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 BISHOP.

BISPHAM.

BISHOP, Richard floore, governor of Ohio, was born in Fleming county, Ky., Nov. 4, 1812. He received a meagre education and engaged as a clerk, 1829-'33 ; as a partner with his employer, 18B3-"48, and as the head of a successful wholesale grocery house in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1848-78. He was a member of the city council in 1857 ; its pre- siding officer in 1858, and mayor of Cincinnati elected on a citizens' ticket in 1859-'61. As ma}'or he received the Prince of Wales, enforced the Sunday ordinances, and presided over the Union war meeting. He was president of the National commercial convention, Baltimore, Md., 1871 ; a member of the Ohio constitutional con- vention in 1873, and was governor of Ohio, 1878- '80. He was an active member of the Disciples church and was president of the general Chris- tian missionary couvention. He died at Jack- sonville, Fla., March 2, 1893.

BISHOP, Robert Hamilton, educator, was born in Wittburn parish. Linlithgowshire, Scot- land, July 26, 1777. He was graduated at the University of Edinburgh in 1797 ; studied theol- ogy at Selkirk, 1798-1802, and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Perth, June 28, 1803. He sailed to America with Dr. Mason, September, 1802, and was pastor of associate Presbyterian churches at Ebenezer and New Providence, Ky., 1803-14. He was professor in Transylvania uni- versity, Lexington, Ky., 1803-"24 ; and was pas- tor of McCord Presbyterian church, Lexington, Ky., 1819-'23. He was president and professor of logic and moral philosophy and history in Miami university, 1824-'41 ; continued as pro- fessor of political science and history, 1841-'45, and was president of Farmers college, near Cin- cinnati, Ohio, 1845-'55. He organized the Pres- byterian chui'ch in Oxford, Ohio, and was its pastor, 183o-"31. He edited the Evangelical Record and Western Eevieiv, 1811-'13, and published : " A Volume of Sermons " (1808) ; " Memoirs of David Rice" (1824); -'Elements of Logic" (1833); "Philosophy of the Bible" (1883); "Science of Government" (1839), and -'The Western Peace- maker " (1839).He died at Pleasant Hill, Ohio, April 26 1855.

BISHOP, Roswell P., representative, was born at Sidney, N.Y., Jan. 6, 1843 ; son of Edward and Anna (Andrews) Bishop, and grandson of Joseph Bishop. He worked on a farm, and at the outbreak of the civil war enlisted in tlie 43d N.Y. volunteers. He was wounded at Lee's Mills, Va., April 28, 1862, which necessitated the amputation of his right arm and his discharge in the field near Fredericksburg, Va., in December, 1862. Upon his return home he attended Una- dilla academy, Cooperstown seminary and Wal- ton academy, and taught school, 1862-"68. He studied in the department of literature, science

and art, University of Michigan, 1868-69, and in the law department, 1871-'72. He was admitted to the bar at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1875, and set- tled at Ludington, Mich., where he practised law. He was elected prosecuting attorney for Mason county in 1876, 1878 and 1884 ; was a representa- tive in the state legislature of Michigan, 1883-'84, and 1893-94, and was elected a representative from the 9th Michigan district in the 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th congresses as a Republican, serving 1895-1903. He was re-elected to the 58th con- gress from the same district for the term, 1908-'05.

BISHOP, William Darius, was born at Bloom- field, N. J., Sept. 14, 1827. After graduating at Yale in 1849 he studied law for a time and then became connected with a railroad com- pany. He acted as superintendent of the Nauga- tuck railroad from 1854 to 1855, when he was made president of the road, resigning that office in 1857, wnen he took his seat as a represen- tative from Connecticut in the 35th Congress. In 1859 he was appointed by President Buchanan U. S. commissioner of patents, and resigned the office in January, 1860. He was elected to the Connecticut state legislature in 1866, and held other important state offices at various times. In 1867 he became president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, which position he held imtil 1880. In 1883 he was again made president of the Naugatuck road, and in 1884 assumed the presidency of the Eastern railroad association.

BISPHAM, George Tucker, educator, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1838 : son of Joseph and Susan Ridgway (Tucker) Bispham. His early education was received in the public schools of Philadelphia and at the University of Penn- sylvania, where he was graduated in 1858. He then studied law under the Hon. John Cadwala- der and William Henry Rawle, Esq., and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in June, 1861. He soon acquired an extensive practice and in 1875 formed a legal co-partnership with the Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, afterwards attorney-general in the cabinet of President Garfield. In 1884 he was elected professor in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, and was trans- ferred to the chair of equity jurisprudence in that institution. He was made solicitor for the city of Philadelphia, and from 1881 held the same position in the Saving fimd society. In 1886 he was appointed counsel for the Pennsylvania railroad company, and also for the Girard life and trust company, the Westmoreland coal company, and the Pennsylvania fire insurance company. He is the author of several standard legal works, among them " Bispham's Principles of Equity" ; he edited " Hill on Trustees," " Adams' Equity," and " Kerr on Receivers."