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WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs Of New York, Sec
rotary Of state, was born at Boston, Febru.
airy g. 1915, graduated at Yale In 1887, stud
led law at Harvard, began practice at New
York in lS4l, was attorney general under
Andrew johnson, whom he helped save
from Impeachment during the last nine
months of his administration, and was
counsel for the United States before the &C.
neva tribunal,
john SHERMAN Of Ohio, Secretary Of the
Treasury, was born at Lancaster, o., May
10, 1923, studied law with an older brother
There were eleven children, OF whom lie
was the eighth, began practice in 1874, was
a member of the wing conventions OF lS4S
! and 1882 entered the House of Representa-
! lives in 1855 and remained till 1861, when
he was promoted to the Senate, where be
| has ever since remained.
! GEORGE w. MCCRARY OF Iowa, Secretary
OF War, was born at Evansville Ind, Au-
! gust %, 1885, was admitted TO the bar at
! Keokuk, Ia, in 1856, was chosen TO the
| lower branch of the Legislature the next
| year and from 1861 to 1865 to the State SEN
| ale, was elected to the House Of Represen-
tatives in 1865 and has been a member ever
| since.
RICHARD w. THOMPSON OF Indiana, Sec
rotary Of the Navy, was born in Culpepper
county, Va, June 8, 1909, was admitted to
the bar in Lawrence county, Ind, in 1884,
member of one or the other branch Of the
! Legislature for the next four years, elected
] to Congress in 1871 and again in 1877, a
presidential eecor in 1910, 1874 and 1864, a
delegate to the Chicago convention OF 1860,
where he drew up the platform, TO the
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natl convention OF 1876, where he nominal
ed Morton for President.
CARL ScHURz Of Missouri, Secretary OF
the Interior, was born near Cologne, Prus-
STA, March 2, 1879, studied at the universi-
~ Of Bonn, was concerned in the revolu-
ticn OF lS4s, and, forced to flee the country,
came to America in 1852, became promi-
| nent in the anti-slavery movement, attend
! ed the Lincoln convention in 1850, was APP
| pointed minister 10 Spain, but returned 10
| December 1861, TO fight in the Union army,
| where he rose to be majur-general, became
| editor of the S.. Louis Westlicbe Post in
| 1867, and was chosen to the United States
Senate in 1869.
DAVID N. KEY OF Tennessee, Postmaster
General, was born In Greene county,
Tenn, January q, 1924 began practicing
| law al tudllduOO-a III 1000, WIS buCDau-
an presidential elector in 1856, and Breck-
enridge one in 1860, fought bravely in the
| confederate army through the war was
elected chancellor Of the third district In
1870, and held the place Till appointed to oil
the vacancy in the United States Senate
caused by Andrew Johnson's death, taking
his seat in December, 1875, and remaining
till the middle OF last winter when he fail
ed OF an election by the Legislature.
CHARLES DEvESs Of Massachusetts, AT.
torney General, was born at Charlestown
Mass, April 4, 1870, graduated at Harvard
IN 1885, studied law in Cambridge, was ad-
mitted to the bar in ls4l, settled at North
field in partnership with Wendell T. Davis
removed to Greenfield in 1874 and became
law partner OF George 7. & w. T. Davis
was State senator in lS4s and United States
marshal from 1919 to 1853 removed to Wor.
cester in 1854, and practiced his profession
there, alone or IN partnership with George
+. Hoar, till 1861, entered the army as ma
jor in 1861, and was promoted TO be breve
major-general before the war was over
was appointed judge OF the superior cour
In 1866, and promoted to the supreme bench
in 1873.