elected Governor of Massachusetts for a second term, in 1858.

BARBER, LEVI.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1817 to 1819, and again from 1821 to 1823.

BARBER, NOYES.

He was born in Groton, Connecticut, April 28, 1781; was in early life a merchant, but a lawyer by profession; and was a Representative in Congress, from his, native State, from 1821 to 1835. He died at Groton, January 3, 1845. He was a man of ability, and while in Congress accomplished much good for his native State, where he was universally respected as a man and a statesman.

BARBOUR, JAMES.

A native of Virginia; was Speaker of the House of Delegates, and Governor of that State; and a Senator in Congress, from 1815 to 1825, officiating as Chairman of the Committees on Foreign Relations and the District of Columbia, and serving on other important committees. He was appointed Secretary of War in 1825, and Minister to England in 1828. He died in Orange County, Virginia, June 8, 1842, aged sixty-six years.

BARBOUR, JOHN S.

Born in Virginia in 1810, and died in Culpeper County, Virginia, January 12, 1855. He was in early He was in early life a member of the State Legisla

ture; was from 1823 to 1833 a member of Congress from Virginia; again in the State Legislature in 1833-34; and member of the Constitutional Convention in 1829-30. He was a gentleman of much ability, and exercised considerable inflence in the public affairs of his State.

BARBOUR, LUCIEN.

He was born in Canton, Connecticut, March 4, 1811; graduated at Amherst College in 1837, having, while receiving his own education, been a teacher himself; he removed to Indiana, studied law, and settled in the practice at Indianapolis. He was appointed, by President Polk, United States District Attorney; acted a number of times as arbitrator between the State of Indiana and private corporations; in 1852 was appointed a Commissioner to prepare a code of practice for the State; and was a Representative in the Thirty-fourth Congress, since which time he has been devoted to his profession.

BARBOUR, PHILIP P.

Born in 1779; was educated for the law, in the practice of which he was successful; he was a member of Congress, from Virginia, from 1814 to 1825; Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1821; in 1825 he was appointed Judge of the Eastern District of Virginia; was again in Congress from 1827 to 1830, officiating as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee; and in 1836 was appointed by President Jackson

an Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. He died in Washington City, of ossification of the heart, February 25, 1841.

BARCLAY, DAVID.

He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from his native State, from 1855 to 1857.

BARD, DAVID.

He was a graduate of Princeton College in 1773, and a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1795 to 1799, and again from 1803 to 1815.

BARKER, DAVID.

He was a lawyer by profession, and was a Representative in Congress, from New Hampshire, from 1827 to 1829, and died in Rochester, New Hampshire, April 1, 1834, aged thirty-seven years.

BARKER, JOSEPH.

He commenced his classical studies at Harvard University, and graduated at Yale College in 1771; and was a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1805 to 1809. He died in 1815.

BARKESDALE, WILLIAM.

Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, August 21, 1821, and pursued a partial course of studies at the Nashville University. He is a lawyer by profession; held a commission in the staff of the 2d Mississippi Regiment, in the Mexican

war, in 1847; was a member of the Mississippi Convention called in 1851 to discuss the Compromise measures of 1850; and was elected Representative, from Mississippi, in the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses. He is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

BARLOW, THOMAS.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1827 to 1829, and was a member of the Committee on Agriculture.

BARNARD, D. D.

He was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts; graduated at William's College in 1818; studied law, and was admitted to the bar, in New York, in 1821; in 1826 was elected District Attorney for the County of Monroe, New York; and was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1827 to 1829, and again from 1839 to 1845. In 1850 he was appointed Minister to Prussia. He has devoted much attention to literary pursuits, and the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the colleges of Geneva and New York. Of late years he has devoted himself to the publication of a work called "A Journal of Education."

BARNARD, ISAAC D.

He was a Senator in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1827 to 1831, and died at West Chester, Pennsylvania, February, 1834.

BARNETT, WILLIAM.

He was elected a Representative in Congress, from Georgia, from 1812 to 1815, when he was appointed one of the Commissioners to run the Creek boundary line.

BARNEY, JOHN.

He was a son of Commodore Joshua Barney, and a member of Congress, from Maryland, from 1825 to 1827. He died in Washington, District of Columbia, January 26, 1857, aged seventy-two years. He was known in Washington society for many years, as an agreeable gentleman; and he left behind him. an unfinished record of "Personal Recollections of Men and Things," both in this country and Europe.

BARNITZ, CHARLES A..

He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1833 to 1835, and died at York, in that State, in March, 1850.

BARNWELL, ROBERT.

He was a Representative in Congress, from South Carolina, from 1791 to 1793.

BARNWELL, R. W.

He was born in South Carolina; graduated at Harvard University in 1821; studied law, and was a Representative in Congress, from South Carolina, from 1829 to 1833, was President of the South Carolina College from 1835 to 1843, and was a Senator in Congress in 1850.

BARRERE, NELSON.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1851 to 1853.

BARRINGER, DANIEL L.

Born in Mecklenburgh County, North Carolina, October 1, 1788; had a good classical education; studied law, and practiced with success in Wake County; served in the Legislature of North Carolina in 1813, and again from 1819 to 1822; and was a Representative in Congress, from 1826 to 1835, and again from 1843 to 1849. He subsequently removed to Tennessee, and was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of that State. He died October 16, 1852.

BARRINGER, DANIEL MOREAU.

Was born in Cabarras County, North Carolina, and graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1826; he selected the law as a profession, having commenced to practice in 1829. In that year he was elected a member of the State Legislature, in which position he continued for a number of years. In 1835 he was a member of a convention to amend the State Constitution. He was a Representative in Congress, from 1843 to 1849, when he was appointed by President Taylor Minister to Spain and continued in that mission by President Fillmore. On resigning his position as Minister, after serving four years, he traveled extensively in Europe, and, on his return home, was elected to the State Legislature, and in