ed. In 1865 he was elected a Senator in Congress from
Minnesota for the term ending in 1871.

JAMES W. NYE was born in Madison County, New York, June 10, 1815, and
entered the profession of law. In 1861 he was appointed by President
Lincoln Governor of Nevada Territory. He held this office until the
admission of Nevada into the Union, when he was elected a Senator from
the new State for the term ending in 1871.--425, 457.

CHARLES O'NEILL was born in Philadelphia, March 21, 1821. Having
graduated at Dickinson College, and studied law, he was admitted to
the bar in 1843. He served five years in the House of Representatives
and Senate of Pennsylvania. In 1862 he was elected a Representative to
the Thirty-Eighth Congress. In 1865 he entered upon his second term in
Congress, and was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.

GODLOVE S. ORTH was born near Lebanon, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1817.
He was educated at the Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg. In 1839 he
was admitted to the bar, and removed to Indiana, locating in
Lafayette. In 1843 he was elected to the Indiana Senate, and served
six years. A part of the time he was President of that body. In 1848
he was a Whig candidate for Presidential Elector. In 1861 he was a
member of the "Peace Congress." In 1862, Indiana being threatened with
a sudden invasion, the Governor made a call for volunteers to meet the
emergency. Mr. Orth immediately responded with two hundred men, who
elected him their Captain. He was placed in command of the U. S. Ram
"Horner," which cruised the Ohio river, and did much to restore and
maintain quiet along its shores. In 1862 he was elected a
Representative from Indiana to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was
re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--336.

HALBERT E. PAINE was born at Chardon, Ohio, February 4, 1826. Having
graduated at the Western Reserve College in 1845, he studied law, and
located in Cleveland. In 1857 he removed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He
entered the army in 1861 as Colonel of the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment,
and soon rose to the rank of Brigadier General. He lost a leg in June,
1863, at the last assault on Port Hudson. Resigning his commission in
1865, he was elected a Representative to the Thirty-Ninth Congress
from Wisconsin, and was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.--504,
506.

_DAVID T. PATTERSON_ was born at Cedar Creek, Green County, Tennessee,
February 28, 1819. He was educated at Meadow Creek Academy and