The Board of Regents 109 



BENJAMIN STANTON. 



OHIO. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed February 26, 1856; 

 reappointed Ueccmber 14, 1857, and Fel)ruary2i, i860. 



Born near Mount Pleasant, Ohio, June 4, 1809; died in Wheeling, West 

 Virginia, June 2, 1872. Admitted to the 13ar in Steubenville, Ohio, 1834. 

 Member of Ohio Senate, i84i-'42. Member of Ohio Constitutional Con- 

 vention, 1850. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Ohio, Decem- 

 ber I, 1851-March 3, 1861. Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio, i862-'64. 



ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS. 



GEORGIA. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 14, 1878. 



Born near Crawfordsville, Georgia, February 11, 1812; died in Atlanta, 

 Georgia, March 4, 1883. A. M., Franklin College (now State University), 

 1832. Admitted to the Bar, 1834. Member of Georgia Legislature, i836-'43. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Georgia, December 4, 1843- 

 March 3, 1859, December i, 1873-March 4, 1881. Vice-President of Con- 

 federate States, 1 86 1. Elected Professor of Political Science and History in 

 the University of Georgia, 1868. Governor of Georgia, 1882. 



ADLAI EWING STEVENSON. 



ILLINOIS. 



Regent ex officio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1893- 



March 4, 1897. 



Born in Christian County, Kentucky, October 23, 1835. Educated in 

 Illinois Wesleyan University, and Centre College, Kentucky. Admitted 

 to the Bar, 1857. Master in Chancery, 1861-65. State Attorney, 1864-68. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Illinois, December 6, 

 1875-March 4, 1877, March 18, 1879-March 4, 1881. First Assistant Post- 

 master-General, 1885. Vice-President of the United States, March 4, i893-'97. 



JOHN WHITE STEVENSON. 



KENTUCKY. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed December 10, 1872. 



Born in Richmond, Virginia, May 4, 1812; died in Covington, Kentucky, 

 August 10, 1886. Educated in Richmond. A. B., University of Virginia, 

 1832. Admitted to the Bar, 1841. Member of the Kentucky Legisla- 

 ture, 1847. Member of State Constitutional Convention, 1849. Member of 

 U. S. House of Representatives from Kentucky, December 1, IS57-^Llrch 4, 

 1861. Lieutenant-Governor, 1867; and Governor of Kentucky, 1867-71. 

 Member of U. S. Senate from Kentucky, March 4, IS7I-^L1^ch 3. 1877. 

 Professor of Law in Cincinnati Law School, 1877. President of the American 

 Bar Association, 1884. Commissioner to prepare "Code of Practice," 1854. 

 Presidential Elector, 1852, 1856. 



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