ve county, and
in 1857 was a member of the New York Legislature. In 1860 he was
elected a Representative from New York to the Thirty-Seventh Congress,
and has been re-elected to the Thirty-Eighth, Thirty-Ninth, and
Fortieth Congresses.--30.

HIRAM PRICE was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, January 10,
1814. Removing to Iowa, he settled in the City of Davenport, and was
made President of the State Bank of Iowa. In 1862 he was elected a
Representative from Iowa to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was
re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--30.

_WILLIAM RADFORD_ was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, June 24, 1814.
He settled in New York City in 1829, and engaged in mercantile
pursuits. 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 H. Robertson.

ALEXANDER RAMSAY was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, September 8,
1815. In 1841 he was elected Clerk of the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives. From 1843 to 1847 he was a Representative in Congress
from Pennsylvania. In 1849 he was appointed, by President Taylor, the
first Territorial Governor of Minnesota, and held the office until
1853. During his term of office, he negotiated some important Indian
treaties. From 1858 to 1862 he held the office of Governor of the
State of Minnesota. In 1863 he was elected a United States Senator
from Minnesota for the term ending in 1869.

_SAMUEL J. RANDALL_ was born in Philadelphia, in 1828. He was for many
years engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served four years in the
Philadelphia City Council and one term in the State Senate. In 1862 he
was elected a Representative to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was
re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--79, 444.

WILLIAM H. RANDALL was born in Kentucky. He studied law, and was
admitted to the bar in 1835. Having held the office of Clerk of the
Circuit Court for a number of years, he was, in 1862, elected a
Representative to Congress from Kentucky, and was re-elected in 1864.
His successor in the Fortieth Congress is _George M. Adams_.

HENRY J. RAYMOND was born in Lima, New York, January 24, 1820. He was
brought up on a farm, and became teacher in a district school when
sixteen years of age. In 1840 he graduated at the University of
Vermont, and soon after went to New York City, where, in 1841, he
became managing editor of the "N