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WILLIAM ALMON WHEELER. 



NEW YORK. 



Regent ex officio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1877- 



March 4, 1881. 



Born in Malone, New York, June 30, 1819; died in Malone, New York, 

 June 4, 1887, A. B., University of Vermont, 1842. A. M., Dartmouth, 

 1865. LL. D., University of Vermont, 1867; and Union, 1877. Admitted 

 to the Bar in Malone, New York, 1845. U. S. District Attorney of Frankhn 

 County, New York, 1845-49. Member of New York Legislature, i849-'5o. 

 Member and President //v tern, of New York Senate, i858-'59. Member of 

 U. S. House of Representatives from New York, December 3, 1860-July 17, 

 1862, March 4, i869-March3, 1877. President of New York Constitutional 

 Convention, i867-'68. Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1877 

 March 4, 1881. 



ANDREW DICKSON WHITE. 



NEW YORK. 



Regent elected by Congress, February 15, 1888; reelected March 19, 1894. 



Born in Homer, New York, November 7, 1832. Educated in Hobart Col- 

 lege, New York. A. B., Yale, 1853. A. M., Yale, 1856. Ph. D., Jena, 

 1889. LL. D., University of Michigan, 1867 ; Cornell, 1886 ; and Yale, 1888. 

 L, H. D., Columbia, 1887. Professor of History and English Literature 

 in University of Michigan, i857-'62. Member of New York Senate, 1863- 

 '64. President of Cornell University, 1867, 1881-85. U. S. Commissioner 

 to Santo Domingo, 1871. U. S. Minister to Germany, i879-'8i. U. S. 

 Honorary Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1878. U. S. Minister to Russia, 

 1892-95. Member of U. S. Venezuelan Commission, 1896. First President 

 of American Historical Association, 1884. 



HENRY WILSON. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Regent ex officio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1873- 



March 4, 1877. 



Born in Farmington, New Hampshire, February 16, 181 2; died in 

 Washington City, November 22, 1875. A. M., Williams, i860. LL. D., 

 Dartmouth, 1874. Member of Massachusetts Legislature, i84o-'43, 1850. 

 President of Massachusetts Senate, i85i-'52. Member of State Constitutional 

 Convention, 1853, Member of U. S. Senate from Massachusetts, February 

 10, i855-March 3, 1873. Vice-President of the United States, i873-'75. 



WILLIAM LYNE WILSON. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



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

 appointed January 12, 1886. Regent elected by Congress, January 14, 1896. 



Born in Jefferson County, Virginia, May 3, 1843. Educated in Charles- 

 town Academy. A. B., Columbian, i860. LL. D., Columbian, 1883; 



