sion of Tennessee. His property was confiscated, and
his family was driven from their home in East Tennessee. He was a
delegate to the Baltimore Republican Convention of 1864, and was the
same year re-elected a Representative from Tennessee to the
Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was admitted to his seat in July, 1866. He
was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.--17, 434, 478, 480, 506, 527.

JOSEPH W. McCLURG was born in St. Louis County, Missouri, February 22,
1818, and was educated at Miami University, Ohio. He subsequently
spent two years as a teacher in Louisiana and Mississippi. In 1841 he
went to Texas, where he was admitted to the bar, and became Clerk of a
Circuit Court. In 1844 he settled in Missouri as a merchant. At the
outbreak of the civil war he suffered severe losses at the hands of
rebels, and abandoning his business he served for a time as Colonel of
Cavalry. He was a member of the Missouri State Convention of 1862, and
was in that year elected a Representative from Missouri to the
Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was re-elected in 1864 and 1866.

_HIRAM McCULLOUGH_ was born in Cecil County, Maryland, September 20,
1813. He was educated at the Elkton Academy, studied law, and was
admitted to the bar in 1838. From 1845 to 1851 he was a member of the
Maryland Senate. In 1852 he was appointed by the Legislature one of
the codifiers of the laws of Maryland, and aided in making the present
code of that State. In 1864 he was elected a Representative from
Maryland to the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was re-elected in 1866.

JAMES A. McDOUGALL was born at Bethlehem, New York, November 19, 1817,
and was educated at the Albany Grammar School. He assisted in the
survey of the first railroad ever built in this country. In 1837 he
removed to Illinois and engaged in the practice of law. In 1842 he was
chosen Attorney General of Illinois, and two years after was
re-elected. In 1849 he originated and accompanied an exploring
expedition to the far West. He soon after emigrated to California, and
in 1850 was elected Attorney General of that State. From 1853 to 1855
he served as a Representative in Congress from California. In 1861 he
was elected United States Senator for California for the term ending
with the expiration of the Thirty-Ninth Congress. He died in Albany,
New York, in the summer of 1867.--136, 137, 163, 277, 287, 432, 461,
533, 535.

WALTER D. McINDOE was born in Scotland, March 30, 1819. He emigrated
to New York C