Prosecuting Attorney for Milwaukee County; in 1848 was elected AttorneyGeneral of the State; in 1861 was Mayor of Milwaukee; and in 1862 he was elected a Representative from Wisconsin to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Committee of Elections.

Brown, Jeremiah.-He was born in Pennsylvania in 1776; served in the Legislature of that State, as a member of one or two State Conventions; was the first Associate Judge, elected by the people, and was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1841 to 1845. Died at Lancaster, March 2, 1848.

and from 1829 to 1834, and Railroad Commissioner. Died at Francistown, New Hampshire, January 31, 1849, aged sixty-three years.

Brown, William.-He was born in Frederick County, Virginia, and was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1819 to 1823.

Brown, William G.-He was born in Preston County, Virginia, September 25, 1801; received a good English education; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1823; in 1832 he was elected to the Legislature of Virginia, and served in that capacity again from 1840 to 1843. He was a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1845 to 1849; in 1850 he was a member of the Virginia State Convention; in 1860 a delegate to the Charleston Convention, and also to that held in Baltimore; he was also a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1861, and opposed the action of the secessionists; and on his return home he was elected a Representative to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committees on Manufactures and the Militia; and in 1863 he was re-elected to the Thirtyeighth Congress as a Representative from West Virginia, and served on the Committee of Claims.

Brown, William J.-He was born in Kentucky, in 1805. He emigrated to Indiana in 1821, and was at one time Secretary of State for Indiana, and a member of the State Legislature; a Representative in Congress, from 1843 to 1845, and again from 1849 to 1851; he was also Assistant Postmaster-General, under President Polk; editor of the Indiana Sentinel; State Librarian of Indiana; and, at the time of his death, Special Agent of the Post-Office Department for Indiana and Illinois. He died near Indianapolis, March 18, 1857.

Browne, George H.-Was born in Gloucester, Rhode Island, in 1818; was left an orphan at an early age, but managing to obtain a common school education by his own exertions, graduated at Brown University in 1840. He studied law, but soon entering into politics, was elected to both the Charter and Suffrage Legislatures of his State in 1842; was admitted to the bar in 1844; was again elected to the Rhode Island

Legislature, and re-elected until 1852; during that year he was appointed by President Pierce United States Attorney for Rhode Island; was reappointed by President Buchanan, which office he held until elected a Representative from Rhode Island to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving on the Committee of Elections. He was also a delegate to the Charleston and Baltimore Conventions, and to the Peace Congress of 1861.

Browne, John.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1789 to 1793.

Browne, John.-He was born in 1757, and died at Frankfort, Kentucky, August 28, 1837. He was a Senator in Congress, from 1792 to 1805, and during the first session of the Eighth Congress officiated as President pro tem. of the Senate.

Bruce, Phineas.-He was a graduate of Yale College in 1786; was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature in 1792, 1793, 1796, and 1800, and elected a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1803 to 1805.

Brush, Henry.-He was born in Dutchess County, New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1819 to 1821.

Bruyn, Andrew D. W.-Born in New York, and was elected a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1837 to 1838, and died at Ithaca, in July, 1838.

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Bryan, Guy M.-Was born in Missouri, June 12, 1821; received a liberal education and studied law; bore a part in the military campaign of Texas in 1836; in 1846 he went to the Rio Grande, under General Taylor; in 1847 elected to the Texas Legislature, and served in the House and Senate seven years; and was elected a Representative, from Texas, to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving on the Committee on Agriculture.

Bryan, Henry H.-Born in Martin County, North Carolina, and was a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, from 1819 to 1823, and was a member of the Committee on Private Land Claims. He died in Montgomery County, of that State, in May, 1835.

Bryan, John H.-He was born in Newbern County, North Carolina, in 1798; and graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1815. He was a lawyer by profession; served a number of years in the State Legislature; and was a member of Congress, from North Carolina, from 1825 to 1827.

Bryan, Joseph.-He was elected a Representative in Congress, from Georgia, from 1803 to 1806.

Bryan, Joseph H.-He was a Representative in Congress, from North Carolina, from 1815 to 1819.

Bryan, Nathan.-Born in Jones County, North Carolina, and in 1791 represented that county in the House of Commons. He was a member of Congress, from 1795 to 1798, and died at Philadelphia, June 4, during the latter year. He was a prominent man among the Baptists, and a most exemplary Christian.

Buchanan, Andrew.-He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1835 to 1839.

