law, and was admitted to the bar in 1850; was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Knox County in 1852; removed to Minnesota in 1853, and was elected a Representative, from that State, to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving as a member of the Committee on Public Lands; re-elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committee on Public Expenditures; and also to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Winfield, Charles H.-He was born in Crawford, Orange County, New York, April 22, 1822; studied law and came to the bar in 1846; he was for six years District Attorney for Orange County, from 1850 to 1856; and in 1862 he was elected a Representative, from New York, to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Wing, Austin E.-He was born in Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was a Delegate to Congress, from the Territory of Michigan, in 1832; resided at Monroe, and was for many years a leading man in all its local affairs. He died at Cleveland, Ohio, August 25, 1849.

Wingate, Joseph F.-He was born in Massachusetts; was a member of the Legislature of that State, in 1818 and 1819; Collector of Customs at Bath, Maine, from 1820 to 1824; member of the Maine Legislature in 1825 and 1826; and was a Representative in Congress, from Maine, from 1827 to 1831.

Wingate, Paine.-He was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts, May 14, ~1739; graduated at Harvard University in 1759; ordained as a Congregational minister at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, in 1763; and afterwards removed to Stratham, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was appointed a member of Congress under the Confederation in 1787; after the adoption of the Constitution, he was elected a member of the United States Senate, in 1789, and served till 1793, when he was elected a Representative in Congress, in 1793, serving until 1795. In 1798 he was appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and continued in office till May, 1809, when he

attained the age of seventy. He survived all others who were members of the United States Senate at the time of his taking his seat in that body upon its first organization; and he was for some years the oldest graduate of his college. He was a man of talents and extensive information; highly esteemed and respected for his character, and his honorable and useful life. He died at Stratham, New Hampshire, March 7, 1838.

Winslow, Warren.-He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, January 1, 1810; entered Chapel Hill University, and graduated in 1827; having studied law, was soon afterwards admitted to the bar. In 1854 he was appointed, by President Pierce, a confidential agent to Madrid, on business connected with the Black Warrior affair; during his absence abroad he was nominated for the Senate of North Carolina, was elected a member thereof, and placed in the chair of Speaker; while in that position, Governor Reid was elected to the United States Senate, and the duties of Governor devolved upon and were performed by Mr. Winslow. He was elected, in 1855, to the Thirty-fourth Congress, serving on the Committee on Naval Affairs; and was re-elected to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving as a member of the Committees on Naval Affairs, and on the Library. He was offered, by President Buchanan, the mission to Sardinia, but declined. He took part in the Rebellion of 1861, in some military capacity.

Winston, Joseph.-Born in Virginia, in 1746. In 1760 joined a company of rangers, and marched to the frontier of the State; in a battle on the Greenbrier, was twice wounded, and had a horse killed under him; had a pension granted to him by the Legislature, for his gallantry in battle; in 1766 removed to North Carolina; took an active part in the Revolution; raised a regiment, and marched against the Cherokee Indians; was appointed a Major in 1776, and had various actions with the forces of the Tories; commanded the right wing of the American troops in the battle of King's Mountain, and for his bravery had a sword voted to him by the Legislature; was elected to

Congress in 1792, and again in 1803, and served till 1807.

Winter, Elisha J.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1813 to 1815.

Winthrop, Robert C.-Born in Boston, Massachusetts, May 12, 1809; graduated at Harvard College in 1828, and studied law with Daniel Webster. He entered the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1835, and was Speaker of the House from 1838 to 1840; was a member of the United States House of Representatives, from 1840 to 1842, when he resigned on account of domestic circumstances, but was re-elected the same year, and continued in that body until 1850, having been Speaker during the Congress commencing in 1847. He was appointed to the Senate of the United States to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Webster, and served from 1850 to 1851. He was President of the Electoral College of Massachusetts which voted for General Scott; and was President of the Historical Society of Massachusetts, and other literary and charitable associations; also President of the Commissioners chosen by the City of Boston for building a Public Library. He delivered the Inaugural of the Franklin Statue in 1856, and also that of the Washington Monument in 1848.

Wise, Henry A.-Born December 3, 1806, in Drummondtown, Accomac County, Virginia; graduated at Washington College, Pennsylvania, at the age of nineteen; studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Winchester, Virginia, in 1828; the same year removed to Nashville, Tennessee, and practised his profession for two years, when, from local attachment, he returned to Accomac, and became a Representative in Congress, serving from 1833 to 1843, when he resigned his seat for the mission to Brazil, which post he occupied until the fall of 1847. In 1848 he was one of the Presidential Electors of Virginia. In 1850 he was a member of the Reform Convention of Virginia, which adopted the present Constitution of the State. In 1852 he was again Presidential Elector; and in 1855 was elected Governor of Virginia, which office he held until 1860. Served in the Great Rebellion as a Brigadier-General.

