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Those of Messrs. Brown and Hiatt had
to some extent been anticipated.
Francis Skunk Brown, the new At
torney General, was born in Philldel-
phia, June s, 1856. His father was
Charles Brown and his mother Eliza
beth Skunk. His father represented
Philadelphia in the State and in Con-
gress for many years. Mr.. Brown s ma
ternal grandfather. Francis Rawn
Skunk, was Governor of Pennsylvania.
His maternal great grandfather, Will
liam Findlay, was a member of Con-
gress for folr terms, and was also
State Treasurer and Governor, and later
United States Senator from Pennsyl
vania.
Belongs to Many Clubs
Mr.. Brown was educated in public
schools in Philadelphia and Dover, Del
aware, and is graduate OF the Will
mington Conference Academy of Della
ware, and of the law department of the
| University of Pennsylvania; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1879 and has since
been actively engaged in the practice
a
of the firm of Simpson, Brown & Will
liams.
He is a member of the board of di-
rectors of City Trusts of Philadelphia,
! and chairman of its committee on real
estate; is a director of the Continental
and Equitable Title and Trust Com
panies, president of the Lawyers Club
of Philadelphia, and member of the Art
Club, Law Association of Philadelphia,
American Bar Association, Pennsylva-
MIA Bar Association, Philadelphia
Yacht Club, Sons of Delaware, Scotch
Irish Society of Pennsylvania, Friendly
Sons of st. Patrick, Overbrook Golf
| Club, Overlook Club, Philadelphia
Country Club, Merton Cricket Club,
| Pennsylvania Club, American Academy
of Political and Social Science, Penn
sylvania Historical Society, Pennsylva-
mia Society in New York, Academy of
| Political Science of New York and
other societies. He was for many years
commodore of the Philadelphia Yacht
! Club and commander of the Pennsylva-
MIA Naval Reserves. He married Eliza
| beth, daughter of the late PleasantOn
! Hamm, of Dover, Delaware, and has a
son and namesake in the law school of
the University of Pennsylvania, and a
| daughter who is senior in Bryn Mawr
| College. He lives in Overlook, Phila-
! delphia.
Career of Mr.. Woods
Cyrus L. Woods, Secretary of the
| Commonwealth, lives in Greensburg;
born at Clearfeld, Pa, September 8,
1851; educated at Lafayette College,
graduating therefrom with honor in
June, 1886. Admitted to the bar in
1889, and was vice president of the
Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1905.
Elected to the Senate of Pennsylvania
from the Nineteenth Senatorial district
in November, 1900, and reelected in
November, 1904. Elected president pro
tenn. of the Senate, April 13, 1905,
and reelected to that position January
l, 1907. Resigned from the Senate
in June, 1907, to become general coun-
sci of the Pittsburgh Coal Company.
On January IS, 1911, was appointed
by President Taft envoy extraordinary
and minister plentipotentiary to Portu-
gal.
James S. Hiatt was born in Rich.
mond, Ind, in 1877; educated at Earl
ham College, Haverford, and Chicago
University. Teacher of English, Gull
ford College, N. c.; the George school,
Newtown, Pa; headmaster Friends Sc
lect school, Philadelphia; secretary
Public Education Association; member
of City Club, Schoolmen S club, Ma
tional Education Association; treasurer
National Vocational Guidance Associa
ton. secretary of Brumbaugh s Citi-
zens' committee; member of the So.
ciety of Friends. Married Margaret
Chapman, of Waynesville, O.. 1903.
Lives at 1904 Morris street, German
town, and has one son and one daugh
ter.