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1790, and served on the Portsmouth and Amelia circuits until the close of 1791, when he was ordained an elder and appointed to the Green- ville circuit, where he labored until November, 1792. He served on various circuits in Virginia and on the Union circuit in South Carolina until 1796. He was then appointed presiding elder of the Richmond district, and in 1799, of the Balti- more district, returning to the Richmond district in 1800. In September, 1800, he was appointed presiding elder of the Kentucky district, and in 1804 presided over the conference at Mt. Garretson , Ky., in the absence of the Bishops Asbury and Whatcoat. He was transferred to the Cumber- land district in Illinois in 1805, and in 1807 preached in Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. He was a delegate to the General conference in Bal- timore, Md., in May, 1808, and was there elected bishop to take the place of Bishop Whatcoat, who died in 1806. He was consecrated in the Light Street church, Baltimore, Md., May 17, 1808, by Bishop Asbury assisted by Elders Garretson, Bruce, Lee and Ware. In 1808-09 he travelled with Bishop Asbury, visiting nearly all the states and a part of Canada. He also drew up the by- laws which were adopted by all the conferences in 1810-11. After the death of Bishop Asbury in 1816, and on the election of Enoch George and Robert R. Roberts as bishops, the districts of the bishops were defined. In 1818 he visited the ex- treme western conferences and Indian mission. His health failing he was released from active labor in the conferences in 1820, and continued to travel in the west among the Indians. He also attended important conferences in the different states, and presided at the general conference at Baltimore, Md., in 1824, and Pittsburg, Pa., in 1828. In 1829 he retired from his labors and re- sided with his father's family who had removed to Sumner county, Tenn., in 1810. He resumed his duties in 1830, in New Orleans, La., and in October, 1830. attended the Kentucky conference at Rus- sellville. He attended the General conference in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1832, where he consecrated Bishops Andrews and Emery, and in 1834 he made a southern tour, returning to Nashville, Tenn. He attended the Tennessee conference at Lebanon in 1834, and then returned to the resi- dence of his brother. Dr. James McKendree, in Tennessee. Bishop Robert Paine wrote Life and Times of Bishop McKendree (2 vols., 1859). He died in Sumner county, Tenn., March 5, 1835.

McKENNA, Joseph, jurist, was born in Phil- adelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1843; son of John and Mary McKenna. He attended St. Joseph college and removed with his parents to California in January, 1855, and located at Benicia, Solano county, where he attended the public schools and was graduated from Benicia Collegiate insti-

tute in 1865. He studied law with Professor Abbott and was admitted to the bar in 1865. He was district attorney of Solano county, 1866-68 ; was married in 1969 to Amanda F. Borneman of San Francisco, removed to Suisun, Cal., and en- gaged in the practice of his profession. He was a representative in the state legis- lature, 1875-76, an unsuccessful candi- date for represent- ative in the 45th and 46th congresses, 1876 and 1878, and was a Republican represent- ative in the 49th-52d congresses, 1885-93. He resigned in 1893 to accept the ap- pointment by Pres- ident Harrison, of

judge of the U.S. circuit court, and served in that capacity from 1892 till March 4, 1896, when he was made attorney-general in the cabinet of President McKinley. On Dec. 16, 1897, he was appointed by President McKinley associate justice of the U.S. supreme court as successor to Justice Field, retired, and he took his seat on the supreme court bench, Jan. 26, 1898.

McKENNAN, Thomas McKean Thompson, representative, was born at Dragon Neck, New- castle county, Del., March 31, 1794 ; son of Capt. William and Elizabeth (Thompson) McKennan. He was graduated from Washington college, Pa., in 1810, was admitted to the bar in 1814, and practised law in Washington, Pa. He was mar- ried, Dec. 6, 1815, to Matilda, daughter of Jacob Bowman of Washington, Pa. He was deputy attorney-general for Washington county, 1815- 17 ; and a Whig representative in the 22d, 23d,. 24th, 25th and 27th congresses, 1831-39 and 1841- 43. He was a presidential elector on the Harri- son and Tyler ticket in 1840, on the Taylor and Fillmore ticket in 1848, and president of the elec- toral college in 1849. He was appointed secretary of the interior by President Fillmore in 1850, but after one month's service resigned and returned to his practice in Washington, Pa. He received the degree LL.D. from Jefferson college. Pa., in 1848 ; and was a trustee of Washington college, 1818-52. He died in Reading, Pa., July 9, 1852.

McKENNEY, James Hall, clerk of the supreme court of tlie United States, was. born near Bel- air, Md., July 12, 1837 ; son of John and Mary J. (Hall) McKenney ; grandson of John and Mary (Hanna) McKenney and of James and Jane (Bowman) Hall ; and a descendant of John McKenney, who came from the north of Ireland