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 McLAUGHLEN

McLAURIN

and D.C.L. from the University of the South in 1884. He is the author of : Catholic Dognui, the Antidote of Doubt (1883) ; Inner Proofs of Ood (1884) ; Analysis of Pantheism (1885) ; The Prac- tice of the Interior Life (1897) ; Tfie Holy Priest (1899) ; The Essence of Prayer (1901), and poems, addresses and occasional sermons.

McLAUGHLEN, Napoleon Bonaparte, soldier, was born in Chelsea, Vt., Dec. 8, 1823. He en- listed in the U.S. array in 1849 ; was assigned to the 2d U.S. dragoons, May 27, 1850, and was honor- ably discharged, April 28, 1859. He rejoined the army as 2d lieutenant in the 1st U.S. cavalry, March 27, 1861 ; was promoted 1st lieutenant, May 3, 1861, and transferred to the 4th U.S. cavalry in August, 1861. He was promoted captain, July

17, 1862, and colonel of the 1st Massachusetts volunteers, Oct. 1, 1862. He served in the Ist brigade. 2d division, 3d army corps, in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Locust Grove, 1862-63. He was in the 1st brigade, 4th division, 2d corps, in the Wilder- ness campaign, and at Spottsylvania, May 8-12, 1864. He was mustered out of the volunteer service. May 28, 1864, and rejoined the 4th U.S. cavalry at Atlanta, Ga., in June, and on Sept. 14, 1864, was appointed colonel of the 57th Mas- sachusetts veteran volunteers. He commanded the 1st division in Willcox's 9th corps. Army of the Potomac, at the siege of Petersburg, and the battle of Poplar Grove church, and the 3d bri- gade in the defence of Forts Haskell and Stedman, March 25, 1865, where he was captured while at- tempting to rally the infantry in the trenches between the two forts, and confined in Libby prison, Richmond, Va. He was brevetted ma- jor, May 3, 1863, and lieutenant-colonel in the reg- ular army, July 2, 1863, for Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; brigadier-general of volunteers, Sept. 30, 1864, for Poplar Grove church, Va., colonel, U.S.A., March 13, 1865, for the assault on Fort Stedman, and brigadier-general, U.S.A., March

18, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service in the field during the war. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, Aug. 10, 1865 ; com- manded the [Kjst of Grand Ecore, La., was pro- moted major and transferred to the 10th cavalry. May 17, 1876, and was retired June 26, 1882. He died in Middletown, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1887.

McLAUOHLlN, Andrew Cunningham, edu- cator, was born in Beardstown, III., Feb. 14, 1861 ; son of David and Isabella (Campbell) McLaugh- lin. He was graduated from the University of Michigan, A.B., 1882, LL.B., 1885, A.M., 1895; and remained there as instructor in Latin, 1886- 87, instructor in history, 1887-88, assistant pro- fessor of history, 1888-91, and professor of American history from 1891. He was married in June, 1890, to Lois Thompson, daughter of

James Burrill and Sarah S. (Caswell) Angell. He was editor of " Cooley's Principles of Con- stitutional Law " and associate editor of Tfie American Historical Review (1898); and is the author of : History of Higlier Education in Michigan {IS91) ; Leuris Cass in *' American States- men Series " (1891) ; Civil Oovernment of Michigan (1892); History of the American Nation (1899)

McLAURIN, Anselm Joseph, governor of Mississippi, was born in Brandon, Miss., March 26, 1848 ; son of Lauchlin and Ellen (Tullus)

McLaurin, and grandson of Lauchlin and

(McLaurin) McLaurin, and of William and Martha (Loudon) Tullus. He was brought up on a farm, and attended the neighbor- ing schools and the Sutn- merville Institute until Aug- ust, 1864, when he joined the Confederate army. He was again a student at the Sum- merville Institute in 1865-67 and then returned to the farm. He studied law in the evenings, was admitted to the bar in July, 1868, and began practice in Raleigh, Miss. He was mar- ried, Feb. 22, 1870, to Laura Rauch of Trenton, Miss. He was district attorney for the fifth district of Mississippi, 1871-76 ; removed to Brandon, Miss., March 19, 1876 ; was a repre- sentative in the state legislature in 1879 ; pres- idential elector for the state at large on the Democratic ticket in 1888; a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1890 ; and U.S. senator, 1894-95, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Walthall. He waa elected governor of Mississippi in November, 1895, taking his seat, Jan. 21, 1896, and serving until Jan. 16, 1900, when he was elected to the U.S. senate, for the term ending March 4, 1907.

McLAURIN, John Loundes, senator, was born in Red Bluff, Marlboro county, S.C, May 9, 1860 ; son of Philip B. and Tommie Jane (Weath- erly) McLaurin ; grandson of John L. McLaurin and of Thomas C. Weatherly, and a descendant of the McLaurins who emigrated from Scotland during the eighteenth century. He attended the village schools of Bennettsville, S.C. ; Bethel Military academy, Warrenton, Va., Swarthmore college, Philadelphia, Pa., the Carolina Military institute and the University of Virginia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1882 and practised in Marlboro county. He was a repre- sentative in the state legislature in 1890 ; attorney- general of the state in 1891 ; a Democratic repre- sentative in the 52d, 53d and 54th congresses, 1891-97, and was appointed U.S. senator by Gov- ernor Ellerbe, May 27, 1897, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph H. Earle, and took his seat, June 1, 1897. After a campaign, in