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(1869); Charity (1871). In the selection of names for a place in the Hall of Fame for Great Amer- ica, New York university, October, 1900, his name in Class K, Musicians, Painters and Sculp- tors, received thirty-five votes, the next highest to Gilbert Stuart, who received fifty-two votes, and secured a place. He died in Florence, Italy, June 27, 1873.

POWERS, Horace Henry, representative, was born in Morristown, Vt., May 29, 1835 ; son of Dr. Horace and Love E. (Gilman) Powers ; grandson of Urias and Lucy (Wakefield) Powers, and of Samuel and Mg,ry Gilman, and a descendant of Walter and Trial (Shepard) Powers. Walter Powers em- igrated, probably from Essex, England, to Salem, jNIass., in 1654, and settled in Littleton, Mass., where he died in 1708. Horace Henry Powers was graduated from the University of Vermont, A.B., 1855, A.M., 1858 ; and taught school in Hunt- ingdon, Canada East and Hyde Park, Vt. He was married, Oct. 11, 1858, to (^Jaroline E., daugh- ter of Vernon W. and Adeline (Cad}^) Waterman of Morristown, Vt. He studied law, 1858-58; was admitted to the bar in 1858, and practised law in Hyde Park, 1858-62, and at Morrisville, Vt., 1862-74. He was a representative in the Vermont legislature in 1858 ; was prosecuting attorney of Lamoille county, 1861-62 ; a member of the council of censors in 1869 ; of the state constitutional convention of 1870 ; of the state senate, 1872-73 ; speaker of the state house of representatives in 1874, and judge of the state supreme court, 1875-90. He was Republican rep- resentative from the first Vermont district in the o2d-56th congresses, 1891-1901 ; was chairman of the Vermont delegation to the Republican na- tional convention at Minneapolis in 1892, and chairman of the committee on Pacific railroads in the 55th congress. He was elected a trustee of the University of Vermont in 1883. In 1900 he de- clined nomination for representative in the 57th congress, and was succeeded by David J. Foster. POWERS, James Knox, educator, was born in Lauderdale county, Ala., Aug. 15, 1851; son of William and Rosanna (Reeder) Powers ; grand- son of Wesley and Mary Powers, and of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wesson) Reeder, and of Scotch- Irish ancestry. He attended the preparatory and collegi- ate departments of Wesleyan university, Florence, Ala.; was tutor there, 1870-71, and was graduated from the University of Alabama with highest honors, A.M., 1873. He was professor of mathematics in the State Nor- mal college at Florence (formerly Wesleyan uni- versity), 1873-97 ; president of the college. 1888-97, and the eleventh president of the University of

Alabama, 1897-1901. He was married, Jan. 31, 1879, to Louisa, daughter of Calvin A. and Eliza- beth (Abernetliy) Reynolds of Pulaski, Tenn., and of their children, Reynolds James, born Dec. 6, 1879, graduated from the University of Alabama, B.S., 1899 and from the U.S. Military academy, 1903, and Lula Knox, born April 4, 1881, also grad- uated from the University of Alabama, B.A., 1901. James K. Powers was grand dictator of tlie Knights of Honor of Alabama, 1884-86 : received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Alabama in 1897, and %vas made a member of the National Geographic society in 1899. He is the author of numerous addresses and educational reports. In 1901 he resigned the presidency of the University of Alabama to become connected with a publishing house.

POWERS, Llewellyn, governor of Maine, was born in Pittsfield, Maine, in December, 1836 ; son of Arbra and Naomi (Mathews) Powers ; grandson of PhiUip and Lucy (Hood) Powers, and a descendant of Walter and Trial (Shepard) Powers. He was a student at Colby university, but did not graduate ; wasgraduatt d LL.B. at Albany Law schoin in 1860, and practised in Houlton, Maine. He was married in 1863 to Jennie Hewes. He was prosecuting attorney of Aroostook county, 1865-71 ; U.S. col- lector of customs, 1868-72 ; a representative in the Maine legislature, 1874-76 ; Republican repre- sentative from the fourth Maine district in the 45th congress, 1877-79 ; again a representative in the state legislature, and speaker, 1895, and gov- ernor of Maine, 1897-1901. In 1901 he was elected a representative from the fourth Maine district in the 57th congress as successor to Charles A. Boutelle, resigned, and was re-elected to the 58th congress, serving 1901-05. He received the hon- orary degree A.M. from Colby universitj' in 1870. POWERS, Orlando Woodworth, jurist, was born at Pultneyville, N.Y., June 16, 1851 ; son of Josiah Woodworth and Julia(Stodc]ard) Powers ; grandson ofCapt. Peter Powers of Croyden, N.H., great-grandson of David Powers of Croyden, a soldier in the Revolution, and a descendant of Walter Power, who landed at Salem, Mass., in 1654, and settled in Middlesex county, Mass. He was a student at the Collegiate institute, Marion. N.Y., and at the Sodus academy, N.Y., and was graduated from the University of Michigan, LL.B., 1871. He was admitted to the bar, 1873,and settled in practice at Kalamazoo, Mich., where he was city attorney, 1876 and 1885. He was the defeated Democratic candidate for representative from the fourth district of Michigan in the 47th congress in 1880 ; was a delegate-at-large to the