MEMBERS EX OFFICIO OF THE INSTITUTION. 



James Buchanan, President of the United States. 



John C. Breckenridge, Vice-President of the United States. 



Lewis Cass, Secretary of State. 



Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury. 



John B. Floyd, ........ Secretary of War. 



Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy. 



Aaron V. Brown, Postmaster- General. 



James Black, Attorney- General. 



Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the United States. 



Charles Mason, Commissioner of Patents. 



Wm. B. Magruder, Mayor of the City of Washington. 



