Archer, William S
United States senator, was born March 5, 1789, in Amelia county, Va. He studied law, and in 1812 was elected to the Virginia state legislature, where he served, excepting one year, until 1819. In 1820 he was elected a representative in congress from Virginia, where he remained until 1835. In 1841 he was elected to the United States senate, where he remained until 1847, having from the first been placed at the head of the committee on foreign relations in that body. He died March 28, 1855, in Amelia county, Va.
ARCHIBALD, ANDREW WEBSTER, clergyman, author, was born in 1851 in New York. He is a congregational clergyman of prominence in Iowa; and the author of The Bible Verified.