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Pa. (1714), -who was a grandson of Thomas Temple of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England (died 1593). Oliver P. Temple was graduated from Washington college, Tennessee, A.B., 1844 ; studied law ; was admitted to the bar, Sep- tember, 1846, and began practice in Greenville, Tenn. He was a Whig candidate for represent- ative in congress, against Andrew Johnson, 1847 ; moved to Knoxville, Tenn., 1848, and served by appointment from President Fillmore as a member of the commission to visit the Indian tribes of New Mexico, Arizona and California, 1850. He was married, Sept. 9, 1851, toScotiaC, daughter of David and Eliza Hume, natives of Scotland. He was a presidential elector on the Bell and Everett ticket, 1860 ; a chancellor of Tennessee, 1866-78 ; postmaster of Knoxville, Tenn., 1881-85, retiring from legal practice in the former year, and after 1885 devoted himself to literary pursuits. He was a visitor to the U.S. Military academy by appointment from Presi- dent Grant, 1874, and Avas made a trustee of the University of Tennessee in 1853. He is the author of : The Covenanter, The Cavalier and the Puritan (1897); East Tennessee and the Civil War (1899); The Union Leaders of East Ten- nessee (1903).

TEMPLE, William, governor of Delaware, was born in Queen Anne county, Md., Feb. 28, 1814. He engaged in mercantile business in Smyrna, Del., in 1833, and became one of the foremost merchants in the state. He was a Whig representati ve in the state legislature from Kent county in 1836 ; and state senator, 1845-54. He was elected to succeed Joseph Mauli, deceased, as governor of the state in 1846, and served one term, when he was succeeded by William Tharp. He was elected a Democratic representative in the 38th congress, but did not live to take his seat. He died at Smyrna, Del., Aug. 8, 1863.

TEMPLE, William Greenville, naval officer, was born in Rutland, Vt., March 23,1824. He was graduated from the U.S. Naval academy as passed midshipman in 1846, and served on the Boston when she was wrecked at the Bahama Islands, March 15, 1846. He took part in the capture of Vera Cruz, and in the engagements at Alvarado, Tuspan and Tabasco, while serving on the steamer Scourge : was engaged in the survey of the canal and railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 1850-53 ; was commissioned master, July 21, 1854, and lieutenant, April 18, 1855. He was assigned to the frigate Lancaster, of the Pacific station, 1859-61 ; commanded the steamer Flambeau, at New York, in 1861, and served as ordnance ofiicer there, for seven months. He was promoted lieutenant-commander, July 16, 1863 ; commanded the gun-boat Pembina of the Western Gulf blockading squadron until Novem-

ber, 1863, when he was appointed fleet -captain of the Eastern Gulf blockading squadron, which command he held until Sept. 19, 1864. In Juh', 1864, he commanded the force of sailors in the defense of the city of Washington. He was given command of the steamer Pontoosuc in November, 1864, took part in both attacks on Fort Fisher, in the capture of Wilmington, N.C., the bombardment of the James River forts, and in the capture of Petersburg and Richmond. He was promoted commander, March 3, 1865 ; com- manded the steamer Tacony of the North Atlantic squadron, 1865-66, and served on ordnance duty, 1866-70. He was promoted captain, Aug. 28, 1870, and escorted King Kalakana, of the Sand- wich Islands, to the United States, and was al- lowed to accept the decoration of knight-com- mander of the royal order of Kamehameha I. for his services. He was promoted commodore, June 5, 1878 ; was a member of the examining and re- tiring board, 1879-81, and its president, 1881-84. He was promoted rear-admiral, Feb. 22, 1884, and was retired, Feb. 29, 1884. He died in Washington, D.C., June 28, 1894.

TEN EYCK, John Conover, senator, was born in Freehold, N.J., March 13, 1814. He studied under private tutors, and became a lawyer, be- ginning practice in Mount Holly, N.J., in 1835. He was prosecuting attorney of Burlington county, 1839-49 ; a Whig delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1844, and a Re- publican member of the U.S. senate, 1859-65. He was a member of the commission to revise the state constitution, and in June, 1873, on the death of Abram O. Zabriskie, became president. He died in Mount Holly, N.J., Aug. 24, 1879.

TENNENT, Gilbert, clergyman, was born in county Armagh, Ireland, April 5, 1703 ; son of the Rev. William Tennent (1673-1746). He came to America with his father in 1716 ; attended his father's Log college at Nesharainy Creek, Pa., and was assist- ant instructor there for a few months. He studied medicine, but abandoned it for theology, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Philadelphia, Pa., in May, 1735, and or- - >^ -

dained in 1736, preaching first at

Newcastle, Del., and later, 1726-43, at New Brunswick, N.J. He toured through New Eng- land with Whitefield, 1740-41, holding highly