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WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSTON. 



LOUISIANA. 

 Regent elected by Congress, January 26, 1892. 



Born in Louisville, Kentucky, January 5, 1831. A. B., Yale, 1852. LL. D., 

 Washington and Lee, 1875. Colonel in Confederate Army. Professor of His- 

 tory and English Literature in Washington and Lee University, i867-'8o. 

 President Louisiana State University, 1880. Elected President Tulane Uni- 

 versity, 1884. 



WILLIAM RUFUS KING. 



ALABAMA. 

 Regent ex officio, as Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1853. 



Born in Sampson County, North Carolina, April 6, 1786; died in Dallas 

 County, Alabama, April 8, 1853. A. B., University of North Carolina, 1803. 

 Admitted to the Bar in Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1806. Member of North 

 Carolina Legislature. Solicitor of Wilmington District. Member of U. S. 

 House of Representatives from Alabama, December 3, i8io-'i6. Secretary 

 of Legation to Naples, 1816. Secretary of Legation to Russia, 1818. Dele- 

 gate to Convention to Organize State Government for Alabama, 1819. Mem- 

 ber of U. S. Senate from Alabama, December 6, iSig-June 17, 1844, Decem- 

 ber 4, i848-'53. U. S. Minister to France, i844-'46. Vice-President of the 

 United States, 1853. 



WALTER LENOX. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent ex officio, as Mayor of Washington, June, i85o-June, 1852. 



Born in Washington City, August 17, 1817 ; died in Washington City, July 

 16, 1874. A. B., Yale, 1837. Member and President of City Council, also an 

 Alderman of Washington. Mayor of Washington City, June, i85o-June, 1852. 



HENRY CABOT LODGE. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 6, 1890; 

 reappointed January 15, 1892. 



Born in Boston, Massachusetts, May 12, 1850. Educated in private school. 

 A. B., Harvard, 1871. LL. B., Harvard, 1874. Ph. D., Harvard, 1876. 

 LL. D., Williams, 1893. Admitted to the Bar in Boston, 1876. University 

 Lecturer on American History, Harvard, i876-'79. Member of Massachu- 

 setts Legislature, i88o-'8i. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from 

 Massachusetts, December 5, i887~March 4, 1893. Member of U. S. Senate 

 from Massachusetts, March 4, i893~March 3, 1899. 



