REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



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

 Title LXXHI, section 5580), "The business of the Institution shall 

 be conducted 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, three members 

 of the Senate, and three members 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 FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1901. 



The Chief Justice of the United States: 



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

 uary 9, 1889. 

 The Vice-President of the United States: 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 

 United States Senators: Term expires. 



SHELBY M. CULLOM- (appointed Mar. 24, 1885, Mar. 28, 1889, 



Dec. 18, 1895, and Mar. 7, 1901 ) Mar. 3, 1907 



ORVILLE H. PLATT (appointed Jan. 18, 1899) Mar. 3, 1903 



WILLIAM LINDSAY (appointed Mar. 3, 1899 ) Mar. 3, 1901 



FRANCIS M. COCKRELL (appointed Mar. 7, 1901) Mar. 3,1905 



Members of the House of Representatives: 



ROBERT R. HITT (appointed Aug. 11, 1893, Jan. 4, 1894, Dec. 



20, 1895, Dec. 22, 1897, and Jan. 4, 1900) Dec. 25, 1901 



ROBERT ADAMS, Ik. (appointed Dec. 20, 1895, Dec. 22, 1897, 



and Jan. 4, 1900) Dec. 25, 1901 



HUGH A. DINSMORE (appointed Jan. 4, 1900) Dec. 25, 1901 



Citizens of a State: 



JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (appointed Jan. 19, 1887, Jan. 



9, 1893, and Jan. 24, 1899) Jan. 24, 1905 



ANDREW D. WHITE, of New York (appointed Feb. 15, 1888, 



Mar. 19, 1894, and June 2, 1900) June 2, 1906 



RICHARD OLNEY (appointed Jan 24, 1900) Jan. 24, 1906 



Citizens of Washington: 



JOHN B. HENDERSON (appointed Jan. 26, 1892, and Jan. 24, 



1898) Jan. 24, 1904 



WILLIAM L. WILSON (appointed Jan. 14, 1896; died Oct. 17, 



1900). 



ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (appointed Jan. 24, 1898) Jan. 24,1904 



GEORGE GRAY (appointed Jan. 14, 1901) Jan. 14,1907 



Executive Committee of the Board of Regents. 



J. B. Henderson, Chairman. Alexander Graham Bell. 



Robert R. Hitt. 



