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1832. LL. D., Williams, 1873; Beloit; and Illinois Wesleyan. Studied law 

 in New Haven. Admitted to the Bar, Pekin, Illinois, 1835. Member of 

 Illinois Legislature, 1844. Member of State Constitutional Convention, 

 1847. Judge of 8th Circuit, i848-'62. Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, 

 i86a-'77. Member of U. S. Senate from Illinois, December 3, i877~March 

 3, 1883. President of the Senate pro tern., i88i-'83. 



GARRETT DAVIS. 



KENTUCKY. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed January 16, 1863 ; reappointed 



March 21, 1867. 



Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, September 10, 1801; died in Paris, 

 Kentucky, September 22, 1872. Admitted to the Bar, 1823. Member of 

 Kentucky Legislature, i833-'36. Member of State Constitutional Conven- 

 tion, i839~'47. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from Kentucky, 

 March 4, i847~March 3, 1849. Member of U. S. Senate from Kentucky, 

 December 3, i86i-September 22, 1872. 



HENRY WINTER DAVIS. 



MARYLAND. 

 Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed December 23, 1863. 



Born in Annapolis, Maryland, August 16, 1817; died in Baltimore, Mary- 

 land, December 30, 1865. A. B., Kenyon, 1837. LL. D., Hampden-Sidney. 

 Studied law in University of Virginia. Admitted to the Bar, Alexandria, Vir- 

 ginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. Member of U. S. House of Representatives 

 from Maryland, December 3, i855~June 14, 1858, December 7, i863~March 

 3, 1865. 



JEFFERSON DAVIS. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed December 30, 1847; reappointed March 



6, 1851. 



Born in Christian County, Kentucky, June 3, 1808; died in New Orleans, 

 Louisiana, December 6, 1889. Educated in Transylvania College. Graduated 

 United States Military Academy, 1828. LL. D., Bowdoin, 1858. Served in 

 Black Hawk War, i83i-'32 ; Mexican War, 1846. Second Lieutenant Infantry, 

 i828-'33. First Lieutenant Dragoons, i833~'35. Member of U. S. House 

 of Representatives from Mississippi, December 8, 1845- August 10, 1846. 

 Member of U. S. Senate from Mississippi, December 6, i847-March 3, 1851, 

 December 7, i85y-March 2, 1861. Secretary of War, 1853-57. Major-Gen- 

 eral and President of the Confederate States, 1861. 



WILLIAM LEWIS DAYTON. 



NEW JERSEY. 

 Regent elected by Congress, March 2, 1861. 



Born in Baskinridge, New Jersey, February 17, 1807; died in Paris, France, 

 December i, 1864. A. B., Princeton, 1825. LL. D., Princeton, 1857. Ad- 



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