, where he displayed much skill and bravery. He was
promoted to the rank of Major General in August, 1862, and was
assigned to the command of the Middle Department, including Baltimore,
Maryland, in which he rendered efficient service to the country.
Having, been re-elected to Congress, he resigned his commission in
December, 1863, and took his seat in the Thirty-Eighth Congress. He
was re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses.--31, 352,
353, 354, 366, 439, 537, 552.

GLENNI W. SCOFIELD was born in Chautauque County, March 11, 1817. He
graduated at Hamilton College in 1840, and removed to Warren,
Pennsylvania, where he was admitted to the bar in 1843. In 1850 and
1851 he was a Representative in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and from
1857 to 1859 was a State Senator. In 1861 he was appointed President
Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District of the State. In 1865 he was
elected a Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-Eighth
Congress, and was re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth
Congresses.--56, 508.

_GEORGE S. SHANKLIN_ was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky. He
engaged in the practice of law, and in agricultural affairs. He was
several years a member of the Kentucky Legislature, and was
Commonwealth's Attorney of a Judicial District. He was a member of the
Philadelphia Convention of 1856 which nominated Fillmore. In 1865 he
was elected a Representative from Kentucky to the Thirty-Ninth
Congress. He was succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by _James B.
Beck_.--151, 440, 552.

SAMUEL SHELLABARGER was born in Clark County, Ohio, December 10, 1817.
He graduated at the Miami University in 1841. He studied law, and
having been admitted to the bar practiced in the city of Springfield,
Ohio. In 1852 and 1853 he was a member of the Ohio Legislature. In
1860 he was elected a Representative from Ohio to the Thirty-Seventh
Congress. He was re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth
Congresses.--156, 231, 238, 345, 444, 512, 522.

JOHN SHERMAN was born in Lancaster, Ohio, May 10, 1823. He studied
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He was a delegate to the
Whig Conventions of 1848 and 1852. In 1854 he was elected a
Representative from Ohio to the Thirty-Fourth Congress, and was
re-elected to the Thirty-Fifth, Thirty-Sixth, and Thirty-Seventh
Congresses. In the memorable contest for the Speakership of the House
which occurred in 1859 he was the Republican candidate, and through a
long series