ii4 The Smithsonian Institution 



Hampden-Sidney, 1886, and University of Mississippi; Tulane; and Central 

 College, Missouri, 1895. Professor of Latin, Columbian College, i865-'7i. 

 Admitted to the Bar, 1871. President of West Virginia University, 1882. 

 Member of U. S. House of Representatives from West Virginia, March 

 4, i883-March 4, 1895. Presidential Elector, 1880. Postmaster- General, 

 1895-97- 



ROBERT ENOCH WITHERS. 



VIRGINIA. 

 Regent on behalf of the Senate, appointed March i, 1877. 



Born in Campbell County, Virginia, September 18, 1821. M. D., Univer- 

 sity of Virginia, 1840. Practised medicine, i84o-'58. Major and Colonel in 

 Confederate Army, 1861. Lieutenant- Governor of Virginia, January i, 1874. 

 Member of U. S. Senate from Virginia, March 4, i875~March 3, 1881. 



THEODORE DWIGHT WOOLSEY. 



CONNECTICUT. 



Regent elected by Congress, April 2, 1862; reflected January n, 1868. 



Born in New York City, October 31, 1801 ; died in New Haven, Connec- 

 ticut, July i, 1889. A. B., Yale, 1820. D. D., Harvard, 1847. LL. D., 

 Wesleyan, 1845; and Harvard, 1886. Studied law in Philadelphia, 1821; 

 Theology in Princeton, i82i-'23. Tutor in Yale, i823~'25. Licensed to 

 preach, 1825. Professor of Greek Languages and Literature in Yale, 1831-46. 

 President of Yale University, 1846-71. 



