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Washington City, 1839-48. Chief Clerk of Pension Bureau, 1848-49. 

 Postmaster of VVashington City, 1853-58. Mayor of Washington City, 

 i858-'6r. Apj)ointe{l Commissioner by President Lincohi on Abolition 

 of Slavery in the District of Columbia, 1862. Member of Washington Police 

 Board, i875-'77. Elector for Maryland, and President of the Electoral 

 College, 1888. Member of Maryland Legislature and Chairman of Com- 

 mittee of Ways and Means, 1891. First Vice-President of Washington Na- 

 tional Monument Society. 



JOHN MCPHERSON BERRIExN. 



GEORGIA. 

 Regent elected by Congress, January 13, 1853. 



Born in New Jersey, August 23, 1781 ; died in Savannah, Georgia, January 

 I, 1856. A. B., Princeton, 1796. LL. D., Princeton, 1829; University of 

 Georgia, 1850; and University of Alabama, 1852. Admitted to the Bar in 

 Georgia, 1799. Solicitor-General of Georgia, 1809. Judge of Eastern Cir- 

 cuit, 1810. Colonel in War of 1812. Member of Georgia Legislature, 1822. 

 Member of U. S. Senate from Georgia, i824-'29, i84o-'46, and i847-'52. 

 Attorney-General of United States, 1829. Judge of Supreme Court of 

 Georgia, i845-'47. 



NEWTON BOOTH. 



CALIFORNIA. 

 Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed March 21, 1879. 



Born in Salem, Lidiana, December 25, 1825; died in Sacramento, Califor- 

 nia, July 14, 1892. A. B., Asbury University, 1846. LL. D., De Pauw, 

 1872. Admitted to the Bar in Tcrre Haute, Indiana, 1850. Member of 

 California State Senate, 1863. Governor of California, i87i-'74. Member of 

 U. S. Senate from California, March 9, 1875-March 3, 1881. 



SAYLES JENKS BOWEN. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent r^ ^<rw, as Mayor of Washington, June, 1868-June, 1870. 



Bom in Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, October 7, 18 13; died in 

 Washington City, December 16, 1896. Educated in Aurora Academy, New 

 York. Clerk in United States Treasury Department, 1845-48. Commis- 

 sioner of Police in District of Columbia, 1861. Disbursing Officer of United 

 States Senate, 1861. Collector of Internal Revenue, 1862. Postmaster 

 City of Washington, 1863-68. Mayor City of Washington. June, 1868- 

 June, 1870. Trustee and Treasurer of Public Schools for Colored Children 

 in the District of Columbia, to which he devoted much time, labor, and 

 money. 



