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secretary of state of Ne\v York, in 18(>."). was pres- idential elector from New York in ISGS ; was a Democratic representative from Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 41st and 42d congresses, 186S)-73, and was elected the Democratic representative ac large from New York state to the 48th congress by a majority of 10'.).702 over Howard Carroll, his Re- publican opponent, and served, 1883-85. He was president of the Brooklyn city board of public works, 1876-84, and a member of the East River Bridge commission. He died in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 14. 1894.

SLOCUM, WilHam Frederick, educator, was horn at Grafton. Mass.. July 29. 18")! ; son of Will- iam Freilerick and Margaret Tinker Slocum ; grandson of Oliver E. and Polly Slocum, and of Edward and Laura Tinker, and a descendant of ( Governor Bradford of Massachusetts. He was graduated from Amherst, A.B. in 1874 and from Andover Theological seminary, B.D. in 1878. He studied in Germany, 1874-75 ; was ordained Aug. 27. 1878 ; was married, July 29, 1880, to Mary Goodale Montgomery, daughter of William and Sarah (Temple) Montgomery of Wakefield, Mass., and was pastor of the Congregational churches in Amesbury, Mass., 1878-83, and of the 1st church in Baltimore, Md., 1883-88. He was president and professor of psychology and historical philos- ophy in Colorado college, 1888. He received the degree LL.D. from Amherst college, 1893, and from the Nebraska university, 1894. He is the author of numerous articles on sociological and phili)soi>liical subjects.

SLUTER, George (Ludwig), clergyman and autlior. was born in Rodenberg, Hesse Cassel, Germany, May 5, 1837 ; son of Frederick Ludwig and Eleonor Dorothy (Krafts) Sluter. His mother was born at Wunstorf, Germany, in 1805, and died in St. Louis, Mo., July 2, 1849. Her family owned and occupied the ancient barony of Both- mer. His fatiier was born in Osnabriick, Ger- many. Oct. 17, 1791, and died in New Orleans, La.. Oct. 12, 1866. The Sluters are descended from an old family of jurists in Westphalia. In June, 1847, Mr. Sinter's parents settled in St. Louis, Mo. He was graduated from Westminster college, Fulton, Mo., in 1860 ; from the Princeton Theological seminary in 1868 ; was licensed by the presbytery of New Brunswick, 1863, and be- came pastor at Rensselaer. 1863-65, and St. Louis, Mo., 18G.5-70. Duluth, Minn., 1870-71; Shelby- ville, Ind., 1871-81, and Arlington, N.J., 1881-94. He was secretary of home missions of the soutli- em synod of Missouri, 1866-70, and during the same years, associate-editor of the Missouri Pres- byterian, and New York correspondent for the Cincinnati Herald and Presbyter, 1880-90. He was secretary of the Presbyterian ^linisters' as- sociation of New York and vicinity, 1886-1901.

He was married at Booneville, Mo., March 30, 1870, to Sallie A., daughter of Dr. William F. Collum, of Jeflfersonville, Ind. She died July 2, 1873. He was married again at Shelby ville, Ind., Oct. 2, 1877, to Mary, daughter of James G. Reid of Morristown, Ind. She died June 17, 1894. He is the author of : Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (1868); Life and Cliaracfer of Josei^h Hamilton (1872); Tlie Value of Religious Litera- ture (1873); Memorial of Mrs. Jane Major (1874); Centennial History of Shelby County (1876); His- tory of Our Beloved Church (1876); A Eulogy of Masonry (1878); Historical and Critical Investi- gations of the Acta Pilati (1879); Illustrated His- torical Atlas of Shelby County, Indiana (1880); The Religion of Politics (1880); Life of Emperor Tiberiiis (1881) ; Family Religion (1883); Walking with God (1884); Hie Six Water Pots, or a Eulogy of Home (1897).

SMALL, Albion Woodbury, educator, was born at BuckfieUl, Maine, May 11, 1854; son of Albion Keith Parris and Thankful (Woodbury) Small and grandson of David and Mary (Adams) Small. He was graduated at tiie Portland high school, 1872; at Colby university, 1876, and at the Newton Tlieological institution, 1879. He studied history and philosophy at the University of Berlin, 1879-80, and at the University of Leip- zig, 1880-81. In 1881, while at Leipzig, lie was ap- prised of his election as professor of history at Colby university. He was married, June 20, 1881, to Valeria, daughter of Valentine and Lina (Stoffregeu) von Massow of Berlin. He was pro- fessor of history and political economy at Colbj-, 1881-88 ; reader in history at Johns Hopkins uni- versity, 1888-89 ; president of Colby university.

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and in addition to his executive duties, occupied the Babcock chair of intellectual and moral philosophy. 1889-92, and in 1892 was made head of the department of sociology in the University of Chicago. In 1881 he became a member of the Maine Historical society ; in 1889 received the degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins university. In 1895 he became the first editor of the ^mer/ca?i Journal of Sociology. In 1903 he was appointed one of the vice-presidents, and one of the organ- izing committee of three, of the World's Congress