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aha in 1840; was a member of the first convention that met at Madison, Oct. 5, 1846, and framed a constitution that the people failed to ratify in April, 1847; a representative in the state legislature in 1855; an unsuccessful candidate for attorney- general of the state the same j-ear, and judge of the second circuit of the state supreme court in 1856. He was gov- ernor of Wisconsin from Jan. 4, 1858, to Jan. 6, 1862. He organized, equipped and sent into the field eleven regi- ments of volunteers and mustered in sixteen regi- ments during liis governorship. He was U.S. minister to Italy, 1861-62; first assistant post- master-general. 1862-66. and postmaster-general, 1866-69. He died in Elmira. N.Y., July 25, 1872. RANDALL, Emilius Oviatt, lawyer and his- torian, was born at Richfield, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1850; son of the Rev. Dr. David Austin and Harriet (Oviatt) Randall; grandson of Heman and Eunice (Newton) Oviatt, and of James and Joanna (Pem- berton) Randall; great-grandson of John Randall, of Benjamin Oviatt and of Patrick Pembertou, all Revolutionary soldiers; and a direct descend- ant of El)enezer Pemberton, one of the founders and early pastors of the Old South church, Bos- ton. He prepared for college at Phillips' An- dover academ}-, 1869--70; and was graduated from Cornell university, Ph.B., 1874. He was married Oct. 28. 1874. to Mary A., daughter of John Howe and Catherine (Granger) Coy of Ithaca, N.Y. He engaged in mercantile business in Columbus; was editor of the Columbus Saturdarj Gazette, 1883; president of the Columbus board of trade, 1887; and a member of the school board, 1888, He was admitted to the bar in 1890; was gradu- ated from Ohio State university LL.B. and LL.M., 1892; and began the practice of law in Columbus. He was made professor of law in the Ohio State university in 1893, secretary of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical society in 1894, and oflBcial reporter of the Ohio supreme court in 1895, all of which positions he still held in 1903. He became well-known as a lecturer and writer, and was elected a member of the American His- torical association, American Bar association and other national and state organizations. He edited the Ohio Archceological and Historical Quarterly from 1897; was associate editor of the Bench aiid Bar of Ohio (2 vols., 1898); and editor of the publications of the Ohio State Archajological and Historical society (7 vols., 1895-1902) and of four- teen volumes of Ohio state reports of the supreme court decisions (1895. et seq.). He is the author of: The House Handsome (1885); History of Blen- nerhasseft (1889): History of the Separatist So- ciety of Zoar (1899).

RANDALL, George M., soldier, was born in Ohio, Oct. 8, 1841. He entered the volunte<'r army as a private in the 4th Pennsylvania in- fantry, April 20, 1861, and was discharged July 25, 1861; was appointed 2d lieutenant in the 4th U.S. infantry, Oct. 24. 1861; was brevetted cai>- tain U.S.A., Sept. 17, 1862. for gallant and meri- torious services at the battle of Antietam. MJ.; was appointed 1st lieutenant in the 4th U.S. in- fantry, Nov. 6, 1862; and captain Sept. 23, 1865. He was apjiointed major of the 14th N.Y. artil- lery, Aug. 16, 1864; led his command in the first division, 9th army corps, at the battles of Peters- burg and Richmond, and was brevetted lieu- tenant-colonel and colonel U.S.V., March 26, 1865, for gallantry in the attack on Fort Sted- man. Va. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel June 1, 1865, and honorably mustered out of the volunteer service Aug. 26, 1865. He was brevetted major U.S.A. April 2, 1865, for gallant and meri- torious conduct in front of Petersburg, Va.; \\ as appointed captain U.S.A., Sept. 23, 1865. He was without assignment from March 23, 1869. to Jan. 1, 1871, when he was assigned to the 23d L'.S. infantry, and took part in the campaign against the Indians. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel U.S.A., Feb.27, 1890, for gallant services in actions against Indians at Turret Mountain, Arizona, March 27, 1873, and at Diamond Butte, Arizona, April 22, 1873; and colonel Feb. 27, 1890. for gal- lant services in action against the Indians near Pinal, Arizona, March 8, 1874, and distinguished services during the campaign against the Indians in Arizona in 1874. He was appointed major of 4th U.S. infantry, Jan. 15, 1891; lieutenant- colonel of the 8th U.S. infantry, March 1, 1894; colonel of 17th U.S. infantry Aug. 8, 1898, and was transferred to the 8th U.S. infantry, Sept. 16, 1898. He commanded a picked detachment of the 8th infantry, which was sent to Alaska in 1897, soon after the outbreak of the gold fever, and when the military department of the terri- tory of Alaska was created, he was appointed brigadier-general U.S.V., Jan. 20, 1900, and assigned to the command of the department, which command he vacated March 5, 1901. On Feb. 6, 1901, he was commissioned brigadier- general U.S.A., and assigned to the department of the Columbia with headquarters at Vancouver barracks. Wash., which post he accepted March 5, 1901.

RANDALL, George Maxwell, first missionary bisliop of Colorado, and 77th in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Warren. R.I., Nov. 23, 1810, son of Samuel and Martlia (Max- well) Randall. He obtained employment in a printing office, but later decided on a professional life and was graduated from Brown university, A.B., 1835, A.M., 1838, and from the General