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Fraser. He was graduated from the Ohio Wes- leyan university, A.B., 1879, and from Boston University School of Theology, S.T.B., 1882 ; en- tered the North Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1882, and was stationed suc- cessively at Lodi, 1882-83 ; Oberlin, 1883-85, and Tiffin, 1885-90. He was chancellor of the Uni- versity of Denver, Col., 1890-99, and a member of the Colorado state board of charities and correc- tions, 1895-99. He received the honorary degrees Ph.D. in 1893 and S.T.D. in 1894, from Ohio Wesleyan university. He was founder and first editor of Phi Oamma Delta Quarterly; was elected corresponding secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal church in May, 1899, and re-elected to the same office by the general conference of the Methodist Episco- pal church in May, 1900.

McDUFFIE, George, governor of South Caro- lina, was born in Columbia county, Ga., Aug. 10, 1790 ; son of John and Jane McDuffie, natives of Scotland, who came to Georgia soon after the close of the Revolution. As a boy he obtained

employment in a mercantile house in Augusta, Ga. Sub- sequently, through the benefaction of William Calhoun, he was sent to the Rev. Dr. Moses Waddell's school in Willing- ton,. S.C., and was graduated from South Carolina college with first honors in 1813. He was admitted to the bar, in May, 1814, and practised first in Pendleton and then in Edgefield, S.C. He was a represent- ative in the South Carolina legislature, 1818-21 ; and was a representative in the 17th-23d con- gresses, 1821-34, resigning in 1834. In congress he favored nullification ; had a political contro- versy with William Cumming of Georgia, which resulted in a series of duels, in one of which he was badly wounded ; opposed congressional ap- propriations for internal improvements, and as chairman of the ways and means committee he advocated the policy of maintaining the U.S. bank and opposed the protective tariff. He was married in 1829 to a Miss Singleton, who died soon after, leaving one daughter who afterward became the wife of Gen. Wade Hampton. He was attorney for the prosecution in the imi)each- ment trial of Judge James H. Peck in December, 1830. He served in the state militia, holding the oommission of major-general. In December,

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1834, he was elected governor of South Carolina and major-general of the state militia. At the close of his administration as governor in 1836- he retired to private life. He was appointed by Governor Hammond to fill the unexpired term caused by the resignation of William C. Preston in 1842 from the U.S. senate, and in 1843 he was elected for a full senatorial term, but resigned in 1847 and was succeeded by A. P. Butler. He was the author of the address to the people of the United States issued by the South Carolina nulli- fication convention of 1832 ; Eulogy on Robert Y. Hayne (1840), and notable addresses on Agricul- ture. He died at Cherry Hill, Sumter district, S.C, March 11, 1851.

MACE, Daniel, representative, was born in- Pickaway county, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1811. He was brought up on a farm ; removed to Indiana in 1832, studied law there, and settled in practice \n Lafayette. He was a representative in the state- legislature, 1836 ; clerk of the state house of rep- resentatives in 1837, and U.S. attorney for the district of Indiana during Polk's administration, 1849-53. He was a representative from Indiana in the 32d, 33d and 34th congresses, 1851-57, serving as chairman of the committee on post offices and post roads. He was originally a Democrat and joined the Republican party in 1854, and in 1861 was appointed postmaster of Lafayette by President Lincoln. He died by his own hand at Lafayette, Ind., July 26, 1867.

MACE, Wlinam Harrison, educator, xvas born in Lexington, Ind., Nov. 27, 1852 ; son of Ira and Nancy (Johnson) Mace; grandson of Benjamin,. Jr., and Mary (Ross) Mace, and of David and Margaret Johnson, and a descendant of Ben- jamin Mace, Sr., of Tewksbury, Mass. He at- tended the graded school at Lexington ; taught school 1872-73, and was graduated from the- Indiana State Normal school, Terre Haute, in 1876. He was principal of the Ward school at Logansport, Ind., 1876-77 ; superintendent of public schools at Winamac, Ind., 1877-79, and was graduated M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1883. He was married in 1878 to Ida, daughter of John and Rosa (Jenkins) Dodson. He was superintendent of public schools at Mc- Gregor, Iowa, 1883-85 ; professor of history at De Pauw University normal school, Greencastle, Ind., 1885-90 ; a graduate student in history and philosophy at Indiana university, 1888-89, at Cornell university, 1890-91, and at Jena and Ber- lin universities, 1896-97, receiving the degree of Ph.D. from Jena, 1897. He was elected professor of history and political science at Syracuse univer- sity in 1891. He opened the first university ex- tension centre under the Huspices of the regents- of the University of the State of New York at Watertown, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1891, and conducted-