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State, and held the office two terms. In 1862 he was elected a
Representative from Minnesota to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was
re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--145,156, 333,
507, 238, 553.

JAMES R. DOOLITTLE was born in Hampton, New York, January 3, 1815. He
graduated at Geneva College in 1834, became a lawyer, and for several
years held the office of District Attorney for Wyoming County. In 1851
he removed to Wisconsin, and two years after was elected Judge of the
First Judicial Circuit of that State. In 1857 he was elected a United
States Senator from Wisconsin, and in 1863 was re-elected for the term
ending in 1869.--28, 38, 285, 408, 431, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 462,
495, 501, 531, 532, 533, 541, 564.

JOHN F. DRIGGS was born in Kinderhook, New York, March 8, 1813. He
served an apprenticeship in the sash and door-making business, and
soon after set up as a master mechanic in New York City. He took no
part in politics until 1844, when he assisted in the reform movement
by which James Harper was elected Mayor of New York. He was soon after
appointed Superintendent of Blackwell's Island Penitentiary. In 1856
he removed to East Saginaw, Michigan, and was two years after elected
President of that town. In 1859 he was elected to the Michigan
Legislature. Two years after he was appointed Register at the Land
Office for the Saginaw District, and held the office until his
election as a Representative from Michigan to the Thirty-Eighth
Congress in 1862. He was returned by increased majorities to the
Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.

EBENEZER DUMONT was born in Vevay, Indiana, November 23, 1814. He was
educated at the Indiana University, and adopted the profession of law.
In 1838 he was elected a member of the Indiana Legislature, and from
1839 to 1845 held the office of County Treasurer. He served in the
Mexican War as a Lieutenant Colonel, and was subsequently a member of
the State Legislature, a Presidential Elector, and President of the
State Bank. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he was appointed
Colonel of the Seventh Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, and fought in
the battle of Philippi, in West Virginia. Having been promoted to the
rank of Brigadier General, he commanded a brigade at the battle of
Murfreesboro. He was subsequently assigned to the military command of
Nashville, and from that place led an expedition against John Morgan,
capturing nearly all of his command. I