, and was re-elected in 1866.
HEZEKIAH S. BUNDY was born in Marietta County, Ohio, August 15, 1817.
Having been left an orphan when a mere boy, and the support of the
family devolving upon him, his opportunities for attaining an
education were limited. From 1835 to 1846 he was engaged in mercantile
pursuits, and subsequently turned his attention to farming and the
furnace business. Meanwhile he studied law, and was admitted to the
bar in 1850. He served two terms in the House of Representatives of
Ohio, and was, in 1855, elected State Senator. In 1860 he was a
Presidential Elector, and in 1864 he was elected a Representative from
Ohio to the Thirty-Ninth Congress. He was succeeded in the Fortieth
Congress by John T. Wilson.
_WALTER A. BURLEIGH_ was the Delegate from Dakota Territory in the
Thirty-Ninth Congress. He received a common-school education, studied
medicine, and practiced his profession for a number of years. He was
subsequently appointed an Indian Agent, and removed to the West. Soon
after the organization of the Territory of Dakota he was elected to
represent its interests in Congress, and was re-elected to the
Fortieth Congress.
WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL was born in Tennessee, and served as Captain of
mounted Volunteers in the Florida War. He served for some time in the
State Legislature, and was a Representative in Congress from 1837 to
1843. He commanded the first regiment of Tennessee Volunteers in the
Mexican War, and at its close he was elected a Circuit Judge. From
1851 to 1853 he was Governor of Tennessee. In 1865 he was elected a
Representative from Tennessee to the Thirty-Ninth Congress, but was
not admitted until July, 1866. He died of disease of the heart at his
residence in Lebanon, Tennessee, August 19, 1867.
ALEXANDER G. CATTELL was born in Salem, New Jersey, in 1816. He
received a commercial education, and began his business-life, as a
clerk, at the age of thirteen. Before reaching his majority he had
advanced to the head of a large and flourishing business. In 1840 he
was elected to the General Assembly of New Jersey, and in 1844 he was
a member of the Convention called to frame a new Constitution for that
State. He subsequently became the head of the extensive mercantile
house of A. G. Cattell & Co., of Philadelphia. During a residence of
nine years in that city he was several times elected to the City
Council, and was President of the Corn Exchange Association, which,
largely through hi
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