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Harrison,

W.

M., hiwyer, jurist. justice of the

was an associate wurt of Arkansas. he

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Harrison, William, conprossman. was born in Maryland. In 178>-87 he was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress. He died in Maryland. Harrison, William Henry, ninth president of th'- I'nited States, in

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was

l)orn Feb. 9, 1773,

harles City county, Va.: and was ed ucated for the medical profession at Hamp-

den Sidney college. He soon after joined the army, and departeil for the western wilderness to engage in the Indian wars, and was promoted to the In rank of captain. 1791 he marrii'd the daughter dudge of .^ymme-*, and resigned his military commis the purpo<»t' of accepting the office

sion for

Xorthwcstrrn territory', comprising the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin. In 1799- 180 he was the first territorial delegate from the Xortlj western territory to the sixth congress; and in 1800 11 wa^ governor of the territory of Indiana. In 1812 he was made commandrr of th<' North weMi.'rn amiy, with the commission of l)rigadier ge neral and in 1815-19 was a represfntative from Ohio to the fourteenth and (ifttM'nth congresses. In 1819 he was t'h'ctcd state senator; and in 1825-29 he was Cnited States senator. In 1828 he was lent to the repuhlie of Colombia as min(f .secretary of the



On

return he Rend. Ohio, where he lived until 1836. when he bc«^ime H candidate for the presidency and was dpfeateil. On the 4th of December. 1839, ilie whit; national cftnvention met at Tlarrisburg. .lames Barliour, of Virginia, was On the chos««n president of the convention. third day (Dec. 0) the nominations were made. Of the 2.54 vote'*. William Henry Harrison received 148; Henry Clay, 90; Winfield Scolt, Ifi. Harrison, having rei-eived a ma.Tohn Tyjority, wa.s declared the nominee. ister

plenipotentiary.

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Harrison, William Henry Archer, siddier. farmer, merchant, educator, was U^rn April M, 1840, in Cciitervillc, Mo. lie served (luring the war for three years in the fortieth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry: subsequently taught school; and then Ix-came a successful merchant. He has held every {tosition in the (Jrand Army of the Republic,

Harrison, William Pope, clergyman, antlior, was born in 1830, in (Jeorgia. He is a prominent clerg^'man of the methodist church, south. He is the author of Theophiliis Walton, a controversial work; Lights and Shadows of Forty Years; The Living Christ; The High Churchman Disarmed: Methodist Union and The Gospel Among the Slaves. Harrison, Z. D., lawyer, jurist. In 1900 07 he was clerk of the supreme court of Georgia; and since 1907 has Iwen an associate justice of the state supreme court of Geor;

gia.

Harrison, Henri, bibliographer, autlior.was born in 1830. in France. He is a bibliograph er of New York City. He is the author of Hibliotheca. iericana Vetustissima ; Christophc Colonibe; Jean et Sebastian Cal)ot and The Discovery of North America. Harrity, William F., lawyer, statesman, was born Oct. 9. 18.")0. in Wilmington, D<'1. He was pen principal of the Franklin academy of Virginia; instructor in mathematics and ••eience at the [.ocnst dale military acadeniy of Virginia; was professor of science at the llrownsville college of Tennessee; an<l was ,
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commander, and

from guard to d«'partinent resides in Checotali, I.T.

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from the La Salle

to his farm at North

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vice-president and professor of nmthematics at the Female college of Hopkinsville, Ky. He is now pr»'si<lenl of Bethel college al Husscllville, Ky. and is also professor of mathematics in that institution of learning.

col-

Philadelphia, Pa. During 1870 71 he matliematics taught and latin in the La Salle col lego; and ever since 1873 has been engaged in the prac He retice of law. ceived the degree of lege

of

LL.D.

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a similar ilegree from the Christian brothers' college of St. Louis, Mo. p |SM.') H9 he was postmaster of Philadelphia, Pa.; in 1890-

he was secretary of the state «»f Pennsylvania; an<l in 1892-9tJ wuh chairman of the (lernoeratie national eommilte4'. In IHIM) he leeeived twenty-one vot«'s at the «iemocralic national convent i<m for vice-president of the Cnited States. He is president of the Ki|uitable trust company of Philadelphia. Pa.; is a director of the Franklin national bank; is n <lir«'<'tor «)f the Afarket street national bank; is a director of the Pliila<lelphia electric company; is a director of the .American railways company; and a <Iirrrlor !«.'»