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the Court of Claims, but was removed
by President Buchanan.


CALEB b SMITH, SECRETARY OF THE IN
So TERROR.
He was born in Boston, Massachu-
settA April Is, 1908; emigrated with
his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1914; was educated at the Cincinnati
College and the Miama University;
studied law, and on being admitted to
the bar settled at Connersvillc, Indiana.
In 1882 he published a Whig' paper
called the Indiana Sentinel, which .hi
edited until the President erection 81
that year. In 1888 he was elected to
the Indiana Legislature, and reelected
in 1884, 1885 and 1886, officiating as
Speaker during his two last terms. In
1887 he was appointed member of
the Board Of Fund Commissioners of
Indiana, which he resigned in 1889.
In 1910 he was Presidential Elector
on the Harrison ticket, and was that
year reelected to the Legislature. His
service in Congress as Representative
from Indiana was from 1843 to 1849,
serving on many committees. In 1849
he was appointed by President Taylor
a member of the Board of Commission
ers to investigate the claims OF Ameri-
can citizens against the Government of
Mexico, under the treaty of Guadalupe
lTidalgo, and continued member of
the court until its close in 1861. Dur
ing that year he settled in the practice
of his profession at Cincinnati, and in
1856 was Presidential ElectOr for the
State at large on the Fremont ticket i'll
Ohio. Generally speaking his name
has been identified with Indiana.
EDWARD BATES, ATTONEY GENERAL.
lie was born in Belmont, Goochland
county, Virginia, September 4, 1898,
of parents who were bred and married
as Quakcrs, but who lost their member
ship in the church because their father
bore arms at the seigc of Yorktown.
Ills education was obtained first from
his father, then from boarding-school
kept by Quaker kinsman, after which
he spent three or four years at Char
lottc Hall Academy, in Maryland, and
two wears with a private tutor. In early
youth he had chosen the sea for his pro-
fession, but, in the winter of 1811-12,
to plcasc Ills mother, declined a mid
slipman's warrant. During the trou.
bles of 1918 he joined the Virginia mil
itia at Norfolk, and served in the army
for about eight months. In 1914 re-
moved to st. Louis ut the instance of
his elder brother, who was Secretary of
the Territory OF Missouri, where he
studied law and came to the bar in
1916. In 1918 he was appointed cir
cult attorney; in 1920 was chosen
delegate to the State Constitutional
Convention OF Missouri; during the
same year was appointed by President
Monroe United States Attorney for the
Missouri district, but resignedin 1926;
and was Representative in Congress
from Missouri from 1927 to 1929. In
1880 he was elected to the State Senate;
in 1884 reelected to the Legislature;
in 1885 he sought the country tor
health, and for seven years practiced
law; he was tho president of the Inter-
nal Improvement Convention held at
Chicago in 1847; in 1850 was appoint
cd Secretary Of War by President Fill
more. but declined; and in 1858 was
elected Judge of the St. Louis Land
Court, which Office he held until 1856,
and then resigned; since which time he
has been wholly devoted to the practice
of the profession. In 1858 he received
from Harvard College the degree Of
LID, having some years before re-
ccivcd tire same from Shurtleff College
of Illinois. Hc was President Of the
Harbor Improvement Convention held
at Chicago, and also presided in 1852,
over the Whig Convention held at Bal
tim0re.