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practise in all the courts of the state. He was head master of theUry school, Philadelphia, Pa., 1875-77; head master of St. Paul's school, Gar- den City, L.I., N.Y., 1877-79; principal of the city high and normal school, Paterson, N.J., 1879-81; professor of the Latin language and literature in Lehigh university, 1881-88; president of the Central high school, Philadelphia, Pa., and professor of constitutional and in- ternational law there, 1888-93; and princi- pal of the School of Pedagogy for Men from its foundation, in 1891, to 1893. On Jan. 1, 1894, he en- gaged in the active practice of the law in New York city, where he became special council for the Manhattan Elevated railroad, and council for the Knights of Labor in the Ford franchise tax bill be- fore the New York legislature in 1900, and council for the Typographical Union No. 6 against the New York Sun. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Hobart college in 1877. He became a member of the Amer- ican Historical association; of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; of the American Academy of Political and Social Science; of the Philadelphia Academy of Nat- ural Sciences; of the Pennsylvania Historical society; of the Genealogical Society of Pennsyl- vania, and corresponding member of several Euro- pean learned societies. He is the author of: The First Three Books of Homer's Iliad (1879, 2d ed., 1885); The Satires of Persius (1884); The Agri- cola and Oermania of Tacitus (1885); The Bu- colics and Qeorgios of Virgil (1885); The ^neid of Virgil (1893); Cicero de Amicitia (1894); The Satires of Juvenal.

JOHNSON, Henry Underwood, representa- tive, was born in Cambridge City, Ind., Oct. 28, 1850; son of Nimrod Hoge and Catharine (Coyle) Johnson; grandson of Nathan and Sarah (Hoge) Johnson, and of John and Christiana (Ingle) Underwood. He was educated at Earlham col- lege, Richmond, Ind.; was admitted to the bar in February, 1872, and established himself in the practice of law at Richmond. He was prosecut- ing attorney of Wayne county, Ind., 1876-80; state senator from Wayne county in 1887, and a Republican representative from the 6th Indiana district in the 52d, 53d, 54th, 55th congresses, 1891-99. While serving in the 55th congress.

he was chairman of the election committee; No. 2, and a member of the banking and cur- rency committee. He removed in 1899 to St. Louis, Mo., where he engaged in the practice of law.

JOHNSON, Herman Merrill, educator, was born at Butternuts, Otsego county, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1815; son of Miles and Chloe (Dunning) Johnson. He was graduated at Wesleyan univer- sity, Middletown, Conn., in 1839; was professor of ancient languages at St. Charles college. Mo. , 1839-42; at Augusta college, Ky., 1842-44; pro- fessor of ancient languages and literature in the Ohio Wesleyan university, 1844-50, being acting president in 1844-45; and at his suggestion in 1849 a system of scholarships at reduced rates was devised, and resulted in the sale of 25,000 years of tuition, which will probably be cancelled in 1910. He was professor of philosophy and English literature in Dickinson college, Pa., 1850-60; and president of the college and pro- fessor of moral science, 1860-68. He received the degree of S.T.D. from Ohio Wesleyan uni- versity in 1852, and that of LL.D. elsewhere. He edited Oriental ia Antiquiojxi Herodoti (1854), and contributed to the Methodist Quarterly Revieio. He died at Carlisle, Pa., April 5, 1868.

JOHNSON, Herrick, educator, was born in Caughnewaga, Montgomery county, N.Y., Sept. 22, 1832; son of John J. and Lydia (French) Johnson; grandson of John Johnson. He was graduated from Hamilton college, N.Y., in 1857, and from Auburn Theological seminary in 1860. He was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Buffalo in 1859 and ordained by the presbytery of Troy in 1860. He was married, Sept. 6, 1800, to Catharine Sj^encer Hardenbergh, of Auburn, N.Y. He was colleague pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Troy, N.Y., 1800-62; pastor of the Third church, Pittsburg, Pa., 1862-67; of the First church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1808-74; professor of homiletics and pastoral theology at Auburn Theological seminary, 1874-80; pastor of the Fourth church, Chicago, 111., 1880-83; and became professor of homiletics at McCormick Theological seminary, Chicago, 111., in 1880. He was moderator of the general assembly in 1882; president of the board of aid for colleges and academies from its organization in 1883, and president of the board of ministerial education in Pliiladelphia, 1870-74. He received the de- gree of D.D. from Western Reserve college in 1867; that of LL.D. from Wooster university in 1882 and that of D.C.L. from Oinaha university in 1890. He is the author of: Christianity's Chal- lenge (1882); Plain Talks About the Theatre (1883); Revivals, their Place and Power (1883); Presbyterian Book of Forms (1889), and sermons and articles published in ijeriodicals.