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in Mexican War, 1846. Member of Lighthouse Board, i85i-'58, i86o-'64. 

 Brigadier-General, 1863. Major-General, 1864. Original Member of Na- 

 tional Academy of Sciences, 1863. 



JOHN THOMAS TOWERS. 



CITY OF WASHINGTON. 

 Regent ex officio, as Mayor of Washington, June, i854-June, 1856. 



Born in Alexandria, Virginia, February 21, 1811 ; died in Washington City, 

 August n, 1857. Mayor of Washington City, June, i854-June, 1856. 



LYMAN TRUMBULL. 



ILLINOIS. 



Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed December 4, 1861 ; reappointed 



March 21, 1867. 



Born in Colchester, Connecticut, October 12, 1813; died in Chicago, Illi- 

 nois, June 25, 1896. LL. D., Shurtleff, 1852 ; Yale, 1858 ; and Northwestern, 

 1870. Principal of Academy in Georgia. Admitted to the Bar, 1837. Illinois 

 Legislature, 1840. Secretary of State of Illinois, i84i-'42. Judge of Supreme 

 Court of Illinois, 1848. Elected Member of U. S. House of Representatives 

 from Illinois, 1854. Member of U. S. Senate from Illinois, March 4, 1855- 

 March 3, 1873. 



BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WADE. 



OHIO. 



Regent ex officio, as President of the Senate pro tern., March 2, 1867. 



Born near Springfield, Massachusetts, October 27, 1800; died in Jefferson, 

 Ohio, March 2, 1878. Public school education. Admitted to the Bar in 

 Jefferson, Ohio, 1828. Prosecuting Attorney of Ashtabula County, Ohio, 

 l8 35~'37- Member of Ohio Legislature, i837-'4i. Presiding Judge of Third 

 Judicial District, Ohio, i847~'5i. Member of U. S. Senate from Ohio, March 

 4, i8si-March 3, 1869. U. S. Commissioner to Santo Domingo, 1871. 

 President pro tern, of the Senate, April, 1865, and March 2, 1867. 



MORRISON REMICK WAITE. 



OHIO. 

 Regent ex officio, as Chief Justice of the United States, March 7, 1874. 



Born in Lyme, Connecticut, November 29, 1816; died in Washington City, 

 March 23, 1888. A. B., Yale, 1837. LL. D., Yale, 1872; Kenyon, 1874; 

 University of Ohio, 1879 > ancl Columbia, 1887. Admitted to the Bar, Maumee 

 City, Ohio, 1839. Member of Ohio Legislature, i849~'5o. Counsel of United 

 States before the Tribunal of Arbitration in Geneva, Switzerland, i87i-'72. 

 President of Ohio Constitutional Convention, 1873. Chief Justice of the 

 United States, March 7, i874-March 23, 1888. 



