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236 lie

was a member

coinniittee

years eiate<l

lie

of the democratic national from Georgia. For the past ten has Iwen a director of the asso-

press.

He was Howell, Daniel, lawyer, jurlHt. judge of the I'liitetl States district court prior to 1884. Howell, David, educator, lawyer, jurist. ongressinau, author, was Ixirn .Jan. 1. 1747, In 1781-82 and 17.S 87 he in New Jersey. wjis ail associate justice of the supreme court of Kh(H|e Island. In 1700-1824 lie was He professor of law in Brown university. was for s.Iiind. In 1782 S."> he was a d4-lega(e fioiii Kliode Island to the continental congress. He was subsequently district attorney; and in I812-20 was district judge for Rhode Island, lie «lie<l .Inly 29. I82<J. in Providence. U. I. Howell, Edward, congressman, was born He was a member of the Nrw in New York. York a.ssvmbly in I8H2; and in is:t:{ ;{."» lie was a representative from New York to the twenty-third congress. Hi'di«Hl in Hath. N.Y. Howell, Elias, congressman, wab born in New .Jersey. In 18;{.5-;i7 he was a repn'sentative from Ohio to the twenty fonrtli couffresH. Ho died in ^fav, 18t4. in Newark, Ohio. Howell, Eugene, state legislator, secretary of staff", was liorn in 1800 in San Francisco, Cal. He served as a memlx-r of (he eleventh is session of the Nevada state h'gislature (hp state librarian; and in 181>«» became secHe has lM»cn retary of state of Nevada. superintendent of the Bristol mining company of Nevada; and general .superintendent of other Nevada mining companies. s«»iuetini('

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Howell.

Evan Park,

iinlixt. stati'

in

Warsaw.

soldier, lawyer, jour-

was b4(rn Dee. 10. I8:J0, He was edu<-at<>d in the pub

senator, (Ja.

lie sebools of his native state; attended the (Jeorgia military institute; and graduated from the law school of the nniversity of (leorgia. During the civil war he was a capliiin of artillery in the confederate slates nrmy. I'ntil 187(1 he practiced law in .tliinta, (la. In 1872-78 he was a member of (he (Jeorgia state senate; and subsequenHy was a member of the state legislature. He

was a memlMT

of the commission to investigate the conduct of flic war with Spain. In inO.l-04 he was mayor of Atlanta: in 18!»(i was president of the southern press assnciaion and subsequently was appointed by I'lesiih-nt Cleveland as consul to .Manchester. I''ni;land. He was a director of the two expositions of Atlanta: and director in every new railroad built in Aflanfa since the civil war. He died in 100.5 in .Atlanta, (la. I



George, educator, lawyer, con-_ gi«>ssman. was born .June 28, 18r)0. in ScranHe taught school f<»r fourteen years ton. Vti. in Illinois, Xew .Tersey and Pennsylvania: and for seven years was superintentb-nf of public schools of Scranton. Pa. Since 100.1o."! bf was a democrati<' repn'Si ntativc from Pennsylvania to the fifty-fightb eongre-ss.

Howell,

Howell, George Rogers, clergyman, lecauthor, was born .June 15, 18:{:{. in N.Y. He published several papers in the Transactions of the Albany Institute, including Linguistic Discussion; The Open Polar Sea; ami Heraldry in Amer He died April 5, 1899, in Albany, N.Y. lea. Howell, James B., lawyer, journalist. iiited States senator, was born .Inly 4. In I84!> lie ISKi, near Morristown, N.J. turer,

Southampton,

I

Keokuk,

removed to Iowa and

t h e r c Daily afterward tlu*

started Whig,

Daily (Jate

the

L 'Uy.

He

took a prominent pari in org-anizing the n?publiean p a r t y in

Iowa in S.").'> .5(i anti was a «lelegate to the Fremont convention in I

185.

In



18<'>0

71

lit-

State« Inited was senator to fill a vacancy. Iowa.

He

died .Tune 17. 1880, in

Keokuk.

Howell, Jeremiah Brown, lawyer, Unite«l .States senator, was born in 1772 in Providence, K.l. In 1811-17 he was I nited States senator from Rhode Island. He died in November. 1822, in Providence, R.I. "Howell, John Adams, nav;;I oflicer, invenlor, was born .March 10, 1840. in New York. He became a lieutenant in 1861; lieulenani commander in 180.5; commander in 1872; and rear-admiral in 1808. He is the inventor of a torpedo which naval officers regard as probably superior to any other in use. He was appointed president of Kxamining and retiring Imard in the United States navy. He is the author of Deviations of the Compass; Marine Surveying: and Observations on the Dip of the Sea Horizon. Howell, John Gumming, naval oflicer, wn« Nov. 24. 181!», in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1808-70 he was lleet-captain of the Euro|>ean squadron; and in 1870-72 comnmndanf He was of the navy yard at League Island. commissir)ned coniinodore; and became a rear admiral in 1877. He died Sept. 12. 1802. in Washington. D.C. Howell, John Thomas, clercvnuin .mlisber. author, was bom Mav 12. 185.5. in Ramer, Ala. He is now publisher and propri«'for of the Citizens' .Tourual of Troy. Ala.; and of the Methodist Protestant Tele phone. He is the author of The History of fbe Methodist Protestant Church in Ala iHirn

iiania.

Howell, Joseph, merchant, state senator, congressman, was l>orn Feb. 17, 18.57. in Boxelder count v. I'tah. He is a successful merchanf of Wellsville. I'tah; and has Im'Cu mayor of that citv. He has served three terms in the I'tah territorial legislature: and one term in the state senate. In 190.3was a representative from Utah to 1.5 he the fifty-eighth, tifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-