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member Of tbs Committee Foreign AAis and also o. o.
the Homestead bill which passed IN lSo4 anu os" 80
70 the baltimore Conventions Of lS44 lsso anu ~ t
OF Pcnnsyiyanis. he delivered speech acknowledging
the nomination for President OF NJ buca ss PIECE h;
1855 bal declined the appointment. Reelected 70 the
Thirty ninth Congress.
was born in Carthage white county, nsy a ao
his early DAYS engaged the printing business out SUD
sequently turned his attention 70 merchsndsng IN IN
and n 1855 in sAe be elected 70 the In
diana Lesislature IN 1850 to the State senate, and IN
1854 he Was chosen Representative Ito" iuuSas " s"s
Thirty ninth Congress-
COLUMBUS DELAN0.
He was born in Shoreham Vermont June 3 1902; re.
moved 70 Knox county. Ohio In 1877; studied law and
of Mount Vernon In 1889 he elected for two years
Prosecuting Attorney for Knox county, reelected In
Or 70 tho twenty ninth Congress serving on the Com
mittes on Invalid Pensions In 1890 he was delegate
the Chicago 70 aSSJ OF pes sad
unusual industry az legislator won for him universal
praise he delegate to the Baltimore Conventton
of 1884 and collected Representative from OHIO ~
the Thirty ninth Congress-
HENRY O. DENING.
He was born in Connecticut; graduated at Yale College
Il and as s 8,
in 1sAo and 1850 and also from lsso e 1881 serving =
Speaker during the .sssr year issi 10 wss me.s
Colonel Of the Twelfth reglmsns q Connecticut youn
capture Of shs. city In October 1894 be was appointed
Mayor or New Orleans which position he hold until Feb
ruary 1885, when he resigned botl that Office and hs
commission In the army and returned home Two months
Afterwards he elected Representative from Connec
tcut to the Thirty eighth Congress- serving on tho Com
mittee on Expenditures In the War Department Re-
elected 70 tho Thirty ninth Congress.
CHARLES DENIsoN
was born in wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania January rs
and pracsed the profession OF law, and was elected
Representative from Pennsylvania 70 the Thirty eighth
Congress- serving the Committee ON Indian Analrs
Rec elected to the Thirty ninth Congress
NATHAN II. DIXON.
Born in Westerly, Rhode Island, May l, 1872; fitted
for college at Psinaeld Academy In Connecticut and
graduated Brown University In 1888 He attended the
Law schools at New Haven and Cambridge, and was ad-
tied the bar in New London in 1887 and engaged IN
the practice OF his profession IN Connecticut and Rhode
Island He was member Of the General Assembly OF
Rhode Island from 1910 to 1849, was Presidential
elec<or in 1874 and elected Representative from
Rhode Island the Thirty Congress He was again
elected the General Assembly OF his State in 1851 and
with the exception of two years. held the Office until
1859 In 1863 he reelected TO the Thirty eighth
Congress- serving member of the Committee on Com
merce and was also reelected to the Thirty ninth Con-
gress.
IaNATIUs DoNNELLY.
He was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, November
g. 1881 graduated at the Central High School in that city,
studied law and admitted TO the bar III 1855 emf
grated Minnesota in 1851 elected Lieutenant Gov
ernor OF that in 1862 elected in 1881 and in 1852
no was elected Representative from minnesota 70 inc
Thirty eighth Congress- serving on the Committees on
the Post Office and Post Roads and Expenditures IN the
Interior Department. and also on the Special Committee
the Pacific Railroad. Reelected to the Thirty ninth
Congress.
JOHN +. briggs.
He was born in Kinderhook New York, March 5, 1873;
m
building in New York city, and WAS master mechanic
until 1856 in 1874 he appointed Superintendent OF
the New York Penentiary, holding the Office one year;
removed to Michigan and in 1856 settled in East Sagi
nav, President OF that village in 1855 during the
two following years nc was member Of tue acngan
frc Michigan to the Thirty eighth Congress- serving as
a member Of the Committee on Public Lands Ro-
elected to the Thirty ninth Congress
EBENEzER DUM0Nr.
