REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



By the organizing act approved August 10, 1846 (Revised Statutes, 

 Title LXXIII, section 55S0), and amended March 12, 1894, " The busi- 

 ness of the institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington 

 by a Board of Regents, named the Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, to be composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the 

 United States, three members of the Senate, and three members of 

 the House of Representatives, together with six other persons, other 

 than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city 

 of Washington and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, 

 but no two of the same State." 



REGENTS FOB THE YEAR ENDING JUNE SO, 1898. 



The Chief Justice of the United States: 



MELVILLE W. FULLER, elected Chancellor and President of the Board Jan- 

 uary 9, 1889. 



The Vice-President of the United States : 

 GARRET A. HOB ART (March 4, 1897). 



Term expires. 

 United States Senators : 



JUSTIN S. MORRILL (appointed Feb. 21, 1883, Mar. 23, 1885, Dec. 



15, 1891, and Mar. 15, 1897) Mar. 3,1903 



SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed Mar. 23, 1885, Mar. 28, 1889, and 



Dec. 18, 1895) Mar. 3,1901 



GEORGE GRAY (appointed Dec. 20, 1892, and Mar. 20, 1893) Mar. 3, 1899 



Members of the House of Representatives: 



JOSEPH WHEELER (appointed Jan. 10, 1888, Jan. 6, 1890, Jan. 15, 



1892, Jan. 4, 1894, Dec. 20, 1895, and Dec. 22, 1897) Dec. 22, 1899 



ROBERT R. HITT (appointed Aug. 11, 1893, Jan. 4, 1894, Dec. 20, 



1895, and Dec. 22, 1897) Dec. 22, 1899 



ROBERT ADAMS, Jr. (appointed Dec. 20, 1895, and Dec. 22, 1897) .. Dec. 22, 1899 

 Citizens of a State: 



JAMES B. ANGELL. of Michigan (appointed Jan. 19, 1887, and 



Jan. 9, 1893) Jan. 19,1899 



ANDREW D. WHITE, of New York (appointed Feb. 15, 1888, and 



Mar. 19, 1894) Mar. 19, 1900 



WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSTON, of Louisiana (appointed Jan. 



26, 1892, and Jan. 24, 1898) : Jan. 24,1904 



Citizens of Washington: 



JOHN B. HENDERSON (appointed Jan. 26, 1892, and Jan. 24, 1898). Jan. 24, 1904 

 GARDINER G. HUBBARD (appointed Feb. 27, 1895), died Dec. 11, 

 1897. 



WILLIAM L. WILSON (appointed Jan. 14, 1896) Jan. 14, 1902 



ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (appointed Jan. 24, 1898) Jan. 24, 1904 



Executive Committee of the Board of Regents. 

 J. B. Henderson, Chairman. William L. Wilson. Gardiner G. Hubbard. 

 Alexander Graham Bell (from Jan. 26, 1898). 

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