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KRAUTH, CHAELES P. 



Paris to complete his course of collegiate study. 

 In 1812, having been mustered into the service 

 of the United States, he served as lieutenant of 

 a troop of horse, and continued in the service 

 until the close of the war. He represented 

 Queens County six times in the Assembly, viz. : 

 1819, 1820, 1821, 1832, 1838, and 1840. In 

 1823-'24 he was a member of the State Senate. 

 In 1825 he was Secretary of Legation to Great 

 Britain under his father. He was a leading mem- 

 ber of the House of Representatives in the 

 XXXIst Congress, and was a member of Con- 

 gress when the Fugitive-Slave Bill was passed 

 a measure which he firmly opposed. He 

 was a delegate to the National Republican 

 Convention held at Philadelphia during the 

 summer of 1856. In September, 1856, the 

 State Republican Convention, held at Syra- 

 cuse, nominated him as its candidate for the 

 governorship of New York, and he was 

 elected by about 53,000 majority. The Gov- 

 ernor was also a member of the convention 

 which nominated John C. Fremont for the 

 presidency. He entered upon the discharge 

 of his duties as Governor of the State of New 

 York January 1, 1857. At the end of his term 

 he returned to his home in the village of Ja- 

 maica, and there he dwelt until his death. His 

 occupation was that of a farmer, and he de- 

 voted much of his leisure time to the study of 

 agriculture as a science, and took deep in- 

 terest in the Queens County Agricultural. So- 

 ciety, and, as president of the New York Agri- 

 cultural Society, evinced thorough acquaintance 

 with the science of farming. He was always a 

 great favorite with the people of Queens Coun- 

 ty, to whom he was endeared by his exem- 

 plary life, his interest and care for their wel- 

 fare, and his extended and unfailing benefi- 

 cence. His administration of public affairs 

 was marked by integrity and statesmanlike 

 ability. There was not in the State a gentle- 

 man of a purer personal character, or of a 

 more unsullied political reputation. His death 

 was sudden. On the 4th of July he attended 

 the celebration of the national holiday by the 

 Jamaica Literary Union, apparently in his 

 usual fine health, was much interested in the 

 exercises, and toward the close was invited to 

 speak. While addressing the audience he was 

 observed to give evidence of sudden illness, 

 and was unable to conclude his remarks. He was 

 borne from the stand insensible, and though he 

 recovered his consciousness, he gradually sank 

 till the afternoon of the 8th, and then passed 

 away. It was the first attack of sickness he 

 had ever experienced in the course of his long 

 life. 



KRAUTH, CHARLES?., Sen., D. D., an Amer- 

 ican Lutheran clergyman, college president, 

 philologist, and author, born in Northampton 

 County, Pa., in 1796 ; died at Gettysburg, Pa., 

 May 3, 1867. He early gave evidence of 

 the possession of superior natural talents, 

 and, by diligent use of the educational ad- 

 vantages which he enjoyed, made up for 



their deficiency by unwearied and profound 

 study. He was not, we believe, a graduate 

 of any college, though few of the most 

 eminent graduates of the best colleges could 

 equal him in varied and thorough scholar- 

 ship. He at first purposed entering the medi- 

 cal profession, for which he qualified himself 

 by long and careful study, but subsequently 

 was led to change his plans, and, having studied 

 theology with Rev. Abraham Reck, was or- 

 dained pastor of the Martinsburg and Shepherds- 

 town Lutheran Church, Va., in 1820. His 

 abilities as a preacher and an able theologian 

 were soon appreciated. In 1821 he was placed 

 on the committee to draw up the formula for 

 the government and discipline of the Evangel- 

 ical Lutheran Church in the United States, 

 where a General Synod was formed that year. 

 In 1825 he was one of the committee appoint- 

 ed to prepare a Hymn Book, Liturgy, and col- 

 lection of Prayers in the English language for 

 the use of the churches of the District Synods. 

 In 1831 the General Synod having recommended 

 the preparation of a number of important 

 works and the publication of several religious 

 journals, he was placed upon the editing com- 

 mittee of fifteen, charged with these duties. 

 He was often a delegate to the General Synod, 

 served on many of its important committees, 

 and was repeatedly its president. He compiled 

 a Sunday-school Hymn Book which was adopt- 

 ed by and transferred to the synod. In 1827 

 he was called to the pastorate of St. Matthew's 

 Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, where for 

 seven years he was regarded as one of the 

 finest pulpit orators of that city. In 1834 he 

 was elected president of Pennsylvania College, 

 discharging its responsible duties with ability 

 and success. Having for a time imparted in- 

 struction in the Theological Seminary, he was 

 called by its board of directors to the chair 

 of Biblical Philology and Ecclesiastical History 

 in that institution ; and, resigning the presi- 

 dency of the college, entered upon the dis- 

 charge of his duties in 1847. This honorable 

 position he held until his death, having previ- 

 ously been relieved from some of its duties on 

 account of his bodily infirmities, by the increase 

 of the theological faculty. Thjrty-three years 

 of his professional life were consequently 

 devoted to the institutions at Gettysburg, and 

 nearly equally divided between the college 

 and the seminary. As long as he was able, 

 he met the additional responsibilities, at differ- 

 ent times, of pastor of the College Church. 

 His attainments in philology were extensive 

 and profound, especially in the direction of 

 Biblical philology. Perhaps no man in the 

 United States was more familiar with the 

 various codices and manuscripts, and the 

 numerous early versions, of the Old and New 

 Testaments. Yet he has left little of published 

 matter on these topics. His principal published 

 works are : "Address on the Advantages of a 

 Knowledge of the German Language " (1832) ; 

 " Inaugural Address as President of Pennsyl- 



