re-elected to the
Fortieth.

_JOHN W. HUNTER_, a banker of Brooklyn, New York, was elected a
Representative from New York to the Thirty-Ninth Congress to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of James Humphrey. He took his seat
December 4, 1866. His successor in the Fortieth Congress is _William
E. Robinson_.--515.

EBEN C. INGERSOLL was born in Oneida County, New York, December 12,
1831. He removed with his father to Illinois in 1843. Having received
an academical education at Paducah, Kentucky, he studied law, and
located in Peoria, Illinois, for the practice of his profession. In
1856 he was elected to the Illinois Legislature. He served as Colonel
of Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War. On the death of Owen Lovejoy,
March 25, 1864, he was elected a Representative from Illinois for the
remainder of the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was re-elected to the
Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--521.

THOMAS A. JENCKES was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1818.
Having graduated at Brown University in 1838, he entered upon the
profession of law. In 1863 he was elected a Representative from Rhode
Island to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was re-elected to the
Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--31, 320, 332, 340, 554.

_PHILIP JOHNSON_ was born in Warren County, New Jersey January 17,
1818, and removed to Pennsylvania in 1839. He was educated at
Lafayette College, and having studied law, he was admitted to the bar
in 1848. He was two years a member of the State Legislature, and was
Chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1857. In 1860 he was
elected a Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-Seventh
Congress, and was subsequently twice re-elected. He died before the
expiration of the term for which he was elected as a member of the
Thirty-Ninth Congress.--90, 570.

_REVERDY JOHNSON_ was born in Annapolis, Maryland, May 21, 1796. He
was educated at St. John's College, in his native town, and studied
law with his father. The first office which he held was that of State
Attorney. In 1817 he removed to Baltimore for the practice of his
profession, and was three years after appointed Chief Commissioner of
Insolvent Debtors. In 1821 he was elected to the Senate of Maryland,
and was re-elected for a second term. In 1845 he was elected a Senator
in Congress from Maryland, but resigned in 1849 to accept the position
of Attorney General, to which he had been appointed by President
Taylor. Subsequently he