BATES, JAMES.

A Representative in Congress from Somerset County, Maine, from 1831 to 1833, and was a member of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post-office Department.

BATES, JAMES W.

He was born in Goochland County, Virginia, and was a Delegate to Congress, from the Territory of Arkansas, from 1820 to 1823.

BATES, M. W.

He was born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, February 24, 1787; he received a good English education, and became a lawyer by profession; having first studied medicine. He removed to Delaware and was several times elected to the Legislature of that State; and in 1850 was a member of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Delaware. He took his seat in the Thirty-fifth Congress, as a Senator from Delaware, and is a member of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Pensions.

BAY, WILLIAM V. N.

He was born in New York, and having become a citizen of Missouri, was elected a Representative in Congress, from 1849 to 1851.

BAYARD, JAMES A.

He was born in Pennsylvania, in 1767. After studying law at Philadelphia, he commenced the practice in Delaware. In 1796 he was

elected a Representative in Con

gress, serving from 1797 to 1801; when he was appointed Minister to France. In 1804 he was elected to the United States Senate, of which body he continued a member, till he was appointed by President Madison, in 1813, a Commissioner to negotiate a peace with Great Britain. The absence of the Emperor from St. Petersburg preventing the transaction of any business, he proceeded to Holland: he lent his able assistance in the negotiation of the treaty of peace at Ghent. At Paris, he was apprised of his appointment as Envoy to the Court of St. Petersburg; this he declined. He tendered, however, his co-operation in forming a commercial treaty with Great Britain; but an alarming illness compelled him to return to the United States. He arrived in June, and died in August, 1815.

BAYARD, JAMES A.

He has been a Senator in Congress, from Delaware, ever since 1851, and is Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, and a member of the Committees on the Library and on Public Grounds.

BAYARD, RICHARD H.

He was born in Delaware, graduated at Princeton College in 1814, and was a Senator in Congress, from Delaware, from 1836 to 1839, and again from 1841 to 1845. He was subsequently appointed American Minister to Belgium.

BAYLIES, FRANCIS.

Born in 1784; a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1821 to 1827, and in 1832 was appointed American Minister to Brazil, and died October 28, 1852. He was the author of "A History of the Plymouth Colony."

BAYLIES, WILLIAM.

He graduated at Harvard College in 1760; was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775; often a member of the Massachusetts State Council; and a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1805 to 1809, and again from 1813 to 1817. He died at Dighton, Massachusetts, June 17, 1826, aged eighty-two years.

BAYLIES, WILLIAM.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1833 to 1835, serving as a member of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

BAYLEY, THOMAS.

He was born in Somerset County, Maryland, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1817 to 1823.

BAYLEY, THOMAS M.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1813 to 1815.

BAYLOR, R. E. B.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Alabama, from 1829 to 1831.

BAYLY, THOMAS HENRY. Born in Accomac County, Virginia, in 1810; graduated at the University of Virginia, and came to the bar in 1830. At the age of twenty-six, he was chosen a member of the General Assembly of Virginia, and was re-elected for five years in succession. While a member of the Legislature, he was elected by that body a brigadiergeneral of the militia of Eastern Virginia. He resigned his seat, and was elected Judge of the Circuit Superior Court of Law. In 1844 he resigned his seat on the bench, and was elected to the House of Representatives from the Accomac District, and continued, by successive elections, a member of the House for twelve years, until the time of his death; during the Thirty-first Congress officiating as Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Ways and Means. He lived and died on the same spot where his ancestors from England landed in 1666, and where they established the family home. He commanded the same brigade which his grandfather had commanded; and he held the same seat in the General Assembly of his State and in the House of Representatives, which his father had occupied before him. He died June 22, 1856, aged fortyfive years.

BEALE, JAMES M. H.

He was born in Virginia, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1833 to 1837, and

for two other terms, from 1849 to 1853.

BEALE, R. L. T.

Born at Hickory Hill, Westmoreland County, Virginia, May 22, 1819; his education was obtained chiefly at Northumberland Academy, spending a short time at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. In 1836 he commenced the study of law, and graduated at the University of Virginia, as a student of that profession, in 1838, and was licensed to practice in 1839. In 1847 he was elected a Representative in Congress, and was a member of the Committee on the Militia; he declined a re-election at the expiration of his term. In 1850 he was a member of the Reform Convention of Virginia, and in 1857 was elected to the State Senate, which position he now holds.

BEALL, REZIN.

He was an officer in Wayne's army, with Harrison and Van Rensselaer; occupied various public stations in Ohio, and was a member of Congress, from that State, from 1813 to 1815, and died at Wooster, Ohio, February 20, 1843, aged seventy-three years.

