congress of 1861.

Anderson, J. P.-He was born in Tennessee, and was elected a Delegate to the Thirty-fourth Congress from the Territory of Washington.

Anderson, Lucien.-Was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, in June, 1824; received a good English education; adopted the profession of the law; was a Presidential Elector in 1852; and served for two terms as a member of the Kentucky Legislature. In 1863 he was elected a Representative from Kentucky to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving as a member

of the Committee on the District of Columbia. During the month of November, 1863, he was taken prisoner by a party of "Confederates," and retained in custody until just before the meeting of Congress, when he was exchanged. He was a Delegate to the Baltimore Convention of 1864, and a Presidential Elector in 1853.

Anderson, Richard C., Jr.-Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky; was elected a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1817 to 1821, and was Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands during the Sixteenth Congress. In 1823 he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Colombia, and in 1826 Envoy Extraordinary to Panama; but died November 6, 1826.

Anderson, Samuel.-Born in 1774, in Pennsylvania. He served repeatedly in the Legislature of that State; was Speaker of its House during two sessions; and elected a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1827 to 1829, and was a member of the Committee on the Boundary Line of Missouri. He died in Chester, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1850.

Anderson, Simeon H.-Born in Garrard County, Kentucky, March 2, 1832; studied law and practiced with success; served frequently in the Kentucky Legislature; was elected a Representative in Congress from the Fifth Congressional District of Kentucky, from 1839 to 1841, and served as a member of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. He died at his residence near Lancaster, Kentucky, August 11, 1840, before the expiration of his term of service. He had the reputation of being a remarkably industrious, useful, and amiable man.

Anderson, Thos. L.-Born in Greene County, Kentucky, December 8, 1808. He was self-educated, and removed to Missouri in 1830, where he commenced the practice of law at twenty-one years of age. He was elected to the Legislature of that State in 1840; was a Presidential Elector in 1844, 1848, 1852, and 1856; and a member of the Convention for remodelling the State Constitution in 1845, and was elected a Representative to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving as a member of the Commit. tee on Invalid Pensions. He was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Anderson, William.-Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1763, and served throughout the Revolutionary War with

credit, taking a prominent part at the siege of Yorktown. After the war he returned to Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1809 to 1815, and from 1817 to 1819. He was afterwards a Judge of Delaware County Court, and a Customhouse officer at Chester, in that county, where he died, December 13, 1829.

Anderson, William C.-Born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, December 6, 1826; educated at the College of Danville; adopted the profession of law; served in the Kentucky Legislature in 1851 and 1853; was a Presidential Elector in 1856; and in 1859 was elected a Representative, from Kentucky, to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving as a menber of the Committee on the District of Columbia. Died at Frankfort, Kentucky, December 23, 1861.

Andrews, Charles.-Born in Paris, Maine, in 1814; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1837; was Clerk of the County Court of Oxford County; was a member of the State Legislature from 1839 to 1843, a portion of the time Speaker of the House; and a Representative in Congress, from Maine, from 1851 to the time of his death, which occurred in Paris Hill, Maine, April 30, 1852.

Andrews, George R.-He was born in New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from the Fourteenth Congressional District in that State, from 1849 to 1851, and was a member of the Committee on Elections.

Andrews, John T.-He was born in New York, and was elected a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1837 to 1839, serving as a member of the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department.

Andrews, Landaff W.-Born in Fleming County, Kentucky, February 12, 1803; graduated at Transylvania University in 1824; and commenced the practice of law in 1826, in which profession he has since been actively engaged. He was a member of the Kentucky Legislature in 1834, and in 1838 was elected a Representative in Congress, serving from 1839 to 1843, and acted on the Committees on Revolutionary Pensions and Accounts. He was also a member of the Kentucky Senate.

Andrews, Samuel G.-He was born in Derby, New Haven County, Connecti

cut, October 16, 1799; received an academi- | cal education, and removed with his father to Rochester, New York, in 1816. He was occupied chiefly in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits; was for several years Mayor of Rochester; was a member of the New York Legislature in 1831 and 1832, from Monroe County, New York; Clerk of the Monroe County Court; Secretary of the State Senate of New York for four years; Clerk of the Court of Dernier Resort for four years; and was Postmaster of Rochester. He was elected a Representative, from New York, to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving as a member of the Committee on Roads and Canals. Died in Rochester, New York, in 1863.

Andrews, Sherlock J.-Born in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1801; graduated at Union College, settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1825, and practiced law; was Judge of the Superior Court of that State, and elected a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1841 to 1843, and was a member of the Committtee on Com

merce.

Angel, William G.-He was a native of Newshoreham, Rhode Island; was elected a Representative in Congress, from Burlington, Otsego County, New York, from 1825 to 1827, and again from 1829 to 1833, and was a member of the Committees on Indian Affairs and on Territories.

Anthony, Henry B.-He was born in Coventry, Rhode Island, April 1, 1815, of Quaker ancestry; graduated at Brown University in 1833, and in 1838 he assumed the editorial charge of the Providence Journal, which he retained until called to a seat in the United States Senate. He was elected Governor of Rhode Island in 1849, re-elected in 1850, and declined a re-election. He was elected a Senator in Congress from Rhode Island for the term commencing in 1859 and ending in 1865, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Printing; and he was re-elected to the Senate for the term ending in 1871, again serving at the head of the Printing Committee and as a member of the Committees on Claims, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He was also a member of the National Committee appointed to accompany the remains of President Lincoln to Illinois; and was one of the Senators designated by the Senate to attend the funeral of General Scott in 1866.

Anthony, Joseph B.-Born in Pennsylvania; was elected a Representative in

Congress, from that State, from 1833 to 1838, serving as a member of the Committees on Territories and Military Affairs. He died at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1851.

Appleton, John.-Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, February 11, 1815; graduated at Bowdoin College, Maine, in 1834; was admitted to practice law at Portland, Maine, in 1837. In the winter of 1838-'39 he became editor of a Democratic newspaper in that city, (The Eastern Argus,) and continued to be its editor for the next four or five years, during a part of which time he was also Register of Probate for the County of Cumberland. In 1845 he accepted an invitation from Mr. Bancroft, the Secretary of the Navy, to become Chief Clerk of the Navy Department; subsequently he succeeded Mr. Trist as Chief Clerk of the State Department, which was then presided over by Mr. Buchanan. In 1848 he was appointed, by President Polk, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States to Bolivia. On his return from that mission, which he resigned after the election of General Taylor, he resumed the practice of law at Portland, in partnership with Nathan Clifford, now one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States; but soon afterwards, in September, 1850, he was elected, from the Portland District, a member of the Thirty-second Congress. In 1855 he joined Mr. Buchanan, at London, as Secretary of Legation, but returned home in time for the Presidential canvass of 1856. In 1857, having been obliged from ill health to decline the position to which he had been invited, of editor of the 'Washington Union," he was appointed, by President Buchanan, Assistant Secretary of State. In May, 1860, he was appointed Minister to Russia. He died, in Portland, Maine, August 22, 1864.

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Appleton, Nathan.-Born at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, October 6, 1779. He entered Dartmouth College in 1794, but left his studies there, after being invited by his brother to join him in the mercantile business in Boston. He became interested in the cotton manufacture, and in 1821 was one of the three original founders of Lowell. He was at different periods a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts, and from 1831 to 1833, and again in 1842, was elected a Representative of that State in Congress, serving on important committees; but soon resigned his seat, and has since taken no part in public affairs. He published pamphlets and essays on Currency, Banking, and the Tariff. He died in Boston, July