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Howell, Jeremiah Brown

United States senator, was born in 1772 in Providence, R. I. He was a senator in congress from Rhode Island from 1811 to 1817. He died in November, 1822, in Providence, R. I.

Howell, John Adams

naval officer, inventor, was born March 16, 1840, in New York. He became a lieutenant in 1861; lieutenant-commander in 1865; and commander in 1872. He is the inventor of a torpedo which naval officers regard as probably superior to any other in use.

Howell, Nathaniel

congressman, was born in 1770. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815. He died Oct. 16, 1851, in Canandaigua, N. Y.

Howell, Rednap

educator, author, poet. He composed many patriotic songs.

He was the author of a pamphlet entitled A Fan for Fanning, and a Touch for Tryon.

Howell, William F

lawyer, jurist, was born in Michigan. He removed to New York, from which state he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Arizona.

HOWELLS, WILLIAM COOPER, author, was born in 1807, in Wales. He was the author of Life in Ohio from 1813 to 1840. He died in 1894.

Howey, Benjamin F

soldier, merchant, manufacturer, congressman, born March 17, 1828, in Pleasant Meadows, N. J. He was a captain in the union army in 1862 and 1863; and was elected sheriff in 1878. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the fortyeighth congress as a republican.

Howison, George Holmes

mathematician, author, was born in 1834 in Maryland. He is a mathematician who has published a Treatise on Analytic Geometry.

Howison, Robert Reid

lawyer, author, was born in 1820 in Virginia. He is a lawyer of Richmond; and the author of History of Virginia; History of the American Civil War; Fredericksburg; Lives of Generals Morgan, Marion, Gates; and God and Creation.

Howk, George Vail

jurist, state senator, was born Sept. 21, 1824, in Charlestown, Ind. In 1857 he was judge of the court of common pleas of Floyd county; in 1863 he represented that county in the house, and from 1866 to 1870 he represented Floyd and Clarke counties in the senate of Indiana. He was chosen one of the supreme judges of Indiana at the general state election in October, 1876.

Howland, Benjamin

United States senator, was born in 1756 in Tiverton, R.

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He was a senator in congress from that state from 1804 to 1809. He died May 9, 1821, in Tiverton, R. I. au-

Howland, E. Harris

merchant, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 8, 1846, in Brookfield, Mass. In 1872 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts state legislature; and since 1868 he has served as a justice of the peace in Spencer, Mass.

Howland, George

educator, thor, was born in 1824 in Massachusetts.

He is an educator of Illinois, president of the state board of education in 1882; and the author of Grammar of the English Language; Little Voices, a book of verse; an hexameter translation of the Æneid; and Practical Hints for the Teachers of Public Schools.