The Board of Regents 101 



ROBERT M C CLELLAND. 



MICHIGAN. 

 Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 22, 1847. 



Born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, August i, 1807; died in Detroit, Michi- 

 gan, August 27, 1880. A. B., Dickinson, 1829. Admit. ]the Bar in 



Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1831. Member of Michiga institutional 

 Convention, 1835. Member of Michigan Legislature and Spe .-r, i838-'43. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Michigan, 184^ -'49. Mem- 

 ber of Constitutional Conventions of Michigan, 1850 and '67. Governor of 

 Michigan, i85i-'s3. Secretary of the Interior, i853~'s7. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON M C CRARY. 



IOWA. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 14, 1875. 



Born near Evansville, Indiana, August 29, 1835; died in St. Joseph, Mis- 

 souri, June 23, 1890. Educated in public school and Academy. Ad- 

 mitted to the Bar in Keokuk, Iowa, 1856. Member of the Iowa Legislature, 

 i857~'65. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Iowa, March 4, 

 i869-March 4, 1877. Secretary of War Department, i877~'79. Judge of 

 United States Circuit Court, 



EDWARD M C PHERSON. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 

 Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 19, 1861. 



Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1830; died in Gettysburg, Penn- 

 sylvania, December 14, 1895. A. B., Pennsylvania College, 1848; and Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, 1848. A. M., Princeton. 1866. LL. D., University 

 of Pennsylvania, 1877. Admitted to the Bar. Member of U. S. House 

 of Representatives from Pennsylvania, December 5, i859~March 4, 1863. 

 Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1863. Cleik of the House of 

 Representatives, i863~'73, i88i-'83, i889-'9i. Chief of the Bureau of En- 

 graving and Printing, i877~'78. 



JOHN MACLEAN. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Regent elected by Congress, January n, 1868; reflected January 19, 1874, 

 December 19. 1879, and December 26, 1885. 



Born in Princeton, New Jersey, March 3, 1800; died in Princeton, New 

 Jersey, August 10, 1886. A. B., Princeton, 1816. D. D., Washington Col- 

 lege, 1841. LL. D., University of the State of New York, 1854. Tutor 

 of Greek in Princeton. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 

 Princeton, i822-*29. Professor of Ancient Languages, i829~'47. President 

 of Princeton, i854-'68. 



