ed in mercantile pursuits and banking.
In 1857 he was appointed by President Buchanan Postmaster at St.
Louis. In 1864 he was elected a Representative to Congress from
Missouri, and was succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by William A.
Pile.

_E. D. HOLBROOK_ was born in Elyria, Ohio, in 1836. Having received a
common-school education, he studied law, and emigrated to Idaho. In
1864 he was elected the Delegate from that Territory to the
Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was re-elected in 1866.

SIDNEY T. HOLMES was born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New
York, in 1815. He received an academical education, and after having
spent five years in civil engineering, studied law, and entered upon
the practice of his profession in 1841. In 1851 he was elected Judge
and Surrogate for Madison County, and held the office until 1864, when
he was elected a Representative from New York to the Thirty-Ninth
Congress. His successor in the Fortieth Congress is John C. Churchill.

SAMUEL HOOPER was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, February 3, 1808.
Having received a commercial education, he established himself as
merchant in Boston. He has long been a partner in the commercial house
of William Appleton & Co. In 1851 he was elected to the Massachusetts
House of Representatives, and in 1857 to the State Senate. In 1861 he
was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Thirty-Seventh
Congress, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of William
Appleton. He has been re-elected to the Thirty-Eighth, Thirty-Ninth,
and Fortieth Congresses.--30.

GILES W. HOTCHKISS is a member of the bar in Binghamton, New York. In
1862 he was elected a Representative from New York to the
Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was re-elected in 1864. He was succeeded
in the Fortieth Congress by William S. Lincoln.--523, 538.

JACOB M. HOWARD was born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, July 10, 1805, and
graduated at Williams College in 1830. Having taught in an academy and
studied law in Massachusetts, he removed to Michigan in 1832. In 1838
he was a member of the State Legislature, and in 1841 was elected a
Representative in Congress from Michigan. He subsequently served for
six years as Attorney General of the State. In 1862 he was elected to
a vacancy in the United States Senate, and in 1865 he was re-elected
for the term ending in 1871.--36, 196, 398, 423, 453, 455, 530.

TIMOTHY O. HOWE was born in Livermore, Maine, February 7, 1816. Having
received an aca