nator. In 1864 he was
chosen a Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-Ninth
Congress, and was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.

WILLIAM WINDOM was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 10, 1827. He
received an academical education, and studied law. He was admitted to
the bar in 1850, and was soon after elected Prosecuting Attorney for
Knox County, Ohio. In 1853 he removed to Minnesota, and settled in
Winona. In 1858 he was elected a Representative from Minnesota to the
Thirty-Sixth Congress, and was re-elected to the Thirty-Seventh,
Thirty-Eighth, Thirty-Ninth, and Fortieth Congresses.--229.

_CHARLES H. WINFIELD_ was born in Orange County, New York, April 22,
1822. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1846. From 1850
to 1856 he was District Attorney for Orange County. He was elected a
Representative to the Thirty-Eighth Congress from New York, and was in
1864 re-elected for a second term. He was succeeded in the Fortieth
Congress by Charles H. Van Wyck.--20, 515.

FREDERICK E. WOODBRIDGE was born in Vergennes, Vermont, August 29,
1818. He graduated at the University of Vermont in 1840, and was
admitted to the bar in 1842. He served three years as a
Representative, and two years as a Senator, in the Vermont
Legislature. He subsequently served three years as Auditor of State.
In 1863 he was elected a Representative from Vermont to the
Thirty-Eighth Congress, and was re-elected to the Thirty-Ninth and
Fortieth Congresses.

_EDWIN R. V. WRIGHT_ was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 2, 1812.
He learned the trade of a printer, and in 1835 edited and published
the "Jersey Blue." He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in
1839. He was elected to the State Senate in 1843. He subsequently held
for five years the office of District Attorney for Hudson County. In
1859 he was the Democratic Candidate for Governor of New Jersey, and
was defeated by a small majority. He was elected a Representative from
New Jersey to the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and was succeeded in the
Fortieth Congress by George A. Halsey.--363.

_WILLIAM WRIGHT_ was born in Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, in
1791. In 1823 he removed to Newark, New Jersey, and held the office of
Mayor of that city for a number of years. He was a Representative in
Congress four years, commencing in 1843. In 1853 he was elected United
States Senator for the term ending in 1859. In 1863 he was again
elected to the Senate for the term ending in 1869.