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fche position of U.S. minister to Denmark, offered him by President Lincoln in 1862. He was elected U.S. senator to fill the unexpired term of James Harlan, who resigned, May 13, 1865, to become secretary of the interior in President Johnson's cabinet. Senator Kirkwood's term expired March 3, 1867, he having been defeated for re- j election by James Hanlan. He was again elected gover- nor of Iowa in 1875, and inaugurated Jan. 11, 1876, and a few days later he was elected U.S. senator for the term begin- ning March 4, 1877. He was appointed by President Garfield secretary of the interior in his cabinet, March 5, 1881, and he resigned his seat in the senate which was filled by T. W. McDill to March 3, 1883. He served as a cabinet officer until April 6, 1883, when he resigned, and was succeeded by Henry M. Teller. He died in Iowa City, Iowa, Sept. 1, 1894. KIRKWOOD, William Reeside, educator, was born near Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1837 ; son of William Coulson and Jane (Thompson) Kirk wood, and grandson of Jabez and Mary (Coulson) Kirk wood. He prepai'ed for college at Miller academy, Washington, Ohio, and was graduated from Washington and Jeffer- son college, A.B., 1859, A.M., 1862. He was pas- tor of the Presbyterian churches at Smithfield and New Philadelphia, 1862-80 ; was financial secretary for the University of Wooster, 1880-83 ; pastor of the Presbyterian church at Winfield, Kan., 1883-85 ; professor of mental science and logic in Macalester college, St. Paul, Minn., 1885- 90, and professor of mental and political science in the College of Emporia, Kan., 1890-1900. He was married, Sept. 4, 1862, to Rebecca Gray. Of their sons, Samuel Markle engaged in the suc- cessful practice of medicine and surgery in St. Paul, Minn., and William Paul became a member of the editorial staff of the Minneapolis Journal. William R. Kirkwood received the honorary de- gree of D.D. from Wooster university in 1878, and that of LL.D. from the College of Emporia in 1900. He is the author of numerous contribu- tions to periodicals.

KIRTLAND, Jared Potter, educator, was born in Wallingford, Conn., Nov. 10, 1793; son of Tarhand and Mary (Potter) Kirtland, and a grandson of Jared Potter, of Wallingford, Conn. He was educated at the academies of Wallingf or«J

and Cheshire, Conn., became a student of botany, and engaged in the cultivation of fruit and flow- ers, and of mulberry trees for tiie rearing of silk- worms. He studied medicine with Dr. John An- drews of Wallingford, and Dr. Sylvester Wells of Hartford ; studied at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated from Yale, M.D., 1815. He settled in Ijractice at Wallingford, Conn., removing in 1818 to Durham, Conn., and in 1823 to Poland, Ohio. He was married in 1815 to Caroline Atwater, of AVallingford ; and secondly, about 1825, to Han- nah Fitch Toucey, of Newtown, Conn. He was a representative in the Ohio legislature, 1829-32 and 1834-35 ; was jirofessor of the theory and practice of medicine at the Ohio Medical college, Cincinnati, 1837-42, and was assistant on the geological survey of Ohio in 1837, under William W. Mather. He lectured on the theory and practice of inedicine and physical diagnosis in Willoughby Medical school, 1841-43. He was a trustee of Western Reserve university, 1833-35 ; one of the founders of the medical department of that institution in 1843 ; professor of the theory and practice of medicine there, 1843-64, and pro- fessor emeritus, 1864-77. He was examining surgeon of recruits for Ohio during the civil war, and gave his pay to the bounty fund and the Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio. He was a member of the National Academy of Science ; president of the Ohio Medical society, and one of the founders of the Cleveland Acadenjy of Sci- ences in 1845, and its first and only president. This society became the Kirtland Society of Natural History in 1865, and he presented to it his collection of natural history specimens. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Williams college in 1861. He contributed to the American Journal of Science and the Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History. He died in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1877.

KITCHEL, Aaron, senator, was born in Han- over, N.J., July 10, 1744. He received a common school education, and became a blacksmith. He supported the cause of the patriots in the Ameri- can Revolution, and was an anti -Federalist repre- sentative from New Jersey in the 2d, 3d, 4th and 6th congresses, 1791-97 and 1799-1801. He was elected to the U.S. senate as successor to Jonathan Dayton in 1805, and served until 1809, when he resigned, and was succeeded by John Condit. He was a representative in the New Jersey legis- lature, and was a presidential elector on the Monroe and Tompkins ticket in 1817. He died in Hanover, N.J., June 25, 1820.

KITCHEL, Harvey Denison, educator, was born in Whitehall, N.Y., Feb. 3, 1812 ; son of the Rev. Jonathan and Caroline (Holly) Kitchel. He was graduated at Middlebury, Vt., A.B., with