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mitted to the Bar, Indiana, 1836. Member of Indiana State Constitutional 

 Convention, 1850. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana, 

 December 3, 1855-March 4, 1869. Speaker of the U. S. House of Repre- 

 sentatives, i863-'68. Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1869- 

 March 4, 1873. 



HENRY DAVID COOKE. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 



Regent ex officio, as Governor of the District of Columbia, February 28, 1871- 



September 13, 1873. 



Born in Sandusky, Ohio, November 23, 1825 ; died in Georgetown, District 

 of Cokimbia, February 24, 1881. Educated in Allegheny College. A. B., 

 Transylvania University, 1844. Admitted to the Bar in Sandusky, Ohio, and 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Attache to American Consul in Valparaiso, Chile, 

 1846. Presidential Elector, 1856. Journalist in Philadeljjhia, Sandusky, and 

 Columbus, Ohio. First Governor of District of Columbia, February 28, 187 1- 

 September 13, 1873. 



HENRY COPPEE. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Regent elected by Congress, January 19, 1874; reelected December 19, 1879, 

 December 26, 1885, and January 26, 1892. 



Born in Savannah, Georgia, October 13, 1821; died in Bethlehem, Penn- 

 sylvania, March 22, 1895. Educated in Yale, 1839. Graduated United States 

 Military Academy, 1845. A. M., University of Georgia, 1848. LL. D., 

 Union, 1866; and University of Pennsylvania, 1866. Served through Mexican 

 War, brevetted Captain, 1847. Professor of French, i848-'49; Professor of 

 Geography, History, and Ethics, i85o-'55; Assistant Professor of Geogra- 

 phy, History, and Ethics, U. S. Military Academy, 1855. Professor of Eng- 

 lish Literature and History, University of Pennsylvania, 1855-66. President 

 of Lehigh University, 1866-79, '9°' '93~'95- Professor of English Literature 

 and History, and of International and Constitutional Law, Lehigh University, 

 1874-95. U, S. Assay Commissioner, 1874 and 1880. 



SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX. 



OHIO-NEW YORK. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 19, 1861 ; 

 reappointed December 23, 1863, February 2, 1870, December 18, 1873, January 

 9, 1882, and January 5, 1888. 



Boni in Zanesville, Ohio, September 30, 1824; died in New York City, 

 September 10, 1889. Educated in public schools, Zanesville, Ohio. A. B., 

 Brown University, 1846. A. M., Brown. LL. D., Brown, 1S85. Admitted 

 to the Bar, Cincinnati, Ohio. Secretary of Legation to Peru, 1855. Mem- 

 ber of U. S. House of Representatives \xoxxv Ohio, December 6, 1857-March 



3, 1865. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from New York, March 



4, 1869-March 3, 1885, December 5, 1887-March 3, 1889. U. S. Minister 

 to Turkey, i885-'86. 