Buchanan, James. Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1791. After a regular course of classical education he studied and practised law in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1814 he was elected to the State Legislature of Pennsylvania, and reelected the next year. In 1821 he entered Congress as a Representative from the Lancaster District, where he continued until 1831, when he declined a re-election. In 1832 he was appointed Minister to Russia by President Jackson, and on his return from that mission in 1834, he was elected by the Pennsylvania Legislature to the Senate of the United States, to fill the unexpired term of William Wilkins, who had resigned. He was re-elected in 1837, and again in 1843. In 1845 he resigned his seat in the Senate, and became Secretary of State, and the head of the cabinet of President Polk. At the close of that eventful administration, he retired to private life at his residence of "Wheatland," near Lancaster; but he was summoned again to the public service in 1853, when he accepted the appointment from President Pierce,

of Minister of the United States to the Court of St. James. Having resigned this office, he returned home in 1856, and in the summer of that year received the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. In the following November he was elected to that position, and in March, 1857, he entered upon its duties.

Bucher, John C.-He was for many years a Judge of the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania; a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1831 to 1833; and died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1851.

Buck, Daniel.-He was a lawyer by profession, and one of the earliest settlers in Vermont, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1795 to 1797, and died in 1817. He was the father of the Hon. Daniel A. A. Buck.

Buck, Daniel Azro A.-He was born in Vermont in 1789; graduated at Middlebury College in 1807, and also at the West Point Military Academy in 1808, when he entered the army. He resigned his commission in 1811; was reappointed, as a Captain in the army, in 1813, but finally left the military profession in 1815. He then established himself as a lawyer at Chelsea, Vermont, and was for fourteen years a member of the State Legislature, officiating about half of that time as Speaker of the Lower House. He filled the office of State Attorney for Orange County for six years; was a Representative in Congress, from Vermont, from 1823 to 1825, and again from 1827 to 1829; and was subsequently connected with the Indian Bureau of the War Department in Washington, where he died December 24, 1841.

Buckalew, Charles R.-Was born in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pa., in 1821; adopted the profession of law; served six years as a member of the Senate; was appointed by President Buchanan Minister to Ecuador; was Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Pennsylvania in 1857; and was appointed a Senator in Congress, from Pennsylvania, in 1863, for the term ending in 1869, serving on the Committees on the Post-office and on Indian Affairs.

Buckner, Alexander.-He emigrated from Indiana to Missouri in 1818; was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of that State; served several years in the State Legislature; and was a Senator in Congress, from Missouri, from 1831 to 1833, and died in May, 1833. His term would have expired in 1837. He was a member of the Committees on Pensions and on Engrossed Bills.

Buckner, Aylett.-He was born in Kentucky, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1847 to 1849.

Buckner, Richard A.-Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, 1763; was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1823 to 1829, and died at his residence in Greensburg, Kentucky, December 8, 1847.

Buel, Alexander H.-Born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York; received a limited education; was a prominent and successful merchant; and a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1850 until the time of his death, which occurred in Washington City, January 30, 1853.

Buel, Alexander W.-Born in Rutland County, Vermont, in 1813; graduated at the Vermont University in 1831; taught school for several years in Vermont and New York, during which period he prepared himself for the practice of the law. In 1834 he took up his residence in Michigan; in. 1836 was Attorney for the City of Detroit; in 1837 was elected to the State Legislature; in 1843 and 1844 was Prosecuting Attorney for Wayne County; in 1847 was again elected to the Legislature; and from 1849 to 1851 was a Representative in Congress, from Michigan, and was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Buffington, Joseph. He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative, in Congress, from that State, from 1843 to 1847.

Buffinton, James.-Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, March 16, 1817; educated at the Friends College, Providence; served for a time in a factory at Fall River; studied medicine, and went

upon a whaling voyage; afterwards became a merchant by occupation; was Mayor of the City of Fall River during the years 1854 and 1855; and was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses, serving as a member of the Committee on Military Affairs. He was also re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving as a member of the Committee on Military Affairs. Reelected to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Accounts.

Buffum, Joseph, Jr.-He was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1806; and was a Representative in Congress, from New Hampshire, from 1819 to 1821, and a member of the Committees on Expenditures in the Navy Department, and on Public Buildings.

Bugg, Robert M.-He was born in Tennessee, and was a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, from 1853

to 1855.

Bull, John.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Missouri, from 1833 to 1835.

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Bullard, Henry Adams.-Born in Groton, Massachusetts, September 9, 1788; was educated at Harvard University, and graduated in 1807. was a lawyer by profession, but his knowledge of the modern languages brought him in contact with General Toledo, in Philadelphia, who was organizing an expedition to revolutionize New Mexico. He joined him as his aid and military secretary, and spent the winter of 1812 with him at Nashville, and accompanied him into New Mexico in the spring. They were defeated in a pitched battle by the royal troops at San Antonio, and suffered severe hardships, but he managed to reach Natchitoches, and there remained and commenced the practice of his profession. In 1822 he was elected to a seat on the District Court Bench, and performed its duties for several years. In 1831 was chosen a Representative in Congress, and served till 1834; he was then elevated to the Supreme Bench of Louisiana, and filled the office until 1846, with the exception of a few months in 1839, when he acted as Secretary of State. He then removed

to New Orleans. In 1847 was appointed Professor of the Civil Law in the Law School of Louisiana, and delivered two courses of lectures. In 1850 he was elected to the Legislature, and a few weeks after was chosen to fill a vacancy in Congress, occasioned by the resignation of C. M. Conrad, and served again in the House of Representatives one year. On his return journey homeward he was prostrated by fatigue and exposure; he lingered three weeks, and died in New Orleans, April 17, 1851.

