REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



By the organizing act approved August 10, 1S4G (lievised Statutes, 

 Title Lxxiii, section 5580), " The business of the Institution shall be con- 

 ducted at the city of Washington 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 Districtof Columbia], three members of the Senate, and three mem- 

 bers of the House of Representatives, together with six other persons, 

 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 FOB THE YEAR 1888. 

 The Vice-President of tbe United States: 



JOHN J. INGALLS (elected President of tlie Senate February 20, 1887). 

 The Chief-Justice of the United States: 



MORRISON R. WAITE died March 2.^, 1888. 



SAMUEL F. MILLER, Acting Chief-Justice, elected Chancellor and President 

 of the Board pro tempore March '27, 1888. 

 United States Senators : Term expires. 



JUSTIN S. MORRILL (appointed February 21, 188:?) Mar. :!, l.it>l. 



SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed March 2:?, 1885) ' Mar. :{, 18H9. 



RANDALL L. GIBSON (appointed December 19, 1887) Mar. 3,1889. 



Members of the House of Representatives: 



SAMUEL S. COX (appointed January r>, 1888).-... Dec. 2(), 1889. 



JOSEPH WHEELER (appointed January 5, 1888) Dec. 20, 1889. 



WILLIAM W. PHELPS (appointed January 5, 1888) Dec. 20, 1889. 



Citizens of a State : 



ASA GRAY, of Massachusetts (first appointed in 1874) died Jan., 30, 1888. 



HENRY COPPEE, of Pennsylvania (first appointed in 1874) Dec. 20, 1891. 



NOAH PORTER, of Connecticut (first appointed in 1878) ."-. Mar. 3, 1890. 



JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (appointed January 19, 18-7) . Jan. 19,1893. 



ANDREW D. WHITE, of New York (appointed February L^>, 1888, 



to succeed Asa Gray, deceased ) Feb. I.''), 1894 . 



Citizens of Washington : 



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



MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS (appointed December 20, 1885) Dec. 20, 1891. 



Executive Committee of the Hoard of Regciitn. 

 James C. Welling. Henry Coppke. Montgomehy C. Meigs. 



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