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JOHN CABELL BRECKINRIDGE. 



KENTUCKY. 



Regent ex officio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1857- 



March 4, 1861. 



Born near Lexington, Kentucky, January 21, 1821; died in Lexington, 

 Kentucky, May 17, 1875. A. B., Centre College, 1841. LL. D., Centre, 

 1857. Studied law at Transylvania Institute. Admitted to the Bar, Lexing- 

 ton, Kentucky. Major in Mexican War. Member of Kentucky Legislature. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Kentucky, December i, 

 1851-March 3, 1855. Declined the Spanish Mission. Vice-President of the 

 United States, 1857. Member of U. S. Senate from Kentucky, March 4, 

 1861-December 4, 1861. Major-General Confederate Army, 1862. 



WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON BRECKINRIDGE. 



KENTUCKY. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 15, 1892; 



reappointed January 4, 1894. 



Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 28, 1837. Admitted to the Bar in 

 Louisville, Kentucky, 1857. Educated in Transylvania University and Centre 

 College. LL. B., University of Louisville, 1857. A. M., Centre College, 1855. 

 LL. D., Cumberland University, 1874 , Central University, 1881 ; and Centre 

 College, 1886. Captain and Colonel Confederate Army, 1862. Professor 

 in Cumberland University. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from 

 Kentucky, March 4, 1885-March 4, 1895. 



SIDNEY BREESE. 



ILLINOIS. 

 Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed August 10, 1846. 



Born in Whitesborough, New York, July 15, 1800; died in Pinckneyville, 

 Illinois, June 27, 1878, Educated in Hamilton College. A. B., Union, 

 1818. LL. D., Union, 1871. Admitted to the Bar in Illinois, 1821. Assis- 

 tant Secretary, State of Illinois. Postmaster of Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1800. At- 

 torney-General of Illinois, i822-'27. Attorney of the United States for Il- 

 linois, 1827. Lieutenant in Black Hawk War. Circuit Judge, 1835. Member 

 of U. S. Senate from Illinois, December 4, 1843-March 3, 1849. Speaker of 

 Illinois House of Representatives, 1850. Chief Judge of Circuit Court, 

 Illinois, 1855. Justice of Supreme Court of Illinois, i857-'78. 



BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH. 



OHIO. 

 Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 6, 1890. 



Born in Warren County, Ohio, October 22, 1837. Educated in public 

 schools and Ohio University. Graduated in Cincinnati Law College, 186 1. 

 Admitted to the Bar. Member of Ohio Senate, i873-'75. Member of U. S. 