Bulloch, William B.-Born in Georgia in 1776; was a lawyer by profession, being a prominent member of the bar as early as 1800. In 1809 he was Mayor of Savannah, and subsequently Collector of that port. He was United States Senator in 1813; and in 1816 was chosen President of the Bank of Georgia, of which he was one of the founders, and held the office twentyseven years. He died in Savannah, Georgia, March 6, 1852.

Bullock, Stephen.-Born in Massachusetts; was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of that State; frequently served in the State Legislature; and was a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1797 to 1799. He subsequently became Judge of the Common Pleas for Bristol County, and served in the State Senate and as a member of the Executive Council of Massachusetts. He died in Massachusetts, aged eighty-one years.

Bullock, Wingfield. He was elected a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, during the years 1820 and 1821. Died October 13, 1821, before taking his seat.

Bunch, Samuel.-Was born in 1786. He commanded a regiment in the Indian war, under General Andrew Jackson, and in the charge of the battle of the Horseshoe, was the first or second man over the breast works of the enemy. He was a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, from 1833 to 1837; and died in Granger County, Tennessee, September 5, 1849.

Bunner, Rudolph.-He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1827 to 1829, and died at

Otsego, July 23, 1837, aged fifty-eight years.

Bunt, Richard.-He was a native of Virginia, and a Senator in Congress, from that State, from 1809 to January 2, 1815, when he died.

Burch, John Chilton.-Born in Boone County, Missouri, February 1, 1826; received a liberal education and studied law; held the position of Military Secretary to the Governor of Missouri; in 1850 he emigrated to California, and turned his attention to mining; in 1853 he was elected District Attorney for his county, and commenced the practice of law; in 1856 was returned to the Assembly, and in 1857 to the State Senate, where he remained until 1859, when he was elected a Representative, from California, to the Thirtysixth Congress, serving as a member of the Committee on Agriculture.

Burd, George.-He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1831 to 1835, and died at Bedford, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1844, aged fifty years.

Burges, Tristam.-Born in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, February 26, 1770, and died in Rhode Island, October 13, 1853. He graduated at the Rhode Island College; studied law and taught school at the same time; commenced the practice of his profession in Providence, and acquired great influence and distinction as an advocate; in 1811 was elected Chief Justice of Rhode Island; occupied the Chair of Oratory in Brown University; and was a Representative in Congress, from 1825 to 1835. He acquired great reputation by a parliamentary contest with John Randolph, and left behind him many interesting pamphlets on political and literary subjects. His characteristics as a debater, were withering sarcasm, combined with fervid eloquence and rare reasoning power.

Burgess, Dempsy. He was a member of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina; a Lieutenant-colonel of the militia; and a Representative in Congress, from 1795 to 1798.

Burke, Edanus.-He was born in Galway, Ireland, and came to America

at the beginning of the Revolution. In 1778 he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, and was a Representative in Congress, from 1789 to 1791. He was an earnest Republican, and died at Charleston, March 30, 1802, aged fifty-nine years.

Burke, Edmund.-Born in Westminster, Vermont, January 23, 1809; was educated by private tutors; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1829; and removed to New Hampshire in 1833, where he established, in Sullivan County, the New Hampshire Argus, which he edited a number of years. He was a Representative in Congress, from New Hampshire, from 1839 to 1845, and was Chairman of the Committee on the Library, and a member of the Committees on Commerce and Claims; and, by President Polk, was appointed Commissioner of Patents in Washington.

Burlingame, Anson.-Born in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, November 14, 1822. His youth was spent on the Western frontiers, at one time acting with surveying parties and at another participating in the making of Indian treaties, far beyond the confines of civilization. He laid the foundation of his education at the Branch University of Michigan, but removing to Massachusetts, he entered Harvard University, where he received a degree in 1846. He studied law and practised in Boston. In 1852 he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1853 was a member of the Convention for revising the Constitution of Massachusetts. He was elected a Representative in the Thirty-fourth Congress; was reelected to the Thirty-fifth, serving as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was also re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on the same committee. In 1861 he was appointed by President Lincoln Minister to Austria, and subsequently to China.