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JOHN VAN SCHAICK LANSING PRUYN. 



NEW YORK. 

 Regent on behalf of the House of Representatives, appointed January 7, 1868. 



Born in Albany, New York, June 22, 1811 ; died in Clifton Springs, New 

 York, November 21, 1877. Educated in private schools. Graduated in 

 Albany Academy, 1826. A. M., Rutgers, 1835. LL. D., Union, 1845; and 

 University of Rochester, 1852. Admitted to the Bar, 1832. Member of New 

 York Legislature, 1861. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from 

 New York, December 7, i863-March 3, 1865, March 4, i867-March 3, 1869. 

 Regent of University of State of New York, 1844, for thirty-three years, 

 during the last fifteen of which he was Chancellor (i862-'77). President of 

 St. Stephen's College. President of State Commission of Charities. Presi- 

 dent of the Board of State Survey. 



RICHARD RUSH. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Regent elected by Congress, August 10, 1846; reflected December 24, 1850, and 



January 28, 1857. 



Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1780; died in Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, July 30, 1859. A. M., Princeton, 1797. Admitted to the Bar in 

 Philadelphia, 1800. Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, 1811. Comptroller 

 of the United States Treasury, 1811. Attorney-General of the United States, 

 i8i4-'i7. U, S. Secretary of State, 1817. U. S. Minister to England, 1817- 

 '25. Secretary of the Treasury, 1825. Commissioner to England to obtain 

 the legacy of James Smithson, i836-'38. U. S. Minister to France, i847-'5i. 



AARON AUGUSTUS SARGENT. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed January 13, 1874. 



Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, September 28, 1827; died in San 

 Francisco, California, August 14, 1887. Admitted to the Bar, 1854. District 

 Attorney of Nevada County, California, 1856. Member of U. S. House of 

 Representatives from California, July 4, i86i-March 3, 1863, March 3, 1869- 

 March 3, 1873. Member of U. S. Senate from California, March 4, 1873- 

 March 3, 1879. U. S. Minister to Germany, 1882. Declined mission to 

 Russia. 



WILLIAM WINSTON SEATON. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent ex qfficio, as Mayor of Washington, August 10, i846-June, 1850. 



Born in King William County, Virginia, January n, 1785; died in Wash- 

 ington City, June 16, 1866. Educated in Richmond, Virginia. Mayor of 

 Washington City, June, i84o-June, 1850. Journalist. Editor of the Na- 

 tional Intelligencer, i8i2-'66. 



