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Lucas, Daniel Bedinger

lawyer, jurist, author, poet, was born March 16, 1836, in Charleston, W. Va. He is the son of William Lucas, a distinguished ber of congress from Virginia. In 1855 he graduated from the university of Virginia; and in 1858 in law from the Washington college, Virginia. He began the practice of his profession in Charleston, W. Va., and removea to Richmond two years later. During the war he served on the staff of Gen. Henry A. Wise in the Kanawna valley, and in 1867 resumed law in Charleston. He was democratic presidential elector in 1872, 1876 and 1884; was chosen to the legislature in 1884-86, and in 1887 was appointed by the governor to the United States senate. In 1890 he was nominated and elected judge of the supreme court of appeals; and the following year was elected president of the court, which office he now holds. He is a brilliant speaker, and the author of the Memoir of John Yates Bell; The Wreath of Eglantine, and Other Poems; The Maid of Northumberland; Ballads and Madrigals; and other works. His poem entitled The Land Where We Were Dreaming, has attracted much attention in the south.