ew York Tribune." He subsequently
became the leading editor of the "New York Courier and Enquirer." In
1849 he was elected to the New York Legislature, and having been
re-elected, was made Speaker of the House. In 1851 he established the
"New York Times." He was subsequently elected Lieutenant-Governor of
New York, and was again a member of the General Assembly. In 1864 he
was elected a Representative from New York to the Thirty-Ninth
Congress, and was succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by Thomas E.
Stewart.--31, 155, 234, 314, 317, 328, 364, 370, 372, 439, 440, 512,
524, 525, 564.

ALEXANDER H. RICE was born in Newton, Massachusetts, in August, 1818.
He graduated at Union College in 1844, and subsequently engaged in the
manufacture of paper. In 1853 he was elected a member and President of
the City Council of Boston. In 1856 and 1857 he was Mayor of Boston.
In 1858 he was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the
Thirty-Sixth Congress, and was re-elected to the Thirty-Seventh,
Thirty-Eighth, and Thirty-Ninth Congresses. He was succeeded in the
Fortieth Congress by Ginery Twitchell.

JOHN H. RICE was born in Mount Vernon, Maine, February 5, 1816. Having
been successively sheriff, lumberman, and lawyer, he was, in 1852,
elected State Attorney of Maine. He held this office until 1860, when
he was elected a Representative from Maine to the Thirty-Seventh
Congress. He was re-elected to the Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-Ninth
Congresses. He was succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by John A.
Peters.

_GEORGE REED RIDDLE_ was born in New Castle, Delaware, in 1817. He was
educated at Delaware College. Devoting himself to civil engineering,
he was occupied for some years in locating and constructing canals and
railroads. He afterwards studied law, and was admitted to the Delaware
bar in 1848. In 1850 he was chosen a Representative in Congress from
Delaware, and was re-elected in 1852. In 1864 he was elected a United
States Senator for the term ending in 1869, and died in Washington,
March, 1867.

_BURWELL C. RITTER_ was born in Kentucky, January 10, 1810. He has
devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. In 1843, and again in 1850,
he was a member of the State Legislature. In 1865 he was elected a
Representative from Kentucky to the Thirty-Ninth Congress. _John Young
Brown_ was elected as his successor in the Fortieth Congress.--149.

_ANDREW J. ROGERS_ was born in Hamburg, New Jersey, July 1, 1828. He
spent his youth