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 RUSSELL. RYDER. 529 the state Legislature. In 1S68 he was also chosen a delegate to the national Re- publican convention in Cincinnati. He was elected to the 46th Congress from the 7th Massachusetts district ; served on the committee on commerce, and was a member of a sub-committee to investigate the cause for the decline of American commerce. His report showed a thorough knowledge of the subject, and resulted in Massachusetts leading off in a change of the laws in relation to the taxation of prop- erty in ships. He was re-elected to the 47th Congress, serving on the committee of ways and means, a position he was amply qualified to fill. Here he achieved distinction during the discussion of the tariff issues, from the protection standpoint. Yielding to the demands of his constituents, he was again nominated by acclamation and elected to the 48th Congress. In his church connections Mr. Russell is a Con- gregationalist. He was married in Bradford, February 1, 1859, to Elizabeth Haven, daughter of William Hall. Of this union were three children : Mary Frances, Annie Elizabeth, and Grace Dun ton Russell (deceased). Mrs. Russell died at St. Paul, Minn., De- cember 18, 1866. June 25, 1872, Mr. Rus- sell married Frances Spofford, sister of his first wife. Their children are : William Augustus, Jr., Elizabeth Haven, and Rich- ard Spofford Russell. RUSSELL, William Eustis, son of Charles Theodore and Sarah Elizabeth (Ballister) Russell, was born in Cambridge, Middlesex county, January 6, 1857. His early education he received in the public and high schools of Cambridge, entering Harvard in 1873 and graduating in 1 S 7 7. He then entered the law school of the Boston University and was gradu- ated in 1S79, sununa cum laude, at the head of his class. He won the Lawrence prize for the best essay and delivered the class oration. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1S80, when he became a member of the firm of C. T. & T. H. Russell, attor- neys-at-law, in Boston, and now has a very large and important practice as a member of the same firm. At Cambridge, on the 3d of June, 1885, Mr. Russell was married to Margaret Man- ning, daughter of Joshua A. and Sarah (Hodges) Swan. Their only child is : Wil- liam Eustis Russell, Jr. From the outset, Air. Russell's career has been successful. He was a member of the common council of Cambridge in 1882. In 1883 and '84 he was a member of the Cam- bridge board of aldermen. In 18S5, '86, '87, and '88 he was the popular mayor of Cambridge, and in 1888, as the Democratic candidate for governor, stumped the State, making nearly fifty speeches in favor of Cleveland and tariff reform. He also spoke a number of times in other states, and was presiding officer at the conven- tion of Democratic clubs at Baltimore, July 4, 1888. In 1889 he was renominated by the Democratic party as its standard- bearer in the gubernatorial campaign of this year. He has also been president of the alumni of the law school of the Boston University, and president of the Middlesex County Democratic Club, while in 18S6 he declined the Democratic nomination for Congress from the 5th district. He has always resided in his native town. He is secretary of his college class of 1877. His religious connections are with the Congre- gational church of Dr. McKenzie, in Cambridge. RYDER, William Henry, son of Oliver H. and Harriet R. (Jackson) Ryder, was born in Elyria, Lorain county, Ohio, July 25, 1S42. He was educated at Oberlin College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1866. He pursued his theological stud- ies in the theological seminary at Andover, from which he was graduated in 1869. Mr. Ryder was first ordained as minis- ter, December 14, 1869, and was called to the pastorate of the Congregational church at Watertown, Wis., the same year. He remained one year, when he was called to the professorship of Greek in Oberlin College, where he remained until 1877. He then accepted the pastorate of the First Congregational church in Ann Arbor, Mich. In 1887 he was called to the chair of New Testament Exegesis in Andover Theological Seminary, where he still offi- ciates. Professor Ryder was married in Oberlin, Ohio, June 29, 1870, to Mary E., daughter of Seth A. and Caroline (Billings) Bush- nell, who died November 10, 1878. His second marriage occurred October 12, 1881, at Ann Arbor, Mich., when he was married to Ada, daughter of Charles and Margaret (Henning) Tripp, of that place. He has six children. In 1864 Professor Ryder.enlisted as a pri- vate in the 150th Ohio volunteers, and the same year was commissioned lieutenant in the 5th regiment United States colored troops. He was wounded in the siege of Richmond, October 27, 1864.