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of the Jay Cooke failure ; secured the reversal of the decree against Gen. Fitz John Porter, and was one of the leading counsel in the great Wliitaker will case. He was chiefly instrumental in the creation and adoption of tlie new city charter for Philadelphia, and in 1882 prepared the Bullitt bill, which was adopted by the Penn- sylvania legislature, and which provided for bet- ter government of cities of the first class. He died in Philadelphia. Pa., Aug. 25, 1902.

BULLOCH, Archibald, delegate, was born in Charles Town, S.C., in 1780 ; son of the Rev. James and Jean (Stabo) Bulloch. He married Maiy, daughter of Judge De Veaux. He practised law in Georgia, where, in 1760, he was appointed to correspond with Benjamin Franklin on the affairs of the province. On April 21, 1772, he was elected speaker of the commons, and, on July 7, 1775, was chosen a member of the 1st pro- vincial congress and elected its speaker. He was re-elected to the 2d congress and again served as speaker. This body sent him as a dele- gate to the Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia. Had not important affairs called him home he would have been present Jvily 4, 1776, and affixed his signature to the Declara- tion of Independence. He was, however, a signer at the secret congress of Nov. 9, 1776, and was the first man to read the Declaration to the people in Georgia. He was made presi- dent and commander-in-chief of Georgia on April 15, 1776. Bulloch county was named for him. He died in Savannah, Ga., Feb. 22, 1777.

BULLOCH, William Bellinger, senator, was born at Savannah, Ga., in 1776; son of Archibald Bulloch, first president of Georgia. He was given an excellent classical education, and practised law in his native city. In 1809 he was chosen mayor of Savannah, and afterwards held the office of collector of customs at that port. He served as captain of heavy artillery in the war of 1812. In 1813 was appointed by the gov- ernor to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- tion of William H. Crawford from the United States senate, serving from May to December, 1813. He was one of the founders of the United States branch bank in Georgia, and was elected its president in 1816, retaining the position twenty-seven years. He also held the offices of United States district attorney, attorney -general of Georgia, and vice-president of the Georgia historical society. He died March 6, 1852.

BULLOCK, Alexander Hamilton, governor of Massachusetts, was born in Royalston, Mass., March 2, 1816; son of Rufus and Sarah (Davis) Bullock. He was prepared for college at Leices- ter academy, and was graduated at Amherst in 1836, standing second in his class. He taught school for a time, and then entered Harvard law

school, where he was graduated in 1840. He was admitted to the bar in 1841, and began practice in "Worcester. In 1842 he served as aide on the staff of Gov. John Davis. In March, 1842, he became editor of the National Jt^gis, a weekly Whig newspaper. He also edited a campaign pajier, called Old Massachusetts, during the presidential canvass of 1844, and a similar paper, called the True Whig, for three months preceding the elec- tion of 1848. From 1845 to 1847 he served in the Massachusetts house of representatives; was elected to the state .senate in 1849; in 1853 was appointed commissioner of insolvency, and in 1856 was made judge of the court of insolvency, hold- ing the office until 1858, in 1859 being elected mayor of Worcester. In lS61-'62-"63-"64-'65 he was chosen a member of the state house of repre- sentatives, of which he was speaker in 1862. From 1866 to 1869 he was governor of Massachusetts, declining a re-election in the latter year*. He de- clined the position of minister to Great Britain, offered by Pi'esident Hayes, on Dec. 8, 1879. He received the degree of LL.D. from Amherst in 1865, and from Harvard in 1866. He was a member of the Massachusetts historical society and a trustee of Amherst college. See Memoir of Alexander H. Bullock (1887), by Charles Devens. He died in Worcester, Mass.. Jan. 17, 1882.

BULLOCK, Jonathan Russell, jurist, was born at Bristol, R. I., Sept. 6, 1815. He was graduated from Brown university in 1834, and was admitted to the bar at Newport in 1836. He then opened a law office at Alton, 111. On hi& return to his native city in 1843 he was elected to the state legislature, where he served thi-ee years. In 1849 he was a member of the com- mittee to inquire into the validity of the Rhode Island revolutionary debt, and was also made collector of customs for Bristol and Warren. R. I., holding the office five years. In 1859 he was chosen a state senator, and the following year became lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island, retaining the office until 1861. He was an associate justice of the state supreme court from 1862 to 1864, and judge of the U. S. district court for Rhode Island from 1864 to 1869, retir- ing in the latter year, the condition of his health forbidding further activity. He is the author of Report of Commissioner to Adjust Claims of Rhode Island against the United States, Jan. 1S63 (1863), and Life and Times of Sfukeleij Westcote. tcith some of his Desceuda)its (1886). He died in Bristol, R.I.. May 7, 1899.

BULLOCK, Robert, representative, was born in Greenville, N. C, Dec. 8, 1828. He was edu- cated in the common schools, removed to Florida, and on reaching his majority was elected clerk of the circuit court, which office he held six years. He was commissioned