Born in vevay, Switzerland county, Territory of In
diana November 90, 1914; attended tho Indiana Uni
versty at Bloomington, but did not graduate; adopted
the profession Of law member of the state iess-
lature 1885, from 1889 to lS45 was Treasurer OF his
county: served in tho war with Mexico as lieutenant
colonel and was In several battles; was Presidential
elector 1882 1850 and 1863 again elected TO the
Legislature; President for nine years Of the stare
Bank OF Indiana; when the rebellion broke out he
APPOINTED Colonel OF the Indiana Volunteers and
was at the battle of Phhpp in West Virginia; was sub.
sequently in charge Of brigade at Murfreesboro, and
after the battle at that place assigned to the com
OF the troops Nashville from that place he led
an expedition against John Morgan, taking nearly his
W. elected Representative from Indiana TO the Thirty
eighth Congress, serving the Committees on the Dis
tric Of Columbia and on Revolutionary Pensions Re
elected 10 the Thirty ninth Congress
EPHRAIM X. EcKLEY.
Born In jefferson county, Ohio, December 0, 1872;
received his education in the West read law and came
1919 ls45 and ls49 serving until 1851 and 1858 he
was elected TO the State House of Representatives
After tho rebellion broke out he had charge as
Volunteers serving through several battles and at the
battle OF Corinth he had command OF brigade In
1862 he elected Representative from Ohio 10 the
Thirty eighth Congress- serving the Committees on
Private Land claims and on Roads ana Canals ana IN
March, 1868. resigned his position IN the army. he-
elected to the Thirty ninth Congress.
BENJAMIN EGGLEsToN
born In Cornth, Saratoga county New York, Jan.
uary 3, 1916; removed with his father to Hooking
county oh o. 1881 where he entered upon commercial
pursuits and since which time he has been extensively
identified with the business interests and prosperity OF
Cincinnati and Ohio He was connected Tor many years
and Cincinnati and was its charnan was the effective
chairman also, or an important finance committee IN
time OF great public distress, President Of the City Coun
ell, and was likewise for some years member Of the
State Legislature. He n member CT tho Chicago
Convention OF 1850, and Presidential eecor at the
following election; and in looking after the welfare OF
the Ohio soldiers during the rebellion rendered services
that we're universally ACKNOWLEDGED One or two in-
portant canals naugurated by him and carried ON
under his supervision; and In 1884 he was elected
from Ohio TO the Thirty ninth Congress-
CHARLES A. ELDRIDGE.
He was born in Bridgeport, Addison county, Vermont,
February 81 1921 When child he removed with his
parents 10 ST. Lawrence county, New York studied law
in that State and TO the bar In ls46 in ls4s re-
NOV cd 10 Fond Inc Wisconsin, in 1854 and 1855 he
was q member of the State Senate; and in 1862 he
elected Representative from Wisconsin 70 the Thirty
eighth Congress- serving the Committee on Revou-
tionary Clams Reelected TO the Thirty ninth Congress-
THOMAS. d. ELIOT.
Born In Boston, Massachusetts,, March 20, 1909 gradu
ated at Columbia College, Washington, in 1926 adopted
the profession Of law and settled at New Bedford served
in both Of the Massachusetts, LEGISLATURE served
also "a Representative in Congress for tho unexpired
term OF Zeno scudder in 1866 and elected Repre-
sentative from Massachusetts, TO the Thirty sixth Con
grcss serving the Committee Commerce; 10 elect
ed 10 the Thirty seventh Congress- serving as Chairman
of tho Special Committee Conscati0n OF the Property
OF Rebels and reelected 10 the Thirty eighth Con-
grcss serving the Committees on Commerce and Ex
pendures in the Treasury Department and Chairman
Of tho Special Committee Emancipation. Several i'm
porant bills bearing the coored race were drawn up
BY him. Re elected TO the Thirty ninth Congress