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SAMUEL BELL MAXEY. 



TEXAS. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed May 19, 1881. 



Born in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, March 30, 1825 ; died in Eureka Springs, 

 Arkansas, August 16, 1895. Educated in Monroe County, Kentucky. 

 Graduated United States Military Academy, 1846. Brevetted First Lieuten- 

 ant for gallant conduct in the Mexican War. Admitted to the Bar in 

 Albany, Kentucky, 1850. Elected to Texas State Senate. Brigadier- General, 

 1862. Major-General of Confederate Army, 1864. Member of U. S. Senate 

 from Texas, March 5, i8y5-March 3, 1887. 



JAMES MEACHAM. 



VERMONT. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 2, 1852; 

 reappointed December 14, 1853, and February 26, 1856. 



Born in Rutland, Vermont, 1810 ; died in Middlebury, Vermont, August 22, 

 1856. A. B., Middlebury, 1832. Tutor in Middlebury. Studied theology. 

 Professor of Elocution and English Literature in Middlebury College. Mem- 

 ber of U. S. House of Representatives from Vermont, March 3, 1849- August 

 22, 1856. 



MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM MEIGS. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent elected by Congress, December 26, 1885. 



Born in Augusta, Georgia, May 3, 1816; died in Washington City, January 

 2, 1892. Entered University of Pennsylvania, 1831. Graduated United States 

 Military Academy, 1836. First Lieutenant U. S. Engineers, 1838. Captain, 

 1853. Corps of Engineers engaged in engineering works, i84i-'5o. Colonel 

 of die Eleventh U. S. Infantry, 1861. Quartermaster- General United States 

 Army, 1 86 1. Brigadier-General, 1862. Major-General, 1864. Designed and 

 constructed the Potomac Aqueduct, 1852. Superintended building of the new 

 wings and iron dome of the United States Capitol extension. Built the Cap- 

 tain John Bridge and U. S. Pension Bureau. Member of National Academy 

 of Sciences, 1865. 



SAMUEL FREEMAN MILLER. 



IOWA. 



Regent ex officio, as Acting Chief Justice of the United States, March 24, 1888, and 

 Chancellor pro tern, pending the appointment of a Chief Justice. 



Born in Richmond, Kentucky, April 5, 1816; died in Washington City, 

 October 13, 1890. M. D., Transylvania University, 1837. LL. D., Iowa 

 State University, 1865; Iowa College, 1870; University of Michigan, 1887; 

 and National University, 1890. D. C. L., Georgetown University, 1870. Ad- 

 mitted to the Bar in Kentucky, 1844. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 

 of the United States, i862-'90. Member Electoral Commission, 



