, in 1813. He
entered the profession of law, and removed to Illinois. He was a
member of the State Legislature in 1840, and was Secretary of State in
1841 and 1842. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois from
1848 to 1853. In 1854 he was elected a Representative for Illinois to
the Thirty-Fourth Congress, and was soon after elected a Senator in
Congress for the term commencing in 1855. He was re-elected in 1861,
and again in 1867.--22, 28, 45, 98, 104, 105, 108, 120, 136, 158, 162,
171, 188, 190, 199, 209, 216, 253, 269, 424, 457, 476, 540.

CHARLES UPSON was born in Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut,
March 19, 1821. He received an academical education, and at the age of
sixteen he commenced teaching school, in which he was employed during
the winters of seven years. He attended the law school of Yale College
for some time, and in 1845 removed to Michigan. In 1848 he was elected
County Clerk, and in 1852 Prosecuting Attorney for St. Joseph County.
In 1854 he was elected to the State Senate. In 1860 he was elected
Attorney General of Michigan, and declined a renomination. In 1862 he
was elected a Representative from Michigan to the Thirty-Eighth
Congress, and was re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth
Congresses.

HENRY VAN AERNAM was born in Marcellus, New York, March 11, 1819.
After receiving an academical education and graduating at a medical
college, he settled as a physician and surgeon in Franklinville, New
York. In 1858 he was a member of the State Legislature. In 1862 he
entered the army as surgeon of the One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth New
York Regiment. He resigned this position in 1864, and was elected a
Representative from New York to the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was
re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.

BURT VAN HORN was born in Newfane, Niagara County, New York, October
28, 1823, and was educated at the Madison University. He was elected
to the New York Legislature in 1858, and served three terms. In 1860
he was elected a Representative from New York to the Thirty-Seventh
Congress. He was re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth
Congresses.--87, 527.

ROBERT T. VAN HORN was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, May 19,
1824. After serving an apprenticeship in a printing-office, he studied
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1849. He subsequently published a
newspaper two years in Pomeroy, Ohio. In 1855 he emigrated to Kansas
City, Missouri, where he established a newspaper whi