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clerk of the military committee of the 37th con- gress, 1862-63 ; was librarian of the U.S. house of representatives, 1863-66, and engaged in cotton planting in Concordia Parish, La., 1866- 67. He became an editorial writer on the New York Tribune by invitation from Horace Greeley ill 1868 ; managing editor in 1869, editor-in-chief in 1872, and chief proprietor on the death of Mr. Greeley. He declined the office of U.S. minister to Germany tendered by President Hayes in 1877, and by President Garfield in 1881 ; served as U.S. minister to France by ap- pointment from President Harrison. 1889-92; was chairman of the New York Republican state convention in 1892, and the Republican nominee for vice-president of the United States on the ticket with Benjamin Harrison in 1892. He was appointed by President McKinley special ambassador of the United States to Queen Vic- toria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 ; was a member of the Peace commission to Paris, negotiating the treaty with Spain in 1898, and special ambas- sador of the United Slates to the coronation of Edward VII. of England in 1902. He was chosen a life regent of the New York State university by tiie legislature in 1870, and its vice chancellor in 1902; was president of the Lotus club for four- teen years, and a member of the Century asso- ciation, the University, Grolier, Metropolitan, Union League, Republican, Tuxedo and Riding •clubs, and of the Ohio, New England, St. An- drew's and American Geographical societies. He was also a director of numerous financial and charitable corporations, an honorary member of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New Y'ork. and a trustee of the ^Metropolitan Museum. He was married, April 26, 1881, to Elizabeth, daughter of Darius Ogden and Jane Templeton (Cunningham) Mills of New York. He is the author of : After the War, a Southern Tour (1867); Ohio in the Civil War (1868): Schools of Jotirnalism (1870); Newspaper Tendencies (1874); Town Hall Suggestions (1881); Two Speeches at the Queen's Jubilee (1897); Some Consequences of the Last Treaty of Paris (1899) ; Our New Duties (1899); Later AsjJects of Our New Duties (1899); A Continental Union (1900); Our New Interests (1900) ; Problems of Expansion (1900); a biogra- phical and memorial sketch of Horace Greeley, and many other published speeches and contri- butions to periodical literature. He received the honorary degree A.M. from the University of the City of New York in 1872, and from Dartmouth in 1873, and LL.D. from Miami in 1890, from Princeton in 1899, from Yale at the Bi-Centen- nial in 1901, and from the University of Cam- bridge, England, in 1902.

REID, William Thomas, educator, was born near Jacksonville, 111., Nov. 8, 1843 ; son of George IX.— 5

Washington and Martlia Elizabeth (WiUiams) Reid, and grandson of Stephen Holland and Mary (Prather) Reid and of William White and Lydia (Williams) Whitehurst Williams of Vir- ginia. From his father's death in 1850 until 1859 he worked on his grandfather's farm. He at- tended Illinois college, 1859-61, enlisted in the 68th Illinois volunteers as sergeant in April, 1861, and served near Alexandria, Va. He was grad- uated from Harvard, A.B., 1868, A.M., 1872, and was principal of the high school at Newport, R.I., 1868-71, meanwhile studying law, which he finally abandoned. He was married. Aug. 16, 1870, to Julia, daughter of Maro McLean and Elizabeth (Lathrop) Reed, of Jacksonville, 111. He was assistant to Dr. Francis Gardner, head master of the Boston Latin school. 1871-73 ; super- intendent of the public schools of Brookline, Mass., 1873-75, and principal of the Boys' high school at San Francisco, Cal., 1875-81. He was elected president of the University of California at Berkeley in 1881, succeeding Dr. John LeConte, and filled the office until 1885, when he resigned, and founded and ojiened the Belmont School in Belmont, San Mateo county, Cal.

REILLY, James B., representative, was born in West Brunswig township, Schuylkill, Pa., Aug. 13, 1845. He was graduated from the Pottsville high school in 1862 ; was admitted to the bar, Jan. 11, 1869, and established himself in practice in Pottsville. He was district attorney of Schuyl- kill county, 1871-75 ; a Democratic representative in the 44th and 45th congresses, 1875-79 ; a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1880 ; law judge of his county, 1881-83, and a representative from the thirteenth district in the 51st, 52d and 53d congresses, 1889-95. He was defeated for the 54th congress in 1894, by Charles N. Brown. Republican.

REILLY, James William, soldier, was born in Akron, Ohio, May 21, 1828 ; son of Thomas Reilly. He attended Mt. St. Mary's college, Emmittsburg, Md.; was admitted to the bar, and in 1861 was elected a representative from Columbiana county in the Ohio legislature. He enlisted in the Ohio volunteers ; was commissioned colonel, 104 Ohio ; joined Gen. Lew Wallace's division at Covington, Ky., Sept. 2, 1862, and with him marched to Lexington. He served in the army of the Ohio under Gen. H. G. Wright and later under General Burnside, and in August, 1863, moved upon Knox- ville, Tenn.; fought at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.; was ordered to organize and command the eastern Tennessee recruits and formed them into the Ist brigade, 3d division, 23d army corps. He fought at the battle of Knoxville, Dec. 4, 1863 ; joined in the pursuit of Longstreet, and remained in eastern Tennessee until April. 1864. when under Schofield, he marched to Dalton, Tenn. The