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Boteler, Alexander R

congressman, was born May 16, 1815, in Shepherdstown, Va. In 1859 he was elected a representative from Virginia to the thirtysixth congress. During a part of the rebellion he served as a representative in the so-called confederate congress; and in 1875 was appointed a commissioner to the centennial exhibition.

BOTKIN, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, lawyer, statesman, was born Oct. 13, 1842, in Madison, Wis. He was a graduate of the university of Wisconsin, and from the law department of the university of Albany. From 1878 to 1885 he was United States marshal of Montana; from 1893 to 1897 was lieutenant-governor of Montana; and in 1896 was republican candidate for governor of that state.