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LL. D. He was admitted to the bar in 1869, after which he was 

 successively prosecuting attorney of Vernon County, Mo., Repre- 

 sentative in the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses, 

 and governor of Missouri. He was a member of the Democratic 

 National Committee from 1896 to 1901, vice chairman of the com- 

 mittee from 1900 to 1904, and in 1903 was elected to the United 

 States Senate, to which office he was twice reelected. He was regent 

 of the Smithsonian Institution from 1913 until his death. 



CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS. 



Charles Warren Fairbanks, A. B., A. M., LL. D., twenty-sixth 

 Vice President of the United States, regent of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, was born in Union County, Ohio, May 11, 1852; died 

 June 4, 1918. Mr. Fairbanks was educated at Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 

 versity, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1874, and established prac- 

 tice at Indianapolis, Ind. He was delegate and chairman in several 

 national political conventions, United States Senator from Indiana 

 from 1897 to 1905, Vice President of the United States from 1905 

 to 1909. During his term as Vice President he was ex officio regent 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, and was again regent by resolution 

 of Congress from 1912 until his death. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Charles D. Walcott, Secretary. 



