ntered the profession of law. Having
settled in Illinois, he was, in 1864, elected a Representative from
that State to the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was re-elected in
1866.--340,560.

JOHN D. BALDWIN was born in North Stonington, Connecticut, September
28, 1810. He graduated at Yale College. Having studied law, and gone
through a course of theological studies, he published a volume of
poems, and became connected with the press, first in Hartford, and
then in Boston, where he was editor of the "Daily Commonwealth." He
subsequently became proprietor of the "Worcester Spy." In 1860 he was
a delegate to the Chicago Convention. In 1862 he was elected a
Representative in Congress from Massachusetts, and was re-elected in
1864 and 1866.

NATHANIEL P. BANKS was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, January 30,
1816. His parents, being poor, could afford him no advantages of
education save those of the common school. He was editor of a
newspaper first in Waltham and then in Lowell. He studied law, but did
not practice. In 1848 he was elected to the Legislature. He served in
both Houses, and officiated part of the time as Speaker. He was
President of the Convention, held in 1853, for revising the
Constitution of Massachusetts. From 1853 to 1857 he was a
Representative in Congress. During his second term in Congress he held
the office of Speaker of the House, with unsurpassed acceptability and
success. In 1857 he was elected Governor of Massachusetts, and held
the office for three successive terms. During the late rebellion he
served as a Major-General of Volunteers. In 1865 he was elected a
member of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was re-elected in 1866.--25,
31, 445, 524, 525, 539, 553.

ABRAHAM A. BARKER was born in Lovell, Maine, March 30, 1816. He
received a common-school education, and engaged in agricultural
pursuits. He was an early and earnest advocate of temperance and
anti-slavery. In 1854 he removed to Pennsylvania, and entered upon the
lumber business and mercantile pursuits. In 1860 he was a delegate to
the Chicago Convention. In 1864 he was elected to represent the
Seventeenth District of Pennsylvania in the Thirty-Ninth Congress. He
was succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by Daniel J. Morrell.

PORTUS BAXTER was born in Brownington, Vermont. He received a liberal
education, and engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits. In
1852 and 1856 he was a Presidential Elector. In 1860 he was elected a
Representative fr