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He was a delegate to the Baltimore conventions of 1844, 1848, and 1860; and to the Cincinnati convention of 1856. He was re-elected in 1864 to the thirty-ninth congress; and was a delegate to the New York convention of 1868. He died Sept. 18, 1870, in Fayette county, Pa.

congressman, Madrid, Mo. In 1878-84 he was a member of the lower house of the general assembly of Missouri. In 1885-87 he was a representative to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.

Dawson, Miles Menander, actuary, author, was born May 13, 1863, in Viroqua, Wis. He is a translator from the Norwegian; and is a writer and speaker on economics, ethics and reform movements. He is the author of

He is the author of German Life in Town and Country; Germany and the Germans; and German Socialism and Ferdinand

in 1854.

Practical Lessons in Actuarial Science; Elements of Life Insurance; Assessment Life Insurance; and Principles of Insurance Legislation.

Dawson, Nathaniel Henry Rhodes, soldier, lawyer, statesman, was born Feb. 14, 1829, in Charleston, S.C. In 1851 he began the practice of law in Cababa, Ala. During the civil war he was captain in the fourth Alabama volunteers; and in 1863-64 he was elected to the legislature. In 1880-81 he was speaker of the Alabama house of representatives. He died Feb. 1, 1895, in Selina, Ala.

Dawson, Samuel Kennedy,

soldier,

Dawson, William Harbutt,

Dawson, Thomas, educator, college presiWilliam and Mary

dent. He was president of college in 1755-61.

Dawson, Thomas Cleland, lawyer,

diplo-

mat, author, was born July 30, 1865, in Hudson, Wis. In 1886-96 he practiced law in Des Moines, Iowa; and became editor of the Iowa Daily Register. In 1897-1904 he was secretary of the United States legation to Brazil. He has been charge d'affaires five times. He is the author of South American

New

litterateur, au-

thor.

Lassalle.

Dawson, William I., congressman, was bom North Carolina. In 1793-95 he was a representative from North Carolina to the third congress. He died in North Carolina. in

Dawson, William James, clergyman, authwas born Nov. 21, 1854, in England. In 1905 he received the degree of D.D. from

or,

Oberlin college.

Then

in

1875 he was ordained to the Wesleyan ministry; and held various appointments until 1892, when he resigned and became the pastor of the High-

in

N.J.

legislator,

17, 1848, in

was

Fayette county. Pa. During the civil war he was promoted to be brevet colonel; and subsequently brevet brigadiergeneral. He died April 17, 1889, in Orange, born in 1818

Dawson, William,

was born March

bury quadrant congregational church. In 1891 he was a delegate to the methodist ecumenical council at Washington, D.C. He has lectured on literature and historical subjects. He is the author of A Vision of Souls; Makers of English Poetry; The Forgotten Secret; The Empire of Love; Quest and Vision; The Threshold of Manhood; The Man Christ Jesus; The Reproach of Christ; Quest of Simple Life; The Evangelistic Note and other works.

Dawson, William Mercer Owens, educator,

Republics.

Dawson, William C, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Jan. 4, 1798, in Greene county, Ga. Several times he was senator and _ representative in the Georgia legislature. In 1835-43 he was a representative sent to the

twenty-fourth, twentwenty-sixth, and twenty- seventh congresses. In 1845 he was appointed judge of the Ockmulgee circuit. In 1849-55 he was a United States

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journalist, state senator, governor, was May 21. 1853, in Bloomington, Md., within a few hundred yards of

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senator. He died May 5, 1856, in the state of Georgia. Dawson, William, educator, college president, was born in 1707 in Virginia. He was master of the grammar school in William and Mary college; chaplain of the house of burgesses; and in 1753 president of the college. He died Sept. 19, 1755, in Virginia.

the Virginia, now the West Virginia line. He learned the cooper's trade; taught school; and in 1873 became editor of the Preston

County Journal of Kingwood, W.Va., of which publication he subsequently became proprietor. In 1874-87

he was chairman of the county republican committee; and in 1881-85 and 1889-93 he

was a member

of the West Virginia state senate. In 1891-1904 he was chairman of the republican state committee; was mayor

Kingwood; and in 1897-1905 he served two terms as secretary of state of West Virginia. In 1905-09 he was governor of the of

state of

West

Virginia.