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DAVID STUART. 



MICHIGAN. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 14, 1853. 



Born in Brooklyn, New York, March 12, i86i; died in Detroit, Michi- 

 gan, September 12, 1868. Educated in Amherst College, 1842. A. B., Brown. 

 Admitted to the Bar in Detroit, Michigan. Prosecuting Attorney for Wayne 

 County, Michigan. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Michi- 

 gan, December 5, 1853-March 3, 1855. Attorney in Chicago. Lieutenant- 

 Colonel of Forty-second Illinois Infantry Volunteers, 1861. Colonel Second 

 Regiment, Douglas Brigade, Fifty-fifth Illinois Infantry, 1861. Brigadier- 

 General of Volunteers, 1862. 



ROGER BROOKE TANEY. 



MARYLAND. 



Regent ex officio, as Chief Justice of the United States, August 10, 1846. 



Born in Calvert County, Maryland, March 17, 1777; died in Washington 

 City, October 12, 1864. Educated in schools in Maryland. A. B., Dickin- 

 son, 1795. LL. D., Dickinson, 1831 ; and Union, 1835. Admitted to the 

 Bar, Annapolis, Maryland, 1799. Member of Maryland Legislature, 1800-01. 

 Attorney-General of Maryland, 1827. Attorney-General of the United States, 

 1 83 1. Secretary of the Treasury, 1833. Chief Justice of the United States, 

 March 15, 1836-October 12, 1864. 



EZRA B TAYLOR. 



OHIO. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 9, 1882. 



Born in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio, July 9, 1823. Educated in public 

 schools and academies. Admitted to the Bar, 1845. Prosecuting Attorney, 

 1854. Removed to Warren, Ohio, 1861. Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 

 1877. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Ohio, March 18, 

 1879-March 4, 1893. 



JOSEPH GILBERT TOTTEN. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 



Regent elected by Congress, August 10, 1846; reelected December 24, 1850, and 



January 28, 1857. 



Born in New Haven, Connecticut, August 23, 1788; died in Washington 

 City, April 22, 1864. A. M., Brown, 1829. Graduated United States Mili- 

 tary Academy, 1805. Secretary U. S. Survey of Ohio and the Territories, 

 1806-08; Military Engineer, i8o8-'64; First Lieutenant, 1810; Captain, 

 1813; Major, 1818; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1828; Colonel and Chief Engineer 

 U. S. Army, 1838; Inspector U. S. Military Academy, 1838-64; State 

 Commissioner for preservation of New York and Boston harbors. Served 



