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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. land. In 1834 he was appointed regent of the state university; and in 1840-44 was

postmaster of New York City. He received an appointment in the treasury department

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Graham, Sylvester, vegetarian, author, was born in 1794 in Suffield, Conn. He was a well-known vegetarian and lecturer upon temperance. He was the author of Lec-

Human

at Washington; and was elected to the council of the university of the city of New York. He died July 22, 1876, in Flushing, N..

tures on the Science of

Graham, Joseph Alexander, lawyer, journalist, author, was born Sept. 8, 1855, in Salisbury, Md. In 1875 he graduated from Antioch college of Ohio; and received the degree of A.M. In 1878 he began journalism; the following year was admitted to the bar; and in 1883 was elected state's attorney of Wicomico county, Md. In 1884-92 he was editorial writer and managing editor of the Kansas City Times; and in 1893-1906 was managing editor of the St. Louis Republic. He is the author of The Sporting Dog

Northampton, Mass. Graham, William, educator, college president, was born Dec. 19, 1745, in Harris-

Kennel.

Graham, Lawrence Pike, soldier, was born 8, 1815, in Amelia county, Va. In 1837

Jan.

he was appointed second lieutenant of the second dragoons; and soon became captain. In 1837-42 he served in the Indian Seminole war in Florida. He served through the entire war with Mexico; was in command of two squadrons of dragoons at the close of the Mexican war from Monterey, Mexico, to Los Angeles, Oal.; and was brevetted major for gallantry in the Mexican war. He be-

red History.

Graham, Mrs. Margaret

Collier, author, 1850, in Van Buren She is a California writer; coTmty, Iowa. and the author of Stories of the Foot-Hills; The Wizard's Daughter; and Gifts and

was bom

Sept.

29,

Givers.

Graham, Neil

F., physician, surgeon,

was

born Feb. 9, 1840, in Canada. He served as a surgeon in the army until the close of the civil war; and in 1872 was elected professor of surgery at Howard university of Washington, D.C. He is also clinical lecturer on surgery at the Freedman's hospital. Graham, Robert, clergyman, educator, college president, founder, was bom Aug. 14, 1822, in Liverpool, England. He was president and founder of the Arkansas college; has been president of the Kentucky university; and until 1896 was president of the college of the Bible of Lexington, Ky. He died Jan. 19, 1901, in Lexington, Ky. Graham, Samuel, soldier, was born in In 1862 he became colonel in the Ireland. fifth regiment New York artillery; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers.

He

Sept.

died

He was first president of Liberty Hall academy, afterward Washington college and Washington and Lee university. He died June 8, 1799, in Eichmond, Va. Graham, William, state senator, congressman, was bom March 16, 1782. He was a member of the convention which framed the state constitution of Indiana; and served many years in both branches of the state legislature, and was speaker in 1820. In 1837-39 he was a representative from Indiana to the twenty-fifth congress. He died Aug. 17, 1858, near Vallonia, Ind. Graham, William Alexander, lawyer, governor. United States senator, was bom Sept. 5, 1804, in Lincoln county, N.C. He served in the state legislature in 1833-36 and 1839-40. In 184143 he was United burg, Pa.

States senator; and 1845-49 was the twenty-third g o v e rnor of North Carolina. In 1850-52 he was secretary of the navy; in

came lieutenant -colonel of the fifth cavalry in 1861; was colonel of the fourteenth cavalry in 1864; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general for meritorious services in In I'Ol he was commisthe civil war. sioned brigadier-general of volunteers; and raised and commanded a cavalry brigade in the army of the Potomac. In 1870 he was retired as colonel of the United States army. He died in 1905 in Washington, D.C.

Life; Bread of Sac11, 1851, in

and Breadmaking; and Philosophy

and subsequently was nominated for the office

of

vice-president

on the ticket with Winfield Scott. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia national union convention of 1866; and subsequently held the position of arbitrator between the states of Virginia and Maryland. He died Aug. 11, 1875, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Graham, William Harrison, soldier, business man, congressman, was bom Aug. 3, 1844, in Allegheny, Pa. In 1861-65 he served in the second Virginia infantry and in the fifth West Virginia cavalry. He is president of the mercantile trust company and the central accident insurance company of

For four terms he was a Pittsburg, Pa. member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. In 1891-1903 and 1905-11 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the fifty-seventh, fifty-ninth, sixfifty-sixth, tieth and sixty-first congresses as a republican.

Graham, Wiliam Montrose, soldier, was Sept. 28, 1834, in Washington, D.C. In

bom

1855 he entered the army as lieutenant in the first United States artillery; was brevetted major for gallant service in the Peninsular campaign; and was made lieutenant-colonel for gallant conduct at Antietam. He was made colonel for gallant con-