Hastings, George.-He was born in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, March 13, 1807; graduated at Hamilton College in 1826; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1830; he was District Attorney for Oneida County nine years; and he was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1853 to 1855. Late in the latter year he was elected Judge for Livingston County, which office he now holds.

Hastings, John.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1839 to 1843, and died at Columbus, December 29, 1854.

Hastings, L. Clinton.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Iowa, from 1846 to 1847.

Hastings, Seth.-He graduated at Harvard University in 1782; was a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1801 to 1807. After his service in Congress, he was elected a State Senator in 1810 and 1814; was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions; and died in 1831, aged seventy years, at Mendon, Massachusetts.

Hastings, William Soden.-He was frequently a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in the Senate from 1829 to 1834, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1837 to 1842. He died at the Sulphur Springs, Virginia, June 17, 1842.

Hatch, Israel T.-He was born in New York; was a member of the Assembly of that State in 1852; and elected a Representative to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving as Chairman of the Committee on the Militia, and as member of the Committee on Engraving. In 1859 he was appointed, by President Buchanan, to examine and report upon the working of the Reciprocity Treaty, and a few weeks later was appointed Postmaster at Buffalo.

Hathaway, S. G.-He was, for three years, a member of the Assembly of New York, one year a State Senator, and a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1833 to 1835.

Hathorn, John.-He was a member of the State Senate of New York in 1787; a Representative in Congress,

from New York, from 1789 to 1791, and again from 1795 to 1797; and was again elected to the State Senate in 1804.

Hatton, Robert.-Born in Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1827; graduated at Cambridge University; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1849; served in the Tennessee Legislature in 1856; and in 1859 was elected a Representative, from Tennessee, to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on the Committee on Expenses in the Navy Department. He served in the Rebellion of 1861, and was killed at the battle before Richmond in 1862.

Haun, H. P.-Born in Scott County, Kentucky; read law at the Transylvania University of that State, and was admitted to the bar in 1839; he was for a time Attorney for his native county; removed to Iowa in 1845, and was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of that State in 1846; removed to California in 1850, and was there elected a County Judge; and in 1859 was elected a Senator in Congress, from California, for the unexpired term of the late Mr. Broderick. He served as a member of the Committees on Indian Affairs, and on Territories. Died at Marysville, California, May 6, 1860.

Haven, Jonathan N.-He graduated at Yale College in 1777, and was for nine years a member of the New York Assembly, from Suffolk County, and a Representative in Congress, from 1795 to 1799, the year of his death.

Haven, Nathaniel A.-He was a native of New Hampshire; graduated at Harvard University in 1779; was a member of Congress, from that State, from 1809 to 1811, and died March, 1831, aged sixty-nine years.

Haven, Solomon G.-He was born in New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1851 to 1857. Died at Buffalo, New York, December 24, 1862.

Hawes, Albert G.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1831 to 1837, and .died in Davis County, Kentucky, April 14, 1849.

Hawes, Aylett.-Was a Represen

tative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1811 to 1817. He was a physician by profession, and died in Culpeper County, Virginia, August 31, 1833.

Hawes, Richard.-He was born in Caroline County, Virginia, February 6, 1797; removed with his family to Kentucky in 1810; received a good collegiate education; adopted the profession of law; was a member of the Kentucky Legislature in 1828, 1829, and 1836; and was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1837 to 1841.

Hawkins, Benjamin.-Born in ́ Yates County, North Carolina, August 15, 1754; was educated at Princeton College; and was an excellent French scholar, which occasioned his becoming a personal friend of Washington, that he might act as interpreter in his intercourse with the French officers of his army. He was with him at the battle of Monmouth. In 1780 he was chosen Commercial Agent by the Legislature of North Carolina; and from 1781 to 1784, and 1786 to 1787, he was a Delegate in the First Congress; and as a Senator of the United States, under the Constitution, from North Carolina, he served from 1789 to 1795; and having been appointed, by Washington, Agent for Superintending all the Indians south of the Ohio, he retained that office until his death,-having tendered his resignation, without its being accepted, to each successive President, from 1796 to 1816. He was a man of superior abilities and lofty character, and left behind him some valuable writings on "Topography," and "Indian Character." He died June 6, 1816.

