Adams, Parmenio.--He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and was a Representative in Congress from Batavia, Genesee County, New York, from 1823 to 1827.

Adams, Robert H.-He was a Senator in Congress, by appointment, from Mississippi, from January to May, in 1830, and died on the second day of July following.

Adams, Stephen.-He was a native of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and had been a member of the Senate of that State. Removing to Mississippi, he took an active part in public affairs; was a member of the State Legislature, and a Representative in Congress, from 1845 to 1847; he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court, and from 1852 to 1857 was a Senator in Congress from Mississippi. He removed to Tennessee with the intention of practising law at Memphis, where he died, May 11, 1857.

Addams, William.-He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; was a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1829, and served on a Committee for the Deaf and Dumb Institutions of New York and Ohio.

Adgate, Asa.-He was a Representative in the Legislature of New York from Clinton County, from 1798 to 1799, and elected Representative in Congress from Essex County, in that State, from 1815 to 1817, and was again a member of the Legislature in 1823.

Adrain, Garnett B.-Born in the city of New York December 20, 1816. He graduated at Rutgers College, New Jersey, in 1833; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1837; and was a Representative in the Thirty-fifth Congress from New Jersey, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Engraving. He was also elected a member of the Thirtysixth Congress, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Engraving. In January, 1861, he offered the resolution of thanks to Major Robert Anderson for

Ahl, John A.-He was born in Stansbury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in August, 1815; received a good English education; studied medicine with his father, and graduated at the Washington Medical College" of Baltimore. He abandoned his profession in 1850, and turned his attention to various kinds of manufactures, and was elected a Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving as a member of the Committee on Manufactures.

Aiken, William.-He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1806; graduated at the South Carolina College in 1825; was a member of the State Legislature in 1838, 1840, and 1842; was Governor of South Carolina in 1844; and a Representative in Congress from that State from 1851 to 1857. He was considered one of the most successful rice planters in his native State.

Albertson, Nathaniel.-He was born in Virginia, and was elected a Representative in Congress from the First Congressional District of Indiana, from 1849 to 1851, and was a member of the Committee on Public Lands.

Albright, Charles J.-He was born in Pennsylvania, and was elected from the State of Ohio a Representative to the Thirty-fourth Congress.

Aldrich, Cyrus.-Born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, in June, 1808; received a common school education; has followed the various occupations of a sailor, a boatman, a farmer, a contractor on public works, and a mail contractor; was a member of the Illinois Legislature; also a Register of Deeds and Register of the Land Office at Dixon in that State for four years; and, having removed to Minnesota, was a member of the Constitutional Convention of that State; member of the County Board of Hampshire County in that State; and was elected a Representative from Minnesota to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving as a member of the Committee on Agriculture. Re-elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress, and was Chairman of the Committee on Indian

Alexander, James, Jr.—He was born in Maryland; was a resident of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, and elected a Representative in Congress from the Eleventh District in that State, from 1837 to 1839, and was a member of the Committee on Public Expenditures. Died August 6, 1846.

Alexander, John.-He was elected a Representative in Congress from Ohio, May 4, 1813, serving till 1817.

Alexander, Mark.-He was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and elected a Representative in Congress from that State, from 1819 to 1833, and served on the Committees on Revolutionary Pensions, Ways and Means, and Expenditures in the State Department, and the District of Columbia.

Alexander, Nathaniel.--Graduated at Princeton College in 1776, and, after studying medicine, entered the army. At the close of the war he resided at the High Hills of Santee, pursuing his profession, and afterwards at Mecklenburg. While he held a seat in Congress, from 1803 to 1805, the Legislature elected him Governor for 1806. He died at Salisbury, March 8, 1808, aged fifty-two. In all his public sta

tions he is said to have discharged his duty with ability and firmness.

Alford, Julius C.-He was born in Georgia, and was elected a RepreCounty, in that State, from 1839 to sentative in Congress from Troup 1842, and served as a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Allen, Charles.-He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, August 9, 1797, and was a Representative in Conand a member of the Committee on the gress from that State from 1849 to 1853, District of Columbia. He was also a 1829, 1833, 1834, 1838 and 1840; and a member of the State Legislature in State Senator in 1835, 1838 and 1839; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Superior Court from 1858 to 1859; memfrom 1842 to 1844; Chief Justice of the ber of the State Constitutional Conventions of 1848, 1853 and 1859; and a comTreaty in 1842. He was also a delegate missioner to negotiate the Webster to the Peace Congress of 1861.

Allen, Chilton.-He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, April 6, wheelwright. He educated himself for 1786, and settled in Kentucky as a the legal profession; from Clark County was elected in 1811 to the Legislature of Kentucky for several terms; and he was a Representative in Congress from that State from 1831 to 1837, officiating ritories, and a member of the Commitas Chairman of the Committee of Tertee on Foreign Affairs. In 1838 he was President of the Board of Internal Improvement; and in 1842 he was again returned to the State Legislature, which was the last public position he occupied. He died at Winchester, September 3, 1858. He was a man of ability and of rare virtues.

Allen, Heman.-He was born in 1776; was a resident, if not a native, of Milton, Vermont; adopted the profession of law, in which he became distinguished; and was a Representative in Congress from Vermont, from 1827 to 1829, and again from 1833 to 1839, serving as an active member of the Committee on Claims. He subsequently settled in Burlington, Vermont, where he died December 11, 1844.

