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ALEXANDER ROBY SHEPHERD. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 



Regent ex qfficio, as Governor of the District of Columbia, September 13, 1873- 



June 20, 1874. 



Born in Washington City, January 31, 1835. President of Common Coun- 

 cil of Washington, 1861. Member of Levy Court of District of Columbia, 

 1867. Alderman, 1870. Member of Board of Public Works, 1871. Gov- 

 ernor of District of Columbia, September 13, 1873-} une 20, 1874. 



JOHN SHERMAN. 



OHIO. 



Regent ex officio, as President of the Senate pro tern., December 7, 1885- 

 February 26, 1887. 



Born in Lancaster, Ohio, May 10, 1823. Educated in public schools, 

 Mount Vernon, and Homer's Academy, Lancaster, Ohio. Admitted to the 

 Bar, Springfield, Ohio, 1844. Member of U. S. House of Representatives 

 from Ohio, December 3, i855-'6i. Member of U. S. Senate from Ohio, March 

 4, i86i-'77, i88i-'99. Secretary of the Treasury, March, i877-'8i. Presi- 

 dent of the Senate pro tern., December 7, i885-February 26, 1887. 



WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent elected by Congress, January 30, 1871 ; reelected March 25, 1878. 



Born in Lancaster, Ohio, February 8, 1820 ; died in New York City, Feb- 

 ruary 14, 1891. Graduated United States Military Academy, 1840. LL. D., 

 Dartmouth, 1866; Yale, 1876; and Princeton, 1878. Served in Indian wars 

 in Florida, in California, etc., i84o-'53. Counsellor-at-Law in Leaven- 

 worth, Kansas, iSsS-'sg. Superintendent of the Louisiana State Military 

 Academy, 1860. Colonel of Thirteenth Infantry, 1861. Brigadier- General, 

 1861. Major-General, 1862. Lieutenant-General, 1866. General, 



OTHO ROBARDS SINGLETON. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 7, 1884; 

 reappointed January 12, 1886. 



Born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, October 14, 1814; died in Washing- 

 ton City, January n, 1889. A. B., St. Joseph's College, Kentucky, 1836. 

 Graduated Lexington Law School, 1838. Admitted to the Bar. Member 

 of Mississippi Legislature, i838-'46. Presidential Elector, 1852. Member 

 of U. S. House of Representatives from Mississippi, December 5, 1853- 

 March 3, 1855, December i, i857~March 4, 1861, December 6, i875~March 

 4, 1887. Representative in Confederate Congress, i86i-'65. 



