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House of Representatives from Ohio, March i8, 1879-March 3, 1883, De- 

 cember 7, 1885-March 4, 1891. U. S. Commissioner of Patents, 1883. Sec- 

 retary and Solicitor-General of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. 



LEWIS CASS. 



MICHIGAN. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed January 18, 1847. 



Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, October 9, 1782 ; died in Detroit, Michi- 

 gan, June 17, 1866. Eklucated in Exeter Academy. LL. D, Hamilton, 1825 ; 

 Harvard, 1836; and Jefferson, 1837. Admitted to the Bar in Marietta, Ohio, 

 1802. Member of Ohio Legislature, 1807. Marshal of Ohio, i8o7-'i3. Colo- 

 nel and Brigadier-General in War of 181 2. Governor of Michigan, 1813-31. 

 Secretary of War, 1831-36. Minister to France, 1836-42. Member of 

 U. S. Senate from Michigan, December i, 1845-August 14, 1848, December 

 3, 1849-March 3, 185 1. Secretary of State, 1857-60. Negotiated many 

 treaties with the Indians. Candidate for President, 1848. 



ROBERT MILLEDGE CHARLTON. 



GEORGIA. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed August 24, 1852. 



Born in Savannah, Georgia, January 19, 1807 ; died in Savannah, Georgia, 

 January 18, 1854. Admitted to the Bar, 1825. Member of Georgia Legisla- 

 ture. U. S. District Attorney. Judge of the Supreme Court of Eastern 

 Georgia, 1834. Member of U. S. Senate from Georgia, December 6, 1852- 

 March 3, 1853. Mayor of Savannah, Georgia. 



SALMON PORTLAND CHASE. 



OHIO. 



Regent ex officio, as Chief Justice of the United States, December 6, 1864. 



Born in Cornish, New Hampshire, January 13, 1808; died in Washington 

 City, May 7, 1873. Educated in Cincinnati College. A. B., Dartmouth, 1826. 

 LL. D., Miami, 1865. Admitted to the Bar, 1829. Member of U. S. Senate 

 from Ohio, December 3, 1849-March 3, 1855. Governor of Ohio, 1855-57. 

 Elected to U. S. Senate from Ohio, i860. Secretary of the Treasury, i86i-'64. 

 Chief Justice of the United States, 1864-73. 



RUFUS CHOATE. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Regent elected by Congress, August 10, 1846; reelected December 19, 1848, and 



December 27, 1854. 



Born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, October i, 1799; died in Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia, July 12, 1859. Tutor in Dartmouth College. A. B. and A. M., Dart- 

 mouth,' 1819. LL. D.. Yale, 1844: Harvard, 1845; Dartmouth, 1845; and 

 Amherst, 1848. Studied law in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Washington 

 City. Admitted to the Bar in Dan vers, Massachusetts, 1824. Member of 



