BARNETT, WILLIAM.

He was elected a Representative in Congress, from Georgia, from 1812 to 1815, when he was appointed one of the Commissioners to run the Creek boundary line.

BARNEY, JOHN.

He was a son of Commodore Joshua Barney, and a member of Congress, from Maryland, from 1825 to 1827. He died in Washington, District of Columbia, January 26, 1857, aged seventy-two years. He was known in Washington society for many years, as an agreeable gentleman; and he left behind him an unfinished record of "Personal Recollections of Men and Things," both in this country and Europe.

BARNITZ, CHARLES A.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1833 to 1835, and died at York, in that State, in March, 1850.

BARNWELL, ROBERT.

He was a Representative in Congress, from South Carolina, from 1791 to 1793.

BARNWELL, R. W.

He was born in South Carolina; graduated at Harvard University in 1821; studied law, and was a Representative in Congress, from South Carolina, from 1829 to 1833, was President of the South Carolina College from 1835 to 1843, and was a Senator in Congress in 1850.

BARRERE, NELSON.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Ohio, from 1851 to 1853.

BARRINGER, DANIEL L.

Born in Mecklenburgh County, North Carolina, October 1, 1788; had a good classical education; studied law, and practiced with success in Wake County; served in the Legislature of North Carolina in 1813, and again from 1819 to 1822; and was a Representative in Congress, from 1826 to 1835, and again from 1843 to 1849. He subsequently removed to Tennessee, and was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of that State. He died October 16, 1852.

BARRINGER, DANIEL MOREAU. Was born in Cabarras County, North Carolina, and graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1826; he selected the law as a profession, having commenced to practice in 1829. In that year he was elected a member of the State Legislature, in which position he continued for a number of years. In 1835 he was a member of a convention to amend the State Constitution. He was a Representative in Congress, from 1843 to 1849, when he was appointed by President Taylor Minister to Spain and continued in that mission by President Fillmore. On resigning his position as Minister, after serving four years, he traveled extensively in Europe, and, on his return home, was elected to the State Legislature, and in

1855, having declined a re-election, retired to private life, devoting himself to literary studies and pursuits.

BARROW, ALEXANDER.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1801, where, after completing his education, he was admitted to the bar; he soon after removed to Louisiana, gave up the practice of law, and turned his attention to planting. He served a number of years in the Legislature of Louisiana, and was a Senator in Congress, from 1841 to 1847. Died December 29, 1846.

BARROW, WASHINGTON.

He is a native of Tennessee; a lawyer by education and profession; was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1847 to 1849, serving on the Committee for the District of Columbia; and in 1841 was appointed American Chargé d'Affaires to Portugal.

BARRY, WILLIAM S. He was born in Mississippi, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1853 to 1855.

BARRY, WILLIAM T.

He was a native of Kentucky, and a Senator in Congress, from that State, from 1814 to 1816, having previously, during the years 1810 and 1811, been a Representative in Congress. He was also a member of President Jackson's cabinet, as Postmaster-General, (the first, as such, admitted to that honor;) and at the time of his death, which occur

red in Liverpool, England, August 30,1835, he was Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain.

BARSTOW, GAMALIEL H.

He served three years in the Assembly of New York, four years in the State Senate, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1831 to 1833.

BARSTOW, GIDEON.

A native of Massachusetts; was a member of both branches of the Legislature of that State, and a Representative in Congress, from 1821 to 1823. He died in St. Augustine, Florida, where he had gone for his health, March 26, 1852, aged sixty-nine years.

BARTLETT, BAILEY.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1797 to 1801.

BARTLETT, ICHABOD.

He was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, in 1786; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1808; studied law, and settled in Portsmouth, where he was eminently successful in his profession, and was a Representative in Congress, from 1823 to 1829, serving on the Committee on Naval Affairs. He was also frequently in the State Legislature, and a member of the Convention to revise the State Constitution. He died in Portsmouth, October 19, 1853.

