eers
for the military service. In March, 1863, he originated and assisted
in securing popular approval of a measure which resulted in the
emancipation of all the slaves of Maryland. He was re-elected a
Representative from Maryland to the Thirty-Sixth, Thirty-Seventh,
Thirty-Eighth, Thirty-Ninth, and Fortieth Congresses.

JOHN L. THOMAS, Jr., was born in Baltimore, May 20, 1835, and was
educated at the Alleghany County Academy. He studied law, and was
admitted to the bar in 1856. He was appointed Solicitor for the City
of Baltimore in 1861, and held the office two years. In 1863 he was
elected State Attorney for Maryland, and in 1864 he served as a
delegate to the State Constitutional Convention. In 1865 he was
elected a Representative to the Thirty-Ninth Congress to fill a
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of E. H. Webster. He was
succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by _Stephenson Archer_.

_ANTHONY THORNTON_ was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, November 19,
1814. He graduated at the Miami University, and having studied law, he
settled in Illinois. He was a member of the Illinois Constitutional
Conventions of 1847 and 1862. In 1850 he was a member of the State
Legislature. In 1864 he was elected a Representative from Illinois to
the Thirty-Ninth Congress. His successor in the Fortieth Congress is
_Albert G. Burr_.--228.

_LAWRENCE S. TRIMBLE_ was born in Fleming, Kentucky, August 26, 1825.
He received an academical education, and entered the profession of
law. In 1851 and 1852 he was a member of the Kentucky Legislature.
From 1856 to 1860 he was Judge of the Equity and Criminal Court of the
First Judicial District of the State. He was subsequently for five
years President of the New Orleans and Ohio Railroad Company. In 1865
he was elected a Representative from Kentucky to the Thirty-Ninth
Congress, and was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.--152, 342, 511.

ROWLAND E. TROWBRIDGE was born in Elmira, New York, June 18, 1821, and
when a child removed to Michigan with his parents, who were among the
first settlers that penetrated the wilderness back of the old French
settlements. He graduated at Kenyon College, and engaged in the
business of farming. In 1856 and 1858 he was elected a member of the
Michigan Senate. In 1860 he was elected a Representative from Michigan
to the Thirty-Seventh Congress. He was re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth
and Fortieth Congresses.

LYMAN TRUMBULL was born in Colchester, Connecticut