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lature, 1845. Member of Constitutional Convention, 1850. Member of 

 U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana, December 1, 1851-March 4, 

 1853. Commissioner of the General Land Office, i855-'57. Member of 

 U. S. Senate from Indiana, December 7, 1863-March 3, 1869. Governor 

 of Indiana, i873-'77. Vice-President of the United States, 1885. 



BENJAMIN HARVEY HILL. 



GEORGIA. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 14, 1875. 



Born in Hillsborough, Jasper County, Georgia, September 14, 1823; died 

 in Atlanta, Georgia, August 19, 1882. A. B., University of Georgia, 1844. 

 Admitted to the Bar in La Grange, Georgia, 1S45. Member of the Georgia 

 House of Representatives, 1851 ; and Senate, 1859. Member of Confederate 

 Senate, i86i-'65. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Georgia, 

 December 6, 1875-March 3, 1879. Member of U. S. Senate from Georgia, 

 March 5, 1877-August 19, 1882, Presidential Elector, 1856, i860. 



NATHANIEL PETER HILL. 



COLORADO. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed May 19, 1881. 



Born in Montgomery, New York, February 18, 1832. A. B., Brown, 1856. 

 Tutor in Chemistry, 1858; Professor of Chemistry applied to the Arts, 

 1859-64, Brown University. Member of the Colorado Territorial Council, 

 i872-'73. Mayor of Black-Hawk, Colorado, 1871. Member of U. S. Senate 

 from Colorado, March 3, 1879-March 3, 1885. Member of International 

 Monetary Commission, 1891. 



HENRY WASHINGTON HILLIARD. 



ALABAMA. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed August 10, 1846; re- 

 appointed December 22, 1847, and January 7, 1850, 



Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 4, 1808; died in Atlanta, 

 Georgia, December 17, 1892. A. B., South Carolina College, 1826. A. M., 

 South Carolina College, 1829; and University of Alabama, 1834. Ad- 

 mitted to the Bar in Athens, Georgia, 1829. Professor in Alabama University, 

 i83i-'34. Member of Alabama Legislature, 1838. U. S. Minister to Bel- 

 gium, i842-'44. Member of U. S. House of Rei)resentatives from Alabama 

 December i, 1845-March 3, 1851. U. S. Minister to Brazil, i877-'8i, 

 Presidential Elector, 1840, 1856, i860. Brigadier-General in Confederate 

 Army, 1862. 



ROBERT ROBERTS HITT. 



ILLINOIS. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed August 11. 1S93; re- 

 appointed January 4, 1894, and December 20, 1895. 



Born in Urbana, Ohio, January 16, 1834. Educated in Rock River Semi- 

 nary (now Mount Morris College), Illinois. A. B., De Pauw University, 1855. 