Witherell, James.—He was a Representative in Congress, from Vermont, during the years 1807 and 1808, and was in the latter year appointed Federal Judge in Michigan Territory. From 1798 to 1803 he was a member of the State Legislature; two years a County Judge; and a State Councillor from 1802 to 1807.

Witherspoon, Robert.-He was a Representative in Congress, from South Carolina, from 1809 to 1811.

Witte, William H.-He was born in New Jersey, and having settled in Pennsylvania, was elected a Representative in Congress, from 1853 to 1855.

Wolf, George.-He was born in Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1777. After pursuing a course of classical educationin his own county, he studied law, became eminent, and engaged in a lucrative practice. In 1814 he was elected a member of the Legislature of his native State; and he was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1824 to 1829; Governor of that State from 1829 to 1835; in 1836 was appointed First Comptroller of the United States Treasury; and subsequently Collector of Customs for Philadelphia, in which city he died of an affection of the heart, March 14, 1840.

Wood, Abiel.-He was a distinguished merchant of Wiscasset, Massachusetts, and a member of Congress, from that State, from 1813 to 1815. From 1807 to 1811, and in 1816, he was a member of the State Legislature; a State Councillor in 1820 and 1821; and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1819. He died at Belfast, Maine, November, 1834, aged sixty-two years.

Wood, Amos E.-Born in Jefferson County, New York, in 1800; he removed with his father in 1812 to Portage County, Ohio. In 1833 he settled permanently in Woodville, Sandusky County; he twice represented his district in the lower branch of the Legislature, and once for a term of two years in the State Senate; and was elected a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1850 to 1852. He died in Fort Wayne, Indiana, November 19, 1850.

Wood, Benjamin.-He was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, October 13, 1820; received a good English education; has acquired some reputation as a novelist; and was elected a Representative, from New York, to the Thirtyseventh Congress, and re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He has served on the Committees on Mileage, and on Invalid Pensions.

Wood, Bradford R.- He was born in Connecticut, and was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1845 to 1847.

Wood, Fernando.-Born in Philadelphia in 1812; and from the humble employment of a segar maker, he rose to the position of clerk in a countinghouse, and was for many years a shipowner and successful merchant in New York. He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1841 to 1843; and in 1854 was elected Mayor of the city of New York, and re-elected to that office. In 1862 he was elected for a second time a Representative, from New York, to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committee on Public Lands.

Wood, John.-Born in Philadelphia in 1816; was educated for the counting-room, in which he had an experience of twenty-five years, devoting himself chiefly to the manufacture of iron; and never held any public position but that of Representative to the Thirty-sixth Congress, from Pennsylvania, to which he was elected contrary to his wishes, serving on the Committee on Public Expenditures.

Wood, John J.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York,

from 1827 to 1829.

Wood, John M.-He was born in Minnisink, Orange County, New York, November 17, 1813; received a good common school education; was a member of the Legislature of Maine; and has for years been occupied as a constructor of railroads and other public works. He was elected in 1854 a Representative, from Maine, in the Thirtyfourth Congress; was re-elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress; and was a member of the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads.

Wood, Silas.-He was born in Suffolk County, New York; graduated at Princeton College in 1789; was the author of a History of Long Island; and was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1819 to 1829. He died at Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, March 2, 1847, aged seventyeight years.

Woodbridge, F. E.-He was born in Vergennes, Vermont, August 29, 1818; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1840; studied law, and came to the bar in 1842; served three years in the State Legislature, two years in the State Senate, three years as State Auditor; and in 1863 he was elected a Representative, from Vermont, to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Woodbridge, William.-Born in Norwich, Connecticut, August 20, 1780; and his father becoming one of the ear liest emigrants to the Northwest Territory, he removed to Marietta in 1791. He received his earliest education in Connecticut; studied law at Litchfield, Connecticut, and was admitted to the bar, in Ohio, in 1806. In 1807 he was elected to the Assembly of Ohio; in 1808 was Prosecuting Attorney for his county, which office he held until 1814, and during the same period he was also a member of the State Senate. In 1814 he received, from President Madison, unexpectedly, the appointment of Secretary of the Territory of Michigan, and removed to Detroit; and in 1819 he was elected the first Delegate, from Michigan, to Congress, where he was very active in promoting the interests of his constituents. In 1828 he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory, and held the office four years; in 1835 he was a member of the Convention called to form a State Constitution; in 1837 he was elected to the State Senate of Michigan; in 1839 he was chosen Governor of the State; and he was a Senator in Congress, from 1841 to 1847. He was a working member on many important committees, and his reports and speeches were numerous; and Daniel Webster, in a note to his speech in defence of the Ashburton Treaty, attributed to Mr. Woodbridge the first suggestion that was ever made to him for inserting in that treaty a provision for the surrender of fugitives,

under certain circumstances, upon the demand of foreign governments. For many years before his death he lived in retirement at Detroit. Died October 20, 1861.

