bar in 1831. He was
for many years a member of the State Legislature of Vermont, and State
Attorney. From 1843 to 1847 he was a Representative in Congress. In
1851 he was elected a Senator in Congress from Vermont, was re-elected
in 1857, and again in 1863. For several years he held the office of
President _pro tem._ of the Senate. He died in Washington, March 28,
1866.--253, 269.

LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, a lineal descendant of Miles Standish, was born
in Franklin, Connecticut, November 22, 1806. In 1828 he graduated at
Brown University, which honored him with the degree of LL.D. in 1850.
He was admitted to the bar in 1831. He was six times a member of the
Connecticut Legislature, and two years Mayor of the city of Norwich.
In 1855 he was elected a United States Senator for Connecticut, and
was re-elected in 1862. He was chosen President _pro tem._ of the
Senate at the extra session in 1865, and by the elevation of Andrew
Johnson to the Presidency became Acting Vice-President of the United
State. His service of twelve years in the Senate closed March 4, 1887,
when he was succeeded by Orris S. Ferry.--23, 137, 187, 288, 306, 497,
576.

JOSEPH S. FOWLER was born near Steubenville, Ohio. He was left
dependent on his own resources when very young, but by energy and
perseverance succeeded in attaining a thorough collegiate education.
Having adopted the profession of teaching, he was elected to a college
Professorship of Mathematics in Tennessee. He was subsequently for
some years at the head of a flourishing seminary of learning near
Nashville. He was conspicuous for his staunch loyalty, and when the
State Government passed out of the hands of the rebels he was elected
to the important office of Comptroller of Tennessee. In 1865 he was
elected a Senator in Congress from Tennessee, but with his colleagues
was not admitted to a seat until near the close of the first session
of the Thirty-Ninth Congress.--478.

FREDERICK T. FRELINGHUYSEN was born at Millstone, New Jersey, August
4, 1817. His grandfather, of the same name, was a member of the
Continental Congress, and was a United States Senator from 1793 to
1796. Young Frederick having been left an orphan at an early age was
adopted and reared by his uncle, Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen. He
graduated at Rutgers College, and studied law. He was appointed
Attorney General of New Jersey in 1861, and was re-appointed in 1866.
On the 24th of January, 1867, he took his seat as a Unit