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Harper, Francis J

congressman.

He was elected a member of congress from Pennsylvania, but died before taking his seat. He died March 18, 1837.

HARPER, GEORGE WASHINGTON, educator, college president, was born Aug. 21, 1832, in Franklin, Ohio. Since 1868 he has been president of the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. In 1875 he was elected president of the National Historical society of Cincinnati.

Harper, Ida Husted

journalist, was born in Fairfield, Ind. She has been managing editor of the Terre Haute Daily News; editorial writer for the Indianapolis News; and department editor and correspondent for a number of newspapers and magazines. was

Harper, James

congressman, born in 1779 in Ireland. He was elected a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1837. He died March 31, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Harper, James

publisher, was born April 13, 1795, in Newton, N. Y. He was the founder of the printing and publishing firm of Harper and Brothers. His firm attained prominence as the largest publishers of original works in America. He died March 27, 1869, in New York city.

Harper, James C

farmer, merchant, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1819, in Cumberland county, Pa. He was elected to the North Carolina legislature in 1865, 1866 and 1868; and was barred by the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, but his disabilities were removed by congress in 1869. He was elected to the forty-second congress, serving on the committee on the Pacific railroad.

Harper, Jesse

politician, orator. He was the first man to suggest the name of Abraham Lincoln for the presidency of the United States. He is a successful journalist and orator of Danville, Ill.

Harper, John

was born Jan. 22, 1797, in Newton, L. I. He was financial manager of the firm of Harper and Brothers, and on the death of his brother became senior member of the firm. He died April 22, 1875, in New York city.

Harper, John A

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1811 to 1813.

Harper, Joseph Henry

publisher, was born June 23, 1850, in New York city. He became a partner in Harper and Brothers in 1877, and was placed in charge of the literary and periodical department.

Harper, Joseph Morrill

physician, lawyer, banker, congressman, was born June 21, 1787, in Limerick, Maine.

He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1831 to 1835. In 1858 he was president of the Mechanics' bank, Concord; and for a short time, in 1831, officiated as acting-governor of New Hampshire. He died Jan. 14, 1865, in Canterbury, N. H.

Harper, Olive

author, was born in the Wyoming valley, Pa. She is the author of The Lotus of the Nile; A Drift of Sand; Becky; and The Tame Turk.

Harper, Robert Goodloe

soldier, lawyer, United States senator, author, was born in 1765 near Fredericksburg, Va.

He was a leading representative in congress from South Carolina, from 1794 to 1801. He subsequently removed to Baltimore, Md.; and was a senator in congress from that state during the years 1815-16. He served with credit in the war of 1812, attaining the rank of majorgeneral. His Select Works appeared in 1814. He died Jan. 15, 1825, in Baltimore, Md.