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68 POPE, James Colledsre, Canadian statesman, b. in Bedeque, Prince Edward island, 11 June. 1826; d. in Summerside, Prince Edward island, 18 May. 1885. He was educated in his native place and in England, engaged in business in early man- hood, and became successful as a merchant, ship- builder, and ship-owner. In 1857 Mr. Pope became a member of the Prince Edward island assembly, and, except during a few months in 1873, when he sat in the Dominion parliament, held his seat un- til August, 1876, when he was defeated. He became a member of the executive council of Prince Ed- ward island in 1857, and was premier of that province in 1865-'7, 1870-'!. and from April till September, 1873. The construction of the Prince Edward island railway, and the negotiations that resulted in securing better terms to the colony on its entering the Dominion, were achievements ( his administration. He was elected to the Cana- dian parliament in November. 1^7'i. re-elected in 1878, and became minister of marine and fisheries in October of the latter year. He held this port- folio till May, 1882. when he resigned in conse- quence of failing health.

POPE, John, senator, b. in Prince William county, Va., in 1770 ; d. in Springfield, Washing- ton co., Ky., 12 July, 1845. He was brought to Kentucky in boyhood, and, having lost his arm through 'an accident, was compelled to abandon farm work, and after studying law was admit ted to the bar. He first settled in Shelby county, but afterward removed to Lexington. Ky. He was for several years a member of the state house of repre- sentatives, and in 1801 was a presidential elector on the Jefferson ticket. He was elected to the U. S. senate as a Democrat, and served from 26 Oct., 1807, till 3 March, 1813, acting as president pro tempore in 1811. From 1829 till 1835 he was territorial governor of Arkansas. On his return to Ken- tucky he practised his profession at Springfield until he was elected to congress, and twice re-elect- ed, serving from 4 Sept., 1837, till 3 March, 1843. He was an independent candidate for a seat in the succeeding congress, but was defeated.

POPE, John, naval officer, b. in Sandwich, Mass., 17 Dec., 1798; d. in Dorchester, Mass., 14 Jan., 1876. He was appointed from Maine to the navy as midshipman, 30 May, 1816, ami was pro- moted lieutenant, 28 April. 1826, commander, 15 Feb., 1843, and captain, 14 Sept., 1855. As lieuten- ant he saw service in the frigate " Constitution," of the Mediterranean squadron, and subsequently in the West India and Brazil squadrons. He com- manded the brig " Dolphin " on the coast of Africa in 1846-'7, and the " Vandalia " in the East Indies in 1853-'6. He had charge of the Boston navy- yard in 1850, and of the Portsmouth navy-yard in 1858-'60. In 1801 he commanded the steam-sloop ltd hmond," of the Gulf squadron. He was a prize-commissioner in Boston in 1864'5, and light- house inspector in 1866-'9. On 21 Dec., 1861, he was placed on the retired list, and he was promoted i i luiv. Hi July. l^ii'J. Com. l'<>|' passed twenty-one years at sea, and was for seventeen years and eleven months engaged in shore duty. POPE, John Henry, Canadian statesman, b. in the Ka-iern Townships, (Quebec, in 1824; d. in Ot- tawa, Canada. 1 April, 1MMO. lie w.i- eilneated ill Compton.mid I hen engaged in farming. He repre- sented Compton in the Canada assembly from 1857 till the union, and was elected in 1867, 1872, 1874, and 1878 for that constituency, by acclamation, to the Dominion parliament. He was re-elected in 1882 and in February, 1887. Mr. Pope became .1 member of the privy council of Canada, ami was minister of agriculture from October. 1871, till November, 1873, when he retired with the govern- ment on the Pacific railway question. He was re- appointrd minister of agriculture in 1878, and minister nf railways and canals in September, 1885. During the summer of 1880 he visited Eng- land in company with Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Charles Tupper, and took an active part in the m-i;.. nations that resulted in the Pacific railway contract, which was afterward ratified bv the Cana- dian parliament. Mr. Pope was president of the International railway of Maine and of the Comp- ton colonization society.

POPE, John Hunter, physician, b. in Wash- ington, Wilkes co., Ga., 12 Feb.. 1845. He received his medical education at the universities of Lou- isiana and Virginia, and was graduated at the lat- ter institution in 1868. He began to practise at Milford, Ellis co., Tex., in 1869, but in 1870 re- moved to Marshall, in the same state, where he has since resided. Previous to studying medicine he was a private soldier in the Confederate army from 1861 till 1865. From 1874 till 1875 he was secretary of the Harrison county medical associa- tion, and in 1879-'80 he was president of the Texas state medical association. In 1877 he was appoint- ed a member of the State board of medical exam- iners for the 2d judicial district. He has published a "History of Epidemic of Yellow Fever at Mar- shall. Texas" (1874); "Report on Climatology and Epidemics of Texas" (1874); and "Report on the Science and Progress of Medicine" (1876).

'''POPE. Nathaniel,''' jurist, b. in Louisville. Ky., 5 Jan., 1784 ; d. in St. Louis, Mo., 23 Jan., 1850. He was graduated at Transylvania college. Ky.. in isoii. studied law, was admitted to the bar, and be- gan to practise at St. Genevieve, Mo. He removed to Vandalia, and afterward to Springfield, 111. He was made secretary of the territory. 23 Feb., 1809, and subsequently he was chosen delegate to the 14th congress, taking his seat, 2 Dec., 1816. He was re-elected, and served until 4 Dec., 1818. He was register of the land-office at Edwardsville, 111., in 1818. and the same year was appointed U. S. judge for the district of Illinois, which office he held un- til his death. It was due, to the action of Judge Pope in congress that the northern boundary of Illinois was moved from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to 42 30', thus adding the terri- tory now included in the thirteen northern coun- ties, and giving the new state its greatest lake port and the site of its most populous city. Pope county was named after him. His son, John, soldier, b. in Louisville, Ky., 16 March, 1822 ; d. in Sandusky, Ohio, 23 Sept.". 1892. He was gradu- ated at the' U. S. military academy, and entered the engineers. lie served in Florida, and as- sisted in the survey of the northeast boundary- line between the U'nited States and the British provinces. He was made 2d lieutenant, 9 May, 1846, and took part in the Mexican war, being brevetted 1st lieutenant for gallantry at Monte- rey, and captain for his services in the battle of Buena Vista. In 1849 he conducted the Minnesota exploring expedition, which demonstrated I Ill- practicability of the navigation of the Red river of the north by steamers, ami in IS51-'3 he was engaged in topographical engineering sen ice in New Mexico. The six years i'nllowing he had charge of the survey of the route for the Pacific railroad, near the 32d parallel, and in milking ex- periments to procure water on the Llano Estacado, or "Staked Plain." stretching between Texas and New Mexico, by means of artesian wells. On 1 July, 1856, he was commissioned captain for four-