CLOWNEY, W. K.

He was born in South Carolina; graduated at the South Carolina College in 1818; adopted the profession of law; was Commissioner in Equity of South Carolina; and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1833 to 1835, and again from 1837 to 1839.

CLYMER, GEORGE.

He was a patriot of the Revolution, and born in Philadelphia in 1739. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and early espoused the cause of his country. In 1773 he resolutely opposed the sale of tea sent out by the British government, and not a pound was sold in Philadelphia. In 1775 he was one of the first Continental Treasurers. In 1776 he was a member of Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1774 his furniture was destroyed by the enemy. In 1780 he co-operated with Robert Morris in the establishment of a bank for the relief of the country. He was a member of the old Congress in 1780, and a Representative, under the Constitution, from 1789 to 1791. In 1791 he was placed at the head of the Excise Department in Pennsylvania. In 1796 he was sent to Georgia to negotiate a treaty with the Creek and Cherokee Indians. He was afterwards President of the Philadelphia Bank and of the Academy of Fine Arts. He died at Morrisville, Bucks County, January 23, 1813.

COBB, DAVID.

He graduated at Princeton College in 1783; was a Representative in Congress from Massachusetts, from 1793 to 1795; and was also a member of the State Legislature. He died in 1830.

COBB, HOWELL.

The uncle of Secretary Cobb, and for whom he was named, was born in Granville, North Carolina, and was a Representative in Congress, from Georgia, from 1807 to 1812. During the last war with England he served with credit as a captain in the army, and after peace was declared, he settled upon a plantation, and devoted his whole attention to agriculture. He died about the year 1820.

COBB, HOWELL.

He was born in Jefferson County, Georgia, September 7, 1815. When a child, his father removed to Athens, Georgia, where he has since resided. He graduated at Franklin College in 1834; he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1836; in 1837 he received the appointment of Solicitor-General of the Western Circuit, which he held four years; and he was elected a Representative in Congress in 1842, having been re-elected in 1844, 1846, and 1848, and during his latter term he was elected Speaker. On his retirement from Congress, he was chosen Governor of Georgia; in 1855 he was again elected to Congress; and on the accession of Mr. Buchanan

to the Presidency, Governor Cobb went into his cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury, where he still continues.

COBB, THOMAS W.

He was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, and attained a high position as a lawyer. He was a Representative in Congress, from Georgia, from 1817 to 1821, and again from 1823 to 1824; and he was a Senator in Congress from 1824 to 1828. He was subsequently chosen a Judge of the Superior Court, and died at Greensborough in 1830.

COBB, WILLIAMSON, R. W.

He was born in Ray County, Tennessee, in 1807, and in 1809 his father removed to Madison County, Alabama, with the prosperity of

which State his name has been identified for many years. He received a good common school education, and then turned his attention to farming. From this pursuit he was called, in 1845, to a seat in the State Legislature, where he remained two years. In 1847 he was elected a Representative in Congress, from Alabama, in which capacity he has served his adopted State, by successive re-elections, down to the present time. During During eight years of his Congressional career, he has officiated as Chairman of the Committee on Unfinished Business, and the balance of the time as Chairman of the Committee

on Public Lands. The credit is awarded to him of having engineered through Congress the Bounty Land Bill of 1850, and the Graduation Bill of 1854.

COCHRAN, JOHN.

He was a major of militia, and represented the State of New York in Congress, from 1797 to 1799. He died at Oswego, New York, November 7, 1848, aged seventynine years.

COCHRANE, C. B.

Born in New Boston, New Hampshire, May 31, 1815; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New York; a lawyer by profession; member of the New York Legislature in 1843 and 1844; and a Representative in the Thirty-fifth Congress, from New York, serving on the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. He has also been re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress.

COCHRANE, JOHN.

Born at Palatine, Montgomery County, New York; studied at Union and graduated at Hamilton College, New York; is a lawyer by profession; was Surveyor of the port of New York for four years, and elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He is the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce. He has also been re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress.

