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 IIERRINGSHAW S LIHRARY OP AMKKICAN BIGQRAPHY. c«i'.e(l

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educaiioii in tlio cHMiimnn ^cIuniIs, iimiitry at the ly-

and the Mil-

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norinnl M'luM>l. Duriii;,' 1878H4 Ik- va> a iiH'iiiber of the I'ennsylvanin houHt' of repn'sM-ntal«Tsvillt

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v.iilia state &enat«* Uur1802-96. He was a }irf>.i(li'iit iai clrctdr ill IHUO; and since 1891 has lievn secretary of the FarmeTs' nrotective tariff IcaiKUe of Pennsylvania, Siiu'f 1S!)8 lie lias served as rhief coiiuT of the I'nited States mint at i*hila)iia. Pa.

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Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, lawyer, jurist,

was horn Nov. 20. ISIili. m .Millville, Ohio. In 1891 he was admitted to the praetioe of law; an<l in lS!»,"ihe was I'ti-riiu'-d in Hie praetiee of thai profession in ( liiea;jit, III., except for two year^ while he was pri vate soeretary to secretary of state (Iresliant. Since IfiO.l he has bwn judge of the nited States district oourt for the northi^ (

district of Illinois.

Landon, Francis

and statesman nf JO Ilroiidway, New York City. wa< luun Aug. 1850, in New York City. Ho has nttainrd the rank of nuvjor in the seventh ien;inient Ni u York national },'nard. lie has servtnl several terms as a member of Uie .Vew York state TefH«IatnT«: and In 1904 W.MS

G., soldier

a pr' -id'Mit elector. In lOO.'i 07 lic sreonil secretary to the American ems^v at Vienna; aiid in 1907 was appointi

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ed re)Mddieun cominis^ionfT an<l became a niendter of the militia councii for the slate nf Ne« York. Landon Melville De Lancey ( i:ii Perkins

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ionriiiilist.

7, 1830. in

h-cturcr. author,

Eaton. X.Y.

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ated of

was horn ISdl

l.e

gradu-

tlic

dcfiree

liiiMi

Itiion

uitli

A.M.

Si-pl.

•olh'^" of Si

licMi'i

trtdv-

N.Y. In 18(i:j h.. was appointed n clerk in the

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niteil

treasury

States

deparinient:

and

Rervr»d in (^'uernl CasKiiis M. Clay's hat

talion

in

front of

Washington. -iu'll'il

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fl-ca-<

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hit til lion: and joined thf staff of Chetl iin. with nmk of Tuainr.

A. I.. After the civil war lie traveh'd in Kurope; n ls>rame secretary of the United State* legation in Htissia. He attained world-wiih. renown as a Imnioi ist writer and lecturer; was president of the New York news asaol ciation; and hehl various positions of fm-t I

and honor* Under the nom de plume ot KU Perkins he was the author of Ffanoo-Prua*

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War: Wit. Hunior and Pathos; Wit

sian

and Humor of the Age; Kings of Platform and Pulpit; Thirty Years of Wit; and .American Humorists and Lecturers. He died i>ec. 16, lUlU.

Landon, Jndson Stoart, lawyer, author, was horn in 18.'52 in Connecticut. He is a lawyer of Schnectady; justice of the su|.n>me court of the state of New York in 1SS7 1001, and lecturer in the Albany law scIh.oI. He was the author of The Constitutional History and fJovernment of the i'nited

States.

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He died Sept.

7,

1905, in

Sclienectaily. X.Y".

Landram, Jenn James, soldier. ^ tnte sena* lor. was horn Nov. 10, 1826, in Warsaw. Ky. ,t the opening of the civil war he aided in recruiting and or<;:iiiixiM^ for the national f;ovemment the eighteenth Kentucky rejriment, of which he became lieutenant-colonel. He was elected to the Kentudcy state senate in 18(13.

Landram, William

Jennlnf^s, soldier,

was

In hr wis loloncl in Kentucky. the nineteenth regiment Kentucky infantry; and In 1865 was brevetted brigadierliorn in

of vohintiH-rs. He was honorably red out in ISO."). He died Oct. 11, 189.5.

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Landreth, David, a^rriculturist. founder, author, was Iwrn in 1802 in Phihidelphia. He was one of the founders of the Pennsylvania horticultural society in 1827, and its rorr -[n Hilling secretary in 1828 .1(1. and president of the society for the promotion of agrienltnre. He edited, with additions, Johnson's Dict'onarv of Modern hardening. He died Feb. 22, 1880, in Bristol, Pa. Laadretli, OHn Henry, civil engineer, au* Hmr, was l>orn .July 21. 18:'i2. in Addison. N.Y. Since 1894 he has been professor of engineering in Union college of Schenectady. N.Y. He is the author nf Metric Tables.

Landreth, William Barker,

civil

engineer,

was bom Aug. 3. 1857. in RushHe has heen city enginc^'r of X.Y. Schenectady and Amsterdam, N.Y. In 18971900 he was assistant engineer; and since Tftoo has heen resident engineer of the New designer, vilic,

York

state canals.

Landmm, John was

iKirii

July

M., lawyer, congressman, in Rdpefh hl ill-^trict.

ISl.T.

In 1842 he graduated from the South Parolina college; and began the praetlee of law at Shreveport, T4». Tn IS.')^ fil he was a representative from Louisiana to the thirty-sixth congress. He died in Louisiana. S.C.

Landry,

J.

Aristide,

congressman,

was

born in Louisiana. In 1851-53 he was a representative from Louisiana to the thirty* second congress. He died in Donaldaonvilhp, I..a.

Landy, w;.s

Tames, merchant, congressman, born Oct. 1.1. 181.1, in Philadelphia. Pa.

He was engaged in mercantile pursuits; and was a school commissioner. Tn 1857-50 he was a reprc^ontntive from Pennsylvania to the thirtv-litth congress. He died July 24, 1876, in Philadelphia, Pa.

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