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den and others succeeded in breaking the Tweed ring, and he became a power in the organization. He succeeded Andrew H. Green as city comptrol- ler, being appointed to the office by Mayor Wick- ham in 1876. He supported Samuel J. Tilden as governor, but before the Democratic national com- mittee of 1876, opposed his nomination for the Presidency and placed in nomination Gen. W. S. Hancock. He was removed as comptroller of New York city by Mayor Cooper in 1879. He op- posed the administration of Governor Robinson, and caused the delegates from New York city to withdraw from the state convention of 1878, and was nominated by the bolters as an independ- ent candidate for governor, receiving 77,566 votes, thus defeating Robinson and causing tlie election of Alonzo B. Cornell, the Republican candidate. He was responsible for the nomina- tion of William R. Grace as mayor of New York in 1880 and of Franklin Edson for that office in 1883. He tried to prevent the nomination of Governor Grover Cleveland for the presidency in 1882, and in 1884prevented the board of aldermen who had voted to grant the Broadway Railway franchise from being re-elected. He was chairman of the Tammany Hall general committee in 1885 and 1886. He died in New York city, June 1, 1886. KELLY, Patrick, R.C. bishop, was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, April 16, 1779; son of Mathew and Anastatia (Nolan) Kelly. He studied the classics in the Old Maudlin Street academy, Kil- kenny, and in 1797, went to St. Patrick's college, Lisbon, Portugal,

where at the end of the course in theol- ogy, he was made pro- fessor of philosoi^hy. He took his minor orders, June 6, 12 and 20, and was ordained priest, July 18, 1802, by the Most Emi- nent and Rev. Lord Don Francis Antonio, Bishop of Maranhao, Brazil, who was visit- ing Lisbon. He re- turnee! to his birth- place in 1804, and was curate of Johnstown and the Rower, dio- cese of Ossary, until 1811, professor of theology at the Maudlin Street college, Kilkenny, 1811-14 ; and at St. John's college, Birchfield, Kilkenny, 1814-16, and president of the college, 1816-20. When the diocese of Richmond, Va., was estab- lished in 1820, he received the appointment as bishop, July 11, 1820. He was consecrated at the parisli chapel of St. Mary, at Kilkenny, Aug. 24, 1820, by Dr. Troy of Dublin, assisted by Bishop

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Murray, coadjutor to Dr. Troy and Bishop Marum of Ossary. He left Kilkenny, Oct. 9, 1820, and arrived at Norfolk, Va., Jan. 19, 1821, which city he made his resideiice. His efforts to obtain resident priests for the parishes of Martinsburg, Winchester, Bath and Shepardstown, Va.,and to open a parochial school at Norfolk, which he himself conducted, were successful, but his fail- ing health incapacitated him for the duties of administering the affairs of the diocese and he was translated to Waterford and Lismore, Ireland,. Jan. 28, 1823, arriving in Ireland, July 15. 1822. He died at Waterford, Ireland, Oct. 8, 1829.

KELLY, Robert, philanthropist, was born in New York city. Dec. 15, 1808 : son of Robert Kelly, an Irish patriot, who settled in New York cit}' in 1796, became a successful merchant, and died in 1825. Robert was graduated from Co- lumbia college at the head of the class of 1826, wlien he engaged in the dry goods commission business with his brothers, they having inherited the business of their father. He retired from business in 1837 with a fortune and devoted hini- self to study and to educational interests. He- was conspicuous in establishing the Free academy of New York city in 1848, which name was changed in 1866 to the College of the City of New York. He was a member of the council of the University of the City of New York, 1839-50 ; founder and president of the board of trustees of the University of Rochester, N.Y., 1850-56,. chairman of the committee which organized the course of study there, and a trustee of Madison,. afterward Colgate, university. These institutions are all indebted to his generosity and labors. He was president of the board of managers of the House of Refuge, New York city, and was inter- ested in the Institution for the Benefit of Mer- chants' clerks. He was elected a regent of the University of the State of New York in 1856, and was chairman of the board of trustees of the New York Society libi-ary at the time of his death. He was elected city chamberlain of New York in 1856. He received the honorary degree- of LL.D. from the University of Rochester in 1852. He died in New York city, Ajjril 27, 1856.

KELLY, Williain, senator, was born in Ten- nessee in 1770. He was educated for the law and settled in practice at Huntsville, and later at Elyton, Jefferson county, Ala. He was the repre- sentative from Alabama in the 17th congress, serving from Dec. 3, 1821, to Jan. 21, 1823, when he was elected U.S. senator as a Jackson Demo- crat to take the place of John W. Walker, resigned. He was succeeded in the house by Gabriel P. Moore, of Huntsville, and served as- U.S. senator from Jan. 21, 1823, to March 3, 1825. He removed to New Orleans, La., in 1831, and died there in 1832.