n 1862, while yet in the army,
he was elected a Representative from Indiana to the Thirty-Eighth
Congress, and was re-elected in 1864. His successor in the Fortieth
Congress is John Coburn.

EPHRAIM R. ECKLEY was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, December 9,
1812, and was admitted to the bar in 1837. From 1843 to 1853 he served
in the House of Representatives and in the Senate of Ohio. In the
Civil War he was Colonel of the Twenty-Sixth and Eightieth Regiments
of Ohio Volunteers. He fought in several battles, and at Corinth
commanded a brigade. In 1862 he was elected a Representative from Ohio
to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth
and Fortieth.--447.

GEORGE F. EDMUNDS was born in Richmond, Vermont, February 1, 1828, and
was admitted to the bar in 1849. In 1854 he entered the Vermont
Legislature, and served three years as Speaker. In 1861 and 1862 he
served in the State Senate, and was the Presiding Officer of that
body. He was appointed to the vacancy in the United States Senate
occasioned by the death of Solomon Foot, and entered upon the duties
of that position in April, 1866.--559, 560.

BENJAMIN EGGLESTON was born in Corinth, New York, January 3, 1816. He
removed to Ohio in 1831, and gave his attention to commercial
pursuits. He has been identified with many important public
enterprises. He was for many years Chairman of the Board of Public
Works of Cincinnati, and President of the City Council. He was for
some years a member of the State Legislature. In 1860 he was a
delegate to the Chicago Convention, and was a Presidential Elector in
the election of that year. In 1864 he was elected a Representative
from Ohio to the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was re-elected in 1866.

_CHARLES A. ELDRIDGE_ was born at Bridport, Vermont, February 27,
1821. He removed to the State of New York, where he was admitted to
the bar in 1846. In 1848 he removed to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and
served in the Senate of that State in 1854 and 1855. In 1862 he was
elected a Representative from Wisconsin to the Thirty-Eighth Congress,
and was returned to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--226,
242, 355, 419, 441, 476, 507, 539, 546.

THOMAS D. ELIOT was born in Boston, March 20, 1808. Having graduated
at Columbia College, Washington, in 1825, he settled as a lawyer in
New Bedford. Having served in both branches of the Massachusetts
Legislature, he first entered Congress in 1855 for an unexpired term.
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