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Admitted to the Bar in Boston, 1843. Founder of the first school estab- 

 lished in United States for teaching the deaf to speak, in Chelmsford, Massa- 

 chusetts, 1846, afterwards moved to Northampton and incorporated as the 

 Clark School for the Deaf. Member of State Board of Education of Massa- 

 chusetts for ten years. Special U. S. Commissioner on Railroad Mail 

 Transportation, 1876. Commissioner from Massachusetts to the Centennial 

 Exposition, 1876. President of the Joint Commission of the seven Scientific 

 Societies in Washington, 1895. President National Geographic Society. 



JOHN JAMES INGALLS. 



KANSAS. 

 Regent ex officio, as President of the Senate pro tern., February 26, i887-'89. 



Born in Middletown, Massachusetts, December 29, 1833. A. B., Williams, 

 1855. LL. D., Williams, 1884. Admitted to the Bar, 1857. Secretary of 

 Kansas Territorial Council, 1860. Member of the Kansas Senate, 1862. 

 Member of U. S. Senate from Kansas, March 4, i873~March 3, 1891. 



ANDREW JOHNSON. 



TENNESSEE. 

 Regent ex officio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1865. 



Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, December 29, 1808; died in Carter County, 

 Tennessee, July 31, 1875. Self-educated. LL. D., Columbia, 1865 ; and Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina, 1865. Alderman in Greenville, Tennessee, i828-'3o. 

 Mayor, i83o-*33. Trustee of Rhea Academy, 1831. Member of Tennessee 

 Legislature, 1835, 1839, 1841, and 1843. Presidential Elector for State-at-large, 

 1840. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Tennessee, i843-'53. 

 Governor of Tennessee, i853~'57. Member of U. S. Senate from Tennessee, 

 December 7, i857~March 4, '62-March 4, i875~March 24, 1875. Military 

 Governor of Tennessee, i862-'64. Vice-President of the United States, 1865. 

 President of the United States, April 14, i865~March 4, 1869. 



JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON. 



VIRGINIA. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed April 4, 1879. 



Born near Farmville, Virginia, February 3, 1807; died in Washington City, 

 March 21, 1891. Graduated United States Military Academy, 1829. Second 

 Lieutenant in Fourth Artillery, 1829. In Black Hawk expedition, 1832. First 

 Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery, 1836. Aide-de-camp to General Scott in the 

 Seminole War. First Lieutenant, Topographical Engineers, 1838. Brevetted 

 Captain for gallantry in the War with the Florida Indians. In charge of many 

 important river and harbor improvements, i838-'42. Boundary surveys, 

 i842-'46. Brevetted Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel for gallantry in 

 the Mexican War. Quartermaster-General of the Army, i86o-'6i. Major- 

 General in Confederate Army, i86i-'65. Member of U. S. House of Repre- 

 sentatives from Virginia, March 18, 1879 March 4, 1881. Commissioner of 

 Railroads of the United States, 1887. 