BATES, JAMES.

A Representative in Congress from Somerset County, Maine, from 1831 to 1833, and was a member of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post-office Department.

BATES, JAMES W.

He was born in Goochland County, Virginia, and was a Delegate to Congress, from the Territory of Arkansas, from 1820 to 1823.

BATES, M. W.

He was born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, February 24, 1787; he received a good English education, and became a lawyer by profession; having first studied medicine. He removed to Delaware and was several times elected to the Legislature of that State; and in 1850 was a member of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Delaware. He took his seat in the Thirty-fifth Congress, as a Senator from Delaware, and is a member of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Pensions.

BAY, WILLIAM V. N.

He was born in New York, and having become a citizen of Missouri, was elected a Representative in Congress, from 1849 to 1851.

BAYARD, JAMES A.

He was born in Pennsylvania, in 1767. After studying law at Philadelphia, he commenced the practice in Delaware. In 1796 he was elected a Representative in Con

gress, serving from 1797 to 1801; when he was appointed Minister to France. In 1804 he was elected to the United States Senate, of which body he continued a member, till he was appointed by President Madison, in 1813, a Commissioner to negotiate a peace with Great Britain. The absence of the Emperor from St. Petersburg preventing the transaction of any business, he proceeded to Holland: he lent his able assistance in the negotiation of the treaty of peace at Ghent. At Paris, he was apprised of his appointment as Envoy to the Court of St. Petersburg; this he declined. He tendered, however, his co-operation in forming a commercial treaty with Great Britain; but an alarming illness compelled him to return to the United States. He arrived in June, and died in August, 1815.

BAYARD, JAMES A.

He has been a Senator in Congress, from Delaware, ever since 1851, and is Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, and a member of the Committees on the Library and on Public Grounds.

BAYARD, RICHARD H.

He was born in Delaware, graduated at Princeton College in 1814, and was a Senator in Congress, from Delaware, from 1836 to 1839, and again from 1841 to 1845. He was subsequently appointed American Minister to Belgium.

BAYLIES, FRANCIS.

Born in 1784; a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1821 to 1827, and in 1832 was appointed American Minister to Brazil, and died October 28, 1852. He was the author of "A History of the Plymouth Colony."

BAYLIES, WILLIAM.

He graduated at Harvard College in 1760; was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775; often a member of the Massachusetts State Council; and a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1805 to 1809, and again from 1813 to 1817. He died at Dighton, Massachusetts, June 17, 1826, aged eighty-two years.

BAYLIES, WILLIAM.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts, from 1833 to 1835, serving as a member of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

BAYLEY, THOMAS.

He was born in Somerset County, Maryland, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1817 to 1823.

BAYLEY, THOMAS M. He was a Representative in Congress, from Virginia, from 1813 to 1815.

BAYLOR, R. E. B.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Alabama, from 1829 to 1831.

BAYLY, THOMAS HENRY. Born in Accomac County, Virginia, in 1810; graduated at the University of Virginia, and came to the bar in 1830. At the age of twenty-six, he was chosen a member of the General Assembly of Virginia, and was re-elected for five years in succession. While a member of the Legislature, he was elected by that body a brigadiergeneral of the militia of Eastern Virginia. He resigned his seat, and was elected Judge of the Circuit Superior Court of Law. In 1844 he resigned his seat on the bench, and was elected to the House of Representatives from the Accomac District, and continued, by successive elections, a member of the House for twelve years, until the time of his death; during the Thirty-first Congress officiating as Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. He lived and died on the same spot where his ancestors from England landed in 1666, and where they established the family home. He commanded the same brigade which his grandfather had commanded; and he held the same seat in the General Assembly of his State and in the House of Representatives, which his father had occupied before him. He died June 22, 1856, aged fortyfive years.

BEALE, JAMES M. H.

He was born in Virginia, and was a Representative in Congress, from that State, from 1833 to 1837, and