EEGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



By the orgauizing act approved August 10, 1846 (Revised Statutes, 

 Title Lxxiii, section 5580), " The business of the lustitution shall be cou- 

 ducted at the city of Washiugtou by a Board of Regents, named the 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the Vice- 

 President, the Chief Justice of the United States [and the Governor of 

 the District of Columbia], three members of the Senate, and three mem- 

 bers of the House of Representatives, together with six other i^ersons, 

 other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the 

 city of Washington, and the other four shall be inhabitants of some 

 State, but no two of the same State." 



REGENTS FOR THE YEAR 1889. 



The Vice-President of the United States: 



JOHN J. INGALLS (elected President of the Senate ^Jro <ew. February 26, 1887) 



The Chief- Justice of the United States : 



MELVILLE W. FULLER, elected Chancellor and President of the Board Jan- 

 uary 9, 1889. 

 United States Senators: . Term expires. 



JUSTIN S. MORRILL (appointed February 21, 1883) Mar.3.l891. 



SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed March23, 1885,aud Mar. 28, 1889). Mar. 3, 1895. 



RANDALL L. GIBSON (appointed Dec. 19, 1887, and Mar. 28, 1889). .Mar. 3, 1895. 

 Members of the House of Representatives: 



SAMUEL S. COX (ai-pointed Jan. 5, 1888, died Sept. 10, 1889) Dcc.2G, 1889. 



JOSEPH WHEELER (appointed January 5, 1888) Dec. 26, 1889. 



WIIiLIAM W. PHELPS (appointed January 5, 1838) Dec. 26, 1889. 



Citizens of a State : 



HENRY COPPfiE, of Pennsylvania (first appointed Jan. 19, 1874). Dec. 26, 1891. 

 NOAH PORTER, of Connecticut (first appointed Jan. 26, 1878) ....Mar. 3,1890. 

 JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (iirst appointed Jan. 19, 18-i7).. . Jan. 19, 1«93. 

 ANDREW D. WHITE, of New York (first appointed Feb. 15, 1888) -Feb. 15, le94. 



Citizens of Washiugtou : 



JAMES C. WELLING (first appointed May 13, 1884) May 13,1890. 



MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS (first appointed December 26, 1885).... Dec. 26, 1891. 



Executive Committf-e of the Board of Regents. 

 James C. Welling, Chairman. Henuy Copp]t:E. Montgomery C. Meigs. 



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