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Harshman, Samuel Rufus

educator, clergyman, evangelist, was born Nov. 30, 1841, in Trumbull county, Ohio.

He received nis education at the Allegheny college of Meadville, Pa., and at the Illinois college of Jacksonville, Ill.

During 1856-64 he was engaged in educational work; then for five years was a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; and since 1869 has been an evangelist. He is the author of a volume entitled Sermons on Familiar Subjects. was

Hart, Abraham

publisher, born Dec. 15, 1810, in Philadelphia, Pa.

His house was the first to collect the fugitive essays of Macaulay, Jeffrey, Mackintosh, Carlyle, and others, and publish them in separate volumes. He died July 22, 1885, in Long Branch, N. J.

Hart, Albert Bushnell

educator, author, was born in 1854, in Pennsylvania. He is a professor of history in Harvard university, and the author of Coercive Powers of the United States Government; Introduction to the Study of Federal Government; Formation of the Union, 1750-1829; Studies in Education; Life of Salmon Chase; and Practical Essays on American Government. was was

Hart, Charles Henry

lawyer, art expert, author, was born Feb. 4, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; and a recognized authority on historical portraiture in this country and abroad. He is the author of Memoir of W. H. Prescott; Biographical Sketch of Abraham Lincoln; Turner, the Dream Painter; Remarks on Tabasco, Mexico; and Bibliographia Websteriana.

Hart, Dan

educator, farmer, legislator, was born Nov. 6, 1855, in Andrews, Ohio. He attended the Normal school of Valparaiso, Ind., and the Normal school of Worthington, Ohio. For many years he was engaged in educational work, and is now a successful farmer and stockraiser of Norton, Kan. He served two terms as clerk of the district court; was elected a representative in the Kansas state legislature in 1894; and to the state senate in 1896.

Hart, David Hasleton

soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 9, 1839, in Lycoming county, Pa. He served as captain of company C, one hundred and sixth Illinois volunteer infantry, during the civil war. He was elected a member of the Illinois legislature in 1879; and has been candidate for congress and governor on the prohibition ticket in 1882 and in 1884.

Hart, E. Kirke

banker, congressman, was born April 18, 1841, in Albion, N. Y. He was a member of the assembly in 1872; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Hart, Emanuel Bernard

merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 29, 1811, in New York city. He was a representative in congress from 1851 to 1853. He was at one time a lieutenantcolonel of the state militia; was appointed surveyor of the port of New York; and was also frequently a member of the state and national conventions of the democratic party.

Hart, Hastings Hornell

philanthropist, was born Dec. 14, 1851, in Brookfield, Ohio. In 1883 he was appointed secretary of the state board of corrections and charities; and during 1894-98 was secretary of the national conference of charities and corrections. In 1898 he became superintendent of the Illinois Children's Home and Aid society of Chicago.

Hart, Henry

lawyer, state legislator, jurist, was born May 13, 1840, in China, Mich. He has been a justice of the peace; was prosecuting attorney of his county for four years; and in 1875 was elected a member of the Michigan state legislature. The same year he was elected judge of the twenty-first judicial circuit, which office he still fills, having been reelected three times.