Born in Erie co., N. Y., December 7, 1827; started, a poor boy, at sixteen, for Racine, Wis. ; worked on a farm for a time and returned to New York; admitted to bar of Erie co., 1852; elected to Assembly, as a Republican, 1853; nominated a second time and defeated; moved to Waterloo, Iowa, 1867; practiced profession, and became large land owner; left the Republican party on account of its prohibition doctrines in 1883; advocated Cleveland's election in 1884; favored tariff reform, but not unqualified free coinage; nominated for Governor, on Democratic ticket, in fall of 1889, and elected; a Congregationalist, strictly temperate, and a patron of fine-stock raising. Prominently mentioned as candidate for the Presidency on Free Silver Democratic ticket of 1896.

Born in Conway, Mass., July 15, 1841; graduated at Yale, 1868; graduated at Harvard Law School, 1865; continued study of law in New York city and admitted to bar there; prominent member of Young Men's Democratic Club; conspicuous for activity against "Tweed Ring; " Inspector City Schools, 1872; candidate of Reformed Democracy for District Attorney and defeated; appointed Corporation Counsel for New York city, 1876-80; reputed to have saved the city large sums by resisting fraudulent claims; resigned office, 1882; appointed Secretary of Navy by President Cleveland, March 5, 1885; received degree of LL. D. from Yale, 1888; avocate of a new navy, and made this a conspicuous feature of his administration.

Born at Lancaster, Ohio, May 10, 1823; academically educated; studied law and admitted to bar, May 11, 1844; delegate to Whig National Coventions, 1848 and 1852; President of first Republican in Ohio, 1855; elected to 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th Congresses; elected, as Republican, to United States Senate, March, 1861; re-elected to same, 1866 and 1872; appointed Secretary of Treasury, by President Hayes, March, 1877, and served til! March 3, 1881; distinguished for advocacy of resumption and success in refunding United States debt; re-elected to Senate for term beginning March 4, 1881, and again in 1886 and 1892; Chairman of Comm. tee on Foreign Relations and member of Committees on Finance, etc.

Born in Burke co., Ga., December 12, 1820; moved early to Alabama, and received academic education; admitted to bar in 1841, and acquired a lucrative practice; elected to 36th Congress, but withdrew when State seceded; served in Confederate army; elected to Confederate Congress, 1861-63; resumed law practice at Eufaula; member of Convention that framed State Constitution in 1875; elected to U. S. Senate in 1880; re-elected 1884 and 1890; member of Committees on Education and Judiciary, Privileges and Elections, Revolutionary Claims and Extension of Congressional Library.

Born in Richmond co., N. C., October 31st, 1826; educated at Hamilton College, N. Y.; admitted to bar in Hartford, Conn., 1850; editor of Hartford Evening Press and Courant from 1857 to present; enlisted in army April 15, 1861; mustered out as Brevet Major-General January 15, 1866; elected Governor of State, as a Republican, April, 1866; Delegate to Republican National Conventions, 1872-76-80; President of Centennial Exhibition; elected to 42d Congress, November, 1872; re-elected to 43d and 46th Congresses; elected to U. S. Senate, as a Republican, March 4, 1881; re-elected in 1887, and again in 1893; Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs, and member of Committees on Coast Defences, Pensions, Nicaragua Canal, etc.