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Mahan, Alfred Thayer – Majors, Thomas J

Mahan, Alfred Thayer

naval officer, author, was born in 1840, in New York. He is a distinguished officer in the United States navy, and the author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1600-1783; Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1783- 1812; The Gulf and Inland Waters; Life of Admiral Farragut; and Life of Nelson, the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain.

Mahan, Milo

clergyman, author, was born May 24, 1819, in Suffolk, Va.

He was an episcopal clergyman of Baltimore, and the author of The Exercise of Faith; History of the Church; Reply to Colenso; Palmoni, a Free Inquiry; and Comedy of Canonization. He died Sept. 3, 1870, in Baltimore, Md.

Maher, David Francis

lawyer, was born Nov. 10, 1866, in Watsonville, Cal. He is a graduate of the law department of the university of Michigan; and for three years was city solicitor of Watsonville, Cal.

For seven years he was engaged in the printing business; is a member of several fraternal orders; and prominent in the public affairs of his native county.

Mahon, Thaddeus M

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1840, in Green Village, Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1870, 1871, and 1872; and was a candidate for congress in 1876. He was elected to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican. neer sur-

Mahoney, Peter P

merchant, congressman, was born June 25, 1848, in New York city. In 1884 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-ninth congress; and re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.

Main, John Cotton

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 14, 1868, in Bell county, Ky.

He attended the Union college at Barbourville, Ky., and soon afterward attained prominence as an able lawyer of Hamilton, Texas. He has been a county judge of Hamilton county; practices law in the district and state courts; and takes an active part in public affairs.

Main, Thomas

educator, civil engineer, author, was born in 1828, in Scotland. He was a mechanical engineer, professor of ship building in the Webb academy of ship building, New York city, and the author of History of the Steam Engine.

He died in 1896.

Maish, Levi

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 22, 1837, in York county, Pa. He was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1867. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyfifth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.

Majette, Mark Marsden

lawyer, public official, writer, was born Sept. 19, 1865, in Hertford county, N. C. He attended the university of North Carolina, and soon attained prominence in the practice of law in his native state. He has been mayor of Chapel Hill, and also of Columbia, N. C.; and has been prominently identified with the public affairs of his county and state. In literature he has contributed articles to the foremost magazines; and is a correspondent of several newspapers.

Majors, Thomas J

soldier, merchant, state senator, congressman, was born June 25, 1841, in Jefferson county, Iowa. He was a member of the territorial council; and when Nebraska was admitted as a state served in the first state senate, and was re-elected. He was elected a contingent member of congress in 1876 and 1878; was elected a representative from Nebraska to the forty-fifth congress to fill a vacancy; and was again elected a contingent member of the fortysixth congress.