In 1864 he was elected a Representative from Ohio to the Thirty-Ninth
Congress, and was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.

SIDNEY CLARKE was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, October 16,
1831. He adopted the profession of an editor, and published the
"Southbridge Press." He emigrated to Kansas in 1858, and settled in
Lawrence. In 1862 he was a member of the Kansas Legislature. He served
during the rebellion as Captain of Volunteers, and Assistant Provost
Marshal General for Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota. In 1864 he
was elected the Representative from Kansas to the Thirty-Ninth
Congress, and was re-elected to the Fortieth.--88.

AMASA COBB was born in Crawford County, Illinois, September 27, 1823.
He emigrated to Wisconsin Territory in 1842, and engaged in the
lead-mining business. He served as a private in the Mexican War, and
at the close of this service he commenced the practice of law. He
served as District Attorney, State Senator, and Adjutant-General of
Wisconsin. He was subsequently a member of the State Legislature, and
was chosen Speaker. He was Colonel of the Fifth Wisconsin Regiment in
the war, and was elected a Representative from Wisconsin to the
Thirty-Eighth, Thirty-Ninth, and Fortieth Congresses.

_ALEXANDER H. COFFROTH_ was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania, May 18,
1828. He commenced the practice of law in 1851. He was a delegate to
the Charleston Convention in 1860, and was elected a Representative to
the Thirty-Eighth Congress. He appeared as a member of the
Thirty-Ninth Congress, but his seat was successfully contested by
William H. Koontz.

SCHUYLER COLFAX was born in New York City, March 23, 1823. He became a
printer, and settled in Indiana, 1836. He was for many years editor
and publisher of the "South Bend Register." In 1850 he was a member of
the Indiana Constitutional Convention. He was a delegate and secretary
of the Whig National Conventions of 1848 and 1852. He was elected a
Representative from Indiana to the Thirty-Fourth Congress, and has
been a member by re-election of each succeeding Congress. He was
elected Speaker of the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was re-elected to
the same office in the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--12, 20,
289, 306, 363, 501, 574, 576.

ROSCOE CONKLING, son of Alfred Conkling, a member of the Seventeenth
Congress, was born at Albany, in 1828. Having entered the profession
of law, he successively held the offices of District Attorney for
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