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STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS. 



ILLINOIS. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed February 21, 1854; reappointed 



January 26, i860. 



Born in Brandon, Vermont, April 23, 1813; died in Chicago, Illinois, June 

 3, 1 86 1. Educated in public schools, Brandon, Vermont, and Canandaigua, 

 New York. Taught school in Winchester, Illinois, 1833. Admitted to the 

 Bar, 1834. Attorney-General of the State of Illinois, 1834. Member of the 

 Illinois Legislature, 1835. Secretary of State of Illinois, 1840. Judge of 

 the Supreme Court, 1841. Registrar of the Land Office of Illinois, 1837. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Illinois, December 4, 1843- 

 August ID, 1846. Member of U. S. Senate from Illinois, December 6, 1847- 

 March 2, 1861. Candidate for President of the United States, i860. 



GEORGE FRANKLIN EDMUNDS. 



VERMONT. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed January 20, 1883 ; declined February, 

 21, 1883. Regent ex officio, as President of the Senate /w ievi., i883-'85. 



Born in Richmond, Vermont, February i, 1828. Educated in public 

 schools. A. M., University of Vermont, 1855. LL, D., Middlebury, 1869; 

 and University of Vermont, 1879. Admitted to the Bar in Richmond, 

 Vermont, 1849. Member of Vermont Legislature, 1854-59, i86i-'62; and 

 Speaker, 1855-57. Member of U. S. Senate from Vermont, December 3, 

 1866-March 3, 1 89 1. President pro tern, of the United States Senate, 

 i883-'85. 



MATTHEW GAULT EMERY. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 



Regent ex officio, as Mayor of Washington, June, 1870-June, 1871. 



Bom in Pembroke, New Hampshire, September 28, 181 8. Educated in 

 Pembroke Academy. Member of Board of Aldermen, Washington City, 

 many years. Captain of Company of Militia in the District of Columbia, 

 May 16, 1861. 'rreasurer of New Hampshire Soldiers' Association, i86i-'65. 

 Trustee Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. Mayor of Washington City, June, 

 1870-June, 1871. Vice-Chancellor of National University, Regent and Treas- 

 urer American University, Washington City. 



WILLIAM HAYDEN ENGLISH. 



INDIANA. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 14. 1853; 

 reappointed February 26, 1856, December 14, 1857, February 21, i860. 



Born in Lexington, Indiana, August 27, 1822 ; died in Indianapolis, In- 

 diana, February 7, 1896. Educated m Hanover College. Admitted to the 

 Bar, 1846. County Clerk ; Postmaster in Lexington. Secretary of Indiana 



