REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



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

 Title LXXIII, 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 SO, 1905. 



The Chief Jiastiee of the United States: 



MELVILLE W. FULLER, elected Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution 



and prt sidino; officer of the Board Januarj'' 9, 1889. 



Term expires. 



The Vice-President of the United States: 



CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, ex otRcio March 4, 1905 Mar. ;], 1909 



United States Senators: 



SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed March 24, 1885; March 28, 1889; 

 December 1 8, 1895, and March 7, 1901 ) Mar. 3, 1907 



Vacancy (death of Senator O. H. PLATT, April 21, 1905). 



Vacancy (retirement of Senator F. M. COCKRELL, March 3, 1905). 

 Members of the House of Representatives: 



ROBERT R. HITT (appointed August 11, 1893; January 4, 1894; 

 December 20, 1895; December 22, 1897; January 4, 1900; Decem- 

 ber 13, 1901, and January 12, 1904) Dec. 27, 1905 



ROBERT ADAMS, Jr. (appointed December 20, 1895; December 

 22, 1897; January 4, 1900; December 13, 1901, and January 12, 

 1904) Dc-c. 27, 1 905 



HUGH A. DINSMORE (appointed January 4, 1900; December 13, 



1901, and January 12, 1904) Dec. 27, 1905 



Citizens of a State: 



JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (appointed January 19, 1887; 



January 9, 1893; January 24, 1899, and January 23, 1905) Jan. 23,1911 



ANDREW D. WHITE, of New York (appointed February 15, 



1888; March 19, 1894, and June 2, 1900) June 2, 1906 



RICHARD OLNEY, of Massachusetts (appointed January 24, 



1900) Jan. 24, 1906 



GEORGE GRAY, of Delaware (appointed January 14, 1901) '.Jan. 14,1907 



Residents in the City of Washington: 



JOHN B. HENDERSON (appointed January 26, 1892; January 24, 



1898, and January 27, 1904) Jan. 27, 1910 



ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (appointed January 24, 1898, 

 and January 27, 1904) .- Jan. 27, 1910 



Executive Committee of the Board of Regents. 



John B. Hendkrson, Chairman. 

 Alexander Graham Bell. Robert R. IIitt. 



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