Hawkins, George S. — He was born in New York, and, having become a citizen of Florida, was elected a Representative to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, from that State, serving on the Committees on Private Land Claims, and on Naval Affairs.

Hawkins, Joseph.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1829 to 1831.

Hawkins, Joseph W.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1814 to 1815.

Hayne, Arthur P.-He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, March 12, 1790, received a good education, and commenced active life in a countinghouse. He early formed an attachment for military life, and, on entering the army, rendered good service during the last war with England, at Sackett's Harbor, as First Lieutenant; on the St. Lawrence, as Major of cavalry; in the Creek Nation, as Inspector-General, and also at the storming of Pensacola, and at New Orleans. After the war he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania. During the Florida war he was again called into the field, and had command of the Tennessee volunteers, and he retired from the army in 1820. He subsequently served in the Legislature of South Carolina, and was chosen a Presidential Elector in 1832, voting for Jackson; and he was appointed to a seat in the United States Senate, from South Carolina,

land, from 1801 to 1804. He died March 8, 1804.

Heister, Daniel.—He was a Representative in Congress, from Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1809 to 1811.

Heister, John.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1807 to 1809, and father of Daniel Heister, of Chester County.

Heister, Joseph.-He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1752; was a General in the Revolutionary war, having organized a company at his own expense, which fought on Long Island, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. He was a Representative in the Pennsylvania Legislature soon after the close of the war, and served for several years; was a member of the Convention which formed the State Constitution, and a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1797 to 1805, and again from 1815 to 1820. He was Governor from 1820 to 1823, and died in Reading, June 10, 1832.

Heister, William.-He was, for many years, an active politician, and a leader of the Anti-masonic party. He was a member of the Convention to revise the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1831 to 1837. He died October 14, 1853, in Pennsylvania, aged sixty-two years.

Helmick, William. - Born in Jefferson County, Ohio, September 6, 1817; received a common school education, and taught school for seven years; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845; in 1851 he was elected a Prosecuting Attorney; and in 1858 he was elected a Representative, from Ohio, to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving as a member of the Committee on Postoffices and Post-roads. He subsequently accepted a clerkship in the Interior Department.

Helms, William. He was an officer in the Revolutionary army; a Representative in Congress, from New Jersey, from 1801 to 1811; and removing to Tennessee, died there at an advanced age.

Hemphill, John.-He was a Senator in Congress, from Texas, from 1859 until that State seceded, when he became identified with the Great Rebellion. Expelled from the Senate in July, 1861.

Hemphill, Joseph.-He was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and was a leading member of the old Federal party; he was a Representative of Pennsylvania in Congress, from 1801 to 1803, again from 1819 to 1827, and from 1829 to 1831. He distinguished himself particularly by a speech on the Judiciary Bill in 1801; and was for some time Judge of the District Court of Philadelphia. He died in Philadelphia, May 29, 1842, aged seventy-two years.

Hempstead, Edward. He was born in New London, Connecticut, June 3, 1780; received a classical education from private tutors, and having studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1801. After spending three years in Rhode Island practising his profession, he removed in 1804 to the Territory of Louisiana, travelling on horseback, and tarrying for a time at Vincennes, Indiana Territory. He first settled at St. Charles, on the Missouri River, but in 1805, he removed to St. Louis, where he resided the balance of his life. In 1806 he was appointed Deputy AttorneyGeneral for the District of St. Louis and St. Charles, and in 1809 AttorneyGeneral for the Territory of Upper Louisiana, which office he held until 1811; and he was the first Delegate to Congress from the western side of the Mississippi River, representing Missouri Territory from 1811 to 1814. After his service in Congress, he went upon several expeditions against the Indians; was elected to the Territorial Assembly, and chosen Speaker; and he died on the 10th August, 1817. He was a man of ability, pure, and without reproach, and his loss was deeply lamented by all who knew him.

