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WILLIAM BEANS MAGRUDER. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent ex officio, as Mayor of Washington, June, i856-June, 1858. 



Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February u, 1811; died in Georgetown, 

 District of Columbia, May 30, 1869. Studied medicine in Georgetown, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. M. D., University of Maryland, 1831. Member of City 

 Councils of Washington twenty years. In charge of Cholera Hospital, 1832. 

 Mayor of Washington City, June, i856-June, 1858. 



GEORGE PERKINS MARSH. 



VERMONT. 

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



Born in Woodstock, Vermont, March 15, 1801; died in Vallambrosa, 

 Italy, July 23, 1882. A. B., Dartmouth, 1820. A. M., Dartmouth, 1860. 

 LL. D., Harvard, 1859; Delaware, 1859; and Dartmouth, 1860. Admitted to 

 the Bar in Burlington, Vermont, 1823. Member of the Vermont Legislature, 

 1835. Member of Supreme Executive Council of Vermont. Member of 

 U. S. House of Representatives from Vermont, December 7, i842-March 3, 

 1849. U. S. Minister to Turkey, i849-'53. Special U. S. Commissioner to 

 Greece, 1852. U. S. Minister to Italy, i86i-'82. Member of National Acad- 

 emy of Sciences, 1866. 



JAMES MURRAY MASON. 



VIRGINIA. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed March 6, 1849; reappointed March 6, 



1851, and March 6, 1857. 



Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, November 3, 1798; died near Alexandria, 

 Virginia, April 28, 1871. A. B., University of Pennsylvania, 1818. Admitted 

 to the Bar in Winchester, Virginia. Member of Virginia Legislature, 1826- 

 '32. Member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1829. Presidential 

 Elector, 1833. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Virginia, 

 September 4, i837~March 3, 1839. Member of U. S. Senate from Virginia, 

 December 6, i847~July n, 1861. 



JOHN WALKER MAURY. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent ex officio, as Mayor of Washington, June, i852-June, 1854. 



Born in Caroline County, Virginia, May 15, 1809; died in Washington 

 City, February 2, 1855. Alderman of Washington City, i85i-'52. Mayor 

 of Washington City, June, i852-June, 1854. President of the Bank of the 

 Metropolis. Trustee of Columbian University, Washington City. 



