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Andre to his commander, which he delivered to the commandant at Paulas Hook. When the communication with Sir Henry Clinton was established, the unofficial verbal offer of Wash- ington to Sir Henry Clinton to exchange Major Andre for Benedict Arnold was suggested and declined, as Sir Henry's honor would not allow the surrender of Arnold. Ogden served in Virginia under Lafayette, and was present at the surrender of Lord Corn- wallis at Yorktown. He returned to New Jex'sey upon the close of the war, and successfully practised law. He was married in October, 1787, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Chetwood, He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 11th U.S. infantr3% Jan. 8, 1799, and served as deputy quartermaster-gen- eral of the U.S. army from Feb. 26, to June 15, 1800. He was elected to the U.S. senate, Sept. 28, 1801,to fill the unexpired term of James Schureman resigned, Feb. 6, remaining in office until March 4, 1803. He was a boundary commissioner, 1806 ; succeeded Joseph Bloomfield as governor of New Jersey by choice of the legislature, Oct. 29, 1812, serving, 1812-13, and refused the commission of major-general in the U.S. army in 1812. In 1813 he engaged in steamboating, and attempted to run a boat between Elizabethtown and New York. Tliis scheme brought him in conflict with Robert Fulton and the Livingstons, who had exclusive patents to navigate the waters of New York state by steam for a number of years. As Ogden held the same privilege in New Jersey waters, the result was a state controversy in wliich Ogden was defeated, losing his entire fortune in litigation. He removed to Jersey City, N.J., in 1829, where he filled a position in the custom house. He was a charter member of the New Jersey branch of the Society of the Cincinnati in 1783, was its president, 1821-29, and president general of the organization, 1829-39. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1817-39, and the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by that institution in 1816. He died in Jersey City, N.J., April 19, 1839.

OQDEN, David, royalist, was born in Newark, N.J., about 1707. He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1728, A.M., 1731, studied law in Newark, N.J., and became one of the most prominent lawyers in the province. He was made a member of the Royal council in April, 1751 ; was judge of the superior court, and served as judge of the supreme court of New Jersey, 1772-76. Upon the outbreak of the Revolution, being an avowed royalist, he was compelled to go to England. In 1779 he was a member of the board of refugees, and drew up a ]ilan of government for the colo-

nies in case they should submit to Great Britain. On the close of the war he returned to New Jer- sey, but was sent to England in 1783 as agent for the state royalists, to prosecute their claims for compensation. He obtained an allowance for his own estates, and in 1789 returned to the United States and settled at Whitestone, N.Y., wliere he died in June, 1800.

OQDEN, Henry Warren, representative, was born in Abingdon, Va., Oct. 21, 1842; son of Elias and Louisa (Gordon) Ogden ; great-grandson of Elias and Maria (Anderson) Ogden, and great-- grandson of Robert Ogden, speaker of the Colo- nial house of representatives of New Jersey, and a descendant of John Ogden, an early settler of the island of Manhattan and the colony of New Jersey. His parents removed to Warrensburg, Mo., in 1851, where he worked on the farm and attended the district school in the winter. He entered the Confederate army in 1861, and served in the Trans-Mississippi department, first as a lieutenant in the 16th Missouri infantry, and afterward on the staff of Col. S. P. Burns, com- manding the 2d brigade, M. M. Parson's Missouri division, in Price's army in Louisiana. He was paroled at Shreveport, La., June 8, 1865, and en- gaged in farming at Benton, La. He was a mem- ber of the state constitutional convention in 1879, represented the parish of Bossier in the state legislature, 1880-88, being chairman of the com- mittee on ways and means in 1882, and speaker of the house, 1884-88. He was a Democratic representative from the fourth Louisiana district in the 53rd congress to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Representative N. C. Blanch- ard to the U.S. senate, March 12, 1894, and was re- elected to the 54th and 55th congresses, serving, 1894-99. He was defeated for re-nomination in 1898, and at the close of his term retired from public life.

OQDEN, Matthias, soldier, was born in Eliza- bethtown, N.J., in 1755; son of Robert Ogden (1716-1787), member of the King's council, and delegate to the Provincial congress in New York, Oct. 25, 1765. He enlisted in the patriot army at the outbreak of the Revolution, and joined Wash- ington at Cambridge. He accompanied Benedict Arnold in the march to Quebec and was severely wounded in the assault on that city, Dec. 31, 1775. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 1st battalion, established, March 7, 1776, and was subsequently promoted colonel of the 1st New Jersey regiment, retaining the command till the close of the war. He was taken prisoner at Elizabethtown, N.J., in November, 1780, and was the originator of the unsuccessful attempt to capture Prince William Henry, in March, 1782, which exploit he commanded in person. He was granted a leave of absence by congress