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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Davidson, James Hamilton, soldier, jourwas born Jan. 25, 1839, in Burlington, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted as a private soldier in the fourteenth regiment Kentucky volunteer infantry; and in 1863 was promoted major. In 1866-70 he was editor of the Daily Press of St. Paul, Minn. Davidson, James J., statesman. He was elected for the fifty-fifth congress from Pennsylvania, but died before taking his nalist, lawyer,

seat.

He

died Jan. 3, 1897, in Phoenix, Ariz.

Davidson, James 0., merchant, governor, was born Feb. 10, 1854, in Norway. Since 1873 he has been a resident of Wisconsin, and for twenty-three years has been engaged in the mercantile business. In 1892-98 he was a representative in the Wisconsin state legislature; was state treasurer in 1898-1902; and in 1902-06 was lieutenantgovernor. In 1906 he became governor of Wisconsin; and was reelected for the term ending in 1911. . Davidson, James Wheeler, journalist, diplomat, author, was born June 14, 1872, in Austin, Minn. In 1895 he was a war .correspondent with the Chinese army. Since 1898 he has been United States consul for Formosa, Japan. He is the author of The Island of

Formosa; and Formosa Camphor and

Its

Future. Davidson, James Wood, soldier, educator, legislator, author, was born March 9, 1829, in Newberry, S.C. He was an educator of South Carolina and elsewhere. He served under Stonewall Jackson as lieutenant and adjutant; and he served as a representative in the Florida legislature in 1887-88. He is the author of Living Writers of the South; School History of South Carolina; The Poetry of the Future; and Florida of To-day. He died in 1905 in Osera, Fla. Davidson, John Wynn, soldier, was born Aug. 18, 1824, in Fairfax county, Va. He served in the Mexican war; in the war against the Apache and Utah Indians; and through the civil war. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862; and in 1865 was made major-general for meritorious services. He died June 26, 1881, in Washington, D.C. Davidson, Lucretia Maria, litterateur, poet, burg,

was bom

Sept. 27, 1808, in Platts-

She was the author of Amir Khan and Other Poems. She died Aug. 27, 1825, in New York. Davidson, Margaret Miller, poet, was bom March 26, 1823, in Plattsburg, N.Y. She was a juvenile prodigy whose immature verses were lauded by the contemporary writers. She died Nov. 25, 1838, in SaraN.Y.

toga, N.Y.

Davidson, Marion R., lawyer, jurist, was born April 4, 1847, in Macon county, 111. For several years he was engaged in educational work; and was admitted to the bar in 1876; and since 1878 has practiced his profession in Monticello, 111. He has filled the office of county judge; and has

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taken an active part in the public affairs in his county and state. Davidson, Robert, clergyman, author, was bom in 1750 in Maryland. He was a presbyterian clergyman; and president of Dickinson college in 1804-09. He was the author of Epitome of Geography in Verse for Schools; The Christian's A, B, C, or 119th Psalm in Meter; and New Metrical Version of the Psalms, with Notes. He died Dec. 13, 1812, in Carlisle, Pa.

Davidson, Robert, clergyman, author, was bprn Feb. 23, 1808, in Carlisle, Pa. He was the author of Elijah, a Sacred Drama, and Other Poems; and The Christ of God, or the Relation of Christ to Christianity. He died April 6, 1876, in Philadelpoet,

phia, Pa.

Davidson, Robert H. M., soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1832, in Gadsden, Fla. He served two terms as a representative in the state legislature; and was state senator in 1860. In 1862 he entered the confederate army, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1865; and in 1877-91 he was a representative from Florida to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, and fifty-first congress^ es as a democrat. Davidson, Sam Houston, soldier, lawyer, college president, legislator, was born Jan. 29, 1848, in Camden, Tenn. He was in the confederate service during the civil war. In 1877-79 he was a representative of the Arkansas house of representatives; in 188991 served as state senator; and in 1889 was a candidate for lieutenant-governor of his state. He was president of the Pacific and great Eastern railroad company; and president of the Evening Shade college. Davidson, Thomas, philosopher, author, was born Oct. 25, 1840, in Scotland. Since 1866 he has been a writer on art and philosophy at Cambridge, Mass. He is the author of The Parthenon Frieze and Other Essays; The Place of Art in Education; Giordano Bruno and the Relation of his Philosophy to Free Thought; Handbook of Dante, from the Italian of Scartazzini, with Notes and Additions; Prolegomena to Tennyson's In Memoriam; Aristotle, and Ancient and Modern Educational Ideals; and The Education of the Greek People and its Influence on Civilization. He died .

in

1900 in Cambridge, Mass. Davidson, Thomas G., lawyer, congress-

bom Aug. 6, 1805, in Jefferson county, Miss. He was a member of the legislature of Louisiana in 1833-46. In 1855-61 he was a representative from Louisiana to the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirtysixth congresses. He died in Louisiana. Davidson, William, soldier, was bom in 1746 in Lancaster county. Pa. At the beginning of the revolution he was appointed major in one of the first regiments raisman, was