96 The Smithsonian Institution 



ber of the Maine Legislature, 1836-40, and 1847. Speaker of the Maine 

 House, 1837-39, ^"^ 1840. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from 

 Maine, December 4, 1843-March 3, 1847. Member of U. S. Senate from 

 Maine, June 12, 1848-March 3, 1851, March 3, 1857-March 3, 1861, March 

 3, 1869-March 3, 1881. Governor of Maine, 1857. Vice-President of the 

 United States, i86i-'65. Collector of Port of ^Boston, i865-'66. U. S. 

 Minister to Spain, 1881-85. 



GIDEON HAWLEY. 



NEW YORK. 



Regent elected by Congress, August 10, 1846; reelected December 19, 1848, and 



December 27, 1854. 



Born in Huntington, Connecticut, September 26, 1785; died in Albany, 

 New York, July 16, 1870. Educated in Academy, Ballston, New York. 

 A. B., Union, 1809. LL. D., Rutgers, 1833. Admitted to the Bar in Albany, 

 1813. Secretary of the Regents of the University of New York, 1814-41. 

 State Superintendent of Common Schools, i8i3-'2i; known as " the Father 

 of the Common School System of the State." Regent of the University of 

 New York, 1842-70. Trustee ot Albany Academy, 18 18. Trustee of Al- 

 bany Female Academy, 182 1. Member of Executive Committee of State 

 Normal School, i845-'52. Master in Chancery, 181 2. 



GERRY WHITING HAZLETON. 



WISCONSIN. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 18, 1873. 



Born in Chester, New Hampshire, February 24, 1829. Educated in Pinker- 

 ton Academy, New Hampshire. Admitted to the Bar, 1856. Member 

 of Wisconsin Senate, i860. Collector of Internal Revenue, 1866. U. S. 

 Attorney for Wisconsin, 1869. Member of U. S. House of Representatives 

 from Wisconsin, March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875. 



JOHN BROOKS HENDERSON. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 



Regent elected by Congress, January 26, 1892. 



Born near Danville, Virginia, November 16, 1826. LL. D., University of 

 Missouri, 1882. Admitted to the Bar in Missouri, 1848. Member of Missouri 

 Legislature, 1856. Presidential Elector, 1856-60. Member of U. S. Senate 

 from Missouri, January 29, 1862-March 3, 1869. Commissioner to the In- 

 dians, 1867. Assistant U. S. District Attorney, 1875. 



THOMAS ANDREWS HENDRICKS. 



INDIANA. 



Regent ex officio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1885. 



Born in Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1819; died in Indianapolis, 

 Indiana, November 25, 1885. A. B., South Hanover College 1841. Ad- 

 mitted to the Bar in Shelbyville, Indiana, 1843. Member of Indiana Legis- 



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