iana, and
served two terms. In 1862 he was elected reporter of the decisions of
the Supreme Court, and held the office two years, publishing five
volumes of reports. In 1864 he was elected a Representative from
Indiana to the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was re-elected to the
Fortieth Congress.--147, 236, 362, 510.

JOHN H. KETCHAM was born in Dover, New York, December 21, 1831. Having
received an academical education, he devoted his attention to
agricultural pursuits. In 1856 and 1857 he was a member of the New
York House of Representatives, and of the State Senate in 1860 and
1861. He entered the military service in 1862 as Colonel of the One
Hundred and Fiftieth New York Regiment, and became a Brigadier General
by brevet. He resigned his position in the army in March, 1865, having
been elected a Representative from New York to the Thirty-Ninth
Congress. He was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.--31.

SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD was born in Hartford County, Maryland, December 20,
1813, and received an academical education in Washington. Having
removed to Ohio he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1843.
He was four years Prosecuting Attorney for Richland County, and was a
member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1850. Having removed
to Iowa, he was elected to the State Senate in 1856. He was Governor
of Iowa from 1860 to 1864, and, in January, 1866, he was elected a
United States Senator from Iowa for the unexpired term of James
Harlan, ending in 1867, at which date he was succeeded by his
predecessor, who was re-elected.--487.

WILLIAM H. KOONTZ, a lawyer by profession, was elected a
Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-Ninth Congress. He
successfully contested the seat taken by Alexander H. Coffroth, and
was admitted near the close of the first session. He was, in 1866,
re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.--508.

ANDREW J. KUYKENDALL was born in Gallatin County, Illinois, March 3,
1815, and became a lawyer. From 1842 to 1846 he was a member of the
Illinois House of Representatives, and was, from 1850 to 1852, a
member of the State Senate. He was Major of the Thirty-First Illinois
Infantry, but resigned on account of ill health in the early part of
the war. In 1864 he was elected a Representative to Congress from
Illinois, and was succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by Green B.
Raum.

ADDISON H. LAFLIN was born in Lee, Massachusetts, October 24, 1823. He
graduated at Williams College in 1843. He