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Maine. In 1854 he was elected to the state, and in 1855 to the state senate. In 1855-59 he was state superintendent of common schools; and in 1856 was a delegate to the national convention at Philadelphia. In 1861 he entered the union army as colonel of infantry. In 1862 he was United States consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico. In 1865 he went to Minnesota; was a member of the legislature of that state in 1867; and was state superintendent of public instruction in 1867-70. In 1871-83 and 1889-91 he was a representative to the forty-second, legislature;

forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth, fortysixth, forty-seventh and fifty-first congresses as a republican. He died in 1904 in Owa-

tonna, Minn. Bunnell, William Nichols, clergyman, was born Feb. 3, 1835, in New York City. In 1859-71 he was rector of Trinity church of

Red Bank,

N.J.; and since 1871 has been rector of All Saints' church of New York City. For the past

twenty-five years he has been chaplain of the twenty-second regiment New York national guard; and has

various other ofFor nearly half a century he has been actively engaged in the ministry; and has published sermons and contributed to religious literature. filled fices.

Dunning, Albert Elijah, clergyman, jourauthor, was born Jan. 5, 1844, in Brookfield, Conn. He is a congregational clergyman of Boston; and since 1889 has been editor-in-chief of the Congregationalist. He is the author of The Sunday-School Library Bible Studies and Congregationalists in America. Dunning, Mrs. Annie Ketchum, author, was born Nov. 3, 1831, in New York City. She is a prolific writer of Sunday-school tales, mainly for the presbyterian board of publication. Among them are Clementina's Mirror; A Story of Four Lives; Broken Pitchers; and Contradictions. Dunning, Edwin James, dentist, author, was born July 19, 1821, in Camillusi N.Y. He practiced dentistry in Ithaca, Syracuse and nalist,





New York Qty

in 1838-74. He lost his sight literature. He was the author of Genesis of Shakespeare's Art, a Study of His Poems and Sonnets. He died in 1901 in Cambridge, Mass. in 1877

and took up

Dunning, Harry Westbrook, educator, auwas born Dec. 7, 1871, in Boston, Mass. In 1896-99 he was an instructor of foreign languages at Yale college. He is the author of To-day on the Nile; and To-day in Palesthor,

tine.

Dunning, Homer N., clergyman, author, was bom July 17, 1837, in Brookfield, His poems have appeared in Edwards' Fifth poet,

Reader, Foster's Cyclopedia, and other standard works. Dunning, Henry Nicholas, clergyman, was born May 17, 1866, in Canada. He was educated at the Queen's university of Kingston; attended the McCormick theological seminary of Chicago; and studied at the Oxford university of England. He has filled pastorates in Pawnee City and Lincoln, Neb.; and in

Watertown and

Al-

bany, N.Y. He is now pastor of the Clinton square presbyterian church of Albany, N.Y. In 1908 he delivered illustrated patriotic and missionary addresses at his church on Our Wonderful Country, Our Red Brothers and other topics. Dunning, Paris C, governor. He was the eighth governor of Indiana in 1848-49 to fill a vacancy. He died in Indiana. Dunning, William Archibald, educator, author, was born in Plainfield, N.J. He is professor of history at Columbia university. In 1894-1903 he was managing editor of the Political Science Quarterly. He is the author of Essays on the Civil War and the Reconstruction; History of Political Theories; Reconstruction; Political and Economic.

Dunnington, Francis Perry, educator, chemauthor, was born March 3, 1851, in Baltimore, Md. In 1872-85 was adjunct professor; and since 1885 he has been professor of analytical and agricultural chemistry in the university of Virginia. He is the author of numerous chemical investigations. Dunphy, Edward J., lawyer, congressman, was born May 13, 1856, in New York City. ist,

In 1889-95 he was a representative from New York to the fifty-first, fifty-second and fiftythird congresses as a democrat.

Dunscomb, Samuel Whitney, lawyer, au-

New

thor, was born Jan. 11, 1868, in York City. In 1888 he graduated from the college City of York;

New

and was valedictorian of

his

class.

He

also

graduated from the Columbia university; and received the degrees of A.M., LL.B. and Ph.D. from that institution of learning.

In

1890-93 he was Seligman fellow in political science and a student in the school of

law

in

Columbia

university; and graduated from both institutions of learning. Since 1893 he has been in general practice in corporation and commercial law; and in 1899 was an attorney in the law department of the Title guarantee and trust company of New York City.