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Chittenden, Simeon Baldwin, railroad president, financier, congressman, philanthropist, was born March 29, 1814, in Guilford, Conn. He was vice-president of the New York chamber of commerce in 1S67-69. In 1873-

81 he was a representative from New York to the forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses. In 1887 he gave one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to Y'ale for a library building. He died April 14, 1889, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Chittenden, Thomas, soldier, legislator, governor, was born on Jan. 6, 1730, in East Guilford, Conn. He was for many years a representative in the legislature; and was a justice of the peace. In 1774 he moved to the New Hampshire grants, as Vermont was then called. He was a member of the convention in 1777 which declared Vermont an independent state; and was one of the commissioners to solicit admission into the confederacy. In 1777 he was a member of the state constitutional convention; was president of the council of safety; and in 177889 was president and in 1796-97 was the first governor of the state. He died Aug. 24, 1797, in Williston, Vt.

which routed the Tweed ring, he obtained the reinstatement of General Fitz John Porter to his rank in the army after a prolonged struggle; and successfully defended the Cesnola collection of ancient statuary in the Metropolitan museum of art against imputations affecting its integrity. He was president of New York constitutional convention in 1894. He is also noted as a public and after-dinner speaker. He was appointed ambassador of the United States to England in 1899. Choate, Rufus, lawyer, congressman. United States senator, author, was born Oct. 1, 1799, in Essex, Mass. In 1835 he was elected representative to a the Massachusetts legislature; and in 1827 was in the state senate. In 1831-35 he was a representative to the twenty-second and the twenty-third congressty,

es. '^He removed to Boston to devote him-

self to his profession.

1839-45 he was a United States senator. He was the author of Addresses and Orations. He died July 13, In

Chittenden, Thomas C, congressman, was born in Massachusetts. In 1839-43 he was a, representative from Massachusetts to the twentj'-sixth and twenty-seventh congresses. He- died in ilassachusetts. Chittenden, William Lawrence, ranchman, author, was born in 1862 in New Jersey. He is a ranchman in Texas. He is the author of

Choate, William Gardner, jurist, was born Aug. 30, 1830, in Salem, Mass. For some time he was United States judge of the southern district of New York, an office which he resigned to resume the practice of his profes-

Ranch Verses.

sion in

Thomas HoUey, physician, poet, was born in 1807. He was the author of VirChivers,

My

ginalia, or Songs of Summer Nights Atlanta, a Paul Epic in Three Lustra; and The Lost Pleiad. He died in 1858 in Georgia.

Choate, Charles Francis, lawyer, railroad was born May 16, 1838, in Salem, Mass. Until 1878 he practiced law. In 18781907 he was president of the Old Colony railroad company; and since 1901 has been president of the Massachusetts hospital life insurance company. Choate, David, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1796. He served in both branches of the Massachusetts state legislature. He held the office of trial justice for many years in Essex; and was an active supporter of benevolent institutions. He died Dec. 15, 1873, in Essex, president,

Mass. Choate, Isaac Bassett, educator, genealogist, author, poet, was born July 13, 1833, in Naples, Maine. He resides in Boston; and is prominent in literary circles. He is the author of Elements of English Speech; Wells of English and two volumes of poetry entitled With Birds and Flowers; and Obeyd, the Canal Driver. Choate, Joseph Hodges, lawyer, orator, diplomat, was born Jan. 24, 1833, in Salem, Mass. As one of the old committee of seven;

1850, in Halifax, N.S.

New York

City. Edward B., soldier, entomologist, in 1839 in Detroit, Mich. He served years in the army during the civil

Chope,

was born three

war; and was severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. In 1888 he became connected with the Milwaukee public museum; and since 1896 has been connected with the Field Columbian museum of Chicago, 111. Chopin, Mrs. Kate, author, was born Feb. 8, 1851, in St. Louis, Mo.; and lived for fourteen years in Louisiana. She was the author of Bayou Folk; At Fault; A Night in Arcadie; The Awakening and Other Louisiana Tales. She died in 1904 in St. Louis, Mo. Choules, John Overton, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 5, 1801, in England. In 1847 he was pastor of the Second baptist church in Newport, R.I. He was the author of History of Missions; Christian Offering; Young Americans Abroad; and Cruise of Steam Yacht North Star. He died Jan. 5, 1856, in

New York

City.

Chouteau, Auguste, pioneer, founder, was born in 1739 in New Orleans, La. He and his younger brother Pierre were the founders of the city of St. Louis; and their lives were closely connected. He died Feb. 24, 1839, in St. Louis,

Mo.

Chouteau, Pierre, pioneer, merchant, was born Jan. 19, 1789, in St. Louis, Mo. About