BISHOP, SAMUEL. He was born in New Jersey, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1855 to 1857. BISHOP, WILLIAM D. He was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, September 14, 1827; graduated at Yale College in 1849; studied law as a profession, but soon engaged almost exclusively in railroad business, having for several years been President of the Naugatuck Railroad Company. He was elected a Representative to the Thirty-fifth Congress, from Connecticut, and is Chairman of the Committee on Manufactures. BISSELL, WILLIAM H. Born in Hartwick, Otsego County, New York, April 25, 1811. He was self-educated, attending school in the summer, and teaching school in the winter; he studied medicine, and graduated in 1834 at the Medical College in Philadelphia; he removed to Illinois, and after practicing his profession until 1840, was elected to the State Legislature; he studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Illinois; after practicing with success, he was, in 1844, elected a Prosecuting Attorney; he served with distinction in the Mexican war, and especially at Buena Vista, as captain of the 2d Regiment Illinois volunteers; he was a Representative in Congress, from Illinois, from 1849 to 1855; and in 1856 he was elected Gover nor of Illinois for four years, to the duties of which office he is devoting his undivided attention. BLACK, EDWARD J. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1806. He never attended college, but read law, and was admitted to the bar of Augusta, Georgia, in 1827. He commenced his public life by going into the State Legislature, where he served for several years, and was elected a Representative in Congress, from Georgia, in 1838, remaining there until 1845. He died in Barnwell District, South Carolina, whither he had gone for change of scene in 1849. BLACK, JAMES. He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1843 to 1847. BLACK, JAMES A. He was born in South Carolina, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1843 to 1847. BLACK, JOHN. He was at one time a resident of Louisiana, but removing to Mississippi, was elected a Senator in Congress, from 1834 to 1838, officiating as Chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims during the first term. He died in Winchester, Virginia, August 29, 1854. vernment, he settled at Terre Haute; there practiced law, and served on the bench of the Circuit Court, and was District Attorney; and subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was, for many years, a member of the State Legislature, and a Representative in Congress, from Indiana, from 1827 to 1829. Under President Tyler's administration, he was Commissioner of the General Land Office, and, upon his resignation, was appointed President of the Wabash and Erie Canal Company. He held this office at the time of his death, having just returned from England, where, as the financial agent of his State, he had made satisfactory arrangements with its public creditors. He died at Cincinnati, while on his return from Washington, November 28, 1849. BLANCHARD, JOHN. quitted the practice for the army, a member of the Virginia Legisla- BLEDSOE, JESSE. He was at one time a distinguished advocate and jurist of Kentucky, and a Senator in Congress, from that State, from 1813 to 1815; he was also professor of law in the Univerity of Transylvania, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He died at Nacogdoches, Texas, June 30, 1837. BLEECKER, HERMANUS. Born in the County of Caledonia, Vermont, September 30, 1787. He spent his boyhood on a farm; prepared himself for college, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1812; removed to Pennsylvania, and taught school; read law, and was admitted to practice; and was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1845 to 1849. He died in Columbia, Lancaster County, March pointed, in 1839, Chargé d'Affaires 8, 1849. at the Hague. BLAND, THEODORIC. Was a native of Virginia; he was bred a physician, but upon the commencement of the American war he He was born at Albany, New York, in 1779, and died there, July 19, 1849. He was a member of Congress, from 1811 to 1813, and, by President Van Buren, was ap BLISS, GEORGE. He was born in Vermont, and was a Representative in Congress, from 1853 to 1855. |