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p)atrick. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey, Princeton, in 1815; was admitted to the bar in 1818, and settled in \)ractice in New Brunswick, N.J. He was married, Oct. 8, 1833, to Sopliia, daughter of Thomas Astley of Phila- delpliia, Pa. He was a Democratic representative from the fourth New Jersey district in the 28th congress, 1843-45, and surrogate five yeai's. He died at Saratoga Springs. N.Y., Aug. 15, 1859.

KIRKPATRICK, Richard Llewellyn, educator, was born in Anderson county, Tenn., Jan. 13, 1817; son of Maj. James and Susannah (Llewellj-n) Kirkpatrick; grandson of Alexander Kirkpatrick, and a descendant of Sir Roger Kirkpatrick, who came from Scotland to America and settled in Virginia. He was graduated at East Tennessee university, A.B., 1845, A.M., 1848: was instructor there, 1845-48; professor of Latin and Greek, 1848-50; of matliematics and mechanical philoso- phy, 1851-53; in 1853 accepted a cliair in the col- lege at Strawberry Plains, where he remained until 1857, and was president of the Female in- stitute, Knoxville, 1858-64. The school closed on account of the war, and President Kirkpatrick with his famih" retvirned to liis old home, where he engaged in farming, 1804-67, and in engineer- ing the Knoxville and Oliio railroad, 1867-68. He then returned to Knoxville and was elected city engineer, which position he held until the reor- ganization in 1869 of the East Tennessee uni- versity, Knoxville, where he was professor of Latin language and literature, 1869; of English language and literature, 1870-73; of English language and mental science. 1873-76; of logic and English literature, 1876-78, and of history and philosophy, 1878-79. He died in Knoxville, Tenn.. July 15, 1879.

KIRKPATRICK, William Sebring, represent- ative, was born in Easton, Pa., April 21, 1844; son of Newton and Susan (Sebring) Kirkpatrick; grandson of the Rev. Jacob Kirkpatrick. and a descendant of Alexander Kirkpatrick who was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, came to New- castle, Del., 1736 and settled at Mine Run, near Baskingridge, N.J. He attended Lafayette col- lege, 1859-62; studied law with Judge H. D. Max- well 1862-65; was admitted to the bar in 1865, and was solicitor of Easton, 1806-74. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Lafayette in 1872; was a member of the board of control of Easton, Pa.; president of the Alumni association of Lafayette, 1874; president judge of the third judicial district, 1874-75; dean of the law depart- ment of Lafayette college and professor of elemen- tarj^ law and history of jurisprudence, 1875-77; a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1884; attorney-general of Pennsylvania, 1887-91, and a representative from the eighth district of Pennsylvania in the 55th congress, 1897-99.

KIRKWOOD, Daniel, educator, was born in Blade.isburg, Md., Sept. 27,1814; son of John and Agnes (Hoi)e) Kirk wood, and grandson of Robert Kirkwood, who came from Scotland to America about 1731, and settled in Delaware. He was a student at the York academy. Pa., 1834-38, and first a.ssistant and mathematical iastructor in that institution, 1838-41; principal of a high school in York, 1841-43; of the high school at Lancaster, Pa., 184.'J-49; of Pottsville academy. Pa., 1849-51; professor of mathematics at Delaware college, 1851-56; president of that college, 1854-56, and professor of mathematics at the Indiana university, 1856-86, with the excep- tion of the time intervening between Aug. 2, 1865, and Dec. 18, 1867, when he was professor of mathematics and astronomy at Washington and Jefferson college. He was married in 1845 to Sarah Ann McNair of Newtown, Bucks county, Pa. He retired from Indiana university as emei'itus professor in 1886, and resided at River- side, Cal., 1889-95. He received the honorary de- gree of A.M. from Washington college in 1849. He was elected a member of the American Phil- osophical society in 1851, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1853. He is the author of: Mfteoric Astronomy (1867); Comets and Meteors (1873); The Asteroids or Minor Planets, between Mars and Jupiter (1887). He contributed to the American Journal of Science, the Sidereal Messenger, the Monthly Notices of the Roj'al Astronomical society and other scientific periodicals, various articles, in- cluding: Analogy between the Periods of Rotation of the Primary Planets (1849); Theory of Jupiter's Influence in the Formation of Gajts in the Zone of Mitior Planets (1866); Physical Explanation of the InteriHds in Saturn's Rings (1867). He died at Riverside. Cal., June 11. 1895.

KIRKWOOD, Samuel Jordan, cabinet officer, was born in Harf(jrd county, Md., Dec. 20, 1813; a cousin of Daniel Kirkwood (q. v.). He attended school in Washington, D.C., until 1827, when he became a clerk in a drug store, and in 1835 re- moved to Richland county, Ohio, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He was prosecuting attorney of Richland county, 1845- 49; a delegate to the Ohio state constitutional convention, 1850-51, and a member of its judiciary committee. He removed to low^a in 1855 and engaged in milling and farming in Johnson count}', near Iowa City. He was a member of the Iowa senate in 1856, and was elected governor of Iowa by the Republican party, serving two terms, 1860-64. He is credited with having saved the state lialf a million dollars in prudently equipping its quota of volunteers, comprising forty-eight regiments, at an expense of $300,000, the usual expense being $800,000. He declined