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1889; and Yale, 1890. LL. B., Columbia, 1863. Admitted to the Bar, 1863. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from New Jersey, December, 1873- 

 March 3, 1875, December 3, 1883-March 4, 1889. U. S. Minister to Austria, 

 1881. Member of International Conference on the Samoan Question in Ber- 

 lin, 1889. U. S. Minister to Germany, 1890-93. Judge of New Jersey 

 Court of Errors and Appeals, 1893-94. 



LUKE POTTER POLAND. 



VERMONT. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed March 7, 1867 ; 



reappointed February 2, 1870. 



Born in Westford, Vermont, November i, 1815; died in Waterville, Ver- 

 mont, July 2, 1887. Educated in public schools. A. M., University of 

 Vermont, 1857. LL. D., University of Vermont, 1861. Admitted to the 

 Bar, 1836. Member of State Constitutional Convention, 1843. Prosecuting 

 Attorney for Lamoille County, 1844-45. Judge of Vermont Supreme Court, 

 i848-'6o. Chief Justice of Vermont, 1860-65. Member of Legislature, 1878. 

 Member of U. S. Senate from Vermont, December 4, 1865-March 3, 1867. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Vermont, March 4, 1867- 

 March 4, 1875, December 3, 1883-March 3, 1885. 



NOAH PORTER. 



CONNECTICUT. 



Regent elected by Congress, January 26, 1878; reelected March 3, 1884. 



Born in Farmington, Connecticut, December 14, 181 1 ; died in New Haven, 

 Connecticut, March 4, 1892. A. B., Yale, 1831. A. M., Yale. D. D., Uni- 

 versity of City of New York, 1858. LL. D., Heidelberg, 1884; Edinburgh, 

 1886; Western Reserve College, 1870; and Trinity, 1871. Master of Hop- 

 kins Grammar School, New Haven, 1831-33. Tutorin Yale, 1833-35. P^^' 

 tor of Congregational Churches in Connecticut, i836-'43, and in Massachu- 

 setts, 1843-46. Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics in Yale, 

 1846-71. President of Yale University, i87i-'86. 



WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Regent elected by Congress, August 10, 1846. 



Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1794; died in Columbia, 

 South Carolina, May 22, i860. A. B., College of South Carolina, 181 2. 

 LL. D,, Washington and Lee, 1842; and Harvard, 1846. Admitted to the 

 Bar. Studied law in the University of Edinburgh. Member of South Caro- 

 lina Legislature, 1828-32. Member of U. S. Senate from South Carolina, 

 1836. Professor of Belles-lettres and President o( College of South Carolina, 



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