92 The Smithsonian Institution 



State Constitutional Convention, 1850. Member and Speaker of Indiana 

 Legislature, 185 1. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana, 

 December i, 1851-March 4, 1861. Candidate for Vice-President, 1880. 

 President Indiana Historical Society. 



GEORGE EVANS. 



MAINE. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed August 10, 1846. 



Born in Hallowell, Maine, January 12, 1797; died in Portland, Maine, 

 April 5, 1867. Educated in Hallowell and Monmouth Academies, Maine. 

 A, B., Bowdoin, 1815. LL. D., Bowdoin, 1847. Admitted to the Bar in 

 Gardiner, Maine, 1818. Member of Maine Legislature, 1825-28, and 

 Speaker, 1828. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Maine, 

 December 7, 1829-March 3, 1841. Member of U. S. Senate from Maine, 

 May 31, 1841-March 3, 1847. Attorney-General of Maine, 1853-56. Com- 

 missioner of Board of Mexican Claims, i849-'5o. 



JOHN FRANKLIN FARNSWORTH. 



ILLINOIS. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 21, 1865. 



Born in Eaton, Quebec, Canada, March 27, 1820. Admitted to the Bar 

 and practised law in Chicago. Member of U. S. House of Representatives 

 from Illinois, December i, 1857-March 4, 1861, December 7, 1863-March 4, 

 1873. Colonel, Brigadier-General, i862-'63. 



CORNELIUS CONWAY FELTON. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Regent elected by Congress, February 27, 1856; reelected March 2, 1861. 



Born in West Newbury, Massachusetts, November 6, 1807; died in Ches- 

 ter, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1862. Educated in Franklin Academy, 

 Andover. A. B., Harvard, 1827. LL. D., Amherst, 1848; and Yale, i860. 

 Latin tutor, 1829; Greek tutor, 1830; Professor of Greek, 1832; Professor 

 of Greek Literature, 1834; President of Harvard College, 1860-62. 



THOMAS WHITE FERRY. 



MICHIGAN. 



Regent ex officio, as President of the Senate pro tern., Acting Vice-President, 



December 20, 1875. 



Born in Mackinac, Michigan, June i, 1827; died in Grand Haven, Michi- 

 gan, October 14, 1896. Educated in public school. Member of Michigan 

 Legislature, 1850-56. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Mich- 

 igan, December 4, 1865-March 3, 187 1. Member of U. S. Senate from 

 Michigan, March 4, 1871-March 3, 1883. President //v tern. United States 

 Senate, 1875-79. As Acting Vice-President presided and delivered the ad- 