Allen, Heman.-He was born in 1779, and a resident of Colchester, Vermont; he graduated at Dartmouth College in 1795, and adopted the profession of law. He was Sheriff of Chittenden County in 1808 and 1809; from 1811 to 1814 he was Chief Justice of the Chittenden County Court; from 1812 to 1817 he was an active member of the State Legislature; was appointed quartermaster of militia, with the title of brigadier; and was a trustee of the University of Vermont. He was first elected a Representative in Congress from Vermont in 1817, but resigned in 1818 to accept from President Monroe the appointment of United States Marshal for the District of Vermont. In 1823 he received from the same President the appointment of Minister to Chili, which he resigned in 1828; in 1830 he was appointed President of the United States Branch Bank, at Burlington, which he held until the expiration of its charter, after which he settled in the town of Highgate, Vermont, where he died of heart disease, April 9, 1852.

Allen, James C.-He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, January 28, 1823; received a good common school education, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Indiana in 1843; in 1846 was elected, for two years, Prosecuting Attorney in the Seventh Judicial District of Indiana; and, having removed to Illinois in 1848, was elected a member, in 1850 and 1851, of the State Legislature, and was chosen a Representative in Congress from Illinois, from 1853 to 1855, and re-elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives

1862 he was re-elected to the Thirtyeighth Congress as a Representative, serving on the Committees of Indian Affairs and Unfinished Business.

Allen, John.-Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in 1763; was a lawyer by profession, and a member of the State Council of Connecticut for several years; was a Representative from that State during the last Congress which was held in Philadelphia, from 1797 to 1799. He died at Litchfield, Connecticut, July 31, 1812.

Allen, John J.-He was born in Virginia, was a resident of Harrison County, and was elected a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1833 to 1835, and served as a member of the Committee on the District of Co lumbia. He subsequently held the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Allen, John W.-Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1802; settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1825, and was a member of the Senate of that State from 1835 to 1837, also Mayor of Cleveland; and was elected a Representative in Congress from 1837 to 1841, serving as a member of the Committee on the Militia and Military Affairs.

Allen, Joseph.-He was born in Boston; was a merchant in Leicester, and benefactor of the Academy there; twice Elector for President; was a Clerk of the County Court and a State Councillor; and a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1811 to 1813. He died at Worcester, September 2, 1827, aged seventy-eight years.

Allen, Judson.-He was born in Connecticut, and removing to New York was elected a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1839 to 1841, and was a member of the Committee on Mileage.

Allen, Nathaniel.-He was born in Dutchess County, New York; served in the Assembly of that State in 1812, and was a Representative in Congress, from 1819 to 1821, and a member of the Committee on Manufactures.

Allen, Philip.-He was born in

and also to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads.

Allison, James.-He was elected a Representative in Congress, from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, from 1823 to 1825.

Allison, John.-He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1851 to 1853, and was re-elected to the Thirtyfourth Congress.

Allison, Robert.-He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1831 to 1833.

Allison, William B.-He was born in the Township of Perry, Wayne County, Ohio, March 2, 1829; spent the most of his boyhood on a farm; was educated chiefly at Alleghany College, Pennsylvania, and at the Western Reserve College, Ohio; studied law, came to the bar in 1851, and practised the profession in Ohio until 1857, when he settled in Dubuque, Iowa. He was a delegate to the Chicago Convention of 1860; in 1861 he was a member of the Governor's staff, and rendered essential service in raising troops for the war; and in 1862 he was elected a Representative from Iowa to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committees on Public Lands, and Roads and Canals.

Alston, Lemuel J.-He was a Representative in Congress, from South Carolina, from 1807 to 1811.

Alston, William J.-He was born in Georgia, and removing to Alabama, was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1849 to 1851, and was a member of the Committee on Postoffices and Post-roads.

Alston, Willis.-Born in Halifax County, North Carolina. He appeared in public life as early as 1794, serving in the State Legislature for several years, and was a Representative in Congress, from 1799 to 1803. Died, April 10, 1837.

Alston, Willis, Jr.-Born in North Carolina, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1803 to

1815, and from 1825 to 1831. During the war of 1812 he was Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means.

Alvord, C.-He was a native of Massachusetts; received a liberal education; adopted the profession of law; served one term in each branch of the State Legislature; and was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Twenty-sixth Congress, but died before taking his seat, in the latter part of 1839.

Ames, Fisher.-He was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, April 9, 1756, and died July 4, 1808. He entered Harvard University at the age of twelve years, and graduated with honor; and

having studied law, commenced the practice of his profession, in his native town, in 1781. He was acknowledged to be the most eloquent debater in the House of Representatives, and was the author of the "Address" of that body, to Washington, on his retirement from the Presidency. He was a prominent member of the Massachusetts Convention for ratifying the Constitution, in 1788, and after retiring from political life, having served in Congress for eight years, he was elected President of Harvard University, but declined the honor. He was an industrious writer as well as a great orator; and his collected writings, with a memoir, were published in 1809.

Ames, Oakes.-He was born in Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, January 10, 1804; has ever been a manufacturer by profession; was a member, for two years, of the Executive Council of the State, and in 1862 he was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committees on Revolutionary Claims, and Manufactures.

Ancona, Sydenham E.-He was born in Warwick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1824, and was elected in 1860 a Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committees on the Militia and on Manufactures. In 1862 he was re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving as a member of the Committees on Manufactures, and on the Militia.