Henderson, Archibald.- Born in Granville County, North Carolina, August 7, 1768, and died October 21, 1822. He was educated in his native county, studied law, and rose to a high position at the bar of his State. He was a Representative in Congress, from North Carolina, from 1799 to 1803;

and subsequently elected to the General Assembly for several terms. His learning was extensive, and his character as a man above reproach.

Henderson, Bennett H. He was a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, from 1815 to 1817.

Henderson, John.-He was a lawyer by profession; a General of militia in Mississippi; a Senator in Congress, from Mississippi, from 1839 to 1845; and during the latter part of his life, practised his profession in Louisiana. After his service in Congress, he was engaged in an unlawful expedition against Cuba, for which he was tried, but acquitted by a New Orleans jury. He died at Pass Christian, in 1857, aged sixty-two years.

Henderson, John B.-Was born in Virginia, November 16, 1826; in 1836 removed with his parents to Missouri; spent a part of his boyhood on a farm. While obtaining an academical education, he taught school for his support; studied law, and came to the bar in 1848, and was soon afterwards elected to the State Legislature; re-elected in 1856; he was a Delegate to the Charleston Convention in 1860; had command for a time of a brigade of militia. On the expulsion of Trusten Polk from the United States Senate, he was appointed to fill the vacancy, and in 1863 was elected for the full term ending in 1869, serving on the Committees on the Postoffice and Post-roads, and that on the District of Columbia.

Henderson, Joseph. He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1833 to 1837.

Henderson, J. Pinckney.-Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, March 31, 1808. He received a liberal education, but did not graduate, and adopted the law as a profession, first visiting Cuba for his health, and settling in Mississippi. He emigrated to Texas in 1836, and his first civil office was that of Attorney-General of the Republic of Texas, having been appointed by President Houston in 1836; in 1837 he was appointed Secretary of State of the Republic; soon afterwards Minister Plenipotentiary to England and France,

clothed with the additional powers of Commissioner to solicit the recognition of the independence of Texas; in 1838 he made a commercial arrangement with England, and in 1839 a commercial treaty with France; in 1844 he was appointed a Special Minister to the United States, which mission resulted in the annexation of Texas; in 1845 he was a member of the Convention which framed the Constitution of the State of Texas; in November, of the same year, was elected Governor of the State; and when the Mexican war broke out, in 1846, as Governor of the State, and by permission of the Legislature, he took command in person of the volunteer troops, called for by General Taylor, served six months as Major-General, and distinguished himself at the battle of Monterey, subsequently receiving from Congress, for his services, a vote of thanks, and a sword valued at fifteen hundred dollars. He was elected a Senator in Congress, in 1857, but owing to ill health, did not take an active part in its proeeedings, and he died in Washington City, June 4, 1858, deeply lamented by all who knew him.

Henderson, Samuel.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1814 to 1815.

Henderson, Thomas.-He was a graduate of Princeton College in 1761; was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; a Delegate to the Continental Congress, from 1779 to 1780; a Representative of New Jersey in Congress, under the Constitution, from 1795 to 1797; and was once Lieutenant-Governor of that State.

Hendricks, Thomas A.-He was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1819; was educated at South Hanover College; studied law, and completed his legal studies at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1843; settled in Indiana, and practised his profession with success; in 1848 he was chosen to the State Legislature, and declined a reelection; was an active member of the Constitutional Convention of 1850; and was a Representative in Congress, from Indiana, from 1851 to 1855; he was appointed by President Pierce, in 1855, Commissioner of the General Land Office, in which he was continued by President Buchanan until 1859, when he