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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Caldwell, Joseph P., journalist, statesman, was born June 16, 1853, in Statesville, N.C.

For several years he was mayor or Statesville,

N.C; and

filled

various other positions of trust and honor in his native city. He subsequently became a successful publisher of Charlotte, N.C. has been a director of the state hospital at Mor;

gantown



and

presi-

dent of the board. In 1892 he was chairman of the North Carolina delegation to the national democratic convention and is a prominent member of the democratic party. He is the editor and publisher of the Daily Observer of Charlotte, N.C; and has contributed extensively to American literature. Caldwell, Joshua William, lawyer, author, was born Feb. 3, 1856, in Athens, Tenn. He is the author of Constitutional History of Tennessee; and Bench and Bar of Tennessee. Caldwell, Lisle Bones, clergyman, educator, author, was bom Jan. 10, 1834, in Wilna, N.Y. He is a methodist clergyman and educator of Tennessee. He is the author of

Wines of Palestine, or The Bible Defended; and Beyond the Grave. Caldwell, Merritt, educator, author, was born Nov. 29, 1806, in Hebron, Maine. He was a professor of metaphysics at Dickinson college in 1837-48. He was the author of The Doctrine of the English Verb; Manual of Elocution; Philosophy of Christian Perfection and Christianity Tested by Eminent Men. He died June 6, 1848, in Portland, Maine. Caldwell, Robert P., lawyer, soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 16, 1821, in Adair county, Ky. He was elected to the state legislature of Tennessee in 1847; and to the state senate in 1855. He was elected attorney-general to the six;

teenth judicial circuit of Tennessee in 1858.

He was major

of in-

fantry in the confederate service during the civil war. In 187173 he was a representative from Tennessee forty-second the to congress as a democrat. He died in Tennessee. Caldwell, Samuel, soldier. He was a major of the

Kentucky

levies of 1791,

and was

expedition distinguished Wilkinson's in against the Indians in August of that year. He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in 1813; and commanded a brigade in the battle of the Thames. He died in Kentucky. Caldwell, Otis William, botanist, scientist, author, was born Dec. 18, 1869, in Lebanon, Ind. In 1899-1907 he was professor of bot-

any

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eastern Illinois state normal 1907 has been associate professor of botany at the university of Chicago. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He is the author of Laboratory and Field Manual of Botany; and Plant Morphology. Caldwell, Patrick C, congressman, was born in South Carolina. In 1841-43 he was a representative from South Carolina to the twenty-seventh congress. He died in South Carolina. Caldwell, Samuel Lunt, clergyman, college president, author, was born Nov. 13, 1830, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1878-85 he was president of Vassar college. He was the author of Cities of Our Faith and Other Discourses and Addresses. He died Sept. 26, 1889, in Providence, R.I. Caldwell, Tod R., lawyer, state senator, governor, was born in 1818 in Morgantown, N.C He served in the North Carolina state legislature in 1843-44; was a state senator in 1850; lieutenant-governor in 1868; and in 1873-74 was the thirty-first governor of North Carolina. He died July 11, 1874, in Hillsborough, N.C. Caldwell, W. C, lawyer, jurist. He is an associate justice of the supreme court of Tennessee. Caldwell, William, educator, author, was born Nov. 10, 1863, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Since 1894 he has been professor of moral and social philosophy at Northwestern university of Evanston, 111. He is the author of Schopenhauer's System in its Philosophical in

the

scliool;

and

since

Significance.

Caldwell, William Parker, lawyer, legislator, jurist, congressman, was 1832, in Christmasville, Tenn.

bom He

Nov. 8, attended

and Cumberland colleges; and graduated from the Cumberland university. He was twice a member of the Tennessee house of representatives; and was one term a member of the Tennessee state senate. In 1875-79 he was a representative from Tennessee to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses. He served as a presidential elector twice; and has been a delegate to several national nominating conventions. He has had considerable experience as a judge; and has held positions where the regular judges were under disabilities. Caldwell, William Warner, merchant, author, poet, was born Oct. 38, 1823, in Newburyport, Mass. He graduated from Bowthe Bethel

He is a druggist of NewburyHe is the author of Poems and Translations; and has translated many ly-

doin college. port, Mass. rics

from the German.

Cale, Thomas, miner, congressman, was bora Sept. 17, 1848, in Underbill, Vt. He was educated in public schools and the academy of Underbill, Vt. He was town clerk of Eden, Wis.; a member of the county board; and sheriff of Fond du Lac county. He became interested in mines and in 1897 went

to Canada and then to Fairbanks, Alaska. In 1907-11 he was a territorial delegate from