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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Dunn, Jesse James, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 3, 1867, in Channahon, 111. He was educated in the public schools; in 1886-87 attended the Illinois state normal school in 1891 graduated from Garden City business college of Kansas; and in

1893 received the degree of LL.B. from the university of Kansas. In 1893 he began the practice of law; and in 1896-1900 was county attorney for Woods county, Okla. In 1904 he was chairman of the democratic territorial committee; and in 1906 was chairman of the state democratic committee. He conducted the campaign for election of delegates to the constitutional convention; and wrote the platforms on which the campaign was waged. Since 1907 he has been an associate justice of the state supreme court of Oklahoma.

Dunn, John

banker, statesman, was born in 1844 in South Carolina. In 1887 he was president of the Merchant's national

bank

F.,

of Ocala, Fla.;

of the

and became president Heather Island orange company. He

has served in the Florida state senate. Dunn, John T., lawyer, congressman, was born in 1838. He was self educated. In 1860 he was admitted to the practice of law. He was four times elected to the state legislature of New Jersey; and in 1882 was speaker of the house. In 1893-95 he was a representative from New Jersey to the fiftythird congress as a democrat. Dunn, John V., lawyer, congressman, was born in 1838. In 1878 he was elected alderman of Elizabeth, NJ.; was four times elected to 'the legislature of New Jersey; and was speaker of the house in 1882. In 189395 he was a representative from New Jersey to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Dunn, Lewis Romaine, clergyman, author, in 1822 in New Jersey. He was the author of Lizzie Hagar, the Orphan Girl The Mission of the Spirit; Angels of God; and Sermons on the Higher Life. He died in

was born

1876 in

New

Jersey.

Dunn, Mrs. Martha Baker, writer, author,

was born Jan.

21, 1848, in Hallowell, Maine. the author of The Sleeping Beauty; Memory Street; and Cicero in Maine. Dunn, Poindexter, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 3, 1834, in Wake county, N.C. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1858; and served in the confederate army. He was a presidential elector in 1872 and 1876. In 1879-89 he was a representative from Arkansas to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, the fortyninth and fiftieth congresses as a democrat. Dunn, Robinson Potter, educator, clergy-

She

is

man, was born

May

31, 1825, in

Newport,

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In 1843-45 he was an' instructor and Brown university; and in 1852 was chosen professor of rhetoric and English in that institution. He died Aug. 28, 1867, in Providence, E,.I. Dunn, William McKee, lawyer, jurist, congressman, soldier, was born Dec. 12, 1814, in Hanover, Ind. He was elected to the Indiana legislature in 1848; and was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1850. In 1859-63 he was a representative from Indiana to the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses. He became assistant judge advocate in the army; was also a delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists' convention of 1866; and in 1875 was appointed judge advocate-general; and subsequently became brigadier-general. In 1881 R.I.

librarian in

he was retired from active service. He died July 24, 1887, in Madison, Ind. Dunn, Williamson, pioneer, was born Dec. 25, 1781, in Danville, Ky. He was a pioneer of Indiana. He died Nov. 11, 1854, in Hanover, Ind.

Dunne, Edmund Francis, lawyer, jurist, statesman, was born 1835 in Little Falls, N. Y. He removed to Nevada in 1863; was a delegate to the constitutional convention of that state; and was elected a district judge. In 1874 he was appointed chief justice of the United States court for Arizona. Dunne, Edward F., lawyer, jurist, was bom Oct. 12, 1853, in Waterville, Conn. He was educated in the public and high schools of Peoria, 111.; and at Trinity college of Dublin university, Ireland. In 1877 he graduated from the Union college of law at Chicago, 111.: and received the degree of LL.D. from St. Ignatius college. He began the practice of law in 1877; and in 1892-1905 was judge of the circuit court of Cook county, 111. In 1900 he was a presidential elector; and in 1905-07 was mayor of the city of Chicago. Dunne, Edward Joseph, clergyman, bishop. For many years he was a priest in Chicago 111.; and since 1893 has been Roman catholic bishop of Dallas, Texas. Dunne, Finley Peter, journalist, author, was born July 10, 1869, in Chicago, 111. Since 1897 he has been editor of the Chicago Journal. He is the author of Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War. Dunnell, Jacob, manufacturer, was born in 1812 in Providence, R.I. He entered the Dunnell print works as bookkeeper, and later became manager. During the civil war he kept the places of his employes and supported their families while they were gone.

He

died

May

25, 1886, in

Pawtucket,

R.I.

Dunnell, Mark Boothby, educator, lawyer, author, was born June 38, 1864, in Buxton, Maine. In 1889-93 he was deputy consul general at Shanghai, China. He is the author of

Minnesota Trial Book; and Minnesota

Pleading. Dunnell,

Mark

Hill, soldier, educator, con-

gressman, was born July

2,

1833, in Buxton,