86 The Smithsonian histitittion 



Massachusetts Legislature, 1825-28. Member of U. S. House of Repre- 

 sentatives from Massachusetts, December 6, 1830-July 30, 1834. Member 

 of U. S. Senate from Massachusetts, May 31, 1841-August 10, 1846. 



NATHAN CLIFFORD. 



MAINE. 



Regent ex officio, as Acting Chief Justice of the United States, May 7, 1873, and 

 Chancellor /r£» tern, pending the appointment of a Chief Justice. 



Born in Rumney, New Hampshire, August 18, 1803; died in Cornish, 

 Maine, July 25, 1881. Educated in Haverhill Academy and Hampton Liter- 

 ary Institution. LL. D., Bowdoin, i860; Dartmouth, 1862 ; Brown, 1868; and 

 Harvard, 1878. Admitted to the Bar in New Hampshire, 1827. Member of 

 Maine Legislature and Speaker, i83o-'34. Attorney-General of Maine, 1834- 

 '38. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Maine, December 2, 

 1839-March 3, 1843. Attorney-General of the United States, i846-'48. Com- 

 missioner to Mexico, 1849. v. S. Minister to Mexico, 1848-49. justice of 

 United States Supreme Court, 1858-81. Member of the Electoral Commis- 

 sion, 1876. 



HIESTER CLYMER. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 14, 1875 ; 

 reappointed January 14, 1878, and April 4, 1879. 



Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1827; died in Read- 

 ing, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1884. Educated in public schools, Reading. 

 A, B., Princeton, 1847. Admitted to the Bar, 1849. Member of Pennsylvania 

 Legislature, i860. Candidate for Governorship of Pennsylvania, 1866. Mem- 

 ber of the State Board of Public Charities, 1870. Member of U. S. House of 

 Representatives from Pennsylvania, December i, 1873-March 4, 1881. 



WILLIAM FERGUSON COLCOCK. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 7, 1850; 

 reappointed January 2, 1852, and January 11, 1853. 



Bom in Beaufort, South Carolina, November 5, 1804; died in Charleston, 

 South Carolina, June 13, 1889. A. B., South Carolina College, 1823. Admitted 

 to the Bar. Member of South Carolina Legislature. Speaker of South Caro- 

 lina House. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from South Carolina, 

 / December 3, 1849-March 3, 1853. Collector of Port of Charleston. 



SCHUYLER COLFAX. 



INDIANA. 



Regent on liehalfofthe House of Representatives, appointed December 19, 1861. 'Kq- 

 g&nXex officio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, i869-March4, 1873. 



Born in New York City, March 23, 1823; died in Mankato, Minnesota, 

 January 13, 1885. Educated in public schools. New York City, Ad- 



