REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



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

 Title LXXIII, section 5580), and amended March 12, 1894, "The busi- 

 ness of the Institution shall be conducted at tbe 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." 



BEGENTS FOB THE YEAB ENDING JUNE 30, 1895. 



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: 

 ADLAI E. STEVENSON. 



United States Senators : Term expires. 



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



Dec. 15, 1891) Mar. 3,1897 



SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed Mar. 23, 1885, and Mar. 28, 1889). Mar. 3,1895 

 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, and Jan. 4, 1894) Dec. 25, 1895 



ROBERT R. HITT (appointed Aug. 11, 1893, and Jan. 4, 1894) Dec. 25, 1895 



W. C. P. BRECKINRIDGE (appointed Jan. 15, 1892, and Jan. 4, 



1894) Dec. 25, 1895 



Citizens of a State: 



HENRY COPPEE, of Pennsylvania (appointed Jan. 19, 1874, Dec. 



19, 1879, Dec. 26, 1885, and Jan. 26, 1892. Died Mar. 21, 1895). 

 JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (appointed Jan. 19, 1887; 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) „„..Jan.26, 1898 



Citizens of Washington : 



JAMES C. WELLING (appointed May 13, 1884, and May 22, 1890. 

 Died Sept. 4, 1894). 



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



GARDINER G. HUBBARD (appointed Feb. 27, 1895) Feb. 27, 1901 



Executive Committee of the Board of Begent's. 

 James C. "Welling, Chairman. Henry Coppee. J. B. Henderson. 



