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mitted to the Bar, Trenton^ New Jersey, 1830. Member of the New Jersey 

 Legislature, 1837. Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of the State, 1838. 

 Member of U. S. Senate from New Jersey, December 5, 1842-March 3, 1851. 

 Attorney-General of New Jersey, 1857-61. U. S. Minister to France, 1861- 

 '64. Candidate for Vice-President, 1856. 



NATHANIEL COBB DEERING. 



IOWA. 

 Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 9, 1882. 



Born in Denmark, Oxford County, Maine, September 2, 1827; died in 

 Osage, Iowa, December 8, 1887. Educated in public schools and North 

 Bridgeton Academy, Mame. Member of Maine Legislature, 1855-56. 

 Removed to Osage, Iowa, 1857. Clerk in U. S. Senate, 1862-65. 

 Special Agent in Post Office Department, 1865-69. National Bank Ex- 

 aminer for Iowa, i8-j2-'jj. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from 

 Iowa, October 15, 1877-March 3, 1883. 



RICHARD DELAFIELD. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent elected by Congress, February'14, 1865. 



Born in New York City, September i, 1798; died in Washington City, 

 November 5, 1873. Graduated United States Military Academy, 1818. 

 Served in Engineer works, i8i9-'38. Superintendent of United States Mili- 

 taryAcademy, 1838-45, i856-'6i. Superintended the defenses of New York 

 Harbor, 1846-55. Brigadier-General and Chief of Engineers, i864-'7o. 

 Major-General, 1865. 



CHARLES DEVENS. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Regent elected by Congress, May 20, 1890. 



Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, April 4, 1820; died in Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts, January 7, 1891. Declined appointment as Regent on account of a 

 provision in Constitution of the State of Massachusetts that " Justices of the 

 Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth shall not hold any other place 

 or office, or receive any pension or salary from any other State, Government, 

 or powei whatsoever." A. B., Harvard, 1838. LL. D., Columbian, 1876; 

 and Harvard, 1877. Studied law in Cambridge. Admitted to the Bar, 

 1841. Member of Massachusetts Legislature, i848-'49. U. S. Marshal 

 for Massachusetts, 1849-53. Major, Colonel, Brigadier-General, 186 1- 

 '62. Major-General, 1864. Justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts, 

 1867. Justice of Supreme Court of Massachusetts, 1873-77, '81, Attorney- 

 General of the United States, 1877. 