Woodbury, Levi.-Born in Francestown, New Hampshire, December 22, 1789; he graduated at Dartmouth College in 1809; attended the Law School at Litchfield; continued to study law in Boston, Exeter, and Francestown, and entered upon the practice in 1812, in which he was successful. In 1816 he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and in 1819 settled in Portsmouth. In 1823 he was elected Governor of New Hampshire; was Speaker of the State House of Representatives in 1825; was a Senator in Congress, from 1825 to 1831; was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Jackson in 1831; was transferred to the Treasury Department, as Secretary, in 1834, by President Van Buren, and served until 1841; he was again a Senator in Congress, from 1841 to 1845, when he was appointed by President Polk a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was also tendered the appointment of Minister to England, but declined it. He received the degree of LL.D. from Dartmouth College and the Wesleyan University of Connecticut, and was a member of various literary societies. He died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 7, 1851.

Woodcock, David.-He was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and was a member of the New York Assembly, from Seneca County, in 1814 and 1815, and from Tompkins County, in 1826; and a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1821 to 1823, and again from 1827 to 1829.

Woodruff, George C.-Was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, December 1, 1805; graduated at Yale College in 1825; studied law at the Litchfield School, and came to the bar in 1827; he was for fourteen years Postmaster of Litchfield; was a Clerk and Representative in the State Legislature; President for years of a bank; Judge of Probate for several years; and in 1861 he was elected a Representative, from Connecticut, to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committee on Public Lands.

Woodruff, John. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, February 12, 1826; was a member of the Connecticut Legislature in 1854; in 1855 was elected a Representative, from Connecticut, to the Thirty-fourth Congress; re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on the Committee on the Post-office.

Woodruff, Thomas M.-He was a resident of New York City, a furniture dealer by occupation, a member of Congress from 1845 to 1847, and died some time ago.

Woods, Henry.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1790 to 1803.

Woods, John.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1815 to 1817.

Woods, John.-He was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1794, and removed with his father to Ohio in his infancy. He was admitted to the bar in 1819, settled in Hamilton County, and at once took a high stand in his profession. In 1824 he was elected to Congress, and served two terms. In 1829 he became the editor and publisher of the "Hamilton Intelligencer," and so continued until 1832, when he returned to his profession, which he successfully practised until 1845, when he was elected Auditor of the State, which office he held for two terms. While Auditor, he did much to preserve the credit of the State. He died in Hamilton, Ohio, July 30, 1855.

Woods, William.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1823 to 1825, and a member of the State Assembly, from Steuben County, in 1828.

Woodson, Samuel B.-Born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, October 24, 1815; graduated at Centre College, and became a lawyer by profession. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Missouri, in 1855; and a member of the Missouri General Assembly, in 1853 and 1854; and was elected a Representative to the Thirty-fifth Congress, from that State, serving as a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs. He was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Con

Woodworth, William W.— He was born in Connecticut, and was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1845 to 1847.

Worcester, Samuel T.-Born in Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, August 30, 1804; graduated at Cambridge University in 1830; for two years he was a Preceptor at the Weymouth Academy, Massachusetts; he studied law at Cambridge, and came to the bar in 1834; went to Ohio that year, and settled at Norwalk, in the practice of his profession; in 1848 and 1849 he was elected to the State Senate; in 1859 was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, which he held until elected a Representative, from Ohio, to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committees on Elections, Accounts, and Agriculture.

Word, Thomas J.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Mississippi, from 1838 to 1839.

Worman, Ludwig.-He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; and was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1820 to 1822. Died in 1822.

Wortendyke, J. R. Born at Chestnut Ridge, in the Township of Harrington, Bergen County, New Jersey, November 27, 1818; graduated at Rutgers College in 1839; and was for several years teacher of the classics and mathematics. He commenced the study of law in 1849, and was admitted to the bar in 1852; was Alderman of Jersey City, where he practised law; and was elected a Representative in the Thirtyfifth Congress, from New Jersey, serving on the Committee on Public Expenditures.

Worthington, J. T. H.-He was born in Maryland, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1831 to 1833, and again from 1837 to 1841.

Worthington, Thomas.-He was born in Jefferson County, Virginia, about 1769; emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Ross County in 1798. In 1803 he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention. He was a Senator in Congress, from Ohio, from 1803 to 1807, and again from 1810 to 1814, when he resigned; and from 1814 to After 1818, he was Governor of Ohio. his retirement from that office, he was appointed a member of the first Board of Canal Commissioners, in which capacity he served until his death, which occurred in 1827.

Worthington, Thomas C.-He was born in Prince George County, Maryland, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1825 to 1827. Died June 19, 1827.

Wright, Augustus R.-Born at Wrightsborough, Columbia County, Georgia, June 16, 1813; commenced his education at a grammar school; afterwards entered Franklin College, but left in the latter part of the junior year without graduating. He is a law