The Portland daily press., 1869-09-04
Brown University.

b 1t appears from the summary in the tri-
ennial CT Brown University that 2,376 grad
ates have gone forth from the walls of the
college, of whom 1851 are now living. On
the first Wednesday of September 1860, just
one hundred years ago, a class of seven re-
ceived their first degree in the arts. "
The first President of the college, DR..
Manning, was member Of Congress in 1856.
Of his pupils and those who have graduated
under his successors, eighteen have been hon
We give their na%essh IL esshs United States Senate.
follows: Theodore Foster, of Rhode Island,
from 1890 to 1903; Dwight Foster, of Massa-
chusetts, from 1900 to 1903; James Burrill,
of Rhode Island, from 1916 to 1920; James
Fenner of Rhode Island, from 1906 to 1907 I;
Jeremiah B. Howell, of Rhode Island, from
1911 to 1917. His election, which was deter
mined by single vote, was owing to law
suit growing out .of the trespass of pig
upon neighbors premises; William Hunt
er, of Rhode Island, from 1911 to 1920.
John Holmes, Of Maine, from 1920 to
1888. He was prominent member of the
bar for forty years, and distinguished for his
eloquence and wit; Nathan F. Dixon, of
Rhode Island, from 1874 to 1s45; William L..
Marcy, of New York, from 1881 to 1888; John
H. Clarke, of Rhode Island, from 1S47 to 1858 {;
John Ruggles, of Maine, from 1885 to 1874.
He was the originator, when in Congress, OF
the idea. Of the reorganization of the Patent
Office, and the first patent granted after the
reorganization, July 23, 1885, was to him fol
locomotive steam engine; Jared W. Will
liams, Of New Hampshire, from 1858 to 1854
by appointment, in place of G. G. Atherton,
deceased; Lafayette s. Foster, Of Connecticut
from 1856 to 1867; Henry B. Anthony, ol
Rhode Island, from 1859 to the present time
his second term of service expiring in 1871.
At the recent session of Congress he was ap-
pointed President of the Senate pro tenn
Samuel G.. Arnold, of Rhode Island, chosen
Senator in 1862 for the unexpired term oI
James F. Simmons, resigned; John M. Thay-
er, Senator from the recently admitted State
of Nebraska. He served with Grant, in the
late war, as Brisadier General. ...-...
Thirty-eight of the grad of Brown have
served as Representatives in Congress. We
give their names in the order of their gradaa.
ton, as follow: Samuel Eddy, Benz. Adams
James B. Mason, Jonathan Russsel, Nathan
iel Hazard, Jeremiah Bailey, Solomon Sibley
William Battles, Ezekiel Whitman, Tristran
Burges, John Holmes, John Baldwin, jaime
Erwin, Horace Everett, James Tallmadge
John Reed, Zabdiel Sampson, Marcus Nor
ton, Thomas II. Sill, VIM. d. Williamson, Aa
ron Hobart, John Bailey, Ebenezer Stoddard
Dutee J. Pearce, Daniel Wardwell, Job Dur
fee, Albert Smith, Jared w. Williams, Georg'
| G. King, Christopher Robinson, Henry VIII
Jams, Benjamin F. Thomas, Nathan f. Dix
on, Chas. R. Train,' Thomas A. Jenckes, Geo
FL. Brown, Eli Thayer, Samuel S. Cox. Ex
Gov. Samuel Cony was also a graduate of this
institution.
The oldest living graduate of Brown Uni
versity, this year, as last, is Rev. Morrill, AL
len, of Pembroke, Mass. He is the sole sur
visor of the class. of 1898. and the only gradu
ate of the University whose diploma bears
date in the last century. He was 93 yeers oil
in April last, and has been out of college sew
enty-one years. .. ...,.. .-.s.o.s