The Board of Regents 105 



JAMES WILLIS PATTERSON. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 23, 1863 ; 



reappointed December 21, 1865. 



Born in Henniker, New Hampshire, July 2, 1823; died in Hanover, New 

 Hampshire, May 4, 1893. A. B., Dartmouth, 1848. LL. D., Iowa Col- 

 lege, 1868. Studied theology in Yale. Tutor, 1852-54; Professor of Math- 

 ematics, i854-'59; Professor of Astronomy and Meteorology, Dartmouth, 

 1849-65. Secretary of New Hampshire State Board of Education. Mem- 

 ber of the Legislature, i862-'77, and 1878. Member of U. S. House of 

 Representatives from New Hampshire, December i, 1862-March 3, 1867. 

 Member of U. S. Senate from New Hampshire, March 4, i867-March 3, 

 1873. State Superintendent of Public Instruction in New Hampshire, 1880. 



JAMES ALFRED PEARCE. 



MARYLAND. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed February 22, 1847; reappointed 

 June 19, 1856, and March 7, 1861. 



Born in Alexandria, Virginia, December 14, 1805; died in Charlestown, 

 Maryland, December 20, 1862. A. B., Princeton, 1822. LL. D., Princeton; 

 and St. John's College, 1856. Member of Maryland Legislature, 1831. Ad- 

 mitted to the Bar in Baltimore, 1824. Professor of Law, Washington College, 

 Maryland. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Maryland, 

 December 7, 1835-March 3, 1843. Member of U. S. Senate from Maryland, 

 January 10, 1843-July 17, 1862. Offered and declined Judgeship of United 

 States District Court of Maryland, and Secretaryship of U. S. Department 

 of the Interior. 



ISAAC SAMUALS PENNYBACKER. 



VIRGINIA. 



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



Bom in Shenandoah County, Virginia, September 12, 1807 ; died in Wash- 

 ington City, January 12, 1847. A. B,, Washington College. Admitted to 

 the Bar in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Member of U. S. House of Representa- 

 tives from Virginia, December 5, 1836-July 9, 1838. District Judge, 1839. 

 DecHned office of U. S. Attorney-General, and that of Justice of the Supreme 

 Court of Virginia and nomination for Governor. Member of U. S. Senate 

 from Virginia, December 8, 1845-March 3, 1847. 



WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 7, 1884; 

 reappointed January 12, 1886, and January 10, 1888. 



Born in New York City, August 29, 1839; died in Teaneck, New Jersey, 

 June 17, 1894. A. B., Yale, i860. A. M., Yale, 1863. LL. D., Rutgers, 



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