Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-06

VINO wss . representative to Congress. he
attended the Salem schools, and graduated
from Harvard College in the class Of l847.
He married his cousin, ~adsughter Of George
Peabody, and has two children, q SON ands
daughter. Judge Endicott studied at Hsr-
ward Law school, and read law in the office
of the late Nathaniel j. Lord. He was sd-
mitted to the bar about 1850, and 3 few
years later formed q partnership with the
late ]. W. Perry, and continued with
him until his appointment BY Governor
Washburn to q seat on the Stats Supreme
Bench in 1873. This position he held until
1882, when he resigned on account Of his
health. In 1882 he made an extended tour
ofthe Continent He was q member of tbs
Salem Common Council in 1852, 1858 and
1857, when he Is elected President of that
board. he was City Solicitor from l84S
TO 1868. He was o member OF the Histori-
cal Society and of the Board Of0Versesrs Of
Harvard College.
Politically, Mr.. Endicot is of Wing q n
teceden ts, his afiiadon with the Demo
cratic party dating from the Bell-Everstt
campaign Of 1860, but he has never been an
active politician.
AUGUSTUS II. GARLAND.
Augustus Fl. Garland, Attorney General
was born in Upton county, Tenn, June IL,
1882. His parents removed to the State Of
Arkansas the following year and settled in
the bottom lands of the Red River Valley.
At q suitable age young Garland was sent
TO Bardstown, Ky, to be educated in what
was then the most famous seat of learning
in the Southwest. His academic studies
were pursued in the Catholic colleges Of 81.
Mary and st. Joseph. In 1923 was sdmi-
ted to practice at Washington, Ark. In
1856 he removed to Little Rock, the CAPT.
tai OF the State. He was admitted to prac-
tice as an attorney in the Supreme Court of
the United States on December 26, 1860.
He opposed the secession of Arkansas as
long as there was any hope of a peaceful
solution Of sectional differences. When,
however, war was inevitable, he threw in his
lot with his State. He was a member of
the Provisional Congress which met at
Montgomery, Alabama, in May, 1861, and
took part in drawing up the constitution of
the Confederate States. During the struggle
between the Federal and Confederate
BONeEhnleuGS NC gave LIS COuueeA " INC
Southern cause, first as a Representative
and aferward as Senator. He was
serving as a Senator in its Congress
when the Confederscy collapsed. In
1865 Mr.. Garland pstitioued the Su-
preme Court of the United States to
practice therein without taking the iron
clad oath" at the same time submitting an
argument in support of his petition, which
wss q masterpiece of reasoning. He won
his case, which was not decided until the
December term OF the Supreme Court, 1867.
While il was pending he was elected United
States Senator from Arkansas. He ap-
peared to take his seat in the Senate
March 4, 1867, but was not permitted to
do so.
In 1874 Mr.. Garland was. elected Gov
ernor Of Arkansas without opposition. His
election as SENATOR took place in January,
1876, without opposition. He began his
term as successor TO Powell Clayton, Re-
publican, on March 5. 1877. In 1883 he
was re elected, and his term Will not ex-
pire until March ;, 1889.