College in 1823; adopted the profession of law; was a member of the State Legislature, and Speaker of the House; and was a Representative in Congress, from South Carolina, from 1849 to 1853.

COLDEN, CADWALLADER D.

He was for many years a prominent member of the New York bar; at one time Mayor of New York; and a member of Congress, from 1821 to 1823. He was an early and intimate friend of Robert Fulton, and wrote his biography; he was highly respected for his talents and virtues, and died in Jersey City, New Jersey, January 7, 1834, aged sixty-five years.

COLE, ORSAMUS.

He was born in New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from Wisconsin, from 1849 to 1851.

COLEMAN, NICHOLAS D.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1829 to 1831, and was in that year appointed Postmaster at Maysville, Kentucky.

COLES, ISAAC.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1789 to 1791, and again from 1793 to 1797.

COLES, WALTER.

He was born in Virginia, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1835 to 1845.

COLFAX, SCHUYLER. Born in New York City, March 23, 1823; received a good Common School education; was bred a printer; and settled in Indiana in 1836. He has been the editor and publisher of the South Bend Register ever since he became of age; he was a member, in 1850, of the State Constitutional Convention; in 1848 and 1852 he was a delegate to the Whig National Convention of those years, and the Secretary of each Convention; and, in 1854, he was elected a Representative in Congress, from Indiana, where he still continues, serving on the Committee on Indian Affairs. He has also been re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress.

COLLAMER, JACOB.

Born in Troy, New York, in 1792, but removed with his father to Burlington, Vermont, when a child. He graduated at the University of Vermont in 1810; served as a subaltern during the first campaign of the last war with England; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1813, and practiced until 1833, during which time he was for several years a member of the State

Legislature; and Judge of the Su

preme Court of Vermont, from 1833 to 1841. In 1843 was a Representative to Congress, served by re-elections till 1849; and in March of that year was appointed Postmaster-General in the cabinet of President Taylor. Resigned in 1850, with the rest of the cabinet, after

the death of the President; was reappointed Judge in Vermont, which office he held until 1854, when he was elected to the United States Senate for six years, commencing March, 1855. He is a member of the Committee on Territories, and that on the Judiciary.

COLLIER, JOHN A.

He was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1831 to 1838.

COLLIN, JOHN F.

Born in Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York, April 30, 1802. He received a common school education, and has devoted himself chiefly to agricultural pursuits. He served in the State Legislature in 1834, was a member, for some years, of the County Board of Supervisors, and was a Representative in Congress, from New York, from 1845 to 1847.

COLLINS, ELA.

He commanded a regiment of militia near Sackets Harbor, New York, in 1814; he represented Lewis County in the Legislature of the State, and in 1821 was a member of the State Constitutional Convention; he was in Congress, from 1823 to 1825; and died at Lowville, Lewis County, November 23, 1848.

COLLINS, JOHN.

Governor of Rhode Island, from 1786 to 1789, succeeding William Greene. He was a patriot of the

Revolution, and a Representative in Congress in 1789. He died at Newport, in March, 1795, aged seventyeight.

COLLINS, WILLIAM.

He was born in New York, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1847 to 1849.

COLQUIT, ALFRED H.

He was a native of Georgia, and a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1853 to 1855.

COLQUITT, W. T.

He was born in Halifax County, Virginia, December 27, 1799; was educated at Princeton College, and admitted to the bar in 1820. He was a brigadier-general of militia at the age of twenty-one; in 1826 was appointed a District Judge, and held the first court ever held in Columbus; was appointed to the same office in 1829; was a member of the State Senate in 1834 and 1837; a Representative in Congress, from Georgia, from 1839 to 1843; and a Senator in Congress, from 1843 to 1849. He was also a member of the Nashville Convention in 1850; and he died at Macon, Georgia, May 7, 1855.

COLSTON, EDWARD.

Born in Berkely County, Virginia, in 1788, and graduated at Princeton College in 1806. He served for a long time as magistrate of the county, and in the capacity of high sheriff; was frequently a member of the State Legislature; and was a