BEARDSLEY, SAMUEL.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Oneida County, New York, from 1831 to 1836, and was Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. He also held the offices of State Senator in 1823, and As

sistant Justice of the Supreme Court of the State, and the Federal appointment of United States District Attorney for New York.

BEATTY, JOHN.

He graduated at Princeton College in 1769, and studied medicine; was a Representative in Congress, from New Jersey, from 1793 to 1795, having been a Delegate to the Continental Congress, from 1783 to 1785. He died April 30, 1826, aged seventy-seven years.

BEATTY, MARTIN.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1833 to 1835.

BEATTY, WILLIAM.

He was born in Ireland, and was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1837 to 1841.

BEAN, BENNING M.

He was born in New Hampshire, was a Representative in Congress, from 1833 to 1837, and was a member of the Committee on Agriculture.

BEAUMONT, ANDREW.

He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1833 to 1837, and died at Wilksbarre, Pennsylvania, in October, 1853.

BECKER, GEORGE L.

He is a Representative in Congress, from Minnesota; elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress.

BEDINGER, GEORGE M.

He was an officer in the revolutionary war, having served as adjutant in the expedition against Chillicothe, in 1779, and as a major at the battle of Blue Licks, in 1782; he was one of the earliest emigrants into the State of Kentucky; was a member of the Kentucky Legislature in 1792, and a Representative in Congress, from 1803 to 1807. He spent the close of his life in retirement, and died at an advanced age.

BEDINGER, HENRY.

He was born in Virginia; received a classical education; adopted the profession of law; and was a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1845 to 1849, where he was distinguished for his eloquence as a debater. In 1853 he was appointed Chargé d'Affaires to Denmark, and returned home in the autumn of 1858. A few weeks after his return he partook of a complimentary dinner tendered to him by his fellow-citizens of all parties; he died of pneumonia, at Shepherdstown, Virginia, November 26, 1858. During his residence in Denmark, he was successful in bringing about the treaty abolishing the Sound Dues.

BEECHER, PHILEMON. Born in New Haven, Connecticut; he was an able lawyer, and one of the early settlers of Ohio, to which he emigrated from Connecticut. He was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1817 to

BELCHER, NATHAN.

Born in Griswold, Connecticut, June 23, 1813; graduated at Amherst College in 1832; studied law with Samuel Ingham, of Essex, and at the Cambridge Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1836; and practiced at Clinton, Connecticut, until 1841, when he removed to New London, relinquished the practice of law, and engaged in manufacturing. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Connecticut in 1846 and 1847, and of the State Senate in 1850, and a Representative in Congress, from 1853 to 1855.

BELDEN, GEORGE O. He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1827 to 1829.

BELL, HIRAM.

He was born in Vermont, and was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1852 to 1853.

BELL, JAMES.

Born November 13, 1804, in Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1822; studied law, and completed his course at Litchfield; was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced to practice at Gilmanton; removed. to Exeter, and thence to Gilford; and for many years held a distinguished rank in his profession. In 1846 he was elected to the Legislature, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of the State in 1850. He was elected United States Senator, in June, 1855, for six years; and died in Laconia, New Hampshire, May 26, 1857, whither he had gone from Washington to recruit his health.

BELL, JAMES M.

He was born in Ohio, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1833 to 1835.

BELL, JOHN.

He was born near Nashville, Tennessee, February 15, 1797. He commenced his studies at Cumberland College, now the Nashville University, and graduated at the latter in 1814; he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1816. In 1817 he was elected to the State Senate; declined a re-election, and

devoted the next ten years of his life wholly to his profession; in 1827 he was elected a Representative in Congress, and continued to be re-elected until 1841, officiating during one term as Speaker; in 1841 he accepted a seat in President Harrison's cabinet as Secretary of War, which post he resigned in five months after the accession of President Tyler; in 1847 he accepted a seat in the House of Representatives of Tennessee, but before the close of the year he was elected to the United States Senate, and was re-elected in 1852, serving, from time to time, as chairman of important committees.

BELL, JOHN.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1850 to 1851.

BELL, JOSHUA F.

He was born in Kentucky, and elected a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1845 to 1847, serving as a member of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and declined a re-election. He is a lawyer, and distinguished in the West as an orator.

BELL, PETER H.

He was born in Virginia, and was a Representative in Congress, from Texas, from 1853 to 1857.

BELL, SAMUEL.

Born in 1769, and died at Chester, New Hamsphire, December 23,